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Show THE TRAINING OF A CHILD. JOHN BROWN'S OLD FARM. FLOODS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS STILL' CAUSING IMMENSE DAMAGE Like a mill race the swollen Mississippi has been surging past St. Louis with a stage of 30.9 feet, which breaks all records. Earth to stem the threatened breaks In railway levees in East St. Louis was taken from the worlds fair site, and an army of men with wagons hurried It across the bridge to strengthen the water barriers. Word was received at St. Louis June 7 that a levee near MndiBon, on Is several miles wide, and families have been driven from their homes. North of St. Louis, across the river, the three towns of, Madison, Venice, and Granite City are now under water by reason of the breaking of levees. Loss In South Carolina $3,500,000. dispatch from Columbia, S. C says: Though the great flood of water Is passing on to the ocean laden with debris of every description nn whlcn gangs of men were working, the swollen streams are subsiding In gave way, and fifteen men, employes the Piedmont region, tho losses of life of the American Car and Foundry and property aro Increasing and a works, lost their lives. About 150 conservative estimate places the propmen, It was reported, were Impris$3,500,000. erty loss at not less-thaoned on a section of the levee that The most conservative eslirr.me of the was slowly crumbling, and all means dead Is eighty. At Clifton alone 100 of escape had been cut off. operatives are missing from the vil A small steamer from St. Charles lage, and all are believed to have been succeeded In reaching Black Walnut lost. and the 200 Imperiled people there, At Converse thirteen dead are reterrified and In great distress for ported and forty-onat Clifton numfood and shelter, were taken from the ber two. At Clifton number two Island In safety. All were rescued. homes are destroyed, thirtwenty-siThe rescue was effected after a day teen at Clifton number one, and twenspent In fruitless efforts to save the ty at Clifton number three. flood sufferers. Many steamers wert The loss at Cliftons three mlllls sent to rescue them, but were una- will approximate $2,000,000. At Taco-le- t ble to make headway against the .rushthe loss Is near $1,000,000. The greatest want among the suring river. It was only when tne vea el from tt. Charles was sent to the vivors Is at Clifton, where 500 are cene that the prisoners were taken destitute. to safety. The latest reports from Spartanburg, The flood stage has broken all high S. C., are that approximately flfty-flvwater reeoids at bt Louis since May persons were drowned In the floods at 19, 1858, when the Ugh water mark racolet and Clifton. The total fataliwas 87.5 feet. The highest mark ties may reach 100 and several hunknown here was reached by the' great dred persons are homeless. No list of flood of June 27, 1844, when 41.4 feet the dead Is yet available, but it la A n x e Historic Spot Now Owned by State of , New York. It was forty-fou- r years ago that "Old John Brown was laid to rest after his troublous career and tho sudden snuffing out of a life that had for the future. And up lighted a loss done to crops at $3,000,000. Ow- In Essex path county, New York, half way ing to the lateness of the season and between the Mohawk river and the the CQiidltlon of the soil It is very Canadian line, his body lies doubtful If any profit will be drawn on the old home farm, which has during the remainder of the year been preserved for from the farms which were Inundated the' generations by As a consequence there will be a Kate Field and a great deal of Individual want and suf- dozen of hei fering among farmers. friends, who bought the place In 1896 Kansas City Asks for Relief. and presented it to Corpoiaticn Counsel Walker, in the the people of New absence of Major Harrison of Chicago, York state. Issued an appeal for relief for the There are three 'Kansas City sufferers. Funds will be graves in the famreceived by Controller McGann and ily burying plot a forwarded to Gov. Bailey at Topeka, and two to be used as he may deem advisable. sons, among the Gov. Bailey Issued a proclamation