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The Wichita Searchlight. SUCCESSOR TO PITTSBURG PLAINDEALER HEELY TO BE TRIED IN CUBA. In Former Days Cuban Official Thieves Went Scott Free. ROOSEVELT GIVES HIM UP, Havana, June 16.—Mr. Bristow says he is almost sure that the amount of the steal will amount to something between $50,000 and $100,000, but that this will not touch the item of sur- charge stamps, which is $410,000. As to how many of these were burned and how many were sold it is impossible to obtain definite information. As many have been traced, it is known positively that all were not discharged, but if Neely sold say $50,000 or $100,000 worth it would not be surprising, Mr. Bristow thinks, to find them scattered all over the world. The postal inspectors say it is astonishing that a system so rotten could have been concealed beyond the first month. Every day only adds to the surprises. The Cubano says: "Cuba is not primarily interested, but she looks to see what the United States will do. Fraud is not the monopoly of any nation, and there is a great difference between the frauds of the postoffice and those committed under the Spanish regime. Now thorough investigation is being made with a view of punishing the criminals. In former days the criminals went scott free. The Americans are proving themselves more honest than the government which ruled Cuba for 400 years." New York, June 6.—Requisition papers having been signed by Governor Roosevelt in the case of Charles W. Neely accused of having embezzled postal funds of the United States government in Cuba, preparations are being made by the federal authorities for the transfer of the prisoner to Havana. It is expected that habeas corpus proceedings will be brought in Neely's behalf. Kruger's Vast Wealth London, June 7.—The London Telegraph says: "The president of the Transvaal is known to own 190 freehold farms, many of them along the gold reef, one of which he sold for 100,000 pounds sterling, or for a half million dollars. Besides he is a railroad owner and a gold mine owner." But it must not be forgotten that he has been carrying on a very costly war, and the chances are that in loving his country and its freedom more than his gold that the bulk of his fortune has been expended in his fight for independence. It is also asserted by the English papers that Kruger owns a valuable estate in Cape Colony, another in Germany, and that he holds two millions in German consols. The Cherokee and Creek Treaties Washington, Jure 8.—Despite the efforts of the members of the house committee on Indian affairs to get the Creek and Cherokee agreements ratified, the bills ratifying them will fail. An effort was made to get these bills up in the senate, but Senator Stewart of Nevada objected and both went over. Both of the Indian committees have done their utmost to get the bills ratifying the treaties through. Senator Stewart is being severely criticised for his course. Comanche and Klowa Bill. Washington. June 8.—The report of the conference committee on the Fort Hall reservation bill, carrying with it the provision for the opening of the Kiowa and Comanche country, was agreed to in both houses at 2 o'clock in the morning. Flynn has succeeded in securing the passage through the senate of the bill amending the act limiting territorial indebtedness, better known as the "City Hall bill." The president has signed the act. The St. Louis Appropriation. Washington, June 6.—The fair appropriation for St. Louis finally passed the house without debate. The congressional appropriation of $5,000,000 is made contingent on an expenditure of $10,000,000 by the exposition company and shall be reimbursable in proportion to the reimbursement to the company or the city of St. Louis. The bill provides $10,000 for the expense of the exposition commission, when appointed. Lead Producers Combine Producers Combine. Salt Lake, Utah, June 8.—The lead producers of Utah have taken the first steps towards forming a state, and later, a national organization to put up the price of lead by increasing exports. They will work in co-operation with the smelter trust. CONGRESSIONAL NEWS JUNE FIRST. The conferences on the Fort Hill reservation bill, to which the Klowa and Comanche rescue units are under the rider, held a long conference and practically all the objections the rider have been overcome. The senate held a long debate concerning the baking powders. baking powders. The senate cut out the appropriation for Mrs. Dana, the only commissioner to Paris, who represents the Daughters of the Revolution, at the instance of leading members of that organization, who take pride in bearing this expense. Conference committees on the naval bill reported a deadlock in the conference and asked in The senate agreed to an amendment appropriating $1,0,0,0,0 for the St. Louis exposition making it contingent upon the city of St. Louis raising $10,000,00. The house adopted the joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment to lodge in congress the power to control Trusts and monopolies. The public lands committee reported favorably Mr. Flynn's bill to dedicate the land and buildings at Camp Supply for a soldiers' home. The bill also requires bills to establish a soldiers' home. JUNE SECOND. The senate adopted a concurrent resolution providing for the printing of 10,000 sets of mesas to the president; 4,000 to be at disposal of the senate and 10,000 to be sold at actual cost. The senate granted the request of Senator Morgan and made a special order to consider the general bill on the second Monday of December next. The general deficiency bill was then amended; variously, one feature being to give one month's extra pay to the senate and house employees. The sundry civil bill was sent back to conference by the house. The Creek and Cherokee treaties were both passed by the house and go to the senate. The House and the trust constitutive amendment, the majority, for it being less than the required two-thirds. JUNE FIFTH. The senate passed the Cuban extradition bill; also the emergency river and harbor bill prohibits the work of the general defence bill was passed. A general rush was made to get action on the Philippines, but all met objections. To fill the wasting time Senator Teller talked about the Philippines. The Sunday civil bill still hangs up in conference with 65 disagreements. The house passed the anti-trust bill, amending the Sherman law so as to give the courts jurisdiction, with only one opposing vote. The bill was amended so as not to apply to labor unions. JUNE FIFTH. An agreement has been made in conference on the Kiowa and Comanche opening, Indians to get 100 acres each and a reservation of 450 acres in common, the remaining 2,000,000 acres to be thrown open but not under the free homes law. The senate passed bills changing the U.S. court sessions from Cameron to Poteau, I.T. to Cameron and Poteau, I.T. to domestic and industrial purpose in Indian Territory; to provide for the sale of isolated tracts of Osage trust lands in Kansas. The inter-oceanic committee reported a resolution granting the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, made in 1830. The house passed the $5,000,000 appropriation for the St. Louis exposition. JUNE SIXTH. The senate killed the house anti-trust bill by voting, 43 to 33, to refer it to a committee. The conference reports were finally adopted on the sundry civil and naval academy appropriation bills. The senate worked practically on the conferences and executive sessions. The appointment of Gen. Wheeler as Brig. Gen. in the regular army and that of Gen. Otis Gen. in the general also were confirmed, the nomination of the governor, the praiser at the port of New York was rejected. The Hawaiian appointments were confirmed; also the appointments of the court of private affairs were approved, and that all appointments pending were acted upon favorably except that of Mr. Bynum. --- The house was in session until 3:30 a.m. and then took a recess until 8 a.m. the morning. The house too struggled in conference committees. The house had little things level and was present promptly at 8. The general deficiency bill was finished and conference upon it agreed