The Rising Son

Patronize the Large White Business Firms Who Carry Regular Advertisements with this Paper Rising Son A Message of Peace to the Negro Race VOLUME XII. A Message of Peace Standing on the eve of a great campaign one can catch the glimmer and dawn of a new era, of a great political contest. Way down in Bethlehem was born a Nazarene, the wise men came from the East, and beholding the beautiful babe said, "Let there be Peace on earth, good will to men." The sun shone with more splendor upon the black people sending out a message of peace. Peace is the household word of truth, it is the beautiful emblem of a nation's liberty, the goddes of peace is more beautiful than the goddess of war. He who fights with a sword shall perish, but he who chooses peace as his companion shall endure, yet I doubt not thro' the ages one increasing purpose runs and the thoughts of men are broadened by the process of the sun. Gazing thro' the landscape, you can catch a gleam of a golden thread running thro' the centuries pointing to God's master piece the world of peace and a perfect civilization. The great conclave of individuals streaming onward towards the great political field have met in a mighty clash, but from this confusion great men have risen up to take charge of affairs. From all sides are coming leaders, who are taking The people and teaching them to lift up their heads higher in the air. Let the secession and strife among the groes in Kansas City cease. Let every particular and individual negro have one common purpose in view, striving for peace. Peace is a mighty sword along side of sister truth, which cause men to tremble and to turn pale; cause men to choose God as their leader, and the Bible as their sword; cause them to be lifted from the lowly depths of humility, to the higher planes of leadership and generalship. There is no living force within the confines of this universe which can stop the mighty army of peacemakers. KANSAS CITY. KAS.. NOTES. Rev. G. W. Harts, Baptist field secretary of Western states and territories, preached a very good sermon Sunday at 3 p. m. at the Eighth St. Baptist church, and at 8 p. m. at the First Baptist church. Mrs. Lizzie Pullum is improving slowly. There will be a cornerstone laying of the Metropolitan church's new edifice Sunday, October 27, 2:30 p. m., under the auspices of Masonic lodge Pride of the West No. 53. Various courts and lodges of the surrounding towns are invited to be present. Mother Alexander, an aged member of the A. M. E. church, is seriously ill at her home, 540 State avenue, Kansas City, Kas. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie King of 1013 Walker avenue, are proud of their fine baby girl, born October 4. Mrs. Stella Brand, Miss Stella Saunders and Mr. Charles Suthers of Louisville, Ky., were served at a three-course luncheon at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Sims, Sunday. There will be a grand reception and banquet in honor of Frank Wilson, grand chief mentor, and wife, married at Parsons, Kas. Reception at Knights Faborin hall, October 16. The sewing circle of the First Baptist church is preparing for its bazaar, to be given November 22. Mrs. Katie Weeden has returned home from her three months' visit in Colorado. She reports a pleasant time. Mrs. A. Hilton has returned home from a visit in the far West. MISS EFFIE C. GANT. West Side Reporter. 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. Let the Rising Son, as the great mouth-piece of the Negroes of this community disseminate peace among them. Let all this strife and endless warfare among them come to a sudden termination. The Son a few months ago waged warfare, now all has been quieted upon the ocean, and the Lord said, "Let there be light and there was light, and He spoke to the Billowous Ocean and stillness reigned and behold He said unto Simon and Peter, come ye unto your master as tho' he spoke it today. The same expressions hold true as landmarks of indefinability, something tangible from whence to proceed. The Son fought men to purge away their faults to make them stronger leaders and to put them in their proper status in this community. Oh would that we had ten million tongues and ten million voices proclaiming for the same great object—Peace. We want peace, we want peace. We want peace among our people because there is a great battle to be fought and every individual is needed. A great black wall is being built around us, a great black cloud is gathering over us and a great calamity seems awaiting us. Bear up for the sceptre shall not depart from Judea until Shiloh returns and then there will be a gathering of the people. Oh let us come together upon a high plane of facility and harmony. Let every negro help one another; let us, like the Hebrew children, cry unto God to send among us one who can stem the tide, who can breast the storm and waves and gales of infurious prejudice, and reach up and help the eagle in his flight, and buckle unto him the emblem of America's highest object—Peace. Yes let there come a black Moses, let all warfares cease and let us come together with Pox Vobiscum a common understanding. LINCOLN INSTITUTE NOTES. Speaking of outlay and return for money and time expended in a period of the world's history where everything is reduced to the science of 'high finance', and when the competition along all lines compels each one to seek for adequate return of dollar for dollar, we doubt if there is a school throughout the country that makes a better practical demonstration of "returns" than does Lincoln Institute. Seven dollars per month, the price of board to the student, is a smaller amount than most young people are well fed upon at home in this day of exhobitant food prices; and the modesty, simplicity and economy required in matters of dress mean auso, that in this line, the student is better and more sensibly clothed for the money expended than he would be at home; while the lessons gained in matters of food, dress, general hygiene and household economy are invaluable. Six new pianos of good make have just been installed for the use of students who take instrumental music; and when it is recalled that the institution has two separate and distinct departments of music, vocal and instrumental, each presided over by a specialist in her line of work, representing the conservatories of Chicago, and others of equal merit, it will be seen that the opportunities here offered for the study of music are first class. Thus it is in each department thoroughness, skill and progress, emulate the entire life of the school. (To be Continued.) SIXTH ANNIVERSARY Anchor Lodge, No. 31, K. of P., celebrated their sixth anniversary at the Masonic hall, Friday night, Oct. 3, 1907. PROGRAMME. Opening Ode ..... Lodge Invocation ..... Theo. B. Pett Welcome Address .. Wm. H. Rowan Chronology .. A. M. Oliver The Court of Calanthe ...... ..... Mrs. Cora Conway Pythianism ..... Geo. Walls Address ..... A. W. Lloyd Closing Ode ..... Lodge Referee(s) ..... M. WILLIAMS & WALKER. Advance reports from the new Williams & Walker production, "Bandanna Land," which will open at the Grand Theatre, 7th and Walnut street, indicate that these two colored stars have a vehicle for their varied talents that is far ahead of any of their former efforts. The plot and atmosphere of "Bandanna Land" is thoroughly Southern in tone, and deals with the darky as the white man likes to see him. The action begins in a Dixie door yard. The scene has been studied and made with a care to detail that makes it absolutely correct as an old time picture. Williams & Walker are here introduced as ordinary leaved darkies, who are down on their luck and yet remain philosophical. The second act pertains to the Mount Zion Baptist Church, and a "fair" that is being held to raise contributions for the heathen in Foreign lands. Here, Skunkton Bowser (Hert Williams), having inherited a large fortune, and, in conjunction with Bod Jenkins (George Walker), buys a festious Southern state and establishes an ideal colored man's country BK Y. M. C. A. NOTES. The night school is now enrolling members for the classes which will begin October 21st. There are now over 42,000 pupils enrolled in the Y. M. C. A. night schools; men fitting themselves for various pursuits of life and enlarging their earning capacity. There is no limit to the number of courses in these night schools. They are established to fill the demand and whenever a sufficient demand for any branch is evident to the educational committee, proper instructors are secured for those studies. Why not im prove your spare moments during the long winter evenings, this winter by reviewing and advancing in arithmetic grammar, spelling, writing, bookkeeping, etc? See the secretary at 18th and Paseo. The membership of the Y. M. C. A. which they re-name "Bandanna Land." It is a realm of joy and pleasure, where sorrow and work are forbidden—which of course allows of much singing, dancing, comedy, costuming and scenic effects. The book of this new production is by Messrs. Sipp and Rogers, who wrote all their former successes. Will Marion Cook composed the music, and it is said to be the best that this remarkable colored composer has turned out in his career. Everybody should give this show their well deserved. Among the cast are Miss Aida Overton, the clever danseuse, who has an original work in terschlech called "A Dream Of The Orient." Miss Lottie Williams, with her grace and style; Henri Strange, whose dramatic art captivated King Edward VII; Henry Troy, the lyric tenor; Miss Correta Day, the soprano; and many other notables in this particular realm of black comedy—besides Williams & Walker. 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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. Mrs. Jos. Jackson's nice furnished rooms with or without board, 1721 Woodland Ave. Anyone desiring Coupons for the Beauty Contest can write for same to 914 15, 12th st., and enclose price for amount of coupons wanted. Fairbanks will open up quite soon Watch his "smoke." Glen's Deception By Mrs. L. F. Templeton (Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles.) And you expect a young man to lie on the wings of love to his sister." "Perhaps not ordinarily, Alice, but it seems different with Ralph and me. We have not seen each other for ten years. And now at last, when he is coming home this is the way he writes. "Dear Sister Glen—Expect to reach New York by the twenty-eighth of this month. Do not look for me at the semi-formal until a week later. I will want to look at New York a little, and will probably run down to Washington and jump up Uncle Henry before coming on you then. I learn only spend a day or two with you then, girl, for Uncle is very important for me to reach New Orleans. I expect to meet you." "RALPH MASON." Glen read this in a tragic tone and, when she had finished, looked up at her cousin, her face expressing the attmnt indignation. Alice looked at Glen's excited face with amusement. "You wanted to make this visit with him. You are here. What are you finding fault about? It is as you planned, after all." "No, Alice, it is not. I might just as well go back to Chicago. I was not *expected here, and I only feel myself in Ralph's way. I shall go back," said *then decidedly.* A "Oh, Ralph, My Darling!" She Cried, "Are You Dead?" Glen had been left an orphan when she was three years old. Her brother Ralph, a bright boy five years older, had been adopted by an old friend of his father's, Dr. Lowery, a prominent physician in New Orleans. Ralph and Glen spent their childhood with their Uncle Henry in the west, but when Ralph was 15 his guardian took him to Europe to be educated as a physician. His Uncle Henry soon after left the farm and moved to Washington. Glen had fitted herself for a music teacher, and now held the position of vocal teacher in a Chicago seminary. Ralph thought he was prepared for all the changes that awaited him, but, after all, it was to the little Glen of the farm his letters were written. They were kind and affectionate, but their tone, as if addressed to a child, always called Glen, and this last letter exasperated her beyond measure. "I really believe, Alice," she said, "if I could be transformed into the little girl he left, with the gingham dress and sunbonnet, he would not show any surprise whatever." Alice did not answer for a moment, but sat looking at Glen's flushed face with a mischievous look shining in her eyes. "Glen," she said at last, "I have an idea. He will come here as he said, Father is away, but Ralph must stay a day or two, any way, to see Washington. I will introduce you as a school friend, Pink Glenwood. He will never know you, and, after a few days, we will let him know who you are. You remember it was Ralph who was always playing jokes on us. He will see we have really grown up and can turn the tables on him. What do you say?" "It will be all right if we can carry it out, and I think we can, for, coming as I did unexpectedly last night, no one knows who I am." A more dignified, self-possessed young lady Ralph Mason had never met than his cousin's friend, Miss Glenwood. "I am sorry father is not at home, Ralph." Alice said at breakfast. "But he will only be gone a few days, and you must stay and see Washington. I can show you and Miss Glenwood the sights together." Ralph's dreams were haunted that night by visions of liquid brown eyes, masses of dark curling hair and red, smiling lips. How rapidly the days flew by! The young people spent the time in sightseeing, driving and picnicking. On Saturday of the third week Ralph had been with them, Alice received a letter from her father, saying he would be home that evening. That afternoon the three went to the Capitol. While there Glen wanted to go to the top of the dome. Now Alice could never climb the stairs without being overcome with dizziness, so she agreed to wait for them in the rotunda. Ralph and Glen had admired the beautiful city beneath them, had located the different, public buildings and places of interest they had visited together, had examined critically the beautiful painted ceiling of the dome, and, after a half hour's absence, were ready to go down and see what had become of Alice. "Let me go behind you," said Glen, as Ralph offered his hand to help her down the first flight of steps. "Are you not afraid of falling?" he asked over his shoulder. Scarcely had he spoken when the heel of his shoe caught one of the steps, and he fell headlong. The flight was not