St. Louis Palladium

ST. LOUIS PALLADIUM Is Now the Official Organ of the U. B. F. and S. M. T. Also the A. U. K. and D. of A. in the West. Vol. XXIII. No. 36. Is Now GEORGE A. B. GEORGE E. TEMPLE. THE GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI. Grand United Order of Odd Fellows Holds Record Breaking Session at Boonville Aug. 6, 7, 8. GEO. E. TEMPLE, "LITTLE FATHER," STILL IN SADDLE, SMILING SWEETLY. After Making Great Progress—Friendly Federation Discussed—Odd Fellows' Home Planned—Jim Crow Legislation Hit—Secretary Temple Gets New Headquarters in New Odd Fellows' Temple Building in St. Louis. (Special Correspondence.) Boonville, Mo., Aug. 6, 1907.—The District Grand Lodge of Missouri, Grand United Order of Odd Fellows and the Grand Household of Ruth assembled here today in the Morgan Street Baptist church, in the twenty-fifth annual convocation of the order. Delegates arrived last night and this morning from all sections of the state, over the M., K. & T. and Missouri Pacific railroads and were comfortably caused and hospitably treated by the people of Boonville. District Grand Master Edward S. Lewis, of Kansas City, presided at the opening session at Morgan Street Baptist church, where a large concourse of Boonville people assembled to extend cordial greetings and words of welcome to the visiting delegates. Mayor W. G. Pendleton, of Boonville, who was to have delivered the welcome address, was seriously ill, but sent a able substitute in the person of Judge C. W. Journey, the eloquent city attorney of Boonville, who extended the welcome and freedom of the city to the visitors in a most cordial manner, paying the delegates many flattering compliments upon the orderly and intelligent character of the delegates. His address was deeply appreciated by the delegates and was responded to in a most appropriate and sensible address by District Grand Master Edward S. Lewis, who said in part: "We hope to show the people of Boonville, by our conduct, as well as by our words, that we fully appreciate the courtesies so cordially extended to us by the mayor's representative." Addresses of welcome were delivered by John W. Brown, of Boonville Lodge; Miss Mary Douglass, of Blooming Rose Household, and Rev. J. B. Brooks, of the A. M. E. Church, which were responded to by Deputy Grand Master D. B. Jones, of Sedalia; Most Noble Governess Mrs. Sallie Dupee, of Jefferson City, and Past Noble Father Benj. Thomas, of St. Charles. The Boonville papers speak of the convocation as one of the largest and most orderly gatherers of representative negroes ever held here, and the people are manifesting great interest in the proceedings. The business sessions of the district grand lodge are being held in Odd Fellows' Hall and the grand household is meeting at St. Matthew's A. M. E. Church. The afternoon session of the grand lodge was devoted to the appointment of committees and the reading of the reports of grand officers. Grand Secretary Geo. E. Temple read his characteristic annual report, embracing a condensed history of the business transactions of the order for the past year, with exhibits showing the unprecedented prosperity of the order and its members. The report showed that the collections for the year were $19,000 and that a balance of $10,000 remained in the treasury. This is an increase of $4,000 over the surplus last year. The evening session was a joint meeting of the grand lodge and grand household, at which memorial services were held in honor of the deceased members of the order. The meeting was held in St. Matthew's A. M. E. Church, and was open to the public, which thronged the church to overflowing. The feature of the meeting was an address by Hon. C. G. Williams, of Booneville, Mo., Most Worshipful Grand Master of the Masonic Order of Missouri. Prof. Williams complimented the grand lodge and grand household upon the splendid showing made by the order in its annual convocation and upon its financial and fraternal growth. He greeted the delegates as brothers and sisters and bid them a hearty welcome to Booneville. He said he wished to throw, open the doors of his home and make them all welcome as his guests. He concluded by wishing the fraternity and its officers God speed and a hastening of the day so earnestly wished for by our National Grand Master J. McHenry Jones, when all the fraternities may be united in a common brotherhood in one fraternal union. The address was eloquent, appropriate and timely, and was received by the delegates with enthusiastic applause. Many addresses were delivered on the lives and work of our deceased members, and an excellent musical program was rendered by the choir of St. Matthew's Church. Second Day's Session. (Special Correspondence.) Booneville, M., Aug. 7, 1907.—The second day's session of the grand lodge and grand household of the G. U. O. of O. F. was devoted to the transaction of a mass of routine business and to the hearing of reports of committees. The grand lodge appropriated $3,000 to be used as the basis of a sinking fund for the erection of a suitable structure for a permanent home for the aged and decrepid members of the fraternity. Grand Secretary Geo. E. Temple, of St. Louis, was unanimously chosen as the fraternal delegate to the district grand lodge of Pennsylvania. During the recess today there was considerable maneuver among the delegates for places. The delegates gathered in groups to discuss the forthcoming election of officers, and many candidates were suggested for various places. Many changes in the personnel of the official corps of the grand lodge, and a special delegation from St. Louis, led by a wealthy business man of that city, made a strenuous fight on the grand secretary, but the "Little Giant" continued to smile as sweetly as ever and seemed as cool and undisturbed by the attack of the opposition as a cucumber on ice. A canvass of the delegates tonight seems to indicate that the entire official corps, with the exception of a few minor officers, will be reelected, although many candidates seem willing to accept places within ST.LOUIS,MO.,SATURDAY,AUGUST 24,1907. the gift of the order. At the afternoon session today an appropriation of $500 was passed for the equipment of permanent headquarters for the grand secretary in the new Odd Fawns Temple, in St. Louis, by a vote that made the opposition to the able scribe look like the "fly on the charototwheel" look like the "fly on the charototwheel." A night session was determined upon in order to complete the business in time to permit the delegates to enjoy the various social functions prepared for their entertainment by the local committee. (Special Correspondence.) (Special Correspondence) Booneville, Mo., Aug. 8, 1907.—The business of the twenty sixth annual session of the district grand lodge was concluded last night in a session that lasted the greater part of the night. The place selected for the 'next meeting is St. Joseph, Mo. Among the most important measures adopted at the closing session was the following resolution, which was offered by Grand Secretary Geo. E. Temple: Resolution Indorsing the Constitu- tional League of Missouri. tional League of Missouri. Whereas, it has become evident that a determined and organized effort is being made in this State to bring about the enactment of discriminating laws for the purpose of segregating and humiliating the citizens of Missouri of African descent; and Whereas, A large body of the representatives of the Negro race, from all parts of this State, assembled in the city of St. Louis July 10 and 11, 1907, and then and there organized what is known as the Constitutional League of Missouri, whose avowed purpose is to use its influence to oppose all unjust and discriminating laws by the State Legislature; and Whereas, It is the purpose of our great fraternity to promote and encourage all efforts for the betterment of mankind and society in general, and most especially to care for and in every wise protect the best interests of the members of our noble order; therefore be it Resolved, That the District Grand Lodge of Missouri of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, in solemn conclave assembled, hereby express its unreserved condemnation of any movement for the purpose of securing the enactment into law of bills for the segregation of the races in public carriers in this State; and be it further Resolved, That we most sincerely indorse the action taken at St. Louis on July 10 and 11 by our brethren from all parts of the State in the interest of good government by the organization of the Constitutional League of Missouri; and be it further Resolved. That we recommend to the members of our order throughout the State that they aid and encourage the efforts of that organization in the worthy cause it has undertaken to promote by becoming members, by contributing of their means, or in any other lawful manner. The following grand lodge officers were elected for the ensuing year: Grand master, Edward S. Lewis, of Kansas City; deputy grand master, Henry C. Bragg, Macxon; grand secretary, Geo. E. Temple, St. Louis; grand treasurer, Augustus Turner, St. Louis; grand director, Walter Jackson, Poplar Bluffs; State health commissioner, Chas. F. Crews, St. Louis; endowment inspector, L. C. Edmondson, Springfield. The following officers were chosen by the grand household: Most noble governess, Miss Belle Wortham, Kansas City; grand recorder, Miss Viola S. Clay, St. Louis; grand treasurer, Miss Ella Harris, St. Joseph; grand lecturer, Mrs. Sallie Dupee, of Jefferson City; district noble governess, Miss Maggle L. Garner, St. Louis. The usual ceremonies of closing day were augmented by a grand demonstration in the form of a street parade in which the delegates participated, headed by the Sedalia Brass Band, marching through the principal streets. During the afternoon a picnic given at City Park was the scene of much merriment. There was a large crowd present, many of whom came from the neighboring towns on morning trains. Among the features of the day's pleasure at the park were a base ball game between the Jefferson City and Booneville teams and a program of attractive games and out-of-door sports, including an old-fashioned country dance. In the evening a splendid musical program was rendered by local talent at the Booneville Opera House for the entertainment of the visitors. The program included an exhibition drill by the Kansas City Patriarchy No. 66, commanded by Cap. Thos. Eaton, which was one of the most commendable features of the entertainment. Nicely furnished room for rent at 2632A Lawton avenue. LEAGUE MEETING. Topeka, Kan., Aug. 14.—The National Negro Business League, with delegates present from all parts of the country, met here today and was addressed by Booker T. Washington. "Should I interpret and analyze the feelings and ambition of the black man in America, it is this: He is not seeking to dominate over others in matters of government nor is he seeking to intermingle with others in strictly social matters where he is not wanted or asked, but he is asking that in every community and State where he resides equal and exact justice shall be meted out to him in the courts and elsewhere, and that at all times his family and property be protected by those who administer the law." He also declared that people sooner or later, regardless of color, will respect success, and pointed out that the Negro can be educated. About 200 delegates were here from all parts of the United States. The industrial side of the Negro advancement was discussed. Mr. W. C. Gordon, Paul Moseley, Bismark Layne and Charles Turner represented St. Louis at the meeting. NEGROES DEMAND REPRESENTA TION Kansas City, Mo., Apg. 15—Delegates attending the convention of a Negro benevolent organization met at Compton's Hotel and appointed A. W. Lloyd, of St. Louis, a member of the Republican State Committee at Large, chairman, and J. Silas Harris, secretary. The following were present: Charles Turner, of St. Louis; N. T. Ancell, Huntsville; W. Lewis, Kansas City; Lewis Woods, Kansas City; Homer J. Phillips, Sedalia; L. Logan, Columbia; J. W. Wheeler, St. Louis; Rev. J. F. McDonald, Kansas City; Robert Renfro, Moberly; Rev. S. E. Howard, Independence, and Prof. C. H. Brown, St. Louis county. Their mission is to prevail upon the Republicans of Missouri to give the Negroes of this State representation as delegates to the Republican National Convention. We cast 40,000 votes for the Republican party. Schedule /of Prices for Douglass Hall. Regular balls, lasting until 2 p. m. $25 Private parties, lasting until 1 p. m. 15 Afternoon parties ..... 10 Sunday afternoon concerts or lectures ..... 5 Political meetings ..... 10 Special rates to charitable organizations. Douglas Hotel, cool and pleasant in summer; warm and cozy in winter, steam heat, electric lights Rates from 50c to $1 per day; Speciel rates by week or month. Guests at the hotel from Thursday, Aug. 1, to Thursday, Aug. 8: Mr. and Mrs. Green Hall, city; Mr. Nelson, Chicago; Mr. Bradshaw, Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. Lee, Miss Emma Joseph, St. Louis; Mr. Ed Morgan, Mr. John Winn, Mr. P. Muller, Washington, D. C.; Mrs. P. Coleman, St Louis; Mr. George Shafer, wife and daughter, St. Louis; J. H. Wiley, Jersey City; James McFarland, J. Williams, New York; J. Hobbs, Nashville, Tenn.; J. H. Smith, Little Rock, Ark; J. McLemore, Chicago; Mrs. C. Jordan, Mt. Clemens, Mich. SHARPE'S DEPARTMENT STORE, J. Weis, Prop., 2736-40 Franklin Ave. Full and complete line of Ladies' Suits, Skirts, Waists and Underwear oft any one. Gents' furnishings of all kinds. Right goods at right prices. I give trading stamps. NEW YORK TAILORING CO. This section has probably more high-class stores than any residence locality of any city in the world. They carry large and varied stocks of the highest class products, their stores are distinctively metropolitan in appearance and are presided over by men who are both progressive and enterprising. One of the most progressive establishments in this section of the city is the tailoring business conducted by Mr. M. Scheffman, located at 930 North Sarah street, and popularly known as the New York Tailoring Co. He carries a full line of choice materials of the latest spring designs and apatterns, such as serges, tweeds, worsteds, etc. He also makes a specialty of cleaning, dyeing and repairing.4 All work of this character is done in a proper manner and delivered promptly. All garments are thoroughly inspected by Mr. Scheffman before they are sent out, and he employs only the most experienced workmen. His garments have won for him a high reputation, as they are the perfection of fit, finish and durability. Telephone, Lindell 5237. Mrs. Mattie Pryor is in the hair dressing business. She also has three orphan children she is caring for at 115 S. 11th street. Enlarged Portrait Free U. B. F. AND S. M. F. The Grand Lodge Convened in Kansas City Last Tuesday, August 13. No larger gathering was ever held in the Missouri Lodge of U. B. F. and S. M. T. The best of feeling prevailed with the members of both the grand lodge and grand temple. The four-year tenure of office went into effect, although some of the members desired some of the old officers to succeed themselves. The opposition was led by Rev. Clay and that deep thinker and crator F. B. Burres. These two brothers made the speeches of their lives and won. Rev. T. H. Phillips was in favor of the election of some of the old officeholders on account of their good work. Following are the officers who were elected: Grand Master—B. K. Bruce, Brunswick. D. G. M.—J. H. Williams, Columbia. Grand Secretary—G. N. Jackson, Fulton. Ben. Secretary—C. C. Hubbard, Sedalia. Assistant Grand Secretary—J. B. Coleman, Columbia. Grand Treasurer—S. T. Pettigrew, Huntsville. Grand Chaplain—W. P. Brooks, Moberly. Senior Warden—R. Vaughn, Paris. Junior Warden—M. L. Wilhoit, Ashley. R. Superintendent—G. S. Abington, Clarksville. L. Superintendent—R. G. Trent, Dalton. Inside Sentinel—Jos. Oliver, Huntsville. Outside Sentinel—J. W. Hawkins, Hannibal. Sword Bearer—Joseph Gerry, Sedalia. Trustees—G. L. Green, E. Hudson, O. T. Redd. ·Board of Managers—C. H. Tandy, O. C. Queen, C. C. Blanton, W. Harrison. Medical Register—L. T. Caston Medical Register—C. V. Baston. Our reporter did not attend the grand temple, as we thought Petticoat Logan would have that department in charge. However, we will have the full report of the grand temple next week. The list of elected officers was handed to us and is as follows: Officers of the Grand Temple of Missouri and its Jurisdiction. G. P.—Arlivia C. Watson. V. G. P.—Ida L. Garrett. G. Secretary—Katie M. Moore. A. G. Secretary—M. Etta Bolden. G. Treasurer—Belle Thompson. G. Chaplain—S. A. Moore. Senior G. Marshal—A. D. Hyatt. Junior G. Marshal—Ida Coleman. NG. Joshua—Marie Bartholomew. Fourth G. Trustee—Minnie Fields. Pilot—L. D. Queen. Chairman Sick Committee—Jennie V. Donley. We anticipate that under the leadership of Mrs. Arlivia C. Watson as worthy grand princess and Mrs. Kate Moore as worthy grand secretary, the grand temple will still be on the upward march. SPIRITUAL CHRISTIAN UNION. The Progressive Christian Spiritual union, under the leadership of Mr. J. S. Weatherford, Mrs. M. E. Brooks and Mrs. Dukes conducts meetings every Friday evening at Masonic Temple, 2720 Morgan street. The Christian union rejoices in the guidance of the Holy Spirit through the messengers that they have closed the mortgage on their organ and wish to thank the many friends for their support. USE PICKETT'S ANTISEPTIC OINTMENT For chapped face and hands, pimples, scrofula, tetter, ringworm, eczema, ulcers, rash, galls, and all skin diseases. 