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The Wichita Searchlight. SUCCESSOR TO PITTSBURG PLAINDEALER. NORTH CAROLINA And The Phillipines Contrasted AsTwo kinds of Governments Prevailing. from The St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The immense majority which has just been cast in North Carolina for the constitutional amendment that has disfranchised 75,000 Negro voters in that state furnish a fine commentary on Democrat draving about the "censent of the governed" in the Phillippines. It is well known, of course that this result has been obtained through a systematic practice of terrorism and fraud. The 'Red Shirt' leaders, in imitation of the practices of the old Kuklux days, went through the state firing their guns in the air and threatening the Negro with death if they won at the polls and this intimidation seems have kept most of thom away. Fraud was practiced, too, in the reiving and counting of the votes. Here was not the faintest doubt any time about the result of the election. Every body in the United States has known that ever since the canvas began to be talked about that the Democrats would not only sweep the state for their tick but that they would carry their institutional amendment by an overwhelming majority, for all the state recording and counting machinery of the state, through its own Gobel law, is in their hands. It must be remembered that unlike the case in some of the other Southern States, the blacks in North Carolina are far below the whites in numbers. According to the census report of 1890 the white inhabitants of North Carolina number 1,55,382 while the Negroes number 92,565 or but little more than half as numerous As the Negroes of the south as well as of the North are Eretat, Dieppe, Trouville and all the gay little places along the coasts of Brittany and Lombardy are preparing for their summer season of sports and gayety, notwithstanding the allurements of the exposition and the crowds. Many of the season's clothing suits are cut low, with only a strap across the shoulder, crossed over surplice fashion and drawn in at the waist with a sash. Necklaces, bracelets, brooches and ornamental belts are affected by the American and French bathers. Long gloves of wash kid or chamois protect the arms from tan and sunburn. Hats are trimmed with ribbon and with flowers that are not injured by water. Coquettish bonnets of oil silk are novelties of the season, as are also large bonnets made of pretty light cotton, and nets are arranged to resemble troops, which, while encasing the hair, have large bows in front. Stockings to match the trimming of the dress are the favorites, and black trimmed with rose color leads in favor this year. Serge, bunting and silk are the fabrics most used for bathing costumes, and knickerbockers and silk tights are worn beneath the short skirts. The skirt is called an American innovation, the regulation French bathing costume having a basque bodice and full bloomers only. Waterproof coats in bright colors are worn when the bather walks down to the water, and put on again when she leaves the water—a custom that the bathers at American seaside places would do well to adopt from reasons of modesty and dignity as well as picturesque—New York Press. decreasing in numbers as compared with the whites,ir is reasonable to presume that the black men in North Carolina at the present time are less than half the whites. There was no reason to fear that they would ever get in control in the state.The sixteen ex-slave stat's range in order in the proportion which the blacks bear to the white in their inhabitants—South Carolina,Mississippi,Lousiana,Georgia, Alabama,Florida,Virginia,North Carolina,Arkansas,Tennessee,Texas,Maryland,Delaware,Kentucky. Missouri,West Virginia,South Carolina in proportion to aggregate population,has more Negroes than any other state,and West Virginia and Missouri have the smallest proportion of Negroes of all the states in which slavery once existed. It is dishonesty, however to have one standard for the Phillippines and an entirely different standard for the United States which will present itself most stronly to the country in connection with this North Carolina election farce. Bryan howls for a privilege for the Tagals-who never had a moment's freedom in their lives until the United States gave it to them in 1898, and who are totally ignorant of the uses of the ballot-which they deny Missiesippi, Lousiana, SouthCarolina, North Carolina and other southern democratic states to men who were born in the United States and who belong to a race who were freed more than a third of a century ago. Bryan sees no wrong in the fraud of North Carolina by which a race who were invested with the ballot more than thirty years ago is disfranchised. Red herring are said, like roast pork, to have been discovered by accident. In the days of King John, so the tale goes, a Yarmouth fisherman hung up some salted herrings in his hut and forgot all about them. They hung where they were exposed to the smoke of his wood fire, and when he one day chanced to notice them he was attracted by their strange appearance and sampled one of them. The taste pleased him and accordingly he hurried to present the rest to King John, who was then near Norwich. By the king they were esteemed such a dainty that he at once expressed his intention of granting a charter of incorporation to the town from whence they came. Only one portion of this interesting tradition is known to be actual fact, and that is that the first charter of Yarmouth was granted by King John. Carriage Painters' Putty. Carriage Painters' Fate. A hard putty and suitable for carriage painters' use is made as follows: Boil four pounds of brown umber and several pounds of linseed oil for two hours; stir in two ounces of beeswax; take from the fire and mix in five and a half pounds of chalk and eleven pounds of white lead. The mixing must be done very thoroughly. Oldest Honorary Degree Holder. The oldest living recipient of an honorary degree from Harvard is former Governor George S. Boutwell of Massachusetts, who received the LL. D. degree in 1851, when it was the custom to so honor the Governor of the State, a custom which stopped with the election of Benjamin F. Butler. MUST WINTER IN CHINA. To Winter in Northern China Appears Inevitable. BOXERS BEATEN AT TIEN TSIN Washington, Aug. 24.—A message received from Mr. Conger was particularly welcome in showing how completely the entire city is dominated by the allies. He states that it is occupied throughout and that it is being districted for police supervision. This last measure shows the thoroughness with which the allies are applying civil methods to the Chinese capital. Mr. Conger's statement that "the conditions are chaotic," was taken as another strong justification for the reply given to China. He emphasizes the fact that the Chinese army has fled, the imperial family and court have gone, and no representative of the Chinese government is to be seen in Pekin. Almost as important as the Pelkin news in this dispatch was the statement that the Boxers are again concentrating around Tien Tsin and that last Sunday morning the Sixth cavalry, with about 400 English and Japanese troops had a lively brush with the Boxers eight miles outside of Tien Tsin, when about 100 of the Chinese were killed and five Americans were wounded. It was evident from Admiral Remey's account of this affair that while the Chinese are in force enough around Tien Tsin to make considerable show, they are evidently not in the humor