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-n. . ! . rtirM??AMW:' n'fl 1 -l7IIIIIIIIIIIIIIWM.lT h .. jppb-j "mnwfiiiwfn' TTTE KANSAS CITY JOUKXAL, MONDAY, APRIL 1, 1805. &8M e iXNSi 1 1 V What the People Want They Will Have. V V B: 1 ;? i't '.S S THE JOE I a I THE PEOPLE WANT :: ::t: ::: 1 RNAL i g; u $ i f f fi HI J) :: :!:! Four Dollars a Year is not much to pay for a great Newspaper like tlie Journal, a Newspaper that lias served the people faithfully for over forty years. Yet that is the new subscription price of the Kansas City Journal. The Journal welcomes thousands of new readers at popular prices. 1 : Daily and Sunday, One Year $4.00 Daily and Sunday, Three Months Daily and Sunday, Six Months SLQO Daily and Sunday, One Month By Carrier, at Your Door, Daily and Sunday, Per Week Q OHtS :S I TELL YOUR THE AGE OF GOLD TO GOME. IT IS NOT OF TUB FOICCOTTllN' PAST SOU IS IT OF THE I'ltllSKNT. nineteenth Century Man Intellectually nntl l'hyslcnlly Inferior to the ICuee That Is (.one Thli Is Iloel.treel to Iter ait Aro of Jlellglou. Kev. Geoigc II. Comb?, ot the Sl-cth Street and Prospect Avenue Christian church, preached to a. large congrigutlon upon "The Age of Gold When?" Te.t, the S5th chapter of Isaiah, lie said: "The world has never believed In the present. The present l- ulw.i)S Incomplete and man becks completeness. An lmpei fect present then pushes him Into dream he dreams of un age of gold. And this age ot gold when was It? The poets say In the past, and they sing of wonderful dajs when tho earth was fair, when thcr gods were Kind, when to lle uas an Itlj 1 and to be joung was heaven. "Hut the Jews found not their golden age In history. Unlike all others, the Jewish elugcrs told of good dajs to come, not of golden esterdah but golden to-inoirows. True, there was un Helen lost and closed gates forever, but from tho beauty of tho nnest pauidlsc they turned to the stealer beauty of the paiadlse that Is to be. The age of gold is just ahead. "What say we? Is ours the pauan sad ness over the Most Atlantis', or the Jew ish gludncss over bright to-motrows? Is the golden uge. behlnil us or bofoie? Is the world getting bettei I Is theie piogicss cveiywheie? "At lltst sight, no. The ages witness only a fancied growth. Indeed, there se ins to be even u retroKre-.slon.Take the ph)hkal man, and there has h.en no piogn-ss, .lin )iae no bitter bodies now than In the dawn of history. These bodies are not so strong. The stories of Hercules, however in thlcal.poliit to a great physical stiength. "The modern man cat, not even wear tho heavy armor that the ancient wan lor wore, Nat In modem gymnasia, but In Oreek palaestra, will jou lliul the pcr fect body. Nowhere in the to-day will jou find such magnllicent tjnes of physical man as meet you In the old marbles fiom the hands of (jteclan scnlptois, Not only has the body lost In strength but In form, In beauty. No greater compliment can be paid the nineteenth century belle than to say she has a classic fuce. Cleopatras are not mot with any mote, nor dazzling Helens of Ttoy. ".Men, it Is safe to say, have no better bodies than In the long ago, nor have they better minds, This mny seem an ungra cious speech. He It so, It Is at least a true sneech. However humbling to an age thoiouglily 111 love with self, standing ' ever with bared head In the piescnci' of Us i own fancied superiority, we may as well I admit the facta In the case. We do not i seem In cranial capacity to have surpassed I lossu man, mis is tne testimony ot so great a scientist as 1'iofessor vlichow, Mr, Huxley eajo of the most ancient cut nluin discovereil that It is 'a fait, nvetage skull, which might have belonged to some philosopher,' To some of the ancient pen. fdes, notably tho Greeks, we seem marked y Inferior, .Mr, Wendell Phillips, In his famous lecture on the 'U)st Aits,' ilugs the changes on the Inferioilty of pres ent (lay to am lint clvilUutlon. Sli llcniy JIuIne says that there Is nothing that moves In this Western world that is not Greek In Its original. Our ears have not ceased to bum over the stinging woids of Mr. Gallon In his 'Hcredltaiy Genius.' 