25c. For sale by S. L. PICK-ETT, 2601 Lawton ave. Lee's Laxative Cold Cure, for coughs and colds; 25 cents. S. L. Pickett, agent, 2601 Lawton avenue. Enlarged P With every dozen of our fine photogr enlargement free. Maxwell Knloch, Central 2883. --- $2.00 Per Annum, Sing Copy 5 cent. in the West. Kansas 3. held U. B. beeling both ole. went mem- The Palladium this year will stand on the outer wall and protect them against any slander that may be hurled at them by a certain pattern-sheet called a newspaper published at Columbia, Mo., and known by the name of The Professional World. The votes for candidates for grand master are as follows: Bruce, 185; Caston, 121; Howard, 26. Bruce was therefore elected grand master. Grand Secretary, Wm. H. Harrison complimented the stalwart members of the grand lodge, namely, C. H. Tandy, Rev. T. H. Phillips and J. W. Wheeler. Thanks to the Grand Secretary. Mrs. McDaniels, of the grand temple, responded to the able address of Mrs. Katie Moore in a very eloquent speech. She is as witty as an Irishman and as funny as a basket full of monkeys. She admitted that she was 43 years of age. Capt. C. H. Tandy and Mrs. M. Botholomew attempted to respond to the address of Mrs. Katie Moore, but they both admitted that Mrs. McDaniel had made their speech. So much for the witty Irish woman. C. C. Hubbard, secretary of endowment policy, made a clean-cut report, supplemented it with humor and wit, paying a high compliment to the board of managers. Rev. T. H. Phillips responded very eloquently to his report, paying him a very high compliment. Mrs. Olivia Watson, secretary of the grand temple, made her report, which caught the members of the order. Tracing her life from a girl of 10 years through the juveniles to a member of the grand temple. Then as secretary, and her long service in the grand temple, and stated with much emphasis that she had never been suspended. This irony was aimed, we supposed, at Petticoat Logan. J. W. Wheeler, in a most eloquent and fitting speech, spoke of the knowledge that he had of her when she was the printing devil in the Optic office, or the editor, and tracing her father's history back for twenty years, said: "No wonder this young lady, Mrs. Watson, stands before the public today as a most logical and gifted woman." And he further said: "I have heard Mrs. Terrell and other lady speakers, but none have excelled Mrs. Watson." Mr. Williams, of Columbia, Mo., was taken with a paralytic stroke during the week of the grand lodge meeting, and was confined to his bed at the residence of Mrs. Josie Williams, who cared for him as a mother. The grand lodge compensated her for it. Rev. J. H. Burton of Jefferson City, Mo., lost while attending the grand lodge in Kansas City last week $25. It was announced in the grand lodge, but no one seemed to have found it. We sympathize with Rev. Burton, because we know the value of money. Mr. A. N. Schwitch attended the grand lodge last week, and two of his lovely daughters visited Kansas City, the Misses Jennie and Edna Schwitch. These two young ladies are very intelligent. Use Pickett's antiseptic ointment for chapped face and hands, plumps, scrofula, tetter, ringworm, eczema, ulcers, rash, galls, and all skin diseases. 25c. For sale by S. L. Pickett, 2601 Lawton avenue. Off for Louisville, Ky., September 1, 1907. Our people live in the South, and if you want to visit them take the L. & N. and the Henderson route. Mesdames Pope and Roberts, of 2223 Market street, are doing a great work, which speaks for itself. Go to their establishment. NOTICE—From date no matter over two inches from churches will be published free of charge. All over will be charged to the writer of said matter, 5c per line. This means you. If the money does not accompany the matter, it will find its way to the waste paper basket. Portrait Free hotogr aphs we are giving away an elegant ell's Studio 1407 MARKET ST. J. W. WHEELER, Editor and Mgr. ST. LOUIS. MISSOURI Belglum has banished absinthe, but King Leopold remains. A Brooklyn man became deaf while using the telephone. Lots of us would like to. Dr. Isaac K. Funk says that crime is like smallpox. Are you vaccinated against burglary? A woman out in Kansas has hatched out 1,360 chickens already this year—but can she love them all? China wants the exclusion act modified, but can it show us any effective navy by way of argument? The coal supply will last 200 years, at least, according to statisticians. That's another worry off our minds. Since Marie Corelli disapproves of men so seriously, they may have to be exterminated to spare her poor nerves. An Indiana judge has decided that snoring constitutes an unlawful disturbance of the peace. He probably sleeps near a thin partition. A New York banker is having a glass house built, thus breaking all records in the desire for publicity that affects rich New York people. Doing good to others, says Mr. Rockefeller, brings the greatest happiness in this world. Kindly notice that he does not say "doing others good." Another Central American war is imminent. It is perhaps only natural that the people down there should be a little mad at this time of the year. A Chicago professor has announced that in a few thousand years women will be wearing beards. Imagine making love to a sweet young thing with sideburns. Thomas A. Edison says that electricity is more of a mystery to him now than ever. Mr. Edison ought to talk with one of the first-year men at Tech. Count Boni wants to go into the railroad business. He was always a little fast in his ideas, as gentle Anna found to her sorrow in the rapid depletion of her income. Jack London, who says that, thank God, he is not an authority on anything, is very different from the kaiser, who is willing to admit that he is an authority on everything. Rev. William J. Long says that in all his 20 years' experience he has never seen an unhappy bird family. The birds must be very unsympathetic, not to be unhappy when their friend is in distress. A Denver paper asks the public to believe that a married couple in the Colorado city have lived together 66 years without either saying a cross word to the other. The story may be true, but what a deadly dull life they must have lived! Mr. Mollineaux's portrait will be taken out of the rogues' gallery in New York, in accordance with the state decision that a man who is innocent under the law should not have his counterfeit presentment exhibited in a collection of pictures of those who have been declared guilty. A new sort of victim of the intense heat is reported from Neosho, Mo., where a young man in search of shade crawled under a box car and went to sleep, using a rail for a pillow. He may not have been exactly "mad with the heat," but developments a few minutes later showed too plainly that he had "lost his head." Dr. Long is defiantly telling how the water spider carries air on its legs to its young beneath the surface of the water; how a cock sparrow grabs all the bread and keeps it until her mate brings her protesting young to the feast; how a bear attached by a trap to a log by a chain gets on its hind feet and carries the log along across its forelegs, and how men have habits and manners that animals wouldn't tolerate for a moment. What has Oom John Burroughs to say to all this? They do some things better in Great Britain—rewarding pubic servants, for example. It is announced that Lord Cromer, who served his country as diplomatic agent in Egypt for many years, is to receive a gift of fifty thousand pounds in recognition of what he has done. The sum is enough to enable him to live in comfort the rest of his days, and to maintain a position in society fitting for an ex-office of his distinction. If he had devoted his great abilities to the accumulation of a fortune in private business, he might have been receiving an annual income fully equal to that of the proposed gift. As the fashionls in women's clothes in Japan have not changed during 2,500 years, there is no reason, remarks the Louisville Courier-Journal, why the men of that country should not have the most serene countenances known among civilized people. An evangelist at York, Pa., claims to be gifted with the power to speak in an unknown tongue, and to prove it he delivers sermons that nobody can understand. It will be hard to convince some people that such proof is conclusive. Has opened at 2304-6 Market street a neat cigar stand and ice cream parlor, where he will handle cigars, tobacco, fruits, candies, etc. Mrs. Mildred Smith will be pleased to wait on her many friends. Smoke the Snipe and Jasper Johnson cigars. THE CLUB 1929½ MARKET STREET is an up-to-date club. ..Pool Tables.. and other conveniences for the amusement of the gentlemen that attend. MR. CHAS. NARCIS, Manager. MAURER MEAT and PROVISION CO. CASH MARKETS. 1 and 10 South Jefferson Avenue. Bomont 269M. Kin. D-725 No. 5 South Fourteenth Street. Main 2103A. Kin. D-25. 1402 Market St. 2606 Franklin Ave. 2830 Easton Ave. Kin. C-720. Pork House, 3858 Garfield Avenue. P.S.PERKINS BARBER SHOP. EVERYTHING CLEAN AND FIRST - CLASS. 1604 MORGAN STREET. 1409 Market Street LADIES' and GENTS' SHOES DON'T FORGET THE NUMBER We give Eagle Trading Stamps. G. W. ROBINSON, Second-Hand Furniture BOUGHT AND SOLD. Moving and Expressing, General Jobbing and Repairing of Range, Staves, Etc. a Specialty. 4025 Easton Avenue ST. LOUIS, MO. ```markdown ``` Mrs. Annie Allen Formerly of 810 N. 8th St., but lately of 7 S. 23rd St., St. Louis, Mo., has moved to 2520 WABASHA VENUE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS A. U. K. and D. of A. Silver Leaf Council No. 800 meets the fourth Wednesday in each month at 8 p. m... LOUISE HAYCRAFT, M. E. Q., 3221 Caroline St. MISS NETTIE TAYLOR, W. R., 2708 Lucas Ave. Electa Temple No. 31 meets the second Thursday in each month at 8:30 o'clock p. m. at U. B. F. Hall, 2629 Lawton Ave. ETHELINE HORTON, Sec. MARY ENFRO, W. P. SONS AND DAUGHTERS of Rebecca, No. 3, meet at Odd Fellows' building, 2523 Morgan street, the second floor of the building, 1529 Gratiot street, President; Luh Wallace, 1531 Gratiot street, Vice President; Bessie Wilson, 1529 Gratiot street, Secretary; Bessie Wilson, 1006 South Twenty-second street, Assistant Secretary. Mrs. J. W. Wheeler. MODISTE. Dressmaking, Designing, Cutting, Fitting, Purchasing. NOTICE. Any article sent to this office for publication must be accompanied by the money—5 cents per line—otherwise it will be thrown away. ELIZABETH TEMPLE NO. 12 S. M. T. Meets the Second Monday in the afternoon at 2:30 p.m. and, the Fourth Friday night at 8:00 p.m. in each month, U. B. F. Hall, Lucas and Jefferson avenues. MRS. HATTIE WILLIAMS, W. P. 3813 West Bell Boulevard. MRS. LULA BRUNER, Secretary. Queen Esther Temple OF THE S. M. T. Meets the first and third Wednesday in each month at 4 p. at U. B. F. Hall. MRS. CARRIE STEVENSON, W. P. MRS. MAHALIA MACKLIN, Secretary. St. Louis Temple No. 184 OF THE S. M. T.'S Meets the 3d Wednesday in each month at 4 p. m. at U. B. F. Hall. All visiting sisters and brothers are welcome. MRS. EMMA ELKINS, W. P. Weheler Grene. CELIA BROWN, Sec., 2225 Walnut St. Missouri Bell Temple NO. 208 OF THE S. M. T. Meets the 2d. Friday in each month at Hall, Jefferson and Lucas Av. at 8 p.m. U. B. F. HALL. Alice Connon, W. P. 4355 Maffit Avenue Carrie Rowen, W. R. Ruth Temple, No. 163 OF THE S. M. T. Meets the Fourth Friday in each month at U. B. F. Hall, Jefferson and Lucas Ave. MISS JESSIE MILLER, N. P., 4350 Cottage Ave. IDA DORDEN, Secretary, 2943 Atlanta Street. Adah Temple No. 32, Meets Second Friday in each month at PYTHIAN MALL, LUCAS and JEFFERSON AVE., at 2 p. m. All sisters and brothers are invited. MRS. ANNIE E. HALLAM, W. P. Eureka Temple No. 137 S. M. T. Meets first Friday in each month in the afternoon at 8 o'clock MRS. M. J. MITCHELL, W. P. 8221 Finney Avenue. MRS. JENNIE JONES, Secretary, 700 North Jefferson Avenue. A.U.K.and D.of A. St. Joseph Council meets the third Wednesday at 8 p.m. at 2720 MORGAN ST. .... Visiting Knights and Daughters are Welcome. MARY BUCKNER, E. L. ADA HARRIS. Recorder. Sina Temple 124 MRS. KATIE BOSWELL, W.P. 4222 Maffitt Avenue. MRS. ALLICE BELLINGER, Sec'y. 1521 Clarke Ave. A. K. & D. of A. The D. L. Martin Juvenile No. 1 meets the third Saturday in each month at 2 p. m. at 2720 MORGAN ST. S. A. COLLINS, M. Q. 2280 Hickory Street. BAINE PITTS, P. P. 3229 Rutger Street. MAMIE WILSON, W. P. U. B. F. and S. M.T $ ^{a} $ Louis Royal House No. 1 meets the first Friday night in each month at Free Reformers Hall, Pine and Jefferson 3rd floor at 8:15. All members invited to be present. Mrs. A. D. Hyatt, M. E. Q. Ruth Temple No. 163 S. M.T. meets the fourth Friday afternoon in each month at Free Reformers Hall, 3rd floor,at 2:30. All members of U. B. F. and S. M. T. are invited. Miss M. B. Miller, W. Sec. Miss Jessie Miller, W. P. A. U. K. and D. of A. A. U. K. and D. of A. meets the second Monday night in each month, at 2720 Morgan street. Miss Annie B. Muldrow, M. E. Q., 2956 Scott avenue; Mrs. Alice Lloyd, Secretary, 4614 Labadie avenue. Pilgrim Lodge No. 17, Good Samaritans, meets the first Wednesday in each month at Eleventh and Franklin avenue. W. M. Pierce, chief, 209 South Fifteenth street; Millie Britton, recorder; Maud Wheeler, vice recorder. LAKE TRIP URGED CHAIRMAN BURTON WANTS PRESIDENT TO MAKE TOUR. GOVERNORS ARE ALSO INCLUDED Chief Executive, Under the Present Plans, Will Join Party at Keokuk. Cleveland, O.—Congressman Theodore Burton, chairman of the inland waterways commission, has announced plans for the coming inspection tour of the organization. It will begin in Cleveland Sept. 21 and consist of a trip up the Great Lakes across to the headwaters of the Mississippi and down that stream to the Gulf. In addition to the members of the commission and its staff, 18 governors of states and President Roosevelt will take part in the inspection. While President Roosevelt's present plan is to join the commission at Keokuk, Ja., on Oct. 1 and go with the party as far as Memphis, Mr. Burton will try to persuade the president to join the party at Cleveland and take part of the tour of the Great Lakes. It is doubtful, however, whether the president's plans will admit of this. The trip up the Great Lakes will be made on one of the modern steel trust fleet. Special attention will be paid to the needs of the Detroit and Sault Ste. Marie rivers, on which millions have been spent. If President Roosevelt joins the party at Keokuk, as at present planned, he will deliver addresses at St. Louis and Memphis, returning from Memphis to Washington by special train. OFFICER PREDICTS AIRSHIPS. Expects Them to Take Place of Rail ways in Reaching Mountain Tops. Berlin—Capt. Pustau, a German naval navel, publishes a prediction that within a decade motor airships will come into general use, not only for military, but also for sporting and other purposes. He says: "We must realize that the atmosphere, like the ocean, offers us innumerable routes of travel. Who in the future will invest his money in the construction of cable railways and rack and pinion railways up mountains, when it will be possible to reach the most elevated points more rapidly and more agreeably with less danger by means of airships? "There can be no doubt that sportsmen, scientific men and enterprising capitalists of all countries will devote their energies to the application of aerial navigation to their respective purposes. When a few improvements have been introduced in airships they will be serviceable as a means of transport, and will certainly be preferred by some classes of travelers to railroad trains." LUMBERMEN TO RECOVER. Railroads of South Ordered to Pay Back Overcharges. Cincinnati—The railroads of the south have been given until September 1 to make restitution to Cincinnati lumbermen of thousands of dollars overcharged on shipments during the past four years. The interstate commerce commission asked the Cincinnati Lumbermen's club to notify it of failure on the part of the railroads to make good the claims. The lumbermen 'have submitted claims for excess freight collected on every car since the original suit was brought, and which led to the decision of the supreme court that the roads were illegally collecting a 2-cent increase. HANGED, BUT LIVES. Sergt. Yates, From Philippines, Tells of Narrow Escape at Rope's End. Seattle, Wash.—First Class Sergeant Edward W. Yates, who has arrived here, is probably the only man in the country who knows what it is like to be hanged. Yates, while serving on the signal corps in the Philippines, was captured by a native band. A rescue party arrived after he had been hanged by the neck until he was unconscious, and was dead for all he knew. He was cut down and revived, but for months was but a shadow of himself. Girl Causes Strike. Otaawa, Ont.—All the employees at the Fort William, Ontario, telephone office have gone on strike, refusing to work under Miss Ora Hudhphone office have gone on strike, ers have been in the service many years, and protest against Manager Atterbury, an American, engaging Miss Hudson as chief operator. The linemen of Fort William threatened to go out in sympathy with the young women. Ohio Man Kills Wife and Self. Washington Court House, O.—Clarence Haines, formerly of Columbus, went to his wife's sitting-room and shot her to death, then, turning the weapon on himself, inflicted a mortal wound. Domestic trouble was the cause of the tragedy. Hurt in Pistol Fight. Lexington. Ky.—Palmer Saulberry and James Stumbo were probably fally shot in a pistol fight in Floyd county, news of which has been received here. Telephone: Kinlock, Central 9617L FRANK MONTGOMERY DEALER IN Coal and Wood. EXPRESSING DONE. 2621 Bernard St. St. Louis. B. BELKER, —Dealer in— groceries, Liquors, Cigars and Tobacco. Meat and Vegetable Market. 119 and 121 Morgan Street. St. Louis, Mo. MUSIC FURNISHED for Receptions, Balls and Parties. JOHN L. FIELDS, teacher of the Harp. Piano and Guitar; now with the Great Western Band and Orchestra. 1621 LUCAS AVENUE. Phone: Central 3374. Musical Combinations to be hired for small parties and entertainments. Violin, Corse, Harp. 1- VIOLIN AND HARP. 2- VIOLINS VIOLA BASS. Bell Phone: Main 3388. Bell, Bomont 1481. PHONES: Kinloch C-391. LOUIS HENCKEN, (Successor to Theo. H. Tempel. GROCER, 2601 MARKET ST.. Orders Promptly Delivered. St. Louis IF YOU BUY FURNITURE. AT Thuner's ITS GOOD. 2122-24-26 South Broadway Miss Eva R. Johnson TEACHER VOCAL—PIANO 2907 SEMPLE AE. PHONE—Bell, Bomon CHAS. VIVISTON EVERYTHING FIRST-CLASS .....NEAT AND CLEAN and a full line of EIGHTH AND O'FALLON STREET HOWARD WILLIAMS, Mgr. Sun Light Council 603 of A. U. K. and D. of A. meets the second Wednesday night of each month. LULA LEE CHATMAN, M. E. Q. 24 S. Sixteenth St. JENNIE JONES, W. R., 700 N. Jefferson Ave. Team Parlor Confectionery oles can be served. Special service to Douglas Ice Cream Parlor and Confectionery Is now open and from one to fifty couples can be served. Special service to ice cream parties, etc. B. LANKFORD and MRS. H. RENFRO, Props. Cor. Beaumont and Lawton The Young Men's Pressing Club Cleaning Dyeing and Repairing for Ladies and Gents a Specialty. TRUE REFORMERS' B LDG., 2600 PINE ST. Hats Blocked and Cleaned. Give Us a Call. J. HESTER, President. Phone, Bomont 1896. P. B. LANKFORD and MRS. H. RENFRO, Props. The Young Men's Pressing Club Cleaning Dyeing and Repairing for Ladies and Gents a Specialty. TRUE REFORMERS' B LDG., 2600 PINE ST. Hats Blocked and Cleaned. Give Us a Call. J. HESTER, President. Phone, Bomont 1896. P. B. LANKFORD and MRS. H. RENFRO, Props. WM.LEE'S DEPARTMENT STORE. 