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The Great Beauty Contest Will Close at Convention Hall. RISING SOL 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. ODD FELLOWS' RECEPTION FOR THEIR GRAND OFFICERS. One of the most pleasant receptions ever given by the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows in this city was held last Monday evening at Odd Fellows hall under the auspices of the three Households of Ruth, viz., Henrietta No. 160, Queen No. 1332, Amazonia No. 2509, in honor of the newly elected State Grand Officers, Edward S Lewis, Grand Master, and Miss Belle Wortham, Grand Most Noble Governor. This being the first time Kansas City has been honored with having the grand presiding officer of the Household of Ruth, the hall was crowded with members of both branches of the order in honor of the occasion. The hall was tastefully decorated with bunting, American flags and potted palms, the various stations being almost completely hid with flowers. In a very lavishly arranged cozy-corner Prof. Walter Williams' Mandolin club discoursed sweet music, which was one of the features of the evening. A short programme was rendered, the address of welcome being very pleasantly delivered by Mrs. Ida Lee of Amazonia Household No. 2509. Miss Belle Wortham, Grand Most Noble Governor, responded in a few well chosen words, and assured the members of the order that she realized the responsibility placed upon her, but assured them that with their hearty co-operation she would endeavor to make her administration a success. She was greeted with loud and long applause. The District Grand Master, Edward S. Lewis (re-elected), next responded, and assured the newly-elected Grand Most Noble Governor that she would receive his hearty cooperation in the work of extending the principles of the order, and that he would use his every influence to make her administration more successful than any previous one. Mrs. Benj. Thomas of Henrietta Household No. 160 acted as mistress of ceremonies. All present then extended a hearty handshake and welcome to the newly-elected grand officers. The delegates from Kansas City to the last Grand Session, and grand officers, who assisted in receiving, were: Mrs. Rebecca Estes, P. M. N. G.; Mrs. Ella Bass, Grand Trustee; Mrs. Lula Jackson, Henrietta No. 160; Mrs. Tillie Renfro, Queen No. 1332; Mrs. M. E. Canterbury, Amazonia No. 2509; Mrs. Lucy Page, Henrietta No. 160; Elli Harris, Ex. D. G. M.; Worthy Patron Benj Thomas, Cosmopolitan No. 2935; J. L Bush, Alaska No. 3664, P. M. V. P.; A. D. Parron, Gate City No. 4649, and W. L. Fisher, Arabia No. 6508. Light refreshments were served. Many thanks are due to the committee of ladies from the various Households, who arranged the reception, which will long be remembered by the members of the order in Kansas City Missouri. LINCOLN INSTITUTE NOTES. Even in the matter of length of term Lincoln Institute stands almost in a class by itself among accredited schools for the education of the Negro. Here, a complete ten months' term constitutes the regular scholastic year, which, with a summer term of seven weeks, leaves just one month during which the school is closed and even then the president is doing a land office business in the matter of official correspondence. Many schools for higher as well as for industrial training are now September 30th, and from this time on just opening. Lincoln Institute opened for the enrollment of students and organization of classes, Tuesday morning. September 3rd, while the first faculty meeting was called for Monday, September 2. The first day's enrollment was a record break and the close of the first month, September 29, shows over four hundred students, while each day brings an additional number. Another dormitory for girls could easily be filled and indicates the wisdom of asking for another building from the next legislature. President Allen certainly merits the high commendation which he receives locally and from all parts of the country for the enthusiasm, energy and business acumen which he is throwing into the work of making Lincoln Institute the special pride of both races in Missouri and elsewhere. The sixth annual session of the farmers' convention will be held in the Institute auditorium on the first Friday in November. This movement, inaugurated by President Allen in the first year of his presidency, should appeal to all thinking people who dwell in this marvelously fertile agricultural district, known as the Middle West. The ownership of land was the basis of mediaeval feudalism, and we of to-day are in the midst of a new feudalism in which the safety of the Negro depends very largely upon tenure of land and knowledge of how it may add to his material prosperity and constitute him a producer as well as a consumer. Come one, come all, to the farmers convention and help to make it a suc cess. M. B. H. D. EARL. Mr. H. D. Earl, president of the Freeman Mining, Milling & Development company, is still at the Dunbar hotel in this city for a few days, for the purpose of giving the colored people of this city a chance to purchase the Freeman stock at 10c per share. Never before in the history of Negro business enterprise has there been such a great opportunity for an investment, which I believe it is safe to say, that it will make every stockholder independent in a few years. The stock of course will not sell for that very long because of the fact that there are only 50,000 shares in this abotment and these are almost gone. No better advice could be given to the colored people of this country, than to say to them take in every good safe investment that is possible for you to get into. Remember that no man ever gets rich by simply "hard work," and also remember that the thousands and thousands of Anglo-Saxons who are worth their millions made it out of stocks. The property this company owns is situated in Gold Mountain District, Nevada, and it is believed that the Freeman company's property is in the richest section of the district. It is clear of all incumbrance, and there is a good treasure to develop the mines. Don't delay for you may lose your opportunity and be sorry of it. The great mistake made by people in regard to mining investments is that they wait too long, and lose their chances by delay. Some will make this very mistake in waiting too long to buy this stock now offered at 10c a share. This company has been the subject of painstaking investigation on the part of the Western Trade Journal, and fairness impels this statement that the most searching examination convinces us that the company offers the best form of investment in Nevada mining stock within our knowledge. For particulars not made plain by this free and unsolicited editorial, address the Freeman Mining, Milling and Development Company, Room 1, McIntyre-Barnett Building, Colorado Springs Colo We consider but the interest of the subscribers who may be undecided howto invest in the Nevada silver and THE FOLLOWING Miss Emma Smith, one among the many beautiful ladies in the Beauty Contest, is running high. She will probably lead or be among the first ten. gold mines when, without insinuating aught in detraction of other companies, we bestow our unreserved endorsement upon the Freeman company's proposition. In view of the foregoing, we feel it a duty to advise our readers who desire an interest in one of the best Nevada mining companies to lose no time in securing some of these shares, which offer the very best security for the least money that ever came under the perview of this paper. LET YOUR MONEY DO THE WORK $100 INVESTED IN RED TOP IN MAY, 1904, IS NOW WORTH $7,500. $140 INVESTED IN MOHAWK IN NOV. 1905, IS NOW WORTH $17,500. $100 INVESTED IN GOLDFIELD MINING IN 1903, IS NOW $62,500. $100 INVESTED IN DEATH VAL LEY ONE YEAR AGO, IS WORTH $3,333 $100 INVESTED IN NEVADA HILLS ONE YEAR AGO, IS WORTH $7,000 KANSAS CITY. KANSAS. Again Cupid's dart finds its spot. This time the vital arrow touched the heart of Miss Marietta, one of Kansas City's noblest young women, and as result Miss Minor and Mr. Thos. Dickson have been joined in holy matriony. We extend to them our best wishes and hope their matrimonial life will prove a blessing to them. Indeed the wedding was a grand affair. The ceremony was performed at the residence of the bride on Nebraska avenue. The happy couple were the recipients of many and valuable gifts. Indeed their gifts have already placed them far above the average of the newly married pair. After October 5th Mr. and Mrs. Dickson will be at their homeon Haskell avenue. The bride's residence was very artistically decorated in pink and green and holly flower. In the dining room table set in the middle with streamers from the center of the ceiling flowing to the four cornere. The bridal cake decorated the table from the center. The bride was congenial and kind enough to give each guest a souvenir of the bridal cake. Mr. Dickson seems very proud of Cupid's action towards him. From a Reporter. EUGENE VAUGHAN, Stenographer. PROF. GEO. M. JACKSON AND HIS FAMOUS 23RD REGIMENT BAND, OF TOPEKA, KANSAS, HAS BEEN SECURED FOR CONVENTION HALL AT THE ODD FELLOWS THIRD ANNUAL DEMONSTRATION. AT THIS TIME THE BEAUTY CON- TEST WILL BE DECIDED. THE MOST BEAUTIFUL LADY WILL HAVE THE HONOR OF LEADING THE GRAND MARCH AND BEESIDES THE PRIZE WILL GET, SHE WILL RECEIVE A HANDSOME BOUQUET. M. B. 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. Moorland, 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 stendy increase in the number of the association. His work in Kansas City has been greatly felt. Mr. Moorland will be with us again. 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. L. J. B. Quite a number of the young people from K. U. were in the city this week attending the P. O. P. Beauty Contest Coupon as the most beautiful lady of Kansas City. 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 514 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 it 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 CONTEST. MESDAMES. Minnie Crosswatte. 307 Anna Mickles. 302 Minnie James. 308 Maggie Clay. 269 W. H. Hubbel. 306 T. C. Chapman. 301 Mattie Johnson Clayton. 121 Frankie Givens. 304 Bessie Conway. 299 B. C. Miller. 236 John Lange. 315 Harvey Wells. 287 Alvin Jordon. 229 Olivia Page. 231 Adrian Smith. 86 James Hill. 209 Burt Hill. 119 Lester Davis. 121 Fidelia Mitebell. 231 Pete Campbell. 213 Alberta Thompkins. 298 Ida Fields. 194 E. Martin. 241 L. N. Birch. 300 Fannie Morton. 197 Pearl Riley. 195 Bertie Kennedy. 229 Pearl Webster. 169 John Rone. 237 J. S. Harris. 231 Bertie Wheeler Kennedy. 261 Hezekiah Walden. 238 Francis Jackson. 142 Katie Kennedy. 271 F. J. Peck. 291 Leona Redman. 294 Lena Jordon. 297 Laura Johnson. 108 Sallie Jordan. 299 Josephine Finney. 301 Lilly Savington. 140 Fannie Moss. 136 Frank Walker. 241 B. B. Francis. 142 Arthur Pullam. 303 C. Randolph (Kansas). 202 B. Henderson. 187 Katie T. McCampbell. 298 Martha Mosley. 241 Luella Reeves. 85 F. J. Weaver. 302 Lena Bruce. 289 Ada Thayers. 96 Hattie Adams. 294 Bessie Abram. 249 Lilly Williams. 263 Bertie Addison. 133 E. B. Ramsey. 263 B. O. Taylor. 89 J. E. Perry. 197 Stella Ross. 237 Clara Walden. 228 Dan Willis. 241 Annals Garrett. 249 Dora Fisher. 126 Ella Haekley. 45 G. W. K. Love. 183 Mme. D. Vincent. 182 Viola Ford. 105 I vote for M Signed NUMBER 5 M. Green ..... 189 Robert Riley ..... 242 James Carpenter ..... 119 Benj. Darden ..... 69 Erma Ford ..... 171 Emma Collins. 303 Alberta Wells. 309 Bessie Patterson. 291 Edmonia Hubbel. 299 Naomi Fiske. 301 Cordelia Seymour. 299 Ethelyne Wilson. 293 Cleo Brassfield. 291 Mabel Bell. 291 Myrtle Peake. 91 Hortense Mason. 241 Pretzel Hamilton. 211 Captoline Wilson. 261 Myrtle Lewis. 59 Bessie Whitney. 267 Amelia Davis. 152 Cora Ramey. 73 Effle Booker. 227 Emma Rogers. 59 Grace Thomas. 109 Lilian Wells. 229 Pearl Chauteau. 233 Emma Smith. 287 Lula Graham. 231 Mandesh Thomas. 63 Maud Ollen. 298 Ruby Bradshaw. 179 Bessie Owen. 188 Lossie Penniston. 99 Zella Jackman. 128 Katie Wright. 187 Ella Jacques. 69 Mayne Bradbury. 215 Ila Godfrey. 219 Maud Thornton. 231 Ila Railey. 230 Ila Foster. 268 Amy Jackson. 229 Amanda Moore. 187 Mayne D. Morris. 287 Anna Warner. 99 Gertrude Myers. 251 Vallie Bowman. 247 Mabel Vaughan. 296 Victoria Overall. 187 Bertie Foster. 119 Ethel Jackson. 239 Lydia Gardner. 69 Sadie McWaters. 57 Leroy Booker. 