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THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT SUCCESSOR TO PITTSBURG PLAINDEALER. Paths of Hope For the Negro. Practical Suggestions by a Southerner. Gives all Sides. By Mr.Jerome Dowd.In Century Magazine of Dec.1900. Fix Up Your House From The E. Howard Co. Sells on 25 Cents Weekly Payments., Lace Curtains, Bed Spreads,Chenille and Tapestry Portiers. Clothes Wringers,Study Covers, Rogers' Silverware, Clocks, Rugs,Family and Teacher'e Bibles. Mr.Jerome Dowd in his article, "Paths of Hope for the Negro", which appeared in the December number of 'The Century Magazine' gives the true Southern's view of this subject. He said in full: "It is too late in the day to discuss whether it would have been better had the Negro never been brought into the Southern States. This presence here has been beneficial, or is ever to prove so, the price of the benifit has already been dearly paid for. He was the occasion of the deadliest and most expensive war in modern times. In the next place, his presence has corrupted politics and has limited statesmanship to a mere question of race supremacy. Great problems concerning the political, industrial, and moral life of the people have been subordinated or overshadowed that, while important strides have been made elsewhere in the investigation of social conditions and in the administration of State and municipal affairs, in civil-service reform, in the management of penal and charitable institutions, and in the field of education, the South has lagged behind. On the charts of illiteracy and crime the South is represented by an immenso black spot. Such a few items of account. It will require millions more of dollars and generations more of earnest work before the total cost is met of bringing the black man to this side of the globe. But the debt has been incurred and must be liquidated. The welfare of the Negro is bound up with that of the white man in many important particulars: First,the low standard of living among the blac1s keeps down the wages of all classes of whites. So long as the Negroes are content to live in miserable huts,wear rags. and subsist upon hog fat and cowpease,so long must the wages of the white people in the same kind of work be pressed toward the same level.The higher we raise the stand ard of living among the Negroes, the higher wsll be the wages of the white people in the same occupations.The low standard of the Negroes is the result of low productive power.The less intelligens and skilled the Negroes are,the less they can produce,whether working for themselves or others,and hence,the less will be the total wealth of the country. But it may be asked. When the standard of living of the Negroes is raised,will not wages go up,and will not that be a drawback? Certainly wages will go up, because the income of tll classes will be increased Higher wages generally indicate high productive power and generally wealth,while low wages indicate the opposite.Only benifits can arise from better wages. In the next place,the Negroe's propensity to crime tends to ex-cite the criminal tendencies of the white man. The South enjoys the distinction of having the highest percentage of crime in all the civilized world,and the reason is that the crimes of the one race provoke counter-crimes in the o The physical well-being of the one race has such a conspicuous influence upon that of the other that the subject requires no elaboration The uncleanliness of person and habite of the Negroes in their home and the homes of their employers tends to propagate disease, and thus impairs the health and increases the death rate of the whole population. Again, the lack of refinement in intellect,manners,and dress among the Negroes is an obstacle to the cultivated life of the whites. Ignorance and abscence of taste and self-respect in servants result in badly kept homes and yards, distraction of furniture and ware, ill-prepared food, poor table service,and a general lowering of the standard of living.Furthermore,the corr upt, coarse and vulgar language of the Negroes is largely responsible for 342 N.Main St. the jumbled and distorted English spoken by many of the Southern whites. Seeing that the degradation of the Negro is an impediment to the progress and civilization of the white man, how may we effect an improvement of his condition? (Continued in next Issue.) each of them acceptance? When then dipl government delegate them to disfranchise they please? Have the ed the Constitution? the Negro be called any more than other country? There are white men who know Wichita'Kans.,Jan 9,1901. Edior; 'The Searchlight' Dear Sir: Allow me a few lines in your widely read colmns to speak a few words concerning the Negro race. A man's skin or the race to which he belongs,has nothing to do with his citizenship;as a matter of fact,neither of these should play any part in taking from him any privileges belonging to him. No man or sət of men,heve any self delegated authority to contest the right of any person to citizenship,under this,cr any other government,so constituted. The Negro is being disfranchised all over the country; they are not recognized as citizenus. What constitutes citizenship in the United States,is a very important question.The fourteenth amendment to the Federal constitution is very plain,it reads: Section 1. All personS born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside, No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any etc. Every man who measures up to the conditions indicated in that part of the fourteenth amendment is a citizen of the United States and also of the State in which he may reside. The question which confronts us to day is this: Can the government back up now, what the men who weae in anthor-ty did in 1868? If it