409—Barber Shop and Hall on Third Floor. 410—Clothiers, Jewelry and Piano Store. 411—Confectionery and Resturant. 412—Buffet and Pool Room. Open Day and Night Klnloch, Central, 5799. Bell, Olive, 1091 WM. LEE, Proprietor and Manager. Special Attention Given to Cleaning the Scalp and Shampooing the Hair. Hair Grown on Bald Heads. 2131 MARKET ST. (Ulo Stalira) S. SEXTON LOCAL 44, A. F. M. West End Music Store 2129 MARKET ST. Instruments Bought and Sold. SHEET MUSIC A SPECIALTY. All Kinds of Repairing Done. ST. LOUIS. Call and Make Our Place Your Headquarters 502·Buchanan St. TEXARKANA, TEX. OLD PHONE 405. Henry Young 4017 EASTON AVENUE. Professional Sodder and Gardener, Will Give Perfect Satisfaction. WOOD. COAL. EXPRESS. All orders promptly attended to. MR. JAMES A. SYDNOR Paper Hanger of prominence, but he is also engaged in PAINTING, WHITENING AND KALSOMINING..... Give him a call. 8990 PAPPIN STREET WILLIAM T. DAVIS, SHAVING PARLOR, 2811 Manchester Avenue. First-Class Barber Shop and First-Class Work Guaranteed. Barber Shop First-Class Work and Up-to-Date Barbers. G. W. HOOD, Proprietor. Mrs. W. E. Mack, 26 S. 14th Street. NEATLY PURNISHED ROOMS. St. Louis, Mo. BELL, OLIVE 1438. BARBERS Look Well, Dress Well, and You Will Do Well. Man's Outfitters; Latest Fashions; Moderate Prices; full value for money. RANDALL & WELLS, 2230 Market St., St. Louis, - - Missouri. To Solicit Advertisements for the 2601 LAWTON AVENUE, N. W. Cor. Jefferson and Lawton Aves. Open Day and Night. Both Telephones. L. S. WILLIAMS, Undertaker & Funeral Director. 2317 Market Street St. Louis, Missionri. Phone: Central 6322. CARRIAGES FURNISHED FOR ALL OCCASIONS. We are the only thoroughly experienced tically competent Colored Under A. RUSS Livery Boarding and UND y thoroughly experienced and competent Colored Undertakers in A. RUSSELL Building and UNDERT We are the only thoroughly experienced and the only practically competent Colored Undertakers in the city. We have our own conveyances and do all our carriages furnished for all occasions. 2322 CHESTNUT STREET, ST. LOUIS, MO. W. T. Curtis' Newport we our own conveyances and do all our ow Carriages furnished for all occasions. STREET, ST. LOUIS, MO. Curtis' Newport We have our own conveyances and do all our own work. Carriages furnished for all occasions. 2322 CHESTNUT STREET, ST. LOUIS, MO. Phone Central 555. W. T. Curtis' Newport Buffet, 2323 MARKET STREET. Wines, Liquors and Cigars. ALSO THE FAMOUS ANHEUSER BEER The Brunswick G. W. HOLT, Pro 1925 Market Street Fine Wines, Liquors, Cigars and Tobacco. The White 1501 Gratiot CHOICE WINES Brunswick S G. W. HOLT, Proprietor Market Street, (Near ers, Cigars and Tobacco. White Lillie 1501 Gratiot Street CE WINES, LIC The Brunswick Saloon, 1925 Market Street, (Near Union Station), Fine Wines, Liquors, Cigars and Tobacco. Phone Central 1653. The White Lillie Bar AND CIGARS. SAMUEL E. LEONARD,. Telephone: Kinloch 1574 Central. JAMES H. HARRISON, Phar. D. HARRISON & Funeral Directors AND EMBALMERS, LEONARD, . - - Inloch 1574 Central. ISON, Phar. D. G HARRISON & McKO SAMUEL E. LEONARD, - - Proprietor. Telephone: Kinloch 1574 Central. JAMES H. HARRISON, Phar. D. GEO. W. McKOIN. 2743 Wash Street, ST. LOUIS, MO. All Work First Class. Successful Embalming Calls Answered Promptl Don't Fail to V THE RED CRO First Class. Terms Mo Successful Embalming Guarantee Powered Promptly, Day Don't Fail to Visit the RED CROSS All Work First Class. Terms Most Reasonable. Successful Embalming Guaranteed. Calls Answered Promptly, Day or Night. THE RED CROSS BAR WORKINGMENS' EXCHANGE AND RESTAURANT E. WHITESIDE Bartender R. L. PHILLIPS General Manager and Proprietor Phone: Kinloch, Central 4888. 2300-2302 MORGAN ST. 2317 Market Street St. Louis, Missonri. Phone: Central 6322. CARRIAGES FURNISHED FOR ALL OCCASIONS. experienced and the only prac- undertakers in the city. SSELL, NDERTAKING cences and do all our own work. and for all occasions. IS, MO. Phone Central 555. Newport Buffet, s and Cigars. BEER wick Saloon, Proprietor. street, (Near Union Station), accos. Phone Central 1653. e Lillie Bar iot Street. ES. LIQUORS Proprietor. GEO. W. McKOIN. & McKOIN, Terms Most Reasonable. ming Guaranteed. nptly, Day or Night. to Visit the CROSS BAR L. B. LANGAN & CO. STORAGE MATTHEWS.COFFIN TAILOR and maker of FINE CLOTHES Phones—Bell, Main 250. Kinloch, Central 5468. Established 1879. 1001-1003-1005-1007-1009-1011-1018-1016 Morgan Street. MATTHEW TAILOR and maker Suits made to order, $20 up. Cleaning and Pressing SANITARY PLUMBER Repair Work Done on Short Notice Douglas Williams 2020 Stoddard Street WM. L. WILSON He paints up and down, Like a noted balloonist. When his paint and brush begin to fly, Give him a trial, he will surely put you on top. Signs House paintings and all professional paintings. 2736-40 FRANKLIN AVE. Full and complete line of Ladies' Suits, Skirts, Waists and Underwear to fit any one. Gents' furnishings of all kinds. Right goods at right prices. I give trading stamps. Rapp & Moller Carriage Co. BUILDERS OF FINE Carriages & Buggies Of Every Description. 2218, 2220 and 2222 Pine St., St. Louis, Mo. Special Attention Given to Painting and Repairing. Telephones—Bomont 245. Central 4192 Eureka Temple No.137 S. M. T. meets the first Friday in each month at 3 p. m., at U. B. F. Hall, 2629 Lawton avenue. Mrs. M. J. Mitchell, W. P. 3103 Lawton Avenue. Miss Jennie Jones, Secretary. 700 N. Jefferson Avenue. S. M. T. Electa Temple No. 31 meets the third Tuesday in each month at U. B. F. Hall, 2629 Lawton avenue. Mary Renfro, W. P. Eliza Horton, Secretary. Mrs. Ella Martin DEALER IN Household Goods New and second-hand Furniture bought and sold. W. M. MARTIN, Manager. 1526 MORGAN STREET Friedman Loan Co. of 1824 Market street, have opened a branch at 1604 Market street, where they will be pleased to accommodate every one who will call. The Popular Barber Shop... 1331 Poplar St. First-Class Work and Up-to-date Barbers. G. W. HOOD, Propr. STORGE AND MOVING. Furniture, pianos and household goods stored in separate rooms. Packing and shipping household goods a speciality. RETAILER OF FURNITURE. V. S. COFFIN of FINE CLOTHES Pants made to order, $5 up. Phone, Lindell 5306 1021 N. Vandeventer Ave. BARBER'S CHAIR FIRST CLASS The Palm Leaf Barber Shop JOS. NABORS, Proprietor 9 So. 15th St. ST. LOUIS THE KNICKERBOCKER Billiard and Pool Hall 319 N. Jefferson Ave. Pool 2½c per Cue. Steam Heat. Everything First-Class. ED. JONES, Prop. The Kentucky Barber Shop All the latest styles in Hair Cutting Children's hair cutting, 15 cents. John H. Hall and E. L. Harris. 201½ S. 14th St. E. P. MORRISON Oph. D. 801 N. JEFFERSON AVE. Office Hours: 8 to 11:30 a.m.; 1:30 to 4:30 p. m., Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. The "Leader" Barber Shop. 1417 MARKET STREET HOT, COLD, SEA-SALT, and Shower Baths, 25c. Shaving, 10c. Mustache Dyed, 25c. Buff Hair Cut, 25c. Children's Hair Cutting, 15c. All Shines, 5c. J. H. KENT, Proprietor, ST. LOUIS, MO. Yours in F. C. & B.; A. F. & A. M. Mrs. Annie Allen who formerly lived at 810 N. 8th St., has removed to 7 S. 23rd St., better known as High St. Cafe==Confectionery Ice Cream, Soda Water, Cigars and Tobacco MRS. J. W. SCRUGGS 212-214 N. Leffingwell Ave. E. M. Hawkins SHAVING PARLOR AND BATH. DOUGLAS BUILDING. 2645 Lawton Av. ST. LOUIS YOU OWE IT TO YOURSELF AND THE PUBLIC TO LOOK YOUR BEST AT ALL TIMES. SO DRESS UP AND HAVE YOUR CLOTHES MADE AT Chas. Q. Clark MERCHANT TAILOR Friedman Loan & M PAWNBROK Money to loan on all personal property at tional sale on unredeemed overcoats, Ladies' 1324 MARKET 8 R. J. RAYM Attorney - at 1111 Clark Ave., St. 1 CENT IS ALL to write for showing the BICYCLES BELOW any other manufactur DO NOT BUY or on any kind of terms, until you h logues illustrating and describing bicycles, old patterns and latest mo- PRICES and wonderful new offer direct to rider with no middlemen's WE SHIP ON APPROVAL with allow 10 Days Free. Frisk and moun- house in the world will do. You wi able information by simply writing We need a Rider Agent in eve- to make money to suitable young men $8.50 PUNCTURE-PRO Money to loan on all personal prop erty at lowest rates of interest. Special sale on unredeemed overcoats, Ladies' suits and cloaks from $1.50 up. 1324 MARKET ST. CENT IS • ALL IT WILL COST YOU to write for our big FREE BICKLE catalogue showing the most complete line of high-grade books and materials at PRICES BELOW any other manufacturer or dealer in the world. DO NOT BUY A BICYCLE from anyone, at any price, or on any kind of term, until you have received our complete Free Catalogue and discucing every kind of high-grade and low-grade bicycles, and patterns and costless sales to remarkable prices and wonderful new offers made possible by selling from factory direct to rider with no middlemen's profits. WE SHIP ON APPROVAL without a cent deposit. Pay the Freight and allow 10 Days Free Trial and make other liberal terms which no other house in the world will do. You will learn everything and get much valuable information by simply writing us a postal. Result: 15 years expire on mangage 100000 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. DESORIPTION: Made in all sizes. It is lively and erewith a special quality of rubber, which never becomes poor without allowing the air to escape. We have hundreds of that ordinary tire, the puncture resisting qualities being given prepared fabric on the tread. That "Holding Back" sensation or soft roads is overcome by the patent "Basset Weaver" squared out between the tire and the road thus overcoming tire is $6.00 per pair, but for advertising purposes we are in only $4.00 per pair. All orders shipped same day letter I do not pay a cent until you have examined and found. We will not be made discount of 10% cost (thereby is a FULL CASH WITH ORDER and enclose this advertised brass hand pump and two Sampson metal puncture puncture closers to be used in case of intentional knife cut at ODA, and we are not satisfied at ODA's expense if for any reason they are not satisfied. We are perfectly reliable and money sent to us is as far as Barker, Express or Freight Agent or the Editor of this these tires, you will find that they will ride easier, run finer than any tire you have ever used or seen as any price that when you want a bicycle you will give us your order. OASTER-BRAKES, built-up-wheels, a price charged by dealers and repair men. Write for our D.O. NOT WAIT but write as a postal today wonderful offers we are making. It only costs a postal to MEAD CYCLE COMPANY, Dept. Furnished Rooms 50c up The Mt. Clemens Hotel Mineral B Made in all sizes. It is lively and easy riding, very durability of rubber, which never becomes porous and which closes at the air to escape. We have hundreds of letters from satisfied customers. We have the puncture resisting qualities being given by several layers of the tread. That "Holding Back" sensation commonly felt when overcome by the patent "Basket Weave" tread which prevents the friction of the tire and the rood that overstimulates all custom. The tire air, but for advertising purposes we are making a special focier. All orders shipped same day letter is received. We ship Cent until you have examined and found them strictly as repre sented by the patent. We do not overstimulate all custom. The tire ORDER and enclose this advertisement. We will also pump and Sampion metal puncture closers on full paid to us in use of intentional knife cuts or heavy gashes). We know that you will be reliable and money sent to us is as safe as in a bank. We will also Freight Agent or the Editor of this paper about us. If you will find that they will ride easier, run faster, wear better, last longer, we will give you a bicycle that we will give you your order. We want you to see this remarkable tire offer. Built-BRAKES, built-tire, saddles, pedals, parts for toy reasons they allow great stampe price. We know that you will want a bicycle you will give us your order. We want you to see this remarkable tire offer. St. Clemens Hotel and Mineral Bath House Shaded Rooms 50c up Meals 50c WAIT bicycle or a pair of tires from anyone until you are making it. It only costs a postal to learn everything. W **DESCRIPTION** Made in all sizes. It is lively and easy riding, very durable and lined inside with a special quality of rubber, which never becomes porous and which closes up small punctures that their tires have only been pumped up once or twice in a whole season. They weigh no more than an ordinary tire, the puncture resisting qualities being given by several layers of thin, specially designed rubber. The puncture resistance of the pumped tire is a special feature of soft roads is overcome by the patent "Basket Weave" tread which prevents all air from being squeezed out between the tire and the road thus overcoming all suction. The regular price of these tires is $50 per pair, and the pumped tire is $25 per pair. All orders shipped day letter is received. We ship C.O.D. approval. You do not pay a cent until you have examined and found them strictly as represented. We will allow a cash discount of 5 per cent (thereby making the price $4.55 per pair) if you send FULL CASH WITH ORDER and enclose this advertisement. We will also send one nickel coin and a $20 bill. If you send one nickel metal puncture closers to be used in case of intentional knife cuts or heavy gashes). Tires to be returned at OUR exponse if for any reason they are not satisfactory on examination. We are perfectly reliable and money sent to us is as safe as in a bank. Ask your Postmaster, Banker, Express on behalf of agent or banker, about us. You order a pair of bicycles you will ride widen, run faster, run faster, run faster than any tire you have ever used or seen at any price. We know that you will be so well pleased that when you want a bicycle you will give you your order. We want you to send us a small trial order at once, hence this remarkable title. built-up-wheels, saddles, pedals, parts and repairs, and OOASTER-BRAKES, everything in the bicycle line are sold by us at half the usual prices charged by dealers and we do not charge. But write us a postal today. DO NOT THINK OF BUYING a DO NOT WAIT bicycle or a pair of tires from anyone until you know the new and DO NOT WAIT but write us a postal today. DO NOT THINK OF BUYING and wonderful offers we are making. It only costs a postal to learn everything. Write it NOW. MEAD® CYCLE COMPANY, Dept. "J L" CHICAGO, ILL. The Mt. Clemens Hotel and Mineral Bath House American and European Place Phone 245 American and European Plan Phone 245 Has opened its doors for the accommodation of Colored People that may come to Mt. Clemens in the future for their health and treatment for Rheumatism. It is the only Hotel and Mineral Bath House owned and conducted by a Colored Man at any of the health resorts in the United States. 48 Welts Street Mt. Clemens, M Write for Special Rates 48 Welts Street Mt. Clemens, Mich. e for Special Rates Geo. I. Hutchinson, 48 Welts Street Mt. Clemens, Mich. Write for Special Rates Geo. I. Hutchinson, Prop. Phone, Central 674-R. 23151/2 Market St. Both 'Phones. Regular Price $8.50 per pair. To Introduce We Will Sell You a Sample Pair for Only ST. LOUIS, MO. & Mercantile Co. BROKERS uperty at lowest rates of interest. Spe- Ladies' suits and cloaks from $1.50 up. MARKET ST. AYMOND, at ... Law, St. Louis, Mo. IS ALL IT WILL COST YOU to write for our big FREE BICYCLE catalogue showing the most complete line of hip-grade BICYCLES, TIRES and SUNDRIES at PRICES manufacturer or dealer in the world. BUY A BICYCLE from anyone, until you have received our complete Free Cate- describing every kind of high-grade and low-grade latest models, and learn of our remarkable LOW middlemen's profits. DEAL without a cent deposit, Pay the Freight and vial and make other liberal terms which no other do. You will learn everything and get much valu- ply writing us a postal code in every town and can offer an opportunity le young men who apply at once. E-PROOF TIRES ONLY $4.80 PER PAIR S, CAC- GLASS. cuts, can usa. Over Notice the thick rubber tread "A," and puncture "B," "C" and "D," also rim strip "E" to prevent rim cutting. This tire will outlast any other make. SOFT, BLASTIC and EASY RIDING. lively and easy riding, very durable and lined inside becomes porous and which closes up small punctures hundreds of letters from satisfied customers stating they be making the most. They wish that these being given by several layers of thin speciallyock" sensation commonly felt when riding on asphalt get weave" tread which prevents all air from being overcoming all motion. We equate price of these we are making a special factory price to the rider day letter is received. We ship C.O.D. on approval and found them strictly as represented. not overcoming all motion. We equate price of these this advertisement. We will also send one nickel metal puncture closers on full paid orders (the metal al knife cuts or heavy gashes). Tires to be returned us is as safe as in a bank. Ask your Postmaster, or of your book about us. If you order a pair of easier, run faster, wear better, last longer and look any price. We know that you will be so well pleased your order. We want you to send us a small trial wheels, saddles, pedals, parts and repairs, and not necessarily on extensively us at half the usual write for our big SUNDRY catalogue. Dept. "J L" CHICAGO, ILL. Meals 50c up The Hotel and Real Bath House ed European Plan ne 245 Itts Street Hens, Mich. Geo. I. Hutchinson, Prop. St. Louis Palladium Published Weekly by J. W. WHEELER, Manager and Proprietor 2617 Lawton Avenue. PHONES: Entered at the post-office at St. Louis, Mo., as second-class matter. MISS OLIVIA RICHARDSON Editress or The St. Louis Palladium Apply to her for all information concerning the paper. Mr. Charles H. Wheeler, general solicitor and collector for the Palladium. John W. Wheeler, Jr., Solicitor. JOHN SNEED, Gen'l Manager of Advertising Dept. Business matters pertaining to the paper should be addressed to The Palladium Office. Communications for publication must reach us not later than Wednesday. For one inch, one insertion..... $ .50 For two inches, three months..... 6.00 For two inches, six months..... 