a long one, but it was quite a fall, and Ralph, stunned for a moment, lay with closed eyes on the landing below. Glen was terribly frightened. She fairly flew down the stairs. She raised his head upon her lap, and kissed his white lips. "Oh, Ralph, my darling!" she cried. "Are you dead?" Ralph struggled upon his knees; his eyes were shining with passion. He caught her hands in his and covered them with kisses. "If I were dead," he whispered passionately, "your voice would call me back from the very grave, my angel!" For a moment Glen stood with face blanched, eyes dilated, and breath coming in gasps—then she wrenched her hand from his grasp and darted like a wild thing down the stairs. When he reached the rotunda he found Alice alone. They searched everywhere, but could find no trace of her, and then hurried home. "Has Miss Glenwood come?" Alice asked the girl who answered their ring. "Yes, miss; she's come and gone." "Gone!" cried Alice, dumfounded. "Gone where?" "I dunno, miss; she had a hack and tuk her trunk." "Took her trunk!" Alice staggered back against the wall. "That will do, Susan," she said to the girl, who stood staring, open mouthed. She glanced at Ralph. He was very pale. "Ralph Mason!" she cried. "By all that's good, what have you done? There! Don't look at me like that! Go in and sit down, and I will see if I can find out anything upstairs." On her table Alice found a blotted, tear-stained note. "Dear Alice:" it read. "Ralph has fallen in love with me, and he does not know. He will never forgive me! I can never tell him! I cannot see him. I have gone to Chicago. Tell him, Alice. Oh, I am the most miserable, miserable, miserable of girls!" Then, after all, Ralph did not know. He might forgive it from Glen; never from her. She looked at her watch; just five o'clock. "Ralph!" she called, flying down the stairs. "She has started for Chicago. Get a hack—bring her back—if not—go with her." Ralph got into Chicago in the evening. He was tired, so went directly to a hotel, and to bed. The next morning he enjoyed a good breakfast, smoked a cigar and visited a barber shop, before starting in search of the seminary. "Tell Miss Mason a gentleman wishes to see her," he said to the girl who stood waiting. "Some one in the parlor wants to see you," called the girl a moment later, as she knocked at Glen's door. Now, to Glen, Ralph's passionate words had been utterly unexpected. She had wanted him to feel a little sold when he found what a joke had been played upon him, but that things should take such a serious turn had never entered her mind. Her first impulse had been to get away. She knew what time the limited left for Chicago, so she had called a hack and was driven to her uncle's. There she hurriedly packed her trunk, scribbled a few lines to Alice, drove to the depot and took the train for Chicago. She had repented her hasty course before she was out of the city, and when the girl called at her door she was sitting in sackcloth and ashes, trying to write to Ralph. She cheyed the summons langu'dly, "Some one to see about lessons," she thought, as she went downstairs. Ralph was sitting opposite the parlor door. When he saw her he sprang to his feet, his dark eyes lighted with surprise and delight, "Miss Glenwood!" he explained joyously, but before he could say more Glen burst into tears and threw herself upon his breast. "Oh, Ralph!" she sobbed, "I am your sister Glen!" It was a shock, to be sure. But Ralph was a sensible fellow, and when she told him how it all came about, crying as if her heart would break, he dried her eyes and forgave her on the spot. The next day they received a letter from Alice. It was a queer epistle, partly defiant, partly repentant. "I am in hopeless disgrace here at home," she wrote in closing, "and I know you can never forgive me. The only reparation I can make you, Ralph, is to wish that Glen may be the only girl who will tell you she will always be a sister to you." After all, Ralph was better than Alice thought. He and Glen returned to Washington and finished their visit there. But the events recorded here were never alluded to by the young people, and Alice and Glen were never known again to attempt a practical joke. AUTUMN GOWNS No woman really likes to realize that the ever useful bolero is going out of fashion—for a time at least! This little garment is so essentially practical and so generally becoming that we have come to regard it as an old and tried friend, without which life would seem hardly possible; and yet it is very certain that the bolero is fast disappearing from the arena of fashion. The rage for three-quarter coats of varied styles—continues unabated, and this autumn and winter we shall see voluminous mantles adopted freely. Everything denotes that loose outer garments, made of the most pliable materials, will be the leading novelties of the coming season. The general effect is almost bizarre and this effect will be heightened when we come to wear wraps of crepe de chine, velvet and furs—mixed. Nevertheless, fragile materials will most surely form the chief portion of our autumn and winter wraps. All the coats for the autumn and early winter—are made with open fronts. For this reason waistcoats are, and will continue to be, things of immense importance. I have seen quite a number of the dainty little waistcoats of irlande, small double-breasted, gilts which open in a V over a frilled shirt front and which are fastened with the most exquisite buttons of enamel, old paste, quartz set in gunmetal, and so on. There is a wonderful cachet attached to these semi-loose coats and dainty waistcoats. They recall the "sporting" type of garment, but at the same time they are eminently feminine and picturesque. I am certain that nearly all the best of our early winter walking dresses will show coats of the order just described and, in nine cases out of ten, these coats will show long tight sleeves which will reach quite to the wrist. There can be no doubt about the coming revival of long sleeves—for the tailor-made costumes at least. For afternoon wear we shall still have elbow sleeves and even those which do not reach the elbow, but the long sleeve for street wear is about to reclaim its lost position. Combinations of color are to be great features of the coming season, and will afford opportunities for many triumphs, and, alas, also for many failures. One revival is the tone which two seasons ago was known as automobile, and may most easily be compared to rusty iron, and this is used with much effect in union with dark smoke-grey. Smoke-grey altogether would seem to have irresistible charms, and it lends itself with special grace to decorations of purple, plum, and deep red and peacock blue, all of which colors compete most successfully for favor of a dull, rather than a bright, inclination. Grey has the privilege of clothing the seated damsel shown in our large illustration. It is of voile, with bands of graduated taffeta reaching just below the knees; oxidized silver and gold embroidery decorate the front of the bloused bodice, while fillet net forms the undersleeves and the yoke, and the hat is of dark grey chip, trimmed with dark grey roses and two dark feathers. Grey flowers are much in vogue, and usually these will be found made of velvet, roses and big arum lilies being the most favored blossoms for exploitation under such circumstances. The other dress illustrated is of plum color, the skirt of very thin cloth traced with a silken embroidery to match, while the coat is made of taffeta, also of the same color. The vest is of ecru lace, and a novelty is the quaint sleeve set in deep tucks. The hat of purple straw is trimmed with a bristling bunch of feathers, blue, green and purple, and the style may be commended to those who are brave enough to consider seriously an immediate desire for autumn clothes. As to the controversy which is once again raging round the "stays" or "no stays" question, I would question whether tight lacing has any effect whatever in improving the figure; as ```markdown ``` Venetian Cloth Costume with White Cloth Revers—Blouse of Lace. a matter of fact, the less the figure is coerced the better it looks. "Madam is inclined to be stout," says the sympathetic salsewoman in the corset department. "Madam is disinclined for anything of the sort," promptly replies the customer, who, however, cannot help herself. That is the truth of the whole affair—Madam cannot help herself; at least, not by corsets, though she may, no doubt, by diet, which, however, she will not follow for more than a fortnight. It is a curious fact I have observed that a fortnight's resistance against the sweets of the earth is about as much as most of us are capable of, even in the serious interests of our waists. To those who bravely disregard their waists entirely, I advise the trial of the belt which extends from just above the waist to the hips, made of elastic and boned, and fitted with suspenders. It is extremely comfortable, and although not sympathetic to the rounded contour, it enables its wearer to present a perfectly straight front. More Than Pleased. "Wearly, I detest slang." said Reggy Borell. "Oh, joy," laughed the pretty girl with the box of fudge. "There it goes again. If you say, 'Oh joy' again I shall go straight home, I wealy shall." "Oh, joy! Oh, joy! Oh, joy!"—Chicago Daily News. Washington Gossip Interesting Bits of News Picked Up Here and There at the National Capital A MOVE FOR PUBLIC BATHS AND LAUNDRIES WASHINGTON. — Preparatory to submitting their annual reports and estimates to congress at the coming session, the commissioners are considering the advisability of providing public baths in the District. They strongly favor the establishment of public baths, and last year recommended that an appropriation be made sufficient to build two, but congress turned it down. This year, it is stated, the commissioners will ask for an appropriation with which to establish public baths for the accommodation of pupils of the public schools, and the establishment of public laundries in connection with the public baths. All of the commissioners are anxious to provide some kind of bathing or swimming scheme for the school children. It is their aim to make the scheme of such a nature as to have swimming lessons as part of the course of studies at the schools. They ANOTHER matter which is to be urged upon the attention of congress is the liquor question. Every year now for several years the Littlefield-Dolliver bill for the regulation of the traffic has made its appearance, but the National Association of Brewers, the National Liquor Dealers' association and various other organizations have always been on the lookout for it, and have always succeeded in blocking its passage. This year it begins to look as though the liquor traffic which has been getting so many hard knocks from the states lately is to get a national shaking up as well. At the coming session the Anti-Saloon League of the United States, which has become a powerful organization, will make a strenuous effort to get legislation through. The league believes the time is ripe for the long-delayed federal legislation. With the fight against the liquor power raging successfully in more than half the states in the union, the league officers feel encouraged to believe that congress will no longer refuse to enact the desired legislation. The states are doing handsomely, say men who are preparing to lead the temperance fight before congress at the coming session, but what has the federal government been doing? AIDS AT WHITE HOUSE ON THE ANXIOUS SEAT T his own request, it is said, Lieut. Philip H. Sheridan has been relieved as military aid at the white house and returned to active service in his regiment, as he is desirous of working out his future in the army as a soldier in the field rather than enjoying the life of comparative idleness at Washington. Lieut. Sheridan was one of the most popular aids at the white house during the last two seasons, and it was understood among his many friends that he would be enabled to retain the choice social position throughout the coming season. Recently, however, it developed that pressure was being brought by friends of other young officers to land the White House detail for them, and it is thought possible that the president may have decided upon a change in order to give others an opportunity to shine at the executive mansion. In this connection it is now rumored that a number of other officers will be relieved of the White House detail and ```markdown ``` THE other day one of the well-known clerks of the war department died. He had been a telegraph operator before he was appointed to his clerkship and had worked in the telegraph division in the war department for some years. When his fellow operators learned of his death they determined to send a floral tribute, and a collection was taken up and order given to the florist to make a large pillow of flowers and mark in the center the figures "73." which in telegraph language means the signal between operators "My compliments and remembrance." On the day of the fu think every child, boy or girl, should learn the art of swimming. In connection with the effort of the commissioners to secure these public baths it is also likely they will endeavor to establish one or two public laundries in the District. This idea is something new and novel in this part of the country, although such places are common throughout Europe. It is the belief that a public laundry should be connected with every public bathhouse erected in the District and to have each laundry supplied with not less than 30 stationary wash tubs where the women of the poorer classes can take their clothing to be washed, requiring only a trifling sum for soap and other incidentals. Connected with each laundry it is the idea to have a "drying-room," where the wom en can take clothes after the washing to be dried, either by hot air or steam CONGRESS MAY SHAKE UP THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC It has, they say, been nullifying the state laws in two ways. The offense of which most complaint is made is that of permitting the shipment of liquor in unbroken packages from one state in the "dry" territory of an other state. It is also asserted that the federal government is directly antagonizing states by licensing the sale of liquor in territory that has been made "dry" under state laws. In its anxiety to swell its internal revenue receipts, it is alleged, the government, through its