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PERSONAL ANO LITERARY. A WEIGHT OF WOE. C. H. COUNTEE, Little KddiM I.iftd It i'rom IIU Mind and TrmiMfarrml Jt to HU AIkiiiiii.i'h.

Henry M. Stanley has been heard from again. He has about completed his Autobiography, which will tell of his travels and adventures. Having If there was not something Nt range about Eddie's actions that evening there was still something a little out embalmed himself in a book, he will stand for parliament in the next tren eral election. Mrs.

George W. Cable, the wife of the novelist, is one of the most beautiful women seen in literary circles. She has forget-me-not blue eyes, an oval face, perfectly regular features and complexion like a white rose leaf all this though her hair is white and her oldest daughter just married. The prince of Wales last year re TELEPHONE 2783- C7 ceived $340,000 from the duchy of of the ordinary, lie had been to school as usual, and had looked little tired when he came home. lie ate very little supper, and was ready to go to bed at an unusually early hour.

All these things were noticed by his mother, who wondered what could be wrong. His habit was to invariably oppose any and every attempt toward putting him to bed. Was there something wrong on his mind? his mother mused, but rocked in her chair by his side content to steal a glace at him occasionally when he sat listlessly, with folded hands, looking into the fire. "Are you sick, darling?" she asked, after a long silence. "No." "What?" "No, ma'am, I ain't sick." 'Are yon in a bad humor, my boy?" (A long silence.) "Did anything go wrong to-day with Cornwall estates.

The property has 1015 EAST 12TH ST. Open Day and Night. Kansas City, Mo. J. H.

C. EMBERSON, Associate and Agent, 1102 Charlotte Street. yon, pet?" Perhaps it was the tender tone of her been well managed since Prince Albert took it in hand fifty years ago, and the income from rents and from royalties from mines has greatly increased. Over 31,000,000 has been put by hud invested. President Cleveland is said to be apparently in better health at present than for several years past.

There is an expression of content on his expansive face, and in place of his former irritation of manner he displays a cheerfulness that approaches amiability. In other ways he shows signs of a return of good health. A collection of six manuscript and 1,199 printed version 3 of the ''Imitation of Christ" of Thomas a Kempis was Bold lately in London for $720, a sura which probably would not cover even the expressagc paid by the collector. To make a complete collection of all the editions of this book is one of the Impossible feats of book collecting. voice, or may be, that divining mother had hit perchance on the magic sesame that opened the secret doors to a heart full of woe.

Whatever it was, a irreat big tear ros-e in his eye that overflowed Grand Pacific Cafe. THE FINEST PLACE FOR AFRO-AMERICAN IN THE CITY. and ran down his cheek. Quickly brush- ng it away, as if ashamed, he knit his brows and glared at the fire. Present ly, with an expression of a different sort upon his face, he said: CLASS I gave him a swipe in the nose I bet FIRST Bishop le will remember.

Who?" Crouse, Proprietors. UP STAIRS )- 1012 UNION AVE. KANSAS CITY, MO. "Bill Kellum." "Why did you do that?" "Well, you see, mamma, we wus eomin' out of the school yard on a run an' 15ill Kellum tripped me up. I didn't fall very hard, though.

Pshaw! Didn't hurt a little bit. Only skinned my -knee a little, an' then I made fer him. 'Fore I caught up he was way down street, an' as I kem on him he turn roiui' an' I gov him a roaster in WE PRINT EVERYTHING. J. Takasusu, a Japanese A.

li, of Oxford, has translated into English a description of India and the Malay islands, written 1,200 years ago by I. Tsing, a Chinese Buddhist priest. The book describes the monastic life observed by the author in India, and contains a great deal of information about geography, chronology and literature. The bishop of Chester, England, is still working at his licensing reform scheme. He said recently that the difficulty in the way of all temperance reform is that of compensation.