to. JUNE SEVEN. When the hour agreed upon for adjournment arrives, the governor refusing to agree with the senate's conditional provision for a government steel plate plant; and at a late hour last night a recess was taken to the ocean surveys, the dispute being whether the navy should conduct them or it should be done as the work of the coast and geodetic survey. The governor was appointed by Speaker Henderson composed supporters of the position taken by the house. The resolution for dismissal of Senator Clark of Montana was drawn up. In which, with the rest, caused a suspension of adjournment. The Fort Hall reservation, carrying with it the opening of the Kluwa and Comanche country, agreed to in both houses at 2 a. m. this morning. The house passed the senate bill permitting sales of the territory to build city build- ings. the senate and the house agreed at about 3 p. m. today to adjourn at 4 o'clock. p.m. today to adjourn at 6 o'clock. The House Ways and Means committee was assigned the task of preparing the filing of the session of congress in December to draft a measure for the reduction of revenues. A practice agreement was made on the differ-ence in the bill, the naval bill, which finally resulted in its passage. Aguinaldo's Papers Show Treason. Manila, June 8.—In the chase of Aguinaldo's party, his forces were divided into tens. One of these parties was led by an officer who was shot. It is said by the natives that Aguinaldo was shot in the shoulder. The horse the officer was riding when shot was captured. The horse and saddle were bloody, and the saddle pockets held papers which would show that the officer was either the chief or his adjutant. The papers prove treason on the part of trusted Filipinos, including telegraph operators who had been retained in the service of the Americans. They had sent Aguinaldo copies of important telegrams exchanged between American officers. Des Moines, Ia., June 8.—A. J. Holmes, ex-congressman, a well known Iowa politician, living at Boone, was declared insane by a commission. He served two terms in congress and was elected sergeant at arms of the house, following his retirement from his seat. Financial troubles are said to be the cause. WICHITA, KANSAS, JUNE 9, 1900. CHINA NEWS CONDENSED. Rhe Tale Told in Columns all is Given Here in Short. THE BOXER WAR IS SERIOUS. London, June 8.—Affairs in China are gradually working up a crisis of the first magnitude. It is generally considered that intervention in some manner is necessary. Pekin, June 8.—No trains are leaving or arriving. Further damage to railways is reported. The Boxer movement is spreading unchecked throughout the province. Not one Boxer has been arrested or punished. Anxiety is increasing regarding the fate of the missionaries at the various stations. The situation is growing steadily worse. The Boxers move with such rapidity, and affairs, owing to the excitement of the natives, are so critical that the foreign ministers hold frequent meetings. They feel the need of a free hand for energetic action, without a perpetual reference to the home governments. Tien Tsin, June 8.—A Boxer placard threatens the extermination of the foreigners here on June 10. It is rumored that the Boxers and the Catholic Christians fought at Tung Tu Tuesday, three Christians being killed. Shanghai June 8.—The soldiers dispatched to attack the Boxers have fought. Many were killed on both sides. Violent dissensions are reported to exist between the commander-in-chief of the forces, Jung Lu, and Prince Ching Tuan, who in accordance with the wishes of the dowager empress, is strongly supporting the cause of the Boxers. The mobs who murdered the English missionaries, Robinson and Norman, mutilated and disemboweled the bodies. The station at Yan Tin, three miles from Pekin, has been burned. Shanghai. June 8.--The members of the majority of the legations at Pekin, including the members of the British legation are sending their families away. It is also said that many prominent Chinese residents are leaving the city. The total damage done to the Chinese railroads by the boxers is now estimated at $5,000,000. Washington, June 8.--Admiral Ramey has been cabled to send the gunboat Helena to China. She was especially designed for service in Chinese waters. Besides her eight four-inch rapid fire guns, she carries four six-pounder rapid fliers, four one-pounder rapid fliers, two Colts and one three-inch rapid flier field gun. She is commanded by Commander Edwin K. Moore, and her complement is 10 officers and 166 men. The administration is still determined that the United States government shall continue on its independent course respecting the Chinese situation, though willing to go as far as possible to aid in the restoration of peace and order in China. Therefore, Admiral Kempff has not been instructed to join the other naval commanders in the Pei Ho river in concerted action. Company is Loyal to Faithful Men. Company is Loyal to Faithful Men. St. Louis, June 7.—Negotiations between the strikers and the St. Louis Transit company looking to a settlement of the strike are off for the present, and probably will not be resumed until the strikers agree not to demand the discharge of the men now in the employ of the company, in order that they may regain the positions they gave up when the strike was declared. Attorney Lehmann, for the Transit company, states plainly that every man now in the service of the company must be retained in the place assigned him, and until this is assented to by the strikers negotiations as to other matters are useless. Union Pacific Makes Answer. Lincoln, Neb., June 5.—Attorneys for the Union Pacific Railroad company have filed an answer with the supreme court to the petition of Attorney General Smyth in the suit brought on behalf of the state, asking for nearly $500,000 for alleged violations of the maximum freight rate law. The document is a voluminous one, a number of defenses being set up. One is that the corporation is organized under the laws of Utah. It is also claimed that the state supreme court has not original jurisdiction, inasmuch as this is practically a ceremonial suit, and finally it claims that the maximum rate law is unconstitutional. Wireless Telegraphy in Use. New York, June 6.—Brigadier General Greely, chief signal officer, says he has directed the establishment of wireless telegraphy stationed in the harbor of San Francisco and in Puerto Rico and the Phillipines. ISSUES A PROCLAMATION. Are There to do Full Justice to the Filipinos. Manila, June 7.—Judge Taft, the head of the commission to organize a government for these islands has issued an address to the people which follows: "Representing the sovereignty of the United States in the Philippines, which it is the purpose of our government to maintain, we are here to do justice to the Filipinos and to secure for them the best government in our power and such a measure of popular control as is consistent with the stability and security of law, order and property. We are civil officers, men of peace. The field of our work is necessarily confined to regions where the armed enemy has ceased his operations. We can not deal with armed men. General MacArthur and the army will do that. "When those now in arms shall have laid them down, relying as they certainly can, upon the justice, generosity and clemency of the United States, we shall give them all a full hearing upon the policy to be pursued and the reforms to be initiated. We propose to inaugurate as comprehensive a school system, throughout the island as circumstances will allow. "We have come prepared to make Manila our home for two or three years, as the case may be, until the task of establishing a permanent civil government saall have well begun. We invite suggestions from the Filipinos and all others who have sympathy with our purpose regarding needed changes in legislation and the organization of the various departments of the government, assuring them that we shall give their suggestions careful consideration and adopt those adapted to carrying out the purpose of the United States." HARVESTERS GET 1-3 FARE This Will Likely Induce Idle Miners to go to the Fields. Topeka, June 7.