Sedalia Weekly Conservator

Sedalia Weekly Conservator. Negro Bishop Discussed Negro Bishop Discussed Dr. George Elliot Proposes That Matter Be Given Considered At This meeting of General Conference. Let Merit And Worth Count, Not Color. VOL. 11. The Methodist General Conference which convened and is now in session at Los Angeles, Cal, was treated to a bit of the all-important Race Question last Thursday. Before the conference met in Chicago, four years ago, there was a few negro methodist agitating the negro bishop matter, thus adding another phase to the negro question in America. It does not come up in the form of an appeal for better treatment of the black man politically, socially or industrially, but, since there has been and is now, an agitation on the part of some negro methodists, who have passed the stage of all hope for them to out-grow the positions now filled by them in the methodist church, and yet their very ambitions reach toward a higher place, without first worthy of it, by merit, but hoping that by the "Scarecrow" argument that 300,000 negroes affiliated with the methodist church are demanding it, the position will be perchance, granted by the conference as a gift, out of sympathy for the race and that they will be honored by being pushed up to fill the places. It comes up before the conference in the form of a resolution praying for the consideration of the advisability of the election of a colored bishop to preside over the negro conferences. Just why this last idea strikes us is, that after having looked into the matter closely, we find this one thing comforting us: if a negro be chosen, because he is a negro, will he be accepted by the entire method dist chuch? The answer comes back so forcibly in the negative, that we are compelled to conclude that the election of a negro bishop would cause a rupture in the church. As surely as we are given a negro bishop, there will be given the world a new methodist church. For, unless this be chosen because of his worth and distinction, it will simply be a gift out of ourpathy. And further, if a negro be elevated to episcopal honors, under the present agitation, some of the white conferences will not recognize him, as a fit man to preside over them. Would this not bring about a move on the part of the snubbed black bishop to have his conferences be come independent of the great church of which they are a part and would that not be setting up a new methodist church? The 300,000 negro methodist are not demanding a man from their race to be made bishop. It is the work of a few. The truly intelligent negro knows that when ever a negroshows himself to have acquired the attainments necessary to be thus elevated and, when the time comes, when a bishop is to be chosen, that it will be a question of worth not color. The 300,000 black methodists are not ready yet, and, may it never be, to stoop to recognize a bishop, simply, because he is black. If he be a black bishop, let him be one that the methodist church will delight to honor, because of his pre-eminent service. Great men are not chosen to preside over the affairs of any organization out of sympathy for a particular faction in it, but, their worth in magnitude of influence and power of developing the organization, are the balances in which they are weighed before chosen. A negro must not be chosen bishop out of sympathy for the less enlightened clamorous faction in the church, but, if there be a vacancy in the episcopacy to be filled, let the negro be put into the balances and be weighed with his white brother—measured according to the standard by which other bishops are measured; before chosen, and, if he is not found wanting in any of the requirements requisite to his attaining this high recognition, the methodist, void of all prejudice; the church that sets a loft the standard of worth and exacts all men to it; that is blind to all, she selects men for her service; the church that works with and among us not out of mere sympathy for us but because she knows that we are called as much as other men to share in the great dangers and benefits of redemption and feel that for her to attain that perfection in the religion of Christ, the World's Savior, she must fulfill the law: "Show them the way;" the church that holds up before the world an insignia upon which this expression of Christ is inscribed, "And tho I be lifted up I will draw all men unto Me", she will award him this honored position. Terefore let those negro methodists, who are yet imbued with Ante-Bellum idea that the white man should sympathize with him and give to him because it is asked for; let those, who are living over the days of slavery and are straining under the hardships of past oppression and discrimination all to arouse the white man's sympathy for what was once a down trodden race; let it be known that the American Negro is not asking for recognition from the whites out of sympathy, but that it weigh him and reward him as he merits, and that the weighing be done in the same scales that men are weighed in and not in scales for negro men only. Bishop Isaac Lane Preaches At The Court House. Bishop Isaac Lane, one of the senior bishops of the C. M. E. church, preached two able sermons, in the large large criminal court room, at the Court House, Sunday, May the 8th. The good bishop enjoys the happy distinction of having presided, as bisoop for more than 31 years, in his church. During this long period he has not had to miss any of his episcopal duties, on account of ill health. He resides, at Jackson, Tenn., where is located Lane college, an institution owned and operated by the C. M. E. church for the higher education of her youth. We are pleased to congratulate the pastor, Rev. T. H. Warfield for the interest he is taking in his church and the community in general. May he secure other valuable services as that of the good bishop, in the near future. Princess Snow White Presented By Pupils Of Lincoln School Friday evening, May 6th, at Quinn Chapel A. M, E. church was presented the pleasing musical drama, Princess Snow White The entertainment was given as a benefit for Sharon Court. The young ladies and gentlemen acquitted themselves most acceptably. Mrs. Mattie L. Teeters, of the Lincoln school Faculty, rightly deserves many plaudits for the excellence of the rendition of the evening's program. SEDALIA, MISSOURI, FRIDAY, MAY 13 1904. OURTOWN EDITOR. J. J. Rollins the Photographer is home for a short stay. Prof. H. F. Thompson was in the city Saturday on business. The Operette recently at Quins Chapel will be repeated on May the 20. Rev. William Alexander, pastor of the A. M. E. church left for Chicago, Ill., to attend the General Conference of the church. Quite a crowd stood on Main street Monday wating for the parade, but it went up Lamine and the crowd got the (hookes). Mrs. Susan Martin left on the 5th. for Topeka, Kas, to be with a very sick sister. Miss Alace Baylor of Sweeney is the guest of her uncle Fred Bush, of E. Pettis St.. Mrs. Maria Herndon who has been attending Geo R. Smith College during the past session returned home to Warrensburg this week. While here she made her home at Mrs. Lue Flitcher, on W. Morg in street. While on the north side look at the progressive buisnesses conducted by Sweringen and Co. J. F. Kuhn and Co. and W. M. Diggs, Grocers and Ray Holt, the up to the standard meat men. They advertise with us hence should have your support. H.S. Cousins of Chaaleston W. Va., who was called to this city last week to attend the funeral of his son-in-law, the Rev. J.A. Dorsey returned home, Monday Via the Mo. P. 12 45 P. M. train Mr. Cousins is the only negro employed in the Mich. Central R. R. Shops located at Charleston and has work for this sem. for a number of years. The Young ladies and gentlemen can be served to the choosiest drinks and best ice cream at the Post Dispatch Cafe, on South Ohio just below the Pacific express company's office. The managers are courtious and obliging we desire our friends to visit them when anxious to refresh themselves. August the first will be Negro day at the World's Fair. Since we are all going to see the Fair, dont you think it would be a more enjoyable trip if we would all wait and go in a body on Negro day? And, too, would it be doing too much if we make that day one of the best? The Germans, Irish and all other peoples, under the American flag will have special days and will not attend the Fair in body until that day, we, too, should do likewise. SOUTH GROVE Mr. Harrison Fisher made a business trip to Salt Springs Wednesday. Mr. G. L. Carter of Elmwood visited in our vicinity Sunday. Mr. Lee Steverson made a business trip to the county seat Wednesday. Miss Rosa B. Jones and Mr. Horace Cooper were the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Shannon Sunday. We are having rainy weather