internal revenue department, is constantly recognizing the lawless liquor element by issuing government licenses. The fight of the session will center around the bill giving state control of interstate shipments of liquor into "dry" territory when they reach the state border, but the temperance forces may go further and demand that the federal government's internal revenue department shall not issue a government license to any person who has not first compiled with all the requirements of the state law governing the sale of intoxicating liquors. The movement, in short, is to bring the federal government to the support of the states in the effort that is being made everywhere for the better regulation and control of the liquor traffic returned to their regular stations and on warships in foreign waters. Of the ten White House aids of last season it is now understood in military and naval circles that it is doubtful if more than four will be retained. The rilief of Sheridan, following that of Lieut. U. S. Grant III last season, breaks up the trio combination of the three sons of noted civil war generals who surrounded the president at his social functions, Lee being the only one she now retained. The White House alds last season, in addition to Col. Bromwell, Capts. McCoy and Lee and Lieut. Sheridan, were: Capt. Arthur E. Harding, United States marine corps; Chauncey Shackford, United States navy; Lieut. Douglas MacArthur, United States army engineer corps, son of Lieut. Gen. Arthur MacArthur; Lieut. C. R. Train, United States navy, son of the late Rear Admiral Train; Ensign Sumner Read, United States navy; Lieut. Roscoe C. Bulmer, United States navy, and Lieut. C. R. Miller, United States navy. AND LATER IT WAS 23 FOR THE FLORIST neral the operators went to pay their last respects to their clerk, and were greatly shocked when they saw their floral tribute on the casket, for instead of the figures "T3" there, in red immortels, on a white field of roses were the figures "23." It was too late to do anything, and as the casket was borne to the grave the pillow sent with "Compliments and remembrances" was marked with the message "23." The next day an indignant committee of telegraphers waited on the florish for an explanation. All he could say was that he had never heard of "T3," but he knew "23" and thought that was what they wanted WITH THE FUNNY FELLOWS Old Got rox—But if my daughter marries you will she have all the comforts to which she has been accustomed? Young De Broque—Well, it will be your fault if she hasn't. ANOTHER TRUST GONE WRONG. Eva--That old saying, "Marry in haste, repent at leisure" is a good one, isn't it? "Tell yer I did." "Will yer swear?" "Yus!" "Take yer oath?" "Yus!" "Bible cath?" "Yus!" --- No Confusing Environment. Miss Edith (to evening caller)—When I write I have to be entirely alone and have everything quiet, so there will be nothing to disturb my thoughts. I don't see how any one can dictate to an amanuensis. Mr. Goodfellow—It's very easy. I dictate all my business letters. "You do? And don't your thoughts often wander from the subject until you find yourself unable to proceed?" "Oh, no. My typewriter is a man." —N. Y. Weekly. His Sentiment. "Yes, I acknowledge that your father did me a favor once which placed me under a lasting obligation to him. I cannot, therefore, refuse to lend you the money. But come around to-morrow for it, won't you?" "Certainly, if you haven't got it now." "Oh, I have it now, all right; only I hate on such notice to part forever with what is near and dear to me."— Judge. A Bumper Crop. "Ya-as," said the man from southern Kansas, "I reckon that year was what you might call a banner year with a bumper wheat crop. Wy do you know that Slie Edwards—neighbor o' mine, Sile was—had sich a stand o' wheat on a ten-acre field o' his n that he had t' rent th' field next t' im t' shock about half of it—wasn't room feir th' shocks on th' ground it growed on."—judge. SYMPATHY. STOCK DAILY "Hullo, old chap, you are looking bad." "Yes, I've just got over the influenza, and it's really left me too weak to crawl." "What do you want to crawl for? It's much better to walk." Strong Part. "You say your big brother is with a opera company now?" "Yes, ma'am." "Has he a strong part?" "Yes, ma'am; why, he's one of the fellers that hit the anvil in the anvil chorus!"—Yonkers Statesman. Time for Change. "Miss Ethel," he began, "or Ethel, I mean. I've known you long enough to drop the 'miss,' haven't I?" She fixed her lovely eyes upon him with a meaning gaze. "Yes, I think you have," she said. "What prefix do you wish to substitute?" She—But, Jack, you don't earn enough to support two. He—But won't we be one then?—Brooklyn Eagle. A man in a long robe is running across a sandy beach, surrounded by a group of dogs. One dog is running ahead, while the others follow. The man appears to be in motion, possibly chasing the dogs. The beach is depicted with sandy terrain and a few clouds in the sky. Faithful Beast. Unappreciative Master. Edna—Yes, but it was quite the reverse with Helen. She accepted a chap who was not working and regretted it the next day. Eva—Ab, I see. With her it was "Marry at leisure, repent in haste."—Chicago Daily News. Willie's Conundrum. Wille Beechham (who has been admitted a few moments to his mother's afternoon tea—I've just thought of a splendid condendum. Why is all the silver here to-day like our new servant? The Guests—Oh, why, Willie? Willie (trumphantly) — 'Cause they're both hired. Squeezing People. He—I see the number of people to the square mile in this country is 17, while in England it is 480. She—And yet I imagine there is just as much squeezing done over here as there is in England.—Yon'kers Statesman. THE VALUE OF AN CATH. ```markdown ``` ```markdown ``` "Bot a penny?" "Nar!"—London Telegraph. A Description. Teacher—Johnnie, can you describe the spinal column? Johnnie—Yes, ma'am. It is a long bone extending up and down through the body. Your head sets on one end and you set on the other—Judge. Not Very Funny. "Yes, indeed. Last night she began to say all sorts of funny things, and the doctor told me she was hilarious" —Baltimore American. "OUCH" OH, MY BACK IT IS WONDERFUL HOW QUICKLY THE PAIN AND STIFFNESS GO WHEN YOU USE S. JACOBS OIL THIS WELL TRIED, OLD TIME REMEDY FILLS THE BILL 25c.—ALL DRUGGISTS.—50c. CONQUERS PAIN A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE. How a Veteran Was Saved the Ampu- tation of a Limb. B. Frank Doremus, veteran, of Roosevelt avenue, Indianapolis, Ind. says: "I had been showing symptoms of kidney trouble from the time I was mustered out of the army, but in all my life I never suffered as in 1897. Headaches, dizziness and sleeplessness, first, and then dropsy. I was weak and helpless, having JOHN H. BURGESS run down from 180 to 125 pounds. I was having terrible pain in the kidneys, and the secretions passed almost involuntarily. My left leg swelled until it was 34 inches around, and the doctor tapped it night and morning until I could no longer stand it, and then he advised amputation. I refused, and began using Doan's Kidney Pills. The swelling subsided gradually, the urine became natural, and all my pains and aches disappeared. I have been well now for nine years since using Doan's Kidney Pills." For sale by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo, N. Y. Conceit. "There goes the big-fireball'est man in town!" pessimistically said a citizen of Pettyville, indicating with a contemptuous jerk of his thumb a pompous-appearing personage who was passing. "He thinks so darned much of himself that he won't loaf in a grocery store like ordinary folks—if he can't loaf in the bank he won't loaf at all. And, as far as I can see, he ain't so all-fired better than some of the rest of us, neither!"—Puck. SLEEP BROKEN BY ITCHING. Eczema Covered Whole Body for a Year—No Relief Until Cuticura Remedies Prove a Success. "For a year I have had what they call eczema. I had an itching all over my body, and when I would retire for the night it would keep me awake half the night, and the more I would scratch, the more it would itch. I tried all kinds of remedies, but could get no relief. "I used one cake of Cutieura Soap, one box of Cutieura, and two vials of Cuticura Resolvent Pills, which cost me a dollar and twenty-five cents in all, and am very glad I tried them, for I was completely cured. Walter W. Paghusch, 297 N. Robey St., Chicago, Ill. Oct. 8 and 16. 1906." Catch of Japanese Fishermen. Consul G. H. Seldmore, of Negasakl, reports the estimated value of the catch of the Japanese deep-sea fishermen in 1906 as $557,085. They also captured fish to the value of $140,415 along the Korean coasts, including whales, worth $68,000. Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Bears the Signature of C. H. Hutchins Insight Not Appreciated. It's so strange that a man never appreciates the wonderful insight of a woman's mind when she refuses to believe that the street cars were blocked. The greatest cause of worry on froning day can be removed by using Defiance Starch, which will not stick to the iron. Sold everywhere, 16 oz. for 10c. Honest labor, on any matter, deserving of toil, is certain to produce good fruit.—Carlyle. ARE YOUR CLOTHES FADED? Use Red Cross Ball and make them white again. Large 2 oz. package, 5 cents. Even when a man pays cash for an electric battery he wants it charged. IT IS W PAIN A S.T. None to Excel B14 --- There is a lot of humor and, besides, a splendid moral for the young business man in a verdict recently rendered by a coroner's jury. "We, the jury, find from the physician's statement that the deceased came to his death from heart failure, superinduced by business failure, which was caused by speculative failure, which was in turn the result of failure to look ahead." One size smaller after using Allen's Foot- Ease. A certain cure for swollen sweating, hot, aching feet. At all Drugstags. 23c. Ace not substitute. Trial package FREE. 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Offers the Homeseeker the Best unity He Ever Had to Quickly Acquire a Competence. the Best Land the Sun Ever Shone On and Two Town $210 Payable $10 a Month Without Interest. Brownwood, Texas, April 26, 1907. us, San Antonio, Texas. us is to certify that I have visited the country known as nch in Macosco County, Texas, and an favortably in outlook there. The land is a deep loam soil with a clay very fertile. The water and the climate cannot be excelled place for an investment. I can truthfully say it is just as r. Simmons. J. V. TATE. before it is too late. Write today for literature, book of views of the nearest agent. Lydia E. Pinkham's W the great woman's remedy for woman It cures Female Complaints, snake Back, Falling and Displacements. In Organic Diseases, and is invaluable and Expels Tumors at an early s Prostration, Exhaustion, and strong Headache, General Debility, Indig female sysem. It is an excellent Kidneys in either sex. Don't Be Go Where Labor is L and Sure and Life South Texas Offers the Opportunity He Ev Acquire a C 10 to 640 Acres of the Best Land th Lots for $210 Payable $10 Dr. C. F. Simmons, San Antonio, Te Dear Sir—This is to certify that the Simmons Ranch in Atascosa Co pressed with the outlook there. The foundation and is very fertile. The way It is a good place for an investme represented by Dr. Simmons. Investigate this before it is too late. of the ranch and name of the nearest agent. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound the great woman's remedy for woman'sills, made only of roots and herbs. It cures Female Complaints, such as Dragging Sensations, Weak Back, Falling and Displacements, Inflammation and Ulceration, and all Organic Diseases, and is invaluable in the Change of Life. It dissolves and Expels Tumors at an early stage. 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Respectfully, J. V. TATE. Investigate this before it is too late. Write today for literature, book of views of the ranch and name of the nearest agent. DR. C. F. SIMMONS. 215 Alamo Plaza, "OUCH" OH, MY BACK WONDERFUL HOW QUICKLY THE AND STIFFNESS GO WHEN YOU USE JACOBS OIL THIS WELL TRIED OLD TIME W. L. DOUGLAS $3.00 & $3.50 SHOES BEST IN SHOES FOR EVERY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY, AT ALL PRICES. $25,000 To any one who can prove W. L. Douglas does not have more Men's $3 & $3.50 shoes than any other manufacturer. My $4.00 and $5.00 Gilt Edge Shoes cannot be CAUTION! The genuine have W. L. Douglas name and pr No substitute. Ask your dealer for W. L. Douglas shoes direct to factory. Shoes sent everywhere by mail. Catalog free. PILES NO MONEY TILL CURED SENIOR DRS. THORNTON & MINOR 1030 OAK ST. 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If he cannot apply you send direct to factory. Shoes sent everywhere by mail. Catalog free. W. L. Douglas, Brookton, Mass. PILES NO MONEY TILL CURED SEND FOR FREE OR REQUEST DISCOUNT WITH NAMES OF PROMINENT MARK CURED DRS. THORNTON & MINOR 100 W. KANSAS CITY, MO. CARTERS LITTLE LIVER PILLS. They also relieve Dizziness from Dyspepsia, Indigestion and Too Heavy Eating. A perfect remedy for Dizziness, Nausea, Drowsiness, Bath and Bedtime. A Great Tongue, Pain in the Side, TORPED LIVER LEWIS SINGLE BINDER STRAIGHT 5¢ CIGAR You Pay 10c. for Cigars Not so Good. F.P. LEWIS Peoria, I.II A SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. W. N. U., Kansas City. No. 41. 