Wichita Searchlight

THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT Ladies' Strap Sandals We have just received a new Sandals. The style and finish can be made. We desire you to see have just received a new,complete line of La s. The style and finish of these are as near per s. We desire you to see them before the line We have just received a new,complete line of Ladies' Strap Sandals. The style and finish of these are as near perfect as can be made. We desire you to see them before the line is broken. New style Patent Calf Strap Sandals, dongola quarters,white kid lined jet ornament,pair $2.50 Ladies' Fone-Strap Dongola Sandal,flexible hand trimmed sole pair $1.75 Ladies Duchess House Slipper,French heel,large jet buckle ornament $1.50 Ladies' White Kid Sandals,perforated and beaded toe and straps $1.75 Children's and Misses' Red Strap Sandals,bead ornamented. Fire Dongola three-button strap Sandal, French Heel,pair. $1.50 Lallies' one-strap Sandal, bow and ornament,wood or leather heel,pair. $1.50 Visit our new Carpet department always glad to show you the match this new department. We can raise floor covering. Note the Tapestry Brussels Carpets, others ask once a yard our price .75 Wood Velvet Carpets with borders to match; Oriental designs,per yard $1.00 Elegant Velvet and Axminster Carpets worth $1.25 and $1.36 a yard,our price $1.10 Dunlap's Wilton Velvet,extra quality-bow to match,regular price, $1.40, our price $1.05 Hemp and Cotton Carpet,full yard wide at 13 up. .25 = BOSTON Our Easter and leather heel,pair,$1.50 At our new Carpet department on second floors, had to show you the many pretty Carpets and department. We can save you money on all sering. Note these prices. Brussels Carpets, others ask our price .75 Carpets with borders to real designs,per yard $1.00 Velvet and Axminster Carpets, and $1.35 a yard,our price $1.10 Velvet Velvet,extra quality;bor regular price,$1.40, our price $1.05 Cotton Carpet,full yard wide .25 Tapestry Brussells Carpet our price Extra Super All-Wool usual price 65c and 75c, our Union Ingrain Carpet,re our price Good Ingrain Carpet,exu- lar 60c, per yard,our price Mattings in all weights signs,per yard 12½ to BOSTON STORE Our Easter Specialt Visit our new Carpet department on second floor. We are always glad to show you the many pretty Carpets an Rugs in this new department. We can save you money on all kind of floor covering. Note these prices. Our Easter Specialties ARE NOW IN. Is Neckwear we are fixed. A the swellest line to be found. All we wa Greenfield One Price Clothiers, H We Trust to We take our customers into little story we bring you today story; we have more BEST TH Spring than ever offored. Hou conducted as this season. OUR adapted to the convenience of little more elastical than before we know of why any honest pe sonably steady employment ca ed home. Our store has no rul waived on occasion. Tell Us Your H We Furnish You On Easy Payme Schroeder 256 N Backwear we are fixed. And Fancy Hosiery we wellest line to be found. All the latest laces. All we want is a call. Greenfield Bros. 112 East Dock One Price Clothiers, Hatters and Furnishers. We Trust the People. We make our customers into our confidence and the story we bring you today: We have just come we have more BEST THINGS for our customers than ever offored. House furnishings were ne- ted as this season. OUR TERMS, always intend to the convenience of our customers, will be more elastical than before. In fact, there is no n ow of why any honest person with the prospect steady employment cannot have a comfortable e. Our store has no rule so rigid that they o on occasion. Tell Us Your Requirements, We Furnish Your Home Complet On Easy Payments. Schroeder & Matthew 256 N.Main. Is Neckwear we are fixed. And Fancy Hosiery we have the swellest line to be found. All the latest lace effects. All we want is a call. Greenfield Bros. 112 East Douglas Av One Price Clothiers, Hatters and Furnishers. We Trust the People. We take our customers into our confidence and this is the little story we bring you today: We have just completed our store; we have more BEST THINGS for our customers this Spring than ever offered. House furnishings were never so well conducted as this season. OUR TERMS, always intended to be adapted to the convenience of our customers, will be found a little more elastical than before. In fact, there is no reason that we know of why any honest person with the prospects of reasonably steady employment cannot have a comfortably furnished home. Our store has no rule so rigid that they cannot be waived on occasion. Tell Us Your Requirements, We Furnish Your Home Complete On Easy Payments. Schroeder & Matthews..... 256 N.Main. WANTED The public to know that FIRST-CLASS BOARD and LODGING can be had at the Centrpolis Hotel 605 North Main Street. JAS, H. HODGE, PROPRIETOR. Murphley and Goforth have moved their line of pianos, organs, sewing machines ect., to 143 N. Main. Greenfield Bros. are offering some nobby goods for Easter. --- --- complete line of Ladies' Strap of these are as near perfect as can them before the line is broken. Ladies Duchess House Slipper, French heel,large jet buckle ornament $1.50 Ladies' White Kid Sandals,per- forated and beaded toe and straps $1.75 Children's and Misses' Red Strap Sandals,bead ornamented. Size 5 to 8,90c. Size $8½ to 11,$1 00 Size $11½ to 2,$1 25 ment on second floor. We are may pretty Carpets an Rugs in love you money on all kind of use prices. Tapestry Brussells Carpets,others ask .65 our price .49 Extra Super All-Wool Ingrain Carpets usual price 65c and 75c, our price .49 Union Ingrain Carpet,regular price 50c our price .34 Good Ingrain Carpet,extra superfine regu- lar 60c, per yard,our price .39 Mattings in all weights and original de- signs,per yard 12½ to .50 STORE = Specialties and Fancy Hosiery we have All the latest lace effects. unt is a call. Field Bros. 112 East Douglas Av Matters and Furnishers. the People. In our confidence and this is the way: We have just completed our MINGS for our customers this sefurnishings were never so well TERMS, always intended to be our customers, will be found a re. In fact, there is no reason that person with the prospects of rea- mnot have a comfortably furnish he so rigid that they cannot be Requirements, Our Home Complete ents. & Matthews..... N.Main. COUNCILMEN. —Firs- Ward. This ward has named S. B. Kernan who is a republican of long standing and will make a good councilman. —Second Ward. That matchless friend to the colored man, W. F. Schell, is named for councilman of the second ward. Let every colored man vote for him. —Sixth Ward. The sixth ward pre presents John Reynolds who is an excellent gentleman and a good republican, In the second ward F. J. Cassitt is named as a member of the school board. Vote for him. ```markdown ``` How Will You Vote? The Polls will open Tuesday and You Must Soon Decide. WILL YOU CONTINUE THE PRESENT PROSPERITY OF OUR CITY? Your vote Tuesday will help decide this. Colored Voters Be wise, Open your eyes and VOTEINTELLIGENTLY! Vote to continue Prosperity By Casting Your Vote For And the whole Republican Ticke The three opposing forces are now arrayed; the battle has been a noiseless but very active one. Each side has presented its arguments and the case is now up to the voters. They are the great jury; on their ballots, next Tuesday, hangs the future of the city. From their decision there can not, and will be no appeal. Today we are residing in the peerless city which, among the cluster of cities of great bleeding Kansas, stands out boldly as the brightest, the most prosperous, the most active and "get-up and go" of them all. To day the business activity of our city is