a latter Old John Brown. He lies at few days ago setting forth the condi- the foot of a giant granite boulder, a tions now prevailing In the Kansas fitting monument to a giant granite valley. In tho proclamation he made nature. no direct appeal for assistance, but Summer sojourners at Lake Placid resaid that aid would and other Adirondack resorts often go ceived. Subsequently the conditions over to the Brown farm, to sit in the In Kansas City, Kas., evidently beframe dwelling, came more distressing, with the result inspect the famous old barn, or dethat Mayor W. H. Ciaddcck and oth- cipher the almost Illegible writing on ers sent a direct appeal to Mayor Har- the gravestones. rison for relief. The appeal says that Brown's farm Is situated at North over 30 per cent of the population of Elba in the region set aside by Gerrlt 60.000 are dependent on charity. Smith for a colony of freedmen. There We have fed and sheltered over is one old negro left there, who re20.000 for the last week, and received members . well the map whose name only $20,000 to date," he letter says. is famous now as a man beyond his Great suffering Is imminent unless times, Instead of the notorious anarchlarge aid is received. Our community ist he was thought to be then. It is a pleasure to hear this white-haireIs unable to cope with conditions.' old negro speak of his first patron. He Was tall and strong and had big, Body Found in Debris. The body of Forest Kutz, a school broad shoulders and a deep voice. To be near John Brown was to feel safe. father d CONVENTION HALL, KANSAS CITY, MO. r i &" Important Points That Must Be Remembered. To teach a child with success requires only common sense, good judgment and gentleness. There are, however, three other Important points that must ever be foremost In the mind of the teacher. First of all, she must remember that to teach is to impart Instruction; not to find fault with Ignorance, with lack of comprehension, with listlessness or with forgetfulness. Often, Indeed, for these last named faults, poor teaching Is to blame. Second, there Is tho Inflexible rule that requires a teapher to prepare every lesson carefully before giving it, in order to present It in an Interesting and Intelligible way. Third, there is the ever present danger of overdoing, against which the teacher must always be on guard. In the beginning short lessons frequently varied give the best results. Ten or fifteen minutes for each study Is enough, and this time limit must not be overstepped so long as tomorrow represents another day. The Household. Several New Idea In Physiology. times several doctors, but st go from bad to worse; t never known of a case of ,. ness which was not bP: Ju 1 I f f V Lydia 16. I'inkluuns Compound was used faitl.' 1j are , ' i V ii -- t Lydia ILPinkliamsTCompound is a household in my home, and I would notfc - out it. In all my expericn4 medicine, which covers found nothing to equal it Mm ways recommend it. Barnes, C07 Second St, yn ) ingtgn, D. C. tsooo yea-- i boot Ittlir proving genuintnttt cow, j ventilated. Such testimony should 1 oepted by all women a Arizonas Copper Belt evidence that The copper belt In Cochise county, in? Pinkhams Vegetable Cot f wide or four miles Is three Arizona, stands a pecrk "s without and can be traced for sixteen miles edy for all tho diatmsk.tr across the line lntq Mexico. women. k Li I. DOANS GET BACK REST. A V- 0 I headaches, backache, irregnl f. ful periods, and nervous aitl the severe strain on the.J some organ io trouble, and ! of advanced ears in the mU time of life, it serves to and restore a health all organs of the body. may be quite as readily fatigued by Inspiring the waste products of his fellows as by his own, and that the business man Is more liable than the agricultural laborer to become run down, not so much because he works harder or more monotonously and therefore personally manufactures more waste products, but because his tissues are more liable to become saturated with the waste products of himself and others derived from the confined atmosphere In which he works. Excessive fatlgre from a railway Journey Is likely to ue noticed if the cars are crowded 111 I 7 In diseases thatcume to ij as a rule, the doctor is, call" ? young women who It is possible that the school child or Mrs. Laura L. Barnes' ington, D. C., Ladies Air Burnside Post, No. 4, jT recommends Lydia E. P;j Vegetable Compound. Aching backsare cased. Hip, back, and loin pains overcome. Swelling of the limbs and dropsy signs vanish. They correct urine with brick dust sediment,-high colored, pain In passing, dribbling, frequency, bed wetting. Doans Kidney Pills removo calculi ami gravel. -w.'