to hotly contest an engagement. It was hoped in official circles that when General Chaffee should be heard from he would report that the work of the American expeditionary force had been accomplished by the rescue of the ministers and that the blow struck at the Boxer insurgents by the foreign column had dissipated the revolutionists and left China with hands free to make her peace with the civilized world. Instead of this, however, General Chaffee reports an utterly chaotic condition of affairs and the capture of a capital whence all the heads of government had fled. There was nothing for the allies to do but to prevent anarchy by administering on this derelict empire which had fallen into their hands. Therefore, the prospect opened by General Chaffee's dispatch is that the American contingent of necessity will be detained in China for some time to come, probably for the whole winter. This will necessitate the hurried completion of preparations that already have been begun to comfortably subsist our army through the severe winter weather which will soon close in on northern China. Ordered to Kill Wounded. Berlin, Aug. 23.—General attention has been attracted by the published interview between a correspondent at Tokyo and Lieutenant Von Krohn, who was wounded in Admiral Seymour's expedition. The Lieutenant says: "At the beginning wounded Boxers were sent to the hospitals at Tien Tsin but it was seen later that this was a mistake. Hence an order was given to kill all Chinamen able to stand, not even to spare the wounded, but particularly to make absolutely no prisoners whatever." Boy Killed by Foolish Fun. Toledo, O., Aug. 22—Joseph, the 10-year-old son of Michael Schaill, of Lima, died from injuries received by being tossed in a blanket by soldiers during the encampment of the Second regiment, O. N. G., in this city. Arrests are to follow. Captain Kelly From Kansas. Captain Reilly From Burlis. Washington, D. C., Aug. 24.—Captain Henry J. Reilly, killed in Pekin, was born September 24, 1845. He enlisted in the Fifth artillery September 22, 1864, and was soon promoted to be a sergeant. In 1866 he was made a lieutenant, but did not reach the grade of captain until 1894. He went to Cuba during the Spanish war, but did not reach Cuba until after the Santiago war was over. Captain Reilly was graduated from the army artillery school in 1876. Cuban Teachers in New York. New York, Aug. 23.—The visiting Cuban and Porto Rican teachers were the guests of New York city, their immediate hosts being the board of education. They were taken to several points of interest, including General Grant's tomb, Columbia university, a public school, Central Park and the Aquarium. They sat down to an open air banquet on the Mall in Central Park. Columbia University was visited after the city's guests had spent some time at the Grant tomb. Detroit, Mich., Aug. 23.—The entire lower peninsula of Michigan was swept by a severe electrical storm. The damage to crops is immense. From all parts of the peninsula come reports of standing grain beaten to the ground and practically ruined. Scores of barns were struck by lightning and burned with their contents, so that the loss to the farmers is very heavy. In Detroit hundreds of trees were blown down. The storm swept down with cyclonic fury upon the camp which had been pitched on the boulevard for the encampment of the Knights of Pythias, and razed 1,000 of the 1,300 tents to ground. Windows were broken in all parts of the city by the wind and rain and upwards of a dozen buildings were struck by lightning. Coburn Never Predicts About Crops. Respectfully Rejected. Washington, Aug. 23. — The cabinet decided to reject the latest appeal from Li Hung Chang for a cessation of hostilities. The reply will be communicated at once to the Chinese government with a statement of the reasons for the action of this government. The rejection is based on the non-compliance of the Chinese government with the specific provisions of the declarations of the United States under the date of August 12. Destitute to be Sent Home. Institute to be sent Home. Seattle, Wash., Aug. 23.—General Randall has received authority to send back from Cape Nome the indigent, sick and destitute at the expense of the government. He had received over 3,000 applications for passage and there were still several thousand who are broke and who will eventually be compelled to ask the government to assist them home. Dowager Left Pekin Washington, Aug. 23.—The Japanese legation advices show that the banners of the imperial cortege were seen leaving Pekin on the 12th, and that probably the empress dowager, as well as the emperor, had left the city. Consul General Goodnow advised the state department that he had information from Chinese sources that the empress dowager had left Pekin. Japanese After Dowager. London. Aug. 22.—The Japanese cavalry left Pekin in pursuit of the dowager empress and her escort, according to telegrams from the north received at Shanghai by Chinese officials. These dispatches aver that the empress and her treasure train, protected by 30,000 troops, have already arrived in Wu Tai San in Shang Si province. Bryan and Roosevelt Chicago, Aug. 23.—It was announced at Democratic headquarters that William J. Bryan would be in Chicago Labor day after all and speak at the picnic. The announcement was made by George Schilling, head of the labor bureau. If this program is adhered to it will result in Governor Roosevelt and Mr. Bryan appearing on the same platform. Damages by Forest Fires Denver, Colo., Aug. 24. - C. E. Wantland, general land agent of the Union Pacific railroad, estimates the damage, present and prospective, caused by the forest fires in Colorado and Wyoming at $10,000,000. The loss of timber burned, he says, is only a comparatively small item in the total amount of damage. Lands which could have been sold for homes because of the pleasant surroundings will now for years not be worth much. Seymour Praises Americans London, August 23.—Vice Admiral Seymour in a letter which appears in the London Daily Express, refers to the difficulties in controlling mixed troops and to their characteristics, says: "The Germans we admired most, but for dash and go none surpassed or perhaps equalled the Americans. The French had no particular rapprochement with any other nationality. The Germans and Russians were inclined to hold together, but the Americans were with us always." 1863 SEPT.