83 CRAWFORD'S DRUG STORE THE STORE WHERE EVERY ONE GETS A SQUARE DEAL TELEPHONE 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 skirtitorium. First Class work a specialty. JOHN TRIGG, Prop... 1203 East 18th Street. Mrs. Jos. Jackson's nice furnished rooms with or without board, 1721 Wcodland Ave. Anyone desiring Coupons for the Beauty Contest can write for same to 914 E. 12th st., and enclose price for amount of coupons wanted. ECHOLS FROM RELIGIOUS FIELDS CATHOLICS IN PHILIPPINES. Archbishop Harty of Diocese of Manila Says They Number 7,000,000. The religious situation in the Philippines, from the Catholic viewpoint. has been pictured for American readers by Archbishop Harty, now in this country on a visit. The Most Rev. J. J. Harty was a pointed archbishop of Manila three years ago, and during his incumbency he has administered 300,000 con- ARCHIBISHOP Criminations in his diocese. This large number, it is explained in The Catholic Mirror, is perhaps due to the fact that confirmations had not been administered in the country districts for many years prior to his arrival. It means of the ecclesiastical census instituted by the old Spanish missionaries it is ascertained that there are now 7,000,000 Christians in the archipelago. Some other facts concerning the Catholic church in the Philippines are given in The Mirror as follows: The idea that the church in the Philippines is rich is pure fiction. The church had been rich in lands, and these lands were productive and gave results, but for ten years no revenue has been received from any of them, and the result is poverty on the part of the church. Under the old regime the Spanish government paid for the support of the clergy. This, of course, has been withdrawn, and the clergy are dependent on the voluntary contributions of the people. The people had not been accustomed to support the clergy directly; they supported them indirectly through the taxation system. The direct contributions are now a hardship to them, the support which they give to the church is very meager, and the priests are in extreme poverty. "There are 400 priests in the diocese of Manila; 120 priests in the diocese of Jaro; 110 in the diocese of Vigan; 250 in the diocese of Cebu, and 160 in the diocese of Nueva Caceres. In the United States we have 14,000,000 Catholics, with 14 archbishops, 90 bishops and 15,000 priests. In the Philippine islands we have 7,000,000 Catholics, just 50 per cent. of those in America, and we have 1 archbishop, 5 bishops and 1,040 priests. The striking contrast in those figures shows without comment how much remains to be done." ONWARD AND UPWARD The general plana for the establishment of a great Presbyterian rallying place at Mountreat, in North Carolina, have been published in the church papers. It is proposed to make Montreat far more than a mere summer resort. It is to be a rallying place for Presbyterians of the south. Charles Carroll Brooks, the founder of "The Very Small Library," is planting libraries in various mountain communities. He is a mountain boy and was brought up in the Blue Ridge, near Harper's Ferry, W. Va. Education is going on apace in Uganda, in Central Africa, and there is no separation between it and religious teaching. A C. M. S. missionary writes, "The boys and girls are being brought up in the fear and nurture of the Lord, because they first learn that the beginning of wisdom is to know God and Jesus Christ whom he has sent." "What makes you women so different from us?" a Mohammedan woman in Persia asked of Miss McLean, of the Presbyterian mission. "Is it what you eat? Won't you make me a dress just like yours, so that I may look like you?" Miss McLean made her the dress, and she confesses that the woman was not a pretty picture when arrayed in it. "I haven't got the look you," she said, as she came back, disappointed. "There is something in your eyes that isn't in ours." What made the difference was the light of Christ shining within. Robert E. Lewis, general secretary of the Y. M. C. A. in central China, writes that the evangelistic meetings in Korea, during the recent visit of John R. Mott, were of remarkable power. A three days' campaign was held at Seoul. At one meeting over 200 men rose and stood as evidence of their desire to accept Jesus Christ. Prof. Marcus Dods Honored. Prof. Marcus Dods has been chosen by the United Free Church Assembly of Scotland to succeed the late Dr. Rainy as principal of New college, Edinburgh, one of the theological schools of the United Free church. Dr. Dods' promotion from the professorship of New Testament theology is especially remarkable from the fact that he is 73 years old. For ten years after leaving the theological school he sought in vain for a pastorate, but he has ripened his increase, increasing his influence till his greatest advancement has come when he is past threescore and ten. Led All to Christ A Sunday school teacher said not long ago: "I have 14 young women in my class, and I have had the joy of leading every one of them to Jesus." MISSOURI STATE NEWS --- Study Bought the Buggy. Not long since the wife of a well-known farmer who doesn't reside a thousand miles from Columbia returned home with a handsome new rubber-tired buggy. "Whom does that buggy belong to?" inquired the husband, according to the Columbia Statesman. "It belongs to me," complacently replied the wife. "I paid for it with butter and eggs"—and then you could have knocked the old man's eyes off with a stick, as a sheepish grin spread over his surprised countenance. The old man still comes to town in a little runabout that rattles like an old time horse-power threshing machine, but his good frugal wife rides in a handsome, comfortable vehicle which neither rattles nor jars as it spins along the highway. Appointments by Governor Folk Appointments by Governor Folk. Gov. Folk has made these appointments: V. H. Greenwood of Wishart, Polk county, a member of the state board of osteopathic examinations and registration, vice W. F. Traugher, resigned; Gilbert D. Marks of Kansas City, member of the state board of examiners for barbers for three years from August 21, 1907, to succeed C. W. Frazzee of St. Louis, whose term has expired; D. B. Pankey and P. C. Harrison of Kenneth, Albert H. Carter of Dexter, W. H. Meredith of Poplar Bluff and Thomas Mabrey of Donliplan to compose the St. Francois river commission, which was authorized by an act of the last legislature for the purpose of making a hydrographical survey of the St. Francois river and basin. W. C. T. U. Officer The twenty-fifth annual convention of the Missouri Women's Christian Temperance union recently held a three days' session at Sedalia. The place for the meeting in 1908 has not been decided. These officers were elected; President, Mrs. Clara C. Hoffman, Kansas City; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Kate F. Newton, Carthage; recording secretary, Mrs. Nellie G. Burger, Clark; treasurer, Mrs. Julia A. Glazier, Savannah; vice president at large, Mrs. Carrie Lee Carter Stokes, Kansas City. Should Be Corrected. The Missouri School Journal prints "Footlights to Geography," prepared and copyrighted by Frank M. Vancil. The first paragraph states that the word Missouri means "Big Muldy," when as a matter of fact it means "Wooden Canoe," according to the Columbia Herald. The last paragraph refers to Augustus Choteau as the founder of St. Louis, when in reality that honor belongs to Pierre Lignuest La clade. It is well to have the footlights illuminate correctly. Data for a New State History Material for a history of the state of Missouri is being collected by F. A. Sampson, librarian and historian of the Missouri Historical society. Mr. Sampson has not decided who will write the history. He has been collecting documents and data for some time. All information is filed and arranged alphabetically and kept in the library of the University of Missouri. A New Trolley Company. The Missouri Traction company has been organized in St. Joseph to build a trolley line from St. Joseph to Excelsior Springs by way of Plattsburg, at which place the road will branch off to Mirable and Kingston. A committee was appointed to prepare incorporation papers and forward them to Jefferson City. Mint grown for Market The local option wave has brought to light the fact that many thousand pounds of mint is grown for market every year in Missouri. Peculiar Explosion Harley Carey, of Ten Mile, near Macon, was recently engaged in making sorghum and had an empty barrel that had been used for alcohol. Wanting to see the inside he stuck a lighted match into the bunghole and there instantly followed a terrific explosion that was heard all over the neighborhood. The heavy oak barrel was completely burst and the staves broken. Although both Mr. Carey and his wife were closed to the barrel, Mrs. Carey escaped unhurt, although a flying part of the barrel tore off her apron. Mr. Carey got off with a severely burned right hand. Tygard Must Face Charges. Captain Flavius J. Tygard, the aged financier who is widely known in Masonic circles, was taken from the state insane asylum at Farmington to answer the Kansas City federal grand jury's indictment charging him with misappropriating funds of the Bates County National bank of Butler. He was later taken to the Henry county jail at Clinton to await trial at the November term of court. Poverty Stricken. Now Rich. Failing in every effort to find her sister, Mrs. E. E. Vance has lived for years in poverty and distress in Joplin when she might have been enjoying the fortune that was left to her by the death of her grandfather several years ago. A letter received by Postmaster McGhee af Joplin from Mrs. E. J. Worth of Albany, N. Y. sister of Mrs. Vance, led to a reunion of sisters, and now Mrs. Vance is awaiting word from Albany before she is in a position to state just what the extent of her fortune will be. FASHION'S REALM THE FASHION OF THE EASTERN WORLD. The bell-shaped hat has had a great triumph, and when one considers the extreme ugility of its outline, and the rarity of the saving grace of becomingness, this is little short of amazing. The latest bell-shaped hats are made of eruc lace, and bound with velvet or silk, with a full beefeater crown of lace, tied with ribbons at one side, while usually a rose is laid on the left side of the brim. Stitched linen is also called into service for the bell-shaped hat, and trimmed with a twisted scarf of chiffon it looks its best. Again, it is made of white chip and bound with black chip, the crown being a mass of flowers sewn closely together. And further have I noticed the questionable charms of the bell-shaped hat expressed in colored cinoline lined with black moire, the sole trimming on the crown being an immense mass of waving feather called from the back or breast of the farmyard fowl. One of the most effective hats—for a woman of "certain age"—I have seen this year was a large cloche of exquisitely fine "crin," with a full transparent crown of point d'Esprit and a large chou of black satin ribbon at the left side; just above this chou there was a cluster of three black ostrich tips, and jutting from the center of these a large and full white algrette. It was decidedly a large hat, but so quiet and "lady-like" that it would not attract undue attention, and to its fair owner it proved delightfully more. More and more it becomes the fashion to wear black hats with white gowns and to accompany these with fine black spotted veils, edged and inserted with fine ivory lace. One or two notable leaders of fashion in Paris started this fashion at the end of the last season, and it has "caught on" amazingly; with a pure white gown and black hat in which not a single tinge of color is introduced, looks surprisingly distinguished; and most women look their best with something dark on their heads. Something quite dark or something quite light. This is a safe rule. Of course, there are women who can wear medium tints on their heads with good results, but these are the exceptions; black—in the best and lightest materials—is quite safe for a summer hat and, besides this, it is exceedingly fashionable. Let us speak now of the new sleeves which are set in folds or pleats from shoulder to elbow, and which then extend in mitten fashion right down to the wrists. These sleeves are leaping into favor with the Parisiennies. the sitting figure in the sketch which accompanies this article shows sleeves of this order, and are to be recommended to those who do not care for the ultra-short sleeve and who find the half-and-half business rather dowdy. Sleeves similar to those in the sketch loo, exceedingly well when carried out in crepe de Chine and Maltese lace—both materials being in a pale shade of beige. The lace of Malta is in great favor this year; the kind most used on summer dresses is rather coarse and made in silk, it is—as a rule—in a very pale shade of beige and it harmonizes deliciously with Tussore silk or with crepe de Chine in the same shade. Fillet net, inset with Irrantle or ornamented with applications of white linen, continues to enjoy a triumphant career; it is effective and pliable, and, above all, it is new. I am not, and never shall be, an admirer of flet- except for certain trimmings, but I realise the possibilities of the net as a background. Fortunately there is no indication that gown sleeves will attain unwieldy dimensions, such dimensions as they did a dozen years ago or less when the upper sleeve resembled nothing else so much as it did a small balloon, and when the tallest and THE WORLD'S FASHION An Original Design for Autumn Coat slightest of women with the narrowest shoulders could wear them and look older than a monstrosity. The loosely-fitting coat which reaches above the knees, and is cut away round in the front, shows an ever-increasing popularity. The latest edition of these shows a seam above the waist, and a broad outlining of galon which extends round the wide armhole and appears again at the base of the full square sleeve. Such a coat have I seen in reseda green with braiding in black, worn with a high-waisted skirt, over a shirt of filet net, and crowned with a big black bell-shaped hat made of tightly-stretched silk adorned with a panache. This is destined for autumn wear. The Irish lace coat, long or short, usually boasting a sacque back, HAED with mousseline, or unlined, is having a great vogue, and very pretty indeed it looks. Altogether, I notice a tendency towards wearing coats which differ from the skirts, and the volle skirt of a light color is accompanied with great success by a short, or three quarter, coat of glace, voluminous lace frills on the sleeves, sud lace or nijabot The boys' corn growing contest in Saline county will be decided on November 2, when a farmers' institute will be held according to instructions to W. F. Grosser, secretary of the Commercial club from the state agricultural