now. Messrs Samuel and Ed. Shannon made a business trip to Marshall Sat. Mr. and Mrs. Barnes of Higginsville has moved in on vicinity we are pleased to have them come. Mr. W. S. Steverson has completed his course at Geo. R. Smith College, is know at home enjoying a pleasant vacation with parents and friends. Rev. Jno. Baker preached to a large crowd here Sunday every one seem to enjoy the service we invited to come again soon. The Swellest OUR STEIN BLOCH SUITS are the most popular with careful dressers this season and we have them from $10.00 and Up These suits are equal in every respect to the high-class made-to-order garment. Also large up-to-date Furnishing goods The Kidd Clo. Co. 227 OHIO ST. The Conservator is read in many homes here, the subscribers speak highly of it. We wish its unfurling citor limitless success in his grand effort and hope it will be read in many more homes in Mo. and elsewhere. It will help move the great walls of ignorance so held him and by so doing we will help our selves. UNION HILL. Harry an Abram White were in Slater Monday and Tuesday on business. Mrs. Agnes Thomas attended in Gillian Sunday. Rev. H. Cheeks passed through the Hill Wednesday in route to Slater. The farmers in this locality are very much behind with their work due to the continued wet weather. Harry White and wife were shopping in Slater Saturaday. Mr. Charlie Edith of Napton never cancels a date regrdless of wind rain snow or storm. Died at his sister's Mrs John Tyres in Arrow Rock May 7th, John Penn; burial on the old home place 4.15 miles northwest of Arrow Rock funeral conducted by Rev. Hayse. As we close our letter we learn that Miss Pearl Mills is quite sick with pnemonia. John Sandreg and Ed. White are confined to their rooms with the German Measles. Rev. and Mrs. C. R. Smith returned home Wednesday by way of Arrow Rock., Arthur an Will Connay went to Arrow Rock Tuesday night the 3rd. to be initiated in the G. U. O. O. F. Sweet Springs. Mo. Miss Ida M. Thompson, G. H. P. of the International Order of Twelve and teacher of the Higginsville school, delivered a very instructive lecture before the Knights and Daughters of the Sulphur Springs tabernacle, last Saturday nikht. Miss Thompson was very much pleased with the progress made by the Order at this point and spoke in the most glowing terms of their new hall. Her visit was the occasion of many happy expressions of fraternal love and. Miss Thompson has kindly consented to return again in the near future. John Oliver, one of our hustling young farmers, orders the Conservator, thru our wide awake agent, James Wilson. SHOES Comfort, Style, and QUINN BROS., 200 Dont Paper UNT You have seen DEXT WALL I Rooms Papere Remember the place. 109 E. Seco Fireworks! AT J. F. That Combine ! ! ! ! Art, Style, and Durability, BROS., 206 OHIO S Paper Your UNTIL We seen DEXTER'S complete ALL PAP Rooms Papered For 90c. U the place. Dexter's E. Second S orks! Firew AT F. KUH : ! ! : That Combine ! ! : ! Comfort, Style, and Durability, Go To QUINN BROS., 206 OHIO STREET. You have seen DEXTER'S complete line of Rooms Papered For 90c. Up. Remember the place. Dexter's Book Store. 109 E. Second Street. Fireworks! Fireworks!! THE GROCER. Cor. Lamine and Pottis Sts. With every purchase, great the Boy or Girl, a ticket. A presented at the store, on Jun of firecrackers, or to the girl WM. COU and Pettis Sts, Phone, Q. C. purchase, great or small, we girl, a ticket. And for each the store, on July 3rd., we w rs, or to the girl, a package . COURTN Cor. Lamine and Pettis Sts. Phone, Q. C. 10. Bell, 419. With every purchase, great or small, we will give, for the Boy or Girl, a ticket. And for each $1 in tickets, presented at the store, on July 3rd., we will give a bunch of firecrackers, or to the girl, a package of torpedoes. FRENCH SHRINKER & UPNER Mesdames Lucy Martin, Stella Abbott and son Car', departed for Sedalia Sunday evening in route to Springfield. They stopped over in Sedalia for several days. Conserva.or's First Anniversary Fittingly Observed At Quinn Chapel. Monday evening, May, 9th, many friends and supporters of the CONSERVATOR congregated at the A. M. E. church, Qinnn Chapel, to participate in the first anniversary exercises of this youthful journal. Manager English and Editor Huston had arranged a very interesting, program, devoting the evening to the discussion of, American Journalism. The musical numbers and addresses were far above the average selections formerly heard, Miss Ruby Martin and Master Thomas Umbles pleased the audience so well --- --- FOR :::: Combine ! ! ! ! and Durability, Go To 206 OHIO STREET. For Your Room UNTIL DEXTER'S complete line of PAPER. pered For 90c. Up. Dexter's Book Store. cond Street. ! Fireworks!! AT KUHN Sts. Phone, Q. C. 10. Bell, 419. great or small, we will give, for And for each $1 in tickets, in July 3rd., we will give a bunch girl, a package of torpedoes. URTNEY'S GREAT SHOE STORE. The most complete stock and best equipped Shoe Store for business in Missouri :: :: :: 228 Ohio Street. with their vocal renditions, that they were recalled for an encore. The following is the program, Instrumental selection, Miss M. Minniola Jackson; Vocal solo, "You'll Be Sorry", Master Thos. Umbles, Introduction, J. J. Rollins as Chairman; Instrumental selection, Mrs. Mattie L. Teeters; Invocation, Rev. T. H. Warfield; Instrumental solo, "Harrison's Inaugural March", Henry Pettie; Vocal solo, C. M. English; Discussion, "Political Journalism", Hon. H. G. Phillips; Instrumental solo, "Marche De Concerte", Miss Blanche Holiday; Contralto solo, Miss Ruby Martin; Discussion, "Journalism's Mission in Our National Life", Rev. R. Davis; Instrumental solo, "Valse De Fleurs", Miss Irene Fletcher; Vocal solo, "The Message of the Violets", Master Thomas Umbles; Discussion, "Negro Journalism", W. H. Huston; Cornet solo, "My Lodging's in the Cold Ground", C. M. English; Social enjoyment and refreshed mood. --- SEDALIA WEEKLY CONSERVATOR, SEDALIA, = y _ a MISSOURI. A Leap-Year Occurrence &* i aseiesecnaai By CABOL 0, RICHMOND ——————— ER friends thought tt high time that Miss Patterson married, though she times without number pointed out 4o them that such was not her maulfest destiny, Having turned 40, more or Tess, her contemporaries had all tasted ‘marital bliss once or twice, a few even more, and some with a divorce or two left in the trail, The latter reached the conclusion that she was haying too easy ‘a time, living too selfish @ life—those happily married wished to see her as Blessed nz themeclves, so one and all se. about giving her advice, “it in your bounden duty,” they agreed, “You really think so?" she asked, oubifully, Miss Patterson's was a seri- ‘ous nature, and duty she held ax the Highest responsibility of life. To shirk “One's manifest duty was indeed to fall Short, “was inn vital spot, then, that the argument caught her. Sho put it at arms’ length a moment, then met it manfully and yielded, “But nobody rooms to want me,” she told them frankly She was quickly overruled by the ans nouncement that ae (t was ieap year, she must take the initiative. They made no doubt that she was too unapproachable; ho man, they argued, dared to risk his proposal in the face of palpable re- Tusal, and they were sure she froze any Attempt at sentiment on the lips of a Would-be wooer; surely most any mar- riageable man of her scquaintance would Jump at the chance of getting her. -l] fl TTT 7 7) | | | f = ee | \ 4772, | ew Nb BE > ay |e ahs { ) @ pe o— / ‘Thur they forced her with sweet words Which found a reaving place, and above ll xhone the magic word of “Duty.’* Casting about in her ming as to whom Phe could offer herself without doing viatence to her feelings, the lot felt upon a xentlenian of the legal profession, hay= ing bad a long stancing acquaintance With him, he being well up toward the haif century of life, Acting promptly upon her decision, tert {t cool with age, the hastened to don her most becoming walking costume and sallied forth, Glowing with animation, and enters {ng with zeal Into the enterprise, now that she had fully undertaken it, Mlss Patterson presented herself at the oMee of “Graham Bros., attorneys at law." Mr. Horace Graham, the gentleman she sought, was engaged; would she wait? ‘This was a vlight damper, however she decided on waiting, endeavoring to keep herself up to concert pitch the while, But during the interval several things: happened which disconcerted her, and slowly she slipped to the level of com- mon life. By the time she was sum- mone to the “private office” the tone had been eliminated from her errand, and she trailed in with all her push gone. “Why, Miss Patterson, this is indeed A pleasure! Have a seat, What can 1 do for yout” ‘This cordial greeting rather restored her nerve, but she could not “screw her courage to the auicking point," so she prograstinated. “You are very buey, this morning?” Eyasively, “Lam at your service so long ax you wish my attention, You calied to seo me on business?" “Yow—and no-that is, it could not be termed strictly business, and yet It 4s {n way, But on second thoughts, 1 BILLY AND I. ‘They say they. aro wolng to hoot you, Ol Billy, but don't you fret, is for the fellow who dares to medite with YOU mut reckon ‘WUb mie, Jou Delt Nou're & poor old horse, Old Billy, and you ‘aren't worth, much, It is true Byt You've been a talthtut fetend to me, and Vil ave Sou safely through Bhoot Ol Billy? 