'It follows,' ho declares 'from all Ibis, that the uveiage ability of the Athenian race Is on the lowest possible est I mat,, veiy near ly two giudes higher thun our own that Is, about as much as our rape Is above the negro race.' To complete our humiliation Mr. Gladstone, after others have told us that in oiutory, iiichlteetiire, philosophy, poetry, the Greeks uru still our masteis, adds that the men of this century ure even Inferior to the men of the middle ages In Intellectual strength, "iietter bodies we have not, better minds w.. hne not: then where the evi dences of piogress and what heralds of , the dawn of the new day? Let us glance 1 for a moment at the characteristics of this age. Maybe the answers will bo ( found. "What are the keynotes of this age? Bother the ke notes.' says Mr. Emerson, the keynote of all the ages Is imbecility.' Undeterred vy mis uugrutiuusncBa, ive .us press our questionings, or. if we may adopt the vernacular of the platform, let us note the signs of the times. "So U UU must be ureot; Tbl U n THEY SHALL READ THESE RATES AND SEND TN YOUR NAME! BY MAIL, IN ADVANCE: Single Copies 2 NEIGHBOR. CONVERT HIM. age of reason; Mr. Paine put a truth In tho title If not in the book when lie called his book "The Age of Reason.' 'Tho most stu pendous thought,' sajs Bancroft, 'that ever was conceived by man, such as hail never been d.ired by Sociats or the academ), by Aristotle or the Stoics, took posse. Ion of Dlscaitts In his meditations on a Novem ber night by the banks of the Danube His mind separated Itself fiom eveiythlng besides, and In the consciousness of Its own freedom stood over ag.ilnt tradition, all received opinion, all knowledge, all ex istence except itself, thus asserting the principle ot individuality as the key note of all coming philosophy and polltlial In stitution1.. Nothing was to be received as truth b man which did not convince his reason. Kvery nnn was- to be henceforth his own philosopher' And this teoson knows no limits. God would have it so Uven God's levelatlou of m-elf must commend Itself to man. 'Come now and let us reason together, saith the Lord.' Never bcfoie was the human mind so uuoKed as now. Its Held Is the unlvcise and no nar iovv walls built by chinch or state inn hfdge It In A gieat many people seem shocked when we talk about reasoning on divine things, as if faith, like certain patent medicines, In orili r to retain Its vir tues, should be 'kept In the tl.uk.' No; faith is n child of the light and would ever lie guided on Its way by tho stars th.it blaze In the heaven of truth. IZvery man his own philosopher! Danger here? nij. jes, life Is ulvvajs In peril, hut highest good, too, and highest happiness, "We aie not Mil prist il to hear this also (ailed the ago of democracy. In ttiilh It Is. Them was never moie of untruth put in mi) slnglo sentence than our foiefathus put Into the opening seuttiue of the Dec laration of Independence, 'All men are born flee and equal.' All men aie not bom t i(iial. never have been, never will be. Na tme Is not so liupaitliil as this. No two men are exactl.v equal In phsleal, mental and moral equipment, Nattue does not tutn out a lluNhid woik mid will not, for nil our lib actings, grow our wheat without human labor. Now, uatiiie knows nothing of demoeiacy, and, like most school teach- eis, has her prime favorites, and It Is tho mission ot men to petfecr her .work. This work in being done. The gospel of fia tunltj, of fomradshlp i being preached und lived. Arbltrar walls ate being brok en down. Men aie leeognUlng their essen tial kinship. If theie Is a unlvets.il fath eihood thue Is a universal brotherhood. Accidental marks of lace, attainment, wealth, position, cannot blind men to tho existence of common tics, .Men are draw ing closer togethet. "Hut one factor hero nt work