college at Manhattan. About 133 Saline county farmer boys entered the contest, and it is said that some of the youngsters have the best corn ever grown in the county, this being an exceptionally good year. The committee selected to award the prizes in this county will have a greater task than in most counties, as under an agreement with the commercial club the boys in each township are in a class by themselves, and there will be 19 prizes instead of one. The commercial club will pay all the expenses of 18 prizes, which is a trip to Manhattan during the farmers' state meeting this winter and a visit there of ten days. Several of the agricultural college instructors will be present at the institute in November and an effort will be made to organize a county institute. Shawnee County Alfalfa Club Shawnee County alfalfa Club Shawnee county has what is believed to be the only alfalfa club in the world. The club is composed of Shawnee county farmers who take an active interest in alfalfa. The club held its first meeting for this winter at Topeka and the members discussed various features of alfalfa growing. One of the chief features of the programme was some letters from growers and authorities on alfalfa. Among the letters was one from F. D. Coburn, secretary of the Kansas board of agriculture, who is regarded as about the best authority on this forage plant in the country. Mr. Coburn discussed the seed problem of alfalfa growers. Lyon County Fair a Success. The Lyon county fair closed in a blaze of glory. It was the first county fair held there in 25 years and has been a success from start to finish. The attendance has been away beyond what had been expected and the gate receipts alone will pay all expenses. The institution will be a permanent feature hereafter. A. C. Jordan, the starter of the races says that the Lyon county race track is without exception, equal to any half-mile track in the West and with a little work believes it can be the best. Horsemen agree with Jordan. Chancellor Condemna Snobbery Chancellor Frank Strong, in his annual address to the students of the University of Kansas, took occasion to condemn severely the spirit of snobbery which, he says, is showing a constant tendency to grow up in the state school. "Kansas is a democratic state," said he, "and the society of her greatest educational institution must be kept purely and entirely democratic. We have no place here for snobs. We must frown down every indication of snobbery." She Wanted a Handsome Man. At the last moment an Effingham girl refused to marry a Nortonville man. They went to Atchison expressly to get married in the probate court. Just as the couple and their friends entered the court house, the girl began crying and didn't want to get married. She said that all her life she had dreamed of a handsome groom and wailed that the one she had in realty was as homely as a Missouri river sandbar. E. F. Ware Will Leave Topeka. Eugene F. Ware, for 15 years a resident of Topeka, will go to Kansas City, Kan., in about three months to open a law office and make that city his permanent home. With his son, Eugene Huntington Ware, and his son-in-law, Ralph Nelson, he will form the firm of Ware, Nelson and Ware. A. Fair Presumption A Republic county druggist acknowledges that last month he sold $1,400 worth of whisky and $4.50 worth of drugs. The Cuba Daylight presumes the $4.50 represented headache powders. Jointist Hit Hard. C. W. Curtis, charged with violating the prohibitory law, was found guilty in the Shawnee county district court on 49 counts. The punishment is $100 fine and 30 days in jail on each count, which assessed against Curtis will mean a fine of $4,900 and four years and one month in jail. Robbed Two Safes. Robbers dynamited the safe at the postoffice at Cheney and secured $35. The building was wrecked and many valuable papers destroyed. About 30 minutes before the postoffice safe was robbed the thieves dynamited the safe at the Santa Fe railroad station and secured $70. Invented Tire Protector G. W. Brown of Junction City has perfected an automobile tire protector that is different from anything that has hitherto been accomplished in the line. Mr. Brown has taken steps to have the invention patented, and before long will be ready to turn out an entirely new thing in this line. Last Government Land. There is no more government land in Saline county. The last tract was proved up by Jacob McMikell, a farmer of Summit township. Sunday School Lesson for Oct. 6, 1907 Specially Prepared for This Paper LESSON TEXT.—Joshun, 1: 1-11. Memory verse, 7. GOLDEN TEXT.—I will not fall thes nor forsake thee.—Joshun 1: 6. TIME—The last of March or early in April (Josh. 4: 19 compared with Josh. 1: 11), B. C. 1451 according to our Bible margins. Many scholars place it two earlier. It was directly after the Exodus. PLACE—The plain of the Jordan on the east side, at the foot of the Moabite mountains, opposite Jericho. Comment and Suggestive Thought. Comment and Suggestive Thought. Joshua, the New Leader.—His Name, originally Hoshea, the same as the prophet Hosea, signifying "salvation" or "help." To this was added afterwards (Num. 13: 16) "Je" for Jehovah, and the name became Jehosha, "Jehovah is salvation," shortened to Joshua, later modified in Neh. 8: 17 to Joshua, from which came its Greek form in the Septuagint, Jesous, Jesus, of whom Joshua was in some respects a type. His Ancestry.—He was an Ephraimite, a descendant of Joseph, through Ephraim, and according to 1 Chron. 7: 22:27 he was the eleventh generation from Joseph. His father's name was Nun, and his grandfather, Elishama, was a captain of the army of the Ephraimites, 40,500 in number, at the organizations of the Israelites soon after the exodus (Num. 2: 18, etc, compared with 1 Chron. 7: 27). His Birthplace.—He must have been born in Goshen in Egypt, where his parents were in slavery. We would know all of life if we completely understood any one life. It is well to read what we can in Joshua's Book of Life. 1. Matheson calls his life prosalc, commonplace, that of an assistant to Mosos. Of the three classes of men—those "in advance of their time, the men up to their time, and the men following their time"—Joshua was one of the last type, "without originality, obeying orders; his deeds only breathe through him, not from him." Thus the blind preacher makes Joshua a comfort and strength and hope to the vast majority of men. This may be true of the earlier portions of his life up to the time of this lesson. But now he comes to the reward of his faithfulness as one who obeys orders. By obeying he has learned to command. By faithfulness in little things he is able to do great things. This is the only ladder that may be climbed to the best. The one who would be an orator is told to learn the great orations by heart. The one who would be a painter studies and copies the great artists. When the time came he was able to enter the door to his great life-work. 2. A well-known scholar, says the Temple Bible, "considers the finest religious conception in the book the appearance to Joshua of the angelic 'Captain of the Lord's host' (Josh. 5: 13-15). It is a noble illustration of the truth that in the great causes of God upon the earth, the leaders, however, supreme they seem, are themselves led." Joshua was great because he was under divine guidance, taught by divine wisdom, and therefore, humble and strong. 3. He was a man of great courage, both physical and moral, as he bad shown in the battle with Amalek, and still more in action, in spying out the land and in almost alone resisting the clamors of the people. 1. He was a man of faith. 5. He was deeply and intensely religious, through and through. 6. He came to have fine qualities as a general—keen observation power to control, wise leadership, carelity of movement skilful, strategy, boldness of attack. Ebers, in his romance "Joshua," makes him, not without some probability, a captain prior to the Exodus, in the Egyptian army, well accustomed to campaigning. The Difficulties in the Way These were very great indeed. 1. The Jordan was at its flood (Josh. 3: 15), absolutely impassable for an army, much less for the whole people of Israel. This made them safe from attack, but also prevented them from taking possession. 2. The people of the land dwelt in walled cities against which the Israelites had no sufficient weapons. These obstacles rose like an impassable barrier of mountains before the people. "Impossible to overcome" was written all over them. It was like the task which Jesus set before his disciples when he was about to be crucified—twelve unlearned, unarmed, poor men to conquer the Roman empire, when one breath of Cesar could sweep them from the earth; to overcome the wealth, the worldliness, the selfishness, the sin, and crime of the world. Lebanon was but a molehill to this mountain of difficulty. The people were dismayed, disheartened, hopeless almost to despair. Practical Points The path of duty is like a direct road to success, and moving from it in either direction leads to disaster and defeat. "Note the terms righteousness, rectitude, uprightness and, in matters of opinion, orthodox, while the word 'wrong' is etymologically akin to 'wrung,' twisted."—D. Steele. "Character is the only thing that counts. Though you had the front of Jove himself, an eye like Mars, and had not character, some homely, puny-looking dwarf, who has what you lack, may rise up at any moment and upset you." Good Jokes SPECIALIZATION. Once upon a time, not many years hence, perhaps, a man, being seized with a sudden and violent pain, hastens to a doctor for relief. "Where is the pain?" asks the doctor. "Right here," groans the man, "and lays his hand on the afflicted part. The doctor opens his case of instruments and takes therefrom several delicate compasses and a number of finely graduated tapes. With these he proceeds to make precise and elaborate measurements, stopping at frequent intervals to set down a great many figures on a sheet of paper. "What are you doing?" cries the man at last, for his pain is all the time increasing. "Of course I shall make very sure, first of all, that the location of the difficulty brings it within my specialty. Do you take me for a quack? You deserve to have been born a thousand years ago!" replied the doctor, severely.—Puck. Reaction. "Don't deceive me, doctor! Tell me the truth! Will my boy get well?" "Get well? Why, madam, he is in no more danger of dying than you are. The car wheels didn't touch him. It was the rear platform he was trying to grab.' "The little rascal! I'll whip him within an inch of his life for giving me such a scare."—Chicago Tribune. BOTH NEEDED PERSUASION. 200 The Smitten Swain—Will nothing move you? The Obdurate Maid—Really, Mr. Smith, you talk as if I were a motorcar. She was a phantom of delight When first she gleaned upon my sight She came in and came off her face She was—well-river commonplace. —Chicago Journal. He Liked It. "You seem to find that book very interesting," said Mrs. Heenck. "Yes," replied Henry, "it's delightful. I've glanced at the ending, and the hero and heroine don't get married after all."—Chicago Record-Herald. A Bas! "Would you marry a woman who was older than you?" "Not if I knew it." "If you knew it? Are you one of the people who think a woman is only as old as she says she is?"—Chicago Record-Herald. One Man's Wisdom Superintendent—What excuse did Oldbach offer for declining to buy a lot in the new cemetery? Solicitor—He said he might be lost at sea, then he'd have no use for it—Chicago, Daily News. Changing. Yes. She…Don't you think our summers are changing? He…Decidedly! Why, I can remember the time when you would never see & peek-a-boo the entire summer!—Yonkers Statesman. Often the Case. Biggs—Dead men tell no tales. Diggs—But their tombstones do.— Chicago News. TALKING IT OVER. "How do you manage to learn all the interesting scandals of the town, Frau Buminell?" "O. since they have women cab drivers that's easy—I always get up on the box with the driver!"—Fliegende Blatter. + A Habit. So precious has time grown of late Men cannot stop, we've heard, To mildly say "prevaricate"— They want a shorter word. -Washington Star. HE WASN'T WORTH IT. BENETTON E. SAWYER He—it costs me nearly $5,000 year to live. Last night I fairly rolled in coin; I'd millions, on the dead-- Say, ain't it fierce when you wake up, And find you've bumped your head? -Milwaukee Sentinel At College. "I told the governor I had engaged a tutor to get me on ahead, and the old man was so pleased, that he sent me an extra check for the tutor's expense." "I didn't know you were having private coaching." "I haven't. He isn't that kind of a tutor. He is a chauffeur."—Baltimore American. A Hustler. Harix—Heow he bye son gittin' erlong hence he went up tew th' city? Oatcake—Purty good, I reckon. He writ us he wuz carryin' everything before him. Harix—Is he in bizness for hisss? Oatcake—No, he's actin' ez waiter in a eatin' house.—Chicago Daily News. Where Women Vote. "And did you vote to-day?" asked the president of the Woman's club. "No, I'm sorry to say I did not." "But you promised to." "I know it; but on the way to the polls I got in a discussion with a man about woman's right to vote, and I talked so long that when I got to the polls they were closed!"—Yonkers Statesman. CHRONIC KICKER. NOTICE Proprietor—Does that guest in room 23 complain much lately? Clerk—Yes; why, he kicks about everything as much as if he wasn't paying any board at all.