1 guess not, though you may be old nbd gray: Lily the welfoaumie.alreten Of mercy Uey*tt be shooting me mime day's Y haven't. much love tor ihe fellows who Tollow’ the shooting phan If they bad more pity for horkes and dows, they'd Buve more lave for man ‘Phat'n right, Old Bip, Like tt-your muse tle tgainst my tact: Weve hat ratuing mes together, and ‘nce we won the Pacem Do you remember {t, Billy, the dulle that we dawned that gayt «way ne swore, that an old farm, An irae shoud abow hls roles Tho way : hy we're eg reat abn Mel Ae both grown ol, You kNOwH ‘Ana wosy oniget litte turiker adowm Ghe BPE Tous 10 mot Hei #9 we'll Care wlond owether (1) the Mawte to sat ea nt cnn om etre a a ssi ate os kel Ue eetclare Wt (Beir Spiker ah aerate hae 4, 010 Noy LAD Gwe Nee ee hey dou ‘YOUs think T could talk better with you at homo, so If you will call some evening ‘this week, I feel as if I might broach the matter more--more—" She floundered for the right word; she was beginning to be a bit phased by the situation, “Oh, well, all right," he said, cheer- ily, for, truth to tell, he was expecting a very Important client, who was due that very minute. “Say (o-morrow even ing; will that do?” It suited him very well to call on her as he thoroughly eu- |Joyed an hour with Ina Fue who Was both bright and clever. And thus At was settled. Ina was relieved when, next evening arrived, to find that all the family were going out, for though she stuck manfully to her purpose, she had to acknowledge 8 slight nervousness which could not be fought off, As the electric bell whirred sharply she gave an involuntary start, then opened the door herself, and ushered tn Mr. Graham, She hovered around him while he divested himself of overcoat And hat, afterward she took him to the library, all the time in an inward flut- ter as to how the momentous question was to be put, They wore comfortably settled, talking generalities, when Mise Patterson suddenly paused-—they were drifting farther and farther from her point. She pulled hervelf together and made a plunge. “Mr, Graham, you have known me a long time; do you like me?" “Immensely: you and 1 always get on ‘swimmingly, Now tell me what {t is you want.” He came forward and took “her hand, | “You know It Is leap year?” with shy | hesitation; it was not so easy, after all “Y-e-8," he dropped her hand and sat down abruptly | "Weil." she began, In a now-or-never ‘tone of volce, "I have decided to ask you to marry me; will you?" | “Ina—Mias Patterson, you are surely Joking?” “No,” with a decided shake of the head “But—I—1—am sure we are not at all suited to each other, I had no idea you thought of me in that way “T didn't; It all came about suddenly, unexpectedly. Of course, you know my cireumstances. I have enough to sup. ‘port myself, but my income cah go ne ‘further, You are aware of just how ‘much my father left me, I think if a woman proposes, she ought at least to be abie to support a husband, don't you?” He laughed, in spite of his discomf- ‘ture, “I'm awfully sorry, but it is out of ‘the question. Tam a crabbed old bach- elor, and so xet In my ways I would spoil ‘your life. You deserve a better fate.” “You refuse, then?” Eagerly, One would have thought that she had been reprieved from instant death. “1 must decline; though, believe me, Tam sensible of the great honor you have done me in wanting to marry me.” "Ob, but L didn't! Laidn'tt" | With startling animation, “Don't apologize, please, Lam sorelieved. ‘They can't say Tshirked, anyway.” "But do not understand,” rather stifly. ‘This was a distinct slap at his vanity, and ho felt a trifle miffed, to say the least “EL will endeavor to explain,” whieh she did, winding up with: “And L could think of no one else in the whole range of my acquaintances whom [ could en- dure in the light of a husband.” ‘This sort of relleved his compiacency. “If you had accepted me t should have tried to do my duty, but Lam so glad you didn't!" she added, with a rush, as if fearful lest he chunge his mind. “Now, let me sing you something, and we will forget there is such a thing ax matri- mony.” With a gay tangh, as she seated “herself at the plano. Strange to say, after that Horace Gra- bam could not get Ina Patterson out of his thoughts. Her face would rise in- sistently between him and his work, He kept looking back to that memorable evening; every time he saw her she seemed (o take on some new charm—nn- {iL at last he came to realize he wanted her badly. Her proposal had thrown him ont of his rut. And then her frank avowal that she did not want him, Kindled a slow fire within which had risen to a flerce blaze of desire. And she. all unconscious of the storm she had raised. Of what use now his cry: What a fool he had been to refuse her? In “the spring he was elected judge, but [how worthless all his honors seemed without her to share them, | About six months after Ina Patterson | recelved an offer of murringe from Judge Graham, together with a passionate dee: | laration of love and the hope that time might have Inclined her affections to: | ward him. | Twas a novel position. A tidal wav | of Inclination swet over hers she re viewed the situation and rendered the | decision in his favor. Weill, well, ‘thy a mighty question, and {quite beyond my. ken: But the more I know of horses ike you, the less 1 brag about men. You've sbeen a good horns, Old Fellow, stdady and brave and true; You have given un faith(ul service—done all that @ horse could do You have vurned sour keep; you shall have For justice ts justice, and Fight is right, Whether IU a horse or tat <3, 8 Cader, In Boston Transcript Edged Tools, First Sweet Young Thing--Ob, I had & most trying time, dear, when be pro- posed. Second Sweet Young Thing—How was that? First Sweet Young Thing—Why, of eourse { said “no” at first, and he thought I was in earnest, and was Kolng away, and | had such trouble to make him ‘understand that 1 didn't really mean it--Ally Sloper, ‘Twins in No Danger. As regards the possible partition of Slam by the powers, it 1s consoling to re- y - says the Chicago Tribune, that the twins are beyond (he reach of any danger. Happenings in Missouri. Henry Fuchs, who made a great for-| Livingston county has a freak ¢ Gates, died in the almshouse at San | attracted wide attention, The title Francisco, Fuchs was at one time| the Livingston county sult is A one of the best-known men in 8t,| Plummer vs. Thomas Maddox et al. Louis, and after selling out his inter-| action in ejectment. The property eats there went to California about | question is a Nttle four-acre strip elx years ago. ‘There he was Interested | land in the extreme southeast par ing a stroke of paralysis, he became| it was when the case first star sent to the almshone Fuchs claimed | many times the worth of the four ac paid $1,000 a year for his support Thas be n up for hearing in the I Honored by & Kanene Collene, | Dsston county circult court seve “Recently the acuity of the collere At Manhattan, Kan., received a request from New York clty that theit bright- eat electrical student be sent to ths metropolis to tale an important post tion requiring the services of an ex- Pert electrician, ‘The faculty prompt- ly recommended a Jasper county boy, Howard Matthews, of near Carytown, Who, with his brother, is a student of that Institution. Although the young man Jacks yet n year of graduating, It fs probable he will go to New York to take the place offered ay it is an Inviting ona, To Lmprove School for Girls. At its regular monthly meeting at Chillicothe, the board of contro! of the Missouri Industrial school for girls, de- cided to spend all of the $5,000 that was appropriated at the last general assembly In building an addition to one of the three residences now located on the state's grounds here, ‘The ad dition will be two stories and a base- ment. A Convenient Cow. Nature seems to have an eye te the conventence of both the milkmaid and the progeny of a certain cow on the Tucker farm In Callaway county. “She is a pure-bred Shorthorn and has foven well developed teats, every one of them giving milk," says her owner, “and we give the calf two and take Hen at & mitiiing tine.” Une Bach Other's ‘Tracks, Arrangements have been made by. which the Chicago & Alton will run trains into St. Louls