-Wv- 'ss yr: ' (;' When he was here he was working every morning; even in the winter, hed be up tending the cow and Eheep and working around. V rs. Relieve heart palpitati-headnchenervousness, dizzio Doan's Kidney Pills are now as a known remedy for kidn and urinary troubles. They and euro when despair tin, The free trial is an open door It rrrRPTEtD, Ivn- ,- It wns railed rhcmnatifcm, I could do relief from the doctors. I boan to improve on t.kin? Doan ft samplo and pot itvo boxw at ourrt drug-frit- ;, aps and, aluioutci) of age, I am alm.wt a new man. I was troubled a rod doil with my wat'r tad to five times a pa up four and Dight. lint trouble is over ah and once more X can rest the night through. My backache is all gone, and I thank you ever ao much for Pawh Fm I reiviMit i IXiani flo of live .,, much uiq ill im physic-mu- II1V kill!).!. iai I lioim's kidnov I cuml it. tin-I- r think . 1 owe mi- 1ilis, and 1 u Very Ancient know it Sw Archimedes of Syracuse, when he Laxter was In Egypt, invented the earliest F.utcM-n- , machine for pumping bilge water out ov- -r tw of tho holds of ships. The Instrument IT1'9 STATE. mautcina, with pain In tbe c n 1 iiiiih-inFi 6ckwas also used in tho Delta for the pur-frr trial bwr. mull thl. enuron to , jj, Co , b'lftato, N. V. tcre gars onlf Jrue it Insuflkieot, writ addrvua ua poses of Irrigation. . Diodorus Siculus President P.Hjreville, reuef. tet loan's K cured dm, y S A twice refers to It In his writings. lnduuia, but Sank. rate tilp. kuu I curious model of such an instrument, With s Seating Capacity of Twenty Thousand, Which Was Turned Into a Relief of Ptolemaic the late probably period, Camp for Flood Refugees. Four Varieties of Projectiles. has been found In Lower Egypt. A Great Apple Countn It was attained. Other high water rec- supposed that most of the victims teacher, was found near Four classes of projectiles are used Topeka Jn consists of a terra cotta cylinder with The Annapolis valley of Not: been as ords here have fol were mill operatives. The bodies of the debris left by the flood. It has demade, screw Inside it, ten inches long and in the United States navy armor-piercin- g sends over 500,000 barrels of a; a lows: four unidentified white persons were veloped that several fertile farms near four and a half' inches In to projectiles for use 'diameter. May 10, 1876, 32.5 feet; May 5. 1881 taken from the river below Clifton. North Topeka have been entirely Near tho center of the outside Is a armor, common shell for use sgalnst nually of Scotland, England a.'. Europe. parts i against 33.7 feet; July 5, 1S82, 32,5 feet; June An estimate regarded as conservative ruined. The swift current washed band with cross-pieceThese may unarmored or very thinly armored 1SD 34.7 of 19. tho 25, 1883, loss to the rotton mills In the away much of the good soil and in Its feet; May Cnr a Cold In Onr C, ,t represent footholds and suggest that parts, shrapnel for servlco against ex- Take To 36.0 feet; May 3.1S93, 31.5 feet, and county Is $3,000,000. Almost every place has left a thick lajer of sand the Laxative liromo (JinuiiivTi. prove was worked after the posed detachments of men a considmachine refund money if ittmbhl r May 2, 1897. 