The bishop is at present at work with the best and highest legal advice drawing up as fair a statement as possible-first, of the case of the trade; and secondly, of the case of the nation. He hopes to show ho.v an equitable bal the Ue are DO NOT FORET THAT WHO the nose jes' like that biff!" and Eddie caught the blow in his left hand. "What did he do then?" queried his mother, but a silence fell on the little fellow, and the tears were beginning to How once more, when of a sudden, with the courage of a true warrior, he straightened up and answered: "He licked me!" Cincinnati Enquirer. tmi mm wwiwit ance ot consideration can be struck oetween those two great interests, and RUSSIAN TRAITS. IN THE CITY OF KANSAS CITY.

The K. Topics, 610 Kansas Avenue. many will wish him success in this endeavor. Gen. Lew Wallace proposes to find out why he was not compeled to pay duty at the Detroit custom house on a copy of "Ben Hur" which he bought on a train in Canada while on his way to Detroit the other day.

Among a pile of books which the train boy threw down beside him he found a paper-covered volume of his own work, which the boy offered to him for twenty-five cents. As the book can not be purchased in this country for less than one dollar and fifty cents, owintf to the copyright, the general was somewhat disturbed in his mind, and this feeling Dishonesty In Trade One of TI nirt CliaructcrlsticH. The Russians are lazy and effeminate; in the winter they seldom walk, and when they do so they crawl along, muffled up in furs, and do not move with any briskness. One sees a great many military officers in Moscow, nd their want of smartness is noticeable. Numbers are always to be seen lounging about the boulevards with their hands in the pockets of their gray overcoats.

These boulevard warriors do not look very formidable. The Cossacks are dirty-lookiny ruffians, badly dressed, and mounted on small horses, which are said to be excellent animals, possessing wonderful staying power. I was told by an officer that the Cossacks have degenerated very much, and have When You Get in Kansas City, Missouri You Want to Stop at Tie 0WD pol appears to be justified, if it is really true, as he says, that he has only received fifteen cents from foreign publishers on a book that has been translated into several languages. Boston Herald. been spoiled by being turned into regulars.

The Cossacks of the Don especially have deteriorated, but those of the Caucasian regions are fine soldiers. HUMOROUS. A Kleptomaniac. She "But I don't love you." lie "Then you are a kleptomaniac." She (indignantly) He "Yes; you've stolen my heart in spite of yourself." Detroit Free Press. Mr.

Wixham "Did you ask that new girl to show you her recommenda A First tins II del Fur the Accommodation of Colored i'cople. Billiards, Pool, and Sample Room, 1012 UNION AVENUE Opposite Union Depot and Convenient to all the Cable Lines. J. E. ROLLINGS WORTH HENRY WILSON, PROPS.

Whenever you are going to Kansas City, Missouri do not forget to get BIG MEAL for 10 cents at 548 Grand Avenue. One of the worst characteristics of the Russians is their dishonesty in trade. In Moscow, even in many of the best shops, one has to bargain for purchases, as a much higher price than is expected is always asked. In this way foreigners in Moscow no doubt frequently pay three or four times the necessary price for articles. In the same way one has to bargain for everything, and this, in my opinion, constitutes one of the most disagreeable things connected with life in Russia.

One always imagines that one is being dwindled, and too frequently, no doubt, the idea is not a vain one. That the Russians are a dirty people is well known; very few houses have even a footbath in them, and although there are fine public baths, the Russians, even of the upper classes, seldom makes use of them. Indeed, I believe the lower orders are cleaner in this respect. Westminster Review. tions?" Mrs.

Wixham "No; recommendations don't amount to anything. I've given them myself." Somerville Journal. Boy "Shovel off your Lady "No. I've got a husband who can do it." Boy "My goodness, you look too young to be married. Lad "Ahem! Well, vnn nan do it." Har-Nevada's Legislature for Sibley.

Washington, March 15. Sfinaw Stewart received the following dis-path to-day from the governor of Ne vada: "Resolution of lerrislatnrp in dorsing Sibley and bimetallic nlatform passed and approved this day.".