1907. New and Liberal Homestead Regulations in WESTERN CANADA New Districts Now Opened for Settlement 180 ACRE FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE Some of the choices banks in the growing- ing western wan and Alberta have recently been opened for settlement under the Revised Homestead Regulations of Canada. Steads of acres each 160 ACRE FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE Some of the choices banks in the grain grow- ing industry and Alberta have recently been opened for settlement under the Bank of Canada. Regulations of Canada. Thousands of homesacres are now available. The new regulation makes possible for entry to be permitted in the community that many in the United States have been waiting for. Any member of a family may make entry for any other member of the family, who may be entitled to make entry for their house. The Agent of the District is the Agent of the District by proxy, certain conditions by the father, mother, son, daughter, brother or sister of intending homemaster. "Any person, member section of Domination, Land in Law and 25%, not reserved, may be borne in the District by proxy, certain conditions by the father, mother, son, daughter, brother or sister of intending homemaster. The fee in each case will be $100. Church schools and markets connect. Healthy climate, splendid crops and good laws. Grain growing and cultivation. For further information as to rates, routes, bus- nesses and more." For further particulars as to dates, routes, best time to go and where to locate, apply to J. S. CRAWFORD, No. 125 W. Ninth Street, Kansas City, Missouri. FREE To convince any woman that Dax- tine Antiseptic will and do all we claim for it. We will send her absolutely free a large trial box of Daxtine with book of instruc- tions and genuine testimonials. Send your name and address on a postal card. fections, such as nasal catarrh, pelvite catarrh, pneumonia, and cough by ten- mile of distance, and mouth by direct oral treatment. Its curative power over these troubles is extra- nate. The thousands of women are using and re- commending it every day, to 20 cents at STORES NOTHING TO TROYTE THE R. PAXTON CO., Boston, Mass. SPOT CASH All soldiers who served many days or more in the federal army or navy between 1851-1855 and who made homemade entries for less than 160 acres on or before June 22, 1854, means that an adjacental right is due someone and that the soldier is entitled to whether patient issued or not. If soldier is dead, his heirs are entitled. The right descends as follows: First, to the widow; and second, to the legal heirs, or next of kin. Talk to old friends and relatives about this class of additional rights. Get busy right now and find some of your relatives who made homemade entries early days. It is easy money. For further information address Commerzbank, Moses, 82 California Building, Denver, Colorado. JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION IN OLD VIRGINIA Complete in all Departments. Open September, October, November. Govia Norfork and Western Ry. Through Sleeping Cars St. Louis, Chicago, Toledo, Cincinnati to Nortok Low rates now in effect. For all information call on your nearest Ticket Agent, with this ad., or write W. E. HAZLEWOOD, T. P. A. 420 State Lite Blvd., Indianapolis, Ind. ALLEN HUILL, D. P. A. W. B. REVIL, G. P. A. Columbus, Ohio. Roanoke, Virginia. Return this with 50 cents with your bill and mail it your bill to Pain Paint We also manufacture Hazle Dazies Stickers, etc. HEURES HILLE SELLMAN MANUFACTURER, General Amusement Gifters, Depot M. NORTH TOWNSWAY, N.Y. LIVE STOCK AND MISCELLANEOUS ELECTROTYPES In great variety for sale at the lowest prices by A. B. KELLOGG NEWSPAPER CO., 12 W. Adm. St., Chicago YOUNG MEN WANTED DEFIANCE STARCH—16 ounces to the package either starchs only 12 ounces—same price and "DEFIANCE" IS SUPERIOR QUALITY. GLAS IS BEST IN THE WORLD OF "90" prove W.L. compete well $3.50 shoes manufacturer. by more people because of their arts to each part backed after by its form and made to the be cooled. brookton Mass. are made you are made you the other, make it. THE RISING SON WM. T. WASHINGTON, Editor and Owner. Office: 914 E. Twelfth St. RISING SON PUB. CO. WILSON DAWSON. Business Manager. Bell Phone 780 Grand. Home Phone 780 Main SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One Year ..... $1.50 Nine Months ..... $1.00 Three Months ..... $0.50 Single Call ..... $0 Strictly paid in advance. Strictly paid in advance. Entered at the Post Office at Kansas City, as Second Class Matter. Correspondents wanted in every city and town in this state. Write us. All news matter intended for publication should reach our office not later than Tuesday, of each week, and must be signed by the writer not for publication but as guarantee of authority. Oldest Negro Journal In Kansas City The paid circulation of THE RISING SON is more than double the combined circulation of all the other Kansas City Colored weekly newspapers. A PRAYER. Oh Lord give me thy sweet rest, Let thy peace dwell in my breast. Oh guard me while I sleep. As the good shepherd guards his sheep Keep me ever in thy care. Let me ever thy word hear. That I may thy command take. Always with me for Jesus sake. by L. A. ALLEN, Negro Poetess. JESSE TYLER IS HERE. Mr. Jesse Tyler, a graduate of Oberlin college and who for the past three years has been the musical instructor in the schools of Washington, has been secured by Prof. Grisham to instruct the musical department of of Lincoln High School. Prof. G. N. Grisham has made a splendid selection in this young man as instructor. He comes from one of the best families in Columbus, Ohio. His rare ability as a musician which was marked by such great appreciation at Oberlin, will be a great attribution to the High School corps of teachers. MRS. "SANDY" EDWARDS. DIS MISSES HER SUIT. The suit for slurder brought by Mrs. "Sandy" Edwards, against Mrs. J. F. Cole, has been dismissed by Mrs. Edwards by stipulation in the court. I understand it has been stated that I intended to apologize for something it is claimed I have said, but I have never had a thought of apologizing in this matter for the simple reason that I have never said anything that would call for an apology, and the suit was entirely without foundation or legal justification. "What I have said, I have said, And what I have written, I have written." MRS. L. E. COLE EUGENE VAUGHAN COLLECTOR. Mr. Eugene Vaughan is now collector for the Rising Son, and has done remarkable work since acquiring that position. The people should give the young man their support and encourage him in a general manner to get subscriptions. Mr. Vaughan will devote a portion of next week in the Kansas City, Kansas, district. We hope that the people over there will be as liberal as they were in Kansas City, Mo., where they have been paying no their subscriptions regularly. We hope the people in Kansas City will rally around Mr. Vaughan as he is quite familiar with the people of Kansas and trust he will have as much success over there as he has had before. 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. There was a mistake made in regard to the Stag Party being given in honor of Mr. Darrall of St. Joseph, as it was given in honor of Mr. Thos. McCambell, who will leave for Kansas University to study medicine. Mr. Dickey, rest assured 60,000 Negroes will march down with you to capture Richmond. All good causes are righted in the end. Go in peace and be more sympathetic. 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 AT THIS TIME THE BEAUTY CONTEST WILL 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 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 the 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 allotment 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 Precman 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 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 VALLEY ONE YEAR AGO. IS WORTH $3,333 $100 INVESTED IN NEVADA HILLS ONE YEAR AGO. IS WORTH $7,000 ODD FELLOWS' ANNUAL THANKS-GIVING ENTERTAINMENT 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. The Son is still Rising and going to the front. 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. INDUSTRIOUS YOUNG MEN. NO OTHERS NEED APPLY. Buy your photo post cards of Eugene Vaughn, the stenographer. Sole agent in the West. See him and set your business before the public. Sold by Smith's Drug Store, 1301 East 18th St., and Carpenter & Watson's Confectionery, 1519 E. 12th Street. Orders, taken over phone B 4821 Main—Home; M 6236 Residence, Quindaro, Kas. Office at 1005 McGee. 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. Mr. S. P. Morgan has bought the rooming house of Mr. Ottman at 1119 Campbell. Furnished rooms for rent. Apply at 1116 Campbell. 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. There is no use carrying a fight too far when you are conceded what you are demanding. PICTURES OF THE LAKE BEAUTY CONFERENCE Beginning with next run one picture a week the leading ladies. By the 15th of October a will be given over to Grisham, chairman of committee. Send in a papers. Address, 914 After 15th of October will answer all questions the beauty contest. Home Phone 5327 Main Bell Phone MRS. V. L. NORTH ROOMS WITH HOT AND COLD BATHS. LUNCHEONS AT ALL HOURS. 1017-19 OAK STREET. Negro Com Since the abolition of slavery in Negroes have held official positions ators. Twenty-two Representatives sular positions; many have been on corders of Deeds in the District of O A fine engraving of these Negra sued, giving accurate portraits of o 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 olar ($1.00). This engraving is a grapt in America. No home, library, off plete without it. Send for one to- THE COLORED NOVELT Negro Congressmen The abolition of slavery in the United States in 1863, many of these held official positions. Two were United States Senate-two Representatives; three, held diplomatic and consuls; many have been officers in the army, six were Repeals in the District of Columbia. Engraving of these Negro Congressmen has just been issued, accurate portraits of each; also the Congress in which and the years of service. In the picture, the two Senators, Revels and Bruce, occupy the center of the group, surreptitiously the other eighteen Representatives. In the background, and Stripes in color. This beautiful engraving, with a book-like biographies of these eminent men, is sold for one dollar. This engraving is a graphic political history of the Negro. No home, library, office, or school-room will be com- put it. Send for one to-day. THE COLORED AMERICAN NOVELTY CO. 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. Amor Et-Veritas Attee of the five Lodges of the of Odd Fellows will give their monstration and Entertainment Thanksgiving November 28, 1907 IS TIME THE CONTEST BE DECIDED. The Most Beautiful Married Lady ing Set for the Most Beautiful and street parade of principal Hall. A concert will be held me afternoon. Doors open for at -7:30 p. m. Competitive between St. Louis, Topeka, and the two Kansas Cities. Pa- sharp. Grand March at 9:00 open from 10 to 11:30. Winners will be announced at 12 o'clock a Amor Et ing committee of the five Order of Odd Fellow Public Demonstration and Hall, Thanksgiving N T THIS TIME THEN TY CON LLL BE DECIDED Set for the Most Beauti Manucuring Set for th m. a grand street pa at the Hall. A con 5:30 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, --- P. O. Drawer 2318 Agents wanted. 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. Bell Phone 392 Main KANSAS CITY, MO. Washington, D. C. ```markdown ``` 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. MISS ANNA WARNER Special Instructor in Technic, Harmony and addition. Hours 9 to 12 a.m. and 1 Location 18th and Pa BELL PHONE 2386 EAST Rooms $1.50 to $4.50. Bell Phone M. ructor in Technic, Harmony and Hours 9 to 12 a.m. and 1 to Location 18th and Park ONE 2386 EAST mts $1.50 to $4.50. Bell Phone M. 31 Special Instructor in Technic, Harmony and Literary addition. Hours 9 to 12 a.m. and 1 to 5 p.m. Rooms $1.50 to $4.50. Bell Phone M. 3114 X Strictly First-Class. All Modern New Era Hotel Rentals From 11:00 to 2:30. Short Order and Finest Hotel in the City for Colored from Heated and Private Bath. Hot and Cold W McGee Street, Kansas City Condensed Official Statement of the Condition of the National Bank of Comm KANSAS CITY, MISSOU rose of business, August 22nd, 1907. RESOURCES. Items. Deposition fund. Futures. Exchange. Bonds at par. Bonds. $16,041 1,280 5,175 New Era Hotel Regular Meals From 11:00 to 2:30. Short Orders all Hours Largest and Finest Hotel in the City for Colored People. Steam Heated and Private Bath. Hot and Cold Water. 815 McGee Street, Kansas City, Mo. Condensed Official Statement of the Condition of the National Bank of Commerce Loans and discounts..... $16,320,446.34 Real estate..... 692,042.07 Five per cent redemption fund..... 50,000.00 Furniture and fixtures..... 000,000.00 Premium on bonds..... 000,000.00 Cash and gift discount..... $16,041,778.71 United States bonds at par..... 1,280,000.00 Other high grade bonds..... 5,175,632.22—$22,497,410.93 LIABILITIES Capital stock. $ 1,000,000.00 Surplus and undivided profits. 2,049,088.32 Circulation account. 1,000,000.00 Due depositors. 35,420,811.02 $39,469,899.34 Above Statement is correct. W. A. RULE. DAVID T. BEALS, President. FERNANDO P. NEAL, Vice President. EDWIN W. ZEA, Cashier. W. H. SEEGER, Second Vice President. UNION NATIONAL BANK Condensed Statement, as Made to the Comptroller of the Currency, at the Close of Business, August 22, 1907. LIABILITIES $ 60 60 10 10 12 notes outstanding $13.26 W. Whitehead, Edward L. L. James, Dean, George W. Jones, Lee Clark, George L. Force, David T. Beals, Fernando P. Neal, 1 CENT IS ALL IT WILL to write for our big FREE showing the most complex BICYCLES, TIRES and S BELOW any other manufacturer or dealer in DO NOT BUY A BICYC or on any kind of terms, until you have received our logos illustrating and describing every kind of h bicycles, oil patterns and latest models, and learn of WHICH need wonderful new or other mode, possible direct to rider with no middlemen's prons. WE SHIP ON APPROVAL without a cent deposit allow 10 Days Free Trial and make other mien house in the world will do. You will learn every information by simply writing in a post. We need a Rider Agent in town and to make money to suitable young men who apply at 50 PUNCTURE-PROOF TIP Directors: C. W, Whitehead, Edward George, L. T. James, C. J. Schmelzer, J. P. Merrill, O. H. Dean, George W. Jones, Lee Clark, George D. Ford, D. W. Johnson, Felix L. LaForce, David T. Beals, Fernando P. Neal, William H. Seegar, Edwin W. Zea. er on any kind of terms, until you have received our complete Free Catalogues illustrating and describing every kind of high-grade and low-grade baccles, oil patterns and latest models, and learn of our remarkable LOW direct to rail with no middlesmen's proofs. WE SHIP ON APPROVAL without a card deposit. Pay the Freight and house in the world will do. You will learn everything and get much valuable information by simply writing us a postal. We have a *Rider Agent* who can offer an opportunity to purchase your item and may apply once. CASH WITH ORDER $4.85 NO MORE TROUBLE FROM PUNCTURES. Result of 15 years experience in tire manufacturing. No experience in THORNS, CACTUS, PINS, NAILS, TACKS 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. DESCRIPTION: 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 that their tires have only been pumped up with air, and our