31 feet. bridge In the county Is swept away. rendering the ground useless. manner of the treadmill. Such screws erable distance away, and canister, druggists The high water records of 1844 and x s: which is employed against detachwere probably made of wood. THE JOKE OF A Klf 1S58 are not official, as there was no Millions of Loss in Kansas. ments of men lacking protection withWould Be United States Senator. Kansas has suffered as a result of . Thomas I.owry, the street car station during these government Historic Hoax Perpetrated t mag- TRAVELED WITH HIRED ESCORT. in close range. years, but there are many people liv- the recent floods more than any other nate of St. Paul and Minneapolis, an vus III. of Swedeal ROYALTY AT THE RECEPTION ing who remember noth those floods state. No exact figures of the loss nouncos Mmsclf as a candidate for the Escapade of New York Girl Cost Her King Gustavus III. of Stand their high water marks. can, of course, be given, but those scat In the United States senate oceu a Home. Wearisome Duties Imposed on Those been frequently Invited tec Just below SL Louis, and in the who have an Intimate knowledge of pled by Moses E. He was In In these daj-- s when women travel court of Schwerin. In 1783 V Clapp. In High Position. vicinity of the River Des Peres. Is the tho sections submerged, and the ex- the Held two and- - a half years ago, unescorted all over the world, it is odd How and their suites ever visit to Germany and as w little fishermens settlement of Happy tent and force of the floods, have been when Mr. Clapp was chosen to succeed to run across a who is afraid to go manage royalty girl to survive those weary hours Duchess of Mecktenburg hr. Hollow. The denizens live in making estimates, and the conclusions Cushman K. I)avl3, and kept open from New York to Boston unaccomof standing is always a mystery to me, approach she prepared fet for the most part, and had been that they have reached may be con- house for members of the legislapanied. Maud Lind- - says The Countess. In the London honor. But Gustavus, who beyond the ravages of the flood. But sidered fairly reliable. The damage ture. his headquarters containing green, who first Outlook. You used to It In the petty courts of tbe smi the advancing water invaded the tract done in the principal cities and towns everything good, to eat, drink or name as time, say the get her gave maids of honor, but ap- sent two of his attendant-- ! Ind the Inhabitants had to hurredly Is estimated as follows: smoke. lie' contemplates, it Is Bald, Maud Wayne, Is named Peyron, and Deuvousnot till parently move out. North Topeka they have been car$ 609,600 a still more lavish campaign when the 2! II the girl, who Is a ried out two or three times In a faint who had, formerly been an art All Venice, Madison, portions of Lawrence 250,000 legislature of the north- star state as blonde, short and do the gentlemen-at-armentertained by the duchen. Granite City and 15.000 acres of rich Satina .. 200,000 scmbles again. tightly but1 Concernplump. toned up In uniforms and smothered In personated the king and hUri bottom farming land are in the grip Manhattan 150,000 her adventure helmets get used to the ordeal. Baron Sp&rre, and austalned ct ing of the flood north of East St. Ixmla Wamrgo . . 10,000 The Hoboes of France. she spvs: It Is within the memory of many actera throughout They ire 4 -- C Houses have been swept from their St. Marys . 40.000 The French government Is said to Maud Lindgren. did engage a how in Dublin a certain distinguished their due all the homage e foundations and sent adrift. The dam Blue Rapids 20.000 bo planning some new scheme Tor messenger boy to escort me to Boston. In the viceroy middle of a drawing their master, danced with thH 30.000 the disposal of vagabonds. age already done Is enormous and Clay Center Of the Why I wanted to go there Is my own room gave the order to close the burg ladles who were pree Inflood reached further 30.000 6.000 vagrarts arrested last hourly the Enterprise in business. It has been a great misfor doors, and year cleared having the room the them, and Peyron went so 4 I, 33.000 Paris about 3, 00 are still under lock tune for me to have had the Incident land, more and more crippling rail- Concordia . . ask one of the ladles for her entire viceregal sat down on party traffic road and engulfing additional Junction City 100,000 and key. Official figures shovy that made public, for the people with whom Meantime Gustavus was floor the In various stages of 50.000 there are at lenst 42,000 vagrants ,n homes, farms and factories. The east Solomon .... collapse, was living while temporarily out of and I often wonder how It Is that our self elsewhere in secret. 