—Chicago News. Always Disappointed Sometimes a downward course twill pick; But whatsoe'er the course it tries The weather fiends are sure to kick. -Washington Star. Forgot Himself Church—That man is an end-seat hog, all right. Gotham—How do you know? "Because he tried to get the end seat away from me!" Yonkers Statesman. In Chicago. Mrs. Dearborn—I think we ought to do all we can to help our ministers. Mrs. Wabash—Well, I've done my share, I'm sure. I've put six of 'em in the way of making wedding fees!—Yonkers Statesmen. She Knew. Mr. Jolt—He says he can't see through my jokes; I wonder why? Mrs. Jolt—Because they're your jokes, I suppose.—Yonkeis Statesman. It Would Seem So. Myer—How do you figure that out? Gyer—It goeth before a fail, you know.—Chicago Daily News. HOME-MADE REMEDY INEXPENSIVE AND EASILY PRE PARED BY ANYONE. Is Said to Promptly Relieve Backache and Overcome Kidney Trouble and Bladder Weakness Though Harmless and Pleasant to Take. What will appear very interesting to many people here is the article taken from a New York daily paper, giving a simple prescription, as formulated by a noted authority, who claims that he has found a positive remedy to cure almost any case of backache or kidney or bladder derangement, in the following simple prescription, if taken before the stage of Bright's disease: Fluid Extract Dandellon, one-half ounce; Compound Kargon, one ounce; Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla, three ounces. Shake well in a bottle and take in teaspoonful doses after each meal and again at bedtime. A well-known authority, when asked regarding this prescription, stated that the ingredients are all harmless, and can be obtained at a small cost from any good prescription pharmacy, or the mixture would be put up if asked to do so. He further stated that while this prescription is often prescribed in rheumatic afflictions with splendid results, he could see no reason why it would not be a splendid remedy for kidney and urinary troubles and backache, as it has a peculiar action upon the kidney structure, cleansing these most important organs and helping them to sift and filter from the blood the foul acids and waste matter which cause sickness and suffering. Those who suffer can make no mistake in giving it a trial. PROVIDENCE WAS IN IT. Fortunate Meeting Surely Brought About by Hand of Fate. A farmerish-looking man shared my seat on the train as I was traveling through Indiana, and after we had been talking for a couple of hours a very common-looking woman got on at a station. I saw the man look very hard at her, and directly after she had taken a seat he rose up and said: "Excuse me, stranger, but I think I used to know that woman, and I'll go over and see her." He was gone about an hour, and I had forgotten all about him when he returned to say: "Yes, I knew her. Durn my cats if it didn't turn out to be my first wife!" "It did?" "Sure's you live. We was divorced Iven years ago, and since then I've been married twice and lost both women by death. I surely believe the hand of Providence is in it." "For just what reason?" "Why, I've got nine children that need a mother, and Hanner is willing to try it again and see if we can't get along better!"—Exchange TIRED BACKS. The kldneys have a great work to do in keeping the blood pure. When they get out of order it causes backache, headaches, dizziness, languor and distressing urinary troubles. Keep the kldneys well and all these sufferings will be saved you. Mrs. S. A. Moore, proprietor of a restaurant at Waterville. Mo., says: they get out of order it causes backache, headaches, dizziness, languor and distressing urinary troubles. Keep the kidnabs well and all these sufferings will be saved you. Mrs. S.A. Moore, proprietor of a restaurant at Waterville, Mo., says: "Befoer using Doan's Kidney Pills I suffered everything from kidney troubles for a year and a half. I had pain in the back and head, and almost continuous in the loins and felt weary all the time. A few doses of Doan's Kidney Pills brought great relief, and I kept on taking them until in a short time I was cured. I think Doan's Kidney Pills are wonderful." For sale at all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo, N. Y. Full of Knots. The lanky tramp removed his tattered hat and displayed his intellectual brow. "Ah, lady," he confided, "I have brains to burn. There is nothing I like better than to tackle knotty problems." The busy housewife reached for the ax. "Indeed!" she said. "Well, go down to the woodpile. You will find that last load the most knotty problem you ever tackled during your career." Pure Food. The pure food law does not prohibit the sale of Cream of Tartar Baking Powders because Cream of Tartar is as pure as Alum—but it is a well known fact that a baking powder in which Alum is used instead of Cream of Tartar is less injurious. Dr. Herman Reinbold, the expert German chemist, in a recent official report concerning Baking Powders, declares that a pure Alum baking powder is better and less injurious than the so-called Cream of Tartar powders. He says that if the quantity of alum contained in a sufficient quantity of baking powder for a batch of bread or cakes for an ordinary family, be concentrated to one mouthful of food, and taken into the stomach of any one person, no matter how delicate, it could do no harm. 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But this by no means exhausts his appetite for information. Every day the ministry of foreign affairs, as well as that of the interior, has to provide newspaper cuttings, properly named and dated, and pasted on slips ready for the emperor's perusal. These he carefully reads, making marginal notes as he goes along, and they are then scrupulously classified and put aside ready for immediate reference. Often, too, the emperor asks for cuttings relating to the particular technical subjects in which for the time he is specially interested. NO NEED FOR WORDS. Brief Pantomime Told Everything to the Onlocker. Harrison Grey Fiske discussed, at a dinner in New York, the art of acting. "I believe," said Mr. Fiske, "in subtlety and restraint. A nod, a shake of the head, a silent pause—these things are often more effective than the most violent yelling and ranting. "Life is like that, subtle and silent. What, for instance, could be more expressive than this scene, a scene without a spoken word, that I once witnessed in the country? "An undertaker stood on a corner near a noble mansion. He elevated his brows hopefully and inquiringly as a physician came from the house. The physician, compressing his lips, shook his head decidedly and hurried to his carriage. Then the undertaker with a sigh passed on. FURIOUS HUMOR ON CHILD. Itching, Bleeding Sores Covered Body —Nothing Helped Her—Cuticura Cures Her in Five Days. "After my granddaughter of about seven years had been cured of the measles, she was attacked about a fornight later by a furious itching and painful eruption all over her body, especially the upper part of it, forming watery and bleeding sores, especially under the arms, of considerable size. She suffered a great deal and for three weeks we nursed her every night, using all the remedies we could think of. Nothing would help. We tried the Cuticura Remedies and after twenty-four hours we noted considerable improvement, and after using only one complete set of the Cuticura Remedies, in five consecutive days the little one, much to our joy, had been entirely cured, and has been well for a long time. Mrs. F. F. Ruefenacht, R. F. D. No. 3, Bakersfield, Cal., June 25 and July 20, 1906." Middle Ground. "Babies who are weaklings should be killed at birth," remarked the advanced doctor. "We are getting to be idiots and imbeciles," he added. "You are too radical," remarked a hearer. "I wouldn't kill an idiot or an imbecile, but I wouldn't try to make a doctor out of him, either." It was at this point debate took a turn almost acrimonious.—Philadelphia Ledger. $100 Reward. $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is least one dreaded disease that science can cure. Cataract, Hail's Cataract Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. 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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. The wedding of Miss Marietta Minor and Mr. Thomas Dixon was solemnized at the bride's home Wednesday evening. September 25, promptly at 7:30 o'clock. Rev. E. O. Wilson officiated at the ceremony. The bride wore a beautiful gown of white chiffon organelle, elegantly trimmed in Irish point lace, a satin girdle, white slippers and carrying a handsome bunch of brides roses. The groom was dressed in full evening dress. The bridesmaid, Miss Rosa Parker, wore a beautiful white evening costume; also Mr. George Minor, best man, and brother of the bride was attired in evening dress. The out-of town guests were Mrs. Dixon, mother of the groom; Mrs. Grady, sister of the groom, both of St. Louis, the groom's former home. They were the recipients of many beautiful and valuable gifts. Among them were a handsome decorated dinner set and punch bowl set, silver teaspoons, coffee spoons, dinner spoons, knives and forks, silver fruit bowls, handsome table linen, manicuring set, dining room pictures, fancy pillows and others too numerous to mention. After October 5 the bride and groom will reside at 344 Haskell avenue. We wish them a long and happy married life. LOCALS. FOR SALE COLORED BARBER SHOP, DOING GOOD BUSINESS, ON WEST SIDE OF MAIN ST., KANSAS CITY, MO. ESTABLISHED IN 1902. REASON FOR SELLING, BAD HEALTH. CALL OR WRITE ED M. EWING & CO., REAL ESTATE AND RENTALS, 5TH AND MINNESOTA AVE., K. C., K. BELL PHONE 424 WEST; HOME PHONE WEST 1540. Amicetia Amor Et-Veritas The building committee of the five Lodges of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows will give their third annual Public Demonstration and Entertainment in Convention Hall, Thanksgiving November 28, 1907 BEAUTY CONTEST WILLL BE DECIDED. A Punch Bowl Set for the Most Beautiful Married Lady and a Silver Manucuring Set for the Most Beautiful Single Lady. At 2:30 p. m. a grand street parade of principal streets ending at the Hall. A concert will be held from 3:30 until 5:30 in the afternoon. Doors open for evening Entertainment at 7:30 p. m. Competitive Drills for Cash Prizes between St. Louis, Topeka, Atchison, St. Joseph and the two Kansas Cities. Patriarchies Drill at 8:30 sharp. Grand March at 9:00 sharp. Voting booths open from 10 to 11:30. Winners in the Beauty Contest will be announced at 12 o'clock 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. Fraizer, 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 Old 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. KANSAS CITY, KAN. NOTES The Progressive Art Club met at the residence of Mrs. F. K. Douglass. At the close a dainty luncheon was served. Mrs. Armstead of Chicago, Ill., is the guest of Mrs. G. W. Burdette. Mr. and Mrs. Hernald, formerly of St. Louis, are permanently located in this city. Miss Minerva Graham is in Topeka, as her sister is quite ill at her home. Miss Mattie Miller, en route to Ma-con, Mo., is the guest of Rev. and Mrs. G. W. Burdette. Mrs. H. Gant is indisposed. Mr. Geo. W. W. Hughes of 1209 Seventh avenue, Huntington, W. Va., is in the city visiting as guests of Prof. Hezekiah Walden of 2442 Montgall. Mr. S. P. Morgan has bought the rooming house of Mr. Ottman at 1119 Campbell. Furnished rooms for rent Apply at 1116 Campbell. Mrs. A. Hinton is quite ill at her home on New Jersey avenue. Schools opened Monday with a large enrollment. Rev. A. M. Ward preached his fare well sermon Sunday morning. Many of his hearers were benefited. Mr. James Gross died suddenly at his place of business, 439 Minnesota avenue. It was sad news to all who knew him. His body was sent to Lawrence for burial. On Emancipation celebration there was a picnic at the Booker T. Washington park, given for the benefit of the Douglass Hospital. There was speaking by Senator Chester I. Long, Hon. L. F. Bradley and others. Singing by the Western University quartette. Everyone seemingly were in a good mood and reported a nice time. The correspondent has been ill, but is better. Rev. Bowen will return from his Eastern visits October 5. Amicetia The building Grand United O third annual Pub in Convention H 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. THE COLORED AMERICAN AGENTS WANTED FOR THE RISING SON IN AND OUT OF TOWN. LIBERAL .COMMISSION. .NEWS- BOYS WANTED TO CARRY THE SON. CALL AT 914 E. 12TH AND WE WILL PUT YOU TO WORK. IN DUSTRIOUS YOUNG MEN. NO OTHERS NEED APPLY. Nice furnished front rooms, upstairs, 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. The contest will terminate some time in October. The single lady winning the first prize will receive a pure silver manicuring set and the married lady will receive a handsome punch bowl set. Papers from which the coupons can be secured will be on sale at Smith's three drug stores, 1331 East Eighteenth street, 805 Independence avenue and 1301 East Eighteenth, and McCampbell & Houston's drug store, Twenty third and Vine. 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 Eight 18th St., and Carpenter & Watson's Confectionery, 1519 E. 12th Street. Orders taken over phone B 4821 Main—Home; M 6226 Residence, Quindaro, Kas. Office at 1005 McGee. Negro Com Since the abolition of slavery in 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 Negsued, giving accurate portraits of they served and the years of servi tors, Messrs. Revels and Bruce, oo rounded by the other eighteen Rep the Stars and Stripes in color. This let containing biographies of these lar ($1.00). This engraving is a gra in America. No home, library, of plete without it. Send for one to- THE COLORED NOVELT P. O. Drawer 2318 Agents wanted. A Amor Et ing committee of the five Order of Odd Fellow Public Demonstration and Hall, Thanksgiving N AT THIS TIME THEN CITY CON WILL BE DECIDED set for the Most Beauti manucuring Set for th m. a grand street pa at the Hall. A con :30 in the afternoon. tainment at 7:30 p. Prizes between St. Joseph and the two Ka at 8:30 sharp. Gra booths open from 10 t contest will be annou B. F LEWIS, Chairman. 