special qualities being given prepared fabric on the tread. That "Holding Back" sensational or soft roads is overcome by the patent "Basket Weave", squeezer out between the rubber and the rubber but for advertising purposes we are of only $4 per pair. All orders shipped same day letter in. You do not pay a cent until you have examined and found that the tire is in good condition and enclose this advertised plated brass hand pump and two Sampson metal puncture cloosers to be used in case of intentional knife cut. We are perfectly reliable and money sent to us is as said. Banker, Express or Freight Agent or the Editor of this paper these tires, you will find that they "all ride cheap", and we are very pricey. that when you want a bicycle you will give us your order, order at once, hence this remarkable tire offer. GOASTER-BRAKES, everything in the big prices charged by dealers and repair men. Write for our DO NOT WAIT, but write us a postal today. **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 close up small punctures. The rubber is very durable and resistant to wear, and that their tires have only been pumped on twice in a whole season. They weigh no more than an ordinary tire, the puncture resisting qualities being given by several layers of thin, specially prepared fabric on the treads. That Holiday tire is made of rubber, and that the tire has a "Basket Weave" tread which prevents all air from being squeezed out between the tire and the road thus overcoming all suction. The regular price of these tires is $5 per pair, but for advertising purposes we are making a special factory price to the rider. We are also offering a special price for approval. We will send a cert until you have examined and found them strictly as represented. We will allow a cash discount of 5 percent (thereby making the price $4.54 per pair) if you send FULL CASH WITH ORDER and enclose this advertisement. We will also send one nickel plated brass hand pump and two Sampam metal puncture closers on paid orders (the metal puncture closers to be used in case of theft) and one chevy airbag fires to be returned at the dealership if 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 Freight Agent or the Editor of this paper about us. If you order a pair of these tires, you will find that they will ride easier, run faster, wear better, last longer and look finer than any tire you have ever used. We will send you a small order at once, hence this remarkable tire offer. OOASTER-BRAKES built-up-wheels, saddles, pedals, parts and repairs, prices charged by dealers and repairmen. We will send you a postal today. DO NOT THINK OF BUYING DO NOT WAIT bicycle or a pair of tires from anyone until you know the new and wonderful offers we are making. It only costs a postal to learn everything. Write it NOW. MEAD CYCLE COMPANY, Dept., "JL" CHICAGO, ILL. 1 or more bikes will be allowed to $8.50 Regular Price $8.50 per pair, To Introduce We Will Sell You a Sample Pair for Only nic, Harmony and Literary 2 a. m. and 1 to 5 p. m. H and Paseo EAST Bell Phone M. 3114 X ra Hotel 2:30. Short Orders all Hours the City for Colored People. Bath. Hot and Cold Water. , Kansas City, Mo. Official Statement Addition of the Bank Commerce CITY, MISSOURI August 22nd, 1907. SOURCES. $16,320,446.34 602,042.07 50,000.00 000,000.00 000,000.00 $16,041,778.71 1,280,000.00 5,175,632.22—$22,497,410.93 ALITIES. $39,469,899.34 $ 1,000,000.00 2,049,088.32 1,000,000.00 35,420,811.02 $39,469,899.34 FERNANDO P. NEAL, Vice President. W. H. SEEGER, Second Vice President. the Comptroller of the Currency, at ress, August 22, 1907. SOURCES. $ 9,032,070.75 $625,000.00 binds. 1,269,669.05 4,884,232.92—$15,185,972.72 SOLUTIONS. $ 600,000.00 600,000.00 101,815.69 121,961.00 150,000.00 $13,262,196.03—$15,185,972.72 Ed George, L. T. James, C. J. Schmelzer, J. s, Lee Clark, George D. Ford, W. D. Johns, Fernando P. Neal, William H. Seegar, IS ALL IT WILL COST YOU to buy for our big FREE JICYCLE catalog showing the most complete line of high-grade JICYCLES, TIRES and SUNDRIES at prices manufacturer or dealer in the world. BUY A BICYCLE from anyone, until you have received our complete Free Cata- describing every kind of high-grade and low-grade latest models, and learn of our remarkable LOW new offers made possible by selling from factory VAL without a cent deposit. Pay the Freight and and make other liberal terms which no other do. You will learn everything and get much valu- able writing in a postal. agent in every town and can offer an opportunity to young men who apply at once. E-PROOF TIRES ONLY $4.80 MIDDLE THORN MIDDLE THORN TIM 500 TIM 500 TIM 500 W. A. RULE. 600,000.00 600,000.00 101,815.69 121,961.00 500,000.00 Notice the thick rubber treat "A" and puncture strips "B" and "D," also rim strip "B" to prevent rim cutting. This tire will almost any other vehicle. SOFT, LASTIC and EASY RIDING. WILSON DAWSON, Business Mgr. MABEL VAUGHAN, Secretary and Stenographer. Remember please— It's the little bits we collect here and there hat enables us to run from year to year." All announcements and notices are ten cents per line. LOCALS. Mr. P. Finney and Mr. Robert Savington have left the city for St. Paul, Minn. Mrs. Mary Wilson is very ill at 616 Campbell street. We hope for her a speedy recovery. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Dalley are running a confectionery store at 923 Campbell street. Give them a call. There will be no beauty contest pictures in the paper this week because the paper was to full other matter. Rev. J. E. Roberts, of 625 1-2 Charlotte street, was appointed agent for the Taft Land company at Muskogee, I. T. Mr. F. J. Weaver, president of the Afro-American Employment Agency, has opened a Labor Department. Mgr. Al. Rivers. Miss Cora Miller, of Danville, Ill., and Mrs. Etta Ewing, of Brookfield, Mo., are in the city visiting Miss Mabel Barrett, of 1220 E. 12th street. The Highland avenue Baptist Literary Society holds its regular meetings every Monday evening and requests the presence of literary lovers. Mrs. Sharber, of 1027 Charlotte, who has been visiting in Seattle, Washington, has returned to the city. She will remain for a short time and return to Seattle. The stark visited the home of Dr. Birch's family the other evening, bringing him a fine bouncing baby boy. Mrs. Birch is getting along nicely with her new charge. Rev. J. W. Booker, pastor of the Pleasant Green Baptist church is holding services in his new church, northeast corner of Independence and Tracy avenues. He raised over $65 in his Sunday collection. The O. Q. whist club will hold its opening meeting in the near future at the residence of the president, Mr. Richard Fisher, 1729 E 18th street. Regular meetings will be held every Wednesday evening. Prizes will be awarded at every meeting. Mr. Wm. Alexander, once a student of Lincoln High School and brother of Mrs. Mamie Bradbury, died Monday evening. He leaves a mother and sister and a host of friends to bemoan his loss. Mrs. Louisa Quinn, mother of Mrs. R. Hughes, of 921 E. 12th street, and Mrs. Pitts of Springfield, Mo, are here visiting friends and relatives and will return Tuesday morning. Little Jamie Sprague, a young orphan boy who is sick with tuberculosis and who is kept in charge of Mr. H. Compton at the hotel should receive a small contribution from the community at large. Mrs. Wm. Fairfax and Mrs. Jno. Bradbury, also Miss Vallie Bowman are very thankful to their friends for the courtesy and kindness shown them thro the long illness of their mother, Mrs. Bowman. Mrs. J. E. Herriford, wife of Prof. Herriford, principal of Phillip school, left Friday morning for Chillicothe. Mo., her home, on some very important business. She will return next week. We want it understood that the Son is at peace with everybody and everything. And any articles or extracts appearing in this paper or news matters come under the form of announcements and notices. See comment on announcements. The Hon. L. A. Knox was before the supreme court of the state of Kansas with a petition praying that court to issue an extraordinary writ in the matter of one Ruth Botts who was detained by one J. F. Botts in the county of Johnson. The county attorney was received in the proper manner and the order was made. Mr. J. H. Owens, of Los Angeles, Cal., touring in the West, is in the city, he and his wife visiting Judge and Mrs. I. F. Bradley, on Haskell avenue, Kansas City, Kan. Mr. Owens is one of the most successful enterprising negroes of the country and one of the few millionaries of the United States. Miss Maud P. Harris gave an informal luncheon last Monday evening in honor of Mrs. J. P. Sutton, of St. Louis, Mo. The guests were: Miss Inez Page, Misses Jerusalem and Louisa Ferguson, Mrs. W, L. Whibby, Mrs. N, B. Williams, Mrs. J. Martin; Mr. Chas, McClure, Mr. W. S. Whibby, Mr. Chas, Brown, Mr. William Keith, Mr. F. Green. Mr. Richard Fisher, president of the O. q. club entertained his friends last Friday eve., at his residence 1720 E. 18th street in honor of his nieces. Mrs. Jno. Carter and Miss Eva Butler. Those present were as follows: Mr. and Mrs. King, Mr. and Mrs. Grimes, Mr. and Mrs. Mallory, Mr. Joseph BrownMrs. Mattie Toliver, Mrs. Katie Butler, of Holden, Mo. Mrs. Jno. Carter, of Holden, Mo. Miss Eva Butler of Holden, Mo. Miss Lillie Neal of Texas, Miss Luella Caton, of Oskaloosa, Kansas, Mrs. Stella Emery, Miss Hester Nichols, W. W. Dawson, Mr. William Fisher, Mr. Robert Butler, Mr. Elmer Fisher and Mr. David Emery. An interesting whist contest was engaged in and prizes were won by Mr. and Mrs. Grimes, a cigar tray to the gentleman and a souvenir cup and saucer to the lady after which a dainty luncheon was served and the evening was well spent. 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. 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 Devel- opment Co. is at the Dunbar Hotel, accompanied by Mr. Knox. Mrs. Barrett of 1220 East Twelfth street will open in the near future a training school of hairdressing and 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. MR. J. E. MOORELAND. The Y. M. C. A. was favored with a speech from one of those rare geniuses, who are only productive from the soil. Mr. J. E. Mooreland, International Secretary of Y. M. C. A. held his large audience spellbound Sunday with one of his brilliant addresses. His work in that field has been marked by a harmonius and a steady increase in the number of the association. His work in Kansas City has been greatly felt. Mr. Mooreland will be with us again. 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. attending the P.O.P. Perseverance. He that cannot perse ere, 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. Rich Tobacco Lands. There are tobacco lands in this country which are bringing their owners a yearly profit of $2,000 an acre. The SKIRTITORIUM dyes to live. We live to dye. The more we dye, the better we live. The longer we live the better we dye. OUR DYING WORDS ARE: MEN SUITS $2.00 DRESS SKIRTS $1.25 SILK WAIST $1.00 We Dye only first. This side of the grave only JOHN TRIGG, Mrs. M. E. J. Trigg in Attendance. PROPRIETOR and Watchestoo EASY PAYMENTS EMMETT E. VENRICK, Manager 103 EAST TENTH STREET OVERCOATS $10.00 to $20.00 At A.H. Larsons 302 E.12th Street ARGYLE BUILDING EXPERT TYPIST MISS MABEL VAUGHAN, STENOGRAPHER DON'T DISTURB THE WASHER WOMAN. Don't disturb the washer 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. DYING T 1203 EA The SKIRTITORIUM dye The more we dye, then The longer we live the b OUR DYING MEN SUITS DRESS SKIRTS SILK WAIST We Dye only first. The JOHN Mrs. M. E. J. Trigg in Attendance. DIA CF and Wat EASY PA W.F.Smith EMMETT E. V 103 E ```markdown ``` $18.00 SUITS FOR $10.00. THE LID. 308 E. 12th St. The place where you get $3.00 hats for $1.50. NEATLY FURNISHED ROOMS. GAS AND 'PHONE SERVICE. MEN ROOMERS DESIRED. CALL AT 1216 E. 12TH ST. BELL 'PHONE GRAND 3294X. Buy your photo post cards of Eugene Vaughan, stenographer and type- writer. All kinds—Dunbar, Dulfois, Washington, R. R. Wright; also views of 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, Knns. 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. 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. 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. C A and H ome MRS. S. I Home Made Ic 1320 E.18t Something New! C W. T. C Has Mo PENNY and Shooti and Home Cooking MRS. S. L. DAILY Home Made Ices of all Kinds 1320 E.18th STREET To 713 MAIN STREET Don't forget the number. gantly fitted up with every gentlemen. W. T. The New F IS OPEN FOR Down Stairs at 50 Mrs. Laura Akins has the finest in the West. One main dining room thing of the season to be served in prepare the fancy Steaks, Chops, Fli and Soft Drinks all the time. Good M Open at Night. The Best Accommodation Houses at 508 a get the number. His new place up with every inducement for W. T. GREEN, New French IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS Stairs at 557 Grand Akins has the finest American and Europe one main dining room and one private din reason to be served in first-class style. The ney Steaks, Chops, Fish and Fowls of all k is all the time. Good Music while you eat. M t Accommodation, with uses at 508 and 512 McGe Don't forget the number. His new place will be elegantly fitted up with every inducement for ladies and gentlemen. W. T. GREEN, Propr. Mrs. Laura Akins has the finest American and European dining rooms in the West. One main dining room and one private dining room. Everything of the season to be served in first-class style. The best cooks will prepare the fancy Steaks, Chops, Fish and Fowls of all kinds. Ice Cream and Soft Drinks all the time. Good Music while you eat. Meals at all hours. Open at Night. The Best Accommodation, with Rooming Houses at 508 and 512 McGee St. BELL PHONE 2502 MAIN KANSAS CITY, MO. HOWARD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WARD UNIVERSITY OOL OF MEDI HOWARD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE 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 E FORTIETH ANNUAL SESS in October 1, 1907, and continue eight YEARS' GRADED COURSE IN 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 R. Street, Washington Up-To-Date Barber Shop Accommodations for Gentlemen. First-class Tonsorial Artist. You Are Always Next. Artist Charles Trailler. W. E. ANDERSON, Propr. 