cannot,then, as a matter of fact, we as a race, cannot maintain our citizenship.If it can, we as a race can and ought to maintain it at all costs.Most of the men who labored to have this govern-ment recognize the Negro,are resting in their graves. The Negro would be untrue to himself and to those yet unborn, if he does not contest every act of injustice done him and come together from the East to the West,from the North and from the South, and indsree the heroie stand for jnstice to the Negro,taken by a member of Congress from Indiana and one from Pennsylvania. Great odds are against them,but if the Negro would act as a unit much good would result.If we do not,tuen we should quit howling.Obeerve, if you will, those States in which tnousands of Negroes have been disfranchised has either of the States in question any right to disfranchise? Did not each of them accept the amend ment?When then dip the Federal government delegate to either of them to disfranchise those whom they please?Have they not violat ed the Constitution? Why should the Negro be called in question any more than other races in this country? There are thousands of white men who know no more of what citizenship means than than do the many thousand Negroes who have been disfranchised. While the amendments may never be repealed,yet.injustice may be done us from time to time, which readily amounts to the same thing. Let us stand together and that which concerns one let it concern all:Since the sum of the parts equal the whole. (Continued in next Issue) SOME RECOMMENDATIONS. Topeka, Jan 10.—Governor Stanley's message to the legislature is said to be the longest on record, exceeding one of Governor Humphrey's which has stood as the longest. The governor's first subdivision contains the following statement: During the two years just past, the number of school children has increased from 425,949 to 508,554, we have builted 340 school houses at a cost of more than half a million dollars and now have an attendance in our colleges and universities of over 10,000. During the period mentioned, the value of our agricultural and live stock interests has increased from $265,161,756 to $334,254,-159, and our bank deposits from $44,-547,255 to $561,362,637. Our principal industries being agriculture and stock raising, it is a source of gratification to know that more than one-half of the depositors in our state banks are farmers and stockmen, and that more than half of the deposits in such banks are made by these two classes of citizens. There has been a decrease of our bonded indebtedness of more than three millions of dollars, and we pay a much lower rate of interest on our public indebtedness. During the time mentioned the people have reduced their mortgage indebtedness about eight millions of dollars. The message favors placing all the educational institutions under the control of one board of regents, composed of six members, not more than four of whom should belong to one political party, with the head of each institution an ex officio member, and the providing officer of such board in all matters relating to the particular institution of which he was the head. The question of the erection of new buildings and maintenance of our several public institutions is one of great importance and calls for very serious consideration. The state cannot afford to be parsimonious in making needed provisions for the maintenance of these institutions and the care of those dependent upon the state; neither can it afford to be extravagant and profligate While the lobbies, which from time have deemed it necessary to beseigne the members of the legislature in the interest of appropriations for the several state institutions, will be absent, others will be here in their places. I trust that in the exercise of your wisdom you will see no impropriety in excluding lobbies from the floor of the two branches of the legislature. Of the election laws the message recommends that ballots be so arranged that a voter may by a single mark cast his vote for all of the nominees of his party if he desires to do so; and that there be two sets of judges and clerks with two ballot boxes, so that the ballots might be counted each hour, which would result in the counting of the Papers had a lot to say, Sneerin' like.o' Kansas. Welt it to 'em every day. Chuekin' fun at Kansas. Air just full o' slander darts From the busy Eastern marts 'Nuff to break the people's hearts, Over there in Kansas. Say that's where cyclones are born, On the plains of Kansas. Every word a word o' seorn Fur the folks in Kansas. Hoppers darkenin' the sun. Dosen of 'em weigh a ton. Seem to think it lots o' fun Crackin' jokes at Kansas. Now its come their time to laugh. Them 'ar folks in Kansas; Givin' Easterners the gaff 'Bout affairs in Kansas. Fields a bulgin' out with wheat. Corn fur all the world to eat. Other crops that can' be beat. Over there in Kansas. Fur to empty Kansas. Ort to see the farmers grin Stroke the lilacs on their chin As the cash comes rollin' in Over there in Kansas. When the cares o' day is done, On the plains o' Kansas. And the Kids begin to yawn, Sleepy like, in Kansas. Farmer wipes his glasses blurred, Reads a chapter o' the Word. Then kneels down and thanks the Lord That he lives in Kansas. vote shortly after the closing of the polls, with little, if any, additional expense. A law should be enacted providing that no man's name should appear upon the ballot more than once as a candidate for the same office. The governor recommends placing the penitentiary and the reformatory under one board of managers with only three members. The railroad commission subject is spoken of as a matter of duty of the legislature to enact a law creating a board to settle and adjust differences. It also endorses the recommendations of both the treasurer and the auditor for legislation which will give the state a profit upon its money while it is idle. The message recommends a commission to revise the present assessment and taxation laws and report to the next legislature. Names Senator and State Printer by Unanimous Vote. Topeka, Jan. 9.