—The farmers in the southern and western Kansas wheat belt have been successful in getting the Santa Fe railroad company to announce a rate of one-third fare to harvest hands. D. W. Blaine, a prominent man at Pratt, Kansas, said that it would take at least 500 imported hands to harvest the crop in that district alone, and Sedgwick and Sumner counties will need a similar number. As most of the help will necessarily have to come from the eastern part of the state and Missouri it is essential that a rate should be obtained, as the profit on their labors after the railroad fare has been paid would be beager. A number of delegates in attendance at the semi-centennial meeting at Topeka called upon the Santa Fe officials and were successful in securing a rate of one-third fare for harvest hands in parties of three or more from Missouri river points to the west belt, June 10 to July 1. State Labor Commissioner Johnson says there are enough idle miners in the state to fill any demand for harvest hands. To Improve Stock in Japan. San Francisco, June 8.—Japan is seeking American and European cattle to introduce among native herds and improve the general stock of the islands. Four Japanese government officials especially commissioned to select and purchase fine stock have arrived here. They will inspect the herds of this state before going east and to Europe. They propose to get the best grades of breeding stock known. A National Negro Party. Philadelphia, June 8.—The first steps looking to the organization of a national negro party have been taken in this city. Prominent negroes—bishops, ministers, editors, and lawyers, at a meeting decided to place a presidential ticket in the field with negro candidates. The plan is to organize the party in every state of the umion and nominate candidates for state and congressional offices. Gomez is Back in Havana. Havanna, June 6.—General Maximo Gomez has arrived here. He was met by representatives of various political societies, and an enthusiastic crowd, and was escorted to his house. On passing the palace General Gomez stood up in his carriage and saluted Governor General Wood, who was on the balcony. Mrs. John Shermnn is Dead. Mansfield, Ohio, June 6.—Mrs. John Sherman is dead aged 72 years. She was Miss Margaret Cecilia Stewart, only child of the late Judge Stewart of this city. She was married to Mr. Sherman December 31, 1848. There are no children. She was born here, and will be burial. WE desire to thank the members and friends for their generous help in our Rally June 3rd, they enable us to pay off all floating debts $83.20,ond paid the interest up to Jan.lat 1901 and $100.00 on the main debt for which we sincerely thank the members and a generous public. A G Terrel Pastor VOL. 11. NO. 2 COMPLETE MARKET REPORTS. Kansas City. CATTLE—Common to heavy... 3 50 @ 5 85 CATTLE—Choice to heavy... 4 90 @ 5 00 WHEAT—No. 1red... 63% @ 26 CORN—No. 2... 68 OATS—No. 2... 24 BYE—No. 2... 51 HAY—Choice timothy... 10 00 @ 10 50 Choice prairie... 6 50 @ 7 00 BUTTER... 15 @ 17% EGGS... 14% Chicago. WHEAT—No. 2 hard... 66 @ 67 CORN—No. 2... 88% @ 39 OATS—No. 2... 22 @ 22% St. Louis Live Stock. BEEVERS... 4 40 @ 5 65 STOCKERS & FEEDERS... 3 75 @ 5 00 SOUTHERN STEERS... 3 75 @ 4 80 Cotton. Uplands. Gulf Liverpool... %4d New York... 90 Galveston... 8 %c Wichita Grain. Close. Close. Open. High. Low. Today Yday. WHEAT— June... 67% 65% 67%- 68% @ 61% June... 67% 65% 67%- 68% @ 61% CORN— June... 38% 38% 38% 38% @ 38% July... 38% 38% 38% 38% @ 38% OATS— June... 21% 21% 21% 21% @ 21% July... 21% 21% 21% 21% @ 21% Calls. Wheat: July... 68% @ 67% Corn: July... 3% @ 38 Wichita Live Stock. HOGS... 1393 head sold... 4 50 @ 4 82% CATTLE... 2 50 @ 4 05 Chicago Live Stock. BEEVERS... $4 40 @ 5 65 BEEVERS & FEEDERS... 3 00 @ 4 40 STOCKERS & FEEDERS... 5 00 @ 5 25 TEXAS FED BEEVERS... 4 50 @ 5 15 HOGS... 5 10 @ 5 15 THE LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF. Five thousand fresh troops are about to sail for South Africa. Denmark is fortifying Christiana and buying quick firing field guns. Another 10 cents advance on a hundred pounds of sugar has been made. The French senate passed the Dreyfus amnesty measure by 228 to 24 votes. Americans in Paris observed memorial day at the grave of General Lafayette. The Congress gold mine, in Arizona, has been sold for $1,500,000, to a New York crowd. Emperor William congratulated Queen Victoria by wire upon the success of Lord Roberts. The government does not approve the bill passed by the Prussian diet taxing large department stores. It seems apparent that Chinese officials will do nothing to stop massacres until the powers take concerted action. Commissioner of Pensions Evans figures it out that there will be a few survivors of the civil war left in 1940. The Palisades paper mills at Hoboken are destroyed by fire. Paper mills seem to go that way frequently of late. Americans in Berlin hung American flags at the embassy and consulate and celebrated in the evening at a restaurant. The tenth biennial reunion of the Society of Croker's Iowa Brigade will be held at Keokuk, Ia., on September 26 and 27. Some rain has fallen in parts of India. There are now nearly five and three-fourths millions of persons receiving relief. The sheriff at Frankfort, Ky., says he is going to apply to Gov. Mount, of Indiana for the extradition of Gov. W. S. Taylor, when he gets ready. Lord Roberts entered Pretoria, taking possession on June 5, making the official entry at 2 p.m. The troops fought their way in inch by inch facing hidden artillery. This is considered the closing act of the war. Carnegie interests are seeking to obtain title to a section of Utah which has coal under it. The tract is 30 miles one way and eighteen or twenty the other and the purchase, price will be nearly one half a billion dollars. Correspondence has been found showing the Boers invited the Basutos savages to rise and drive the British into the sea. Captain D. A. Hiner, the pilot who took General Grant from Fort Donelson to Pittsburg Landing, is dead, aged 68. He was on the rivers for over 50 years, being a pilot most of that time The executive committee of the Pan-American Medical congress, has appointed the next triennial meeting of that body to be held in Havana on December 26-29. The president has appointed Morris M. Estee, of California to be U. S. district judge, and John C. Baird, of Wyoming, for district attorney and Daniel A. Ray, of Illinois, for marshall all for Hawaii. The Kansas state board of railroad assessors refused the request of the Pullman car company to reduce their assessment. The state department issued during May more than 3,000 passports to travelers in Europe. The number issued in April was 3,004. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION: IN ADVANCE One year, by mail ..... $1 00 Six months, by mail ..... 75 Three months, by mail ..... 50 Advertising rates made known on ap- Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to "The Searchlight," Box 1017, Wichita, Kansas. [All matters to be published must reach this office not later than Tuesday, to reach publication in the current issue.] Organic agent of the Knights of Pythias of Kansas. Correspondents and agents wanted everywhere. Write us for terms. All matters sent to "The Searchlight" for publication must be signed by the party or parties writing. The Negro Farmer, both South and West, have made some progress in agriculture. They are beginning to appear on the tax books as owners of valuable land. He has lately learned through expensive experience, that it is easier to buy the land, than to rent it. Negro farmers are organizing themselves into clubs for the purpose of buying plantations in order that they may become useful to one another. Twelve years ago they owned one acre in every fifty of the improved land of Georgia. Since then they then they have continued to purchase land and now own much more.I take Georgia as a basis--and what is true of Georgia, with few exceptions,true of other Southern states. It has been said that the Colored man was not thrifty or economical,that he did not how to lay by for a rainy day;that he was lazy, that he was a failure. Not-with-standing this, he has made wonderful improvements and will