-22 1900 Wichita-kas- Emancipation Celebration AND OLD FASH'ON BARPECUE. AT South Riverside Park Saturday, September 22 nd And At Night At PEERLESS HALL Music-Prof.Fisher's Military Band GOOD SPEAKING Come and See the Foot Race,Bicycle Race,Potato Race,Wheel Barrow Race,and a Great Crowd of The Human Race.Match Game of Base Ball. The Committee has taken the Greatest Precaution to make all detail arrangements for this,the most Gigantie and Elaborate Entertainment Ever Given in the State. Dinner at 12:00. Speaking at 2:30... Excursions from Winfield,Newton,Hutchinson,Wellington,Valley Center and all points in Southern Kansas. Reduced Rates on all Railroads. Don't fail to be there. Largest, Finest ever in Kansas. Citizens Committae: W.C.Necley,J.S.Quarles,J.E.Lewis,T.J.Banks, Phillip Hyde,Jno.W.Hall. Rev.M.L.Copeland,Master of Ceremonies. Jas.Jackson,Marshall of the Day. Address all communications to W.N.Miller,General Manager, 140 N.Main st.Wichita, Kansas. Admission- To The Park,FREE,FREE To The Hall,Only 10 Cents. Bardsley hated pomp and fuss of every sort connected with the marriage ceremony and his flancee disliked what he did, and they were well pleased with their plan of eluding the vigilance of their friends by marrying without notice and going off to a little country town where they knew no one and no one knew them, says the New York Press. The day after their arrival being Sunday, they went to church, appearing, they fondly believed, like staid, long-wedded folk. But as soon as the benediction was pronounced they were startled by hearing the jubilant strains of the "Wedding March." The owner of the pew in which they sat, noticing their surprise, explained, with what they interpreted as a significant look, that the organist always "played the Wedding March" when there was a bridal couple in church, and there is today," he added. Their self-consciousness betrayed the Bardsleys into asking. "But how did he know?" and then it came out that the performance had been not for their benefit, but for that of the son of a pillar of the church and his bride. "At any rate, it's a most absurd custom," growled the bridegroom, who had sought to hide his torch under a bushel and had failed, just as ordinary bridegrooms do. Delicate Surgical Operation. Delicate Surgical Operation. A celebrated astronomer suffered acutely for over twelve years from an unknown trouble in his leg. The surgeons did not seem to be able to diagnose his case. He finally went to the Johns Hopkins hospital at Baltimore, and an examination by two young surgeons showed that the lameness was due to a diseased nerve in the leg. The patient was told that the operation would be painful, and in the nature of an experiment, as it had been tried only once before, in France, in which instance it was successful. The patient refused to take anaesthetics, as he desired to witness the operation as far as possible. The leg was opened and the nerve was found to be diseased, and the patient directed the surgeons to cut it out. The nerve was entirely removed, the wound closed and in ten days the patient was able to dress himself and walk about the hospital, and he is now able to go up and down stairs and walk half a mile at a time. VOL.11. NO.13 -22 1900 a-kas- Celebration FASH'ON RECUE. Porside Park December 22nd Night At SS HALL 's Military Band BREAKING The Foot Race,Bicycle Race,Potato Race,Wheel Barrow Race,and a Race.Match Game of Base Ball. Most Precaution to make all detail Most Gigantie and Elaborate Given in the State. Speaking at 2:30.. Hutchinson,Wellington,Valley in Southern Kansas. in all Railroads. It, Finest ever in Kansas. S.Quarles,J.E.Lewis,T.J.Banks, Jno.W.Hall. monies. all of the Day. N.Miller,General Manager; Wichita, Kansas. To The Park,FREE,FREE To The Hall,Only 10 Cents. WHEN A WOMAN WILLS. Daring Deed of a Washington Dame with Social Aspirations People who go about and in society tell me that when a woman ardently desires to make herself one of the favored few of the smart set, there is really nothing she will stop at, and some of these same persons have been telling me this story in illustration of what they say. In high officialdom, says a writer in the Washington Post, is a little lady, dainty as a spring crocus, who was a member of the inner circle long before she became a part of officialdom. On one of her last reception days she was chatting with two cabinet women, when the servant announced the arrival of a woman who is struggling to get into things as never a social climber struggled before. The hostess knew her by sight merely, and had never so much as had a bowing acquaintance with her, but official people are used to seeing strangers at their receptions, and the lady of the house bowed with her usual graciousness. The climber's quick eye took in the situation. She saw the two cabinet women, and she knew they say her. She rose to the occasion in mastery fashion. "My dear Mrs. Blank," she said gushingly, clasping the hostess' hand warmly, "I was so sorry not to have been at home when you called on Friday. It was so sweet of you to come so soon, and I do hope you will come in very often, in formally, that way." And before the hostess had recovered from her surprise the climber has passed on, well content, for she had appeared in the presence of two cabinet women as the intimate friend of a lady who had never even set foot on her doorsteps. Italy Imports Coal. It is well known that Italy has, with the exception of low class coal fields in Elba, no coal production, but is obliged to import all the coal for railroads and factories from Germany and England. The duty on coal in Italy is also so high that it is almost impossible to import it. Now comes the news that French engineers have just discovered valuable anthracite coal fields in Piedmont and Liguria. The discovery is all the more important, because the Italian navy in case of war would be entirely dependent on foreign countries for coal.-E. H. Mummenhoff, in Chicago Record. ```markdown ``` W. N. MILLER, Editor. JOHN E. LEWIS, Manager. MILLER & LEWIS, Publishers. Entered at the Post Office at Wichita Kansas, as Second Class Mail Matter. Published every Saturday at No. 140 North Main Street, up stairs. 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 an- 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.] Official organ 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. If you fail to get your paper notify us at once. 140 N Main st Where are we At? The Eagle of this city in ending one of their leading editorials Wednesday morning touching the Colored voter said: "The truth is, and every intelligent and observant Colored man knows it to be a truth, the Republican party can get along with out the Negro, much more surely and safely, than the Negro can get along with out the Republican party. The Colored man can not help, much less save, the Republican party in the south, because the Democrats will not permit him, while the Republican states of the North will be Republican even if the Colored vote should go solidly over to the aid of its old time and natural enemy." The Eagle is certainly looking in the far,far off future,at what is not impossible,but pre-eminently improbable,certainly not in the past or present.Our friend was certainly reading from the wrong Bible.True it is,that the white man in the South,and in the North too, for that matter,irrespective of party,much prefer white supremecy" But.tell me.I pray,when,oh when, did the Republican party reach such strength that it could win at the polls without the Negro vote? They cry that the 'nigger' has 'sold out' when their candidates fail of election,yet they can win without the Negro. Where would McKinley and Stanley be if the Negro vote 'should go solidly for Bryan and Briendenthal? Don't need the Negro vote,eh? What is this meant fer,to 'whip' the Negro in er out of line? There is no doubt that the writer of this very article ried government office—gotten on the strength of the Negro vote. If the Republican party do not need the Negro vote why do they 'skin a gnat' to keep him 'in line'? It is easy to old, they cannot win without his votes. We say, "It is a truth, and every intelligent and conservant republican knows it to be a truth," that the party would be relegated to the rear was it not for the black vote. It is too much for us to believe that this is the sentiment in the republican ranks. In Kansas, even, the party has had an 'object' lesson along this line. But on the eve of one of the greatest po litical struggles since the day of the immortal Lincoln, and at a time when every thing counts, a leading republican paper bids the Negro to leave by telling