13331 E. 18th St. KANSAS CITY, MO. PHONE Grand 3578X Booking LY all Kinds TREET One Come All EEN RCADE Gallery new place will be ele- ment for ladies and EN, Propr. ch Cafe BINESS and Avenue and European dining rooms vate dining room. Every- style. The best cooks will of all kinds. Ice Cream ou eat. Meals at all hours. with Rooming McGee St. KANSAS CITY, MO. VERSITY EDICINE ROBERT REYBURN, M. D., Dean. L SESSION unue eight months. NE RY MACY CINE IS OFFERED S. L. DAILY, Manager THE CHRISTIAN WORLD Fine Structure Erected in New York Among This People. The Methodist Episcopal church, through the medium of its Church Episcopal church n of its Church Extension and Missionary society, is doing valuable and aggressive work for the Italian population of New York. This work was begun in 1888 and since that time says Record of Christian Work has been carried forward with varying success. PALMER 1805, the contracts were signed for a church and parish house in East One Hundred and Fourteenth street. The work in this district was undertaken a down years ago in a colony of Italians which has increased with the years until their number is estimated at from 35,000 to 50,000. A simple, dignified style of architecture, Italian in feeling, has been chosen. The basement in every part is fully utilized; a large room for meetings in front, a gymnasium, locker rooms, barbs and toilet rooms in rear, besides heating apparatus and coal vault; a fireproof passageway with fireproof doors, etc., extending from front, based entrance to a stairway in the extreme rear of the building, the stairway giving direct access to the root garden over auditorium, without the necessity of passing through the various departments of the building; this passageway will also serve as an emergency exit from the auditorium should it be necessary. This first story has the main auditorium in rear and a large room in front that may be used, if required for weldings or funerals. The auditorium is reached by a broad passageway, having fireproof partitions and floor, direct from street. The main stairway leads from this hall to the top of the building, the stairs, partitions and doors in them being fireproof. Space for an electric elevator has also been provided, conveniently planned to carry passengers to the rooms in the upper part of the building. The second floor will contain the main Sunday school rooms; this and the gallery in the auditorium are aranged to be thrown together if desired. The third floor is arranged for social rooms that may be subdivided into smaller rooms or thrown into one large one if desired. A kitchen and other conveniences are provided also in connection with them. The rear of this story over the auditorium becomes the roof garden, or, a place where open air meetings may be held in hot weather, if desired. The fourth story is arranged for the pastor's family, the windows in the rooms on the north side getting abundance of light and air overlooking roof garden, the front rooms overlooking street. The fifth floor will be floored over and left unfinished for the present but can be arranged to give accommodations for settlement workers. ODDS AND ENDS. Manorambal, the accomplished daughter of the famous Pundu Rana Bai, founder of the Mukti mission at Poona, India, is now actively engaged in spiritual work in the same field. She writes us thanking the friends who have contributed to the mission. At Detroit, Mich., a Young Men's Hebrew association has been permanently organized. One of the most eloquent preachers in Wales is the Rev. J. Baulston Jones. He has been blind since he was two years old, but was graduated with high honors at the University of Glasgow. Mrs. Valentine Gonnering of Freedom, Wis., probably holds the record as the mother of religious, in that state, if not the whole United States. She is the mother of ten children, all of whom will devote their lives to re Heilen. The celebration of Pope Plus Xi's golden jubilee as a priest will begin September 18 next, and continue throughout the next 12 months, concluding on September 18, 1908, the actual anniversary. The holy father has expressed the wish that no money he wasted on costly entertainments, receptions, and the like. New Catechism for Schools Some three years ago, by invitation of the Church of Scotland, representatives of the other Reformed churches met with delegates from that body to consider the matter of religious instruction in the public schools of Scotland. A subcommittee appointed by the conference to p. are a simple catechism for use in the schools where children of the various churches are taught together, has now reported. Though the revised book contains nearly as many questions and answers as the historic Shorter Catechism, it has been greatly simplified in language, and statements bearing upon doctrinal differences between the denominations have been omitted. There is, of course, no purpose to supplant the Shorter Catechism in the Sunday schools and churches. Noah M. Givan Dead. Judge Noah M. Givan of Harrisonville, president of the Citizens National bank there, died recently in St. Louis. Judge Givan was elected supreme counselor of the Knights of Honor ten years ago, the duties of which took him to St. Louis, although he maintained his home in Harrisonville. He was a democrat and was widely known throughout the state. Judge Givan was a native of Indiana, and was in his 67th year. He had lived in Missouri for 40 years. For a while he was a school teacher, and in 1863 and 1864 he was editor of Harrisonville's first democratic newspaper. From 1877 to 1886 he was a judge of the Seventh judicial district of Missouri. In 1883 he was circuit judge at Carthage. • Several years ago he formed a law partnership with Judge Allen Glenn in Harrisonville. Judge Givan was widely known in Masonic circles, having held several important offices in the grand lodge of Missouri. For 25 years he had been president of the Masonic home in St. Louis, and only recently was re-elected to the presidency of that institution. He is survived by his widow and one daughter. Oldest Missouri Negro Dead. Mrs. Susan Bowles, colored, well known in the vicinity of Vandalia as "Aunt Sukle," recently died in that city at the advanced age of 114 years. She is said to have been the oldest woman, white or black, in the state, "Aunt Sukle" was a native of Virginia, where the fact of her birth in 1793 is established on very good authority. She was a grown woman with several children when Andrew Jackson was elected to the presidency. The family in which she was reared as a slave emigrated to Kentucky, and on the trip she was especially charged with the care of her master's oldest child, then a boy of 12. Thirty years later, at the death of her old master, she was claimed by the young master in the division of his father's estate, and emigrated with him and his family to Missouri and settled near Middleton more than 59 years ago, where he died an old man several years ago. She had at least one grandchild 60 years old. Columbia Wants Encompass Grounds The Columbia Commercial club, assisted by cadets at Missouri university, is making an effort to have the permanent encampment for the state militia brought here. A letter was received by J. A. Hudson, president of the club, from Gen. J. A. DeArmond asking that the club allow Captain Frazier to recommend a site. The latter chose a tract of 40 acres two miles south of Columbia on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railway. The location of the regiment of Missouri university cadets, who are members of the National Guard at Columbia and the situation of the camp in the central part of the state make Columbia's claim a strong one. Missouri Highways The importance of good roads to the farmers of Missouri is indicated by the interest which is manifested in any project for the advancement of this cause, says the Jefferson City Tribune. One hundred out of the 114 counties in the state, through their farmers' institutes, have expressed a desire to cooperate with the Missouri highway commissioner in a campaign of education on the subject. A corps of lecturers has been chosen who are to attend institutes throughout the state during the coming months, giving special attention to road building, discussing the methods and materials of construction. A Prize Pig. Fred Parcher brought his pigs back from the St. Joseph stock show and brought three ribbons along with him, says the Richmond Conservator. Baron Masterpiece, a pig only 21 months old, took one of the prizes. This pig is a Berkshire and weighed 800 pounds. That is heavier than the average Missouri cow was 20 years ago. It don't pay to raise haze-splitting hogs and featherweight cattle when it takes a little trouble to raise first class ones. Applicable to Missouri The superintendent of public instruction for the state of Arkansas has issued an address to the members of school boards throughout the state in which he urges them to beware of cheap teachers. The same advice should be followed by Missouri school directors, remarks the St. Joseph Gazette. --- Sleet on the Tracks and was Killed. Henry Waggener, a tailor of Bevler while walking from Macon home sat down on the Burlington track and went to sleep. When found his body was cut in pieces. Was a Centenarian Mrs. Malinda Curtis, reputed to be the oldest lady in Benton county, died in Fairfield recently. Mrs. Curtis was 100 years old, and some time ago was stricken with paralysis. She had been in poor health since and grew gradually worse up to the time of her death. Gift to Howard Payne. Aquila Jones, of Hallsville, Boone county, has given $5,000 to be placed to the credit of Howard Payne college at Fayette. SAID TO BE SIMPLE EASILY MIXED RECIPE FOR KID NEYS AND BLADDER. Tells Readers How to Prepare This Home-Made Mixture to Cure the Kidneys and Bladder and Rheumatism. Get from any prescription pharmacist the following: Fluid Extract Dandellon, one-half ounce; Compound Kargon, one ounce; Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla, three ounces. Shake well in a bottle and take a teaspoonful dose after each meal and at bedtime. The above is considered by an eminent authority, who writes in a New York daily paper, as the finest prescription ever written to relieve Backache, Kidney Trouble, Weak Bladder and all forms of Urinary difficulties. This mixture acts promptly on the eliminative tissues of the Kidneys, enabling them to filter and srain the uric acid and other waste matter from the blood which causes Rheumatism. Some persons who suffer with the afflictions may not feel inclined to place much confidence in this simple mixture, yet those who have tried it say the results are simply surprising, the relief being effected without the slightest injury to the stomach or other organs. Mix some and give it a trial. It certainly comes highly recommended. It is the prescription of an eminent authority, whose entire reputation, it is said, was established by it. COINED A BIG WORD. Little One Wanted to Pick the "Underchildrenable" Flowers. When the first little granddaughter was big enough to want to pick the garden flowers, the grandparents tried every guileful means to save their pet posies from devastation. A truce was reached when it was agreed that Harriet should let the garden plants alone and pick only "children's flowers," a descriptive name bestowed at once alike on dandelions, buttercups, daisies and clovers. After this there was peace in the family. One day Katherine, the newest granddaughter, was contentedly pulling grasses while grandmother snipped off blossoms from the forget-me-nots. Katherine remembered that fresh flowers had not been gathered for the dinner table. She ran over to grandmother and promptly coined one of the longest words a four-year-old ever used. "Grandmother," she begged, "can't I pick the underchildrenable flowers for dinner?" A Ventilation Test. It is very hard to make an impression on those people who defend their possessions on all occasions. A lady was explaining to a visitor the many advantages of concrete hollow-block construction, of which the walls of her new home were built. "The air spaces in the walls afford insulation against heat in summer and cold in winter," she explained. "Besides, such walls afford ventilation and insure a more healthful house." The visitor reflected a moment, and replied: "Our frame house must be quite as well built. Every night we lock the cat in the cellar, and have to let her out of the attic in the morning."—Youth's Companion. Yes. Why Not? Dr. Frank C. Bostwick, official dentist to the sultan of Morocco, has been spending his vacation in Plainfield, N. J., and at a recent dinner he sald, apropos of a bad child: "It is wise to punish children, but not corporally. I know a dentist in Gibraltar who got out a birch rod to punish his little son with one day. The boy, looking at the rod, said piteously: "Papa, would you mind giving me gas first?" Grammar and Grippe. A professor at the University of Virginia was endeavoring to impress upon the youths of his class the monstrous crime of using the adverb "badly" where the adjective "bad" should be used. "Now," he said, after an exhaustive explanation, "if a man should say to you 'I feel badly,' what would you think?" "I'd think he had the grippe, sir," responded the wag of the class. TRANSFORMATIONS Curious Results When Coffee Drinking Is Abandoned. It is almost as hard for an old coffee toper to quit the use of coffee as it is for a whisky or tobacco flend to break off, except that the coffee user can quit coffee and take up Postum without any feeling of a loss of the morning beverage, for when Postum is well boiled and served with cream, it is really better in point of flavor than most of the coffee served nowadays, and to the taste of the connoisseur it is like the flavor of fine, mild Java. A great transformation takes place in the body within ten days or two weeks after coffee is left off and Postum used, for the reason that the poison to the nerves—caffeine—has been discontinued, and in its place is taken a liquid food that contains the most powerful elements of nourishment. It is easy to make this test and prove these statements by changing from coffee to Postum. Read "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. "There's a Reason." As Prof. Blackmar Sees It. As Prof. Blackmar Sees it. In an address in chapel at the University of Kansas, Prof. Frank W. Blackmar assailed the railroads for "grand-standing" over the two-cent fare when the real cause for their fear is that other matters of much more importance than the rate of passenger fares will be regulated. Prof. Blackmar, who is head of the department of sociology, said