over the Burling~ ton from Loulstana, Mo., and the latter road will run trains into Kansas City over the Chicago & Alton from Louls~ ville, beginning June 1. ‘This plan will be In effect until the new road from Mexico to Old Monroe ts com- pleted. Gey, Rockery to Cathotion, Goy. Dockery delivered the address of welcome to the Catholle Union of Amerie¢a which opened its annual con vention at Jefferson City on Saturday During the day the corner stone of the Catholic hospital was laid. Spe- cial trains were rin from St. Louis Tipton and other points, Hamilton School Bonds Sold. ‘Tho hoard of education of Hamilton has sold the $25,000 bonds, recently voted to erect two new school build ings, to NW, Harriy & Co., of Chicago, at par, The bonds bear four per cent interest and a pert of them are to be retlred each year during the next 2 years, ‘Guia Wits Geeka Divoves: Maud O'Neal has asked for divorce from her busband, Walter L. O'Neal, in the clreuit court of Jasper county. According to. the plaintiff's petition she ts only 16 years old now, and yet the has been married to the defendant more than two years. Crow Won't Fiche for It Attorney General Crow has given an interview in which he says that he| hus not come out as a candidate for renomination, but that he appreciates the Interest manifested by his friends, and will aceept the nomination if ten dored it by the convention, Water Pitcher 200 Years Ol, B. L. Spiller, an electrician at Ex colsior Springs, Is the owner of a water pitcher whose history has been traced back 200 years, He has refised an offer ef $500 for it, Tt is known as an old flown bite model and is of Holland manufacture, Double (he School Capactey. ‘Tho board of education at Hannibal Is considering the feasibility of build ing an addition at the North school to cost $7,000. The addition would double the capacity of the school, Hevior Honda Registered, Attorney General Crow has mled that current reventte bonds for $2,500, is- sued by Bevier for the purpose of erecting a city hall, were entitled to ‘réatetration. Salvation Army at Capitol City, A contingent of the Salvation army has inaugurated a series of services at Jefferson City. Senator Stone WIL Not Leave, United States Senator William Joel Stone writes » letter to the Carrollton Democrat in which ho denies the pub- lished report that he is soon to sail for Europe, remaining away during the greater part of the campaign, eee eee ee Wee Consupy “Grandma” Harding, a negress nald to have been 104 years old, died at her home in Kansas City a few days ago, Her husband, who died in the same home last year, was over 100 yeare old. Freak bittwatton, Livingston county has a freak case in court equal to the celebrated mule case from Callaway county, which has attracted wide attention, ‘The title of the Livingston county suit Is A. Ls Plummer vs. Thomas Maddox et al., an action in ejectment. The property in question is a little four-acre strip of Jand in the extreme southeast part of the county which has been in litigation in the cireuit courts of two coun- tles for over 12 years, and appar- ently is no nearer settlement than it was when the case first started, ‘The lawyers’ fees alone amount to many times the worth of thy four acres, and tho court eosts! and the witness fovs run up Wo. Abe dhousande, Tt has been up for hearing in the Liv- Ingston county clreutt eourt several times and was twice taken to Linn county on a ehange of vonue. The first (rouble started during the civil war when the owner attempted to transfer it to provent confiscation. Miligs eA Moki | Sudge McKissick and wife, who live ‘five miles north of Orrick, Ray county, are probably the oldest married couple in Missouri, Judge McKissick was born in Tennessee and {8 91 years old, His wife, whose maiden name wax Rachel Odell, was born in Indiana and is $9 years old, ‘They were married in Isat, so they have now lived together the amazing period of 73 yeara. They are among the old settlers of Missourl, having lived on their present farm for 47 years. Hoth the old people are re- markably vigorous and well preserved, “This week a neighbor passing by no- teed that the old lady had put out a big week's washing,” an Excelsior Springs paper says. Bonds a Thied of a Century ond. Gen, John B. Henderson, of Wash- fngton, and Arthur C, Huldekoper, of Meadville, Pa. holders of more than $1,000,000, worth of railroad bonds: Against Macon county, have agreed to accept 18 cents on the dollar for their holdings, ‘There are about $1,600,000 worth of these bonds in existence and the organizer of the committee has assurances from the other holders that they Will accept the 18 cents compro- mise, The debt has been in existence against the county @ third of a cen- tury and has been @ constant source of litigation, The bonds were issued for a road that was never built, Siinateved: wm tautinmes? Gsben James Henry, 30 years old, has been arrested at Macon and is now in jail charged with a violation of a banish~ ment order in the cireuit court, Henry pleaded guilty in April, 1903, to an at- tempt to Kili his mother with an ax. He was banished from the state for a year, but refused to. obey the order, and managed to dodge the offlvers un- tl he was shot in a quarrel with a salooniieeper Vo Punish Bird Killers, In recent instructions to the grand fury of Daviess eounty, Judge Alex- ander, of the efreuft court, called spe- cial attention to the erie) and whole- sale destruction of some birdy that ta taking place in Missouri, and told the jurors ta indict anybody whom they wlght hear had participated in the slaughter, ‘The fine for killing @ song bird tu Missourl fs $25, Contrary (9 the Statutes, After an investigation of the affaira of the Praternal Bond Insurance com- pany, of Chillicothe, R. G. Yates, su- perintendent of the state insurance de- partment, reported that the company is not conducting its business in com- pliance with the law, euceli ta Viudiewsd Mass The democratic congressional con- vention of the Fourteenth district nominated J. J. Russell, of Mississipp! county, for congress by aeclamation, This district is now represented by W. dD. Vandiver, who is Mr, Folk's manager, Volk Thinks Buder Wit Hott, Joseph W, Fol: delivered a speech at Cailfornia which was an arraignment of boodlers and a defiance of Kd Butler and his followers, whom he clati, have announced that they {ntend to bolt if Foik ts nominated. ‘Vexux Won Over Misnonrt, ‘The debate at Columbia between Mls- rourl university and ‘Texas university resulted In a victory for Texas, which affirmed that trade unionism is detri- menial to the general welfare. Misnourt Second In Oratory, In the Interstate oratorieal contest at Notre Dame university, South Bend, Ind., George EB. Newell, of Park college, representing Missouri, won second place, In Mixnowel Since 1Si. Joseph Simpson, who came to Jack- son county with his parents in 1831 at the age of nine years, died at the home of his daughter in Kansas City at the fe of 81, eB a eee ee The committee having in charge the Rockefeller temple project for the state university reports that pledges and subscriptions mow amount to $22,000 and but $1,000 more is needed to bring the cash of the millionaire to Ne- braska, Old Pastor Kexigan, Afier 25 years’ service as pastor of the St John’s Lutheran church and teacher of the German school about four miles north of Harper, Rev, A, Bergt handed in his resignation. . ; = < CASTORIA | [9.00 Drops) [# . esse ‘or Infants an ildren, } For Inf id Child ip 2 eee 7 ASTORIA) The Kind You Rave 3 % [Pe || Always Bought | ANeuetae Prepaationtir As similating the Food andRegula- {| | tinge Stonachs ant Bowels of | Bears the || POSER ONS) > W roxscsimcaoncnernn. 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They raved three Suntiays for Lucy Grey: On bie fourth ‘he wns, told he need mot doit any more, "Why." waid the preacher, is the deal?” "No." luswered the tam, Nahe won the Detby."—Washington Post. Halt Time in Red. Mount Hur, Ky., May 9—The recorda of medicine Iti thie’state donot contain a Tone inkavating ol natructi eave than Ghat of Mra, Lillie Jazeos, of Mount Hor, Mra. Jacaiw tells the particulars of hee cute. as follows: “Por nix yearm 1 had to keep to my bet half the time. When [did getup 1 was Hot able to walk across the Mouse \eithout ine gasning for “hreath 1nd Kidney rouble inthe worst form, in fact, fee total wreck. Tt pained mo fearfully. to Urinate and my bark ached all the. time, “Now Tat well, for Doda. 