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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-14

to the front against all sorts OF OBJ
stacles have proved the turning point
in tens of thousands of careers. They
have encouraged the dlsheartened tc
hold on when they were ready to lei
go; they have induced them to perse.
we're when they had decided to turn
back. They have given them fresh
nope n renewed confidence in them.
serves when those dearest to them
even had predicted failure and had
told them that to continue would be
to waste their time.
Smiles "Self-Help" was a wonder
tul stimulus to me and | believe 1t
mas proved the turning point in the
careers of tens OF thousands OF
youths. Nothing else Is more fascinat-
Ing than the romance of achievement
under difficulties. The youth full of
nope, ~bubbling over with enthusiasm,
READS the lfe-stories of men and wom-
en- who have succeeded under difficult
tles, n he says to himself: Why
can't | do it?" To which something
within him replies: 81 can and l
will"
Ambition requires a great deal and
a great variety of food to keep 1t Wig
orous. An ambition must be backed
by a robust will power, stern resolve,
physical energy, powers of endurance,
to be effective.
The fact that you have an almost
uncomfortable impulse, a great abb
sorbing ambition to do a thing which
meets with the approval of your judg-
ment and your better self, is a notice
served upon you that you can do the
thing, and should do 1t at once.
There are tens of thousands of day
laborers in this country-common
workmen-putting their lives into
drudgery, who, If they had only been
ous to their possibilities, would
have been employers themselves
would have been men of force, of
standing in their community-but
they have been held down by their
ignorance of their own power. They
nave never discovered themselves.
and so they must be "hewers of wood
and drawers of water" We see
them everywhere-splendid men and
women, who impress us as giants in
possibility, but who are totally ig-
norant of the great forces that are
sleeping within them.
Why not take an inventory of your
self at the beginning of this new
year? If you are dissatisfied with
What you are doing and think you
ought to do better, try to discover,
no matter how long 1t takes you,
just where our trouble lies. Find
out the things that keep you back.
Make long searching tours Of dis
covery in your own consciousness.
Say to yourself over and over again:
why a others do such remarka-
BILE things while 1 do ordinary, COM
mon things? Constantly ask your
self: IF others can do them, why
cannot II"
You may find some great nuggets
OF gold in these tours Of self-discov-
cry which o never dreamed you
possessed-great possibilities of pow
er which you never uncovered before,
and which may, if developed, revolu-
tionize YOU life.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-14

~DlNBURGH Is always haunted
by ghosts, to those who have
read a little history, the novels
I'D Of Walter Scott and the min
strelsy Of old poets, says Philip
Gibbs in the London Graphic; but
when the king is there and old cere-
monies are revived In his honor, and
the spirit of the ancient chivalry of
Scotland is lighted up by this royal
visit, the ghosts walk so that one can
hardly fail to meet them down by Holy
rood and round about the Grassmar-
ket and the Canongate.
Once again lights are flashing in
the windows OF Holyrood itself, and,
wandering this way by night for a
stroll under the stars, ones mind
gropes back to the romantic, tragic
memories Of this house of ghosts. One
woman's face peers out upon one
from the dark shadows. There behind
the walls are those little dark-paneled
rooms In which she sat smiling and
hiding her heartache, where men paid
homage to her and schemed her ruin,
where poets made sonnets to her
beauty and preachers scowled at her
laughter. There, still, is the very
room, thronged on most days of the
year by loud-voiced tourists, where
she rose with her hands to her breast
al the clatter of feet up the stairways,
giving the shelter Of her skirt to the
Italian clerk, Rizzio, until Darnley, her
husband, put his arms about her and
kept her still while Ruthven and Nor.
ton and Ker of Fawdonside b~utchered
their man in the chamber beyond.
There are other places in Edinburgh
where one is haunted by the spirit
of Mary Queen of Scots, whose beauty
bewitched the hearts of men less dour
than John Knox and more chivalrous
than Boutwell,.
But as the carriages pass through
the gates of Hollywood and highland
soldiers swing their kits across the
courtyard, another figure, tall and
debonair, appears before ones minds
eye One sees Prince Charles Edward,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-14