has gono almost unnoted, this. That this present day demoeiacy means a leveling up and not a leveling down liom the begin ning there have been two e I isscs In tho w oi id those who were up and those who were down those who had and those who hadn't, and theso Classens have been ever at wai. laiuallty has sometimes ciept In, but It litis been thloilgli a ilesiiuotlou of me nigh i. uuer man iiiiougu tne lining up of the low. f'ondltlons aie now Chang- i luir. The Initio has ceased to lage. A liute ' has been duelared and those who teprescnt ! the classes aie saving to ilia masses, 'let I us have a truer brotheiliiiess. but let It' not come through war. We will grant ou uiir lights." Arlstociaey Is stooping, ("am von doubt It? Look at the liberation of, Itusslau sett, of .Southern ucgio, ol the, extension of suifrage, this biought about I not thioiinh the stiength of lliosu who wn, down, but through the brotherllness of I those who vveio up, This Is my great hopo I when I heur of tint coming conflict between i labor and capital. .Mi. Ingalls sas It Is routing, is Inevitable'. On a leieut visit to rit. Joseph In being shown tliu stone palaeo of u wealthy citizen he sl.. 'the time will come when that house will ! very useful; It will seive us a fortress. The linn who has that much money ought to live in thai kind of a house,' Will such feats be i le.illzed? i:vet ivheio we hear such voices. Will the battle soon be on', I believe not , and nu hone is In the cons ience of cunllal. a. eonsc leuce which I believe will be touch ed by the pltlableitess of libor conditions and will make Its peace with aiiury need, Hiuely this great, growing, Hiireinc: tide of biotherllness cannot lie checked by any walls of silver or of gold. I All tilings point to this. Never were social eiuestlons so to the liout; never was there so act he an interest 111 all that affects mankind. In the ceiiliules ugone men in-, Ittimed with a passionate love, with ciosses on their breasts, went lorth to u ciusado against the heathen, to a lecoveiy of the holy sepulchre from Intldel hands. Noble though misguided were they. Hut a, mod ern crusade Is on. and men and women, ale and children, too, with not only crosses upon their breasts, but the spirit of the cross In loving hearts are Joining the new crusade against everything that is at en-1 mity with man. against novel ty. against Ignorance, against sin, llroihers. words are being spoken, brotherly d"eds are being wrought, the spirit of fraternity hovers over lands and sea. It U not only an ace i tbat thinki, but ua uvt that Hilt, in bU Cents, Except hvtnn on tho nativity of Christ, Milton leaves us for a moment listening to the music of the spheres and ndds Tor If such holy song lnwrap our fanej Ioiik Time will run back and bring the age of gold.' "Hut time runs not baik to the uge of gold, but to the age to In, the ago of let son, the age of elemoci.u, the age of humanity, so full, so full of glory and of God. "A pirllug wold: 'This age is a religious age. Its most nun kid ch ir lUeiistic is a longing foi tho divine. '1 hose who dub it an age of things, an age of gloss mateilat ism, look onl on the sulfate The deeper look lulngs the ellvlner vision Ileneitli tills materialistic surface Is the deathless that pants for God. It would seem that tho very abundance of material things Is showing us their Insuilickui. The pios pector digs in the giound and Is ravished with tho vision of Hie upturned oie. He takes it to the assajer's olllce to le irn Its value and Is told that the gold Is only Iron pv rites oh, tho d.ukness of such dis illusionment' Js It not that wav with things.' When we In ing our possessions up to some gioat cilsls In life, do they not piove but worthless refuse' "Oh, friends, theie Is happiness only for the in in who believes something, only tor the mm who rests In God. We may learn a deeper lesson sometimes fiom the aitlst limn fiom the pieaelnir. You may have Had Mr. Stevenson's 'Ticasuie