unparralieed in the annals of her history. Today she stands at the head of all metropolis of the state; not only of the state, but west of the Kaw. She is unapproachable in her prosperity. Today she has less idle men on the streets seeking employment, than any city in the West. Shall she so continue? This we can not say; it is left entirely with you, the voter, to say. In all this great decision, the colored people, one people, my peeple, have a most important part to play. Yes, the mothers, wives, daughters and sisters as well as the sons, husbands and brothers, they each have an important part to play. Ask yourselves this question. Do I want hard times in Wichita again? You can prevent it if you wil. Will you do all in your power to prevent it? Do you want your husband, son and brother to be unable to find employmen and forced to walk the streets in idleness, unable to get WIGHITA NURSERY ASSN. WICHITA KANSAS. Say! If you want nice,thrifty trees that will grow,and in good condition,come to the Nursery and get them. A full line of Fruit and Ornamental Trees and Shade Trees all Sizes. Call or Address. Nurseries at Packing Houses,Cor. Lawrence and 21st. St. Take Stock Yards Car. Phone 489. Wichita Nursery Ass'n a day of honest labor? You can prevent this if you will. Will you do all you can to prevent it? These are not impossibilities, but they are easy questions and easy acts. Who is it who would be so unwise as to vote against his own interest? If any, speak; for with him I derive" an earnest, cool and gentlemanly consideration of the most salient features of the present contest. The Republican convention has selected a most admirable set of men and presented them to the voters, asking their election; in the presentation of their chosen ticket they say to you: If you will elect these, we will guarantee you a continuation of your city's prosperity, and as good security they point you to the prosperity of our great city, state and nation under a republican administration. What more could be asked? But in the present fight we are dealing directly with fellow-townsmen, men whom we can meet every day, and men whose qualifications for the respective places for which they are named, we fulwell known. They Present To You For Mayor, Ben F. McLean who has been constantly in business in this city for more than sixteen years. A man who is now and has always been identified with the best interest of the city; a man who will apply that business tact in city affair, that has marked his success in his own business. A man who will see that the colored man receievs his just representation under the city administration. A vote for McLean is a vote for the recognition of the colored man, and the betterment of our city. CITYCLEK. The name of J.1. Leland is presented. Leland is a thoroughly competent young man, and if elected, and we predict that he will be will fill that office with credit to all the citizens. CITY ATTORNEY. Col. John L. Dyer is the nominee for this position. Col. Dyer is highly capable and is one of most prominent and well read lawyers of the Sedgwick county bar, and will attend to the legal affairs of the city in a highly competent manner. POLICE JUDGE. The name of Claude C. Stanley, a young Kansan who was born in 1872 and who has spent all his days in Kansas is the nominee for this office. Claude is a capable and competent young man for that place, and will make an ideal polic judge. An old soldier, a man who ought to save The Uniou, a man who is a staunch republican and a perfect gentleman, has the nomination for this office. His name is Henry Schadd. Every one who is acquainted with Schadd hold him in the highest esteem. He has filled the office with much credit during the past two years and will continue to do the same for the second two years if he is re-elected. CLERK of CITY COURT. Last, but not least, of the nominees on the republican ticket who must be elected by the city at large cames that splendid young man, Capt. Sam W. Jones. He is the nominee of the convention for the office of clerk of the city court As to his competency to fill that office in a most creditable manner, there is no question. Capt Jones is no stranger to the citizens of this city He has spent the greater part of his life here and stands today as a beacon light, pointing the young colored man to the road of success. When in the recent war with Spain his country called for volunteers, he left wife, mother, sisters, brothers and friends and went to his country's call. His standing among his own people—the colored people—as well as among his white acquaintances, is snch, any man would be proud. Let every colored man remember to vote "good and strong" for Capt. Sam W Jones. 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 On year, by mail. $1 60 Six 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 publication in the current issue. Correspondents and members wanted everywhere. Write us for terms. All matters sent to "The Searchlight" for publication must be signed by the party or parties writing. Suffrage Restrictions In Marylaud. Maryland's new election law just passed by an extra session of her legislature called for the purpose, is intended to disfranchise about 44,000 voters, of whom 26,000 are believed to be negroes and 18,000 whites. The avowed object of ex-Senator Gorman and the Democratic leaders who have jammed it thruugh, in the teeth of not a little opposition from independent, fair-minded Democrats, is to make the state surely Democratic. The law provides a reading qualification for voters; prescribes ballot without party emblems, so that a man who can not read will not be able to tell for which party's candidate he is voting; forbids election officers to give any assistance whatever to illiterate voters; appoints county boards of supervisors with authority to arrange names on the ballot in any order they please, and differently in different counties if they see fit, and provides for a new state enumeration of voters, on the alleged ground that the federal census was padded in the negro counties. The expectation is that under the new election law the state will certainly go Democratic next fall and return Mr. Gorman to the senate. But the balance of illiteracy is not heavily against the negroes of Maryland and the Republicans are already organizing to teach them to read. As the negroes are anxious to learn, the new law may in the end do more to further popular education than to promote Democratic supremacy and the senatorial ambition of Mr. Gorman. Whatever happens, Marylan has not honored Democratic principles by passing laws aimed to deny equal rights to equal rights to equal citizens. Whether they are contrary to the constitution is for the federal supreme court to decide but that they are contrary to Jeffersonian principles is as certain as it is deplorable. Respect yourself, and you will then respect others. What's the matter with Sam Jones? He's alright. Who's alright? Sam Jones. Vote for Ben McLean for Mayor. Claude C. Stanley is the man for police judge. Put 'er in straight boys. That's the way to do it. Cast a vote for Henry Schadd, the veteran of 61-63. Cast your ballot for Ben F. Mc- Red Front Racket. Quotes the following list merely as a sample of the prices that pre vail in onr store: 17 lbs Granulated Sugar .....$1.00 13 lbs Sal Soda .....25 8 bars Diamond C Soap .....25 1 gallon N. Y. Apples .....25 3 cans best Tomatoes .....25 1 can Warranted Bak'g Powder 10 1 lb Smoking Tobacco .....20 5 lb package of Oat Meal with nice soup bowl .....25 Best line,lowest prices of Dry Goods Clothing and Ever had for sale.Call and examine and prove for yourselves. Red Front Racket The Peoples Economy Store. Tapp Bros. & Hanshaw. Phone 257. 