10.00 For two inches, nine months..... 14.00 For two inches, twelve months..... 20.00 Standing an dtransient notices, per line ..... .10 Rates of Subscription. Per year ..... $2.00 Six months ..... 1.00 Three months ..... .60 Single copy ..... .05 To The Public. Any erroneous rejection upon the character, standing or reputation of any person firm or corporation, which may appear in the colums of The Palladium will be gladly corrected upon being brought to the attention of the management. All articles sent to this office for publication, must have the writer's signature or otherwise such articles will be ignored. We are not responsible for the return of unsolicited contributions on any subject. Churches and others having news or notices will please have the same in the office by Wednesday to insure publication in the week's issue. Five cents per line for each insertion. Seven cents per line for each insertion. black face. It occasionally happens that papers sent to subscribers are lost or stolen. In case you do not receive any number when due, inform us by postal card, and we will cheerfully forward a duplicate of the missing number. Mr. B. K. Bruce, of Brunswick, Mo., was elected Grand Master of the U. B. F. and S. M. T. Mr. Bruce is a teacher in the public schools at Leavenworth, Kas. We are confident he will make a good and worthy grand master. We ask the support of the entire order. Mrs. Effie Chandler is now conducting a beautiful cafe at 2013 Market street. Mrs. Chandler is from Joplen Mo, and has been here in our city for three years, and is an industrious and business character in every particular. She was formerly doorkeeper at Brooks' skating rink, and is acknowledged to be a wonderful reader of human nature. She is now in business at 2013 Market street. Give her a call. See her ad, in another column. [Picture of a man in a suit and tie]. Brooks' Skating Rink, at 2118 Market street, is one of the largest and finest rinks open for our people. Do not forget that Mr. Brooks is one of the most energetic and pushing men among our race. We should patronize him in order that other young Negro men may be encouraged to go into business and push to the front. The thirty seventh annual session of the Grand Lodge of U. B. F. and S. M. T., one of the strongest and most progressive Negro organizations in the United States, has been held at Allen Chapel and the Second Baptist Church at Kansas City. During the year the order has collected $27,600, lost 113 members, paid $18,665 in death benefits, $14,000 in sick dues, bought an orphans' home near Hannibal at a cost of $5,000, contracted for an additional building at a cost of $3,500. They have a surplus of $17,000, and are now contemplating opening a bank in the near future. They have now real estate worth $29,500, and halls owned by subordinate lodges in St. Louis, Booneville and Hannibal. EUREKA ..APARTMENTS.. Fairfax Ave., East of Newstead Just Completed. New modern Apartments (Unfurnished) containing every convenience. For rent to respectable colored people. (No children.) Rooms single or en suite. Open for inspection. Apply to janitor or JAS. A. DAVIE, Agt. 319-320 FULLERTON BLDG. Central 6201-L The lodges and temples have handled over $46,000 and have a surplus of $13,500. Fifty-five new lodges and temples have been organized. During the last four years 213 new lodges and temples have organized, they now having 7,321 members. They have decided to raise the death benefits from $185 to $200 without an increase of membership. St. Louis, Ma., Aug. 10, 1907. Dear Brother Wheeler—I desire space in your paper for a little city news, an eye opener for all approaching pilots—"The Pathway of Life." The time must come when our whole race must die unless some one should endure torture and sorrow and shame. Who shall come to their rescue? Not one. Then Christ says, "Lo! I come to do thy will, O God." Oh, the Love! Oh, the endurance! Oh, the horrors of the sacrifice! Shall not our souls go out toward him, saying "Lord Jesus Christ take my soul." "Thou art worthy to have it." "Thou hast died to save it." Of your earthly troubles you may behold the glorious constellation of a Savior's mercy and love. Oh, my friends, do not try to carry all your ills alone. Do not put your shoulder under the Apennines when the Almighty God is ready to lift up all your burdens. When you have a trouble of any kind, do not rush this way and that way, and wonder what this man and that man will say about it, or try this prescription and that prescription. Oh, why do you not go straight to the heart of Christ, knowing that for our own sinning and suffering race He took the vinegar. "Whosover will, let him come and take of the water of life freely." Yet while I write I am prained at the thought that there are people who will refuse this Divine sympathy, and they will try to fight their own battles and drink their own vinegar, also carry their own burdens. Thus their lives instead of being a triumphal march from victory to vice. Labor Da RECORD BREAKERS OF THE SEASON :: :: :: Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 2 RECORD BREAKERS COLORED CITY EMPLOYES' SOCIAL CLUB OF THE SEASON A. B. Charles C. Blumfield, Manager. MONDAY. ...MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1907... tory will be hobbling on from defeat to defeat, until they make a final surrender to retributive disaster. Oh, I wish I could gather up in mine arms all the woes of men and women, all their heartaches, their disappointments and chagirns and just take them right to the feet of the sympathizing Jesus. Nana Sahib, after he had lost his last battle in India, fell back in to the jungles of Iheri—jungles so full of malaria that no mortal could exist, and carried with him a ruby of great luster and value; there in the jungles he died, and neither his body nor the ruby has ever recovered. Thus I fear some among us will fall backward from this subject into the sickening, killing jungles of their sin, carrying a gem of infinite value, a priceless soul to be lost forever. Oh, that that ruby might flash in the Eternal Coronation! But no. There are many, I fear, who will turn from this offered mercy and comfort and Divine sympathy, notwithstanding that Christ for all who would accept His grace trudged the long way and for the filthy mob and for the guilty, discouraged and discomfort of the race took the vinegar. May God Almighty break the infatuation and lead you into the strong hope and good cheer and the glorious sunshine of this triumphant Gosned. REV. DR. J. H. FORAKER, 1983 Papin street, St. Louis, Mo TROLLEY RIDE AND LAWN FETE. Given by Toussaint Lodge No. 28, K. of P., on August 26, On the evening of the above date the young men of Touissant Lodge will have stationed at Welliston four cars for the purpose of taking a trolley party to St. Charles, Mo. Take Easton avenue cars and get off at the end of the line. Cars leave at 7:30 p. m. and leave St. Charles for St. Louis at 12 o'clock. Should the weather be too bad it will be postponed until the fol- y, Monda FORED CITY EMPLOY Better known as the C. C. E., will give their 16th Grand Picnic and Barbecue at Boeumeke's Grove, 6200 North Broadway, and one in the evening. Park will open to 1 p. m. Admission, 25 cents. All Unions and Cubs admitted free. We will give to prizes among the unions and all members of the community. Officers—Harry Denny, president; Willis Smith, vice-president; Hugh First, secretary; S. P. McGinnis, treasurer; Phas, bureauman, manager; Musical director, B. Thornton, sergeant-at-arms; Sam Woods, advertising agent; William Denny, mascot. Park Committee—Will Bass, George Lehman, Sam Leonard, Sam Woods, Sam Leonard, Irwin Leonard, Richard Alexander, Arthur Jones, Eugene Moore, [Image of a young child wearing a wide-brimmed hat and a white dress with a large bow. The child is seated on a stool, legs crossed, and hands clasped in front.] William Denny, Mascot. SEPTEMBE lowing evening, August 27, at the same hour. Two officers of the lodge will be in charge of each car to preserve good order. Only those who enjoy an outing of pleasure with peace are invited to attend. Refreshments of all kinds will be served. Over 150 chairs have been engaged for seats on the large lawn, where dancing. on tarpaulins will cheer the hearts of those who like that pleasure. Clayton, Kirkwood, Kinloch, Baden, St. Charles and other suburban villages will welcome the St. Louisans on their arrivals [the program is white caps worn], and horns blown and dancing at St. Charles. So, boys and girls, get ready. Round trip, 50 cents. Tickets on sale at following drug stores: St. Ferdinand Pharmacy, Pendleton and St. Ferdinand; Will Mosby, 809 N. Jefferson; Wright & Bolen, Jefferson and Lawton; Ernest Harris, Twenty-third and Market. Music by World's Fair Band. WM. STAKELEY, Chairman General Committee. SAM, THE TAILOR, OF 204-6 NORTH 14TH ST. On account of the increase in his business, Mr. Sam Weisman, better known as Sam, The Tailor, will remove his place of business to 1322 Olive street. The removal will take place about August 15th. Don't fail to get your next suit from him at the old stand, 204-6 North 14th street. You can then say, "I bought my last suit at the old stand for I got it cheaper." Then be sure that you get the first suit that is made at his new stand. Mr. Sam is undoubtedly the best man that you will ever meet. When a person has financial dealing with a man he can be generally judged by this passage of scripture of our Lord's: "When I was hungry, you fed me; when I was in prison you came unto me and when I was naked you clothed me." All these things has he done. Some people believe that we should not deal with any other people but our own race. You must make and keep your friends, White and Black, and you will always have friends who will help you in time of need, and Sam, The Tailor, is that man. At Kansas City, Mo., Grand Lodge of U. B. F. and S. M. T. Our friend and brother, W. C. Gordon, was to our belief the best we have ever had from St. Louis. For the first time the St. Louis delegates were solid and stood by our brother, W. C. Gordon. We are confident that he would have been elected, but a change. We are not satisfied. The best thing in life is to be honorable in all things. W. C. Gordon is a man that makes friends and keeps them. He is a most congenial man and a grand speaker. Mr. Clark Turner was present at the Grand Lodge and made many friends. Next year he will come to the Grand Lodge as master of some lodge. He entered into politics while there and made many friends in that section also. Lee's Laxative Cold Cure for coughs and colds, 25c. S. L. Pickett, agent, 2601 Lawton avenue [Name] Willis Smith, Vice President. S. P. McGinnis, Treasurer. 4 years ago my hair was only a finger-length, and my temples were bald half way 4 years ago my hair just covered my shoulders. When we first began our wonderful work of growing all kinds, all qualities, all lengths, and all conditions of hair, even to the growing hair on bald places of the head, many persons of our kind, the hair on our heads, but not our head, many persons for our hundreds, rapidly achieving success. The proof of our work is that we are being imitated, and largely by persons whose own hair we have actually grown, and the persons by persons who are frequently mentioned us by persons whose hair we do (saying that theirs "is the hair" or referred to "PORO." We advise you to use only "PORO" Grower (the oldest and best of its kind). See that the name "PORO" is on every box, not genuine without it. Prepared only by MRS. A. M. POPE. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. I HAVE NO BRANCH OFFICE IN ST. LOUIS. CALL, OR ADDRESS MAIL TO MRS. A. M. POPE 2223 MARKET ST., ST. LOUIS, MO. Bell Phone, Bomont 3109. Bell, Lindell 2313; Kinloch, Delmar 2391. E. R. Hollenbeck Joseph Riley. Union Grocery Co. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Groceries, Meats, F 4100 COOK If you don't know us come and get the time. Medals, Bait Butt Haskell Eng 1006 Pine Street Don't Fail to GRAND BOAT Under the At Wednesday Afternoon 4100 COOK AVENUE. I't know us come and getacquainted. We quote als, Badges, Buttons, Skell Engraving Pine Street = = ST. Don't Fail to Attend the Second AND BOAT EXCURS Under the Auspices of the Sday Afternoon Sewin If you don't know us come and getacquainted. We quote low prices all the time. For the Benefit of COLORED OLD FOLKS' HOME, MONDAY, AUGUST 26th, 1907 To Montesano Springs, on the Steamer City of Providence. Music Western Band. All refreshments of the season will be served in Boat leaves foot of Olive street at 9 a.m. Round Trip, Adults 50c; Children, 25c. JAS. W. GRANT, Master Springs, on the Steamer City of Providence. Musk All refreshments of the season will be served in foot of Olive street at 9a. m. Adults 50c; Children, 25c. JAS. W. GRANT, Master To Montesano Springs, on the Steamer City of Providence. Music by the Great Western Band. All refreshments of the season will be served in abundance. Boat leaves foot of Olive street at 9 a. m. Round Trip, Adults 50c; Children, 25c. JAS. W. GRANT, Master of Ceremonies. ...M. Monti Shoe Co... The Place to Buy Your Shoes We are showing the largest and most complete Up-to-Date stock Up-Town. 2232·2234 Franklin Avenue Kinloch Phone: Central 6821-L Aug. 20. 1907. THE WOMEN'S HISTORY THE WEEKLY PRESS To The Palladium: Mrs. Kate L. Boswell has returned from Kansas City, after spending a week at the Grand Temple of the U. B. F. and S. M. T. During her trip she was invited to visit the state of Kansas. She was highly entertained by Rev. McNeal and wife, with members of the church. The president of the Missionary society contributed to the missionary cause; also the church. Mrs. Boswell gave a talk at two churches, Pleasant Green and the King Solomon Baptist Church. The members also contributed to the mis- --- ed my shoulders. of growing all kinds, all qualities, all even to the growing of hair on bald places of the idea that such a thing was possible; but we rapidly achieving success. The proof of the initiated, and largely by persons whose own the further fact that they have very frequently their gods (saying that theirs "is the same" hair kind). See that the name "PORO" is on every areed only by MRS. A. M. POPE. HAVE NO BRANCH OFFICE IN ST. LOUIS. ADDRESS MAIL TO A. M. POPE , MO. Bell Phone, Bomont 3109. mar 2391. E. R. Hollenbeck Joseph Riley. irocery Co. and getacquainted. We quote low prices all Badges, Buttons, Pins Engraving Co. et - - ST. LOUIS Fail to Attend the Second DAT EXCURSION the Auspices of the Eernoon Sewing ner City of Providence. Music by the Great of the season will be served in abundance. at 9 a. m. 25c. JAS. W. GRANT, Master of Ceremonies. ...M. Monti Shoe Co... The Place to Buy Your Shoes We are showing the largest and most complete Up-to-Date stock Up-Town. 2232·2234 Franklin Avenue Kinloch Phone: Central 6821-L 1 sion cause. She finds that the Baptist churches in the state of Kansas excel those in Missouri for the reason that they are stronger in union. She was also highly entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Blanks, formerly of St. Louis. Respectfully yours. CORA M. WATSON. Secretary of the Home and Foreign Missionary Society. Mrs. Heany Denny, F. P. McGinnis, Willie Smith and Ezel Pipes will barbecue the meat for the C. C. E's picnic at Bloemick's Grove, 6200 S. Broadway. We Grew Our Hair, Now Let Us Grow Yours With "Poro" Trade Mark (Registered) TOPICS OF THE DAY. CITY NEWS. NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE. Mrs. F. P. Wilson, of 4234 San Francisco avenue, has been very ill, but we are pleased to say she is at this writing much improved. We hope for her speedy recovery. Miss Olivia Richardson, the secretary of the Palladium, is now on her vacation. She says she is undecided as to just how long she will take it easy. Prof. J. A. Lankford, of Washington, D. C., who attended the National Business League at Topeka, Kas., passed through St. Louis on his way home. He also visited relatives in southeast Missouri. W. A. Gaines, national grand master of the U. B. F., is attending the state Grand Lodge of Illinois this week. The man, William M. Farmer, will not be there. Mrs. A. A. D. Hyett, past excellent princess, of 2005 Lawton avenue, arrived home Thursday from Kansas City. Mo., where she attended the Grand Royal House of the state of Missouri; also the state Grand Temple of the S. M. T. The members of the Royal House presented her with a gold bracelet, set with jewels. Mrs. Hyett is loved by the Royal House and Grand Temple. We like to say good things about everybody and make friends, but good words do not publish a newspaper. Please pay us what you owe Abraham Lincoln Lee and Reece Even, the president and secretary of the Dead Beat society, says that publishing them makes friends. We thought so, because they look like a dog in their face when they meet the Palladium Man. Items of Interest. That preachers do not pay up as other people. If a paper is $2 per car they want it for $1, and some of them don't pay that? That some people like second-hand things and make as much fuss over them as if they were new? An old coat, house or a club-footed mule call the same. M. B. MR. J. H. KENT. Keep your eye on J. H. Kent. He one of the most enterprising young groves in St. Louis. See his place business at 1417 Market street. Let us know when to call upon you phone, Central 7890, Bomont 3117. tennessee Restaurant All that is needed to satisfy a hungry man. GIVE THEM A CALL MS. HATTIE BOYD: Proprietor. WANTED—Apprentice girl to learn basic dressmaking. Call at 3216 Burton avenue. Mrs. A. Wheeler. . & F. Schweickhardt Drugs, Chemicals, Toilet Articles, Stationery, Cigars, Etc. Prescriptions a Specialty Olive and 28th-Sts. Geo. J. Haberberger Successor to 612 Franklin Ave. Manufacturer of Medals, Seals, Badges, Etc. June Kin. Central 3261. Notes and News Concerning Our People--Weekly Record of Social Events Written Especially for St. Louis Palladium. Miss Kate Phillips, the young girl who was raised by the late Mrs. Packard, is now living in Sedalia, Mo., at 121 East Morgan street. Miss Grace Reynor arrived home Sunday from Jefferson City, where she had been for the past six weeks at the bedside of a sick relative. Mr. T. A. Moore & Co. are undertakers and embalmers at 1820 Eighteenth street, Kansas City, Mo. The company is doing a successful business. Mr. Bob Sims, of 1802 East Eighteenth street, Kansas City, Mo., is a successful