that, in his judgment, the railroads are making a play of the two-cent fare and threatening litigation in order to keep the public's mind diverted from the irregularity with which trains are run, the lack of promptness of freight deliveries, and the installation of all proper appliances for the safety of passengers traveling on railroads. He said that each of these subjects is of more importance by far to the public than the reduction of passenger fares. Farmers 11 and 17 Years Old. Farmers 11 and 17 Years Old. George Fritch, 17 years old, and his brother, Levi Fritch, 11 years old, have grown some of the finest corn in Kansas this year. The boys live with their mother and an an 80-acre farm, three miles southwest of Sabetha. This is their fourth year at farming, and they have done all the work on the farm. This year they had 33 acres of corn which measures up to the highest standard. George Fritch selects the best corn in his field as he gathers it and by this system of selection he has raised the standard of his corn perceptibly in the four years he has had charge of the farm. The corn young Fritch has raised this year has the long deep kernel, compact ears and full development, which shows not only good farming, but good judgment. He Signed Fictitious Names Three years in prison is the least sentence with which Edgar C. Oliver can escape on the findings of the jury which tried him at Topeka on the charge of forgery. He was found guilty of signing fictitious names to applications for liquor at the drug stores of W. F. Lake and James Kraemer. This is the first conviction ever secured under this law. The least penalty Oliver can escape with is three years in the penitentiary and he may be sentenced to five years on each of the three counts. No Place for Juvenile Criminals Fred Elkin, assistant attorney general of Oklahoma, was at Topeka for the purpose of renewing negotiations with Governor Hoch for the custody of Oklahoma's juvenile criminals at the state reformatory at Hutchinson, Oklahoma convicts are now confined at the Kansas penitentiary at Lansing under contract. Oklahoma has no place to confine juvenile criminals and has sent many convicts to Lansing who should be at a reformatory. To Have a K. U. Directory. Ralph Harmon, Will Barrett and George Eddy, three students in the University of Kansas, have undertaken to compile a complete directory of the University of Kansas for this year, giving the name and city address of every student and member of the faculty, the names of university organizations and their officers, information about each organization, and some other matter of interest. Has $17,683,771 Bonds in Treasury. Mark Tully, state treasurer, has in his control $17,683,771.50 of state and trust funds. The statement is the first in many years showing the exact amounts in the different school and trust funds held by the state treasurer. Other statements have been made, but this one is the result of a complete inventory of the bonds. The treasurer's office force has been working on this inventory six weeks. Not Up to Standard. No stock foods are being sold in Kansas at the present time, according to wholesale dealers. None of the foods come up to the requirements of the law passed by the last legislature. The legislature made certain standards necessary and provided for an examination by members of the faculty of the state agricultural college. A license was also required. Most of the companies have refused to comply with the provisions and the International Stock Food company has brought a suit in the United States circuit court to prevent the enforcement of the law. The wholesale dealers have sent notices to the retailers to return all the present stock to the wholesale houses and not offer any for sale. A Hen Hatched Quail Eggs. While moving on his farm five miles south of kabetha, W. D. O'Roke found a quail's nest. He put the quail eggs underneath an old hen that had been persisting in setting. Every quail egg hatched, and Mr. O'Roke now has a large brood of little quail. Only Under Compulsion. Some 200 checks ready for depositors in the old Topeka First National bank are unclaimed, and the receiver is advertising in the papers begging the proper parties to come and get them, and save the government embarrassment. The only way to get the average Kansas plutocrat to accept more money than he has, remarks the Lawrence World, is to send it out by the sheriff, accompanied by a mandatory injunction to accept it forthwith or with go to jail. Sunday School Lesson for Oct. 13, 1907 Specially Prepared for This Paper LESSON TEXT.—Joshua 3: 5-17. Memory verse, 17. GOLDEN TEXT.—And he led them forth by the right way that they might go to a city of habitation."—Psalm 100: 7. TIME.—On the tenth day of the first month, early in April, was the crossing of the Jordan. "It was the anniversary of the day on which, 40 years before, the Israelite had been directed to take up the lambs for the first Passover in Egypt."—Deane. This lesson closely follows the last. PLACE.—At Abel Shittim, "The Meadow of the Acacias," near the fords of the Jordan on the east bank, opposite Jericho. At the foot of the Moabite mountains. Comment and Suggestive Thought. The Two Accounts—The history of the conquest of Palestine in Joshua and the account in the first chapter of Judges are assumed by certain scholars to be parallel accounts covering the same ground. By assuming (1) that Joshua was written at a late date and therefore unhistorical; (2) that the first statement in Judges to the effect that the events described in that chapter took place after the death of Joshua is untrue and a late addition; and (3) that the conquest described in Joshua was so complete that there need be no further conflict—it is taken for granted that the two accounts describe the same period, and are, therefore, contradictory and unhistorical. Preparation of the People for Crossing the Jordan—Josh. 1:10-3:5. 1. The announcement that the time to cross was at hand to a people who saw an impassable flood in front them. 2. Preparation of victuals; not merely the manna, but the fruits of the fertile country in which they were encamped. 3. Spies who could swim the deep and swift river were sent across to investigate the condition of things on the other side and to report. 4. The camp was moved to the lower level nearer the river. 5. Officers were sent throughout the camp to instruct the people what to do. 6. The people were commanded to (v. 5) sanctify themselves, make special spiritual preparation, by washing their persons and their garments, and abstaining from everything that might indispose their minds to a serious and devout attention to the miracle about to be wrought in their behalf. The object was to turn their hearts to God in faith, and prepare them to obey willingly, and to understand the full meaning and power of what God was doing for them. Compare the "sanctifying" before they received the law at Sinai. Soe also Lev. 20:7. 8; 1 Sam. 16:5; Joel 2:16. The Training of the People in Courage and Faith.—Vs. 6-11. Before the actual entrance upon the conquest, which meant life or death, and from which there was no possible return over the swollen river—for the crossing was like Cortez' burning of his ships—it was needful once more to test the people and prove to them that God could and would make them successful. (1) 6. "They took up the ark of the covenant." The symbol of God's presence and of his covenant promise and their covenant of obedience. "Went before the people." There was to be a space of 2,000 cubits, or nearly three quarters of a mile, between the ark and the people, so that all could see the sacred symbol of the divine presence (Josh. 3:4), which could not be done if the ark was closely surrounded by a crowd. (2) 7. "And the Lord said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee." Make thee great, put honor upon thee, as the leader and commander of the people. Henceforth he would be accepted as the true successor of Moses. Henceforth no doubting, no questioning who should be the leader, nor whether their leader was worthy of trust. The Providential Miracle.—V. 16.—"The waters . . . rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam." The revisions give the correct translation "in one heap, a great way off, at Adam." Adam was probably at the Damichlford just above the mouth of the Jabbok, 17 miles above the fracilities' encampment. Here are the remains of an ancient bridge. Here is a sudden break in the geological formation, and the river flows between two ridges of mountains on either side, or, as Prof. G. F. Wright suggests, the elevation of the bed of the river in this volcanic region, where a landslide or the fall of a cliff could easily block up the waters, in which case the waters would accumulate above the dam, and form a great lake extending far up the river, while the waters below would all flow away into the Dead sea, leaving the bed of the river comparatively dry. "The wonderful story of God's chosen people is itself a greater miracle than any exhibition of divine power it records."—Foakes Jackson. The church sees before her her promised land, the whole earth redeemed to Christ. Those parts of our country which are more settled, like the two and one-half tribes, are to send their warriors to help the others to subdue the newer portions to Christ. The whole world has received its marching orders, Onward, forward, to Christ, to God, to goodness, to usefulness. UNITED STATES SENATOR FROM·SOUTH CAROLINA PRAISES PE-RU-NA. JOHN H. HARRIS Ex-Senator M. C. Butler. Dyspepsia is Often Caused By Catarrh of the Stomach-Peruna Relieves Catarrh of the Stomach and Is Therefore a Remedy for Dyspepsia. Hon. M. C. Butler, U. S. Senator from South Carolina for two terms, in a letter from Washington, D. C., writes to the Peruna Medicine Co., as follows: "I can recommend Peruna for dyspepsia and stomach trouble. I have been using your medicine for a short period and I feel very much relieved. It is indeed a wonderful medicine, besides a good tonic." CATARRH of the stomach is the correct name for most cases of dyspepsia. Only an internal catarrh remedy, such as Peruna, is available. Peruna Tablets can now be procured. As in the Olden Time. A great sensation has been caused at Mantua, in Italy, by the discovery in real life of what reads like the lurid climax of a redieval melodrama. It appears that a young woman named Cornelia Orlandell, 18 years old and of good family, has been immured in a lunatic asylum by her own family in order to keep her from corresponding with a young man of her own station in life. How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any dollar that cannot be accepted by Italia Caterain Cafe. this came by mail by Marian Caterbur Cure. F. J. CHENYE & CO., Tolento, O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheung for the last six years, who is a reliable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by his firm. WALDING, KINNAN & MAYNEN. Hall's Caterbur Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 25 cents per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Emperor Is Well Housed The emperor of Japan has no fewer than 30 residences, each a model of comfort. DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS FOR ALL KIDNEY DISERSES FOR RHEUMATISM BRIGHT'S DISEASE DIABETES. 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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. LADIES, THERE IS A CHANCE FOR YOU AT Madam Mamie De Vaule Vincent's School of Dress Making and Ladies' Talloring To learn all of the latest systems in Dressmaking, Cutting, Fitting and everything to make you master of the dressmaking art. Madam Vincent is a graduate of four different schools, with twelve years' experience in the largest stores in Kansas City. The price of tuition is very low—in fact, you can make money while learning. Special Course in Sewing, 20 Days, $5.00 I cordially invite all to visit the school and investigate. Bell Phone 507 Grand. 1104 Charlotte St., Kansas City, Mo. REAL ESTATE RENTAL And INSURANCE. On Easy Terms, Like Rent. 127 West 8th Street KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. "The Beer that made Milwaukee Jealous" 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 choiceat 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. 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 V KANSAS CIT HOME PHONE 48 MAIN BELL 'Phone 3136 Main ATT. RENTAL NCE. Sale Like Rent. Boot 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 Bunyan. India's Irricated 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, graha and winter oilseeds. Hint to Housewives If you have a solid silver cake dish and no cake for it, don't discard it. Tie a pale mauve ribbon on it and keep it in the kitchen as a receptacle for potato peelings. Ungallant Suggestion: "He complains that his wife refuses to listen to him." "He should cultivate the habit of talking in his sleep." —Houston Post. Unpleasant Truth Tellers. We wonder why it is that those individuals who boast about telling the truth never have anything very pleasant to say. The fleshy woman's idea of heaven is a place in which she can take off her corset and sit around without looking uncreative. Home. Sweet Home. The chief reason for leaving home is that one may the better enjoy coming back to it. Home is the place we have so studiously suited to our own needs that it fits us like an outer envelope. In no other house do we feel so absolutely ourselves. — London Truth. The Ampere. An ampere is that current of electricity that decomposes 00009324 grammes of water in a second. 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. 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Brightening Up the Graveyard The patrons of the Clister graveyard met last week and put a very nice wire tense around the lot and made it some havar. Lloyd Rocknor bought a very beautiful gate and put it up. It shows off very nicely. We love to see people remember the dead. There will be some fine grave covers put in, of white and bronze, which will add greatly to the beauty of the place. That is one graveyard that is taken care of. — Turkeyfoot, Pa., Newsg. Please Tell Us. Standing in line before the money order window at the post office yesterday were two men. One of them was "next," but as his turn came he permitted a woman to step in ahead of him to not act. When she came through the man let another woman in ahead of him. This made the other man mad. "Say," he said to the man ahead, "please don't be a gentleman at my expense. I'm in a hurry." Was he right or not?