—The republican caucus of the members of the Kansas legislature was presided over by Senator John C. Carpenter, of Neosho county, with Representative J. H. Stavely, of Osage county as secretary. State Printer W. Y. Morgan was the unanimous choice of the caucus for a second term. There was but one nomination made for United States Senator. Representative Grosser, of Dickinson county, Mr. Burton's residence, nominated J. R. Burton. The nomination was, on motion of Representative T. L. Hogue made unanimous. The committee appointed to wait on Mr. Burton consisted of John R. Seaton, the oldest member of the legislature in point of time served as chairman, with Senator Stewart, the oldest man in years in the senate; and Senator Wulfekuler, the youngest senator; Representative E. T. Biling, the youngest member of the house, and Representative W. E. Ward, the earliest nominated republican member. Colorado on Hanging. Denver, Jan. 7.—Among the bills introduced in the legislature was one by Senator Stewart, of Pueblo, for the restoration of capital punishment. This is a result of the recent lynchings in the state. Three men have been summarily executed within a year. Another bill introduced by Senator Park of Denver, requests congress to call a convention to frame a constitutional amendment making the election of senators by popular vote. The subject of this sketch, Hon. S.W.Lea,was born in Hollyspring Miss.,in 1852,where he remained till 1872;in which year he went to Memphis,Tenn.,remaing there till SHERIFF S.W.Lea. 1892, when he went west to Pueblo,Col.Only remaining in Colo rado a short time he came to this city where he has since remained. In 1896 he was the Republican nominee for member of the School Board,but was defeated by only a small majority.He served as polioeman during the later part of November and the month of December during the vacation of Officer Syl Anderssn and is now a Deputy under sheriff Simmons. By trade Mr.Lea is a gardner, and has been engaged in that bus incess for 20 years. He received nis schooling at Hollyspring. He is one of the most prominent Color ed men in the whole county, and has hosts of warm friends, both white and black. KANSAS STILL HAS EIGHT. Representative Long Led the Debate for Minority Bill. Washington, Jan. 10. By a vote of 165 to 102 the house accepted the minority reapportionment, or Burleigh bill, which increases the membership of the house to 386, and leaves the the representation of Kansas unchanged. The following states make gains: Illinois, New York and Texas, three each; in Minnesota, New Jersey and Pennsylvania two each; Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Florida, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, North Dakota, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin and Colorado one each. The bill provides thus whenever a new state is admitted the representative assigned to it shall be in addition to the membership provided in the bill. After other amendments were voted upon and voted down the house passed the bill. Mr. Long of Kansas lead the debate and Mr. Curtis acted as his lieutenant, and it is due to efforts of these members that Kansas retains her full representation. During the recent trip of the Belgica in the Antarctic more than 60 observations of the aurora australis, the southern counterpart of our northern lights, were made. The appearance of the light resembled that presented in the Arctic regions. But the maximum frequency did not occur during the months of the long polar night, and the phenomenon was most intense at the time of the equinoxes, when the sun is perpendicular over the equator and daylight is simultaneous at both the North and the South Pole. THE SEARCHLIGHT WICHITA, KANSAS. W. N. MILLER, Editor. Entered at the Post Office at Wichita Kansas, as Second Class Mail Matter. Published every Saturday at No 239 North Main Street, up stairs RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION: IN ADVANCE. On year, by mail ..... 61 60 Hir months, by mail ..... 75 Three months, by mail ..... 50 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to "The Searchlight." Wichita, Kansas. [All matters to be published must reach this office not later than Tuesday, to reach publica- tion in the current issue.] correspondents and agents wanted every- where. 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 pa- per notify us once. -239 N Main st. Gov. Stanley asks for $25, 000 for Industrial school at Quindaro, Kans. Gov.W.E.Stanley in his message to the legislature, which is now in session,recommended $25 000 for the support of the State Industrial School, for Colored, at Quindaro, Kansas. This school was founded during the last session of the legislature and through the efforts of Gov. Stanley $10,000 was appropriated at that time. Now after two years, the Governor recommends $25.000 There is no question that the legislature will allow the ful amount. One feature in the management of this school is, the full list of regents are Colored men yet,no institution in the state has been conducted better than this. Appeals for Justice to the Negro. Judge Crumpacker of Indiana Proves to be Our Friend. Judge Crumpacker of Indiana, in his dissenting report oa reapportionment bill, brief extracts of which were printed in Tno Tribune, presents some interesting conclusions in regard to the disfranchisement of the Negro. In speaking of the lynching and the burning of Negroes at the stake without regard to legal proceed or sanction, he says; "The