him the party does not need him. The Democrats don't want us, and the Republicans don't need us, then "here are we at? Learn to think more, and talk less. It will do YOU more good. If you want lumber SEE the Jackson Lumber Co.421 N Main. City Locals. Mrs. V. Matthews has opened a First-Class Rooming House at 414 North Water st. Any one desiring a first class place to stop will do well to go there. O. Jackson one of our popnlar barbers, who has been quite sick is up again and at his post of duty. Frank White received the sad intelligence from his home in Tex as of the illness of his father, and will leave about Sunday for home. Jas MeCuue had a stand at the show ground Monday and did well. Wm M Knox left Wednesday for Cherry valle where he has a position. While there he will also act as Agent for this paper. Mesdames Adams and Covington called on Mis W N Miller Tuesday. Mrs T Adams left Wednesday for Wellington where she will get up a coneert for the Methodist church. Returning in about two weeks. Phillip Hyde returned Tuesday morning from K.C. where he attended the association. All Cake Walkers who expect to walk for the handsome $25.00 gold watch at the Garfield Opera house Oct 4th and 5th for the benifit of the Helen Gould Children's home will kindly register at the Jackson house at once. Jekse n,Manager Give L E Cotton a trial when in need of a hair cut, shave or champo. 344 N, Main St. Rev H F Frazier and wife returned from Kansas City Wednesday evening. They attended the association, and report nice time. Mrs. Pondexter is quite sick at the home of Mrs Mary Henry,115 E Williams street, J H McBride left Tuesday for K'C. Hop Abernathy Master of Arkansas Valley lodge No.21 returned Saturday from Topeka where he ably represented that lodge in the Grand lodge. He proved worthy. Heury Burton of Wellington was in the city this week. Andy Charles of Winfield was in the city Monday. Miss Georgia Sherrill returned Monday from her visit to Wellington. She reports a nice time Mrs Cora Ratcliff and little daughter returned home Tuesday eva from their visit R Hodges will leave for Chicago on the 26th inst Alex Clark of Valley Center was in the city this week Mrs Helen Clark of Valley Center was in the city this week Dick Stewart is visitting his father.R Steward this week Read The Searchlight Read The Searchlight L E Cotten will leave Sept 13th for Hennessey,O T to spend the balance of the year with his father William Lewis will leave on 26h for Chicago to live with his son William Horton is in the city this week Henry Underwood did good business show day selling lemonade. Read the Search Light and trade with those who advertise with us. School-houses and school masters are forts and garrisons to any republic. A Card of Thanks. We desire to extend to our friends and neighbors our aqreciation and thanks for their many kind favors during tho illness of our daughter. And especially do we thank the officers and members of Toas lodge No 10.Knights of Pythias for their kindness. Abe Alexander and wife. We call your attention to our job department. A high grade of work in this line is what we do. We are prepared to give our trade First Class Letter haads, Envelopes, Hand bills, Wedding, Invitation, and Calling cards, Statements, Posters, Dancing programs, in fact, anything in the printing line. Our prices, you will find as low, as the lowest. Our work as good as the best. Give us your next work. DIED—Leaona Alexander,the 10 year old daughter of Abe Alexander and wife,wednesday evening. Funeral preached at New Hope Baptist church Thursday afterno'n by Rev H F Frazier,af three o'clock Ida Luvean Alexander was born in Pittsburg,Crawfor county,Kansas April 14th 1890,and was there 10 years,4 months and 9 days old. She was taken down first with inflamatory rhumatim later with lung fever,which terminated in the dropsy and caused her death. She leaves a father,mother,sister brother to morn after her Frank E Able arrived in the city Thursday morning from Iowa to spend two weeks visiting his family Mrs Henry Underwood and daughter Lizzie,called on Mrs Miler Thursday afterkoon Prof Collins takes life easy The entertainment given by the Band boys at Peerless hall was a decided success COULDN'T MAKE THE CHANGE. North Side Woman's Embarrassing Experience in a Carrette. She was a woman with a knowledge of arithmetic, which consisted mainly of a remembrance of the multiplication tables and the simple process of addition, subtraction and multiplication, accompanied with the aid of a penil and paper. She had always openly confessed that figures were beyond her capacity. She never added her own card scores, and always trusted to her husband to straighten the tangled problems of the monthly meat bill. So, when the necessity occurred for making change in the carette she began to be visibly nervous. In the first place she had nothing smaller herself than a 50-cent piece, which she passed through the little hole to the driver, and was just opening the small envelope containing her change when a lady nearer the door asked her to change 10 cents for her. The carette was very well filled, and, of course, every eye was upon her, or else she felt it, and so her nervousness increased. She opened her own packet first, holding the additional ten cents in her hand. She spied 5 cents, which she hurriedly dropped into the money receptacle with a little sigh of relief that at least her fare was paid. Then she passed the second and only remaining nickel to the waiting passenger with a second little sigh of happy consciousness that anyway she owed no one anything. Then, with a gasp, she remembered that she had not paid the additional fare, although she had accepted the additional money. Hurriedly she looked at her change to discover an interesting collection of dimes without a single break in the silver monotony. She looked up and found the passengers smiling at her predicament, and, though the color rose in her face, she laughed herself when the driver in return for her timid knock requesting change for a single additional dime, tersely ventured, "Why didn't you put the 10 cents in the box in the first place?" But she never will ride on the carette again without the exact amount of the necessary fare, and she never will accommodate beseeching strangers.—Chicago Chronicle. To Keep Boys Off the Stre Stockholm, Sweden, has found a way to keep its public school boys off the streets after school hours. A year ago school principals were instructed to encourage the gathering of pupils in the public parks after school hours for the purpose of playing outdoor games, and several of the larger boys in each school were officially selected to lead the games. The innovation proved popular and many boys who formerly were in the habit of spending their late afternoons smoking cigarettes and learning bad habits on the street corners may now be seen each evening playing baseball, football, and other athletic games. The board of education of Stockholm thinks so well of the experiment that it has recently appointed three men teachers to the positions of superintendents of outdoor exercise. It will hereafter be their duty to get together all pupils who are willing at the close of school and lead them to the parks, where, under the auspices of the board, games will be provided daily during the season from 4 to 8 p. m. The Only Way A Fascinating Romance by Alan Adair.... Richard Dempster had never entirely trusted Hutchinson. Although he had been a member of his firm for years he had never made him a partner, and the utmost he had