—Denver Post. Modern Independence In most cases the girl today conducts her own affairs, and no well-brought-up mother thinks of being shocked when her daughter says: 'Mamma, let me introduce Mr. Soondso; I have just accepted him.' The actual value of the maternal blessing being nil, it is more than probable that the briday couple will not find it altogether indispensable.—Ladies' Field. "He's a Brick." The phrase "He's a beeke" originated from an Eastern rule, who while visiting a neighboring princely court asked his host to show him the tortifications. Waving his hand toward his troops, which were drawn up in soldierly array, the Prince said to his guest, "There ate my tortifications, every man is a beeke."—The Sunday Magazine The Ignorant Bachelor "Aren't men the limit?" said young Mrs. Wheel. "When I told my brother this morning that baby just cut a tooth he asked me savagely why I had allowed it to play with kutves." "And my bachelor uncle," said Mrs. Whoa. "he heard that my baby had begun teething wanted to know if it would begin hairring soon." Black Clothes for Clergymen. BASIC COURSES TO CLEERGY The wearing by cleggs men of black clothes began with Martin Luther, when he laid aside the garb of a monk. The Elector of Saxony sent him pieces of black cloth, men fashionable at the court, which he had made into clothing, and his eclectical disciples followed the fashion he set. Symbol of Lion's Claw. It is believed that wearing a lion's claw will bring strength to the wearer. This is why the paws of lions are used so extensively for the carvings of the legs of chairs and tables as being emblems of strength and stability. Good Blood Purifiers There is nothing to beat rhubarb juice as a cure for gout or rheumatism, except water from medicinal springs. All kinds of scurvy and blood poisoning yield to the juice of lemons or of limes, which are the greatest blood purifiers in existence. The Language of South Africa. A language lives or dies according to its vitality, and Prof. De Prof Vos might as well try to drive back the sea as to stem the spread of English as the language of South Africa.—Cape Town Times. Auk Egg Brings High Price Mr. Bevile Stanley, of Peplow Hall, Shropshire, England, who bought the Hawkins collection of British birds recently, sold the Sheffield specimen of the great ank which it contained for £2,000. Wherein Lies Real Glory. "As in a game of cards, so in the game ov life, we must play what it boalt tew us, and the glory consists not so match in winning as in playing a pore hand well"—Josh Billings. Snail's Sense of Smell Receipt investigations show that snails have a sense of smell which, however, is not localized, but extends over the greater part of the body. Pins by the Million The largest pin factory in the world is at Birmingham, England, where nearly 40,000,000 pins are manufactured in a day. Seeing the little foolishness of life is one way of acquiring some of life's wisdom. London's Many Newspapers. More than one-fourth of all English newspapers are published in London. ODD FELLOWS' RECEPTION FOR THEIR GRAND OFFICERS. One of the most pleasant receptions ever given by the Grand United Order of Old 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. 169, Queen No. 1332, Amazonia No. 2509, in honor of the newly elected State Grand Officers, Edward S. Lewis, Grand Master, and Miss Belle Worthham, 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 hunting, American flags and rotted palms, the various stations being almost completely bid with flowers. In a very lavishly arranged cozy corner Prof. Walter Williams' Mandoin club discused 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 Ila 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 cooperation she would endeavor or 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 new-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. Beni, Thomas of Henrietta Household No. 169 acted as mistress of ceremonies. All present then extended a beauty handshake and welcome to the newly-elected grand officers. The delegates from Kansas City to the fast Grand Session, and grand officers, who assisted in receiving, were: Mrs. Rebecca Estes, P. M. N. G; Mrs. Ella Bass, Grand Trustee; Mrs. Laula Jackson, Henrietta No. 169; Mrs. Tillie Rentro, Queen No. 1332; Mrs. M. E. Cantor, bury, Amazonia No. 2509; Mrs. Lace Page, Henrietta No. 169; Eli Harris, Ex. D. G. M.; Worthy Patron Beni, Thomas, Cosmopolitan No. 2935; J. L. Bush, Alaska No. 3664, P. M. V. P.; A. D. Parron, Gate City No. 4639, 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. 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 of 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 Wines, 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. M. O. B. Kelso & Bro. were visitors at the James A. Handy Lyceum last Friday night. The Old Folks' and Orphans' Home will have a grand international baazaar 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. PROCLAMATION NO. 1. of the Grand Lodge of Missouri demonstration of the progress of the session have been printed the members to read the in our laws. The lodge session to be held in equipment in July, 1908, must have ever held. The indi- cation next year, and all Uniform No. Toussaint Company No. on all companies in the honors. Supreme Lodge, held in the live, was a surprise to the men since its foundation. New inspiring demonstration of the was a demonstration that of such eminent men as B. Washington, the founder denoted to be the cornerstone ness of our people, and W. Mon- son public questions of the published during the ten says: of Pythias of the world is excellent impression. The business, the gentleman and the exceedingly crediti- have elicited general com- munications of progress in his glad thus to voice the man made a special trip from states of Pythias, and his add to the many encouraging thing your organization is strive one, and I bid you Godspe- ce are constantly to be dired. Not a man have I seen in thes of intoxication. I say the city of Louisville. I cler- cog together such a crowd and of genuine soberness." Starks, who stands next to annual Report: organize and unite. We mention our business is done which in itself comm mute be solved by plaid. Two years hence we be bearing greater sheaves to and God the glory." The Supreme Lodge will to the able efforts of the should not cease their labo- C. K. Robinson, Supreme J. P. Maynard, P. G. C.; P. Sup. Rep.; W. M. Johnson Mattkins, Captain of Mumfom Scott, P. G. C.; Hon. Nel- umb, Topeka, Kas.; W. A. Pricidale General of Missi- t K. P., of Missouri, and m to mention here. Now, we det the work RIGHT NOW of Missouri Pythias abe- s before," so let us make equipment in Sedalia in 1908 that is to assemble in I. Dedger General R. C. Carter must start early." So let us unbird a good chance, a best wish that all Uniform consideration and inform me present in Sedalia in order to work on. God seal of the Grand Lodge of the Supreme Lodge day of September, 1907. L. A. W. of Record and Seal. PROGRESS OF THE KNIGHT OF MISSOURI. From 1900 to 1907. Fund. 650 Members Fund. 448 Members Fund. 660 Members Fund. 178 Members Fund. 476 Members Fund. 800 Members Fund. 1085 Members Fund. 1285 Members a years. Service is Constant Growth. W. LLOYD, G. C., 3137 P. 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 their race, and the Courier-Journal is glad thus to voice the good will of the city towards them." Booker T. Washington made a special trip from New York City to Louisville to address the Knights of Pythias, and his address was one of his most masterly efforts. Among the many encouraging things said in his address I give the following: "I have faith in what your organization is striving to do. I congratulate you on what you have done, and I bid you Godspeed in your efforts in the future, all of which I hope are constantly to be directed toward the betterment of your fellow man. Not a man have I seen in this vast crowd of people who showed any signs of Intoxication. I say this, bearing in mind that I am in Kentucky and the city of Louisville. I challenge any race on the face of the globe to bring together such a crowd as is assembled here with more signs and evidence of genuine soberness." Supreme Chancellor Starks, who stands next to Washington as a leader of his race, said in his Biennial Report: "We have learned to organize and unite. We have proved that we are capable of self-government. Our business is done in a business way. We are surely rising to a position which in itself commands the respect of men. The problems of our race must be solved by plain, practical, foundational work such as we are doing. Two years hence we will again come up from our various jurisdictions bearing greater sheaves than before, our race and Order having the credit and God the glory." The next session of the Supreme Lodge will be held in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1909, thanks to the able efforts of the following stalwart Pythians of Missouri, who would not cease their labors until victory crowned their well-tought battle: C. K. Robinson, Supreme K. of R. and S.; Dr. T. A. Curtis, Supreme Rep.; B. E. Mattnard, P. G. C.; B. J. Carruthers, Inspector General; Chas H. Brown, Sup. Rep.; W. M. Johnson, Sup. Rep.; A. W. Lloyd, Supreme Rep.; B. E. Watkins, Captain of Mumford Company No. 12, Kansas City, Mo.; Dr. D. W. Scott, P. G. C.; Hon. Nelson C. Crews, P. C., Kansas City, Mo.; W. W. Plumb, Topeka, Kas.; W. A. Gunnell, G. K. of R. and 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, bretthen, 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. MARVELLOUS PROGRESS OF THE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS 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. 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. 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. --- 3137 Pine Street FOR RENT. Subordinate Lodges, Missouri: Lodge of Missouri, held in the City of the progress of Pythianism. It has been printed and distributed to the city to read them carefully and note the to be held in the City of Sedalia, in 1908, must be made a grander suc- celd. The indications point to a splen- ial Uniform Companies are warned to company No. 8 of Joplin, through her manies in the State that they will be held in the city of Louisville, Ky. prior to the veterans who have been foundation. Never before in the history establishment of the wonderful progress of establishment that brought words of praise men as Booker T. Washington and the founder of that industrial system cornerstone in the foundation of the people, and Watterson, that matchless actions of the day. In an editorial during the Supreme Lodge meeting In the world in session here this week, session. The orderly method in which the gentlemanly manner in which they ingly creditable appearance they pre- general comment and commendation. of progress on the part of their race, to voice the good will of the city to real trip from New York City to Louis- and his address was one of his most burrowing things said in his address I tion is striving to do. I congratulate you Godspeed in your efforts in the city to be directed toward the better- have I seen in this vast crowd of peo- nion. I say this, bearing in mind that isville. I challenge any race on the with a crowd as is assembled here with perness." ands next to Washington as a leader unite. We have proved that we are less is done in a business way. We tell commands the respect of men, lived by plain, practical, foundational as hence we will again come up from her sheaves than before, our race and history." Lodge will be held in Kansas City. efforts of the following stalwart Pythi- se their labors until victory crowned, Supreme K. of R. and S.; Dr. T. P. G. C.; B. J. Carruthers, Inspector M. Johnson, Sup. Rep.; A. W. Lloyd, of Mumford Company No. 12, Kan- kans; W. A. Gunnell, G. K. of R. and eral of Missouri, and Colonel William Missouri, and many others whose names here. Now, brethren, with all this to RIGHT NOW, and make preparations Pythians above all others. "Coming let us make the coming Grand Lodge in 1908 the shadow of that mighty assemble in Kansas City, Mo., in 1909, R. C. Carter not long ago, that "a bird "So let us start early in order to chance, and no excuse for not be- all Uniform Companies give the State in order to as soon as possible of ia in order that the local committee Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias of Greene Lodge N. A., S. A., E., A., A. Ar. 1907. A. W. LLOYD, and Seal. Grand Chancellor. THE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS SOURI. to 1907. $ 2,700.95 3,927.60 5,361.19 7,037.29 9,281.18 10,697.89 12,078.52 15,990.51 $67,094.92 instant Growth." G. C., 3137 Pine St., St. Louis, Mo. 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. 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 Landsome 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. 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. St. Louis, Mo 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. Have Got an Old Hat At you want a new one—one that's up to date. Know that your OLD HAT can be made over time. It may look worn out, it's not; true, the tie and worn and the hat looks weather-beaten, but it is 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 STREET. Established 1885. Both Phones. K. Bgo M. Bell M. W. BROOKS, Prost and Delivered. Ladies W. GOLDEN ROD STEAM DRY AND CLEANING WORKS. Done Free of Charge On All Dyed Articles. East 12th Give GET THE NEW VINE STREET PIRE AND AMUSEMENT HALL. Wednesday for Dancing. The best orchestra in classes every Friday. President. Jessie Bell, Treasurer. Jimmie Collins, Ticket Receiver. Chas, Hardin, G. SFACTION GUARANTEED OR NO JOY. J. H. The K. C. Artificial Limb. K. C. BILT-WELL L. which has the motion of the natural limb in Remodeled and Improved M every style of Limb. 127½ WEST EIGHTH STREET. 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. Repairing Done Free of Charge On All Cleaned and Dyed Articles. 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. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED OR NO PAY. Bell Phone Main 1300Y. J. F. CORDELL, Mgr. DENTALPARLOR Follow the Sign ONLY W T. C. CHAPMAN, DENT will save your Teeth just in time 9 W. 9th S THE ONLY WAY DR. T. C. CHAPMAN, DENTIST. will save your Teeth just in time. 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