Island ' .V pool sailor has been left on th it island for tbiec vears and. though he mav look iiiniu countless tiiMsuies bulled theie by a nil ito captain, he Is not happy. Millions, millions, and et lie st inds day after ill), night nfter night, on bleak and peillous cllll scanning thee ocean for a glimpse of an In coming sail That sume day a s ill may gladden that wild, lonely sea Is his only nope, menus, it is not an utiiiue picture. Ged may have placed us on a 'Tieisuie Island.' Ili'ilth, wealth, friends in iv be ours, and et we stand on the cliff look ing, looking, looking over and piaylitg, too, lot a glimpse of a sail. If theie be no sail, no messages coming In from other woilds, and If theie bo no other worlds and If In the cieat wild sei oius bo the only Island of life, then perish, hope and h ill to tho King of the Dead. Hut the human heait has built Its heaven and Eceth It ever from afar. Itellgloti will pot abdicate her till one. A religious age, lot us iepe.it, and If so then driwlng ever iwuer the ago oC gold. O, brothers, let us dale to trust this vis Inn; let us daie to hope and tiust Then life will tako on tho tints of the Immortal." SEEMS FATED TO LIVE. Fourth riisurce sKful Attempt of Mary An derson to Commit sou Idc.- ihio to u I ote Affair. Mary Anderson, a ouug woman living near Second and Oalt stieots, mucin her fnuitli attempt to commit suicide yestei day afternoon, by leaping Into tho liver nt tho loot of Grand avenue. It happened that the water at that point was shallow und scarcely reached to tho ouug v Om an's waist, She was wading out o deeper water when a man who was passing lushed Into tho water nfter her and diagged her out, Hhe was taken to tho Central pollco station In un lijsleile.il condition. There she wus given diy guiments and then sent to lie i home, Muiy Andcison has mado two nttemptH to iliown heisclf and two attempts to end her life with iiiiuphliiu during the past ear. Her Hist attempt oeeuried last sum mer, and giew out of the fact that her mother discountenanced u match between tho girl uud a voiiug man who wanted her to ,e c oitio his wlfu. The Andcison gh Is almost white and her suitor wus coal Tilack, und this disci upaucy 111 shades of com plexion wus tho lauso of lh mother's ie fusal to sanction I lie match, Khe icfused to l lent tiller Police Siingeoii lurii hud saved the gill Irom death by moijdilne, uud -Muiy Andeison, a lew eln latei, sought death by way of tho liver. All catching under her clothing boujed her up. uud although she was caukd almost a bundled feet by the cuiicut u boatman lescued her uud htought her to shote, uune the wotso lor the wetting, A couple of months ufteiwuid the gill again tried to kill heiself with morphine, but Police Sui genu lueu and Ids slnmach pump saved lier lite, after a huld snuggle. Vesteiduy she ugalu impoi tuned her mother to lay aside her objection to the man lage of hei self and lover and the mother still ie- mdined obstinate. A shott tlmo after she wus missing fiom the house. She had gone directly to the river and had leaped In at the foot of Grand avenue without even so i much as a scream. A man, who lefused to ale a his name, saw thn o woman as sne was woding out towurd the current and soon enacted In almost every state for the pro had her safely on shoie. The police say It tecton of the ballot box, and honest elec looks like the ouug woman is fated to tlons are a not-far-distant possibility, even live, no matter wuiit vvuy ena envosca to i sail oer f, I, - . - e xi. Sunday, rjwtxxs 1VV V"VV VWiVJ BOSS INFLUENCE WANING. it is iiyi.no oi r u.Mi:it nu; i'iini:i; op thi: imi:i'i:m)i:.m- ton.it. Kev. W, I', Itlrbiirilooii Sijs tho I'nrty l.a-ll Has I ost .Much ot Its suK and 'I hit the oc 1 llUtic .spirit Is Growing. l!ev. W. I'. ISIiiiardson, pastor ot the Viist Christian church, preached last even ing on "Signs of the Times In the Politi cal World," his text being Paslms .wxlll 12, Itiessed Is the nation whose God is the