done was to allow him a very liberal salary, and a commission on what he had made. Therefore it was not a difficult matter to get rid of him; but the interview between the three men was one which neither forgot. Alan Mackenzie, who, as he told Veronica, wanted no one to do his dirty work, was present, and unfolded document after document of incriminating matter. If he had not made the discovery it would have come to it that the Brazilian government would have arraigned the firm of Dempster on the charge of selling firearms to the insurgents. Richard Dempster knew that the confidence in them would be shaken unless he behaved firmly. He dismissed Hutchinson, offering him no consolation; the man must consider himself disgraced. His imprecations against Mackenzie were deep and terrible. Alan would not have cared if it had not been for Veronica. After all, the man was Veronica's father, although the girl had never rightly understood why she had never been acknowledged. There was a mystery which Hutchinson alone knew, but he was a quiet and reserved man, steeped to the brim in plots, and he could be dangerous, as quiet people alone can. Dempster's adieux to Hutchinson were short. "You would have betrayed me," he said to the man who had been in his employ for years, more years than he cared to think, "if it had not been for Mackenzie! My word has always been well thought of until now, my firm an honorable one; but you would have dragged me down!" Hutchinson said nothing, but glared at Mackenzie. "That young cur!" he said; "but I will be even with him yet!" When it came to sayying goodbye to Alan it was another arair. The elder man had taken a great liking to Alan; he had full confidence in him. "Look here, my lad," he said, "I shan't leave you at Santa Rosa—I'm not sure it will be worth your powder and shot; but go there now, and I will move you on to San Iago in a little while." Alan thanked him and went. His head was full of Veronica. The girl was about to show her confidence in him in the fullest way a woman can. True she was leaving nothing but unkindness and tyranny; but Veronica was young and very beautiful, and many men would have rejoiced to have secured her for life. He had made all arrangements for the girl. She was to leave Rio at once and go and wait for him at Santa Rosa. He had sent her money, and had found a lady who would look after her until he came to claim her for himself. They would be married at once, and he would begin his life there a married man. He was looking forward to this new life. He wanted a companion—a woman. Sometimes he felt that, if it had been possible, he would have preferred a woman who would demand more of him, for as long as he was simply joined to Veronica she was perfectly happy. Poor child! she had had so much unkindness in her short life, for she was but seventeen! Alan Mackenzie was not a man who makes plans that come to naught. Before another three months were over he was established at Santa Rosa, married to Veronica. She had a surprise in store for him. She told him that Hutchinson had come home from the momentous interview vehemently abusing Alan. She had stood up for him, and then he had flown into a violent rage and had abused her, telling her that she was not his child, and that she had no claim upon him. In some strange way this rather pleased Alan. He had very definite ideas as to duty, and it had vexed him that it was his fate to unmask the father of the girl he was to marry. Therefore, Hutchinson's words that she was not his child rather relieved him. And now there began some months of quiet, uneventful, pleasurable life. Veronica was sweet, gentle, loving, and very beautiful. It was impossible not to become fond of her; and though Alan knew that there were possibilities of love within him which she never drew out, yet he never regretted his chivalry. She was not very useful, but she made a home. She always looked charming and made the rooms pretty with flowers and ornaments. She was always there, too, to talk to him when he wanted to talk, to ride with him when he wanted to ride. She seemed to live simply to give him pleasure. True, he never discussed any serious topic with her, and there was a part of his nature that was a sealed book to her; but that did not prevent its being a happy, easy life. But it only lasted four months. Alan and his chief corresponded two or three times a week, but only on business affairs. If Richard Dempster heard a rumor of Alan's living at Santa Rosa as a married man he did not attach much importance to it. Alan was doing such good work that he was almost wasted at such a small center as Santa Rosa. He knew it himself, but he had been grateful for the opportunity of establishing himself there. Now Richard Dempster wished him to go further down the coast, to the growing town of San Iago, to establish a branch of his business there. It was four days' journey by steamer, and Alan thought that the best plan would be to leave Veronica in her own comfortable little house, with her own servants, until he could find a suitable place for her in the new town. The news of this separation was like a blow to Veronica. She clung so to Alan that it seemed to him that she led no life apart from him. But she made no demur; everything that he said was law to her. She only lifted a pale face, down which tears were streaming, to her husband, and said: "But not for long. Alan—not for long!" "Not for a week longer than I can help, darling," he said fervently. He, too, would feel the separation; he loved her as one does an affectionate child who idolizes one. She never pretended to be on equality with him, and she was quite content to be just loved by him and petted; but she loved him with all the force of her nature. She saw that if she made any difficulties it would only worry him, and so she made none; but Alan could not but notice that she grew thinner day by day. "Do you mind my going so much, dear little one?" he asked her, on the eve before his departure. They were sitting on the verandah together, on one of those moonlight nights which always reminded Alan of the first time he had seen Veronica. He, too, was feeling sad. His poetical nature was easily touched, and his wife's quiet, dignified grief made it more difficult to leave than any noisy demonstration of woe. "Mind it?" she said, her voice vibrating with passion. "Mind it? You don't know what it is to me! It is like tearing soul from body!" He had not thought she had real depth within her. "If you feel it like that you will make me miserable," he said. "Will I?" She smiled, as if pleased that she could make him feel miserable. "You will understand when I say that I am pleased, won't you, Alan?" "My dear child, it is only a matter of weeks! I don't suppose that I shall have been there a fortnight before I shall have found something suitable for you. And then, you know, I have arranged for this house to be taken off your hands, so that you may not have any trouble." "It is a dear little house!" she said, with half a sign. "I shall always be grateful to it. It is the only place I have ever been happy in." He pinched her cheek. Men do not always understand why a woman likes one house and not another. "I shall remember that you like a verandah with flowers round it." He said. "Have you any other likings about a house, Veronica?" "Only that you must be inside it," she laughed, with rather a pitiful attempt to be merry. "Alan, you must write the instant you arrive, and you must not mind if my letters are short; I write such bad letters." "But