At the opening of the forty-third
annual session of the Negro Baptist
General Missionary and Educational
convention at Fort Worth, Tex, DR.
l.. X. Williams told 1000 Negroes that
If the Negro ever amounted to any,
thing he would have to help himself,
and not sit around on the streets
complaining about white people or
any other people. Every man, WON
an and child in the state can be some
thing and have something" he de-
clared, "and if the Negro fails he will
have only himself to blame
Proof. f. w. Gross, president of the
Houston college, delivered an address.
The convention was one of the largest
in its history.
Among the visitors introduced
were Rev. E. Arlington Wilson and
wife, of Muskogee, Okla; G.. G. Fish
back, d. d., Topeka, Kan, field sec
rotary of the National Baptist For
eign Missionary board; H. b. Britt,
Louisville, KY, singing evangelist.
In addressing the convention in its
second days session. Rev. L. X. Will
liams declared that ignorance was
the Negroes great liability, and
urged the convention to work as
never before to wipe it out or the fu-
ture of the race in America would be
dark.
The pew is demanding a trained
minister" said Reverend Williams,
n no time in our history have we
had as many idle preachers waiting
for some one to call them, and then
We have few worthy churches looking
for the proper men to call"
DR.. j. e. Knox of Dallas, superin-
tendent of missions, delivered an ad-
dress, and introduced Rev. DR.. F. M.
Mcconnell of Dallas, corresponding
secretary of the General Baptist State
convention (white), who delivered an
address.
When l think of the wal in Eu-
rope in respect to my people," said
Doctor Williams in his annual ad-
dress, Il shudder, and l call upon you
as leaders of people, as you
go from this place, urge them to live
closer to God, and do all of our work
we'll"
Rev. j.. Frank Norris, d. D., pastor
of the First Baptist church, ad-
dressed the convention. He congrat-
ulated the Negro Baptists on what
they had accomplished and the stand
they had taken against intemperance
and the saloon. 81 believe it is posi-
bic to drive out whisky from our
country"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-14
Stars Enouoh for All of us.

When Emerson advised everybody
to hitch his wagon to a star, it was
thought the advice was impracticable
that there were not stars enough to
go around. At that time there were
only three or foul thousand stars Wis.
ible, which number was far short Of
the demand. But when maps of the
skies were made with the assistance
Of the telescope and camera, it was
found there were 5000, 900 stars-not
yet quite enough for all. These stars
were below the seventeenth magni-
tude, which was as far as the optical
instruments would reach, but since
then the twenty-fourth magnitude
stars have been brought to view, and
now the number of stars is estimated
at 1900, 600, 900. So there will need be
no trouble about it.. There Is a star
for every wagon, and a few left for
unborn generations. So hitch your
wagon to a star, and don't delay. The
times demand it.-Ohio State Journal.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-14
When Embarrassed

A successful singing teacher gives
this remedy for embarrassment: A
deep breath inhaled and exhaled slow
Iy with the help OF the diaphragm
muscle. Try 1t the next time you feel
nervous, whether 1t is the thought of
meeting omeone or a burden of the
small details of housekeeping that
causes your nervousness or embar-
rassment.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-14
The Neglected Pecan.

The tree is natures real engine of
production. Wild trees producing bar
rels and barrels of fruit are not un-
common, We have failed to develop
a tree agriculture long ago because
nobody happened to think of it. For a
hundred years the white man has been
chopping down pecan trees in the Mis-
sissippi valley. Yet the meat In the
nuts of these trees is more nutritious
than the meat of pigs. A single pecan
tree at times produces more meat than
does the sQuealing Quadruped. Still
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-14

James, who is not a natural student,
n day was observed to seem very
happy about something. A sympa-
thetic neighbor inquired the reason for
his joy. oh" explained James, just
entering third grade, 81 asked pap this
morning If I had to go to college, an
he said if | stayed as stupid as | am
now it wouldn't be any use. an teacher
says I'm naturally stupid, so only
have IL more years to go to SCHOOL,"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-14
First American SUGAR Factory

Americas first beet sugar factory
was erected in Philadelphia in 1880.
1t did not prove a success and was
dismantled. The first successful beet
sugar factory was built in 1870 at
A~lyarado, Cal. This factory was in
operation until 1918. when it closed
down. 1t is estimated that 500, 900, 900
is now invested in the sugar beet in.
dustry of this country.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-14