Lord," The following Is a sjuopsls of his dlseourse. "To tho man who believes that God Is the lluler over unions, Who-o will is to be done by the community and state, as well as by the Individual, the polllU.it questions Of the daj cannot bo without Interest. Nor can he deem It foreign to the mission of the pulpit to discuss the gieat pilml jdes that uiidcille national prosperity and viltiic. Willie It Is plain rli.it tine pieacher of the Gospel cannot become thu advocate of any merely paitlsan platfoim, it ought to be equally pliln ihat his duty lies In the direction of an homst application of tlin ptlneiples of the. Word 01 God to Hie oolitic tl Itie ot thu people. Politics is tho science of government, and the pulpit stiiu- i may tieae oi a science so i iosei eon neeted with the dally life of the people n this. What, then, aro some ot the signs of tile timet fiom which we may Icatn wis dom In our polltbal action? "i'lrst The decline of paitlsanshlp. The puis lash has last much of its sting. The party shibboleth is not so can fully pio nounccd. The 'mugwump' is not so lom-h as he Used to be. The Independent voter is no longer an object of deiislon, a meio 'crank.' Mates; aie not uncle up with so much conlldence. The citizen Is asserting his light to a freo choice, by the billot, and refuses to be bound in advaueo to the foolish oi villous acts of his party lead ers. It is becoming, to many citizens, a matter of far less lmpoitance to 'save thu part)' than to save tho countrs. They uiu willing sometlmis io lie I lemon, its, Jtepub llcans, Populists, but they prupose to be, all the time, American citizens. "A second significant fact is the growth of the socialistic spirit The people) be lieve that tlin public interests have too long been suboidlnateil to private e mis. They aie Insisting that legislation shall bo in the Intel e sis of the misses, lather than of the classes. While there have been many foolish things said and done by tho unwise trieuds of political refoim, theii- an bo no question of the need of radical change In this dlieetlon, The owneishlp, oi at least the control, of many of the vast monopolies which have giown up In out cities, should never have been put Inlo the bunds of Individuals, nor entrusted to the selllsh charge of soulless coipor.ulons, Watci, light, tiunsportatlon und like mil. ersal necessities, should be furnished to the people at tho veiy lowest possible cost, uud with a view to the best possible set vice. The sentiment Is gi owing that de mands the dellveiance of such all. ills from private to public hands. "Another encoui aging sign n tho nolltl ral sky Is the awaken'iig of tho political conscience Thu inllueuce of tho 'boss' Is waning. The 'piaetUa politician' Is com liu to be re'ckoi.ed bduw pai, No pioml- i pent politician would entuie, peilups, to lepeat the wolds of a bilillant ox-sen itor. i spoken a few )eais ago; 'The purification I ot politics Is an Iridescent dream. Gov- ' eminent Is tone, Politics is a b title for hiipicmacy, Panies ate the n miles. Thu ; decalogue and Hie golden rule have no place in a political campaign, The object i Is success. To defeat the antagonist and expel the party lu power Is the puipose' Such bentlments could hardly be ujiplauded I on any platform lo-diy. The 'good citizen, ship' movement of thu Chilstlan lbulc.iior societies of the land Is quickening the ' ouiig conscience in our countu, unci tne oncoming generation of voters slvc-s prom. Ise of a .nore Intelligent and honest use of the ballot than has prevailed at any time during the piesent centur. The saloon, which ha-s so long dominated our politics, is being rapidly dethroned, and the hour of Its humiliation lb drawing nigh. It Is becoming. In some quarters, worth while already to bid for some other than tho liquor voce mm umucuce, .uws uiu ucioh i in our large cities. J-l 'Xb.U mival v( cciuclence Is brlaglng ( HAVE IT. OUR to the suppoit of reiorm the liigo class of 1 ading biisiu, ss unci