255-257 N.Main DEAR FRIENDS: We wish to call your attention to the great Hair Grower and Straightener. "OZONO." This is absolutely the only honest remedy on the market. "OZONO" positively causes the hair to grow long and straight,soft and fine,and as beautiful as an April morning. It makes the hair fine and silky;causes it to grow long and straight; stops the hair from falling out; causes the hair to grow out again on bald spots, especially so where it is thin on the temples. It cures all kind of Scalp Diseases. For Sale by Mrs. Wm. E. WHITTED, 509 N,water St. COLE'S 705 North Main street is the place to get your Groceries at Reasonable Prices. As cheap as the cheapest and as good as the best. Only store in town run by a Colored person.Try Us. 705 North Main street. Crystal Long & Hite,Props. Liberal Commission to good Agents.Write for terms. Barbers preferred 114 S.Emporia Ave. Phone 270. For a Good,First-Class Shave GO TO Fisher's shop Up to Date Hair Cut & Shampoos. $ 6 3 8 \frac {1}{2} $ E. Douglass Ave., Barnes & Newcomb Popular Music House. Pianos,Organs.Every thing known in music. Largest stock to select from and Lowest Prices. Latest Sheet Music and Books. COLONIST RATE PORTLAND,TACOMA,SEATTLE and SPOKANE—$25.00. Tickets on sale at th 'Frisco LINE " city ticket office, corner of Main and Douglas ave. on the follo owing Tuesdays. March 5,12,19,26.April2, 9, 16, 23 and 30 1901. Further information will be cheerfully given at the city ticket office or by B.F.Dunn, D.P. A..Wichita.Kansas. THE WICIITA SEARCHLIGHT,SATURDAY, MARCH, 80th: 1901 Grant S. Neal, of Indianapolis, Ind., and a representative of the "Freeman" was a pleasant caller this week. Mr. Neal is enroute to Oklahoma Territory. M. E Woods, of Kingman arrived in the city Monday, enroute to Kansas City. Mr. Woods is a member of Toas lodge here and stopped over to attend the anniver sary celebration. It is with much pleasure that we announce that Miss Lou Bartlette of 1,300 N. St. Francis St. is able to be out again after a severe attack of typhoid fever. Mesdames, S. E. Patton, R. J. porter, J. S. Quarrels and Mrs. J. T. Chinneth were initiated into the mysteries of the Heroines of Jericho, by Mt. Olive Court, No. 9, at their hall last Wednesday evening After the initiation a fond repast was served in honor of the newly made Heroines. Mt. Olive Court is in a prosperous condition and her new accessions are prominent and most worthy ladies. At Bissell's, 601, E. Douglas, you can get things for Sunday's dinner Besides a full line of meats; chitterlings, back-bones, snouts, pig ears. and pig tails, Liver, 5cts each' Toas lodge, No. 10, celebrated the twentyfirst anniversary of the order at Peerless hall on last Monday night. An excellent program was rendered and a jolly good time was enjoyed by all. Your attention is directed to the "ad" of Messrs Schroder and Mat thews on our front page. This firm is located at 256 N. Main, and carries one of the largest stock of furniture and household goods in the city. They sell on easy payments, and will treat you right! Call on them and see their stock. Young people should remember that the church is no place to carry on a talking school, or "crack jokes" and laugh. Be more manly. At present, we shall refrain from calling any names, but if snch comes under our notice again we shall mention some very popular parties. A DEPRECIABLE SIGHT. Why is it that some colored men will go to public gatherings with their heads filled with liquor? Do they not think of the horrifying sight of a man reeling and tottering and falling against ladies? What would they think, to be sitting soberly aside and see a man filled with drink staggering against his wife, mother or sister? Would he not be tempted to deal severely with the fellow filled with drink? And then think of the impression that it makes on the young man and young lady to see such a depreciable sight? Many men who make brutes of themselves when drunk, are at other times as refined as any one could ask. Such scenes should be prohibited at such gatherings and wheh a fellow is drunk he should be denied admittance, and when they learn that they will not be admitted when drunk, they will not come to a public gathering in an intoxicated state. The line must be drawn somewhere and at some time and it will be of a great benefit to both the public and the man upon whom it is drawn. Trade with our advertisers. LadiesNewMedicalGuide IS AN AUTOBIOPHARAPHY BY BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, Principal of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, and the greatest living Negro of our times. The book is published in one large volume of over 400 pages and beautifully illustrated with over 1,000 photos. Slice $100,000; book price in cloth, $1.50. Here indeed is a life-story stranger than fiction. It is a recital of the most thrilling experience, heroic struggle and re-creation. We are told about the GLEAMINGS which tells all about Mr. Washington's autobiography. Free Offer! "Seal us your name and address and we will immediately send you a free offer" in the book. We want you to have a copy to include it in your community. We also want Agents in every county and district in the country to sell it. If you will enclose only ten cents in stamps we will also send our magnificent agents' canvassing book. We allow highest commissions, pay freight and fill orders on thirty days' credit. Write at once! J. L. Nichols & Co., Naperville, Illinois Horse Clipping WITH BICYCLE CLIPPERS Price $1.50 Rock -Island Book Exchange. This Is Our Kansas Brilliant Coal This Is Our Kansas Brimstone Coal It is tinted with rosin, visible and iuvisi- ble. No, there is no soot to stick to your stove lids, and it is the coal in the market. You get more heat from it than from most ordinary coals, and it does not cost you any more than the cheapest coal. Where is it mined? At Pittsburg, Kansas, from 108 ft, shaft, No, it does not make any clickers, will coke and all burn up clean. You will find this coal at Hacker Coal Co: 414 N. Main St. Phone 108. PRESIDENT it. If you will enclose only ten cents in stamp vassing book. We allow highest commissions, Write at once! J. L. Nic Horse C WITH BICYCLE Price Under the directions of Mrs. Stella Patton, a select chorus sang at the hospital Sunday after noon. E. M. Williams has purchased a half interest in the Court House Restaurant and the proprietorship will be under the supervision of the firm of Jones & Williams. Dr. E. Harrison is puite ill at the Jackson House. Miss Maud Holmes has returned from a trip to Chetopa. Mrs. Mable Ross is quite ill at her home on N. Main. Y. M. Brady, of Pierce City, Mo. visited his sister, Mrs. Delia Alexander, last week. MRS. Whitted is quite ill at her home. DEATH of Wm. BOWMAN. J. T. Chinneth, acting Master of Arkansas Valley lodge No. 21, A F. & A. M., received a telegram Friday morning, bringing the sad announcement of the death of Wm Bowman at Pratt Ks. The deceased was one of the oldest members of that lodge. His remains arrived in the city, and the funeral will take place Sunday afternoon. The masons will have it in charge. SEWING CIRCLE. The sewing circle of New Hope Baptist church met at the residence of Mrs. J. E. Lewis Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Lewis in the most pleasant manner, highly entertained the ladies; a nice luncheon was served. The circle will meet next Thursday at the residence of Mrs. Phillip Hyde, 217, New York. All are invited. Homes Wantd. For six (6) children, ages from 2 to 7 years, apply to Helen Gould Orphan Home, 1447 River st. W.C.Neeley.Secretary. Let little petty excuses go, and vote for Col.Dyer for City Attorney Hurrah for Ben