mine must be long—is that it, little one?" She laughed again and then she stopped. "How many days before you get there, Alan, four or five? And you will be on that horrid black water at night! Oh, I hate the thought of it!" He laughed outright at this. "And I a sea captain's son! Why, I love the water, Veronica! I could willingly spend my life on it!" The very next day he left. Veronica had exercised all her strength and courage, and she nerved herself to wish him goodbye; but she had dreamed of the man who she had known as father, and that always alarmed her. Still, though she was nervous, she was no coward, so she kept her fears to herself, only she prayed earnestly that no harm might come to her beloved, and she showed him a bright face before she left. Alan accomplished his four days' voyage in safety, and wrote home to his wife constantly. As he had predicted, there was no great difficulty in finding a home which would suit Veronica. He only placed the necessities of life in it, knowing that it would please her to make it pretty. He got servants, and saw that the place was full of flowers; and though his work engrossed him to the utmost, yet he began to look forward to the pleasant home life he had enjoyed in Santa Rosa. "I must not become selfish," he said to himself. "A wife like Veronica, so loving and yielding, makes a man selfish; but I will not be that." He thought how he could make her life fuller, by encouraging her to read and to know more of the outside world. "Just now I fill up her life," he thought. "I may not always be enough for her." And then at last the day for her departure came. He had booked her berth for her in one of the best of the little coasting steamers—the best was bad, as we reckon steamers—and then he waited for his wife. The weather was stormy, and he was rather uneasy. Veronica would surely be a bad sailor, and she was not very strong just then. He was so little used to think of weather and winds that he was rather astonished to think how nervous he had become. He put it down to his love for Veronica. Anyhow, he was down at the quay early on the fourth morning, and was still more uneasy at hearing that there was no news of the steamer. He haunted the quay all the next day, rather to the detriment of his work and at night he could not sleep. Thoughts of Veronica's fears and sufferings obtruded themselves. He blamed himself for leaving her, for not having returned to fetch her, although he could not well have left. She had always hated the water and feared it, and he had loved it. The next day he was down at the quay again, trying to get some information about the steamer. In a little while not he alone, but the owners of the boat, began to get frightened. They could get no news. No other boat seemed to have seen anything of her. By and by there were stories of some of the wreckage of a steamer being washed ashore, and at the end of a fortnight the haggard man who spent his days at the quay looking out for the boat which would never return to the town had to give up all hope. The steamer had assuredly gone down, and all hands with it; and Veronica, his wife, was lost with the others! And so ended this brief little episode. Alan had been very happy with his gentle wife, and South America was loathsome to him now. He began to long, with a longing that had been stifled during his brief married life by the drawing out of other parts of his nature, for England and things English. The white, clear moonlight, the scent of the tropical flowers, the soft dark eyes and liquid accents of the Spanish women, the songs they sang, the very guitars they played, reminded him of his poor Veronica, now living fathoms deep under the restless sea. But as she had never stirred the passionate depth of his nature, so she death never drew out passionate grief. He felt lonely, that was all; and the glowing land, where everything was so beautiful and yet seemed so ephemeral, became distasteful to him, so he gladly accepted Richard Dempster offer to manage the export part of his business in London, and to return to English shores. In a short time his South America experiences almost faded out of his mind. Veronica became a sweet memory to him, which moonlight night freshened. He was very successful in his work, and in four years time he gained a good position for himself. He was ambitious, too, and began reading for the bar, which he found he could do together with his work for the first And four years after he left South America saw him respected and made of as any young man of twenty six might be who is beginning to be known as a man who may become in portant. (To be continued.) Debarred from Royal Presence. Now and then one hears of society ladies being offered large sums—and accepting them—for presenting an ambitious woman at a drawing room, but money will not always secure of the lord chamberlain's cards of admission. For example, the wife of a daughter of a retail tradesman, however large his business and however wealthy he may be, is never allowed to enter the royal presence, and two or three other classes are rigorous barred. There is also an objection to the wives of company promoters. In deed, when there is a drawing room announced the clerks in the lord chamberlain's office have quite an exciting time in inquiring into the position of those desiring to attend.—London Chronicle. Scalped Thirteen Indians Wichita correspondence Chicago Inter Ocean: Fred Grabby, aged 64, died at Strand, Kan., last week. Grabby made himself famous by scaling the Indians in one bunch 14 years ago. He was traveling through Oklahoma with his family. Thirteen young Indians came upon him and demanded his scalp. He fled to the wagon and obtained a lasso. This he threw around five Indians and bound them together while his wife held the others at bay with a rifle. After he had killed and scalped the five he killed the other eight. Such a feat was never before on since heard of. To commemorate the deed Grabby settled on the spot where he killed the Indians. Immensity of China China and its dependencies have a total area of 4,218,410 square miles and a population of 402,680,000. In area it includes nearly one-twelfth of the total area of the globe, while its population includes nearly one-third of all the people in the world. As compared with the United States, the latter's land possessions being excluded, China has 800,000 more square miles of territory and more than five times as many inhabitants. The population of China proper per square mile is 292; that of the state of Rhode Island is 254, and that of Texas six. --- Prince Shocked by Vaudeville. His more or less royal ex-highness the Prince Kalamiananole, of Hawall who is now in New York, went along to see a vaudeville show there to determine if it was a proper place to take his wife, and though the performance was mild enough from a New York standpoint, he was greatly shocked and decided it would not do for the princess. Jonathan Edwards' Memorial Jonathan Edwards' Memoirs The First Church of Northampton, Mass., will, on June 22, place a table upon the walls of its sanctuary in memory of Jonathan Edwards, who was pastor of this church from 1786 to 1760. MOTHER AND CHILDREN The tripping feet—the sparkling eye—the graceful movement—belong not alone to the budding malden. These graces are the right—aye duty of every woman until the hair whitens—and regal dignity replaces them. The mother who guards her strength has so much more to devote to the care and education of her dear ones. She should be a comfort—a cheer—always. Yet how many feel that they have the strength to properly balance the home? The world is listless, weary and morbid. Its blood moves sluggishly and is full of impurities. It needs a kindling, invigorating tonic to set it afire—it needs Pe-ru-na. THE ONE MEDICINE In the world which women may rely upon positively. Pe-ru-na is good for everyone, but particularly for women. The various weaknesses which afflict their delicate organism spring from inflammation or tarrath of the mucous lining, and Pe-ru-na is a specific for catarrh in any organ of the body. Any congestion of a mucous membrane simply means catarrh of the organ affected. This is why Pe-ru-na cures all sorts of troubles where other remedies fall. If there is a catarrh affection the matter with you anywhere Pe-ru-na will cure you. The rain falls but it gets up again in dew time. 