profession il men who hive been heretofore too biisv with thcli private .iff ills to eh vote time or energs io the pubil, good Tbev aie coming to undi rst ind th it tbev owe something to the publn whnh cannot be discharged b.v the mere ptwucnt of their taxes Tbev have tinned nut the gov i-t nmeiii to tin IUiiftssloii.il politician till be bis well nigh mined the loiiniu, and they aie now i oni ini,. In self-defense, to the rest ue Tbev are liiiriilng that the Word ot God Is true, when it deci.ites that ilghteousness e alteth a nation, but sin is a leproieh to auv people," and that the fact of God's providence over our nation in the p ist does not .1 1 1 .in t a leikbss dlsugant ot our dntv as coiisetvois of its inteitsts. "A "third cause for giatltude In the polit ical situation Is the liicitusliif! icg.nd tor AmeiiL.tn Institutions on Hie pirt ot oiu people. Wli never nieisuie of justitl. ntloll there may be for the oicaiiiatlons th it plofess to lie pledged to the ovel throw of seitailm enemies of our fiee schools and ilvll llbi i tb s, no trui Aim iK-.i.i tin be In dllleient to the danger Hut has Incu.is Ingly threatened our cniinny. fiom the vist tide of lininigiatlon that has been deluging our shoies, and tin- in Mess dlsti Ibuilon of the privilege of sutri.ii,e among thosi who come us stringers into out land. Winn we onsider til it, lu len states ot our I'nion, it requites but one jeir's lesldeme to en title the torelmer to a vote; in live othei st ites, but six months' ieldeiue, and in tine of out commonwealth-, Mlnnesoi i, but four mouths, it Is Impossible to ignoie the "lingers mat eome iioiu tins vase im re is, of ignorant and unAmerlian elements lu our politics, i inly lour slates, Mass.u hu setts, c'onnectii lit, Mississippi uiiil W'j li ming. iiefUlic any ediu atioiial qu ilitlcitlon lor the surtiage In euii, r states the Hus sion. Italian. Pole or Tuik.who cannot re id the billot he cists, und who has uhsulut" ly no knowledge of. and often no sviup.itby wlth, our Hoe institutions, lias the same weight lu lite choice ot our leglsl ttors.and oilier public servants, as the most Intelli gent giadtiate of our schools nut) colleges. It Is well that the tide ot local rcgard for Aincilcan Institutions is ilslng M iy It continue till some needed retoiini may be effected III tho liwo regulatlni; the right of Mitt rage. "A fouith sign of promise is the Increis Ing Inline lie e and Interest of woman In pol Itl" s. Whether she eiijns the i ij-ht of suf fi ige or not, woman can great!) inllueuce the political liter of the nition Wherever tho expeilment of eqtiil suffrage has been tiled, as In t'oloiadn and Wxomiug, and, lo some extent. Ill other slates, the icsiilt has been nil th it lis most iinb nt fi lends piopliesled for It. The feeling Is glowing th it sex ought not, any mom Hi. in mint, to deteimliie the privilege of e itlzenship As a noted Pre neinvomill his said, 'Sliti e women ,uu liable to hiivo their he-ads cut off, they ought io bo allowed to ask the leasou why.' Hut, whatever our opinion of this question, we must n-jolco that our wives, mothers und el uighters me studv Ing wlllt Incieaslng Intelligence the piob lenis of our political life, und thus making siller the vv light of their ehaiueieis upon the manhood of our own und succeeding generations. "In view of these, and other slgnllb-ant signs of the times, what Is to be the tiiiuru of our countiy'' Will It siuvive In its pres ent form, or must oiu leiiublie go down, us hive otheis before It. before the ubiiscn that grow up about .ill such governments.' Tho answer Is for u to give. No organ ism, no government, exists for Itself alone vv nen u permaneiiiii i.uis in serve inc hest Interests of thu lace. It will give way in one that ah ill more tlioioughly do tho work of God, The development of our hu-1 maully Is the purpose of God, ami we must , stive this enu, ii we are io iniiiiu us a net nation God will fullill His puipose ror man, either thiougli us m