perpetrators of those crimes against civilization do not make the poore excuse that the penal machinery is adequate and the most appalling aspect of the situation is in some of the most astrocious instances of mob execution the work is done in broad daylight and no effort is made on the part of the perpetrators to conceal their identity. No prosecution ever follows. No victim of the most frenzied religious bigotry in the ages past ever received more brutal treatment. The federal government is power less to prevent these outrages and the local authorities will not. It is a strange commentary, but true that this government can protect its citizens everywhere one the globe excepting within its own borders. These atrocities bespeak a deplorable condition of political morals. Their frequent occurrence is the legitimate result of a generation of dis regard of electin laws. "If one law must give way to the will of raddle, why not another? These melanchol social phenomena are the natural offspring of the methods adopted to deprive the colored man of his political rights, and where will it enp? The negro is perscouted and the white men is demoralized. The solution of this great problem is one of the burning questions of the hour. It is abov partyism; it in volves the life of the government. "In.Some States local local election laws are so adroitly framed that they disfranchise theNegro without expressly.violating the Federal Constitution. These laws fix qualifications upon characteristics peculiar to the Negro,and by that means accomplish indirectly what they cannot do directly." Aside from its political aspects it involves the material interests to the whole country," says the report Take the industrial situation, for instance. Under existlng condition the standard of living among the colored people of the South is extremely low and the rate of wages is correspondingly depressed. The colored man, in his present surroundings, cannot maintain labor or-organizations nor initiae and carry on movements to promote his interest because,if for no other reason he has no political powers to make them successful. He is completely at the mercy of the employer,and while that is the casa the rate of wages is alwars reduced to the point of bare subsistence. There is no instance in history where the condition of helpless, dependent labor has been materially and permanenatly improved solely by the generosity of the employer. In the State of South Carolina today there is a qualified condition of industrial serfdom. Farm labororers are compelled;by the penal laws of the State to carry out their contract of employment, howevery unjust and unfair they may be. They must perform all the labor reasonable required of them by the contract or go to jail. "If any one shall knowingly employ a laborer in any kind of service who contracts to labor with another,he,too,is liable to a fine and imprisonment, though the workman and his family may be on the verge of starvation. Can labor be independent and progressive when such laws exist? Could such laws exist where labor has the freedom of the ballot? "It is highly probable that a fair educational law,justly administered,would be attended with advantage to both races,if that kind of a law was enacted applicable alike and if it was justly radministered so that the Colored men would know that when he complied with the law he would be accordod its priviledges,there would be a constant motive for him to improve his condition.The right to vote would be a mark of distinction and would enhance the respect of the voter and make him a better citizen. Bui,under existing conditions the prejudice against color is so in tense that by subtefuge and admin istrative jugglery the Negro is usually denied the right to vote when he earns it,and there is little in- ducement for him to prepare him THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT,SATURDAY, JANUARY,12,th. 1901 self.He is only a Negro at the best and the tendency is to reduce him to a condition of hopelessness. If congress would enforce the 14th amendment according to its spirit and purpose,the whites would have an interest in extending the ballot to the Negro as fast as he was fitted r its exercise.It would act as a countervaillan force—a political equilibrant—and the result would soon be a general improvement of the conditions of both races. Legislation cannot put brains in to the head nor character into the lives of the people,but it can set in motion forces that will tend to en courage a healthy and honest growth of civil life.Nor can the Colored race be completely regenerated in a year or even a generation.It will require time,patience and .oil,but it must be done. Chicago Tribune. Around Town. Eria Court of Calanthe held the Installation of their officers at the K. of P. hall Monday Jan.7th. The following officers were installed by Grand Deputy, Mrs.Lee Anderson Jno.E.Lewis, Escort. Mrs, Martha Phelps, W.C. ,, Mattie Fleming. W.I. ,, E.J.Alexander, W.I. ,, Alice Lewis, W.O Miss Blanche Alexander, W.R.of D. Mrs Ida Martin, W.R.E.C.of D. ,, Lucy Anderson, W.R.of A. ,, Willie Anderson, W.of E, ,, Phillip Hyde, W.S.D. ,, Hattie Alexander. W.S.D. J,H.Phelds, Prelate. Searchlight $1.00 The band recently formed by Hon.J.C.Coffe is fast improving. Tne band is composed of some of the best young and middle aged meu iu the city and promises to be well prepared to face the public in the spring. It takes the name of its founder and is known as 'Coffee's Military Band'.There is 16 members and they are each intensely interested in its progress. Are you a Subcriber to the Searchlight? J.G.Gaines is suffering with an unusually bad cold. Mrs.Addie Adams is sick. If you want a good place to stop go to Hudspeth's hotel,113 Tremont street. Mrs.Covington is on the sick list Toas lodge will have a regular meeeting Monday night. Arkansas Valley lodge will hold a regular meeting Tuesday night. 