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Washington, August 23.—More full accounts are coming in of the scenes in Pekin during and after the entrance of the allies. At 2 o'clock in the afternoon of the 14th the British and Americans entered the gate near the legations and met with only slight resistance. The Japanese met more serious opposition at the upper east gate all day. At midnight on the 14th they blew up the gate and entered the city. Many Chinese were killed. The people in the legation were well but somewhat starved. "Minister Conger said: 'They tried to annihilate us the day before you got in. Prince Ching, president of the tsung li yamen, sent word that his officers had received orders to cease firing on us under pain of death. At 7 o'clock in the evening of the same day the Chinese opened fire and this continued all day. 'If the relieving column had not arrived when it did, we should probably have succumbed. 'The whole movement is purely a governmental one. The Boxers are only a pretense, having no guns. The confidential adviser of the empress was the leader of the imperial troops here. 'In eleven days over 2,000 shells fell among us.' Conditions Are Chaotic. Washington, Aug. 24.—The following is received from Mr. Conger dated at Pekin August 19: The entire city with the exception of the imperial palace is occupied by Japanese, Russian, British, Americans and French. It is being apportioned into districts for police supervision. The Chinese army fled. The imperial family and the courts have gone westward, probably to Si-An-Fu, in the province of Shen-Si. No representatives of the Chinese government are in sight at Pekin and the conditions are chaotic. The palace is expected to be taken immediately. Many missionaries have started for home while others remain in charge of the Christian refugees, numbering about 1,000. Senator J. P. Dolliver. Des Moines, Ia., Aug. 24.—Governor Shaw has announced the appointment of Congressman J. P. Dolliver, of Fort Dodge to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator John H. Gear. The appointment runs to March 4, 1901. The legislature does not meet in regular session until 1902, and Dolliver's appointment is likely to be renewed to run until his successor is elected. There will be numerous canidates before the next legislature. A Drunken Doctor's Fate. Leavenworth, Kan., Aug. 22.—At Farley, a small town across the river in Missouri, Dr. Sturley Harrington, a physician of Farley, drunk and imagining fancied wrongs, killed James Wallace, his uncle, a wealthy farmer; Mrs. William Wallace, Harrington's mother-in-law, and J. P. Dillingham, sheriff of Platte county, who tried to arrest him, and was in turn shot dead by Harry Dillingham, the sheriff's son. Positive Knowledge. Washington, Aug. 23.—The government has received positive confirmation from official Chinese sources of the departure of the emperor and empress dowager from Pekin. They went westward, but the point at which they are now located was not given. No Part in Politics. Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 24—John Mitchell, president of the United Mine Workers of American, says that the organization will take no part in politics this fall. "The United Mine Workers," said he, "will, as an organization maintain an entirely neutral ground. Politics will be eliminated, for the good of the organization, which is the most powerful labor body ever seen in the world. More than one labor organization has been wrecked by politics." Kansas Wins on Corn. Topeka, Aug. 23.—The Topeka Commercial club has been awarded the gold medal in the corn display at the Paris exposition. The following telegram from John E. Frost says: "Topeka Commercial Club gets gold medal on Paris corn display. Hurrah for Kansas!" Kansas sent through the Commercial Club a few samples of the product. There were several barrels of corn in the ear, both white and yellow, and about ten bushels of shelled corn. Wind's Fury at Sheboygan. Milwaukee, Aug 22. - A terrific wind storm struck Sheboygan. The storm came very suddenly from the north. Eight large buildings were completely wrecked and two hundred small houses were blown down. The loss will be more than $300,000. That no one was killed seems almost a miracle. The wind wrecked building after building with greatest rapidity. Those who were struck by flying debris were only slightly injured. In the factories many were bruised and cut from wreckage. Plantation Chill Cure is Guaranteed ToCure.orMonerRefundedbyYourMerchant,soWhyNotTryIt?Price50c COMPLETE MARKET REPORTS COMPLETE MARKET REPORTS Kansas City. CATTLE—Heavy. 4 15 @ 5 60 HOGS—Choice to heavy. 5 15 @ 5 20 WHEAT—No. 2 hard. 63% @ 61% CORN—No. 5 60 OATS—No. 2. 60 HAY—Choice timothy. 9 00 @ 9 25 Choice prairie. 6 50 BUTTER. 15 @ 18 EGGS. 12 @ 18 Chicago. WHEAT—No. 2 hard. 68% @ 71% CORN—No. 2. 60% OATS—No. 2. 22 St. Louis Live Stock. BEEVES. 4 25 @ 5 70 STOCKERS & FEEDERS. 2 25 @ 4 60 SOUTHERN STEERS. 3 15 @ 4 55 Cotton. Uplands. Gulf. Liverpool. 5 11-16d New York. 180 10%c Salvelston. 9%c Wichita Grain. Open. High. Low. Today Yday WHEAT—August. 73% 73% 72% Sept. 73% 73% 72% 73% 72% CORN—August. 39% 39% 39% 39% 39% Sept. 39% 39% 39% 39% 39% OATS—August. 22 22% 21% 21% 21% Sept. 22 22% 21% 21% 21 Calls. Puts. Wheat: September. 74% 73% Corn: September. 39% Wichita Live Stock. HOGS. 274 head sold. 4 50 @ 5 00 CATTLE. 4 50 @ 5 00 Chicago Live Stock. BEEVES. 4 60 @ 6 00 COWS AND HEIFERS. 2 69 @ 4 60 STOCKERS & FEEDERS. 3 25 @ 4 75 TEXAS FED BEEVES. 4 15 @ 5 00 HOGS. 5 15 @ 5 00 Minister Conger is expected to return to this country almost immediately. The German police are driving out the anarchists since the assassination of King Humbert. The population of Greater New York is 3,437,202; and increase of nearly 40 per cent since 1890. Chicago has a population of 1,698,-575; an increase of 54.44 per cent since the last census in 1890. The Press Club, of Chicago, entertained the leaders of both national parties with an excursion on the lake. Two men in Hamilton, Mont., upset a lamp while fighting which set the house on fire and they were burned to death. Companies E, F, G and H, and regimental band of the First U. S. Infantry, have arrived at Fort Leavenworth from Cuba. Caleb Powers' father is an old man, a farmer of moderate means. He has almost exhausted his resources in his son's defense. Powers' mother has been prostrated since her son's conviction and life sentence. The largest coal deal ever transacted in Eastern Ohio has just been closed and 18,000 acres of coal lands in Warren, Wells and Smith townships pass into the hands of Cleveland capitalists. About $500,000 will be paid into the hands of the land owners in a few days. The