continue;laboring under disadvantages,and receiving scarcely enough for his labor to feed him, he has been able to accumulate in all the states. To prove this statement we gain the following from the statistics.In Alabama he has accumulated property valued at 10,200,350; Arkansas, 18,010,315; Georgia, 15,000,000; Kntuckey, 6,000,000; Louisiana, 19,000,000; Mississippi, 16,000,000; Missouri, 7,500,000; North Carolina, 11,500,000; Texas, 18,600,000; Tennessee, 11,490,900; Virginia, 5,000,000; Illinois, 4,500,000; Indiana, 500,000; KANSAS, 5,000,000; Iowa, 3,500,000; Indian Territory, 700,000; Utah, 80,000; South Dakota, 80,000; North Dakota, 80,000; Colorado, 4,200,000; Oregon, 87,000; California, 5,500,000; Minesota, 2,000,000; Michigan, 5,000,000; Massaschuset, 10,451,000; Ohio, 8,500,000; Nebraska, 3,500,000; Penusylvania, 17,500,000; We were not able to get statistics for all the states,but, these are enough to show that he has made improvement,for all he has accumulated has been the result of his penny savings for years of hard work. Some have become impatient with the Negro and think that money given to educate him is like throwing it in the sea. They say that education makes the Negro lazy. This is untrue, if there is any thing that keeps the Negro back as a mass,it is not because they are lazy,but because as a mass they are ignored. Industrial schools like the Western University, Hampton, Tuskegee and similar institutions have done and are still doing much to better the condition of the Negro. These schools out every year, farmers, carpenters, wheelwrights, brick masons,shoe-makers,printers painters,cooks,trained nurses, etc. Hundreds are leavings these schools to work at their trade. They have shown to the world that they can do skilled labor. Education does not make him lazy but, like religion, it does the same identical thing for the Negro it does for any other race. What the Negro wants is a chance. There is a scheme among the veterans to have congress provide for the return of rebel flags to the living representatives of the rebel army. The shipments of oranges and lemons from California by the Southern Pacific and the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe so far this season have amounted to 14,000 cars, as against 5,000 cars in 1898-1899 and 11,600 cars the preceding year. BASE BALL MATTERS. BASE BALL MATTERS. CURRENT NEWS AND NOTES OF THE GAME. The Three-Base Hit — Getting Bases When a Striker Is Struck — Clarence H. Beaumont, the Crack Pittsburg Outfielder. The Three-Base Hit. The day was fast declining, and the hour was growing late; The sparrow on the near-by roof was chirping to his mate; The twilight air was teeming with a wealth of insect life That spread itself tormentingly upon that field of strife. The multitude grew restless, and anxiety most keen Upon each troubled countenance was plainly to be seen; Would that fool umpire call the game because the air waxed dark Just when the score was 6 to 6? The throng breathed hard—but hark! When Casey, for the visitors, stepped up to bat—and died. Again a wild, delightful howl broke forth, but soon grew dim When Murphy took his base on balls and Johnson followed him; Then Smithy lined 'er out for three, which brought the others home. But Dudley fanned, and mighty Jackson also bit the loam. Ah, who can tell the agony that bound that breathless crowd, Or words depict the silence that hung o'er it like a shroud? The boys were up against it now, a hard and cruel fate. For they couldn't find the pitcher—and the score was 6 to 8! Young Duffy, for the home team, went to hot, and promptly fanned. And then a frigid, icy chill shot down each aching spine Whose owner had his ducats up to back the loved home nine. But Cuddy got a single and again a faint hope burned; Cap Andrews took his base on balls—say, could the tide have turned? Burke found the sphere and got to first, which filled the bases quite. And when big Kelly seized his stick the crowd howled with delight. It was an awful moment—darkness gathered in the west; "Strike one!" The umpire's cursed voice drove knife-blades to each breast; "Strike two!" A groan, scarce audible, came from that straining throng. For each felt that the agony could not last very long. Yet neer a word spake Kelly, as upon his palms he spat, But took a new and firmer hold upon his fav'rite bat; The pitcher shot the ball—and then was heard a mighty crash, And in the fading light they saw great Kelly make a dash. He never ceased his running till he landed safe on third. Amid a din the like of which had ne'er before been heard; And to this day they tell the tale nor cut it short a bit. Of how that first great game was won by Kelly's three-base hit. Pittsburg's Crack Outfielder. A young player who made a great name for himself in the National League last year was Clarence H. Beaumont of the Pittsburgs. He went into the big organization a compara- CLARENCE H. BEAUMONT CLARENCE H. BEAUMONT. tively unknown youngster, but his wonderful all-around work has brought him to the front in one season. Beaumont is twenty-three years of age. In 1896 and '97 he played with the Fox River Valley League in Wisconsin. In August, 1898, the Milwaukee club secured his services, his grand work with his team leading to his purchase by Pittsburg at the close of '98. He was not given a regular position on the nine until June. In 104 games he had the magnificent batting average of .350, and had .926 in fielding and stole thirty-two bases. His work this season will be closely watched. When the Striker Is Struck. Baseball writers contend that the only rule now that needs amendment is the one giving a man his base when hit by a pitched ball. It is asserted Jennings, McGann and others will always try to get hit when a run is wanted by their side, and that umpires should at least be allowed to use their judgment in giving a man out for intentionally placing himself in front of a pitched ball. Rule 46 covers such cases and the umpire should enforce it. It provides that a batsman becomes a base-runner, among other cases: "Sec. 4. If while he be a batsman, without making any attempt to strike at the ball, his person or clothing be hit by a ball from the pitcher; unless, in the opinion of the umpire, he plainly avoids making any effort to get out of the way of the ball from the pitcher, and thereby permits himself to be so hit." Left-handed Wonder. Morris F. Amole, the left-handed pitcher of the Buffalo club of the American League, who retired Detroit without a hit or run in the opening game of the season, was born in Coatsville, Pa., in 1870. He is 5 feet 9 inches tall, and weighs 165 pounds. Amole is a left-handed pitcher, and early distinguished himself in the amateur clubs of the Keystone state. His first professional year was 1896, when he joined the Wilmington club of the Atlantic League. In 1897 he was draft- M. E. AMOLE ed by the Baltimore club and played good ball during his*stay in that city. In December, 1898, he was traded with Jack Doyle and Henry Reitz to Washington for "Jimmy" McJames, Eugene Demontreville and D. L. McGann. In 1899 he pitched in six defeats for the senators and was released. He then joined the Buffalo club. He has lots of speed, good curves and fine control, and, if he keeps himself in condition, is a winner. Last of a Scandal. The sale of Cooley to the Pittsburgh club puts an end to one of the worst baseball scandals of recent years. The player's conduct during 1899 was censurable, but his punishment was oppressive to a degree that his case appealed to the liberty-loving spirit of the American people for redress. Such instances of oppression should not be permitted. There is no remedy against injustice to a player under the game's present system of government of the National League, except by appeal to the board of directors, and there has never been an instance where the club's course was not approved. The courts can not compel a club to employ a player who is judicially declared eligible to sign where he pleases and the reserve rule is practically a boycott. The Sporting News insists that the establishment of a tribunal of three disinterested and distinguished men, familiar with baseball law, is necessary to secure