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1 i r f ,1 I $ I 'A f Pays to Advertise In the Rising Son VOLUME IX. LEXINGTON NEWS. Rev. Jennings of Hlgginsville, preached in the Baptist church morn ing and evening Sunday. Mr. Kidd, of Moresvllle. spent a few days here, the guest of Miss R. John son. , Miss Amelia Johnson spent a few days In Kansas City last week, return ed home Monday morning. Mrs. F. E. Hayden spent Sunday at Hall station with Mrs. Richard Holmes who has been quite ill, but is now bet ter. Miss Minnie Brooks of Kansas City, Kas., is the guest of Miss Effle Wil liams. Mr. William Leo. of Kirkwood. here visiting his parents. Is Mrs. Minnie Powell, one of our aged mothers, departed this life Friday, March 10th. She was a member of the A. M. E. church, from which she was burled. She leaves two daughters, Mrs. Mat Bouldridge and Mrs. Morris, and a host of grandchildren and other relatives to mourn her loss. We ex tend our heartfelt sympathy to the family. Mrs. Mary Wilson spent a few days In Kansas City last week. Mrs. Alto Lee was called to Higgins vllle to see her sick mother Friday. Mr. Cebeon Wilson is quite ill, also Mr. Jerry Iee. Mr. A. W. Walker left Saturday morning for St. Ixuls. See George Anderson and have your horse groomed and trained. C13 E. 9th St. "PARSIFAL" AT CONVENTION HALL. MAR CH 31st. Promptly at five o'clock on the af ternoon of Friday, March "1st, the season will be inaugurated by Mr. Heinrich Conrled's gorgeous produc tion of "PARSIFAL." Promptly at 2 p m., on Saturday af ternoon April 1st. "LES HCGENOTS" will be presented, and on Saturday Mr. James Wilson, of Sweet Springs, was here Sunday. Miss Kate Wilson returned home from Independence Monday morning. Mrs. Iiena Mason Is conducting a series of meetings at Allen chapel, 10 Charlott St., and will preach all day Sunday. John Lang and Boom are at 912 Park ave., and will be here for about ten days yet. They have several dates to fill In teh city. niTT Miss Emma Smith the soprano, Is doing honor to herself and to the com unity. Kansas City is proud of her. Mrs. W. B. Has moved to 1404 Jack son ave. One nice suite of rooms to rent at 117 west 6th. unfurnished. For two gentle men. See Lewis Woods. Mrs. F. J. Peck is somewhat better. Her many friends wish her a speddy recovery. Grant Neal was a caller at our office this week. Wm. Randall, 1611 Michigan ave. paid us a visit this week. He will lay off for a week on account of not felling well. OUR FATHER'S HOU8E. Ian Maclaren, beloved author of "The Bonnie Brier Bush," and many another charming book, was lately ad dressing the children of his own church. The British Weekly thus re ported in part his beautiful allegorical talk: "I am going to speak to you," he said, "about houses four houses. First, three, one within another. The evening. April 1st, at 8 p. m., a grand double bill of "CAVALI.IEHIA RUSTI CANA" aftd "PAGLlACCI." All star casts chosen from the world's great er singers. The Metropolitan Opera Hoiibo Orchestra of 60 superb musi cians, Magnlflclent chorus, Corps de iiPitefeM nag for It Reaches More KANSAS CITY MO., FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1905. first has the sky for a roof, the moun tains for walls, the sunlight for win dows, the clouds for blinds, the flow ers for a carpet, the rivers for Its mu sic. The next house may have had six rooms, or twelve, it may have had a garden, or it may have looked on the street, but in it your mother moved about, and its music was the sound of her voice. The next house you will recognize when I say that it has five doors through which you may go out, and through which things may enter; one you look through, one you speak through, one you smell through and one you hear through. Then we come to you yourself, and we are going to think of some of the rooms in this house. Thereis the li brary, with its rows of book-shelves, and its air of quiet knowledge, this is your mind, and all that you learn at school and read, Is going to furnish those empty shelves, everyone's mind is empty to start with, and if it con tinues empty while you are young, you will be called silly, and when you grow old you will be called dull. No room Is more desolate than one bun rounded with gaping helveano rqtomj more beautiful than , weimued 11 brary. Then (I am talking if r were going through . ajnljjM , ta0 there Is the court room a great bare room with light streaming in, and a raised table at one end where the judge sits. This is your conscience, and the cleaner this room is kept, and the barer, and the stronger the Judge who sits here, the better for you and for me. Then there is the strong room where no light comes in, with Its thick walls and barred iron door, and here are kept the parchments with all the history of the family. This is memory, and here a book is put away each year, that may not be taken out to be altered but