250,000 France, 12,000 of whom are accredited employment will not bavo me any own approach to Merchants bridge Is re- AVUone king and queon are not Ellsworth 20.000 to Paris. Some of them as habitual more, and I will have to go back to ported severely damaged. , overcome on these occasions. similarly Compatriot of Brownk RoyaltyTho cross levee at Mitchell, 111., Ltndsborg OOu 100, vagrants" will ultimately find their papa In Seattle. Robert Browning, who -Is the best paid profession, but as- lifetimes was a 1 IOO.OoO broke, and hundreds of acres of addi- Hutchinson "About a year ago I came to New wiy to French Guiana, but It costs persistent 1 it must ho also tho Ml n lieu poll i tional farm lands wero Inundated. to p 100,010 9'uf. per head to send them there. York to look for an engagement as an suredly, art one said exhibits, Jay wearing. Missouri Point, Just north of tho Emporia 65,000 whom he met on such an o opera singer. The only place I could Most Costly Handkerchief. confluence of tho Missouri and Mis Florence 5o,otu get, however, was In the chorus. I Industry Rewarded. The dowager queen of Italy Is In Tho Chinese ambassador li: sisslppl rivers, a fertile section be- Lincoln Center The Kansas hen deserves all the lost that job In a littlo while, and have 6,oou have been Introduced, and i: possession of tbe most costly handyond the reach of ordinary water, lias Atchison 100, (rj praise and free advertising she gets. not succeeded In getting artother. of his suite was specially e kerchief been covered to a considerable depth. 2o,oo.i Ten years ago a farmer tried to preFrank Torres, officially known as earliest in the world. It Is of the as a poet. I asked hint wW lurllngton r. Venetian Twenty miles west of St. Louis tho 11111 City 30.tr) vent a .hen from raising a family by No. 1.957, the telegraph messenger In tho fifteenth loco. Though made verso ho wrote, and ho said ' miles of farming bottoms. In tho cen- Beloit century, this unique 30,000 the usual means followed In such who was tho young womans CBcort to handkerchief Is In a perfect state of tlccd tho composition of erl ter of which was located tho summer- Argentlre 2,000,000 cares. As a lai-- t resort the hen hid Boston, said that on tho way to Boston Jove! I thought, a hrotMl ing place, Crcvo Coeitr lake, have been Kansas City, Kan., and subout and began her threo weeks' duty the young woman told him that sho preservation. Its value Is estimated own!" I at $10,000, but Queen Margharlta I urbs deluged by tho breaking of tho Greer 8,000,000 by sitting on a couple of rocks. That was to meet her sweetheart, an officer P would not part with It at any Value of Different Envlrc No account has been taken of the was ten years ago. levro, which formed a barrier to the price. that farmer on tho crulrcr Oljmpla. Queen Margharlta always was fund of Missouri river. Edmund Clarence Stedainn , smaller towns, although nearly 200 has a macadamized rend all along the She understood that the ship had , collecting old lace, and sho still has himself thus of the race of 1 South of Ft. Louis tho water has of these were affected by the flools south side of bis ICO. Liberal (Kan.) left Hamilton Roads, headed for Bos- this passion. After her majestys Is a member: . We New Er backed Into tho river Dos Pores, which The very lowest estimate places the News. ton. When she reached the Clmrlcs-tow- n death tho matchless handkerchief aro fine spwlmrns of humanl ll navy yard she learned that ths dosccnds 8T. LOUIS AND THE LEVEE FROM THE EADS BRICCE. to her daughter-in-law- . Nr wo aro transplanted. vessel had been recalled, and after Queen Helena. Times. Ol driving about tho city with her escort Ll icturm-Niwr to exYork. Tho they S penses of tho trip wero about $30. i lii-aia- n I flat-boat- : - f - s .I S . nf r t To-da- t ir For Slumber. - ' V - . j w- m With the old surety Sti. Jacobs Oil While searching for the north pole the Duke d'Ahnuzl kept wnrm at night by sleeping In a sack like this. r to cure Lumbago, and Sciatica 4 L-- Thr Is no such word os fall. Prices, 93c. u i mndJ i |