exact justice to the minor league clubs and all professional players. The decisions of a board of arbitration, so constituted and with plenary powers, would be accepted as fair and final by the parties in interest, as well as the press and public. The players will organize to fight oppression and injustice and it is reported that each member of every National League club is subscribing $5 monthly into a fund to be paid into the treasury of a union to be formed this fall. There would be no need for such an organization if the magnates will insist that every club deal justly with its players. Cooley places the responsibility for his treatment by the Philadelphia club upon Col. Rogers, and stated that President Reach and Secretary-Manager Shettline urged that he be released rom reservation. Two Umpires Needed. The games in the National League thus far have progressed smoothly enough, but they have shown, nevertheless, that it was a grave mistake to depart from the double umpire system and when the season gets good and warm music can be expected. The best men on the staff say that they cannot possibly do justice to the game, and they ought to know better than anybody. Some of the magnates recognize the fact that there must be more or less fault-finding with one umpire, and this is always a bad thing. Diamond Gllnts It looks as if Duffy called the turn fair and square when he said it was a mistake to release Jouett Meekin. He is far from a "has been." There was just as much reason for holding on to him as there was for securing him last season. The setback the Bostons received at the start off of the season has not discouraged the rooters for the Beaneaters. They say that the Bostons will be in at the wind-up with both feet. Weak batting and the poor support given to Nichols as ascribed as the cause of their slump MISERABLE That's Nerve Poverty To be rich in nerve power you should take a good spring medicine, something that will give you pure and rich blood. A perfect Sarsaparilla will do this every time; not a cheap Sarsaparilla, not one that promises you a great deal of bulk for your money; but a highly concentrated Sarsaparilla, one that has more cure in it than any other Sarsaparilla in the world. That's AYER'S "The only Sarsaparilla made under the personal supervision of three graduates: a graduate in pharmacy, a graduate in chemistry, and a graduate in medicine." $1.00 a bottle. All druggists. "For thirty-five years I have used Ayer's Sarsaparilla. There are many other kinds on the market, but I have great faith in that word "Ayer's."—N. MUSESICK, St. Anthony, Iowa. Not the cheapest but the best Buggy our factory can build for the money. $84.47 buys the buggy here illustrated, "fully equipped, with heavy rubber or drill top. End springs. Painting, gear, dark Brewer water, green body, black with very fine finish. Kerotel leather trimmed. The best hickory screwed rm rw wheels, 1-inch road, back Brussels lion rail, full back back length, rear lion rail, leather trimmed shafts. We have vehicles from $8.66 up, including Road Carts, Road Wagons, Surrey, Phectons, Traps, Spring Wagons and Business Rigs. Shipped C.O. D. east of the Rocky Mountains on receipt of $5, subject to examination. Send 20 to payable presses T. M. ROBERTS' SUPPLY HOUSE Kinston, North Carolina Taxing Motor Carriages. Motor carriages and motor bicycles have already attracted the attention of European tax levellers, and in Antwerp these vehicles are doubly taxed, first by the province to the extent of 50 francs on motor carriages and 20 francs on motor bicycles, and second by a municipal tax of 150 francs on the former and 50 francs on the latter.—Philadelphia Bulletin. Explosives. Thirty years ago there were only about 25 explosive compounds known. Now there are more than 1,100. Snails in the Arts. A. C. Billups of Lawrenceburg township has made a shipment of 300 live snails to New York. The slimy creatures are to be used in the Institute of Arts of Sciences of Brooklyn. Indianapolis News. A Long Search. When a man has looked through six pockets for something his wife wants and can't find it she begins to look uneasy, but he keeps on and finds it in the seventeenth. —Atchison Globe Tons of Documenta Over five tons of documents produced in England in the Venezuelan arbitration case have been removed from Paris. They required two railway cars to take them away. Girls Preferred. In Germany and Holland girls are chosen in preference to young men in all employments in which they can be advantageously employed. Not a Common Politician. The empress dowager is acting for all the world as if she didn't care whether she ever got vindicated or not.—Anaconda (Mont.) Standard. Cows with Earrings. In Belgium, by a recent regulation, all bulls and cows are to wear earrings as soon as they have attained the age of three months. Never Rains. Rain has never been known to fall in that part of Egypt between the two lower falls of the Nile. The June bride is rehearsing her blushes. Rose bushes are the latest thing in bloomers. Every man is his own best friend— also his worst enemy. The darker the background the better true friendship shows up. MIS Nex To be rich in medicine, something A perfect Sarsaparilla Sarsaparilla, not o for your money; that has more cur world. That "The only Sarsaparilla graduate in pharmacy "For thirty-five years I ha but I have great faith in that w Not the cheapest b money. $34.47 buys t heavy rubber or drill green, body black, wi best hickory screwed carpet. Boot, storm a like raincoat trims cluding Road Cars, Wagons and Business tains on receipt of $6. on our free Buggy and Harness Ocatalogue. T. M. ROB You're not feeling just right this spring are you? Somehow, you haven't your old-time strength, cannot take hold of things with your usual push and energy. You just drag around, fairly well one day, not so well the next. You are wretched, disconsolate, discouraged; you are miserable. Potato Digging Machine. Potatoes are rapidly dug, cleaned and sacked by a new apparatus, which has a plow to unearth the tubers, the dirt and potatoes falling into an endless chain elevator, which delivers them into a hopper with slat sides, which removes the dirt and drops the potatoes into a bag. Military Craze in London. So deep has the military craze taken root that dinner parties in London are now using khahl tablecloths with bright red flowers placed in imitation of cavalry boots. Elfteen Feet of Hall. Mr. T. L. Harris of Snellville was in Monroe yesterday. He says that the people there who were so fearfully injured by the recent hall will have to plant their crops over, putting it in cotton or corn. In some places the hall drifted to a height of fifteen feet, and much of it yet remains on the ground. It will require several weeks of warm sunshine to melt all of it.—Walton (Ga.) News and Messenger. Ostriches Under Saddle The possibility of the ostrich being used for a kind of two-legged saddle horse, as the natives of Abyssinia are said to have employed it, was demonstrated at Pasedena, Cal., recently. A man not only mounted a full sized male ostrich and rode 100 miles on its back, but also had a photographer take a picture of him on his feathered steed. Woman in Office. The head of the postal department at Gibraltar is Miss Cresswell, who receives a salary of $2,740. She has held the post for ten years. At the same place is a woman medical officer, Miss Edith Shore.