barber. He enjoys a joke when told. Some one in his shop asked for a dozen or more men who used to live in St. Louis. The answer came from one sitting in chair: "All of those old Negroes are dead." One of the finest drug stores that we have seen in the West is the People's drug store, at 1508 East Eighteenth street, Kansas City, Mo. The owners are Drs. Unthanks, Shannon and Hambright. Dr. Perry, manager. C. H. Countee is also a successful undertaker in Kansas City, Mo. He is located at 910 East Twelfth street. Mrs. Josie Williams, of 1823 East Seventeenth street, Kansas City, Mo., is a fashionable tailorress and fancy dressmaker, also a very fine embroiderer. Mrs. Arlivia Watson, secretary of the ton avenue, is having a most delightful time on the beautiful waters of the Hudson River. She writes us that the natural scenery is perfectly lovely. Mrs. Martha E. Jones, who formerly taught in the public school of Klinoch, has been employed to teach in the Virgus school, which is located on Creve Coeur Lake street. Mrs. Jones will spend the rest of her vacation in Kansas City, but will open school on September 1. Two Furnished Rooms for rent at 3100 Marnice Place. Marquette Hotel, at Eighteenth and Washington avenue, opened Monday with Colored help, and J. C. Carter is superintendent of same. We wish them success. For Rent—213 South Sxteenth street; five rooms; first floor. Inquire on second floor, Mrs. McNiece. Miss Carrie Skidmore, of Kirkwood, Mo., is on an extended trip through Kentucky. Mrs. Susie Robinson, of 638 East Main street, Kirkwood, Mo., left Thursday, August 15, for Gravillion, Van, to see her mother. Mrs. Wm. Shannon, of 4294 St. Ferdinand avenue, has gone to Niagara Falls on a three weeks' vacation. We wish her a pleasant trip. Miss Maggie L. Garner last left week for Louisville, Ky., to visit Miss Mary Temple. The two young ladies will visit the Jamestown Exposition the last of the month. Mrs. Lillian Wooddard and Miss Janey Myers left last Tuesday, the 13th, for New York, stopping en route at Niagara Falls and Detroit. We wish them a pleasant trip. For Rent—Nicely furnished rooms at 2106 Walnut street. Mrs. J. T. Thompson, of 2106 Walnut street, is now mending nicely from her operation. She is now able to sit up. Dr. Colbert left on the 16th for a ten days' trip to St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minn. Business and pleasure combined. Mr. Geo. W. Smith, of 319A Rutger street, has removed to 3317 Franklin avenue, where he will be pleased to see all of his customers. Mr. Thos. Thornton, accompanied by his brother, left Thursday night for Phoenix, Ariz., in search of health. Mrs. B. Porter, of Chicago, is visiting Mrs. Noah Warrington, of $12\frac{1}{2}$ North Jefferson avenue. Rev. and Mrs. R. H. C. Snydor entertained on the 19th in honor of their son, Thomas L. Snydor, and bride (nee Florence Arnett) at their residence, 3951 Finney avenue. The bride and groom will be at home at 3990A Papin street after August 19. Mrs. Winston, of 711 Clarence avenue, entertained August 7 in honor of her thirty-third birthday, about thirty persons being present. She received quite a number of valuable presents. Mrs. Winston has been married twelve years, but looks like a woman of 24 years. For Rent—Nicely furnished room for men. Mrs. S. Abernathy, 29A S. Leonard avenue. Miss Alice Simms left last Saturday for Niagara Falls and Buffalo, N. Y. To All Concerned: The Sun Do Move. The sun revolves around the earth, and that revolving is universal, day and night, caused by its revolving.—Rev. Alexander Smith. Miss Beatrice Ross is much improved at this writing. Last Tuesday we met several gentlemen who attended the National Business League. They were homeward bound. Mr. N. T. Velar, postmaster of Brinton, Pa.; Mr. John T. Writt, of Pittsburg, Pa.; Mr. A. W. Lloyd, Mr. Phil Warden, Mr. John T. Harris, Mr. L. W. Harris, Mr. N. H. Wright, Mr. Charles A. Pittman and J. W. Wheeler were among them. Mrs. Beulah Turnley, of 2838 Laclede avenue, is having a delightful time in Buffalo, N. Y. The Provident Hospital is now located at 2824 Lawton avenue, which property they have purchased. Prof. Lean De Voux, the clairvoyant, formerly of 2834 Morgan street, is now in Washington, D. C., building a photograph gallery. He is confident of success in that city. Mr. Jeff Smith has gone into business at 1307 Morgan street. Cigars, tobacco and sub laundry. We trust he will be patronized, as, like Paul of old, who gave up all to follow Jesus. I am not of his stripe, as*I do not believe in a man giving up any legitimate business because he has embraced the title of a Christian. If the religion of Jesus Christ is all that life needs, then we can be kept by it. Mrs. H. Blood, of 7 South Twentieth street, will leave for Chicago September 14, making that city her home. Mrs. Ophelia Morgan of Chicago has been visiting Mrs. H. C. Pendleton of 755 Walton avenue for the past ten days. Messrs. G. W. Pendleton and John Inge of Wewillton, La., have been visiting Mr. H. C. Pendleton. The latter had not seen his brother for ten years or more. Miss Maggie Connor of Springfield has been visiting Mrs. Anie Brockway of 3508 Banard street for the past few weeks. She departed Thursday, Aug. 22 for Chicago to visit an aunt. Mr. and Mrs. Office have moved from 4287 Garfield ave. to 5340 Maple avenue. St. Joseph council of the A. U. K. and D. of A. met last Wednesday and transacted their regular business. The worthy auditress presided in the absence of Mrs. Mary Buekner, who is now at the Jamestown Exposition. Mrs. Ada Harris, the secretary, is also there. Mr. Ross, who formerly lived at 2603 Lawton avenue, died Wednesday morning, Aug. 21. He was a class leader in St. Paul's Church and a very active member. Miss Louise Benton, formerly of St. Louis, but now residing in Chicago, is a very charming young lady. She writes us that she is employed as a saleslady in one of the downtown clothing houses. We wish her well. Mr. J. B. Woods, agent for the Metropolitan Mercantile and Realty Co., is out of the city for a few days on business. While at an entertainment in Kansas City, we met a fair lady, Miss Lizzie Washington, by name. Although her face was familiar, we could not at first place her, and very politely asked her who she was. Imagine our surprise when she refused to tell us. We then told her that, although we could not recall the name, we knew that she lived in St. Louis at 2950 Lawton avenue, and that if she did not tell, we would — Well? We are informed that she told a friend she was elsewhere. Misses Alby Simms and Edna Cook departed Tuesday morning for Alten, Ill., where they anticipated a delightful visit. Dr. Webb Curtis of Hot Springs, Ark., spent Wednesdays in St. Louis en route to the east and the Windy The Newport Cafe is now in the hands of Mrs. Della Thompson, who we hope will equal Lowery and Mason in service. This should be the cafe of the city for our people. We wish Mrs. Thompson much success. Mr. Roscoe Simmons, a New Yorker, is a wide-awake reporter and he dispensed much light in the west. We hope to meet him again. Miss Eva Richardson is not so well at this writing. NOTICE. We have sent about 53 copies of the Palladium to many of the brothers and sisters at the grand lodge. Many of them promised to pay us, but have not done so. We shall stop the paper after this issue if pay does not come. J. W. WHEELER. FOR RENT—Nicely furnished rooms for rent; for one or two gents. 2917 Morgan street. $8.25 To Louisville, Ky., and Return via THE HENDERSON ROUTE GOING TO LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY To attend the Fourteenth Biennial Session of the Supreme Lodge and Fourth Biennial Encampment of the UNIFORM RANK KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS OF NORTH AMERICA, SOUTH AMERICA, EUROPE, ASIA, AFRICA AN D AUSTRALIA. September 1 to 7, 1907 SPECIAL TRAIN, via the Louisville, Henderson & St. Louis Railway, "OFFICIAL ROUTE" from St. Louis and State of Missouri, will be operated on this occasion. First Regiment Band of Missouri will accompany the Regiment. FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION, rates, etc., see the Transportation Com mittee, Knights of Pythias: CAPTAIN R. H. Barton, Commanding Co. F, St. Louis. CAPTAIN J. H. KENT, Commanding Troop A, 1st Cavalry, St. Louis. CAPTAIN R. H. COOPER, Commanding Battle Axe Co. No. 4, St. Louis. CAPTAIN J. A. SHACKLEFORD, Commanding Mound City Co. No. 3, St. Louis. CAPTAIN J. H. WILSON, Commanding Far West Co. No. 2, St. Louis. CAPTAIN W. E. MITCHELL, Commanding Pythian Co. No. 1, St. Louis COLONEL WM. H. HUGHES, Commanding Mo. Division of Cadets, St. Lou is. CAPTAIN and LEADER AUGUST TURNER, Commanding 1st Regiment U. R., K. P. Band. COLONEL H. T. M NEAL, Lieutenant-Colonel 1st Regiment of Missouri. GENERAL WM. H. ROBINSON, Commanding Brigade of Missouri. CAPTAIN WM. CALHOUN, Regimental Adjutant and General Secretary. COLONEL WM. H. BUTLER, Comma nding 1st Regiment of Mo., Chairman. L. & N., AND HENDERSON ROUTE TICKET OFFICE, FOURTH AND O LIVE STREETS. RIP SAW COLUMN OF THE ST. LOUIS PALLADIUM A man while in conversation with a lady whom he had not seen for some time was so glad to see her that he offered to send her up some fruit. In a few seconds the husband stepped up and said: "Who's that Negro going to send that _____?" All was quiet on the Potomac. You know who this was. Somehow or another at the entertainment in Kansas City last week two men were caused to carry the fast mail. Two persons were involved, a lady who lived in the 1600 block on Michigan avenue was there, also one that lived on Eighteenth street. These two were the cause of the two gent's going, and you can bet they went fast, too. The devil is still at work. Wm. M. Farmer, formerly of St. Louis, now of Chicago, came all the way to Kansas City to attend the U. B. F. Grani Lodge. He claims to hail from Lodge No. 71, but we saw a letter in which the grand master of that State ordered the master of the lodge to suspend him, as he had creeped into said lodge before the master of the lodge knew that he was full of tricks. We would not mind the tricks, but there is something radically wrong about this fellows, and he knows that the Palladium man knows all his tricks and also all his—— Well, you ought to know. Someone sent a letter to this office, complaining about some preacher in the Antiock Church. As there was no name signed to it and no money, we refused to print same. At a certain house on Barnard street we saw enough idle women to fill a box car. One pretending to sew, another reading a dime novel, which she insisted was a catalogue of Lincoln Institute. Another was standing in the door with her arms folded, and two others in the yard looking wise. Off for Louisville with the Knights of Pythias Sept. 1. Only $8.25 for the round trip; 1,500 people will go. $8.25 T VO GOING TO LO To attend the Fourteenth Biennial S UNIFORM RAIL OF NORTH AMERICA, SOUTH AMERICA September SPECIAL TRAIN, via the Louisville State of Missouri, will be operated o Regiment. FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION, see CAPTAIN R. H. Barton, Commandi CAPTAIN J. H. KENT, Commandi CAPTAIN R. H. COOPER, Command CAPTAIN J. A. SHACKLEFORD, O CAPTAIN J. H. WILSON, Command CAPTAIN W. E. MITCHELL, Commi COLONEL WM. H. HUGHES, Commi CAPTAIN and LEADER AUGUST T COLONEL H. T. MNEAL, Lieutenant GENERAL WM. H. ROBINSON, Co CAPTAIN WM. CALHOUN, Regime COLONEL WM. H. BUTLER, Comma L. & N., AND HENDERSO Y. M. C. A. NOTES. Wednesday evening, Aug. 21, was members' night. A little house-warming party was conducted by President Anderson ad the new members were presented to the old members and visitors. Each one expressed his desire to join in the plan for enlarging the Y. M. C. A. work. The religious committee has purchased a large tent and will hold meetings on the lawn. This makes the Y. M. C. A. grounds an ideal spot for small outings. Tuesday, Aug. 27, is ladies' night. All are invited. Help the boys with their gleaners. Guest of Douglass hotel for week ending Thursday, Aug. 22: B. B. Barrill Kocce, City J. W. Vexter, Salt Lake City, Utah. Miss A. L. Johnston, Natchez, Miss. Mrs. C. E. L. Johnston, Natchez, Miss. Miss Mable Johnston, Natchez, Miss. James T. Johnston, Memphis, Tenn. G. B. Taylor, Nashville, Tenn. Miss. Mazler Vernon Scott, Natchez, Miss. . SAM .The Tailor. 204 N Fourteenth St Is Now Ready To Make Your SUMMER SUITS all trades and graves, and over 2,000 patterns to select from. Prices to suit your means. Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. Courtesy shown to THE ORIGINAL SAM THE TAILOR. SAM WEISMAN, Prop. J. WEISMAN, Manager. 204-206 N. 14th Street. E. J. Arnett and M. Powell New place. First-class Bar, Choice Wines, Liquors and Cigars. 922 Elliott Ave--A Cosy Place. GIVE THEM A CALL AND BE CONVINCED. Mrs. Ida Sullivan, Mobile, Ala. Frank Anderson, Washington, D. C. Miss M. L. McCreary, Opelike, Ala. Alonzo Bowling, Evanston, Ill. A. F. Benniss, Kansas City, Mo. J. B. Benniss, Memphis, Tenn. Prof. G. W. Poage, St. Louis. Mrs. Arlivia Watross, grand princess of the Grand Temple of the state of Missouri and its jurisdiction, left Kansas City, Mo., for her home in Minnesota. She is enjoying the best of health. The Grand Temple presented' her with a gold ring set with many pretty jewels. Mrs. Watross is of a kind, sweet disposition, and she makes friends on every side and she knows how to hold them. SUNDAY SERVICES. St. Paul A. M. E. Church, Lawton and Leffingwell avenues, W. D. Cook, D. D., pastor, 6 a. m., prayer meeting; 9:30 a. m., Sunday school; 11 a. m., preaching by the pastor, subject, "The Rise and Progress of the A. M. E. Church and Some Reasons Why We Are African Methodists"; 6:20 p. m., Allen Endeavor meeting; 8 p. m., sermon by Dr. L. W. Manaway of Jackson, Miss. All welcome. Prof. M. R. Percy of Arkansas attended the Missouri Grand Lodge. Mrs. A. S. Howard of Natchez, Miss., is in the city on a pleasant visit to her son, S. C. Howard, at the resident of Mme. Mamie W. Jennison, 2605 Short Market street, where she will be pleased to have her friends call to see her. NOTICE. Explanation for the Non-Appearance of the Palladium Last Week. The Palladium Man went to Kansas City, Mo., to attend the Grand Lodge of the U. B. F. and on Tuesday morning was suddenly taken ill, the spell lasting several days. Upon hearing from his secretary, he learned that she, too, was ill, and therefore informed her that the paper would this week in full dress. You know accidents happen in the very best regulated business concerns and families. Judging from the number of calls by telephone, postal card and letter, we realize that thousands of people, both black and white, miss the Palladium when it fails to appear. See Friedman's "ad." He is our friend Anything in life will a man give for money, and Mr. Friedman has the dough. Call and see him—1324 Market street. CAME PRETTY FAST FOR PAT. At That, He Had Had Only What the Doctor Ordered. A Philadelphia physician says that not long ago he was called to see an Irishman, and among other directions told him to take an ounce of whisky three times a day. A day or so later he made another visit and found the man, while not so sick, undeniably drunk. "How did this happen?" the physician demanded of Pat's wife, who was hovering about solicitously. "Sure, dochter, an' 'tis just what you ordered, an' no more, that he had," she protested. "I said one ounce of whisky three times a day; that could not make him drunk," the physician said. "He has had much more than that." "Divil a drop more, dochter, dear," she declared. "Sure an' ol didn't know just how much an ounce was so ol wint to the drug store an' asked, an' the lad—he's a broth of a boy, too—told me that an ounce was 16 drams and Pat has had thim regular, an' no more!"—Harper's Weekly. Rule of Cornish Chapels. In Cornish (Eng.) chapels the invariable rule is for the men to sit on one side of the building and the women on the other. A visitor and his fiancee, who are staying in the district, went to chapel, and just before the service began the young man was greatly astonished when the chapel steward, observing that the couple were seated in the same pew, came over to him and, in an audible voice, said: "Come on out of that, me son; we don't 'ave no sweetheart' 'ere.' Punishment by Inches A Bergen (Genesee county) justice of the peace has adopted an original scheme for the dispensation of justice. Henry Meyer, 27 years old and seven feet two inches tall, was a prisoner in his court for stealing four bags of oats. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail, one day for each inch of stature and one for each bag.