McLean the next Mayor of this city. Book Free! Story of My Life and Work PHY BY BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, Principal of and Industrial Institute, and the greatest living The book is published in one large volume of over ly illustrated with over 50 photo-engravings by Frank Beard. Size, 68½ inches; retail price Here indeed is a life-story stranger than fiction, most thrilling experience, hands strangle and re- torts ever written. Ask for a free copy of our booklet tells all about Mr. Washington's autobiography, and us your name and address and we will inform of our free offer of a volume at the $1.50 to have a copy to introduce it in your community, in every county and district in the country to sell we will also send our magnificent agents' can- pay freight and fill orders on thirty days' credit. Chols & Co., Naperville, Illinois Clipping LE CLIPPERS $1.50 ARKAN Hopkins A Meets PALES Wichita J.T. J.A. Phil Joseph Meets the --- 520 E. Douglas 350 N.Main st. If you have any news for the SEARCHLIGHT leave it with Miss Lula Covington,501 N.Water, Prof, Burl Fisher's barber shop, 608½ E Douglas, Mrs. Ella Landrum, 119 w. Pine st., James Jackson, Jackson House and our reporter will get it; or you can send or bring it to our office, 239 N. Main St. up stairs. It will always receive our prompt attention. The new house being erected by G. H. Young, is nearing completion, and will be a very cozy edifice. Mr. Young is the kind of men needed everywhere. Dennis Brockway has bought the restaurant at 346, N. Main. Mr. Brockway is a former citizen of this city and recently returned to his old stand. All are aware of his splendid record for serving wholesome and well-cooked meals. The New Hope Baptist church has the reputation of raising fine collections. Rev. Frazier and his deacons understand how to treat you, hence the money comes. The boys are wondering when Jim Jackson's coming back. They have "a bug to put in his ear." Schell is the right man to vote for, for councilman of the second ward. Rev. Terrell will present two of his plays on the first Monday night after Easter. All are acquainted with that Rev. gentleman's record for putting on good plays, and all will eagerly await the occasion. Books to Read. "The Story of My Life and Work" by Booker T, Washington: and the 'Remarkable Advance of the Afro American" by Prof.W.H.Crogman I also have a fine assortment of Family and Sunday School Bibles etc.Leading and Best Works at the lowest prices;all guaranteed as represented. Miss Ida McDonald, Agent. Vote for Ben F. McLean. Lodge Directory Knights of Pythias Toas LodgeNo.10 KnightsofPythias Toas Lodge No.10 KnightsofPythias WICHITA, KAN. Castle Hall 338 North Main street. Regular Meetings Second and Fourth Monday Night in Each Month. Visting Knights in good standing Welcome Bert Glover, Chan.Com. S. W. Fleming, K. of R. A. S. ERIA COURT No.7. Order of Calanthe. Mrs. J. H. Phelps, W. C. Miss Blencq Alexander, R. of D. Mrs. Ida Martin, W. of R. of D. Meets 1st, and 3rd. Monday each month Masonic Lodges. ARKANSAS VALLEY Lodge No.21. A.F & A.M. Hopkins Abernathy,W.M. W.H.A.Clark,Secretary. Meets 1st.and 3rd.Tuesday each month. All Master Masons in good standing are Cordially Invited. PALESTINE COMMANDERY No.12. Wichita Kansas. J.T.Chinneth, Eminent Commander J.A.Roberson, Generalissimo. Phil Hyde. Captain General Joseph Fine Secretary. Sylvester Anderson,Treas. Meets the 2nd Monday night each month MT.ZION CHAPTER No.17. W.H.A.Clark, High Priest J.S.Fauver, King. Ben Wilson, Scribe. J.T. Chinneth,Secretary Grant Ewing,Treas. Meets the 4th Monday night each month PRINCESS CHAPTER No.12 O.of E.S. Mrs. M.E. Banks, Royal Matron. Miss Lizzie M. Burnham, Seerty Meets 1st, and 3rd. Wednesday each month. Mt.Olive Court No.9,H. of J. Mrs Myrtle Glover, M A M Mrs J E Lewis,Secretary Mrs L Adams, Treasurer Odd Fellow Lodges. ODD FELLOWS. .....State Officers..... Grand United Order of Odd Fellows. J.L.Harper, D.G.M, Wichita W.M.Jackson, D.DG M, Topeka S.P.Johnson, D.G S, Emporia M.W Jackson D.G D Kans City HOME OF THE WEST No.2906. G.U.O.O.F. J.L.Harper,N.G. Eddie Thomas,A.G J.A Martin,P.S. Meets every Tuesday night. HOUSEHOLD RUTH No.612. Mrs.Harriet Harper,M.N.G. J.L.Harper,W.R. Mrs.Mary Griggs,M.W.Tress. Where to go Sunday. At the A. M. E. church, 521 N. Water st Preaching at 11 a.m., Sabbath school at 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 mooning and evening. At the Tabernacle Baptist church. Preaching at 11 a.m., Sabbath school at 3 p.m. Preaching at 7.40 p.m. Rev. R McTurner will preach both morning and evening. At the New Hope Baptist church. North Mead 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. J. Robinson has some fine samples, from which to select your Easter suits. Vote for Capt. Sam Jones. Keep Quiet He Says. SENATOR MORGAN URGES THAT NOTHING BE DONE TO STOP NEGRO DISFRANCHISEMENT Marion, Ala. Editor Greer of the Marion Standard, has received the following letter from Senator Morgan relative to his views on the position recently taken by former Governor Oats on the suffrage question. Washington, D. C. Mch 19-91. Dear Mr. Greer:—In January I did not have time to answer your letter as to my views of Colonel Oats' letter on the suffrage question, and now am not disposed to discuss the matter as it might only lead to some disagreement as to the necessity of the convention. Since I saw you the whole coun- try has made a great and rapid advance in the direction of negro disfranchisement. The apportionment bill and the counting of the electoral vote without the question being raised as to the constitutionality of the presidential election in Louisiana and Mississippi is a distinct victory for white suffrage. "Maryland has seen her opportunity and is hastening to profit by it. When things are coming our way there is no necessity for clamorous discussion until the are settled, lest some one might interrupt. So I think the least said is the best just now on the negro question. Those people will begin to draw off to the Philippines at an early date. They are already going Hawaii and we shall soon find room for white people in the South Then we shall be a free and happy people. "When the time arrives, I will elaborate these views, but at present it is best not to discuss them. We should take a lesson from the Cubans and discuss the negro question with closed doors in our conventions. "The progress we are making is encouraging. Sincerely Yours, " JOHN T. MORGAN." THE Court House RESTAURANT. FIRST CLASS MEALS. Lunch at all hours. Cold drinks. Cigars and Tobacco. Ice Cream. 601 N.Main St. Jones and Williams, Props. Schollenberger Bros. BICYCLES. BEST EQUIPPED REPAIR SHOP IN THE SOUTH-WEST. 230 North Main St. Sale Continues on Lamps, Rockers, and Parlor Tables. Furniture and Musical inst uments sold on Easy Payments. Lamps put away on deposit. New goods in Queensware, Glassware also Granite and Tinware. The Odd-i-ta. 350 N.Main St. B.F.McLean, Lumber Dealer Wichita, Kansas. Yards at Wichita,Kas.,Clearwater,Kas.,Peck Kas.,Cheney,Kas. Sells on 25 Cents Weekly Payments., Lace Curtains, Bed Spreads,Chenille and Tapestry Portiers, Clothes Wringers,Study Covers, Rogers' Silver,are, Clocks, Rugs,Family and Teacher e Bibles. A Carload of SWEETLAND Pianos and the celebrated DECKER & Son Pianos;also have the agency for WESTERN COTTAGE goods;and have just received another shipment of String Instruments and a nice selection of Sheet Music. 143 North Main St. REPUBLICAN RALLY PEERLESS HALL. Monday Night,April 1st. Given Under the Auspices of the Colored Voters of Wichita. A special invitation to the Ladies. Good Speaking. We have just received a large shipment of FOREIGN and DO-MESTIC WOOLENS in nobby Suitings and Trousers. It will be to your interest to call and inspect our line before placing your order. The PEERLESS TAILOR & FURNISHER. 