4 Watch! Watch the Fairbanks sentiment grow in Missouri. There is a wheel-horse sitting in the saddle of the state committee now. Watch Missouri's war horse run! 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. 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. 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. 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. bell phone East 3832-X. in the United States in 1863, many mens. Two were United States Sen- ves; three, held diplomatic and con- sult officers in the army, six were Re- f Columbia. Negro Congressmen has just been is- f each; also the Congress in which vice. In the picture, the two Sena- occupy the center of the group, sur- presentatives. In the background, this beautiful engraving, with a book- e eminent men, is sold for one dol- raphic political history of the Negro office, or school-room will be com- day. ED AMERICAN CITY CO. Washington, D. C. t-Veritas five Lodges of the ws will give their nd Entertainment Headquarters for first class meals. Served at all hours. We make a speciality of home baking and our pastry cooking cant be beat. GOOD MEALS. GOOD SERVICE. MR. B. C. MILLER, Proprietor. Musical Studio MISS ANNA WARNER Special Instructor in Technic, Harmony and Literary addition. Hours 9 to 12 a. m. and 1 to 5 p. m. Location 18th and Paseo BELL PHONE 2386 EAST Home Phone 5327 Main Bell Phone 392 Main Location 18th and Pass PHONE 2386 EAST Phone 5327 Main Bell Phone Special Instructor in Technic, Harmony and Literary addition. Hours 9 to 12 a.m. and. 1 to 5 p.m. Location 18th and Paseo BELL PHONE 2386 EAST MRS. V. L. NORTH ROOMS WITH HOT AND COLD BATHS. LUNCHEONS AT ALL HOURS. 1017-19 OAK STREET. KANSAS CI Condensed Official Statement of the Condition of the National Bank of Comm KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI close of business, August 22nd, 1907. RESOURCES. dedemption fund. fixtures. onds. exchange. $16,041.75 bonds at par.....1,250,000 de bonds.....5,175,632 LIABILITIES. divided profits. Condensed Official Statement of the Condition of the National Bank of Commerce KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI At the close of business, August 22nd, 1907. Above Statement is correct. DAVID T. BEALS, President. ERWIN W. ZEA, Cashier. UNION NATIONAL BANK Kansas City, Mo. Condensed Statement, as Made to the Com the Close of Business, Aug Loans and discounts ..... $62 United States bonds and other high class bonds ..... $11 Municipal bonds and other high class bonds ..... $11 Cash and sight exchange ..... $11 LIABILITIES. Capital stock ..... $11 Surplus earned ..... $11 Undivided profits ..... $11 Unearned interest ..... $11 National bank notes outstanding ..... $11 Deposits ..... $11 Directors: C. W. Whitehead, Edward George, P. Merrill, O. H. Dean, George W. Jones, Lee Clson, Felix L. LaForce, David T. Beals, Fernan Edwin W. Zea. THE SKIRTI JOHN TRICG, Ladies' Popular Clean MRS. M. E. J. TRICGIN A 1203 E. 18th St. 1 CENT IS AL to write for showing the BRC VOCLES BELOW any other manufacturer DO NOT BUY or on any kind of term, until you have legumes illustrating and describing bicycles, old patterns and latest model PRICES and wonderful new offer direct to rider with no middlemen's WE SWIP ON APPROVAL with allow 10 Days Free Trial and ma house in the world will do. You will able information by simply writing We need a Rider Agent in every to make money to suitable young men $8.50 PUNCTURE-PRO Regular Price $8.50 per pair. To Introduce We Will Sell You a Sample Pair for Only 4.80 NAILS, TACKS OR GLASS WON'T LET OUT THE AIR Statement, as Made to the Comptroller of the the Close of Business, August 22, 1907. RESOURCES. Amounts at par. $625,000.00 Amounts and other high class bonds. 644,669.05 Exchange. 4,884,233 LIABILITIES. L. $600,000 M. $600,000 B. $101,811 E. $121,968 Notes outstanding. $500,000 $13,262,190 E SKIRTITORI JOHN TRIGG, Prop. Popular Cleaners and MRS. M. E. J. TRIGGIN ATTENDANCE St. 1 CENT IS ALL IT WILL to write for our big FREE B CLEANER, CUSTOMER, BICYCLES, TIRES and SUN BELOW any other manufacturer or dealer in the w DO NOT BUY A BICYCLE or on any kind of terms, until you have received our logues illustrating and describing every kind of high- bicycles, old patterns and latest models, and learn of our PRICES and wonderful new offers made possible by a direct to rider with no middlemen's profits. We WORK ON APPROVAL without a great deposit. We allow 10 Days Free Trial and make high-quality house in the world will do. You will learn everything aable information by simply writing us a postal. We need a Minder Agent in every town and can o to make money to suitable young men who apply at once. .50 PUNCTURE-PROOF TIRE Price pair. $4.80 Nails, TACKS WON'T LET OUT THE AIR Condensed Statement, as Made to the Comptroller of the Currency, at the Close of Business, August 22, 1907. RESOURCES. Loans and discounts.....$9,022,070.75 United States bonds at par.....$625,000.00 Municipal bonds and other high class bonds.....$41,669.02 Cash and sight exchange.....$4,884,232.92—$15,185,972.72 LIABILITIES. Capital stock.....$600,000.00 Surplus earned.....$600,000.00 Undivided profits.....$101,815.69 Unearned interest.....$121,961.00 National bank notes outstanding.....$500,000.00 Deposits.....$13,262,196.02—$15,185,972.72 Directors: C. W. Whitehead, Edward George, L. T. James, C. J. Schmelzer, J. P. Merrill, G. H. Dean, George W. Jones, Lee Clark, George D. Ford, W. D. Johnson, Felix J. LaForce, David T. Beals, Fernando P. Neal, William H. Beegar, Edwin W. Zen. 1203 E. 18th St. Kansas City, Mo. DO NOT BUY A BICYCLE from anyone, or on any kind of terms, until you have received our complete list of logues illustrating and describing every kind of high-grade and low-grade bicycles, old patterns and latest models, and learn of our remarkable LOW direct to rider with no middlemen is provided by selling from factory direct to rider with no middlemen is provided by selling from factory WE SHIP ON APPROVAL without a cent deposit, Pay the Freight and WE SHIP ON APPROVAL without a cent deposit, Pay the Freight and allow 10 Days Failure. Trial and make other liberal terms which no other company can offer. Provide everything and get much valuable information by simply writing us a postal. We need a Rider Agent in every town and can offer an opportunity (CASH WITH ORDER $4.65) NO MORE TROUBLE FROM PUNCTURES. Result of 15 years experience in tire molding. Danger to RNS, CACUT PINS, PINS, AILS, ACKS or GLASS. Serious punctures, like intentional knife cuts, can be vulcanized like any other tire. Two Hundred Thousand pairs now in actual use. Over Seventy-five Thousand pairs sold last year. DESORIPTION! Made in all sizes. It is lively and easy with a special quality of rubber, which never becomes porous without allowing the air to escape. We have hundreds of our own rubber products, and we offer an ordinary tire, the puncture resisting qualities being gift prepared fabric on the tread. That "Holding Back" sensitized or soft roads is overcome by the patent "Basket Cave" tread. The rubber tires is $5 per pair, but for advertising purposes we are amenable to only $1.8 per pair. All orders shipped same day letter in. You do not pay a cent until you have examined and found the correct tire. We offer a FULL CASH WITH ORDER and enclose this advertised brass hand pump and two Samson钢 puncture puncture closers to be used in case of intentional auto damage. We are perfectly reliable and money sent to us is as safe Banker. Express or Freight Agent or the Editor of this paper these tires, you write you have ever used or seen at any price. W that when you want a bicycle you will give your order, order at once, hence this remarkable tire offer. COASTER-BRAKES! everything in the big prices charged by dealers and repair men. Write for our DO NOT WAIT! but write us a postal today. ON, I made in all sizes. It is lively and easy riding, very dura ality of rubber, which never becomes porous and which closes the air to escape. We have hundreds of letters from satisfied vecionally when pumped upon or twice in a whole season. They the puncture testing of quality of the pump's sound and the pump's sound. The "Middle Link" sensation commonly felt wh overcome by the patent "basket Weave" tread which prevent been the tire and the road thus overcoming all suction. The re pair, but for advertising purposes we are making a special fact of the "market" and the letter which will ship to all orders shipped some day letters. The price of the pump is based on the price of each and then at the price $4.55 per each discount of $5 per cent (thereby making the price $4.55 with the order and enclose this advertisement. We will a and pump and two Sampson metal puncture closers on full paid to be used in case of intentional knife cuts or heavy gashes). If for any reason there is no need for any action, please ask for any reason that is the best way to do it. If you are in the right place to use it as safe as in a bank. At for Freight Agent or the Editor of this paper about us, you will find that they will ride easier, run faster, wear better, you have ever used or seen at any price. We know that you want to bicycle you will give us your order. We want you to s ence this remarkable build-up-wheels, saddles, pedals, par-BRAKES, everything in the bicycle line are sold by dealers and repair men. Write for our big SUNDRY catalog for the price of $100.00. We are in the right place to use it as safe as in a bank. We know that you want to bicycle you will give us your order. We want you to s ence this remarkable build-up-wheels, saddles, pedals, par-BRAKES, everything in the bicycle line are sold by dealers and repair men. Write for our big SUNDRY catalog DESCRIPTION: Made in all sizes. It is lively and easy riding, very durable and lined inside with a special quality of rubber, which never becomes porous and which closes up small punctures without allowing the air to escape. We have hundreds of letters from satisfied customers stating that their bicycle will not rust and that the puncture resistant the puncture resistant qualities being given by several layers of thin, specially prepared fabric on the tread. That "Holding Basket" sensation commonly felt when riding on asphalt or soft roads is overcome by the patent "Basket Weave" tread which prevents all air from being squeezed out between the tire and the tire thus overcoming all suction. The regular price of these new bicycles is $199.00 for a two-sample puncture resistant fabric of only $49 per pair. All orders shipped same day letter is received. We ship C.O.D. on 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 percent (thereby making the price $4.55 per pair) if you send FULL CASH WITH ORDER. You will receive two Sapphire puncture closers on full paid orders (these metal puncture closers to be used in case of intentional knife cuts or heavy gashes). Tires to be returned at OLR expense if for any reason they are not satisfactory on examination. We are perfectly reliable and money sent to us is as safe as in a bank. Ask your Postmaster, Banker, Express or any other dealer for a two-sample puncture closers that will ride easier, run faster, wear better, last longer and look finer than any tire you have ever used or at any price. We know that you will be so well pleased that when you want a bicycle you will give us your order. We want you to send us a small trial order at once, hence this remarkable tire offer. Wheels, saddles, pedals, parts and repairs, and prices charged by dealers and repair men. Write for our big SUNDRY catalogue. DO NOT WAIT but write us a postal today. DO NOT THINK OF BUYING a bicycle or a pair of tires from anyone until you know the new and special prices available. Harmony and Literary m. and 1 to 5 p. m. and Paseo Bell Phone 392 Main KANSAS CITY, MO. Real Statement on of the Bank Commerce MISSOURI 22nd, 1907. CS. ..... $16,320,446.34 ..... 602,042.07 ..... 50,000.00 ..... 000,000.00 ..... 000,000.00 ..... $16,041,778.71 ..... 1,280,000.00 ..... 6,175,632.22—$22,459,410.93 CS. ..... $39,469,899.34 ..... $1,000,000.00 ..... 2,048,088.33 ..... 1,000,000.00 ..... 