-Indianapolis News. All His Clothing of Mother's Make. A man went into a store in Fairfield, Me., the other day and remarked that everything except boots that he had on-viz., stockings, shirts, underclothes, outside clothes and cap—were spun, woven and made by his mother. Slow Promotion: Promotion in the Russian army is exceedingly slow. It takes from six to seven years for a captain to become a lieutenant colonel, and four for a lieutenant colonel to become a colonel. Bibles for Boer Prisoners Bibles for Boer Prisoners. The British Foreign Bible Society Intends to provide all Boer prisoners with Bibles printed in Dutch and the plan will be carried out within a few weeks. Two First Times There are two times in a youth's life when he feels like 30 cents. One, when he slips up the back stairs to take his first shave with his father's razor, and the other when he appears on the street for the first time with a beaver hat—Indianapolis News. One Publisher's Opinion. An enterprising publisher is apparently of opinion that literary ability is as hereditary as is the gout. At any rate, he has announced a volume "by Rolf Boldrewood's nephew." -London Express. An Old Market Trick The origin of the saying, "Let the cat out of the bag," is traced to a favorite trick among country folk in England, to substitute a cat for one of the young pigs when the latter were carried in bags to market. These bags, in old phraseology, were known as pokes. If any greenhorn was foolish enough to buy a 'pig in poke'—that is, purchase the animal without looking at it—the trick was successful, but if he opened the sack to satisfy himself concerning the value of his desired purchase pussy would be liable to jump out. The cat was let out of the bag and the trick exposed. Skinning a Horse Found Colns Albert Lambert, Jr., and Charles Brewer, of Westfield, N. J., while skimming a horse owned by the former, found a ten-cent piece under the skin just above the left shoulder. Then a twenty-five-cent piece dropped from its resting place just below the shoulder. How the money came there is unexplained. Mr. Lambert has owned the horse for 12 years. The coins were in good condition, bearing the dates 1872 and 1876—New York World. Fall Aaleep by Steps Our senses do not fall asleep simultaneously. The eyelids are first affected, and shut out sight; next follows the sense of taste, then smelling, hearing, and touch, the last named being the lightest sleeper and the most easily aroused. Plant Anesthetic According to a German publication a chemist of that country has prepared a fluid that has the power when injected into the tissues of a plant near its roots, of anesthetizing the plant, not destroying it, but temporarily suspending its vitality. The love of a good woman is the best protection any man can have. BLE right this spring, you haven't your cannot take hold of or usual push and must drag around, not so well the hed, disconsolate, able. erty take a good spring are and rich blood. time; not a cheap great deal of bulk and Sarsaparilla, one Sarsaparilla in the ER'S ion of three graduates: a gradvale in medicine." many other kinds on the market, ny, Iowa. PISO'S CURE FOR CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use in time. Sold by druggists. CONSUMPTION When Answering Advertisements Kindly mention This Face. Citv Locals. yell this week to visit her husband Mrs W C Neeley was taken quite jj Sunday eve.She is reported bet- prat this writing. We are in recipt of letter from and William of St.Louis Mo. jrmerly of tihis eity,both enjoy- ing the very besi health. The Knights of Pythias will jo the semi-aanal election of peir officers Tuesday night. All Knights in good standing are cor- gjally welcome to meet with us. Mr: J. Slaughter of Topeka, Kas. rived in the city Friday. She qill be in the city about a meuth the gueet of Mrs Jno Williams on North Mead and Mrs A. Paul of 62 North Main street. isbn Phelps better known as © Fish “* 18 around at Morsman and Innes, Thompson has added his name to the scbaription listof The Searchlight We jetosee all the young man follow Mr Thom Mrs Ella Bramlet and daughter lett Tuesday for Pueblo,Colo. Her husband will follow in a few doys. They expect tomake Colo. their fu- ture home-May suceess follow them Master Ernest Lewis ison the sick list, For First-Class Ice Creem go to Bissantz’ $06 E Douglass. You will be treated right,he advertises with ue, Patronize him Phillip Hyde and Rev H F Fra rier wera callers at Tue Seaxcu- Luur office this week. We are al- ways glad to have our friends call. Horace Bishop of Kansas City,Ke. is visiting in the city with the en. gineers of the new rail road throu’h the South. Rey, Terrell has added his name on our Snbseription list for 1 year juid up subseription. We would be glul to seeall the Ministers of the cty follow the Rev. example. | Haynesand son Henry of Parsons spent Wednesday in the city en route to Ellsworth where heexpects permanently to locate inthe barber trade. Joe Dunson met with quite a se- vere accident Tuesday, his horse run wsay throwining him out o! his buggy on the pavement and broke his leg near the joint. He is stiay as eagy as can be expected under the circumstances. We hope forhis early reocvery. Arkansas Valley lodge No 21 AF «AM held their anual elec- tion of officers Tuesday night it estltel as follows : Hopkins Aber nathy, W.M., J. T.Chinneth S.W., James Roberson J.W., Julius Gains Treas.,Will Clark,Secretary Kemember the moonlight social Sat- olay evening at 122 N, Emporia. Me ROW. Winn and wife left Thurs- fay afternoon for Colorado Springs. The New Hope Sunday school ex- Kets ty have quite an interesting pro- fram Sunday evening at 3 p.m, Chil- dren's Day service, Rev. Frazier filled his pulpit both orning and evening last Sunday and Preach, two eloquent services and ™ erected with a large house. We kindly ask our subscribers to Bittonive those that advertise with us tui dont forget to mention the “Search- Tight. Win. Johnson was in the city Wed- “3g He had his beard shaved off Mich causes quite a change on his TALMAGE’S SERMON. COMMON DUTIES AND REWARD THE SUBJECT Addressed to the Tollers and strugglers on Life's Dimcult Highway — Heroes and Heroines of Our Times—The He- rote: at Hesvee. [Copyright, 1900, by Louls Klopsch.} Text, II Timothy ii, 3, “Thou there- fore endure hardness.” Historians are not slow to acknowl- edge the merits of great military chief- tains. We have the full length por- traits of the Cromwells, the Washing- tons, the Napoleons and the Welling- tons of the world. History 1s not written in black ink, but red ink of human blood. The gods of human ambition do not drink from bowls “ade out of silver or gold or precious stones, but out of the bleached skulls | of the fallen. But I am now to unroll before you a scroll of heroes that the world has never acknowledged—those who faced no guns, blew no bugle blast, conquered no cities, chained no captives to their chariot wheels and yet in the great day of eternity will stand higher than some of those whose names startled the nations, and ser- aph and rapt spirit and archangel will teli their deeds to a listening universe. Imean the heroes of common, every- day life, In this roil, in the first place, I find | all the heroes of the sickroom. When satan had failed to overcome Job, he said to God, “Put forth thy hand and touch his bones and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.” Satan had found out that which we have all found out, that sickness is the great- est test of one’s character. A man who can stand that can stand any- thing. To be shut in a room as fast as though it were a bastile; to be so nervous you cannot endure the tap of a child’s foot; to have luscious fruit, which tempts the appetite of the ro- bust and healthy, excite our loathing and disgust when it first appears on the platter; to have the rapier of pain strike through the side or across the temples like a razor or to put the foot into a vise or throw the whole body into a blaze of fever, yet there have been men and women, but more women than men, who have cheerful- ly endured this hardness. Through years of exhausting rheumatisms and excruciating neuralgias they have gone and through bodily distress that rasped the nerves and tore the muscles and paled the cheeks and stooped the shoulders. By the dim light of the sickroom taper they saw on their wall | the picture of that land where the inhabitants are never sick. Through the dead silence of the night they heard the chorus of the angels. Heroes In Sickness. In this roil T also find the heroes of toil who do their work uncomplaining- ly. It is comparatively easy to lead a regiment into battle when you know that the whole nation will applaud the vietory; it is comparatively easy to ,| doctor the sick when you know that your skill will be appreciated by a large company of friends and rela- tives; it is comparatively easy to ad- dress an audience when in the gleam- ing eyes and the flushed cheeks you know that your sentiments are adopt- Jed. But