despite us. If our institutions aro so developed mid so iisisl as to losier the growth ot tine man hood, then we will bo sife foi all time. J'or manhood Is tho only security of slate. "Wh it constitutes n slate? Not high-raised buttleiiients or labored mound. Thick wall, or moated gate; Not cities tall, with spires and turiets iiowned; Not bas, or broad-armed ports. Whole, laughing- at the storm, itch navies ride; Not cav and sningled courts. Where low-browid baseness wafts perfume to pride; i No! men. hlghmluded men, ' Men who their duty know, ami know their rights. And knowing, daie maintain: I These constitute u state!" ' M,hut per. uiu Uep Carter's Little UvT Fills on baud to pmvsnt billoui attacks, sick , headache, dizziness, and Had them Just win; ' luejr uecit To thu TravellilK 1'iildie. Before purchasing tickets to points east of Chlcak'O, llrst ascertain tho rate to that point over the Nickel Plate ltoad. 1'irv ticket office, W9 Claris stmt, Chicago, lA TEL ephone CRAPS AND POKER. 'rniriitm r t lio Jul lit on Iinlrp nilt mo ,i nur Hi mcit mi 'aIi Itninl- our- ti n in ( rltn' Mm. ,1. .!. ljs(it who now statiils hiro! on tin oliii itnl-ti'1 with uinulim iho noto Huus oi. ip lnlni Utiuwti n thr i;.in tiip (-Mtiu- at liiilt j) inlt ni ami Lj'lla anui". was ieltisuil tstiMia itn hoiul tvi n 1y !IUv htniio, a (jiaiid iemit' haluonki t p r, to a)p'Ui hitoio PolUo .Iw1k Jones this mot nliH- Stnii. mil un S o in caMi as .1 bond. I wus uniUistuoi) w lion tin rahl was inailf on t lit fotni Sttunla.v niht that i:aiis uihl WINon wMt' inttusttil In tin Kiuiit, aiul U was jso siatt-il tn rht(nhn s .iniiin.ti immti t'lainis u uil ih u uiuv a pl.ner ;iml St o tit Jilnist IT huiRln t wlnn liu htfitd that tin chatf .inaini him was running a .iiiiblln hniist- "Why, ho had to ; tn all niuht tn tall foi wain ot i lioinl,'" slid Mom "l'Ocs that look U ho was tuiinliitf a K'nm.'. That niakf mo 1 UIKII. lion pystMt wis ttioupht np fiom Ids nil htolio ii in Uiu I that ho was t,. tthiK him oiil to i'Uo him a ch inco tu m i; Momu mum v to a Ids tlm if un was ini piisod "Minlu hiIlU him toi pholny.' slid Slono, "Inn not loi rimtiliiK: iln caim Suddenh bioiu hop,an (oiupIuinin ahout what ho tottutd liK touh lurl. II- -ui I tlniH wtin (lap allien all u I town and ho didn't sto wh thooiiuttn ltnh pi ink u iiMnnc should lc stiiKkd nut unions ill "t Uii'iu ;uid why hN n lends thoul I I . 'inn in.'" "Itlanitil If I lin't luilnff a louh stt, vu of lut'U," ho lomuikid to Cipt.iin ritln 'I't U n a 1 1 iim d of i hum I nt; u p Kan mj.st'lf, ami all 1 o kh to s.i, ts that it Iwti't mi finil 11 ii v nf vmi inn i rutin nlinnl m plaoo at unv tlmo ninl s. i im oui M'll. jWHUIiri ft 11 -,11. VIL M'11,.11 HI II Hill tli it cutting Hi.in' in m pla i a im inn cumu? m iapo in m pia a i v wfokrt .mo. wlion ont nf tho ImV houd waH neatly tut off. And li w is u t mv Im k. c.tpttilii lot It to ha pt ti . nunuay w nt n un urn im.ii Muin m m making a hliilf at ko. pln lost d and ki p tuh t. It wasn't my luult about th it 'u. i nit ' fni I I lirii i ili ( I mill tt t ti. in lint i worn Rood frlonds. I It it tho plaoo foi half an hour and tho 'setup oims up And on itnnriu, too 1 h it was n toiiih doal to nt t. Hut It wasn't m lault, uip- taui; no u wasu i Tin othor impoi s mado tho dolthct iti tulsitatomont In inooutits of tho raid on (Tim's notorioiiH k.nnhtim; n-nnrt at No Sa1) Wall Ptrfot, Ratuida nluht, tint tin iMinhldrt woio takon tn tho iMiti.il poll station tu tho put ml wat,nn Instoad of tint nouo of tli4'in was mUi n out nf tin KitmhllnK h on so, and. no t.m'd in itii- uay unii nui, an koo i"mki an mui ai- poaiauoo in police coipt this murnluK witli- i.nf . ion l.fivltii' tint liiillilini Tti.t iin. il- f.st (ousitloiatloii was shown tho Kmhlois 1 ., !,.. ..,.11, .1 tl, 1IIU J'1'IIV.ei Tlie Sirniieliiilil of 1 1 - title Is soon e-.tiiietl by tho assaults ot mnlnrli, t tn t If lleistetter's tStomith llltieis Is em phijod us n lmlvvirk .ifr.ilnst the