It Is a good thing, now and then, to take the parchments up to the big, bare court room, and there spread them out, where there is plenty of light, and examine them. ballet, An organization of over L'2." AN 1st and Musicians. The general reserved seat sale will open at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning at tho J. W. Jenkins' Sons Music Company, 1013-M15 Walnut St. Kansas City Season of Grand Opera uuder direction, Barrett & Oakford. Homes of Colored Peop.e than any othei Paper In the State. Then there Is the picture gallery of imagination, and it is well for us if the walls are hung with pictures of angels and holy things; and there Is the church, which Is your heart, where you meet with God. You may meet with God in any of these rooms, but here, in this room, you must keep him a holy place apart. Then you may go out upon the roof, and afar off catch a glimpse of the house beautiful, our fourth house, which I am not going to try to describe, but which we call "Our Father's House." LINCOLN INSTITUTE NOTES Dr. B. F. Allen tho scholarly presi dent, and all who In any way helped to secure the appropriation of $77,400 for Lincoln Institute, merit tho high est approbation from all friends of ed ucation. The amount thus granted by the Forthy-thlrd General Assembly of Mis souri Is the highest appropriation that has been given the institution. Of this sum $25,000 Is to be used in erecting a new dormitory for young women. A bluldlng that Is very much needed; $1,000 for the Summer school: $1,000 for additional books for tho library, etc etc. We simply mention these Items to indicate tho manner In which under the excellent management of Dr. Allen, Lincoln Institute rapidly Is becoming one of the great schools of the country. NOTICE. Dr. Smith, the druggist, has no in terest In the "Stock Drug Company," which is to be opened by some of tho physicians of our city, but will con tinue to do business at 908 K. 12th street and 805 Independence avenue. CASH IS THE WAY. Reading notices and announcements will always be rated as advertise ments, and when such is sent in to our office cash must accompany it. SPECIAL TO COLORED PEOPLE. In order to accomodate the Colored People of Kansas City there will be a special section reserved tor them. The prices will be: Single ticket, $1.00. Season ticket, $:.ihi. On sale ut Jenkins & Sons Music Store, Ticked Time Two Centuries. The residents of Tlalpam, Mex.. com. plain that the public clock of that town Is useless; repairs are made overy week, but every week the clock gets out of repair and can never be kept In good condition. The Tlalpam clock Is probably the oldest pulilio clock on the American continent. It was originally Installed as a cathedral clock In the year ltiR7; In 17SM) It wa donated to the council of San Agustln de las Clevas, near Tlalpam. when It vas Installed there and set in motion. Since that time It lias never undergone repairs until a few weeks ago. Th clock, however, has told the time fop TiV years and It Is but natural that It U tired and wants to bo sent to a tun scum. Why Snow Bursts a Gun. In a discussion at the Royal society on the effects of sudden pressures, In 1 .on don recently of some experi ments on the effects of sudden pres sures, attention was called to a singu lar experience, which. It was said, peo ple who go shooting In winter some times have. If the muzzle of a gun happens to get plugged up with a little now, the gun Invariably bursts when fired In that condition. Light as tho plug of snow Is, It requires a definite time for a finite pressure, however great, to get It under way, and dur ing this short time the tension of th powder gases becomes so great that the barrel of the ordinary fowling piece Is unable to withstand It. A 8outh African Hoodoo Man. A colored man, Jaul Jones, has been committed for trial by tho Wyn berg Magistrate on a charge of prac tising as a doctor without a license. Faul Pulse, a laborer, said ne went to Hock's farm, where the accused lived. He found the accused and told him that ho was sick. Accused took witness Into his bedroom, took a tin, put something Into it, - 'ruck a match and set fire to It. He then snapped his Angers over it ami took a bull's eye glass and examined his chest and body, looked over some playing cards and told witness that them was a frog alive In Us stomach. Johan nesburg Star. Singed Hair of Cat and Dog. Henry Adams a Henry county far mer, was In the city yesterday with a vory naked dog and a strange tale of the odd effects of a bolt of lightning that struck bis house during the se vere storm of Monday afternoon. Tho lightning struck the kitchen, running down the pipe of the stove, shaving the fur clean from the back of a rat that was asleep beneath thi Ptove. striking the dog ns lightly ns It had strurk the cat, running down the animal's legs to the ground, leaving a trail of singed