508 E Douglass Ave., 'Phone 511 OPEN DAY AND NIGHT A. G. MUELLER UNDERTAKER AND EMBALMER. OFFICE PHONE 125 REC. PHONE 165 21BHT WICHITA KANS When in Topeka go to Henry C. Wilson's Cheap Eating House Opposite A. T. & S. F. Depot. Established 1878 Fix Up Your The E. Ho Sells on 25 Cents Lace Curtain,Bed Spreads,Che Clothes Wringers,Study Cover Rugs,Family and Our Number: A Carload of SWEETLAND Pianos and Pianos; also have the agency for WE received another shipment of String of Sheet Music. MURPHY & 143 North REPUBLI RAI PEERLES Monday Night Given Under the Colored Voters A special invitation Good Sp For Reliable Rates And Quickest Time Patronize The FRISCO LINE Through reclining chair cars and latest improved Pullman coaches WITHOUT CHARGE on all Frisco trains between WICHITA AND ST.LOUIS. FRISCO LINE. Trains leave Wichita at 1.20 and 10. 45 p.m.,arrive at Wichita 3.25 p.m. and 6.35 a.m.See that your ticket reads via, the Frisco Line — it will save you money and time. Should you desire any information as to rates,time,routes,maps,etc.,call or write any Frisco Line agent or the undersigned. It is a great pleasure for us to answer questions. CITY TICKET OFFICE Cor.Main and Douglas. B.F.DUNN, BrYAN SNYDER, Dist.Pass.Ag't. Gen.Pass.Ag't. Wichita,Kau. St.Louis.Mo. For Firs-Class Furnished ROOMS GO TO GO TO Mrs V.Matthews THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT,SATURDAY,MARCH,30th 1901 Clothin g,Hats&FurniShing Goods For Men,BoysandChildren. Largest stock,Best selections,Latest styles,Finest assortments, Greatest Values. SEASONABLE GOODS,AT OUT OF SEASON PRICES. C.R.Fulton Wichita's Greater F.M.Jaques Special Prices made on Furniture Either Call in whether you buy or re- ing goods and F.M.Jaques & Co., House From Howard Co. Weekly Payments., Snille and Tapestry Portiers. S, Rogers' Silver ware, Clocks, Teacher e Bibles. F.M.Jaques & Co., Special Prices made on Furniture, Stoves, Carpets, and Matting Either cash or easy payments. Call in whether you buy or not. we take pleasure in showing goods and giving you prices. F.M.Jaques & Co., 243 N.Main St. and the celebrated DECKER & Son WESTERN COTTAGE goods; and have just Instruments and a nice selection & GOFORTH Main St. PUBLICAN BILLY ESS HALL. night, April 1st. Auspices of the less of Wichita. onto the Ladies. peaking. Peerless Steam 155-159 N.Market St. 'Phone 237 Office on First Street. Agents Wanted Everywhere WONDERFUL DISCOVERY Curly Hair Made Straight By This wonderful hair pomade is the only safe preparation in the world that makes kinky hair grow out over 40 years and used by thousands and prevents the hair from falling out and makes it grow out over 40 years and used by thousands and requests. It was the first preparation ever sold for the Original Ozized Ox Marrow, as the genius of the founder. A toilet necessity for ladies and gentlemen. Elegantly perfumed. The great advantage of this wonderful pomade is that it can be worn at home. Owing to its superior and lasting qualities, it can be produced a preparation equal to it. Full directions for use and testing for anybody who orders or send us $1.40 Postal or Express Money Order for 3 bottles, express paid. Write your name and address plainly to OZONIZED OX MARROW CO., 76 Wabash Ave., Chicago, Ill. When in need of Groceries do not forget that you can always get the Best at the Lowest prices at KERNAN'S 1102 E Douglass Ave. 'Phone 357 The Crystal Steam Laundry 114 So. Emporia,fs the place to take your clothes. Try them, 342 N,Main S Laundry. Clothing Store. ... es & Co., ure, Stoves, Carpets, and Matting or cash or easy payments. not. we take pleasure in show- iving you prices. 243 N.Main St. Are you a Sub scriber to the Searchlight? WN Miller, Attorney at Law. NOTARY PUBLIC Practices in all the Courts of Kansas and Missouri. No.239 N.Main street. Wichita. ..... Kans. The Missouri Pacific Ry Shortest Line To Colorado Points. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY Mos Direct Line To KANSAS CITY Reclining Chair Cars on all trains SEATS FREE. Call at our New Passenger station cor. Douglas ave. and Wichita st. for reliable information relative to any trip you may contemplate. CA Frankenfield ...PROPRIETOR OF... City Meat Market. Dealer in Groceries, All Kinds of Fresh and Salt Meats, Poultry, Game. — HAGIN'S Candy Store is the place to get choice CANDIES and FRUITS. Best Ice Cream in the city at moderate prices. Ice Cream for Festivals and Parties. Delivered. HAGIN'S 429 E Douglas RATE FROM WICHTA TO HELENA, BUTTE, GARRISON, AND AN HELENA, BUTTE, GARRISON, and ANACONDA Call at "Frisco Line" city ticket office corner Main and Douglas ave for full information or address B. F.Dunn, D.P.A., Wichita Kansas. Searchlight only $1. a year. Henry Thompson's Big Brownie Minstrel which was postponed some time ago, will be given in the near future. Watch for the "ad" in the Searchlight. Thompson & Morris, M'grs. If you want your money's worth in Clothing,Hats and Furnishing Goods,trade with GREENFIELD Bros 112 East Douglas Ave. -$23.00 Thompson & Morris, M'grs. Rail Road Time Table Leave - East Bound. Train No 10 "Kansas and Nebraska Limit ed." for Ft,Scott and St.Louis 2 25 p m Train No 6,Kansas City and St.Louis Ex- press 10 oo p m Leave for South and West No 5 for Clearwater,Conway Springs, Anthony,Kiowa,Kingman,Norwich Oxford,Belle Plain and Winfield 7 40 am No 451 For Conway Springs, Anthony and Kiowa 6 30 pm Leave for North and West No 9 Kansas and Nebraska limit ed for Hutchinson,Pueblo,Colorado Springs and Denver 5 05 p m No 5 8t Hope,Hutchison and Genesaeo 7 30 p m No 124 local freight,carries passengers between Wichita and Geneseseo 8 55 p m Arrive from the East No 9 Kansas and Nebraska limit ed from Ft Scott and St Louis No 5 From Kansas City and St Louis 1 05 p m 7 10 p m Arrive from South and West No 6 From Kiowa,Anthony,Con way Springs and D M and A points 4 55 p m No 452 From Anthony and Con way Springs 11 15 a m Arrive from North and West No 10 From Denver,Colorado Springs,Pueblo and Hutchinson 11 20 a a No 46$^\circ$ From Hutchinson,and M Hope(daily,except Sunday] 6 10 p m No 6 From Genesseo and Hutchin son 9 40 p m E.E.BLECKLEY,P and T.A. Passenger station corner Douglas ave, and Wichita st. Telephone 112 FRISCO LIE. 108 For Monett, Springfield, St. Louis and all points East, daily, 1.20 p m 102 Pittsburg, Joplin, Galena, Webb City and Carthage, daily 1.20 p m 107 Burton, Ellsworth, and all points West daily 3.40 p m 101 Pittsburg, Girard, Joplin, Carthage, Vinita and Sapalp, 10.00 p m 102 Monett, Fayettville, Fort Smith, and intermediate points daily, 10.00 p m 102 Eureka Springs, Springfield, St. Louis and all points East, daily, 10.00 p m For Sleeping Berths and through tickets to all pointsand particular information see B.E.DUNN, Dist.Pass.Agt. 100 Douglas Ave. No. Arrive Leave 408 10.35 p m 10.35 a m 406 11 15 a m 11 20 a m 416 3 00 p m 3 00 p m a 418 2 20 p m 4 00 p m a 458 2 55 p m Englewood Express 428 6 40 p m 6 40 p m 472 11 00 a m Wichita and Western, South and West 407 6 45 a m 6 50 a m 405 4 50 p m 4 55 p m 415 1 10 p m a 417 12 15 p m 1 20 p m a 457 7 45 a m Englewood Express. 