Mrs. c. ]. Walker, one of the most
prosperous colored business citizens of
indianapolis and one of the most sue
cessful colored women of America, is
founding an industrial school in West
Pondoland, South Africa. The school
10 modelled after the Tuskegee insti.
tute, and has the Endorsement o. Book,
er T. Washington. She is also main
tanning at Tuskegee institute scholar.
ships, three boys and two girls, with
the hope that they will go to Africa
to engage in educational work. She
was left an orphan at the age of seven,
and has won her own way in the world.
SIZE is the only colored woman in the
world to give $1,000 to Y. NJ. C. A.
work.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-14
Feeds MIX to sunaowsr..

Measuring 81 inches in circumfer.
ence, the largest sunflower ever pro-
duced here has been added to the
chamber of commerce exhibits, says a
San Bernardino dispatch to the Seat.
tie Post-Intelligencer, and 1t was cor.
densed milk that brought the sunlow.
err up to champion size, so 1t is told.
John Poppett discovered that con-
densed milk was good for the growth
of the sunhower vine. and for several
weeks he purchased the canned goods
for the rapidly growing specimen that,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-14

At the National Negro Business
League convention at Muskog 3e, Okla.
homa, it was stated that the 1000, 900
Negroes living in Oklahoma, Kansas,
Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, and
Texas have under their control, as
owners and renters, about three hun
dred million dollars worth of farm
property and and own 10000 farms,
containing 5000, 900 acres of land with
farm property, land, live stock, and
farming implements worth 5000, OOO,-
600.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-14

The livestock exhibit at the Pana-
ma-Pacifc International Exposition in
San Francisco will last throughout the
period of the exposition, from Febru-
airy 20 to December 4, 1915. Compe-
titions will take place in October and
November of next year.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-14

not especially precocious, either,
learned the fundamental principles of
threading a needle and pushing it
through the fabric at the age of two
and one-half years, and by the time
they were three, pegged away at
squares OF patchwork, ultimately com.
pleting quilts" for future use.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-14
Betrayed by Her sister

The advanced maiden was out row.
ing with a possible sutton and had
taken her little sister along. who waa
exhibiting much fear at the waves.
why, Martha, If you are SO nervous
nov. what will you be at my age?"
"~rhirty-nine, I suppose" meekly re-
piled little sister.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-14
Who Wrote the constItu,lon

1t is generally understood that
James Madison was the chief author
of the Constitution of the United
States. Beyond a doubt the great in.
strument was the joint product of the
entire convention, but from the best
accounts Madison was the man who
put II into shape as W. have it today,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-14
In the Ace of Movies.

An amateur photographer stopped
one morning at a Kansas farmhouse
and inquired for the farmer.
Il want to trespass on your prem.
ises," he said, Tong enough to take a
picture of that cornfeld. It's the
most magnificent one | ever saw"
That's all right" responded the
farmer. But you'll have to take IL
instantaneous-it's growing SO FAST
Oldport Herald.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-14

A~ttributing the inability of the
Negro Presbyterian church to keep
pace with churches of other denomin-
atoms to too much culture, Rev. ]. B.
lsaacs, Wilmington, in a paper read at
the session of the twenty-first annual
convention of the Afro-American Pres
byterian council at Reading Pa, rep.
~resenting five eastern states, sug.
gested zeal and practical religion as
a panacea for the ills of the sect.
Rev. Isaacs said the church was af-
hicted with plague known as intel.
lectual achievement of the scholar.
ship and that something w~oefully
was wrong with its ideas, otherwise
the progress would be greater than
at present.
After a paper by Rev. Francis Greg.
DRY, Philadelphia. on How to Reach
the Unchurched,' the session ad-
journed.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-14

Boats equipped with gasoline en-.
glnes are Used a great deal in Para
quay for carrying fruit down the river.
Government officials have estimated
that 100000 horsepower in the form
of gas alone is wasted every day by
the old-fashioned coke ovens of the
United States.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-14