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After that iti mere rivet AuthooSis, it ts my misortune, not my fault Just as Iwas begiuniog the Seventeenth chapter, I ducoveted, “quite aroidentallye whut cd waa delves ues Pasi “Spring Fever.” Spring fever is simply “that tired foel- ing’ 4 Insitute caused by i slugs con dition of the blood. the liver aiud bowels need a cleaning out im the spring, and nothing is 80 ellective and. atthe ‘same time pleasant to take an Drs Cabell Syrup Pepsin. ‘Too many people raske the thin do. the work ‘that. thet howele, and Kidneys should do, A biliows, constipated condition means a yellow skin, lusterlens eyes, foul breath, and a general worn out Seelihg. AM this'ean be temedied by the we of De: Caldwel's laxative) ‘Syrup Pepsin, which ix wold by all druggente at dealers in medicine. A. Now York man proposes to use tame anakes to clear houses of rate and. mice He will probably also clear thre of women by this method. Washington Post, How to Clean Laces. ino clean delicate laces, tako a large glasa jars cover with old cotton and spread the ice carefully on it, Set the bottle in werm Wary soap suida and leave for an hour. If sting ae dificult to remove, place in the aun and they will disappear, ' Rinse by dipping the battle in clear weter, |” ELEANOR R, PARKER. Sone men tall and talk, and never seem to get relict —N. ¥. Times, Piso’s Cure cannot be too highly spoken of as a cough cured, W, O'Ririen, S22 Taied Ave, N., Minneapolis, Minn,, Jas. 6, 1900. When a man being asking if Ife is Worth livieg le ien't—Howton Post. ) s “y icag ‘ \ ae es eH . ei i fi pee em OY) ON j ‘ a / ie ¥. WA prominent club woman, Mrs. Danforth, of St. Joseph, Mich., tells how she was cured of falling of the womb and its accompanying pains and misery by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, “Daas Mas, Pisenaxt:—Lifs looks Twas ndvinod that th was ca iby p or falling of the womb, ‘I i . knell tome, I felt that t but Lydia E. 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My back ached so J could not stand it to even drive about, and passages of the kidney secretions were so frequent as toannoy me greatly, 1 was growing worse all the time but Doun's Kidney Pills cured me, and I have been weil ever since.” A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney medicine which cured Mr, Overbaugh will be mailed on application to any Dart of the United States — Address Foster: Milburn Go., Buitalo, N.Y, For sale by all dealers; price 60 conta per Dox. — THE CARNEGIE DIALECT. When Ho Resorts to the “Brogue” Andrew Can Get the Best of ‘Them Balled Up, Though Andrew Carnegie’s English mingulanly clegant and purer he ‘has at Bis cooumand a weinl Sedtel datects nays the Minneapolis Tribune. Mr, Carnegie ina ntndent of Satch words and vlioms. “He likes to point out the’ aidiuen an freaka hit” nating tongue. Mevently, ata dinner party. in New York, he sad to a young wolmn “So you think you can understand. Seots, eh? Well, then, what do we mean in Reotland’ when We say & person is just fish? “I don't know. What do we mean?” dhe young. worst asked “Wel mean He ia 4, bit'of a weed harune ecarum,! saul Me, Carnegie "A. weed turumecatumn? What ie thar?” It in the same ax wow,” “Livt’ what is woul? “Waorw! ia nook OF aal, ‘That is to, say, a bit by the east. Havers, lassie, ha'e yo Bo Seote at ull?” Then Mr. Carnegie laughed and ox: tained that a weed baraavacarum, and Fah, ond. wow! and nook, and sal, and By’ thie cast all signitiod one thing, “crazy.” THE NEPHEW CAUGHT ON. Showed His Mercenary Uncle He Could Be as Saving es Anyone. A naval officer, recently returned from ‘thie inciunat of Hanamua, nocording to. the New York. Tribune, tells the following story concerning the wealthiest ‘man Om She isthimue: “Sere M— ia known all over the ieth mur as thie stingient man. who ever lived: Tie will have sn lights to, hie house. except candles, and the fone candie iw. his. ate ting toda ix not bared ay night wheo he is talking to “isitors and tv not compelled to, hives Nght “The old ria has a nephew who makes the anoney tly, A'short tie tao ho calcd fon hiv uncle at might Whites they were talking the oll ahan blew out. tia came, “Awhat did you do that for? the young: ater athed 5 Wig we don't need the light while we are talking? the uncle replied, SV ile, the tinele. was talking “ecrnieatly he bwy Iezan to shulte about by the dark, Rivch annoyed hy’ the doterreption, the aidan waits What are you doing? * “Onky dunt taking of tay trountts” the Bey repliod Ee dont nee them an the dak aiid want to keep ftom wearing. thet out. War Strategy, Some one wan’ showing (he visitor farontd the great navy. yard, ‘hiut where is the bottling department?” faeked the visitor, The bottling department?” echoes the feacort in surprive, Yes, the modern, navies are always bow ing up somethings’—Chicago Daily News. cae Tont-Did she propose to you? Dick—Yes, but it took me about three Your to persuade her to come to the point. Detroit Pree Prov, ‘The theory that boyx are descended from monkeys has received an ugly set: back. A Philadelphia gentleman possesses & monkey who washes himself with svap and water—Puneh, IN AN OLD TRUNK. Baby Finds a Bottle of Carbolic Acid and Drinks It. While tte mother was unpacking an old trunk a little 18 months old baby Bot hold of a bottle of carbolic acid while playing on the floor and his stom- ach was so badly burned St was feared he would not Jive for he could not eat ‘ordinary foods. The mother says {ip telling of the cave: “It was all two doctors could do to Save him as it burnt bis throat and Stomach so bad that for two months after be took the polsoh nothing would lay on his stomach, Finally 1 took him into the country and tried new milk aud that was no better for him. His Grandma finally suggested Grapo-Nuts, and I am thankful 1 adopted the food for he commenced to get better right Away and would not eat anything cise, He commenced to get fleshy and his cheoks like red roses and now he is en- trely well, "1 took him to Matamoras on a visit and every place we went to stay to eat he called for Grape-Nuts and 1 would have to explain how he came to call for -it as It was his main food, “The names of the physicians who at- tended the baby are Dr, Eddy of this town and Dr. Geo. Gale of Newport, 0. nd anyone can write to me or to them “and learn what Grape-Nuts food will do for children and grown-ups too.” Name ‘given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich, Look in each pkg, for the famous lit ‘tle book, “The Road to Wellville.”” NAVIGATION OF ORINOCO, Development of the Basin Offers Fa cilities for Vast Trade with the United States, T have been reliably informed that the British government is now being urged to Rive national protection to a British company which proposed to ran Hiver steamers, under a subsidy of the Colombian government, between ‘Trink dail and Colomblan ports, on the Meta Fiver, The situation is this: ‘The whole eastern part of Colombia ts practically without an outlet, except that afforded by the rivers Meta and Orinoco, Until lately this channel was used under per= mission from Venezuela, which repub- Ue controls the lower waters of the Orinoco. ‘Trade then passed by steam- ers through Trinidad, Boliver (Vene- zuela) and Orocue of Barrigon (Co- lombia), and afterwards by pack mule to Bogota. Even under the most favor- Able clreumstance this trade was #0 hampered by transit dues, ete.. that tt never was very important, However, Abont three years ago that permission was withdrawn, and navigation by the Orinoco to and from Colombia was pro= hibited by the Venezuelan government ‘The vast and fertile districts thus shut off from the world eauld undoubtedly provide matertal for a very Inrge trade, and so strongly does the Colombian government feel {n this regard that they have been negotiating for an out. let by the Venezuelan circuitous route of the Amazon ‘There 1s alao a keon desire on the part of Colombia to find another route to Bogota, aa it now depends for ex- ternal trade upon the river Magdalena and the port of Savanitia, but this route is beset with diMeuttios. Briefly, the Magdalena is very rapid, and landslips fre very frequent; the royal road be- tween Honda and Facatativa, which Was for a jong time the only soute, ts often completely closed by landstips. Numerous transfors are necessary on this route, and the cost of transit Is enormous and the possibilities of delay {ndefinite, Attempts have been made te facilitate matters by opening another way between Honda, the head of navl- gation on the Magdalena, and Bogota via Jirardot, the diMeuittes of which may be realized by a bare enumeration of the successive means of transport employed from the seaboard—rai) river eteamer, another steamer, rall, mule, rail, There is also a route fron the Pacific by Buenaventura, but that {6 commercially. Impossible. From April to November the Meta Ie navigable for vessels of considerable #ize lo within 100 miles of Bogota; and the Orinoco, though here and there shallow, affords perfectly safe naviga- ton, This route, therefore, has its ad- vantages, although for {ts proper devel- opment a rajiroad from the Meta to the capital would be necessary, An