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State Officers. Robt.Jacks, Man'g'r. Grand United Order of Odd Fellows. J.L.Harper, D.G.M, Wichita W.M.Jackson, DD G.M, Topeka S.P Johnson, DG S, Emporia M W Jackson DG D, Kans City Home of the West lodge No.1906 Wichita, Kan A.Covington, N.G. J.L.Harper, P.S. HOUSEHOLD RUTH No.612. Mrs. Harriet Harper, M.N.G. J.L.Harper, W.R. Mrs.Mary Griggs, M.W.Treas. Where to go Sunday. Kansas At the A. M. E. church, 521 N. Water st Preaching at 11 a.m., Sabbath school 2 p.m. Song service 6:40 p.m., Preaching 7.40 p.m Rev. Dr.A.C.Terrill will preach both mooning and evening. At the 2nd-Baptist church, N.Wichita, st. Preaching at 11 a.m., Sabbath school at 3 p.m Preaching at 7.30 p.m Rev. Dr.M.L.Copeland will preach both morning and evening. At the Tabernacle Baptist church. Preaching at 11 am., Sabbath school at 3 p.m Preaching at 7.40 p.m Rev. R McTurner will preach both morning and evening. Preaching 11 a m,Sabbath school at 3 p m Preaching 7.30 p m Rev H F Frazier will preach both morning and evening Peerless Steam Laundry. 155-159 N,Market St. 'Phone 23% Office on First Street. --- CHAPTER VI. (Continued.) She followed his movements with learning eyes, and unconsciously influenced by her imploring thoughts, he half hesitated as he came near. Quick as a dart Helen glanced up; she saw the pale woman bending anxiously forward and her eyes flashed in cruel triumph. The next moment her voice rang out in a gay challenge, and she speed rapidly onward, followed by Harvey, in laughing pursuit, neither pausing until they had reached the road. All the strength seemed to leave Gladys when he disappeared. She leaned heavily against the window pane, her breath coming in labored gasses. She tried to call to her aid the pride of a woman deliberately slighted or thoughtlessly forgotten, but the agony of the one deserted crushed out all weaker emotions. The slow tears cursed down her white face as memory pitiless flung at her the frozen bones of her wasted years. Through the haze of grief she saw Harvey in every phase of his infancy and boyhood—the timid baby clinging to her gown, the laughing boy strutting about with dimpled hands in his first pockets, the bold lad flying afield on his pony, the tall youth walking protectingly by her side, and in the dark eyes of babe and boy and youth was the loving light that in man's had failed, and darkened all her days. "I cannot bear it!" she sobbed, "I am not old: how shall I endure the long, lonely years? Why must we live when joy and hope and courage are gone? Since my poor, imperfect work is done there is nothing left me but to die. Oh, if I could!" Overwhelmed by her despair and grief she sank, half fainting to be caught by a strong arm. 'No, no, my lamb!' Your work isn't done; it's only just begun. God willing' said Phebe, her rough voice softened by deep feeling. 'Never give way, dearie—the best of life is before you. Look yonder at the sun in a sea of purple and yellow and red. This morning it rose in clouds, and there was rain. At noon it shone hot and scorching, and we were glad to shut out its rays. But tonight it sinks in glory, throwing a soft light on every little cloud, turning all the gray to gold. So it shall be with your days, Miss Gladys, the last better and brighter than the first. Ay, hide your face on my shoulder, and cry out your sorrow there. It's got for the first time. Years ago we dared together the darkness of an unknown future. We'll do it again, my pretty, and comforted by your gruff old Phebe, you yet will find the road to happiness and peace." CHAPTER VII. It was perhaps to indemnity herself for Phebe's victory that in the succeeding weeks Helen, by her bold course of action seemed to proclaim herself the acknowledged mistress of the house. She waited in sullen inactivity for a day or two after Harvey had sent the letter to his mother, expecting to be summoned by Mrs. Atherton for a conference, though she had no intention of resigning the keys, the symbol of her authority, without a struggle, having fully convinced herself that as the wife of the defrauded sharer in the estate this authority was hers by right. It is surprising how readily the covetous and selfish believe what they wish to believe. There is no doubt that Shylock considered himself justly entitled to his pound of flesh, despite the trifling inconvenience the giving of it might cause Antonio, and his line of argument has been pursued by many another, though in a modified degree. Helen was prepared to back up her unauthorized claim with a dozen ingenious arguments which she detailed to Harvey with a sweet plausibility that made him her convert in the end, though some of his scruples were hard to overcome. But she was a convincing follower and knew where to stop; her closing sentence always left him with a new thought that did its work in her absence. Gratitude is not the dominant trait of humanity, and it is pleasant to be convinced that what we have blindly enjoyed as a privilege we may arbitrarily claim as a right. So she days passed on, and Gladys gave no sign, Helen made vigorous movement. She dismantled the best guest chambers, a suite of two hand-some rooms, and fitted them up luxuriously for her sisters, taking furniture from every part of the house to carry out her fancy. Why keep vacant, and in the center of the house, rooms that could be used to advantage? she argued. In this town of short distances they never had resident guests, and the chambers in the wing and on the upper floor were quite sufficient for the few who tarried for the night. Helen's reasons were always logical, and stated in a manner so copiously concluding that in agreeing with her