35,429,811.02 ..... $39,469,899.34 W. A. RULE. FERNANDO P. NEAL, Vice President. W. H. SEEGER, Second Vice President. Comptroller of the Currency, at August 22, 1907. ES. $625,000.00 644,669.05 $9,032,070.75 1,269,669.05 4,884,232.92—$15,185,972.75 ES. $600,000.00 600,000.00 101,815.69 121,961.00 500,000.00 $13,262,196.03—$15,185,972.75 MITORIUM G, Prop. Caners and Dyers IN ATTENDANCE Kansas City, Mo. ALL IT WILL COST YOU for our big FREE BICYCLE catalogue the most complete line of high-grade TES, TIRES and SUNDRIES at PRICES tractor or dealer in the world. BY A BICYCLE from anyone, you have received our complete Free Cata- toring every kind of high-grade and low-grade models, and learn of our remarkable LOW- wing made possible by selling from factory men's products. without a cent deposit, pay the Freight and make other liberal terms which no other will learn everything and get much valu- ing us a postal. in every town and can offer an opportunity g men who apply at once. PROOF TIRES ONLY $4.80 PER PAIR SS. "A" and puncture strips "B" and "D," also rim strip "H" to prevent rim cutting. This tire will outlast any other make-SOFT, ELASTIC and EASY RIDING. In this study, very durable and lined inside porous and which closes up small punctures of letters from satisfied customers stating in a whole set where the length no more than 100 mm given by several layers of thin, special situation commonly felt when riding on asphalt we'll tread which prevents all air from being coming all suction. The regular price of these are making a special factory price to the ridester is received. We ship C.O.D. on approval, and them strictly as represented. We will also send one send of the current, we will also send one for one nickel, the closers on full paid orders (these metal cuts or heavy gashes). Tires to be returned factory on examination. We are in a bank. Ask your Postmaster, if you order a pair of new paper, wear better, last longer and look like you. We know that you will be so well pleased. We want you to send us a small trial. Is, saddles, pedals, parts and repairs, and the bicycle line are sold by us at half the usual our big SUNDRY catalogue. Today, DO NOT THINK OF BUYING. NEWS & GOSSIP WILSON DAWSON, Business Mgr. MABEL VAUGHAN, Secretary and Stenographer. Remember please— It's the little bits we collect here and tare hat enables us to run from year to year." All announcements and notices are ten cents per line. LOCALS. WESTERN UNIVERSITY. Quindaro, Kansas. President Shelton French and Rev. E. R. Vaughan, D. D., dean of Theology, returned this week from Parsons, Kansas, after attending the Kansas Annual Conference. They report conference to have been on the rise and that all reports were above expectations. Rev. Jno. Griffith, pastor of Allen chapel, Quindaro, Kansas, has been given the charge at Argentine, Kansas. Rev A. M. Ward, D. D., treasurer at W. U., and pastor K. C. K A. M. E. church has been given the charge of Shorter Chapel, Denver, Colo. The Kansas conference now loses a very able man, yet the Colorado conference is in receipt of a great leader. Miss Wimes, representative of the Sunday School Union at Nashville, Tenn., and Miss Smith, of Quincy, Ill., private secretary of Prof. Chas. Steward, Associated Press Reporter, were the pleasant visitors of Mrs. Rev. Vaughan on Monday and Tuesday. Mr. Edward Rucker, first violinist in the W. U. orchestra, has returned from Colorado to attend school again. This year W. U. has an excellent young lady violinist. The football boys practice every morning and evening, muddy or dry. Mr. O. B. Kelso & Bro. were visitors at the James A. Handy Lyceum last Friday night. Mrs. Carrie Wilson of Lexington, Mo., is in the city visiting her sister and Mrs. Wilson of 614 Campbell St. We will endeavor to have more cuts of the ladies in the Beauty Contest next week. The Highland Avenue Baptist Literary meets every Monday night with an interesting program. All are cordially invited to be present. Mrs. Pansy Spayes, of 1121 Independence avenue, has been very ill for the last two weeks. We hope she will soon recover. Miss Lucretia Crouch, of Lawrence, Kansas, is spending a very pleasant visit with Miss Carney Cross, 2318 Flora avenue. Mr. Richard Fisher will give a party in honor of his nieces from Holden, Mo., Friday evening, October 4, at his residence, 1720 E. 18th St. Mandesh Thomas of 1816 Tracy expects to make a trip East, visiting Omaha, Chicago, Minneapolis and Minnesota. Mr. Roy Dorsey is making great success with his Pressing Club. We will give the names of the young ladies and gentlemen in next week's issue. Mrs. Hattie and Emma Hill of Spring Valley, Miss., and Mrs. Seymour Hill, of Chicago, and brother are visiting Mrs. Fields, 1333 Vine street. They expect to leave the city Saturday. Beginning with October 15, we will make a special reduction for the Beauty Contest coupons. All those buying coupons from 50 cents up will be given special rates. Any woman desirous of having her name taken out of the Beauty Contest please notify us by writing so we can immediately take it out. Let us know about it before going to the press. The Progress Study Club is meeting at the home of Mrs. Lucinday Day, 1411 Lydia avenue at present and report a splendid success as well as quite a number of new members joining each week. On Friday evening, October 11, 1907, an Oratorical Contest will be given at Allen Chapel A. M. E. church, under the management of the Progress Study Club. Everyone is invited to be present. Admission 15 cents. The Supreme Council of the ancient and accepted Scottishrite of the 32 degree (Masonic) is now in session in Washington, D. C. Illustrious. E. S. Baker is the delegate from Kansas City Consistory No. 7. J. F. CRAIG. Miss Belle Wortham was married last Wednesday night to Mr. Charley Compton, brother of Mr. Henry Compton. It was a private affair. Those present were Miss Cora White, Mr. Joe Foster, Mrs. J. E. Dibble and the family. DON'T DISTURB THE WASHER WOMAN. Don't disturb the vasher woman While her head is bending low Over steam and suds that's foaming. For she gets her money so. That's the way she makes her living, Tolling out her days in pain To supply her little children When they ask for bread again. Do not scorn her because she labors While you're lounging as you please But speak a kind word to the woman, That will set her heart at ease. For she is honest as she stands there Deep down in her heart she prays, If I can but please my maker, I'll be rich in Future Days. Mrs. S. P. Morgan has just returned from a two weeks' trip to Excelsior Springs. Any person desiring to purchase stock in the Freedman Mining, Milling and Development company of Colorado will see W. Dawson, local agent. Second allotment of fifty thousand shares at ten cents per share is almost gone; if you would like to buy stock at this price buy now or never. Mr. and Mrs. James Craig, announce the engagement of their daughter, Joe Bethel Craig, to Prof. A. L. Wright, of Indian Territory. The wedding will take place at Vine Street Baptist Church, October 17, 8:30 p. m. Reception at 2219 Flora avenue, 9 to 12. J. FRANKLIN CRAIG. She will spend a week and return to Lexington. Miss Sophia Boaz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Boaz, 714 Steptoe avenue of this city, left the city September 25 for Fiske University, Nashville, Tenn., where she will attend school. We wish her a very pleasant school year as well as an intellectual term. The imperial council A. A. O. N. Mystic Shrine, has just closed a very pleasant session in Richmond, Va.; Prof. A. O. Coffin was the delegate from Kansas City. The next annual session will be held in Kansas City in October, 1908. The shrine is a high degree of the Masonic order, between the 15th and 16th degree. J. F. CRAIG. FOR NEAT FURNISHED ROOMS CALL AT 1910 GROVE ST., MRS. JOHNSON. FOR YOUNG MEN ONLY. 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 politicians. Phone for a Rising Son Home or Bell 780 Main or Grand. We will be there with the paper and bring you the news. Watch for the Beauty Contest pictures which will appear in the next week's issue. The Old Folks' and Orphans' Home will have a grand international bazaar at Vine St. hall, Friday, Nov. 1. Mr. J. H. Chisselle of 805 Independence avenue, has sold his property at 805 Olive. Rev. R. E. Lee is building a neat little church on Crystal avenue, near the Blue Valley school. Why all this comment about the Beauty Contest as to who is 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. Mr. H. D. Earl, president of the Freeman Mining, Milling and Development 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 manicuring 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 Convention 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. and Watches too EASY PAYMENTS W.F. Smith Jewelry Co. EMMETT E. 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NEATLY FURNISHED ROOMS, GAS AND 'PHONE SERVICE. MEN ROOMERS DESIRED. CALL AT 1216 E. 12TH ST. BELL 'PHONE GRAND 3294X. Buy your photo post cards of Eugene Vanghan, stenographer and typewriter. All kinds—Dunbar, DuBois, Washington, R. R. Wright; also views or colleges, business houses, fairs, etc. Five cents each, or 50 cents per dozen. Orders taken over phone. Bell M-4821 and M-6236. Samples shown upon request. Residence, Quindaro, Kas. Call at 1005 McGee street from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. Have you seen Weaver? If you have not, go and call him up! he will get you a job. MONDS ON REDIT chest too New Place for Colored People 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. Home Made Ices of all Kinds 1320 E.18th STREET Don't forget the number. His new place will be elegantly fitted up with every inducement for ladies and gentlemen. W. T. GREEN, Propr. Mrs. Laura Akins has the finest American and European dining rooms in the West. One main dining room and one private dining room. Everything of the season to be served in first-class style. The best cooks will prepare the fancy Steaks, Chips, Fish and Fowls of all kinds. Ice Cream and Soft Drinks all the time. Good Music while you eat. Meals at all hours. Open at Night. The Best Accommodation, with Rooming Houses at 508 and 512 McGee St. HOWARD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE 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 Departments; one thousand students and over one hundred professors-For further information or catalogue, write F. J. SHADD, M. D., Secretary. 901 K. Street, Washington Up-To-Date Barber Shop Accommodations for Gentlemen. First-class Tonsorial Artist. You Are Always Next. Artist Charles Trailer. W. E. ANDERSON, Propr. 1333 $ _{2} $ E. 18th St. KANSAS CITY, MO. PHONE Grand 3578X and Home MRS. S. I Home Made Ic 1320 E.18t Something New! O W. T. O Has M PENNY and Shoot To 713 MA Don't forget the number gantly fitted up with every gentlemen. W. T. The New F IS OPEN FOR Down Stairs at 5 Mrs. Laura Akins has the finest in the West. One main dining room thing of the season to be served in prepare the fancy Steaks, Chops, F and Soft Drinks all the time. Good M Open at Night. The Best Accommod Houses at 508 a BELL PHONE 2502 MAIN HOWARD SCHOOL OF REV. WILBUR P. THIRKIELD, D. D. President. THE FORTIETH Will begin October 1, 1907 FOUR YEARS' GRADED COURSE THREE YEARS' COURSE IN DEN THREE YEARS' GRADED COURSE AN OPTIONAL FIVE-YEAR COURSE S. L. DAILY, Manager Cooking FAMILY of all Kinds STREET One Come All EEN is RCADE Gallery STREET new place will be ele- ment for ladies and EEN, Propr. Ch Cafe BUSINESS Grand Avenue and European dining rooms private dining room. Every- style. The best cooks will wish of all kinds. Ice Cream you eat. Meals at all hours. with Rooming 2 McGee St. KANSAS CITY, MO. VERSITY MEDICINE ROBERT REYBURN, M. D., Dean. AL SESSION continue eight months. MEDICINE MEDICRY MEDICACY MEDICINE IS OFFERED NELLIE'S LESSON (Copyright, by Joseph H. Bowles) She gets up that morning with a dull headache, a miserable sense of heaviness and nervous unrest, common enough, doubtless, to young mothers who have not yet succeeded in adjusting their endurance to the various burdens of life. She goes out into the pleasant, cool kitchen, Charley has already built the fire in the range, and has gone on into the large shed room they call his "workshop," where he is occupying his spare hours in constructing a set of furniture, from original patrons, for a spare bedroom. Nellie is planning to arrange. me? And as if she see me doing somewhat brittle. She gives his clear away the just then baby cend. "That baby!" very tender in cups and sause coat on by th to start; he h his work. He and stoops over "Come, Nell "Well, he may feel fresh and lively and like working," thinks Nellie, half-sullied, as she listens to the cheerful, mellow whistle with which he keeps time to the music of his tools. "He slept like a rock all night. I don't suppose he ever guesses how little sleep or rest I got—or cares, either, mashe." Which last is clearly unjust; and Charley Burt is one of the best husbands in the whole world, as Nellie herself is often heard to say. She goes mechanically about her morning duties, preparing the breakfast she knows Charley likes best, and putting up a dainty dinner in his neat lunch-basket—for he does not come home till night—all the time boiling against hope that baby will not wake till she gets some of the most needful work done. The very sunshine fails to cheer her with its brightness. Breakfast over, he says cheerfully: "Nell, I wish you sew a button or two on my coat; Ive missed some this day or go." His tone is the furthest possible from a hint of fault-finding. She says: "Yes, Charley," very quietly; but lifts the offending gar- A woman is carrying a child into a doorway, while two men are helping to carry the child. Sees Them Bring in the Man She Loves. mnet with a spiteful jerk; and goes into the bedroom to select from their box on her work-table some suitable buttons and the wherewithal to apply them. But just as she turns away with full hands, those wicked buttons escape from her hold, and with the natural perversity that animates all things some days, they cease not their rolling til they have bestowed themselves far under the dressing-case, quite beyond reach. A hasty exclamation springs to her lips, but is bravely repressed, while the vexed frown deepens. Losing temper and patience together, she puts forth all her strength and lifts the dressing case clear away from the wall, rolling aside while she picks up the fugitive buttons. "Say, Neil, hold on there;" calls Charley, observing this exploit through the open door. "Why don't you let me help you? You ought not to do such things; you know you'll hurt yourself." "Oh, well, it doesn't matter," she