Eng: Ush engineer, who has surveyed the route,saysthat the cordiitera would have to be crossed at a height of 11.000 feet (Bogota being 9,000 feet above the seay However, he says, the road from the foot of the mountains to the Meta is very easy it ja quite obvious that In the develop- ment of the basin of the Orinoco itself | and the facilities It offers for trade with | the United States, there Is vast business | to be done. Unfortunately Imralgration | atid the Investment of capital are pre | vented by want of settled conditions and | the consequent rlak to life and praperty lof things will not last fone, and. that, j with peace and security, capital and tn- | dustry will find thelr Way Into that ro | sourcefil region: and the Orinoco. be. come one of the great highways of the Coal Trade of Northern Brazil, ‘An unequaled opportunity which has been far too long overlooked or ignored by Americans ts the coal trade of nerth- ern Brazil, ‘There should be an Amor- fean coal station at Para and a branch At Manaos. Every lump of cou! burned here ts Imported, and the consumption 1s cxormous and steadily growing. ‘Phousiunds of reamers coal here annual- ly, and the private consumption In Para aud other citles and towns In the Am- avon valley |x very large. Ordinary sot cout sells bere for from five to eight and ten times its cost in the United States, The profits. are enormous ‘There {8 no Kood reavon Why a splendid trade in American coal should not be established. At present this enormous- ly profitable trade is entirely in. the hands of the English, No concerted ef- fort has heen made here to ereate a de- mand for American coal, ‘The United States ought to supply this market, and With earnest well-directed effort it can, K. K. KENNEDAY. | Chinese Magistrates’ Old Boots. Visitors to China are particularly ftrack by the numbers of pairs of boots hung in separate wooden cages in the archway of the main west gate of Hsvan- Hua, the valedietary gifts of beneficial prefects, It is an attractive custom in Ching to invite @ departing magistrate whose rule has been popular to leave a pair of old boots for suspension in a prominent place as a hint to bis suc- coxsor to follow In his footsteps. It {8 a considerable honor tobe asked to leave these boots, and the people make the re- quest all the more eagerly because they believe in the effleacy of the hint. | Mo Place for American Workmen. Hardly @ boat arrives here from the United States without bringing some victims of the writer Who has pictured New South Wales as “the paradise of the workingman,” ‘The unions have by law a monopoly of the work to be done at fized prices. While some are paid well--tnostly employes of government works=thousands ean find nothing or very little to do at any price. No ens couragement {s given for immigrants who are dependent upon their labor for ‘a living. ‘These facts should be knowu to Americans. ORLANDO H. BAKER AN ILLINOIS FARMER I | WESTERN CANADA, A recent issue of the Shelbyville, Iilt- hols, Democrat contains a long and in+ teresting letter from Mr. Elias Kost, formerly @ prosperous farmer of that state, who recently emigrated to West- ern Canada, taking up a claim for hime ‘self and for each of his three sons, From Mr. Kost's letter, which was written Feb, 3, 1904, we publish the following, belleving it will prove of great interest to those who have contemplated settling In the Canadian Northwest: “Thad in August, 1902, secured a claim for myself, and filed on thee quarter fections for my eons. My claim is one= half mile south oY the Edmonton and Lake St. Anne trail, “Coming so late in the season we had little opportunity to break and to pre- Pare ground for a first year's crop, still we raised over 100 btshels of very fing potatoes, and sowed a few ncres of barley, but the season was too far advanced for the barley, However, wo Kecured good feud from It, and on rented fround 18 miles enst of us, raised a fin crop of oats, so that we will have plenty of feed for horses. We cut about 60 tons of hay and thns will heve an abundance, ‘We have, all told, about 240 acres of hay meadow, which Would yield “the past Yeur over three tons to the acre, and in fn ordinary searon the meadow would furnish 600 tons of hay. ‘The grass 8 Yory nutritious, and cattle on the ranges become very fat without being fed a pound of grain, “On the upland the grass grows from eight to ten inches tall, ‘This {a called Tange grass, and ts suitable for stock At any time, even in the winter when the ground {8 not covered too deep with fnow. Horses subsist on it alone, at all times, provided they are native stock. ‘The grass in the hay meadows hero ts called red-top, and grows from five to six fect in length, and when cut at the proper time yields an abundant stop of nutritious hay “Our cattle have not cost us a cont sinco we came on our homestead, only the small outlay for salt and labor tn putting up hay and shelter, All cattle | have been doing well this winter, and feeding up to the firat of January was | unnecessary, as there was good range | up to that time, | “All the snows up to that dato were | followed by winds from the northwest | that melts ft very rapidly; these winds | are called Chinook winds, and are al- | Ways warm. In one night a Chinook | wind may takeaway three or four inches of snow, | “We have built on our claim a com- fortable house of hewn logs, 20x26 feet, one and one-half stories in height, with | good cellar, During the latter part o June we rafted logs down the Sturgeor to a sawmill, about elght miles away, || and thus secured 5,000 feet of good lum: | ver whieh was needed for the house | Later in the season @ shingle mill lo: Jeated six miles away, To thie we [hauled togs and had shingles cut fot | the root “We had an abundance of wild fruit | the past season, consisting of goovebers ries, strawberries, raspberries, eyeber: ieee blueberries, cherries and. saska- toons. ‘Tho latter area fine looking ber: ry, red, anid quite pleasant to the taste but not much to be desired In cookery Tho strawberries ure the same as those that grow wild in Nlinols. Raspberries are red {n color, large and equal to any |of the tame varieties, aud so are th fooseberrins, ‘The cranberries consist of the high and trailing variotie ‘The latter are most sotght and contiguou: to the swamps. ‘The ground ts literally Jcovered with them as with a red earpet, || but the best and most sought js the blue: Lorry, £0 called by the Indians, This lis the famous ‘huckleberry? (whortle- | berry) of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Pennsylvania, and cannot be excelled for excellence by any fruit cultivated [It Js found hero both on the prairie and in the Uimber in immense quantities |_ Game is vory plentiful xo far as pra rie chickens, pheasants, ducks of all | Kinds, and geese are concerned, We have |taken nearly 500 chickens and. pheas Jants, also a great many ducks, “An occasional deer ty seen, but are not plentiful, only one having beer taken during the season In this settle. ment | “Fish are yery plentiful at all seasons of the year, Fish wagons and sled: | ere passinggalmost daily along the trai | with he a acs of fish, destined for St, Albert and Edmonton, From the ltatter point they are shipped south ot the Calgary and Edmonton railroad tc | potnts alorg the Hine, and also to Asstnt bola, on the Canadian Pacific raltroad,’ For further information apply to any authorized Canadian Goyernment.Agent | whose address appears elsewhere, ‘mutta worl: Ted—Is Sawyer a clever doctor? Ned Very, He can tell a woman. pa: tint’ she needs to take beauty exerciven Without offending her. Puck CUTICURA THE SET $1.00, Complete Treatment for Every Hus mor from Uimples to Scrofala, from Infancy to AgemA Set Often Cures, Cuticura Trestment is local and con: stitutional—complete and. peefeet, pure, aweet and wholesome. Bathe the affected hurfaces with Cutieura Soap and hot Water (Ocleanse the skin of erunts and scalen and soften the thickened cuticle, dry without iant rublhing. and apply Cuticura “One: tment freely to allay itehiog, irritation and intlammation, and soothe and heal, and lastly take Cuticura Resolvent Pills to cool and cleanse the blood, and put every function in a state of healthy activity, Nore great cures of simple, xcrofulous and hereditary humors wre. daily made by Cutioyra temedicn than by all other blood and ekin remedies, penile | People whe withhold gratitude are apt ‘to da wholeaale grombling.