427 8 20 a m 8 30 a m 471 Wichita and Western, 5 15 West 416 3 00 p m 3 00 p m 428 6 40 p m 6 50 p m Fifty hours to Los Angeles. a Daily,except Sunday. L,R.DELANEY,Agent. W.J.BLACK,G.P.A., Topeka, Kan. CHICAGO,ROCK ISLAND and PACIFIC Time Table, Effective Nov.18,1900 Trains Arrive Leave Denver and Pacific coast 9 45 a.m. 9 45 a.m. No 4 Kansas City, St. Louis and Chicago night Expr. 9 oo p m 9 oo p m No,32 Accommodation daily except Sunday 9 30 a m 9 30 a m South and West express,daily, 648 p m 648 p m No 1 Oklahoma,Ft Worth New Orleans and Pacific express 6 45 o m 6 45 a m No 3 Ft Worth, Houston, Galveston, San Antoin express, daily, 6 35 a m 6 35 a m a No 36 East Bound 5 10 p m 5 10 p m a No 35 West Bound 3 10 p m 3 10 p m a Daily, except Sunday. Elegant free reclining chair cars on all trains and Pullman Palace sleepers from Wichita to Chicago and Kansas City without change. Also sleepers on all night trains to Fort Worth, Houston San Antoin and New Orleans. Tickets sold and baggage checked to all points north, east, south and west. Steamship tickets sold to all European points owest rates. Passenger station corner Douglas and Meade aves. phone 100 C E BASCOM D P.A. Searchlight $1.00 DR.E.HARRISON. Surgical & Medical TREATMENT IN ALL Lungs,Nervous,Chronic, and Private Diseases; also diseases of the EYE,EAR,NOSE,THROAT. Prices Reasonable. All I ask is a treatment. Office JacksonHous. Oswego, Kansas. Rev. Brooks, presiding elder of the A. M. E. church preached Sunday, Rev. M. L. Johnson will leave for conference soon. Several Chetopa people were in town to attend the rally Sunday. Miss Emma Walker was in Oswego this week. B. R. Robinson was in the city. Mrs. Clara Worley and daughter left Sunday for Gurthrie, Okla. Mrs. Cassie Easter is quite sick. It is rumored in Oswego that Robert Walker will soon "pass the cake" PITTSBURG Judge A. J. Lee has returned from Topeka. Will Thomas has returned to Coffeyville. Miss Helen Edmunds has returned to her home in Chetopa. Henry Taylor spent Sunday in Ft. Scott. Niel Piere, Geo. Everett, and Jno. Johnson went to Joplin Sunday. Where to Vote Tuesday. NOTICE, Office of City Clerk Wichita.Rans.,March 23rd 1901. Wichita, Rans., March 23rd 1901. The following places have been selected as required by law where will be located the voting booths for the election April 2nd. 1901. First Ward. First Precinct City Building. 2nd precinct Opera House 3rd precinct 1147 so. Lawrence. Second ward 1st precinct 116 west Third street. 2nd 1 precinct 517 north Main. 3rd precinct Kankee's Feed store, corner Eleventh and Water. Third ward 1st precinct North-west corner Market and Second streets. 2nd precinct 209 St. Francis. 8th precinct 1334 E. Douglas. Fourth ward 1st precinct 617 E. Murdock, 2nd precinct Grafton's Grocesy stores. 3rd precinct Hose House No.3. Fifth ward 1st precinct 1o18 West Douglas, 2nd. precinct 1111 West Douglas. Sixth ward 1st precinct Cor. Washington and Douglas. 2nd precinct 12o5 E. Douglas, WHAT Firm is located at 354 N. MAIN? WHAT do they give SPECIAL attention? ANSWER 1st.Tucker Grocery Co. 2nd.The best of Everything in the Grocery line at the very lowest Cash prices. Stimulants seldom hurt a man—if he leaves them alone. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY. Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUINNIE TABLETS. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove's signature is on the box. 25c. The dog in the manger isn't always the one with the mange. Red Cross Ball Blue, makes clothes whiter than snow. Large package 5c. Toasts are often drunk yet they are never intoxicated. Are You Using Allen's Foot Ease? It is the only cure for Swollen, Smarting, Burning, Sweating Feet, Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. The professional shoplifter isn't necessarily a strong person. Now that the Winter season is past, it is well to cleanse the system and purify the blood with Garfield Tea— an Herb Medicine good for all. If you would mend your ways you must take a sitteh in time. Two Big Pains seem to be the heritage of the human family everywhere, viz: Rheumatism and Neuralgia but there is one sure and prompt cure for both, viz: St. Jacobs Oil SEAFARING MEN KNOW THE VALUE OF TOWER'S TRADE FISH BRAND OILED CLOTHING IT WILL KEEP YOU DRY IN THE WETTEST WEATHER LOOK FOR ABOVE TRADE MARK ON SALE EVERYWHERE CATALOGUES FREE SHOWING FULL TIME OF GARMENTS AND HATS. A.J.TOWER CO., BOSTON, MASS. MONEY within inns- thes SEND NO MONEY If you live within miles of our homes of all times send $1,000. send $1,000. out and send to us and we this END BROADCAST SEEDER by subject to cr amination. You can examine it at your freight de- signer, or represent it, exactly as a re- presented, and the equal of seeder's cost at double the price, then pay the freight agent $ 7.5 and freight charges or less $1.00 if sent with order. The seeder weights about 100 pounds and the freight weight about 50 pounds. The $ 7.57 BFICE is based on the actual cost of manu- facture, is less than the sales can buy in carload lots. The BFICE is based on the actual cost of manu- facture made. Made for as under contract by the best maker in America. Made from the very best material satisfactorily than any other seeder made. Will over 100 acres of what per day, other seeds at proportionate improvement every good point of every other broad- casted seeder made, with the defects of none. Write for M. T. ROSEBERTS SUPPLY HOUSE, Minneapolis. FARMS WESTERN CANADA FREE If you take up your homes in Western Canada, the land of plenty, illustrated pamphlets, giving experiences of the lives of commonwealth growers in growing wheat, reports of delegates, etc., and full information as to reduce railway rates can be obtained from J. S. Crawford, Department of Interior, Ottawa, Canada, or to J. S. Crawford, 214 W. Ninth St., Ottawa, Canada during March and April. CLAIMANTS FOR PENSION write to AHWAH, BACK GROUND, Washington, D. C. they will receive quick replies. B, 6th N. H. Vols Safety 50th Corps. Prosecuting Claims since 1878 Your Fortune: Future business success, misfortune and love after ra forced to, only 36c, and your birthdate, by best astrologer living. Prof. KHAPHEL. 1874, Binghamton, N. Y. PISO'S CURE FOR CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. Best astrologer to use. Use in time. Sold by drugs. CONSUMPTION Electricity for Breaking Horses Electricity for Breaking Horses. It has been discovered that the best way to break a horse from kicking is to give him an electric shock. If properly administered. it does not injure the animal and it supersedes the brutal whipping. Passing of Yellowstone Park. It is said that the geysers which have made this park famous, are gradually declining. This brings to mind the fact, that the geyser is the most precious possession in the world, and too great care cannot be given to it. In the spring, you should renew your strength, revitalize your blood, restore your health with medicines, Hostess Stomach Bitters. It also causes stomach disorders. Try it. What the average schoolboy wants is a history that will repeat itself. Cure for Tobacco Habit. Mrs. J. Kay, High street, Des Moines, has discovered a harmless and inexpensive remedy for the tobacco habit, by which her husband and hundreds of friends have been cured. Any drugist can put it up. Prescriptions and directions free for stamp to pay postage. If you want anything well done do it yourself. Always laugh at your own jokes. How's Tails? We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for any case of Catrina that cannot be cured by Hall's Catrina. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props. Toledo, O. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props. Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years and believe him perfectly able to business transactions manually able to carry out any obligations made by their firm. West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. W. Wholesale Klinik & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. W. Hall's Catrina Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, testimonials sent free. Price for each pill is the same. Hall's Family Pills are the best. The pen is mightier than the sword when it comes to signing checks. We thank you for trying Wizard Oil for rheumatism or neuralgia, then you will thank us. Ask your druggist. Honeved phrases are very apt to have flies on them. Mrs Winslow's Syrup Syrup. For children teething, suffle the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 2 cis bottle. You may be able to read a man's thoughts but his actions speak for themselves. Some articles must be described. White's Yucatan needs no description: it's the real thing. The new woman wants to brace up and be a man. Waterworks of Two Great Cities. London has the poorest water service of any of the large cities of the world. New York City has the most extensive waterworks plant in this country. It has cost up to date $115, $26,748. Ocean Devours Lang. An interesting calculation has recently been made public through one of the many publications of the French Academy of Science. It is to the effect that, taking into consideration the wear and tear on the solid land by ocean lashing, river erosion, and wind and weather, to say nothing of probable volcanic action, the world will, by the end of the year 4,500,000, be completely washed away, and the ocean will roll over the present foundations of our great continents. WANTED—Men with rig to advertise and introduce Monarch Poultry Mixture. Straight salary 4,500 weekly and expenses. Address with stamp. Monarch Manufacturing Co., Box 691, Springfield, Illinois. Two many friends often spoil a bank account. I do not believe Pisso's Cure for Consumption has an equal for coughs and colds—JOHN F BOYER, Trinity Springs, Ind., Feb. 5, 1900. Watches and rivers seldom run long without winding. Thirty minutes is all the time required to dye with PUTNAM FADELESS DYES. Love may laugh at the locksmith but never at the goldsmith. The Bluest Blue makes the whitest white, that's Red Cross Ball Blue. Entertaining a hope is never a disinterested act of hospitality. Do Your Feet Ache and Burn? Shake into your shoes, Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet. It makes tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Hot and Sweating Feet. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N.Y. Greatness is never thrust upon a man who leads an aimless life. EBEN HOLDEN, by Irving Bachelere, is as unique and even more interesting than its predecessor on the same lines. David Harum everybody has read by this time, and none of its readers can afford to miss "Eben Holden." The best of the newspapers are praising it and the best of the critics eulogize it in unstinted terms: for instance, John D. Long, secretary of the navy, says: "I have read it, with great interest in the honest and honest character which it describes with so much humor and naturalness." The Pittsburg Times says of Eben Holden, "It is American to the core, and one of the best examples of recent stories illustrative of American life." Amelia E. Barr writes, "I congratulate you on having given the world a pure, strong, natural story. It is as far above David Harum as noonday is above dawn." Figure heads on Battleships. Although all the old British battle-ships had elaborately carved figure-heads on their bows, modern vessels are not allowed any such sort of decoration by virtue of an order of the admiralty issued some years ago. Remarkable Growth of Budapest. Budapest, according to the last census taken on December 31, 1900, shows a most marvelous growth. It now has 729,333 inhabitants, including the garrison, against 506,000 in 1890, in other words it has increased by 223,383, or more than half of its inhabitants, within ten years. Bowels Don't Move? Caused by over-work! Over-eating! Over-drinking! No part of the human body receives more ill treatment than the bowels. Load after load is imposed until the intestines become clogged, refuse to act, worn out. Then you must assist nature. Do it, and see how easily you will be cured by CASCARETS Candy Cathartic. Not a mass of violent mercurial and mineral poison, but a pure vegetable compound that acts directly upon the diseased and worn out intestinal canal, making it strong, and gently stimulating the liver and kidneys; a candy tablet, pleasant to eat, easy and delightful in action. Don't accept a substitute for CASCARETS. Three European royal courts are looking forward with great expectancy to the arrival of heirs, the prospective mothers being the czarina of Russia, the queen of Italy and the queen of Servia. The czar has been so badly shaken up by his recent illness that this is regarded as the last chance for an heir to the Russian throne. Prayers are offered throughout the three nations that the newcomers may be boys. An American Sword Factory. There is only one sword factory in the United States—a Massachusetts concern—and that one has ample capacity for supplying the domestic demand for swords, even under the stimulating conditions of the Cuban and Philippine wars. The saber lost its efficiency as a cavalry weapon as far back as the war of the rebellion, and the increased range of rifles has made the sword equally obsolete as an implement of actual combat. Great Explorer Livel Retired Sir Henry M. Stanley recently celebrated his sixtieth birthday. A decade ago there was scarcely a more famous name in the world than Stanley, but time has naturally dimmed its lustre, and now the great explorer lives in retirement. "Darkest Africa" has claimed her toll from him as from many less robust, and it was from reasons of health that he had to retire from the representation of North Lambeth, to which he was elected as a liberal unjustist to the parliament of 1895. For German Soldiers in China. Waldersee's German soldiers in China, or a part of them, are to try a new sleeping bag invented by a German manufacturer. The bag is just the length, breadth and thickness of a man, with a little to spare. It is pulled up over the head and tied in place. There are small air tubes for breathing purposes, all covered with mosquito netting. Rain can't get in, bugs can't get in, snakes can't get in. In case of a night assault the inmate can get out, but not in a great hurry. Queen's Will Not to Be Proved. Queen will Not to Be Proved. The will of Queen Victoria, says the London Globe, will not be proved, for the Probate Curt has no power over the testament of the Sovereign, and there exists no machinery by which probate can be granted. The exact contents of the will, will, therefore, not be made known to the public though doubtless some information will be forthcoming as to the general tenor of the document. The only Royal will published since that of Henry VIII., was that of George I. England's Loss of "Birth-Force." Mr. J. Holt Schooling, after investigations covering the whole of the last quarter of the nineteenth century, declares that there has been a steady decrease in the British birth rate. England having fallen to the lowest birth rate of any first rate power. France alone excepted. One result of this loss of "birth-force," as Mr. Schooling calls it, is that in every day of the five years 1894-98, 500 to 600 fewer children were born than would have been born had the 1874-75 birth rate remained operative during 1894-98. 14 You Have Rheumatism If You Have Rheumatism Send no money, but write Dr. Shoop, Racine, Wis. box 143, for six bottles of Dr. Shoop's Rheumat Cure, care paid. If cured pay $6.50, if not it is free. Even the fellow who rides a hobby stands a chance of being thrown. In the Spring, take Garfield Tea. This wonderful Herb Medicine purifies the blood and gives new and vigorous life to systems depleted by the trying winter season. A woman knows her husband has faults, but she won't admit it to other women. Catarrhal Dyspepsia and Nervous Prostration Make Invalids of More Women Than All Other Diseases Combined. Miss Anna Prescott Mrs. F.J. Lynch Miss Marie Coats Peruna is the woman's friend everywhere. It is safe to say that no woman ever used Peruna for any catarral derangement but what it became indispensable in her household. **Letters From Women.