Education is the instruction of the
intellect in the laws of nature, under
which name l include not merely
things and their forces, but men and
their ways; and the fashioning of the
affections and of the will into an
earnest and loving desire to move In
harmony with those laws.-Huxley.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-14

who held his court here on his last
adventure for a crown. IN AS. The
faults of the Stuarts were forgotten
Ethen-only their good Scots blood was
remembered, and the which
bound them to the hearts of the Scot
fish people. Women sold their jewels
for him. The clans came down from
the highlands to fight for him. On
the night before Prestonpans there
was a great ball at Holyrood and the
Cameron pipes played to the tune of
THE King Shall Enjoy His Own
Again"
Along the canoneate.
Not far away, at the foot of the
~Canongate, is the White Horse close,
and the ancient hosiery with its high
steps and pointed gable where MANI
of Prince Charles officers put up be-
fore their march across the border.
The Canongate itself, with it's old Toll
booth and ancient houses, Is crowded
with the great characters of Scottish
history, and the very stones tell one
of the scenes that were played on this
small space. The Scottish nobility
had their mansions here. Through the
g%ateways at night came their retainers
with swords and bucklers n dirks.
Many a man felt the prick of a bare
bodkin" at his throat 'twixt my Lord
Seaton's house" and Playhouse close.
The torches flared about the coaches
of the mobiles and many times a tall
tree grew up in the night outside the
Tolbooth to bear human fruit in the
morning.
The passerby stares up at Moray
house and at the long balcony below
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-14

The first state tuberculosis sani-
tarium for colored people in this coun-
try is to be located in Delaware, near
Hope farm. 1t consists of several
acres of well wooded and we'll watered
land. A temporary building has been
opened, with accommodations for
about twenty patients.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-14

A Norwegian scientist has advanced
the theory that Saturn's rings are
electrical phenomena, produced nv
the radiation of luminous PARTICLES
from the planet, which constantly re-.
news them.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-14

pressions, and a stately old dame
given to the strongest language in mo.
ments of anger.
Home Of Famous Folk.
In Hyndon's close, where the earls of
Stirling lived, was the house of Lady
Maxwell of Monreith and her three
beautiful daughters, known as the
three romps of Monreith," one of
whom, Miss Jane, afterwards the
duchess of Gordon, was once seen rid.
ing down the High street on a SOW
which Miss Elantine thumped Justify
behind with a stick! Here also lived
Lady Anne Lindsay, who wrote Aud
Robin Gray" and all fats in this and
other closes near by were the scenes
of, fashionable little parties in the
eighteenth and early nineteenth CEN
turtles, when Scottish ladies took to
tea drinking and music, when the earl
of Kellie vas considered an excellent
performer on the jew's-harp, when Sir
Gilbert Elliott introduced the German
flute, when Lords Haddington and Col.
vile played the violin and cello, and
when Jane Maxwell, duchess of Cor
don, Miss Jardine, Miss Murray OF
Lintrose, Bess Burnet, Miss Hay Of
Hayston and other fair women in
spired the muse of Robert Burns. or
fired the hearts of many literary gen.
tlemen, advocates and men of fashion.
1t is strange and rather tragic, this
utter change which has made a Stun
of old Edinburgh and peopled so many
famous houses with the poorest
classes in the city, who know little of
the romance which clings to the walls
about them.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-14

Russia's population is increasing at
the rate of $780, 900 a year. 1t now
stands at about one hundred and forty.
million. of which 100. 0OO, 900
are peasants.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-14

Fire in a Pennsylvania coal mine
"a extinguished by exploding dyna-
mite in the airway, the conclusions
blowing out the flames.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-14

A famous German physician proves
that infantile paralysis is often carried
from one household to another by
domestic animals, such as chickens,
ducks and COWS.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-14

American wire wheels with rubber
tires are soon to be used ON Japan
ese rickhas in place Of the old Jap
anese wooden wheels.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-14

1t is admitted by former residents OF
that state, shames anything that Kan.
sas ever produced in the sunhower
line.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-14

we have let the tree stand unheeded
or cut it down. Not in one hundred
years have we turned it into a corn
belt.-Harper's Weekly.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-14
oIdtir. N,ad,..,o.L

Needlework is SO rapidly becoming
= lost art that 1t is In the nature of
a fairy tale to explain that something
axe nall a century ago little girls,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-14
LESSON FOR NOVEMBER IS
JESUS AND PETER.