-Chicago Trib “une, Bee Tt Cures While You Wall. Allen's Foot-Ease is a certain eure for hot, sweating, callus, and swollen, aching eet, old by- all Druggists, Price 250. Don't acceptany substitute, tral package REE ‘Address Allen 8, Ulmsted, La Roy, N. Xe “| Have Every Reason to Praise Pe-ru-na,” WRITES MRS. KANE, OF CHICAGO. ite WEA 9 it Lc i Bea eee XN avr NS Be ne ACN. i st \\ x ei: * ml 2 Wy | " , Fe e eae Scales ri rae yy ee PW Si emma ee CY es geo arrerrerce eo MR eae ae penn cas ii Soaci)\ Eee on (lll eae | Peruna hasbeen used so tong int| \YATD eat BEST FOR THE BOWELS Se % CANDY WR ry CATHARTIC Mod iy Behe eo 2 coh Seog” Ciara PILES NO MONEY TILL CURED, 25 vrs sian, Wesend FREE au4 postpaid a 200 page treatise on Piles, Flstola and Diseases of the Rectum; also 10 page las. treatise on Diseases of Womee. Of the thovsands cared By cur mild methods none paid a cen ilcared—we furan hele eames on application DRS. THORNTON & MINOR, 1051 Oak St., Kansas City, Mow Ack sour desler for the AMMERIOAN GALVANIZED. STEEL STOCK STOUAGE and CHEAMERY TANKS Aube pentie Sniessinur Roane un gach dank rif guureanaot yet the AMERICAN TANKS AMERICAN STEEL TANK CO., - Kansas City, Mo. A As ree tore o >) : ° YE Nee Sprains ona Bruises ‘ ae pay ea A acne Vie St. Jacobs Oil yin ZN mige . : Mrs. K, Kane, 172 Sebor Street, { Chicago, ii, writes i “Peruna has been used so long ins our family that do not know how} J could get along withoutit, Shave } {given it to all of my children at} different times when ‘they suffered } Lwithcroup, colds asd the many alte | ments that children are subject to, and am pleased to say that it has kept them in splendid health. 1 have also used it for a catarrhal: difficulty of long standing and 1 cured me in a short time, sol have | every reason to praise Peruna,”— Mrs. K. Kane. Pe-ru-na Protects the Entire House hold Against Catarrhal Diseases. One of the greatest foes with which every family has 19 contend. is our changeable “elimate, To. protect the family from colds and coughs is always 1 serious problem, and ofven impossible, Sooner or later itis the inevitable fate of every one to catch cold. Care in avoiding exposureand the useof proper clothing will proteet from the frequency and periaps the severity of colds, but with the greatest of precautions they will come. This is a nettled fact of chymnan experience, Everybody must expect to be caught somewhere ot somehow. | Perhaps it will be wet feet, or ranght, or damp clothes, or it may be one of a thousand other Ittle mishaps, Dut no one fs shrewd enongh to always avoid the inevitable eatehing cold. ‘There is no fact of medical science Detter known than that Peruna eures catarrh wherever located. Thousands of families in all parts of the United States are protected from colds and catarrh by Peruna, Once in the family Peruna always stays. No home eau spare Peruna after the first trial of it Nearly 700,000 Persons Received Aid in England and Wales in One ‘Month Recently. A further reading of the British dis tress burometer has been issued in the form of an official white paper giving the latest statisties of pauperism, This shows that at the end of January the number of persons in receipt of elther indoor or outdoor relief in England and Wales was 760,02), the highest total at tho corresponding period of the year since 1895. ut in another way, 23.0 out of evety 1,000 inhabitante in England and Wales were, at the end of January last, classed as paupers Judged by these returns, London takes a very poor position, for at the eud of January 117,367 paupers, or nearly a seventh of the whole number in England and Wales, were resident in London, In London, indeed, there were 254 paupers to every 1,000 in- habitants, compared with the propor- tion, already mentioned, of 28.0 for the rest of the country. Others Have Been There, ‘The Chicago Datly News remarks that Alexteff {s not the first man to dis- cover the unpleasant consequences of occupying @ job several sizes too large ka be 4 At { Mrs. A. Hobson, 925. Washington St., Lansing, Mich., writes: “Peruna has been such a blessing to my only child, as well as myselt, that feel induced to give my testi~ fmonial, He has always suffered } fromcatarrh of the head and throat, and Thad (9 use extra precautions 50 48 ot (0 have him exposed to damp or cold weather. Last year he was taken with La gripe, and as it was a severe case, caused me much anxiety. No medicine helped 1 him tll he took Peruna. I noticed an improvement at once and in jutiree weeks he was a different} child; the grippe had been com>} T pletely cured and I noticed that the feararrh was made better. “He kept Staking it two weeks longer, when phe was entirely well. 1 now use it | bostand on for colds, cramps, indl- {gestion or general indisposition,and } find it superior to any doctors or i medicine Lever tried. It keeps me, fas well as my child, in pertect} { health, and Lgiadly recommend It } fo mothers." Mrs, A. Hobson. Lecccecereeeerrereeeesemes | We have on file many thousand test monials like the ones given above, We can ouly give our readers a. slight iclimpse of the vast array ofunsolicited endorsements We are receiving every jmonth, No other physician in tis [world has received such a volume of lenthusiastic and grateful letters of | shanks ag Dr. Hertman for Peruns, There {sno satisfaction keener| then being dry end comfortable when out in the hardest. storm. YOU ARE SURE OF THIS > iF aoe eae f AOWER:s TF satin “era eed j WATERPROOF |/J DILED CLOTHING AGE IM aUKcK oa yei.oW iD BACKED BY OUR GUARANTER dE SSO ANR GON RL Se ean : ihe baa mmeyen 152d vor ow ies aloes pains ad ae | BEGGS’ BLOOD PURIFIER CURES catarrh of the stomach, ie wan pul tae en ibe Tishos 5 K. C. 8. Almanac for 1904. Tha” Katona’ Che outhore “Batinay Camtpany's Autual Aimanve 1s now coed tor iliteibutions it eontsine ie. wt Relat eee arh maura Country in Missouri, Arkansaa, he flan arvitory, Tossa and Lounkaa,” Writ ior'k copy, to 8, Garner" Gen, Be & Tkt. Agt. K. C. 8. Ry., Kansas City Mo. = t V eohtracted-Priaceton ‘Tigers en ANE RE IN Be LT ver ending cures of . $and Bruises e Stamp it the .Ol. eee BORG SORE RL gO eB ~ ER MANUFACTURING Bicycle Innovations ‘TWO-SPEED GEAR COASTER BRAKE Greatest improvements since the coming of the chalnlom Eastern Dept. | Western Dept. 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Write for term os Vhink for ‘Thy-Seif one eno thought And know it to be Thine ovo, Vie better than thousand glouned Hram fields by others saver, The Cosservaror will in all local political contests sup- port for Pustic Pusitioxs, only good and reliable men irrespective of their politic al or business affiliations. We take this position, be- cause we feel that we car best sabserve the Prrtic N= TERESTS by maintaining this Patrrore Stranp. Buity reputable character. Tre Russigns are leading the Japanese a "merry pace.” —_—_—-—- Cixcurt atty., Folk, still car- ries the counties. ‘The era of elean state governinent is not far distant. Layman, Chas. P, Melelland. voices the sentiment of a vast con- stiuency of Methodists, when he declared that he was nor in favor of the General Conference electing a Negro Bishop, but that he prefered (o select mem for this High and consecrated position in the church bevause or theiy worth, of character, nsefuilness wd Godly devotion, If in the se- lection a Negro: be found poste sing these attributes, power and strength, and by all means let Nim be elected. May the day never come when the Methodist Kpiscopal Church will so forget der missionin the evangelization cf the world, to stoop to the elec: ‘ion of a negro Bishop because Ne ts w megro, The wisdom ot his great church has always beer sufficient to sustain her in al great crises, in the past, and we feelassured that if it should be the proper thing to select a Bis’ op of Africar decent, ft will b wn account of the good of the vbureh rather than because of hi nationality. Indeed, the Method ist Episcopal Sharch is nota vac church neither is ita partisan or awnization, It is cosmopolitan i ail of its activities, embracing it its membership, all nations, al longues and tribes, filling then with the bouyant hope of fatur asefulaess amd salvation, ‘Tar depravity of an eiement af our old men and women, young men and wonten ii this city is la- mentable, Self-respect'aad com- mon decency seem to be a mis- aomer with thent, All seem to be crazed with tire idea of “Booze rettmg” at any cost. Our streets in maay places are almost impas- wxabie because of semi-drunken mea aul women, emitting the fost vile language aad indulging in the wiost profane discourses. Shall we give the city over to the hieentious for mere “swag?” Will the offtcers of the law, appointed and elected tosubserye the pul- Mic inturests, sacrifice our young manhood and womanhood, de- bauch our gray haired fathers formoney? If it is not money that holds them in check, pray tell v« what itis? ur willbe acany | of crime ifsouething is not donc to restrain the evils that are op- enly commited under the eves of the law or ity authorized agents: We would bave some of our moth- ersand fathers, yes, grand fathes and grandmothers, look at their own conduct, and may we inter: pose this question: what do you anticipate