to do sewing when you ex- ,| pect the employer will come and thrust ‘| his thumb through the work to show how imperfect it is or to have the }| whole garment thrown back on you, to be done over again; to build a wall and know there will be no one to say ‘| you did it well, but only a swearing || employer howling across the scaffold; -| to work until your eyes are dim and | your back aches and your heart faints, and to know that if you stop before | night your children will starve—ab, | the sword has not slain so many as | the needle! The great battleflelds of our civil war were not Gettysburg and Shiloh and South Mountain. The great battlefields were in the arsenals and in the shops and in the attics, where women made army jackets for | a sixpence. They toiled on until they died. They had no funeral eulogium, but, in the name of my God, this day, I enroll their names among those of whom the world was not worthy. Heroes of the needle! Heroes of the sewing machine! Heroes of the attic! Heroes of the cellar! Heroes and heroines! Bless God for them: one ge oa ee Heroes of Domestic Injustice. Society to-day is strewn with the wrecks of men who, under the north- east storm of domestic infelicity, have been driven on the rocks. There are tens of thousands of drunkards to-day, made such by their wives. That is not poetry; that is prose. But the wrong -is generally in the opposite direction. You would not have to go far to find a wife whose life is a perpetual mar- tyrdom—something heavier than a stroke of the fist, unkind words; stag- gering home at midnight and constant maltreatment, which have left her only a wreck of what she was on that day when in-the midst of a brilliant assemblage the vows were taken, and full organ played the wedding march, and prayers and forgiveness before they are asked for. No bitter words when the family Bible goes for rum and the pawnbroker’s shop gets the last decent dress. Some day, desir- ing to evoke the story of her sorrows, you say, “Well, how are you getting along now?” and, rallying her tremb- ling voice and quieting her quivering lip, she says, “Pretty well, I thank you; pretty well.” She never will tell you. In the delirium of her last sick- ness she may tell all the other se- crets of her lifetime, but she will not tell that. Not until the books of eternity are opened on the throne of judgment will ever be known what she has suffered. Oh, ye, who are twisting ‘ garland for the victor, put it on that pale brow! When she is dead the neighbors will beg linen to make her a shroud, and she will be carried out in a plain box, with no silver plate to tell her years, for she has lived a thousand years of trial and anguish. ‘The gamblers and swindlers who de- stroyed her husband will not come to the funeral. One carriage will be enough for that funeral—one carriage to carry the orphans and the two Christian women who presided over the obsequies. ‘The Celestial Door Opened. But there is a flash and the opening of a celestial door and a shout, “Litt up your head, ye everlasting gate, and let her come in!” And Christ will step forth and say, “Come in. Ye suffered with me on earth; be glorified with me in heaven.” What is the highest throne in heaven? You say, “The throne of the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb.” No doubt about it. What is the next highest throne in heaven? While I speak it seems to me it will be the throne of the drunk- ard’s wife, if she with cheerful pa- tience endured all her earthly tor- ture. Heroes and heroines! * * * Reward of Devotion. You have all seen or heard of the ruins of Melrose abbey. I suppose in some respects they are the most ex- quisite ruins on earth, And yet, look- ing at it I was not 30 impressed—you may set it down to bad taste—but I was not so deeply stirred as I was at a tombstone at the foot of that ab- bey, the tombstone placed by Walter Scott over the grave of an old man who had served him for a good many years in his house—the inscription, most significant, and I defy any man to stand there and read it without tears coming into his eyes—the epi- taph, “Well done, good and faithful servant.” Oh, when our work is over, will it be found that, because of anything we have done for God-or the chureh or suffering humanity that such an inscription 1s appropriate for us? God grantit! * * * * John Brown's Prayer. John Brown fell upon his knees and began to pray. “Ah,” said Claver- | house, “look out if you are going to pray; steer clear of the king, the coun- cil and Richard Cameron.” “0 Lord,” said John Brown, “since it seems to be thy will that I should leave this world for a world where I can love thee better and serve thee more, I put this poor widow woman and these helpless, fatherless children into thy hands. We have been together in peace a good while, but now we must look forth to a better meeting in heayen, And as for these poor crea- tures, blindfolded and infatuated, that stand before me, convert them before it be too late, and may they who have sat in judgment in this lonely place on this blessed morning upon me, a poor, defenseless fellow creature—may they in the last judgment find that mercy which they have refused to me, thy most unworthy but faithful servant. Amen.” He arose and said, “Isabel, the hour has come of which I spoke to you on the morning when I proposed hand and heart to you, and are you willing now, for the love of God, to let me die?” She put her arms around him and said: “The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.” “Stop that sniveling,” said Claverhouse, “I have had enough of it. Soldiers do your work. Take aim! Fire!” And the head of John Brown was scattered on the ground. While the wife was gathering up in her apron the frag- ments of her husband's head—gather- ing them up for burial—Claverhouse looked into her face and said, “Now, my good woman, how do you feel now about your bonnie man?” “Oh,” she said, “I always thought —_weel of him; he has been very good to me; T had no reason for thinking anything but weel of him, and I think better of him now.” Oh, what a grand thing it will be in the last day to see God pick out his heroes and heroines. Who are those paupers of eternity ‘The Heroes of Heaven. What harm can the world do you when the Lord Almighty with un- sheathed sword fights for you? I preach this sermon for comfort. Go home to the place just where God has put you to play the hero or the hero- ine. Do not envy any man his money or his applause or his social position. Do not envy any woman her wardrobe or her exquisite appearance. Be the hero or the heroine. {f there be no flour in the house and you do not know where your children are to get bread, listen, and you will hear some- thing tapping against the window pane. Go to the window and you will find it is the beak of a raven, and open the window, and there will fly in the messenger that fed Elijah. Do you think that the God who grows the cotton of the South will let you freeze for lack of clothes? Do you think that the God who allowed his disciples on Sabbath morning to go into the grain field and then take the grain and rub it in their hands and eat—do you think ‘God will let you starve? Did you ever hear the experience of that old man, “I have been young and now am old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken or his seed begging bread.” Get up out of your discouragement, © troubled soul, O sewing woman, Q man kicked and cuffed by unjust em- ployers, © ye who are hard beset in the battle of life and know not which way to turn, O you bereft one, 0 you sick one with complaints you have told to no one, come and get the com- fort of this subject. Listen to our great Captain’s cheer: “To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the fruit of the tree of life which is in the midst of the paradise of God.” TEST BUTTER BY PHOTOGRAPH Process by Which a Spurious Article Cam Be Surely Detected. State Chemist J. A. Hummel has hit upon @ new scheme which he thinks will surely bring the butterine dodgers to time. By a combination of nickel prisms, microscopes and a_lensless camera with a sensitive plate Mr. ‘Hummel has developed a plan which ‘must show the difference between but- ‘ters and pseudo butters to