arguments her hearers lost sight of the fact that she was regulating a matter in which she had no concern. She had excellent taste and ample materials to work with; the suite, now arranged as a parlor and bedroom, which also served as day nursery, looked so charming when completed that with her sister's help and management she extended the work of renovation to other apartments. Every evening, when Harvey returned from business, he was playfully dragged into some room in course of alteration, and his approbation demanded by the group of happy workers. If he had imagings, they argued them away: if he objected, as he sometimes did, they cooed and laughed him into compliance. The odds were against the boy; there was an excuse for his weakness. Gladys took her meals in her own rooms, and never left them except for a daily airing upon the upper balcony on which her side windows opened. Phebe, in her pilgrimages back and forth to the kitchen and pantries, saw all that was going on and her face grew grimmer than ever. But she made no protest, and Helen, quick to interpret any sign in her own favor, decided that this was one of the instances when silence meant acquiescence. No doubt Mrs. Atherton had thought everything over, and rather than totally alienate her boy, concluded to yield, at least in a measure, to his just demands. Full surrender would come later, when she realized how tardy she had been in a matter that should long ago have been adjusted. Naturally she found it hard to acknowledge herself in the wrong; but the acknowledgement would surely come, and when it did, even though late, they must receive it very kindly and generously, Helen told Harvey, with the air of a very good person magnanimous enough to pardon a very bad one. Helen, however, was not afraid of Tomlinson, nor of any living being. To do her justice she had thoroughly persuaded herself she was doing her duty, and thus grounded, flatly refused to surrender the keys. "When I have given an account of my stewardship to Mrs. Atherton," she said, "I am sure she will give them into no hand but her own. I am ready to see her at any time." "My mistress isn't strong enough to talk business just yet," said Phebe, hastily. "As for the keys, I'm not particular for a week or so. I can't be much about the house until she is well on her feet again. The thing I am particular about is to get her parlor ready for her right away, and I want every servant in the house to help me." "The room cannot be disturbed today," said Helen, firmly. "I must first make some suitable arrangements for my sisters." She glanced at her husband, who stood a little aloof, looking as awkward as men generally do when serving as a buffer for two angry women. "Did you not explain this to your "Did you not explain this to your mother, Harvey?" "Fully; but my arguments failed to carry weight," he answered with assumed lightness, hoping to win Helen to a less determined mood. He knew Phebe better than she did, and feared serious trouble if the housekeeper was defied. "I think we must try and do what the mater asks, sweetheart. She is seldom exacting, and the fancies of an invalid should be humored." "I have no patience with sick fancies; they are born of weakness that should not be encouraged. She demands an impossibility. In her weak state she does not need the room. I wonder at you, Harvey, for encouraging her in such selfishness." "Oh, well, well, don't let us quarrel over anything so trifling. No doubt tomorrow will be soon enough to think about it," he hastily replied, slipping his arm about her shoulders and drawing her to him. She gazed affectionately into his face and put up her hand to meet his, her frown gone. He looked at Phebe, smiling persuasively. "I'm afraid this wilful girl must have her way. Tomlinson. Won't you make it all right with the mater? I'm sure you can if you will." To any other onlooker the matrimonial tableau would have had its charm. It enraged Phebe. She was jealous of her mistress, pushed aside and treated like a child by this presumptuous pair, who seemed to think the world made for them and their paltry love. She glared angrily at them from under her shaggy brows. "Is that your last word, Mr. Harvey?" she asked with ominous calmness. "Then listen to me, both of you. The rooms will be ready for the mistress in just three hours. I will give the nurse and parlor maid half an hour to take away their things. If anything is left after that I'll throw it out of the window—and you from the door if you dare interfere!" she added to Helen, who had started forward, hot words on her lips. "Tomlinson, what do you mean by addressing my wife in that insolent manner?" exclaimed Harvey. "What do you mean by disobeying the best mother a son ever had, you ungrateful boy?" she furiously returned. "For that's all you are, though you're mighty set up with having a wife and baby. If you were a few years younger I'd larup you well for your impudence. Get out of my way—you've hindered me long enough. As for this woman, whose jumping jack you are, she'll be dealt with later." Phebe never gave Gladys the full particulars of the scene that ensued; but for once Helen had found her match, and was forced to yield. "Though it half killed her to do it," said Phebe. "She was in an awful rage. I though she'd fly at me when I called Mr. Harvey a boy. I had to give her that shot," she chuckled, her shrewd gray eyes twinkling, "and it hit him, too. I never saw him angler. He vows he'll not forgive either of us for insulting his wife—or rather she said it, and he fell in with the idea." He indulged. She had gained her point, but at the cost of her boy's displeasure. She looked around her pretty parlor, with its open piano and music and books and bric-a-brac and pictures, all lit up by the dancing flames of the fire, and