LESSON TEXT-Mark 14:27-s1, 50, "a, g.
GOLDEN TEXT-Let him that thinketh
he standeth take heed lest he fall.-I Cor.
10:12.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-14
INTERNATIONAL.
LESSON

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day School Course, Moody Bible 1nsti-
tute. Chicago)
Cheyenne record., 1914-01-15
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Cheyenne record., 1914-01-15

We see by the Limon Express
that James B. Pearce, Secretary
of State has been vindicated by
the courts. When Mr.. Pearce
was up for reelection at the last
State Election. the Denver Post
made viscious attack upon the
character and his ability for the
position. But the people showed
their faith in our Seer etary Of
State, by sending him back for
two more years.
Numerous efforts by an un-
friendly press and others to in
jure the good standing Of our
Secretary of State and his en-
ployes, but in every instance he
has won out and has proven him
self to be one of the best officials
whoever sit in a public chair at
the state house.
The same can be said Of all our
state officials, that they are en-
deavoring at ali times to enact
laws to benefit our people, and
not the corporations. If you will
watch their every movement you
will see that they are keeping
their word good by enacting laws
that are a benefit to the people
of Colorado, Read Keating's
Washington Letter. every week
and keep yourself posted.
Cheyenne record., 1914-01-15

The public installation of the
newly elected officers Of the M.
W. A. held Tuesday night of this
week was a great success.
There was a most bountiful
supper prepared by the members
families and members of the R.
N. A, After the supper the sup
per the installation took place,
this being the leading feature of
the meeting and proved to be the
greatest success of the new year.
After the installation the audi
ence was favored with several
paino selections by DR.. C. O.
Booth and Miss Gudgel, also Mr..
]. A. McCrumb favored them
with a few elocutional selections.
An enjoyable evening was spent
by all those present.
Cheyenne record., 1914-01-15

We acknowledge the receipt of
fifty cents on subscription from
E. C. Wilson, at Colorado Springs
for which he has our thanks.
He informs US that they are
having plenty of snow out there,
and that they are all we'll. He
also informed us that M. W.
Purcell, our District Attorney,
who underwent a critical opera
tion in Dec. is not able to attend
to his duties, as the operation
left him too weak, so he and his
wife went to Galveston and find
ing it too cold down there they
decided to go to New Orleans,
and just as they were ready to
start south his stenographer,
Miss Ruth Mitchell. was taken
with a severe attack of appendi-
citis, and had to be ope rated on.
1t must have been quite a draw
on the office force, but it is being
ably taken care of by his able
assistant, Martin Burns and a
Mr.. Preston. Mr.. Wilson invites
all his old friend to call and see
him when in that town.
Cheyenne record., 1914-01-15
EIGHTH GRADE
EXAMINATION

Final Eighth Grade Examina-
ton in Physiology and Geogra-
phy will be given Jan 26. That
of Geography applying to those
only, who failed at end of their
seventh. Seventh Graders not
to take same at this time.
EMMA M. TOMBSTONE,
Co. Supt
Cheyenne record., 1914-01-15

Once upon time boy return
ing from College on a vacation.
His mother prepared two fowls
for. dinner. On sitting down to
the table the boy turned to his
father and said, Dad how many
fowls are there on that plate?"
His father said, two, of course"
mo- said the boy, there are
three and l will prove it. Put
ting his fork on one. That is
one' then putting his fork on he
other. That is two. Two and
one make three. His father
said, Here mother, take one and
ILL take one and the boy can
have the third, for his learning.
Cheyenne record., 1914-01-15
BEEK-MAROLF.

Fred. J. Beck, of Cheyenne
Wells, and Ethel Marolf, of Sher-
idan Lake. were married We'd
nesday Jan. "A, 1914, at l p. m.
at the M. E. parsonage, Rev. D.
M. Scott officiating.
This couple is well and favor
ably known in this community,
and start out with the best wish
es, of the entire neighborhood in
their newly welded life.