fur In Its wako and doing no damage to either animal be food a severe fright. Halt Imuro Sun. The A. T. Moore I 'ndcrlnking Co. Is one of tin' imist enterprising Negro business instil ut ions Unit Kansas city affords. A. T. Moore and Ell Harris comprise the lllln. They established an undertaking and embalming busl ness ut 120 East Eighteenth street about a year ago with mine pluck and elllciency thnu anything else, and by treating their patrons right with siiiare dealing, they have liccomc the leading Imsinehs men of Kansas City. Their object is to own their own eiii meiit. They have recently purchased a new $l.im funeral car. which Is now In their possession. It Is first, chiss In every respect. They also have refur nished their plan- of business with new cabinets, cooling boards, pedes tals, etc. They now carry a full line of caskets and burial oiiillts. They are now prepared to offer to the public llrsl class goods anil also first class service in every respect. They .solicit the pal ronage of all. Fastest Train In Europe. The fastest train on tho European continent Is one from Paris to Saint Quentln, which averages a little more than llfty nine miles an hour. Dr. Smith succeeds because he knows his business and attends to it. Ho contributes liberaly to churches, and all churitablo institutions. We should always support a man of this kind. The editor w ishes him continued success. NUMBER 17. GRAND OPEARA AT CONVENTION HALL. The musical public throughout tho entire Southwest Is on the very "tip toe" of pleasurable expectancy ns the time draws near when Mr. 1 1 enrich t'onried and Ills incomparable aggre gations, direct, from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York will appear for the first time In the West In a season of grand opera in Convention Hull, Kansas City. At five o'clock on the iil'terniMin of Friday. March lilst, the curtain w ill raise on Mr. Conrled's production of "Parsifal." which Is ad mittedly more magnificent in "every particular than tin performance of Wagner's masterpiece given at Bay rent h. On Satprday afternoon, April 1st, "1-s Hugenots" will be given with II caste that is simply invincible, as it. Includes such world famed names ns Nordlea. Sembrich, Homer, Dlppel, Seottl, Van Uooy, Journet, etc. The production in Kansas City will be the same in every particular together with the Identical caste, superb orchestra, with the world of supernumerles which goes to form an ensemble which has produced opera that has scored nothing less than triumph this season In New York. The Kansas City season of grand opera will close with a fitting climax, as a grand don Me bill IiiIm I n select ed of two operas which represent (be greatest achievements of the modern Italian composers. The first of these will be Mascagnis' "Cavalleria Itustl cana," that little chef d'ouvrc of pas sion and song, which is the best work of Mascagiii, nud who has succeeded lu packing Into his musical setting, the tragic love story first told by the Italian writer Yerga. In this work, the West for the first time w ill have ait opportunity of hearing Mine. De Ma i 111. the most wonderful dramatic soprano lialy has produced in years. The second opera will be the equal ly famous short opera of Leoncavallo, which rivals In its charm, power and pathos. Ilofh works will give marvel Ions expression to the violence and emotiiin of Italy. lu "Pagliacci" Caruso, Hie world famous tenor will appear In one of bis greatest roles. The approaching season of grand op era in Kansas City will be Caruso's first appearance in ihc West, and at this time, the West will have an op portunity of passing Judgment upon this man, who today is the frenzied idol of the Metropolitan Opera House audience, in New York. BATTLING NELSON and Yot'NC COKHETT will count together next. Wednesday night out In California and while the latter is supremely confi dent that be will regain bis lost lau rels, the llano expects to finish bis man In less than ten rounds. Judging from' all reports Corbet t has the best, of It in condition, having been in train ing for some months. Nelson on the other band has had to scale down from 1 Tin and it lias not been an easy task. IIAKItY SI'AKKOW, "The Mad Jug gler," who has visited the Orpbeiiru here, and who bad a very iiniqito act accompanied with Individual comedy, died of pneumonia in Ilellevue hos pital, January 31. He had been befor the public many years, and his serv ices were In great demand. WHEN John Philip Sousa returns to this country from his present. Eu ropean tour, it is said he will bring with him the completed score of a comic opera, the lusik of which W being written by Hairy It. Smith, and which the bandmaster will product early next season. Gate Keeper la Responsible- The gate keeper at a level crossing In Franco, who was held responsible for a railroad disaster, was sontenoed to a year's Imprisonment.