—Nunda (N. Y.) News. A Big Loser. Mrs. Myles. I see the 24-year-old son of a London dry goods man is a bankrupt, having managed to get rid of $2,100,000 since he came of age. Mrs. Styles—Oh, well, boys will be boys! Mrs. Myles—Well, this looks as if a boy had an ambition to be a bridge whist player. Never Touched Him. "I have brought back the lawn mower I bought of you last week" said the man with the side whiskers. "You said you would return my money if it wasn't satisfactory." "Yes, that's what I said," replied the dealer, "but I assure you the money was perfectly satisfactory in every respect." Foreign Waterways. Since we began the neglect and abandonment of canals, France has quadrupled our waterways. According to figures furnished by commercial associations, the British isles have 8,000 miles of canal and it does not all antedate the railroad. Novel Excuse of No Avail. A Lander (Colo.) man called to serve on a jury tried to get off by claiming he was too big for such work. Beautiful is the activity that works for good and the stillness that waits for good—Collyer. FOOD FACTS Grape-Nuts FOOD A Body Balance People hesitate at the statement that the famous food, Grape-Nuts, yields as much nourishment from one pound as can be absorbed by the system from ten pounds of meat, bread, wheat or oats. Ten pounds of meat might contain more nourishment than one pound of Grape-Nuts, but not in shape that the system will absorb as large a proportion of, as the body can take up from one pound of Grape-Nuts. This food contains the selected parts of wheat and barley which are prepared and by natural means predigested, transformed into a form of sugar, ready for immediate assimilation. People in all parts of the world testify to the value of Grape-Nuts. A Mo. man says: "I have gained ten pounds on Grape-Nuts food. I can truly recommend it to this people." He had been eating meat, bread, etc., right along, but there was no ten pounds of added flesh until Grape-Nuts food was used. One curious feature regarding true health food is that its use will reduce the weight of a corpulent person with unhealthy flesh, and will add to the weight of a thin person not properly nourished. There is abundance of evidence to prove this. Grape-Nuts balances the body in a condition of true health. Scientific selection of food elements makes Grape-Nuts good and valuable. Its delicious flavor, and powerful nourishing properties have made friends that in turn have made Grape-Nuts famous. "There's a Reason." Read "The Road to Wellville." in pkgs. ARE PHYSICIANS' PRESCRIPTIONS NOSTRUMS? To one not qualified, and few laymen are, to discriminate intelligently between physicians' prescriptions, proprietary medicines and nostrums, it may seem little short of a crime to hint even that physicians' prescriptions are in any manner related to nostrums; nevertheless, an impartial examination of all the facts in the case leads irresistibly to the conclusion that every medicinal preparation compounded and dispensed by a physician is, in the strict sense of the word, a nostrum, and that the average, ready-prepared proprietary remedy is superior to the average specially-prepared physicians' prescription. What is a nostrum? According to the Standard Dictionary a nostrum is "a medicine the composition of which is kept a secret." Now, when a physician compounds and dispenses with his own-hands a remedy for the treatment of a disease—and it is authoritatively stated that probably 60 per cent. of all physiicians' prescriptions in this country are so dispensed—the names and quantities of the ingredients which constitute the remedy are not made known to the patient. Hence, since its composition is kept a secret by the physician, the remedy or prescription is unquestionably, in the true meaning of the word, a Simonpure nostrum. Furthermore, the prescription compounded by the average physician is more than likely to be a perfect jumble—replete with therapeutic, physiologic and chemical incompatibilities and bearing all the earmarks of pharmaceutical incompetency; for it is now generally admitted that unless a physician has made a special study of pharmacy and passed some time in a drug store for the purpose of gaining a practical knowledge of modern pharmaceutical methods, he is not fitted to compound remedies for his patients. Moreover, a physician who compounds his own prescriptions not only deprives the pharmacist of his just emoluments, but he endangers the lives of patients; for it is only by the detection and elimination of errors in prescriptions by clever, competent prescriptionists that the safety of the public can be effectually shielded from the criminal blunders of ignorant physicians. Nor can it be said that the average physician is any more competent to formulate a prescription than he is to compound it. When memorized or directly copied from a book of "favorite prescriptions by famous physicians," or from some text-book or medical journal, the prescription may be all that it should be. It is only when the physician is required to originate a formula on the spur of the moment that his incompetency is distinctly evident. Seemingly, however, the physicians of the United States are little worse than the average British physician; for we find Dr. James Burnett, lecturer on Practical Materia Medica and Pharmacy, Edinburgh, lamenting in the Medical Magazine the passing of the prescription and bemoaning the fact that seldom does he find a "final man" able to devise a prescription even in "good contracted Latin." And what, it may be asked, is the status of the written prescription—the prescription that is compounded and dispensed by the pharmacist—is it, too, a nostrum? It may be contended that the patient, with the written formula in his possession, may learn the character of the remedy prescribed. So, possibly, he might if he understood Latin and were a physician or a pharmacist, but as he usually possesses no professional training and cannot read Latin, the prescription is practically a dead secret to him. Furthermore, the average prescription is so badly written and so greatly abbreviated that even the pharmacist, skilled as he usually is in deciphering medical hieroglyphs, is constantly obliged to interview prescribers to find out what actually has been prescribed. It may also be contended, that inasmuch as the formula is known to both physician and pharmacist the prescription cannot therefore be a secret. But with equal truth it might be contended that the formula of any so-called hostrum is not a secret since it is known to both proprietor and manufacturer; for it must not be forgotten that, according to reliable authority, 95 per cent. of the proprietors of so-called patent medicines prepared in this country have their remedies made for them by large, reputable manufacturing pharmacists. But even should a patient be able to recognize the names of the ingredients mentioned in a formula he would only know half the story. It is seldom, for instance, that alcohol is specifically mentioned in a prescription, for it is usually masked in the form of tinctures and fluid extracts, as are a great many other substances. It is evident, therefore, that the ordinary formulated prescription is, to the average patient, little less than a secret remedy or nostrum. On the other hand, the formulae of nearly all the proprietary medicines that are exploited exclusively to the medical profession as well as those of a large percentage of the proprietary remedies that are advertised to the public (the so-called patent medicines) are published in full. Under the Food and Drugs Act, every medicinal preparation entering interstate commerce is now required to have the proportion or quantity of alcohol, opium, cocain and other habit-forming or harmful ingredients which it may contain plainly printed on the label. As physicians' prescriptions seldom or never enter interstate commerce they are practically exempt under the law. And if it be necessary for the public to know the composition of proprietary remedies, as is contended by those who through ing norance or for mercenary reasons are opposing the sale of all household remedies, why is it not equally necessary for patients to know the composition of the remedy prescribed by a physician? Does any sane person believe that the opium in a physician's prescription is less potent or less likely to create a drug habit than the opium in a proprietary medicine? As a matter of fact, more opium-addicts and cocain-fends have been made through the criminal carelessness of ignorant physicians than by any other means. Unquestionably, there are a number of proprietary remedies on the market the sales of which should be prohibited, and no doubt they will be when the requirements of the Food and Drugs Act are rigidly enforced; many are frauds, pure and simple, and some decidedly harmful. Of the average proprietary remedy, however, it may truthfully be said that it is distinctly better than the average physicians' prescription; for not only is its composition less secret, but it is prepared for the proprietor by reputable manufacturing pharmacists in magnificently equipped laboratories and under the supervision and advice of able chemists, competent physicians and skillful pharmacists. It should not be considered strange, therefore, that so many physicians prefer to prescribe these ready-prepared proprietary remedies rather than trust those of their own devising. ALL RELIGIONS IN LONDON. Faithist Community Latest Addition to Its Queer Sects. The Faithist community which has established a modest footing in Baltham, and whose comprehensive gospel ranges from the creation of man to the "glory and labors of the gods and goddesses of the Etherian heavens," is the latest addition to the long list of London's religious sects, which are now almost as many as the days of the year. In London the Chinaman burns his incense stick in more than one joss-house in the east end, the Mahometan has his mosque, the Malayan his temple, near St. George's street east; the Parsees worship the sun in Bloomsbury, the Mormons have a mission in Islington, and in many parts of the metropolis the Buddhists and Ancestor Worshipers perform their strange rites. Of Christian sects in London there are at least 200, including the Cokelers, the disciples of William Sirgood, the Walworth shoemaker; the Pecullar people, who prefer prayer to physicians; the Sandemanians, the followers of Joanna Southcott, the prophetic serving mald; the Shakers and the Seventh Day Baptists. WOMEN IN MEDIEVAL TIMES In Many Ways They Had Easier Lives Than Their Descendants. The women of the sixteenth century and earlier times had easier lives than those of our generation. To be sure, there are a hundred labor saving devices to-day which were unknown to them. But in at least two important respects they had the advantage over their descendants. They waged no conflict against dirt such as we carry on from morning till night. The Elizabethan had no prejudice against garbage in his front yard, vermin in his bedroom, decaying rushes on the floor of his banquet hall, or soiled lace in his sleeves. The strength of arm and spirit which now goes to keeping clean was left to the medieval lady for other tasks. Moreover, although her clothing was gorgeous—rich with embroidery and lace, and heavy with jewels—it was not subject to rapid changes of fashion. The cut of a sleeve or the hang of a skirt was settled for five years rather than five months. Life was then free from the modern terror of "looking like a last year's rag bag."—Youth's Companion. THE LOAD OF THE LAZY. This Man Worked Hard in His Own Particular Way. One of the neighborhood loafers sat comfortably smoking his foul pipe, according to his daily custom, in the prescription room of a drug store. He was soliloquizing aloud to the clerk. Here is a sample of his sound, contented philosophy: "T'll tell you what! A man is mighty miserable if he ain't got nothin' to do, when he ain't workin' at somethin'. I know it—I've tried both ways an' I find that there ain't nothin' that makes a man more miserable than donin' nothin'. But, you know, there's two kinds of work; one of them is where a feller goes to work at six in the mornin' an' works with his hands till six at night. The other is where a feller sits around an' thinks. I ain't never happy unless I'm workin', but I don't believe in that first kind of work. I believe in thinkin' all day long, an' that's harder than the other kind, I can tell you—you just try it if you don't believe me; a man is mighty miserable when he ain't workin.' In Praise of the Ple. Laura Simmons tells in an article why good New Englanders should stick to好 pie, and calls attention to the fact that Emerson ate it three times a day, and says that pie is the ladder by which New England has climbed to its place of proud eminence. She questions whether any sensible person was ever known to forage at the midnight hour for predigested cereals or the innocuous prune. She does not believe that many New England ancestors died of apoplexy, due to pie, but counsels all to go on pie-eating, despite the fact that the flat has gone forth that it is vulgar to eat pie. The State Fair. Sedalia—"When the last legislature provided by appropriation for the erection of three new fireproof stock barns, to hold 450 animals, we thought we could house all live stock exhibits at our next fair," said Secretary J. R. Rippey, of the Missouri State Fair, "but it looks now like we will have another overflow," and as he talked he opened letters containing live stock entries from Illinois, Michigan, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, and more than a dozen points in Missouri, among them being quite a good many well-known former exhibitors here and not a few new ones. Missouri is particularly fortunate in the dates selected for her state fair this year, October 5-11, being next after Illinois and just preceding the American Royal at Kansas City, thus avoiding a conflict of dates with any other prominent western show, and, being in the "homestretch" of the great live stock show circuit, will get the cream of the prize winners from the other big fairs. With the three new stock barns now being erected, Missouri state fair will have eight massive brick and steel cattle and horse barns, modern and fireproof, that will house 1,200 animals, besides the 11 speed horse barns, a sheep and swine pavilion that will contain 1,400 animals, and a poultry palace with room for 5,000 birds. A mile of mode rock highway is being constructed on the main boulevard under United States government supervision, to cost $5,000, and an additional $5,000 is being expended on new concrete walks and macadam driveways. Cash premiums aggregating $40,000 will be awarded on exhibits. Last year, for the first time here, the fair board provided special entertainment features—high class vaudeville, relay races and automobile contests—and were so well pleased with the result that they have arranged for the same on a more extensive scale this year, including one of the big airships, prize drills by uniformed fraternal drill teams, music by a noted band and the other down-to-date features that please and entertain large crowds. The special classes provided for Missouri sheep, with liberal prizes, will attract the largest sheep display ever seen here, and largely increased prizes for light harness and saddle horses are bringing entries that insure an unsurpassed horse show. The annual meeting of the Missouri Sheep Breeders' association will be held at the state fair on governor's day, October 9. Country Printers Plan Union. Country Printers Plan Union. Rich Hill-The Country Printers' union has been organized in this city with C. L. Phifer as national president and U. S. G. Prewett as national secretary and treasurer. Efforts will be made to organize small shops all over the United States. It is to be an organization with the view of protecting the small offices and workmen from the encroachments of the city offices. Its constitution is made to fit the needs of offices where printer and proprietor are either identical or else work together. Women are to be admitted on the same basis. A special feature is the admission of apprentices, seeing that they have a chance to progress, and by a system of examination and grading, training them into all-around workmen. Oil Inspectors Commissioned. On Inspector Coombs. Jefferson City—Governor Folk has issued commissions to eight coal oil inspectors, as follows, each to serve two years from the date given: Charles C. England, for Festus, June 29; George W. Spencer, for Bethany, June 29; James H. Kelsey, for Carrollton and Carroll county, September 7; Hinton Brown, for Columbia, April 29; J. W. Pollard, Fulton, July 2; Walter N. May, of Fredericktown, for Madison county, July 2; Thomas T. Johnson, of Montgomery City, for Montgomery county, June 4; James L. Grubbs, for Canton, September 2. Farmer's Wife Missing Macon—Ora McKinsee, a young farmer of Liberty township, came to Macon and asked Sheriff Graves to search for his wife and a farmer boy, Mose Dawson, who are missing. McKinsey said his wife came to Macon last week and drove to Clarence, where she was met by Dawson, and together they journeyed eastward. They are supposed to be in Illinois. The wife left behind three young children. Strange Animal Causes Alarm. Piedmont—Some sort of large animal is abroad in the woods near Vulcan, Mo. John Jaynes, a former circus man, says he encountered it, and that the animal is a female Ilion. Other persons have seen it, but were not able to tell what it was. Christian Church Wants Brotherhood. The formation of a brotherhood in the Christian church along the lines adopted by the men's organizations of other denominations was urged in the national congress of the Disciples of Christ. The Christian church has no organization for the men in general, although it has a total of 1,300,000 members. Highest Monastery. The highest inhabited place in the world is the Buddhist monastery of Iane, in Tibet, which is situated about 17,000 feet above sea level. Onions Net $600 an Acre This is What They Are Raising on Land in South Texas That You Can Buy—10 to 640 Acres and Two Town Lots for $210 Without Interest—Payable $10 Per Month. The Famous Simmons Ranch South of San Antonio is Now on the Market Investigate This and Get in Before it is Too Late. Messrs. F. L. Beatty and I. F. Isham, of Carnegie, Okla., and G. A. Severns, of Mountain View, Okla., all well known, reliable gentlemen. writer Carnegie, Okla., March 12, 1907. Dr. C. F. Simmons, San Antonio, Texas. Dear Sir: We left Oklahoma on the morning of the 6th of March to visit your Atascosa County lands, for the purpose of seeing the land and investigating your proposition for ourselves, and our neighbors who are contemplating purchasing. We have come on the ranch and satisfied ourselves thoroughly that the land was all that you had represented it to be. The soil is one and the water is as good as can be. We have brought away samples of soil taken from different places, and Cotton, Alfalfa, Wheat and Corn that can be seen by calling at the office of F. L. Beatty, at Carnegie, Oklahoma. This land will produce anything that is planted upon it if properly cultivated. We stood on top of the hill in the Musgrove pasture, and could see for miles in every direction, almost over the entire property. This land is all irrigable, and sufficient water can be obtained to irrigate the entire property. We are entirely satisfied to recommend the proposition to our people. The only thing needed to make this a great country is a railroad, and we have your assurance that it will be built through it. If you can satisfy the people that this railroad will be built through this land within any reasonable time, there will be no trouble about finding purchasers for every farm and lot that you have got. It is such an easy-country to build a railroad over, and you are offering such a bonus, and the tonnage will be so great for a railroad through that country, the property is sold, that you certainly will be able to find some one who will build the road without delay. We will be glad to have you refer anyone who wants to know anything about this land to us. Unable to Do Even Housework Because of Kidney Troubles. Mrs. Margaret Emmerich, of Clinton St., Napoleon, O., says: "For fifteen years I was a great sufferer from kidney troubles. My back pained me terribly. Every turn or move caused sharp, shooting pains. My eyesight was poor, dark spots appeared before me, and I had dizzy snells. For ten years My back pained me terribly. Every turn or move caused sharp, shooting pains. My eyesight was poor, dark spots appeared before me, and I had dizzy spells. For ten years I could not do housework, and for two years did not get out of the house. The kidney secretions were irregular, and doctors were not helping me. Doan's Kidney Pills brought me quick relief, and finally cured me. They saved my life." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Architects and Closets. An architect, says a writer, complains that women have a mania for closets and that when a woman is allowed any liberty in the matter she changes his whole architectural plan in order to make room for them. This, he says, makes him a laughing stock among his fellow architects. This is very interesting, but why do architects make plans if not to make every effort themselves to secure conveniences? A house may be architectually perfect and yet not fit to live in, and it certainly is not if there is not closet room enough. The Three Milkmen. A man in a small western town bought a quart of milk and on arriving home found it was adulterated with water. The next day he posted bills in different sections of the town reading: "I bought a quart of milk yesterday which I found to be adulterated. If the scoundrel will bring me another quart I'll not denounce him." The next day he found three quart cans on his doorstep. There were three dairymen in the town.—Judge's Library. The Crack in His Armor. "It's a good thing for a man to be a little bald," said the girl as they walked along in the rear of one beneath whose hat showed a small bare half moon. "It takes the conceit out of them. Now there's John. He has a bald spot that he has spent about a hundred dollars on to no effect. When he gets too smart all I have to do is glance carelessly toward that vulnerable spot and he subsides immediately." With a smooth iron and Defiance Starch, you can launder your shirt-waist just as well at home as the steam laundry can; it will have the proper stiffness and finish, there will be less wear and tear of the goods, and it will be a positive pleasure to use a Starch that does not stick to the iron. Not His Element. "And if I give you money," said the philanthropist, "will you promise to go and take a bath?" Redface Leary drew himself up to his full height. "A bath? And is it a mermaid you take me for?" he cried bitterly. Cause for Resentment London Punch suggests as a reason for Raisul's hatred for Cald McLean that it was the latter who introduced baskets in Morocco. Prosperous France. The wealth of France is estimated at forty-two thousand millions. True wisdom is to know what is best worth knowing, and to do what is best worth doing. -Humphrey. Good Reason for Capt. Bascomb's intermittent Hearing. When Capt. Bascomb had left his old friend, Capt. Somers, and the new school teacher sitting on the south porch, and had disappeared down the road, the young woman spoke of him with some curiosity. "I understand from Mrs. Bascomb that her husband was very deaf, most stone-deaf," she told me, "I sure," said the school teacher. "But he seemed to hear all we said with perfect ease." Capt. Somers leaned toward he and spoke in a low, cautious tone, although there was no eavesdropper to hear him. "Don't let Mis' Bascomb know it," he said, hurriedly. "He does seem to hear pretty well when she ain't round, but none of us folks ever let on to her. She's a good woman ever lived, but a most tremendous bosser and an everlastin' talker. And we all think that Gersh Bascomb be gun to realize ten years ago that he didn't want to be harried right off the face o' the earth, the thing for him to do was to grow deef, gradual but steady—an' he's done it, to all intents an' purposes, ma'am!" Youth's Companion. Laundry work at home would be much more satisfactory if the right Starch were used. In order to get the desired stiffness, it is usually necessary to use so much starch that the beauty and fineness of the fabric is hidden behind a paste of varying thickness, which not only destroys the appearance, but also affects the wearing quality of the goods. This trouble can be entirely overcome by using Defiance Starch, as it can be applied much more thinly because of its greater strength than other makes. Late Already. Five minutes after the tardy girl was struck, the principal of the school was walking through the lower hall when he saw a pudgy little fellow scampering toward the first grade room as fast as his fat legs could carry him. "See here, young man. I want to talk to you," called the principal to the late comer. "I hain't got time to talk to you; I'm late already, replied the breathless beginner as the door of his classroom closed.—The Circle. Yes, Yes. "I suppose," said Mrs. Tartleigh "when you die you expect to meet all your husbands?" "You are very rude," retorted Mrs. Muchwedde. "When I die I expect to go to heaven."—Young's Magazine. In the Sandwich islands widows have their departed husbands' names tattooed on their tongues. Lewis' Single Binder straight 50 cigar, Made of extra quality tobacco. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. Let the nobleness of your mind impel you to its improvement.—Howard. DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS FOR ALL KIDNEY DISEASES FOR RHEUMATISM BRIGHT'S DISEASE DIABETES, BACKKANS R 375 "Guaranteed" 600 an Acre raising on Land in South Buy—10 to 640 Acres for $210 Without the $10 Per Month. of San Antonio is Now on the Market in Before it is Too Late. Sham, of Carnegie, Okla., and G. A. well known, reliable gentlemen, write: Carnegie, Okla., March 12, 1907. the morning of the 6th of March to the purpose of seeing the land and ourselves, and our neighbors who are such and satisfied ourselves thoroughly represented it to be. The soil is one of soil taken from different places, that can be seen by calling at the Oklahoma. This land will produce easily cultivated. the Musgrove pasture, and could see over the entire property. This land can be obtained to irrigate the entire commend the proposition to our people, a great country is a railroad, and we built at an early date. If you can will be built through this land within no trouble about finding purchasers got. a railroad over, and you are offering a great for a railroad through old, that you certainly will be able to without delay. anyone who wants to know anything Yours truly, F. L. REATTY, I. F. ISHAM, Carnegie, Okla. G. A. SEVERNS, Mountain View, Okla. at the ranch and photographic views of same T. SIMMONS, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. Israel Journeying to Canaan Sunday School Lesson for Aug. 25, 1907 Specially Prepared for This Paper LESSON TEXT. — Numbers 10:11-12, 20.2 GOLDEN TEXT.—"And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cliff, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light."—EX. 13:21. TIME.—B. C. 1490 according to the common chronology. Scholars are divided between this date and 200 years later. The second stage of the wilderness journey, the new start from Sinai, begins on the 20th of the second month of the second year after leaving Egypt (May). They had spent about a year at Sinai (the 20th day of the second month was May 27 in 1902, and will be May 4 in 1915). PLACE.—They started from Sinai near the southern point of the peninsula between the two northern arms of the Red sea. They moved in a northerly directive into the Paran or Tth (Tee), the great northern region between Sinai and the southern border of Palestine. Comment and Suggestive Thought. The Israelites had now remained nearly a year at Sinai, where they were safe from attack from Egypt on the scattered population of the desert. All this time they had been in God's school preparatory to their longer training and discipline in the wilderness. The people left Egypt a mere crowd of fugitive slaves, with only the rudiments of national organization, and the dimmest religious ideas. But the interval had effected an immense change. They had now become an organized people, with laws, a constitution or covenant, a priesthood, a religious ritual, and house of worship; and with a political and military organization, under judges and officers placed over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens (Ex. 18:25; Duet. 1:15), and a general council of 70 elders (Ex. 24:11; Num. 11:16, 24:26) which the rabbis believed was the origin of the Sanhedrim. Make a record of their experiences during this year, and show how each one was a preparation for their coming life. According to the census of Numbers 1 and 2, there were 603,550 men, 20 years old and upwards, besides the 22,273 Levites. This would naturally imply about 2,000,000 in all. But Prof. Willis J. Beecher, of Auburn Theological seminary, in a lecture not long ago suggested that the enumeration may have been technical, just as we count an army. A regiment consists of 1,000 men, while often in various ways not more than 400 or 500 are present, and yet we call it a regiment; 600,000 may be equivalent to 600 regiments, "the thousands" containing but a few hundreds, so that there may not have been more than 300,000 men or 1,000,000 persons in all. This scholling was like a preparatory school education for young people. The Pillar of Cloud and of Fire.—Two symbols of God always went before the people on their march. The ark of God, containing the two tables of the Law, the covenant of the people with God; and over it the guildings pillar of cloud by day and of fire by night, rising high above the host, a conspicuous object that could be seen not only by the marshaled host, but by the scattered companies of women and children, as they fed their flocks, and followed afar off the marvelous signal of the divine presence. A great host marching through a country without roads or other marks of civilization, must be provided with some conspicuous object to serve as a signal to the main body, and to all straggling parties connected with it. Hence, the round grate, full of kindled fuel, elevated on a pole, which was carried before caravans and armies in the east. The ancient Persians carried a sacred fire in silver altars before their armies, and other ancient nations observed a similar custom. For fuller description see Num. 9:15-23. A Strange Guidance.—The Lord was guiding the people to the promised land. We can imagine them saying, Now that the Lord guides us we will be led only in pleasant ways, in green pastures, and besides still waters, away from dangers and enemies, away from serpents, and drought, and hunger, and we will reach the promised land by the shortest route, in the quickest time. But, as a matter of fact, the Lord had led them into the trouble by the Red sea, into the dry and thirsty land where no water was. Giving the Invitation.—Every Christian should be able to give just such an invitation as this. He knows whither he is going, and what joys are sure at the end of the journey. The power of the invitation lies in our own appreciation of the blessings of the Christian life. God wants you to be a Christian not only because it is best for you, but because there is work for you to do in his kingdom; there are multitudes to help, battles to fight, victories to gain, the kingdom of God to come, the world to be redeemed. Practical Points. Ruskin says that no good work is done for hire. Like Bunyan's Pilgrim we are on our way to our promised land—the heavenly character, the heavenly life, the heavenly conditions described in Revelation 21, 22. The wise person always seeks the aid of the more experienced, as Moses desired the help of Hobab. Get all the help you can from parents, teachers, friends. You will have enough to do to find the right way and to do the right thing, after you have received all they can give you. Amateur Fancier Thought His Responsibility Had Ended. An Indiana man tells of the efforts of an author belonging to the Hoosier school of historical novelists to put in his leisure time as a "hen-farmer" in that state. The literary person's venture afforded his agricultural neighbors no end of amusement. During the first year the amateur farmer discovered that all his little chickens, which were confined in coops, were languishing at the point of death. The novelist went over his "hen literature" to locate the cause of the trouble, but to no avail. Finally he called upon an old chap named Rawlins, to whom he put the question: "What do you suppose is the matter with those chickens?" "Well, I dunno," said Rawlins. "What do you feed 'em?" "Feed them!" exclaimed the novelist-farmer. "Why, I don't feed them anything!" "Then, how'd you suppose they was a-goin' to live?" "I presumed," replied the literary person, "that the old hens had milk enough for them now."—Lippincott's Magazine. BABY TORTURED BY ITCHING. Rash Covered Face and Feet—Would Cry Until Tired Out—Speedy Cure by Cuticura. "My baby was about nine months old when she had rash on her face and feet. Her feet seemed to irritate her most, especially nights. They would cause her to be broken in her rest, and sometimes she would cry until she was tired out. I had heard of so many cures by the Cuticura Remedies that I thought I would give them a trial. The improvement was noticeable in a few hours, and before I had used one box of the Cuticura Ointment her feet were well and have never troubled her since. I also used it to remove what is known as 'cradle cap' from her head, and it worked like a charm, as it cleansed and healed the scalp at the same time. Mrs. Hattie Currier, Thomaston, Me., June 9, 1906." Cunning Chap. "Yes," confessed the blushing girl with the white parasol. "I thought it rather odd that Jack should keep on asking about our college yell. Finally, to get rid of him, I told him it was three yells in quick succession." "What then?" asked her chum. "What then? Why, the goose kissed me three times before I could demonstrate and when I gave a yell for each kiss mamma thought I was giving the class yell." Fresh Fuel. The scrap between the married couple had died down to a few listless mutterings, and the canary bird in the cage was beginning to think about singing again, when she remarked, as a sort of afterthought: "At any rate, everybody in my family thinks I am very intelligent." "Yes, by the side of them you are," he replied with a bitter snort. After this the scrap was renewed jubilantly. A Country Marvel. The little fresh air, boy was comfortably quartered in a farm house near the salt water for his summer's outing. The first day he strolled down the road to the marshes and he stared in astonishment at the cat-tails growing there. Then turning around to a native of the place who was accompanying him he said: "Gosh; I didn't know that sausages grow on sticks." Large Sum for Pasteur Institute. Daniel Osiris, the Jewish banker and philanthropist, of Paris, who recently died, left a will in which he disposed of $13,000,000, giving $5,000,000 to the Pasteur institute. Only love can keep out bitterness; love is stronger than the world's unkindness.—George Eliot. WHAT'S THE USE? To Pour in Coffee When It Acts as a Vicious Enemy Fasters have gone without food for many days at a time but no one can go without sleep. "For a long time I have not been sleeping well, often lying awake for two or three hours during the night but now I sleep sound every night and wake up refreshed and vigorous," says a Calif. woman. "Do you know why? It's because I used to drink coffee but I finally cut it out and began using Postum. Twice since then I have drank coffee and both times I passed a sleepless night, and so I am doubly convinced coffee caused the trouble and Postum removed it. "My brother was in the habit of drinking coffee three times a day. He was troubled with sour stomach and I would often notice him getting soda from the can to relieve the distress in his stomach; lately hardly a day passed without a dose of soda for relief. "Finally he tried a cup of Postum and liked it so well he gave up coffee and since then has been drinking Postum in its place and says he has not once been troubled with sour stomach." Even after this lady's experience with coffee her brother did not suspect for a time that coffee was causing his sour stomach, but easily proved it. Coffee is not suspected in thousands of cases just like this but it's easily proved. "A ten day's trial works wonders. "There's a Reason." Read the famous little book, "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. ulates, strengthens and restores women's health and is invaluable in preparing women for child-birth and during the period of Change of Life. Third, the great volume of unsolicited and grateful testimonials on file at the Pinkham Laboratory at Lynn, Mass., many of which are from time to time being published by special permission, give absolute evidence of the value of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Mrs. Pinkham's advice. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound For more than 30 years has been curing Female Complaints, such as Dragging Sensations, Weak Back, Falling and Displacements, Inflammation and Ulceration, and Organic Diseases, and it dissolves and expels Tumors at an early stage. Mrs. Pinkham's Standing Invitation to Women Women suffering from any form of female weakness are invited to write Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass. for advice. She is the Mrs. Pinkham who has been advising sick women free of charge for more than twenty years, and before that she assisted her mother-in-law, Lydia E. Pinkham in advising. Thus she is especially well qualified to guide sick women back to health. Write today, don't wait until too late. You Look Prematurely Old Because of those ugly, grizzly, gray hairs. Use "LA CREOLE" HAIR RESTORER. PRICE, $1.00, retail. FULLY UP WITH THE TIMES. Oklahoma City Surprised Narrow- Minded New Yorker. Oklahoma amazes ar easterner. The wide, asphalted streets, the plate glass fronts of department stores, the clean sidewalks, the well-dressed, unhurried shoppers, the finish, the metropolitan air you find in Oklahoma City, for example, seem marvels to find in a territory only 17 years old. But do not say so. A New Yorker who went there on business complained that fate was thrusting him into a wilderness, and his Oklahoma associates could not reassure him. But coming down to breakfast the first morning, at his hotel in Oklahoma City, he stared around in wonder as he entered the dining-room. "This," he exclaimed, "this is Oklahoma! Why, do you know?" confidentially, "I even found a porcelain bathtub in my room." "Well," said an Oklahoma, drilly, "don't you have those in New York?" Starch, like everything else, is being constantly improved, the patent Starches put on the market 25 years ago are very different and inferior to those of the present day. In the latest discovery-Defiance Starch—all injurious chemicals are omitted, while the addition of another ingredient, invented by us, gives to the Starch a strength and smoothness never approached by other brands. Pronounce These Rapidly. The vicar of Dwgyfyfylchi-cum-Penmaenmaur told the royal commission of the church in Wales recently that he had been at Pistylecum-Carnguwch, Llangefui-cum-Tregaian, Llandyfuancum-Llanfair and Arleechwedd. Let thy discontents be thy secrets. —Franklin. STOP WOMAN AND CONSIDER First, that almost every operation in our hospitals, performed upon women, becomes necessary because of neglect of such symptoms as Backache, Irregularities, Displacements, Pain in the Side, Dragging Sensations, Dizziness and Sleeplessness. Second, that Lyda E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, made from natural roots and herbs, has cured more cases of female ills than any other one medicine known. It reg- ulates, strengthens and restores w preparing women for child-birth a of Life. Third, the great volume of unsol file at the Pinkham Laboratory at L time to time being published by s dence of the value of Lydia E. Pinkh Pinkham's advice. Lydia E. Pinkham's W For more than 30 years has been Dragging Sensations, Weak Back, flammation and Ulceration, and C and expels Tumors at an early stag Mrs. Pinkham's Standing Women suffering from any for write Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass. for has been advising sick women free years, and before that she assisted ham in advising. Thus she is espe women back to health. Write today The Manchester canal was built at a cost of $75,000,000 to reduce freight rates for a distance of 35 miles, and, while it did not prove a good interest bearing investment on such a large expenditure, its indirect and more permanent benefits are said to have warranted it. Germany has 3,000 miles of canal, carefully maintained, besides 7,000 miles of other waterway. France, with an area less than we would consider a large state, has 3,000 miles of canal; and in the northern part, where the canals are most numerous, the railways are more prosperous. England, Germany, France, Holland and Belgium are all contemplating further extension and improvement of their canal systems.—Century Magazine. Used Ink for Bluing. "One can never be too careful about apparently harmless articles setting about the house," said a housewife the other day. "Not long ago my husband brought home one of those big tall bottles of ink from the office. It had got to be such a nuisance buying one of the small five-cent bottles every time we ran out of ink, that he said he would bring home a supply. "About a week after that I got a new maid, and when she did the washing she took the big bottle of ink for bluing. Of course every stitch of our white clothes in the washing was ruined." Left Army for Pork Trade. Aladar Stolincki, an aristocratic lieutenant of a Hungarian hussar regiment, has resigned his commission to become an apprentice to a pork butcher in Budapest. He says he can not live on his pay—$400 a year—and that he considers a man of intelligence and energy can do well in the pork trade. It is worth while to do even the smallest kindness as we go along the way. Nothing is lost. No dewdrop perishes, but, slinking into the flower, makes it sweeter—Richer. You L Because of th He Was Not to Blame. Little Bartholomew's mother overheard him swearing like a mule driver, says the Cleveland Leader. He displayed a fluency that overwhelmed her. She took him to task, explaining the wickedness of profanity as well as its vulgarity. She asked him where he had learned all those dreadful words. Bartholomew announced that Cavert, one of his playmates, had taught him. Cavert's mother was straightway informed and Cavert was brought to book. He vigorously denied having instructed Bartholomew, and neither threats nor tears could make his confess. At last he burst out: "I didn't tell Bartholomew any cuss words. Why should I know how to cuss any better than he does? Hasn't his father got an automobile, too?" CHEAP IRRIGATED LAND. Grand opening Sept. 5th under Carey Act. Little Snake River Valley, Routt County, Colo. $25.50 per acre for land and water. $5.25 per acre down. Excursion rates. Routt County Development Co. $14 17th St., Denver, Colo. The Reason Why. "How did you come here?" said one Mexican bull to an old acquaintance, as they met in the arena. "How?" replied the other, with a glance around. "I may say I was roped in." Give Defiance Starch a fair trial—try it for both hot and cold starching, and if you don't think you do better work, in less time and at smaller cost, return it and your grocer will give you back your money. My way is to go straight forward and alm at what is right.—Bishop Asbury. To form devices quick is woman's wit.—Euripides. I women's health and is invaluable in and during the period of Change licited and grateful testimonials on Lynn, Mass...many of which are from special permission, give absolute evi- ham's Vegetable Compound and Mrs. Vegetable Compound in curing Female Complaints, such as K. Falling and Displacements, In- organic Diseases, and it dissolves age. Invitation to Women form of female weakness are invited to drive. She is the Mrs. Pinkham who see of charge for more than twenty her mother-in-law, Lydia E. Pink- specially well qualified to guide sick day, don't until too late. Her Secret Sorrow. "That woman over there has some hidden sorrow," declared the sympathetic one, as she came in and took her seat at a table not far away. "I have often noticed her. See. Her companion orders everything she could possibly want, and yet she sits there silent with a face like a mask. I am awfully sorry for her." "Don't you worry," advised her pessimistic friend. "That's her husband with her. She's bored, that's all." Old Bell Still Tolls Curfew. In the belfry of the old parish church at Bury, England, the curfew that tolled the knell of the parting day 300 years ago is still in place, and is rung every night at sunset. Shake Into Your Shoes Allen's Foot-Ease. It cures painful, swollen, smarting, sweating feet. Makes new shoes easy. Sold by all Druggists and Shoe Stores. Don't accept any substitute. Sample FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. Man does what he can, and bears what he must, and the name by which he calls the result is left to each to decide; a clever man calls it happiness.—Goethe. All Buried by Government. In some parts of Switzerland all the dead are buried by the government, without respect to wealth or position. FITS, St. Vitus Dance and all Nervous Diseases permanently cured by Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer, Send for Free $2.00 trial bottle and treatise. Dr. R. H. Kline, Ld., 931 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. Observe the face of the wife to know the husband's character.—Spanish. You always get full value in Lewis' Single Binder straight 56 cigar. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. The virtue of a man is measured by his every-day conduct.—Pascal. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colds. 26 a bottle. The good man will avoid the spot of any sin.—Ben Jonson. Look Prepose ugly, grizzly, gray hairs. 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Ashley, President. Emanuel Brown, Treasurer. James H. Arnold, Secretary. Phone, Beaumont, 1781. IF YOU SUFFER WITH RHEAUMATISM Stiff Joints or Kidney Complaint, get a free trial package of Smith's Indian Herb Remedy We also have the Indian Oil for short- ness of breath, palpitation of the heart, chills and fever. Price 35c and $1.00. Main office, 319A Rutger St., second door east of Broadway. GEO. W. SMITH, Prop. JOHN B. BROWN Go to DAVIDSON'S FIRST-CLASS FAMILY GROCERIES and all that is needed to supply your table. 2100 GRATIOT ST. Call at the Jackson hotel and cafe for good rooms and board. 1554, 1556, 1558 Gratiot street. Mrs. Nettie Jackson, proprietress; Jno. S Myers, manager. Our Advertisers Are All Reliable And You Will Be Benefited By Patronizing Them. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH NEWS. Rev. T. Granger treated the church to a grand and glorious sermon last Sunday. From all indications, everybody that heard it went away well pleased. The auditorium of the church is undergoing repair, hence the great crowd that gathered there last Sunday was disappointed on account of not being able to get seats. We hope that the church will be all right next Sunday. The chapel looked very inviting last Sunday, which showed that some of the faithful brethren had been hard at work papering and putting things in good shape. Owing to having to preach a special sermon at the Antioch convention at 11 a. m., Sunday, Rev. R. H. Cole was not present last Sunday morning. However, the church was blessed with a good sermon. Mrs. Rosie Osbey, an influential lady of Vicksburg, Miss., is in the city visiting Madame Nora Lee, of 1308 Clark avenue. She will return home on the 29th of this month. Miss H. Penn, a notable young lady of Chattanooga, Tenn., spent a few weeks in the city, the guest of Mrs. Jones, 1703 Gratiof street. She left for home last Monday night. The church is in a splendid condition financially, hence it is hoped that the members will ever work together, pull together, pray together, live to gether, serve God together, love each other, and when done with this world, die and go home shouting together. You must attend each service of the church; namely, 11 a. m., 8 p. m., Sunday-school, 9 a. m., and B. Y. P. U., 5:30 p. m. Washington Avenue JOHN OZA Cleaning, Dyeing, Press of Ladies' and Go Washington Avenue Tailoring Parlor JOHN OZANIC, Prop. 2701 Washington Avenue Prof. Arthur Johnson has made application to the deadbeat society. President Reese Evans and Secretary Abraham Lincoln Lee have asked him can he get the Palladium man to sign his application? Now Is the Time to Tavantage of Your Opportunity to Buy Stock The Metropolitan Merchand Realty Co. P. S. Ball, Pres. L. C. Colli Home Office: Northeast Cor. 46th The only One Million Dollar Its specialty is: Real Estate, ance. Gilt edge Stocks and Bond ment store is being built by the Avs., New York City. THE COMPANY THAT Stock has advanced from $5.0 sand stockholders. Dividends of Desirable lots in nearby towns at Now Is the Time to Take Advantage of Your Opportunity to Buy Stock in The Metropolitan Mercantile and Realty Co. P. S. Ball, Pres. L. C. Collins, Sec. J. H. Atkins, Treas. Home Office: Northeast Cor. 46th St. and 8th Ave., New York City. The only One Million Dollar Company controlled by the race. Its specialty is: Real Estate, Merchandise, Banking and Insurance. Gilt edge Stocks and Bonds on reasonable terms. A department store is being built by the Company, corner 46th St. and 8th Ave., New York City. THE COMPANY THAT HAS SUCCEEDED. THE COMPANY THAT HAS SUCCEEDED. Stock has advanced from $5.00 per share to $25.00. Eight thousand stockholders. Dividends of 7 per cent paid for six years. Desirable lots in nearby towns at reasonable prices. Terms to suit. J. B. WOOD, State Agent for Missouri. Branch Office: Douglass Bl Office Hours: 9 to 12 a. m.; Advisory Board: Rev. Wm. Baptist Church, Philadelphia, Pa. of Mt. Olive Baptist Church, Nt. D. D., pastor of St. Marks Metho City; Rev. C. Leroy Butler, D. D. Church, New York City; Rev. J. Gammon Theological Seminary, CHOICE MEATS, V FRUITS, PO 2361 Market Street, N. Branch Office: Douglass Bldg., 2645 Lawton Ave. Office Hours: 9 to 12 a. m.; 2 to 5 p. m.; 7 to 8:30 p. m. Advisory Board: Rev. Wm. A. Creditt, pastor of Cherry Street Baptist Church, Philadelphia, Pa.; Rev. M. W. Gilbert, D. D., pastor of Mt. Olive Baptist Church, New York City; Rev. W. H. Brooks, D. D., pastor of St. Marks Methodist Episcopal Church, New York City; Rev. C. Leroy Butler, D. D., pastor of St. James Presbyterian Church, New York City; Rev. J. W. E. Bowen, D. D., president of Gammon Theological Seminary, Atlanta, Ga. 2361 Market Street, N. E. Cor. Jefferson Avenue. SALOON 2034 CHESTNUT ST. 715 N. TWELFTH ST. Kinloch, Central 6754 Kinloch, Central 4507. Bell, Bonomt 2988. 000 Colored People in West. We GEORGE WILLIAMS, Proprietor. Symposiums of all high- class sporting events. 2713 LACLEDE AVE. TheLittleDiamond IS NOW OPEN under the management of Madame S. E. Moore, who is experienced in the Restaurant Business. Don't fail to call. Everything is first-class. MADAME S. E. MOORE. D. MILLS 300 CEDAR STREET ..Everything Nice.. Ice Cream, Soda Waters and Sandwiches of All Kinds 5c and 10c....Meals 15c Also ICE AND COAL HAULING A. H. Off for Reading, Pa. Mr. George B. Vashon and C. H. Tanday will leave Sunday to represent Polar Wave Lodge No. 112, where the Grand Lodge of Elks will meet Aug. 27, 28 and 29. The Elks made no mistake in electing these two gentlemen. No better men could have been elected. Phone: Bell, Bomont 1790 All aboard for Louisville, Ky., September 1, 1907! Everybody is going. St. Louis will be dumped down in Louisville, Ky. From 1,200 to 1,400 of Aunt Hagar's children will go to this grand event. J. B. WOOD J. B. WOOD 10 N. TWENTY-FIRST ST. Mr. Wm. Maxwell of 1407 Market street stands at the head of his profession as a first-class photographer, and the photos he turns out are commented upon by every one. The Grand Royal House of the State of Missouri and jurisdiction will meet in Kansas City, Mo., August 12 at 10 a. m. MRS. E. LIGHTS 4129 Fairfax Ave., St. Louis Hair Dressing, Manicuring, Facial Massage and Pedecuring. Central Printing Co. JOB AND COMMERCIAL PRINTING Programs and Announcements. Good Work, Prompt and Careful Delivery. We make a specialty of lodge emblems, cards of all kinds, minutss, programs and placards. C. K. Robinson, President. Chas. S. Hunter, Secretary and Mgr. 2308 MARKET ST. Douglass Cafe First Class Meals POPULAR PRICES Special Attention to Theatre Parties CHAS. NARCIESE, Prop. 114 N. Jefferson Ave., St. Louis, Mo. Phone, Bell Bonomt 1487 Open All Night MADAM LIGHTS' Hair Growing Scalp Treatment Guaranteed to grow the hair and cure any scalp disease; also guaranteed to stop hair from falling out or money returned. See how I have grown my own. Call and see me. I also wash and press hair. My prices are low; my materials the very best. 4129 Fairfax avenue. For Sale—4365 Garfield avenue; a six-room frame dwelling house; suitable for two families; sewer, streets and sidewalk; situated between four electric street car lines; lot 50x130 ft: price $3,300; about $2,000 cash; balance to suit purchaser. Christian Employment When in need of any kind of situations. We secure the Best Places for the least money. A trial is all we ask. Copying and Typewriting done neatly and accurately. CHRISTIAN EMPLOYMENT BUREAU 2129 Pine Street Dr. JESSE B. COLBERT, Mgr G. G. CHINN Barbershop and Laundry 1545 GRATIOT STREET. Chas. Q. Clark, 23151/2 Market street is an up-to-date tailor. Go and see him. A Wonderful Discovery A preparation that will cure all diseased Scalps, such as Tetter, Dandruff, Sore and Scabby heads. It restores fallen hair and causes the hair to grow. The directions for making such a reparation will be malled to any address on receipt of $3.00. MADAME R. BENNETT, 2225 Chestnut St., St. Louis, Mo. Sanitary Plumber REPAIR WORK DONE ON SHORT NOTICE Alsto Steam, Hot Water and Gas Fixtures. Douglas Williams Residence—2620 Stoddard St. Office—1329 Morgan St. Bell Phone, Olive 93. and the State of Missouri. ro Newspapers in the Uni A. B. THELINDEN For Newly Furnished Rooms with all Coveniences. 705, 707, 709 North 14th Street. Branches: 1428 1/2 Linden Street and 1710 Lucas ave. Residence: 2116 Chestnut Street. H. C. CURTIS, Proprietor. U. S. Grant White, manager; Thos. Ross, night clerk, Office phone, Olive 2378. Residence 2116 Chestnut street. Phone, Bonomt 1380. PETER H. HARRIS Suits Made to Order. CLEANING, Dyeing, Pressing and Repairing FOR LADIES AND GENTS. If you want to buy a Pullman Suit, Call on me! If you want to sell a Pullman Suit, Call on me also. RIVERS, the Tailor, 3 South Twentieth St. ST. LOUIS MISSOURI... ST. LOUIS JOHN H. BURGESS Bell, Olive 983 109 N. 15th St. MORRIS ..The Tailor.. Is beginning to make Fall and Winter Suits. We have about 500 different styles of goods. If you are ready to get your suit or trousers, stop at Morris, the Tailor. Perfect fit and workmanship guaranteed. Moderate prices. Also dyeing and cleaning of ladies' and gents' garments. Satisfaction guaranteed. Morris, the Tailor, 109 North Fifteenth street. Phone: Bell, Olive 983. St. Louis, Mo. 1930 CATERER. A. HOOE. FIRST-CLASS RESTAURANT MEALS AT ALL HOURS. 3946 FAIRFAX AVE. ST. LOUIS, MO American Beauty Cafe 2013 Market St. MRS. EFFIE CHANDLER, Prop. $2.75 for $2.50 ri. The Best Adven United States. A 153 E. KINZIE ST., CHICAGO, IL. Agents wanted everywhere. THE MAGIC SHAMPOO HAIR DRIER A Lady's Hair improves her skin and hair. It can be complete without poo Hair Drier, that will stimulate and moisturize it a natural appearance. The 1907 LATEST IMPROVED lightest and most perfect in detail. Send it today. Prepaid or mail to: MAGIC SHAMPOO DRIER MINT, COMPANY 45 Century Blvd. Minneapolis, Minn. M. B. H. HENRY BROWN, Neatly Furnished Rooms At 703 and 711 N. 14th street and 2638 and 2640 Lucas avenue. Office 703 N. 14th. A Large POOL ROOM A large pool room, containing three pool tables, with all the modern im- provements, all under the management of Mr. Steve Smith, at 1249 Morgan Street. A. B. The old Greely Club, seven (7) supricious large rooms, reading room, hot and cold bath for members fitted up in the latest style. Charles Scott president; George Turner, Vice-President; Steve Smith. Secretary and Treasurer, at 802 North 13th Street. 1 1-2 INCH SINGLE COL PICKETT'S NUMBER NINE (NO. 9) For the Bowels and Liver. Safe and speedy purgative. Gives quick relief; does not gripe. Relieves bitiousness and headache, caused from overeating or drinking. Removes uric acid and rheumatism from the systemm. Aids digestion. Price 10c.