disease, ahsoliilo safety Is attained The most li ulent louns of disease hreil liy inl.ismi, talnled .ilr and water, soon jltld lo tho eie.itlve itii'l comhatlvn liilliieuen of this eillc'lent s.ifen-u.iril, vvhlc-li feu titles the sys tem as no other niedlclne. up to date has ever done It eounteraets ,i tendeney to iheiimitlsm, ni'ur.ilKln and kidney com plaints, overcomes indigestion, nervousness, eonstlpitioii and liver liouliles. Improves the ,iipetltu and planum s diKestlon, Tak ing for all lu all, it is piub.ihly the most useful fimlly lemedy in l-islenle. and N populir as well as ilfeetlv. I'se It ss-tem-itleally, not at Im-Kiilar intervals. To the Velere of ,lui ksoti ( iiunlj, ' Certain candid itei foi coiinly school si. j peilutendeut have e-lrc ulateil a reiwrt that 1 am nelle ble to the c lie - or c cmnty sc o , superintendent, as I n Kansas City 1 un; not a lesdent of Waus.is e'itv. ie lievinid the Units, east Judae It. 1.. Yeaijer sajs; "The law piovl'le's only Ihat a candidate shall be a iltUen uf the coun. . ty." Kansas City is In .1 it-kson eouiity. ' ' J WILLIAM DAVIS Jlr. J. William pavls Is eligible to tho ollice of roum school superintendent. Vote for him. IOHN T Hl'e'llA.VA.V. lertnelnal Kansas Cltv Uleili Sehool. Jlr. J. William Davis If e'llt-ilile to the olik-e, and to say that he Is not is an elec tioneering trick, J, m. ohi:i:nvood. Kansas Clt, Mo. I.ieiuors fui Itauieiis. Shipped dally lu secure packages by GKOHaU UVbSKLL. UrufiiUt. Cppoillu vyuUIui; rsgui, Ualga defigt. :; i: .:: :; I $1.00 .40 ! I NUMBER IS 250. & XCELL F P1AW01 R 1215 IVIAtf I U'w. rtmlimnxv I itowwj- OH THE SLY- U i' arc ilnlii? tho I'XIN V lit MtU uf tlm town Wo llavo tho (foods ml the 1'rlicit. IVjiit Your How II itil ecaut lie sell Il nr real it, II- w ii i. m i;i'i:tsi; ttl In Knitec limy -r Utile- Il iii.N. A. 51. Ilimlics Paint anil Glass Co. l-,'l-r,'llli U.VI.MII' .!., 'Il II pltCIIlK IIS II, Aiirxii ran nnnviN,-ai.iAJi-5 iuint. iiiici:ai-i:m:ii id .shoot. William r.ihner Hid .Nut ()e-irei In He I'ul I'ndi i AlH.l. William I'almir, u jounij fainter llvliut flea- l.c, 's Ktimmli. Mo. was arreud eatly jesterduy iiinriiliii; iiipI hrouuht to the i mints Jail lu tills eltj on .1 e-harn of lieliiB one of iie tlnee men vvhn tiihlieil u (train nu of ilio Mlssouil rae-ltie lallway lil l'eimiioy, in Wjanilotto county, K.is, The oilier men, editum-d with eonipllelty In tin. luhliciy, aie Joseph Tiieslft uud Jiimea Dwins, uud they have) not vet been Placed under in rest rainier thieatcued to flro Ui,oll tho oftU reis when ho was stiiinuudcd In a Httlu i-.tMn In the woeuls near l.ee's Suiiimlt, but tlnally surieiideied iiiion condition that ho would lm tiihin llrst lo Kansas flu, whem In- I'otibl i iik.iko un iiitoriiey to lliiht his lemcival Hum the state", l'almei refuses tn BO to l'umeioj for trial without leciulslilou papers The" speelilo ehaices against jiim uio buiglaiy mid larceny, Neil sleeiicrs on thu Alton. lleRlnnliiB with April 1st. the) fhlcaito & I,..,. i . ii...-. .a .(in ,,,,, . .. ..i .".. A ,7,r," J0 ', ' w II ' un twVsleeVe.s ?. Xllv , n.r..s,. i.0u Limited" bet"ii Ktt Ms ntJ ,, &t, ,,,, The tweiAv sleepl in....... iu.i.ri,d.i ,n ,1.1 .a.. . .. l;rl . .., . .., .......... ..w..,.-. ...,- ti,uvcn sleep I11K e-ais asslKiie"l to this servle-e ,ue nameel thee "il ijestie" und "Teutgnle-," after the) .nu ,,-,, ,. m, iiitw .eeeaiiiiu ocean ste.inicm. K.uli ear brings sotnettiliiK new In the e-ai builder's art and with each Im. movement w exclaim that surely nothluu inore can be added. Viewing the new Alton sleepeis. vvlth their large, roomy compurt. incut, drawing rooms, and perfectlv an. pointed toilet rooms, one would Imaclna the builder possessed the lamp of Alladfn. GOING TO ST, LOUIS TO-NIGHT? Burlington Kouto train leave at 1:15 d ro.-.vTh 0IiIy "? ruonlng three vlctptn with new elegant compartment bertha aa2 buffet, B.rvlce uaurpa, " 1 1 . L I KANSAS CITY PIANO CO,, 1 i ST. 3 -. I I i 1 I'll .1 J LU h, ,X,- fy.