for your children and grandchildren if they are to fols Jow your example? These con ditions must be met cowageously in the open, A longer delay will sacrifice our brighest talent and most ambitious youth, Will you think? Russian duplicity is being sif- ficeny punisied by Japanese chivalry, At the close of the Chi- ao-Japanese war, it was Rossian avorice that provoked a coalition of the grea powers to deprive Jap- an of the fruits of ber victories. No sooner, however, had Japan been ousted from Manchuria than Russia upon a mere pretext en- tered this territory te pacify and subjugate her numerous brigands Phe astute statesmen of Japan knew Russia (oo well to be thus blindly deceived, hence, no soos er bad Russia begun the work of permanently establishing herself in Chines: Manchuria, than she began the work of preparation to invite the haughty Bear,’ failing in this, to force him out at the pointof the bayonet. Hoy well she succeeded in peaceably re- Icasing Manchuria from Russian domination, all Know, Bat Jap- ancse bayonets and courage seem to have a better effect upon Russian tendency to march west ward. ‘Chis war has caused ma- ny exclamations of sarprise from many, because of the wonderful display of cournge, intelligence, cation and wisdom shewn by the Mikado’s peogic, ‘Ube sur- prise, however, ts show? only ly the superficial ceader and think: er. ‘Those who baye read under: standingly are famidar with this fact, that the Japanese have for ‘the past twenty-tive years or ‘more been educating — her “Young: men in western civilization jandart. Her armies are orgen- lized upon the latest western idea jand the individual worth of ber | soldiers, as compared to the Rus viaws, rark nearly three to one. ‘The Mikado, having voluntaxi- ly given his subjects a written constituiion, bas also fostered the most liberal system of educw tion for all, ‘These and many more agencies have been busy duving the past quarter of acon jtury. The Home And Child. The yearis swiftly passing. the scholastic year isending and the chiNiren are feaying the direct care of teachars for the six bours they have so intensely watched thenvand arenes going for their swimmer vacations. Where ave many who may think veaying of wchild is largely in ‘the hands of the teachers bat those people stem to forget the fact that the teachers only has ‘the child under his immediate care foronlysix hours during the aay, then they Igare the shoot ‘room aud mast return t6 the place where they will have the future part of thairactions largly | molded, for the school children lof to day are ‘he mothers and fathers of tomorrow and who is more responsible for them! the one who. has them’six hours o1 the one who has them the resi of the time. The only thing the iteachers’ can do is to direc! lcurrectiy those piipensities is PNET Ta ee Dt ee ae xpevial trainingaleng well defined lines, and make them conform to those things that have been set by those who have been studying the special functions in tha men tal developinent of the child. It ix true that therear many psy- chological facts that relate to the develodment of the child the pas rents do not study, henve, donot know, Yet, there are many things that are dependent apon the special work of the teacher that are left to the parents, todo their work well will constitute a special duty to child study and child Tearing to~sucoessfully fear a child takes both the combined efforts ofthe parentsand teach ers. If we reflect and study for a moment the condition of the homes in the ancient time we can easily see that the home hoine was, in nrost places, secondary importance and that the children were not given scareely any considvration only — inteflectual times but move in military. Iv China the children are put to work as svon ae they are old enough there are ao iiustrated children's books, m0. wurscey rhymes to inspire their imay- inations, noneof the bright and useful things so necessary tothe happy childhood, The child grows up with but few playthings calenlated to stimu- late the power of the mind, so the edusstior of the ebild in most Oriental nations is very poor, wad we also sve that the homes are not ia the very best condition. They Seem to put more stress on every thing else than the hone, and the rearing of children, intel lectually and moraily. Speaking on this subject, Kuri Schmidt vays. “the history of the development of the human son}, the manner of this develop- ment is the seme inwrace ay in the individual, the sauze law, be cause the same divine thought rules in the individual, in a@ poo ple andin humanity. Humanits has, as the individual, its stages of progress, and it unfolds itself inthem. ‘The individual, as. the child, is nota retional betays he becomes rational, Tho the child has not got the mastery over it's self, bat his environments are hin master; he belongs sot (ohimeelt but to his surroundings, Alf his: tory, be it thitof individuals or hunvanity, of the starry heavens or the varth, is the development of life toward Ged, When there is development there is progress. Progress in history is only the move visible, audible, perceptible embodiment of God in humanity.” ‘Then te causa this individual develop: nent and for it to reach its high est berfection the home must b one of sunshine and happiness The child should feel when it re turns home not an aching hear sud a bung down head because o its condi ion at be should re jtnrn with a happy heart and | pleasant smile, for with there he Joan do the tasks assigned hin [willingly and cheerfully. Hoy many boys and girls have ief \¢ ie" hemes to roany having: thi only eveuse, unhappy home? | ‘There should always be an in terest manifested toward th sdildjand when he sees that on has become in him he will becom: interested in himself, and (he be ginning of devolopment starts, One writer bas said “Waateve ‘does notinterest the mind, thu | the mind is indifirent to, an and continue as a home of bappi- ness and sunshine. Where there is no wenwine love; where there is no love life isa desert of evil: where virtue trembles to trod. where hope falters, where happi- | ness is crucified, music is hati ished from tts joyless alr, and all that is his beyond is a voiciless shore of astarless sky. Love and laughter, hope and happiness, are the champions Of pleasure, the patrons and allies of civilization, | the hand mailof religion, the e- vengels of God, They are the! xardian stars of ever nation’s destiny, they fondle the children | in the cradle, they linger with: frolicsome youth, they minister to strugwding mankood and svothe the pillows of old aye, Isit better to be among the humblest of those who have giv en to the hopeless and happiness to the distressed, of our race, than to tive in history as a con- querer with hands stained with innocent blood. Tt would be bet- ter to have a name weitten among those who have loved thir fellow men than to wear the laurels that encircles the brow of an Tron Prince. It would be better to sleep iv seme quiet churchyard, uukne wn and onremembered save by those in whose bands we have scattered seeds of kindness and upon whose lives we have conjured smiles of jey. than te be confined in a coffin ef goid with desolate homes as ours mon uments and widows and orphans’ as witnesses of our glory. Kvery kind word we speak, ev ery blessing we besiow is a! thread of sunshine into some body's life, and ail the wmiles and: sympathies which comes to us ivom other lips and other hearts are tiv Hove and light ce ven inte our own, Tt is true that the world ap- plauds if we triamph and desni« sos us if we fail, If you have love to give give it to the living; if you have blessings to bestow bestow them upon the living. Who would not rather have one smile, one tender word to-day than to know that a million roses would & heaped upon his coffin it he shonld die tomorrow? Db Iwightest spot on earth is the homme, where sobriety dwells and peace abides; where smiling con- fidence awaits the footfalls of fi- delity, and where Jove fills the crimson bowls of happy hearts ito the brim with the chanpaign ‘ef daughter and the sherry of soug. Again J say who would inot rather rejoice among the flowers of love while he lives, | than to sleep the dreamless sleep [beneath a wilderness of flowers? > Ant ih 4 Le rea | a a lal ati i enV (oly are See the Daily Papers for Ou Magaificent World's Fair Servi 8 Daily Pasvenger ‘rains Bact Way Round Trip i ‘St: Louis sold Daily Good for 60° day Round Trips wo St. Louis sold daily wood to Dec. 18th. ‘04 for GROWTHER & SON, LIVERY MEN, The latest style rigs, and the Best groomed horses —The most courteous treatment accorded to all--Come and see us. Sweet Springs, Mo, erly Le Doren, ey CRB Ee ae? De 4 Rise > Q f e Wass m3 revo ae aye py a WHER YSU TRAVEL ; fee iT SClect A ANLWAY AS 4 Sila ? 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