returns, desperately. "I'm sure to be worked to death, somehow; it may as well be one thing as another." For a moment honest Charley looks at his young wife with eyes and mouth open; never has he heard such words from her before. In that moment it seems to dawn upon him for the first time how much sharper is the outline of the still pretty face, how pale the once pink checks, what dark lines under the blue eyes, how tired a look about the child-like mouth. He sits down suddenly, in the completeness of the shock. "Nell," he says, presently, "if you are working too hard, why don't you have a young girl to help, or put out something—the washing, for instance? It isn't absolutely necessary that you should do everything; you mustn't overwork, if we don't make up that last payment this year." "I shall do all my own work—unless I am sick—until we are quite out of debt and have laid something by," is the firm reply—she is somewhat calmer now. "Didn't I agree to, when we laid our plans at first?" "But not unless you are able, Nell; I won't have you over-work; you are not looking very well, it seems to me." "Of course I am able," stubbornly, yet struggling to keep back the weak tears at these words of sympathy. Of course I am well; what should all me? And as for what I do, you never see me doing much, do you?" with somewhat bitter emphasis. She gives him the coat, proceeds to clear away the breakfast things, but just then baby Carl's shrill notes ascend. "That baby!" she exclaims, with no very tender inflection; and dropping cups and saucers, she hastens to relieve his sufferings. Charley has his coat on by this time, and is about to start; he has a 15-minute' ride to his work. He steps into the bedroom and stoops over little Carl. "Come, Nell, my girl," he calls, cheerily, "fetch us the good by kiss." "Oh, I'm busy," replies Nell, tartly, from the depths of the closet where she is selecting baby clothes, "kiss Carl instead, that will do as well. I don't doubt you think a good deal more of him than you do of me anyway," with perversely bitter intonation. If she thinks he will hasten to her and coax her out of her pet, she is greatly mistaken; he is not used to any such moods in his bright little helpmate, so does not know how to take them. There is a sudden silence, then she faces round just in time to see him give baby Carl one long kiss, and he turns away mute and hurt, and is gone. She hesitates a moment, too proud to call to him even then, till at last her heart conquers and she runs after him; but it is too late; he has passed out of the side-door, gone down the walk and is just stepping on board the waiting horse-car. How heavily the day passes after this, only a tender-hearted woman mastered by the same failing can know. Never before has she spoken such words to the husband she loves so dearly; never before since their wedding day have they parted for even a few hours without a kiss and a loving word. Theirs has been a very happy marriage, too, having in it all the elements of prosperity and content. Charley Burt is a house-carpenter by trade, a first-rate mechanic, sober, industrious, earning good wages and constantly advancing at his work. They have a cozy little home, a pretty cottage in the suburbs. To-day she goes about the pretty rooms tidying everything as usual, and for the first time takes no pride or pleasure in them. She gets through her routine work somehow, doing all she thinks of or fluds time for, because to leave anything undone would only add to the suffering of a mind ill at ease; but there is a heavy weight of misery at her heart. Will night ever come—and bring her Charley home? At last everything is done; she has prepared a most inviting supper for her "good man," saying to herself: "I'll take baby Carl and run down to the gate and meet him when he comes—then we'll kiss and make up." Still he does not come, and it is quite past his usual hour. She sits patiently holding her boy, her face growing all the time more white and drawn and anxious. "Oh, how I wish I had said good by just as ever to today!" she whispers for the twentth time; then as the slow minutes creep along, "I am afraid—oh, so afraid something has happened." for though he is sometimes a little late, it is very seldom that his time of coming varies a half-hour—and now it is two hours, and her vague presentiments of evil are growing to a dreadful certainty. She gets up and walks the floor, tired out as she is; another hour passes, and in the extremity of her distress and terror she is about to run across to her nearest neighbor, when a muffled tramping approaches and stops—the feet of them that bear him are at his gates." It seems to Nellie Burt that she dies a dozen deaths in that moment, while she stands rooted to the spot and sees them bring in the man she loves, senseless, bleeding, broken; then she rouses herself, and it is her ready hand that arranges the bed and smooths the pillow under the poor unconscious head. Not dead—no—that would have been a punishment greater than poor Nellie deserves, and more than she could bear; but there has been an accident—a scaffolding has fallen, and among the half-dozen men killed or injured Charley Burt has fared best of any—only a broken arm, a dislocated shoulder, and some cuts and bruises. He has been well cared for, too, and only conveyed to his home when the attending surgeon has decided that there are no internal injuries, and that he can safely be moved. But the dread "might have been" stands out before her then so clear and plain that it leaves its impress on her very soul; and in all the rest of her life it helps to teach her the great lesson of patience and self-control. So matters might have been much worse, after all; as it is, Nellie Burt's bad day ends with a perfect reconciliation between husband and wife, and a most grateful thanksgiving to God from one tender heart that she has been spared that sharpest pang of all—the utter misery of knowing that for this world her penitence has come too late. At the National Capital Gossip of People and Events Gathered in Washington SULTAN TO SEND NEW MINISTER TO WASHINGTON WASHINGTON.—As a forerunner of the embassy about to be established by the Turkish government in Washington, Mohemd Ali Bey is coming to this capital as minister from the sublime porte. The news came to the state department from Ambassador Leishmann at Constantinople, who cabled the department that the porte had requested him to ascertain whether Mohemd would be acceptable in a ministerial capacity. The department replied affirmatively, and it is understood that the new minister will be in Washington by the time that President Roosevelt returns to this city from his western trip. In the selection of Mohemd Bay as minister to Washington the sultan has A WASHINGTON woman discovered some days ago that her German nurse was destroying the money orders she purchased to remit to the fatherland. She had torn up within the last five years more than $500 of money orders, thinking they were receipts for the money deposited in the office at Washington and that the money had been duly sent to her old mother in Germany. This incident recalls the fact that there has accumulated in the national treasury millions of dollars, possibly ten millions, since the establishment of the present system in 1864. An official, speaking of the system, said: "This vast accumulation of money is steadily being augmented from year to year, and unless the people become better acquainted with the character of a money order transaction the accumulated sum promises to become almost fabulous. This money has accumulated through no fault of the United States. The system is perfect and instructions relating to it are clear and ample. "For one thing it is known that persons purchasing money orders ignorantly destroy them, believing that A TREASURE HUNT BY THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY THE active cooperation of the states of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, from the mouth of the Potomac to the Mississippi, is enlisted in an investigation for which preparations are under way at the United States geological survey. A systematic study is to be made of the age, character and general relations of the rocks of the coastal plain, special effort being made to determine the position and extent of beds of economic interest, including water-bearing beds, phosphate deposits, fuller's earth and other materials. The general plan of the investigation was formulated at Washington on January 1, 1907, at a conference invited by the director of the national survey. At this conference the work that had already been done was discussed and arrangements were made for one of the most extensive cooperative investigations ever undertaken by the R'GUM! I'LL WALK RR STATISTICS FOR 19.06 ONE PASSINGER MILLED FOR EVERY 2,227,041 CARRIED THE interstate commerce commission has made public an abstract of its nineteenth annual statistical report covering the year ending June 30, 1906, showing the par value of railway capital outstanding was $14,570,421,478, or $67,360 per mile of the railways in the United States. Of this over 33 per cent, paid no dividends. Of the railway stock outstanding $2,257,175,790 was owned by railway corporations and of railway bonds $641,305,030 was so reported. The aggregate gross earnings from the operated mileage of 222,340 miles of lines were $2,325,765,167, being $243,282,761 greater than in 1905. Their operating expenses were $1,536, 877,271, or $146,275,119 more than in 1905. The net earnings aggregated $788,887,896, an increase of $97,007, 642. The net earnings per mile of line averaged $3,548. The income attributable to other sources than operating reached $256,639,591. Deducting fixed and other charges, A man and a woman are playing with a toy. again given an illustration of the extent to which personal feeling dominates officials in Turkey in such appointments. The new minister is the son of one of the intimates of the Turkish ruler, the well-known Izzet Bay, the sultan's personal secretary for foreign affairs, which office, necessarily, has brought him into frequent and close contact with his sovereign. Izzet Bey is also legal adviser to the sublime porte. The fact that with sufficient influence with the sultan to enable him to select almost any diplomatic post for his son, Izzet should have chosen Washington, is regarded as a manifestation of the growing appreciation in Turkey of the importance of America as a factor in international affairs. UNCLE SAM ENRICHED BY LOST MONEY ORDERS the order constitutes nothing more than a receipt. Many persons also are in the habit of purchasing money orders before traveling from one place to another, with a view to converting them into cash as needed, and these are lost through carelessness, by fire, or otherwise. "Notwithstanding this, the government has wisely made provision for the payment of money orders lost or destroyed, by the issuance, upon satisfactory proof of loss or destruction, of a duplicate money order payable to the payee or remitter making application therefor, as the case may be. Provision is also made for the payment of orders which are not presented for payment before the time limit provided by law has expired. "In one instance a claim for the payment of a lost postal note was allowed 25 years after it became invalid. It will be seen that as trustee for its citizens in the transfer of private funds the United States exercises diligence in an attempt to find the rightful owner. And yet millions are yet outstanding for which claimants will never appear. This vast sum is held in suspense by the government." geological survey. The discussion brought out the fact that the work in New Jersey and Maryland had been completed under the auspices of the states, while that in Alabama is far advanced. The geological surveys of North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi have also done considerable work in the coastal plain region, and reports on the water resources of Georgia and Alabama have been published by the state bureaus. The work of the national survey in this area has been confined to investigations of underground water problems in Virginia and North Carolina and to studies of the phosphate deposits of Florida. If present plans are carried out field work in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida will be completed in 1907, and that in Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi will be reserved for 1908. RAILROAD TOTALS THAT MAKE A BIG SHOWING the report says $385,186,328 is the net income for the year available for dividends or surplus. There were 977, 507,838 passengers carried, an increase of over 60,000,000, and 1,641, 374,219 tons of freight carried, an increase of over 202,000,000. The average revenue per passenger per mile was 2.002 cents. The earnings per train mile increased both for passenger and freight trains, and the average cost of running a train one mile increased. The ratio of operating expenses to earnings was over C6 per cent. The report shows 10,617 persons killed and 97,706 injured. There was a total of 1,521,355 persons on the pay roll. The report shows that one passenger was killed for every 2,227,341 carried, while in 1905 one passenger was killed for every 1,375,856 carried. One person was injured for every 74.276 passengers carried, as against one injured in every 70,655 passengers carried in 1905. made from native roots and herbs, have escaped serious operations, as evidenced by Miss Rose Moore's case, of 307 W, 26th St. N., Y. She writes: evidenced by Miss Rose Moore's case, or 307 W. st.urst. N. Y. She writes: "Dear Mrs. Pinkham: "Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has cured me of the very worst form of female trouble and I wish to express to you my deepest gratitude. I suffered intensely for two years so that I was unable to attend to my duties and was a burden to my family. I doctored and doctored with only temporary relief and constantly objecting to an operation which I was advised to undergo. I decided to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound; cured me of the terrible trouble and I am now in better health than I have been for many years." This and other such cases should encourage every woman to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound before she submits to an operation. Mrs. Pinkham's Standing Invitation to Women Women suffering from any form of female weakness are invited to promptly communicate with Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass. From the symptoms given, the trouble may be located and the quickest and surest way of recovery advised. PROLIFIC GARDEN ENGLISHMAN'S FIRST AND SUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS IN MANI- TOBA—SOIL PRODUCES STRIKING RESULTS. The Winnipeg (Canada) Free Press of a few days since contains account of the success that followed the efforts of William Knowles, an Englishman who located near Winnipeg, Manitoba. This is but one of many letters giving experiences of settlers, and should be encouraging to those who are looking about for a new home in which they may better their conditions. The following is a copy of the article referred to: William Knowles, who cultivates some twelve acres of land just below Middlechurch ferry on east side of the Red River has probably as fine a display of horticultural products as any in Manitoba. The whole of his holding is in a high state of cultivation and literally crowded with splendid vegetable specimens, which have fortunately escaped damage by hall, although heavy storms have more than once occurred within a few miles. The potatoes are a wonderful crop, and he expects to raise 1,500 bushels from his patch of $4\frac{1}{2}$ acres. A half dozen of tubers selected yesterday average more than a pound each. Adjoining the potatoes may be seen a marvelous collection of tomatoes. There are 600 plants, all growing under an enormous weight of fruit. One single stock picked yesterday contained eighteen tomatoes and weighed four pounds. This extraordinary example of marvelous growth, together with some of the potatoes were sent to the Free Press office. The proprietor was the first in town with several specimens, including green corn. The season has been favorable for onions, and one square patch of nearly an acre is looking remarkably healthy. In addition there are good crops of cabbages, cauliflower, turnips, parsnips, carrots, pumpkins, marrows, cucumbers, celery, peas, lettuce, rhubarb, etc. The floral department has not been neglected and a charming display of all the well known blooms were shown, including a specially choice lot of asters. Mr. Knowles, who gained most of his gardening experience in England, is loud in his praise of Manitoba soil for vegetable raising, and is gratified with the result of his first attempt at extensive horticulture. As to the Scorchers "Do many 'endurance race' autos pass here?" asked the city boarder, peering down the road. "Yeas, stranger," replied the old farmer. "They are all endurance racers to us." "Do you?" "Sure. It is an endurance test of patience to keep from blazing away at them every time they run over a cow or scare a horse." 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SPOT CASH FOR SOLDIER'S HOMESTEAD RIGHTS All soldiers who served ninety days or more in the federal army or navy between 1861-1865, and who made homeestead entries for less than ten years or before June 25, 1867, an additional right is due someone and that it can be sold to me for spot cash, no matter whether patent issued or not. If soldier is dead, his heirs are entitled. The right descends 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 busy right now and find some of your relatives who made homeestead entries in early days. Use easy commandeur W.E. Moses, $2 California Building, Denver, Colo. MISS ROSE MOORE from women who by taking Vegetable Compound have escaped serious operations, as, of 307 W. 26th St., N.Y. She writes: Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has female trouble and I wish to express offered intensely for two years so that is and was a burden to my family. I temporary relief and constantly objecting to undergo. I decided to try Lydia; it cured me of the terrible trouble I have been for many years." I did encourage every woman to try Lynd before she submits to an operation. Invitation to Women of female weakness are invited to Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass. From the be located and the quickest and surest 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. Roof Garden in connection. You will meet the best people in the city at the Dunbar. OUR FALL GOODS Have Come F. ALTERGOTT Suits $15 up Pants $3.50 up 606-608 East 12th Street F. Altergott Building Kansas City, - - Missouri J. J. ALTERGOTT, Mgr. Kansas City, Mo. Negro Hotel i, thorough- particular, ate bath. art of busi- enient to all $3.50 per week. connection. people in the city bar. Bell Phone 3682 Grand Home Phone 3323 Grand 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 FLOUR Kelley's Best Beats all the Rest. Kelley Milling Co. K. C. U. S. A. To learn all of the latest systems in Dressmaking, Cutting, Fitting and everything to make you master of the dressmaking art. Madam Vincent is a graduate of four different schools, with twelve years' experience in the largest stores in Kansas City. The price of tuition is very low-in fact, you can make money while learning. Special Course in Sewing, 20 Days, $5.00 1 cordially invite all to visit the school and investigate. REAL ESTATE RENTAL And INSURANCE. "The Beer that made Milwaukee Jealous" America's ROYAL BREW Brewed From Family Beer Hops and Malt THE WESTON ROYAL BREWING CO., Kansas City and Weston, Mo. Kansas City Office 1912-14 Grand Ave. Deep down beneath the surface of the old, picturesque and beautiful little city of Weston are the cellars of the Weston Royal Brewery. 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 choicest 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" GET BUSY The Afro-American Employment Agency Will Get You a Job. Call at Either of Our Offices and Have Your Name Enrolled for a Situation. The Best Hotels, Restaurants, Department Stores, Saloons, and private Families in the City hire their help through this Agency. Mrs. F. J. Weaver, in charge of Women's Department Kansas City, Missouri. Home 'Phone 5478 Main P. L. REAL EST And I House On Easy T 127 KANSAS CIT HOME PHONE 48 MAIN BELL 'Phone 3136 Main ATT. RENTAL NCE. Sale Like Rent. Soot MISSOURI. ESTABLISHED 1842 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 Punyan. India's Irrigated Land. India has 4,835,947 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 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 peeling. "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. Her Heaven. The fleshy woman's idea of heaven is a place in which she can take off her corset and sit around without looking unraceful. 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 ample is that current of electricity that decomposes 00009324 grammes of water in a second. Let the Rising Son Pub. Co., do your printing. We print all kinds of calling cards, invitations, wedding announcements or any kind of job printing. Call 780 Main or Grand, Office 914 E. 12th St. Do the Colored people of this city desire to see a newsy news paper? Will they show that they want one? If you want to make a safe investment that will bring you a nice income see Weaver's list of rooming houses on Page 7. 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. 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MOSELEY 32 East 23rd Street, New York City FREE To women for collecting names and selling our novelties, we give big premiums send your name to lay for our new plan of big profits with little work write to-day. Address C. T. MOSELEY Premium department 32 F. 23rd Street New York City. The Man of the Hour: When great events are to be produced in this our world, great exertions generally become necessary; men are, therefore, usually raised up, with talents and powers peculiarly adapted to the purposes intended by providence, who often, by their disinterested services and extreme sufferings, become the wonder as well as the examples of their generation. 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 Anachristis said of the vine may aptly be held 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 ad 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 $6250 damages as a fair average. The Coal Miner The miners as a class are not hardy 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 per severe, 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 Shaunachie. 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. 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 Dodge who said that no sooner did 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 Caddle's Suffering. Macfoozier (playing an absolutely hopeless game)—here! What are you lying down for? Are you tired?" Caddie—"I'm no tired o' carryin', but I'm sair whey 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 burdens. 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 $54,370 daily. London's Many Clubs. London has 300 clubs with a membership of 280,000. The Way of Mankind. Most men are apt to believe what they least understand. — Montaligne. PROCLAMATION NO.1. To the Officers and Members of All Subordinate Lodges, Grand Lodge Jurisdiction of Missouri: GREETING:—— 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 the 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 selfgovernment. 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.; R. 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 S.; 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. Attest: W. A. GUNNELL, A. W. LLOYD, Grand Keeper of Record and Seal. Grand Chancellor. 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." NATURE'S REMEDY FOR CONSUMPTION, ASTHMA AND LUNG TROUBLES, WE CORDIALLY INVITE THE PUBLIC TO GIVE THIS REMEDY A FAIR TRIAL. CALL OR WRITE REV. D. WHELER, 949 NEW JERSEY, KANSAS CITY, KAN., OR MR. O. BRYANT, 1217 E. 18th, KANSAS CITY, MO. COPIES OF THE RISING SON CAN BE HAD AT SMITH'S THREE DRUG STORES. 805 INDEPENDENCE AVE., 908 E. 12th ST. AND 1307 E. 18th ST. 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. THESE ARE PRESSING TIMES SOUTHSIDE PRESSING COMPANY 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. J. F. BASIL, PROP. 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 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 68 Rooms Neatly Furnished and Unfurnished at WHITE'S RESTAURANT 1215 Independence Ave. Regular meals 15c. Lunches put up for 15c and up. The best service and accommodations guaranteed and good home cooking. MRS. PHIL. WHITE, Proprietor Have Got an Old Hat you want a new one—one that's up to date. Know that your OLD HAT can be made over one. It may look worn out, it's not; true, the tread worn and the hat looks weather-beaten, but there just the same. We will take it and make NEW STYLE, new trimmings throughout, in fashion HAT. If you are satisfied, your hat will cost you. M. J. BROWN HAT CO. Street. Established 1885. Both Phones. K igo M. Bell M. W. BROOKS, Pro- dies and Delivered. Ladies Wear GOLDEN ROD STEAM DRYER AND CLEANING WORKS Done Free of Charge On All Cars. Dyed Articles. East 12th Give ARGET THE NEW VINE STREET, THEatre AND AMUSEMENT HALL nnesday for Dancing. The best orchestra in classes every Friday. President. Jessie Bell, Treasurer, Jimmie Collins, Ticket Receiver Chas, Hardin, G SFACTION GUARANTEED OR NO. 300Y. J. H The K. C. Artificial Lines K. C. BILT-WELL LINE which has the motion of the natural limb in Remodeled and Improved Modes every style of Limb. 127¼ WEST EIGHTH STREET. ENTAL PARK You've Got an Old Hat or two; but you want a new one—one that's up to date. Probably you don't know that your OLD HAT can be made over into a NEW one. It may look worn out, it's not; true, the trimmings get faded and worn and the hat looks weather-beaten, but the stock or quality is there just the same. We will take it and make you a new hat, NEW STYLE, new trimmings throughout, in fact, a brand NEW HAT. If you are satisfied, your hat will cost you $1.50. WM. J. BROWN HAT CO. 813 Walnut Street. Established 1885. Both Phones. Kansas City, Mo. J. W. B. Work Called for and Deliver GOLDEN AND CLE Repairing Done Free J. W. BROOKS, Propr. Work Called for and Delivered. Ladies Work a Specialty GOLDEN ROD STEAM DYE AND CLEANING WORKS. Repairing Done Free of Charge On All Cleaned and Dyed Articles. Location 910 East 12th Give Us a Trial DON'T FORGET THE TRE AND is open every Wednesday for Western Orchestra, classes ever Horace Burt, President. Jessie Be Jim SATISFACTION Bell Phone Main 1300Y. DON'T FORGET THE NEW VINE STREET THEATRE AND AMUSEMENT HALL is open every Wednesday for Dancing. The best orchestra in the city, the great Western Orchestra, classes every Friday. Horace Burt, President. Jessie Bell, Treasurer, Jimmie Collins, Ticket Receiver. Chas, Hardin, General Manager SATISFACTION GUARANTEED OR NO PAY. Bell Phone Main 1300Y. J. F. CORDELL, Mgr. KANSAS CITY. DENTA Follow the Sign THE C DR. T. C. ONLY W T. C. 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