thought drearily that its comfort meant little when unshared by any congenial person who loved her. For the next week or so the house was ominously quiet. Gladys took her meals in her own parlor, waited on by Phebe and Annette. No other member of the household came to her. From her windows she saw Helen and the baby on the covered veranda of the south wing, the woman pacing back and forth in the sun, the child clutching at her hair and crowing with delight, and she yearned to hold the little fellow in her arms, close close to her desolate heart. Was she never again to be loved and loving? CHAPTER VIII One morning a letter arrived from Mrs. Leonard. Gladys read it carefully several times, then lay back in her chair to muse on its contents. All that day and the next—the Sabbath—she was very thoughtful, and in the afternoon, having had a long talk with Phebe, summoned Harvey to her room. His answer was a curt note: "When you have sent for my wife and apologized for the insult offered to her and her sisters I will see you again—not before. Meanwhile, it is only fair to warn you that I shall resist any interference with Mrs. Atherton's plans through a third party, being convinced that she is serving your interests and ours in the course she is pursuing. Gladys laughed sadly at the mannish assumption of the letter. Helen had rather an imposing style, she admitted. She could scarcely believe that the writer was her once obedient son. He had been an apt pupil—very ready to turn against her at the bidding of another. A measure of contempt for him, a scorn of his weakness, was making itself felt in her heart. She strove to put it away, but it remained, and gained strength. "I hate Helen," she thought, for she has robbed me of my boy. But she owes me no allegiance, and he does. He should never have written that rubbish, even at her dictation. Their interests! Ah, you are making a sad blunder, poor ingrates!" She ran over the contents of the note once more, then tore it into fragments and threw them into the grate. There was no fire, the day having been unusually warm for the season, and applying a lighted match to the little heap she watched it burn to ashes, wishing she might destroy the recollection of the written words as easily. Phebe had not returned from her Sunday class meeting. Annette was enjoying her weekly outing. For the coming hour Gladys would be alone, and she longed for companionship. She went to the window after awhile and stood looking at the pretty scene below. The sun was sinking fast, and the grass and the trees seemed to show a deeper green under the burnished sky, and throw in greater contrast the groups of late flowers touched by its fire. Soon all this autumn splendor would be over, to make way for the white lonely winter. She shivered as she thought of the long, cold days and nights. The door in the south wing opened, and Harvey and Helen equipped for their evening ramble, came forth, laughing back at some one who accompanied them to the entrance. Helen had pinned a black lace shawl about her head and shoulders, and in her hair shone a yellow rose, the companion of which Harvey wore in his coat. It was one of her loving demands that at all times he would wear the flowers she wore, and he humored her in it. "He'd sport a collar and number if she asked him," Phebe once said, commenting on this. And Gladys, who found nothing amiss in the caprice, reproved her for her unkind criticism. (To he continued.) CAGAYEN AND CIBOTU. Two More Philippine Islands Ceded to United States. A Spanish-American convention has been signed in Washington, by which two small islands, bearing the names of Cagayen and Cibotu, are ceded to the United States by Spain for $100,000. These islands lie at the southern and hottest extremity of the archipelago, being the tail end of the Sulu group. Cagayen lies in the passage from the China sea into the Sulu sea, and Cibotu lies between the Sulu and Celebes seas. Both properly belong to the Philippine archipelago and were supposed to be ceded to the United States by the Paris treaty. But the limits of the cession were designated by geographical lines and two little islands were afterward found to lie outside the boundary named in the treaty, though believed, owing to their position being given incorrectly on the maps, to be within them. They were of no use to Spain, but that government had the right to demand an extra compensation before turning them over to the United States. For this reason the full price of the archipelago in money may now be said to have been $20,100,000. The mistake of the commissioners has cost the extra amount, but the government has acted wisely in purchasing the stray islands and keeping the archipelago intact.—Chicago Tribune. Balloons for Crossing Rivers. An officer in the Austrian army has invented small balloons, which will float both men and horses across a river. They are to be fastened to belts around the men and the harness of the horses. Wichita - Business - Directory SEASONABLE GOODS,AT OUT OF SEASON PRICES. 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A miner is never happy until his tri- umph is ore. Many Points in Common Many Points in Combin Queen Wilhelmina of Holland and Duke Henry, her husband elect, have many points in common. Neither is the issue of a first marriage, Wilhelmina being the daughter of William III's second wife, and the duke the youngest child of a third wife. Both lost their fathers at an early age; both have been reared under the loving care of a widowed mother. The New Cup Defender Now being built, is confidently expected to be the fastest, sailing vessel ever built. Its construction is being kept a secret, but it is whispered that it will easily hold the cup. America is rapidly coming in that famous household remedy. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, which has defended health for half a century past. It holds the record for the cure of dyspepsia, indigestion, constipation, nervousness, billiousness and la gripe. The man who is always looking back is very apt to travel as he looks. FITS PermanentlyCured. Notifies or nervousness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's G cat Nerve Restorer. Send for FREE $2.00 trial bottle and treatise. Dr. R. B. KLINE, Ltd. 331 Arch St. Philadelphia, P. Cabbage is an humble vegetable Anyone can get ahead of it. Millions Use Carter's Ink which is sure proof of its excellent quality. It is made chemically accurate. Therefore the best. A farmer works a miracle when he turns his horses to grass. The favorite for restoring life and color to the hair is PAREN'S HAIR BAILAM. HINDERCOINS, the best cure for cornns. 15cts. You can't lose worn out gloves if you try. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY. Take LAXATAXE BROMO QUININE TABLETS. All drugists refund the money if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove's signature is on the box. 25c. Success comes from not making the same mistake twice. PUTNAM FADELESS DYES do not spot, streak or give your goods an unevenly dyed appearance. Be sure you are right and then go sideways—if you are a crab. **Deafness Cannot Be Cured** by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one ear canal that is affected by the usual remediation. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucus lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed you have a rupture of the skin or impaired hearing. The rupture is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by catarr. Nine cases out of ten are inflamed condition of the mucus surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by Drugists, Inc. Hull's Family Pills are the best. The farmer's foot is a corn field that requires neither plowing or sowing. Almost Blad. My little four year old girl's eyes were so weak from birth, that she could not stand any light at all. Was treated by several physicians without benefit. My neighbors induced me to buy Morley's Sarsaparilla and Iron from Mr. O. Daugherty, Banock, Ky. Three bottles not only restored her sight, but made her stronger and healthier than she ever was in her life. DAVID KESSING. Sold by agent in every town. A. Enton Planing Mill Union carpenters in San Francisco have fully demonstrated what can be done by organized labor when acting as a unit. They have a union planing mill in full operation, giving employment to 2,000 union men. Every bald headed man thinks his bald head is the ugliest in town. "NewRival," "Leader," and "Repeater" A mean man only thinks himself cautions—just as a near-sighted person seems to be looking far away. Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of as a cough cure—J. W. O'Brien, 322 Third Ave., N., Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 6, 1900. One way to remove dandruff is to insult an Indian. When cycling, take a bar of White's Yucatan. You can ride further and easier. Fortunate indeed is he who loses his temper and never finds it again. We pay $18 a Week and expenses to men with rigs to introduce our POULTRY COMPOUND. JAVELLE MFG. Co., Dept. D, PARSONS, KANSAS. Some men acquire that tired feeling from looking for an easy job. The beneficial results of Garfield Tea upon the system are apparent after a few days. THE COMPLEXION IS CLEARED FOR THE BLOOD HAS BEEN PURIFIED. Women talk more than men, but the latter say the most. A Woman's Weariness. Women's sensitiveness make them subject to more intense weariness than men. The melancholy, depression and exhaustion they suffer is due to sluggish action of their organs, which loads the system with impurities, poisons the blood and shatters their nerves. Morley's Sarsaparilla and Iron will cleanse the system, revitalize the nerves and give strength and energy. Sold by agent in every town. It is far better to keep out of a quarrel than it is to fight your way out. Red Cross is the best Ball Blue the world knows. Large package 5c. A coal miner is always ready to get down to business. FARMS WESTERN CANADA FREE If you take up your homes in Western Canada, the land of plenty, cultivated pamphlets, gifted farmers, farmers who have become wealthy in growing wheat, reports of delegates, etc., and full information as to reduced railway rates can be had on application to the Superintendent of Immigration, Department of Interior, Ottawa, Canada or to J. S. Crawford, 214 W. Ninth St., Kansas City, Mo. Sawyer's Pommel Slickers Warranted waterproof. Sawyer's Excelior Brand Pommel Stickers afford complete protection to both rider and saddle. Made extra long and wide in the skirt, ensuring a dry seat for rider. Easily converted into a walking seat. Every garment warranted waterproof. Look for trade-mark. If your dealer does not have Excelior Brand, write for catalog. H. M. SAWYER & SON, Sole Mirage, East Cambridge, Mass. KIDDER'S PASTILLES A Sure relief for Asthma. Sold by all Drugsellers. N.B. KIDDER'S KY, Charlestown, Mass. Very small and as easy to take as sugar. FOR HEADACHE. FOR DIZZINESS. FOR BILIOUSNESS. FOR TORPID LIVER. FOR CONSTIPATION. FOR SALLOW SKIN. FOR THE COMPLEX. "SALZER'S SEEDS WILL MAKE YOU RIGHT This is a caring statement, but seeds need be it out every time Greatest corn earth. Will revolutionize corn growing. Billion Dollar Grass. Will revolutionize corn growing. 1245 acres of hay per acre. First crop six weeks after sowing. What Is It? Catalogo della. FOR Soc. STAMPS and this NOTICE we mail the Samples. Sample is above, also Spelta (60 lb. per A), Aata. W & E (60 lb. per A), Penna, etc. Weigh 10 to greatest. John A. Salzer Seed Co. La Grossa, IA. 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