comptroller has approved the National Bank of Commerce, of Kansas City, as a reserve agent of the First National bank of Madison, Kas. The Union National bank, of Kansas City, has been revoked as a reserve agent for the Shawnee National bank, of Oklahoma. A deputation of prominent Cubans have visited the president to discuss with him the coming constitutional convention in Cuba and the resulting independence of the island. They expressed themselves as being encouraged at the sentiments expressed by Mr. McKinley. Plans for a gigantic fruit garden are being formulated in London according to reports. The entire Soudan is to be turned into an orchard, the expectations being that its product will supply the whole of Europe with those fruits that can be raised only in hot and moist climates. There are nearly one hundred cases of typhoid fever in Winnepeg, Canada. Grape growers of California have ignored the schedule they made of $18 and $20 a ton for grapes, and are selling to the wine makers at $13 and $14 a ton. A million tons of American soft coal has been contracted for to go to France. The miners' strike in Germany and Austria has caused a scarcity of coal. Baron Russell, lord justice of England, is dead from an operation upon his stomach, for gastric catarrh. An Austrian general, with a yard long name, has been arrested for insulting the new queen of Servia. Seven men forcibly took possession of a mine near Joplin, Mo., and have been arrested on the charge of stealing the mine. The Hamburg dock laborers, who are on a strike, protest against the kaiser calling them "fellows without honor and without a fatherland." Pride goeth before a fall. So does summer. Many a man is in advance of his age—and many a woman is several years behind hers. ```markdown ``` When Boers Trak "I see," announced the lieutenant, as he swept his field glass over the surrounding country, "that the Boers who have been shelling our right flank have left the kopjes." "Yes," growled the general, gazing around on the English dead, "and that's about all they have left." - Indianapolis Sun. What Is In a Watch The watch carried by the average man is composed of ninety-eight pieces, and its manufacture embraces more than 2,000 distinct and separate operations. Some of the smallest screws are so minute that the unaided eyes cannot distinguish them from steel filings or specks of dirt. Walnut Log for Exposition. At Dewey, thirty miles south of Coffeyville, Kan., a walnut log has been cut for shipment to the Paris exposition. The tree from which the log was taken is supposed to be 400 years old. The trunk is sixteen feet in circumference and the first limb was forty-five feet from the ground. An Earthquake Alarm The Japanese are said to have discovered that a few seconds previous to an earthquake the magnet temporarily loses its power, and they have ingeniously constructed a light frame supporting a horseshoe magnet, beneath which is a cup of bell metal. The armature is attached to a weight, so that upon the magnet becoming paralyzed the weight drops, and, striking the cup, gives the alarm. Everyone in the house then seeks the open air for safety. Chicago Burying Wires. Within the next six months Chicago hopes to bury thirty miles of overhead telephone, telegraph and electric light circuits, at an estimated cost of half a million dollars. As from 100 to 180 separate wires are on the lines of poles which are to be removed, the total length of wire actually put underground will exceed 4,500 miles. There are now about 500 miles of pole lines in the city limits, carrying approximately 100,000 miles of separate wires. No one cares to sit on another person's point of view. Ladies, If you want a beautiful complexion, a bright eye, a good appetite, an active liver, bowels regular as clock work, and vigorous, healthy body, use Morley's Liver and Kidney Cordial, the great system renovator. It cures all diseases to which women are subject, such as weakness, debility, melancholy, nervous prostration, etc. Sold by agent in every town. The older the man the weaker he is, but it's different with butter. NOTICE - WANTED Two traveling salesmen with or without experience. Salary and expenses: Peerless Tobacco Works, Bedford City, Va. Self-conceit is a seat that every man should be encouraged to sit on. Read the Advertisements. 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Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the eye the blood and mucous foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and strengthening the privers so much heavier that privers have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollar for tests. It fails to cure. Send for list of Testimonials. Address F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by druggists 700. Hall's Family Pills are the best. If people were to get paid for all the foolish things they say and do poverty would soon be a thing of the past. No black powder shells on the market compare with the "NEW RIVAL" in uniformity and strong shooting qualities. Sure fire and waterproof. Get the gemine. WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO. New Haven, Conn. Present at Waterloo Battle. Mrs. Moon, ninety years old, whose photograph has been accepted by Queen Victoria, had a military bring-up. 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Aug. 27 to Sept. 1, 1900. Commencing Aug. 25, the Chicago Great Western Railway, the road that has always proved itself the "friend of the old soldier," will sell excursion tickets to Chicago at ONE FARRE FOR THE ROUND TRIP, giving a fine opportunity to see at its best the great western metropolis on the shores of Lake Michigan. President McKinley will attend this encampment. The tickets will be on sale Aug. 25 to 29, and good to return to Sept. 1 (with privilege of extension to Sept. 30 on payment of 50 cents). For further information inquire of any Great Western agent or address F. H. Lord, G. P. & T. A., 113 Adams street, Chicago. The dentist even tries to extract enjoyment from his vacation. Naglect your hair and you lose it. PARKEN'S HAIR BALSAR renews the growth and color. HINDERCORES, the best cure for corn. 1616s. The undertaker usually gets rich by charging stiff prices. DR. MOFFET TEETI (Teething P Costs only 25 cents Or mail 25 cents to C. J. WING "N FACTORY L Pale and Weak Women Beauty and strength in women vanish early in life because of monthly pain or some menstrual irregularity. Many suffer silently and see their best gifts fade away. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound helps women preserve roundness of form and freshness of face because it makes their entire female organism healthy. It carries women safely through the various natural crises and is the safeguard of woman's health. The truth about this great medicine is told in the letters from women being published in this paper constantly. Keep Out the Wet Sawyer's Slickers Sawyer's "Excelsior Brand" Slips and Slickers are the best waterproof gatements in the world. Made from the best materials, they are airtightproof. Made to stand the toughest work and weather. Look for the trade mark. If your dealer does not have them, write for catalogue. M K 1400 600 600 RRs, East Cambridge, Mass. EDUCATIONAL ST. 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ETT'S HINA (owders) at Druggists, MOFFETT, M. D., ST. LOUIS, MO. Allays Irritation, Aids Digestion, Regulates the Bowels, Strengthens the Child, Makes Teething Easy. TEETHINA Relieves the Bowel Troubles of Children of ANY AGE. HESTER NEW RIVAL" DADED SHOTGUN SHELLS