every ama- ‘teur eye at a moment's glance. Thus, ‘it is hoped, the photographs will carry weight with a jury where chemical forraulae failed. When asked to ex- plain the process of examination by photographic methods Mr. Hummel said: ‘The simple fact to be considered is that pure butter as made in the @airies. or at the creamery contains only amorphous fat. Any heating process such as is followed in renova- tion and running in of milk immedi- ately generates fat crystals. In the oleomargarine the crystals from the meat fats added to cotton seed ofl are very thick. Now, all we need to do 1s to place a sample of suspected butter ina glass slide and then under the microscope. We put one prism above and one below in such a way that the light rays cannot pass through, ac- cording to a law of physics. Now we push the tube of a camera directly over the head of the microscope and insert a plate at the other end. No direct light, you see, can pass through —that is, as long as these two prisms are properly placed. But, according to the Iaws of light, as soon as we get a third prism such as a crystal, which, you know, is of prismatic shape, the light again finds its way through. Consequently, if the butter is free trom crystals no direct rays and only a dull translucent light will pass through, while otherwise bright and dark spots will come together and form the pe- cullarly shaped picture you see in the oleomargarine sample. The proof is ‘simple, absolute and convincing.—St. | Paul ‘Plonear-Peeae MIND OVER MATTER. In This Instance It Failed to Bring About Any Results, “I suppose it was wrong,” said a well-known member of the Detroit bar with a grin, “but I couldn't afford to let the opportunity pass. My wife has ‘become a convert to the mind cure fad, and for the last month I have hear nothing but the power of mind over matter. TI safd little, hoping that she would soon tire of it and drop it. But I was doomed to disappointment, for the longer she harped on it the ‘worse she became. This morsing she ‘discovered that a water pipe was leak- ‘ing, and she went at it with that uni- versal woman's tool, a hairpin, with ‘the result that she only made the hole larger and caused a small jet of water ‘to be shot into the room. Clapping a finger over the -hole to stop the flow of water, she called loudly for me, and when I appeared on the scene I took the situation in at a glance. ‘What is the matter, my dear?" I asked. “There is a hole in the pipe!’ she gasped, ‘get a plug while I hold the water ‘back.’ ‘There is no leak there if you will only think so,’ said I, soothingly. “Put your mind on it and remove your finger.’ “John Henry’ she began, but at that moment her finger slipped and a jet of water hit her in the eye, and the valuable remarks that she was about to make were lost for all time. ‘John,’ she snapped, ‘can't you see that the wall paper will be ruined if I let go? ‘Weil, my dear,’ said I, ignoring her question, ‘it is time I was going down town, besides I am afraid that if I remain here I may interfere with the calm, reposeful working of your mind. Convince yourself, my dear, that there is no leak and remove your fin- ger.’ With that I left her. I took the precaution, however, to send up a plumber; but from what I heard when I left I am afraid her mind was far from being In a reposeful mood.”—De- troit Free Press. ‘The Postal Card Fad. The postal card fad, which is s0 virulent in Europe to-day, has not yet reached this country, and the indi- cations are that it will never amount to the craze here that it has already become abroad. All sorts of views can already be had, and there is scarcely a rioted spot in the country, from Niagara Falls to Mammoth Cave, which has not been reproduced on the cards available here. But the demand for them continues slight—New York sg YOUNG BROS., Dealers in Wall Paper, Window Shades, Paints, Glass, Pictures, Frames, Mouldings, Painters’ Artistic Supplies. A.SOMMER, Jewever & Optician. | $16 E. Donglaze Ave., Wichita. Colored Men’s party. Steps Taken To Organize One. The first steps locking to the organization of a National Negro party was taken in Phil: hdelpnia on ‘ast Thursdry. Prominent Color- ed divines bishops, ministers, editors,and law yers,at a meeting decided to place a ticket inthe field this field,with Colored men as candidates. The plan is to organize the party in every statein the Union and nominate can Gidates for state and congressional office An executive committee hasbeen appointed todraw up acall for a convention and distr bute circulars outlining the reasons for the formation of a national negro party, Bisho Chappin,the newly e'ected head of the A M E chureh in this district presided at meeting Names mentoned for president were, Judge E J Walker of Boston, with P W Pinck back ex Lieutent governor of Lousiana fo: vie2 president otheas are, Bishop Derry,N Y, wih Prof Duboise, Miss Mary Adams was horribly burned Wednesday afternoon while filling the tank of a gasoline stove. Her injuries were so severe that she died at one o'clock Thursday morning. Her funeral took place yesterday morn- ing at 9:30 at the A.M. E. church. A large crowd was present to pay to her their last tribute of respect. The curious gymnastic feats which parrots sometimes perform in thelr cages have been ascribed to the desire of the birds to vary the monotony of their life in captivity. That was the opinion of Mrs. Maudsley, the wife of the Central American explorer, until she saw the parrots, in a state of per- fect freedom, indulging in all the feats practised by their caged cousins. It has been said that any nation which collects an indemnity from Tur- key ought to receive additional com- pensation for the time lost and the strain on the nervous system. ‘The de- lay in paying for losses inflicted upon our people in the Armenian massacres is entirely in keeping with Turkish traditions. ‘The approved theory in the sultan’s domains seems to be that “he pays twice who pays promptly.” ‘The peculiar condition of the atmos- phere over southern England and Western France on January 11th gave tise to extraordinary exhibitions of solar halos, or sun dogs, described in the scientific journals of both coun- tries. The phenomena were very beau tiful, the sun being surrounded with concentric circles and inverted arches showing rainbow colors, while mock suns appears among the halos, ‘They were caused by clouds of minute ice- crystals floating at a great elevation. Some curious spiral fossils, recently discovered in rocks of the Permian pe- riod in Russia, appear to represent a kind of sawlike appendage, armed with enamelled teeth, and capable of being rolled up in the manner of a spiral spring, which once belonged to a spe- cies of fish related to the rays and dog- fish of today. A French geologist, Monsieur Priem, suggests that the fish carried this singular weapon as an ex- tension of its upper jaw. Except in its capability of being rolled up, such an appendage seems to be no more ‘wonderful than that of the sawfish or the swordfish. A writer in the North American Re- view calls attention to the evils of excessive legislation. It appears that at their last annual sessions, the legis- latures of our forty-five states enacted more than fourteen thousand laws— good, bad and indifferent. Such in- dustry might be said to speak volumes for the public spirit of the American people if we could wink out of sight the facts that many of the “acts” spring from an unwholesome desire to accomplish social reforms by short processes, and that many more of them represent individual or corporate contrivances to utilize the power of the state for the turning of private grindstones. ——— RESTAURANT. ‘Meals 15e at all hours, Week board $2.50. PETE COLEMAN, Prop. 702 E- Douglas. Moonlight SociaL Saturday night at 122 north Em- poria. Come out Read The Searchlight CA A Re i >} V) )\\ A Zo FE Men of Business: OUR TAILORING establish- ment produces Business Suits which gives pleasure to business men.No difficulty in suiting an in dividual Style and skill making the garment fashionable. When you place yourself in our hands,we take care that you are not disappointed or dissatisfied. 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