** Every day we receive letters from women like the following. Women who have tried doctors and failed; women who have tried Peruna and were cured. Miss Katie Klein, 6125 Bartmer avenue, St. Louis, Mo., writes: "Peruna has done me more good for catarrh than the best doctors could. I had catarrh so bad, but after taking Peruna it is entirely gone, and I feel like a different person." Miss Anna Prescott's Letter. Miss Anna Prescott, in a letter from 216 South Seventh street, Minneapolis, Minn., writes: "I am sincerely grateful for the relief I have found from the use of Peruna. I was completely used up last fall, my appetite had failed and I felt weak and tired all the time. My drugstrict advised me to try Peruna and the relief I experienced after taking one bottle was truly wonderful. "I continued its use for five weeks, and am glad to say that my complete restoration to health was a happy surprise to myself as well as to my friends."—Anna Prescott. A constant drain of nervous vitality depleting the whole nervous system causes the mucous membrane surfaces to suffer accordingly. This is the condition called systemic catarrh. It very nearly resembles, and there is really no practical difference, between this condition and the condition known as neu- Don't M drinking! No part of the human until the intestines become clogged you will be cured by CASG, a pure vegetable gel, and gently stimulating the don't accept a substitute for CASG. I'm bring a surgeon—ewelier's Weekly. I have gone 14 days at a time without condition; I have gone 14 years paused in this terrible condition; I did everything I heard of but never found any relief until began using CASG; I have gone from one to three messages a day, and if I was rich I would give $3000 for each movement; it so much relief. 1888 Russell St. Detroit, Mich. More Information. Tommy-P that do that put matter in Letters From Women. Miss Anna Prescott's Letter. rasthenia, or nervous prostration. Peruna will be found to effect an immediate and lasting cure in all cases of systemic catarrh. It acts quickly and beneficially on the diseased mucous membranes, and with healthy mucous membranes the catarrh can no longer exist. Peruna a True Friend to Women. Mrs. F. J. Lynch, writes the following from 324 S. Division street, Grand Rapids, Mich: The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, O. Gentlemen—"I carnelyly recommend Peruna to any suffering woman, as it cures quickly. Last year I had a most persistent cough which nothing seemed to cure. Two bottles of Peruna did more for me than all the doctors seemed to do. In a couple of weeks I found myself in excellent health, and have been enjoying it ever since. Hence I look on Peruna as a true friend to women."—Mrs. F. J. Lynch. Peruna is equally efficacious in curing catarrh of the throat as in curing systemic catarrh or catarrh of the stomach. Catarrh is essentially the same wherever located. Peruna cures catarrh. Peruna Makes You Feel Like a New Person. Miss Mary Coats, a popular young woman of Appleton, Wis., and president of the Appleton Young Ladies' Club, also speaks in glowing terms of Peruna. A letter recently received from her by The Peruna Medicine Co., of Columbus, Ohio, reads as follows: "I am glad to call the attention of my friends to Peruna. When that languid, tired feeling comes over you, and W. N. U. WICHITA-NO.—13—1901 n't Move No part of the human body recieves intestines become clogged, refuse will be cured by CASCARETS C the vegetable compound that acts diently stimulating the liver and k not a substitute for CASCARETS. Information. that do their put matter. GUARANTEED TO CUEE: Five years ago the first box of CAS-A similar medicine in the world. This is absolute proof of great merit, and guaranteed to cure or money refunded. Go buy today, two 600 boxes, give it to your friend, and use it for your own medical needs. After using one 600 box, return the unused 600 box and the empty box to us by mail, or the drugstret from whom you purchased it, and get your money back. We will refund you the cost of the medicine. It will quickly follow and you will bless the day you first started the use of the medicine. your food no longer tastes good, and small annoyances irritate you. Perun will make you feel like another person inside of a week. "I have now used it for three seasons, and find it very valuable and efficacious."—Miss Marie Coata. Diseased nerves are traceable directly to poor digestion, and poor digestion is directly traceable to catarrh. With the slightest catarrh of the stomach one can have good digestion. Very few of the many women who have catarrh of the stomach suspect what their real trouble is. They know they belch after meals, have sour stomach, a sensation of weight or heartiness, a fullness, irregular appetite, drowsiness, gnawing, empty sensations occasional pain—they all know this but they do not know that their trouble is catarrh of the stomach. If they did they would take Peruna. Peruna cures catarrh wherever it coated. As soon as Peruna removes catarrh from the stomach the digestion becomes good, appetite regular nerves strong, and trouble vanishes. Peruna strengthens weak nerves, not by temporarily stimulating them, but by removing the cause of weak nerves—poor digestion. This is the only cure that lasts. Remove the cause Nature will do the rest. Peruna removes the cause. If you do not derive prompt and useful factory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman giving a full statement of your case and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of the Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus. When Answering Advertisements Kindly Mention This Paper. To Prevent Burial While Alive. Y\WaA BNO Wi eres ‘Tianna eaARAT, a ey WX er COT ce WAS ff INTERIOR oF TI ons ff ; [gee [Neon — es 1 a ZF yn he Ze | ANH ATEN __ Lf LLL es a ! eA domo = psi ans ‘Nh 4 | ae SS an anni ae a er | ea Sl ee g Ce tai et ‘inka ee ed go and Jule E. Giles, LB, who was — at Brown ity and prac- tage in Boston f0F @.Auarter of a sien ry, bas. made to guard ett remeenres: @urial without Siring for Teetsls y the general ont Ot at 265 Fairmount av., He De. Poston. The house stands fiyte Per or a high hill, amid pleas- othe 16? “ues, the outlook of the ant Si shed Tans at right angles fret ye main duilding, and therein fom; peepated a room, furnished it Bp ls apartment, Whenever the wt may come, bis spirit will disen- tint self from the body. ff Giles Velieves that real death _ as gradually; never instantaneous- E 3 : r Jy. The death of the body is the birth of the spirit, The death trance con- tinues at times for days, even for wees, ‘The lungs then cease to breathe, the heart to act; the corpse- like face, glazed eyes, absence of sen- sation and intelligence, rigidness and olduess of the body—not one, nor even all of these appearances, are con- clusive that the person {s really dead. The only sign of death which is sure, both to manifest itself in due time, and to be absolutely conclusive and uuleniable, is the development of a sufficient degree of putrefaction. ‘The retired tawyer, silvery-haired, brisht,eyed, animated, sat in the parlor of his home and discussed the subject ¥ith enthusiasm, the writer being his auditor. He had a copy of the bill in- Ree WEST POINT ADMISSION. The Method of Appointing Cadets Ex- plained In Briet. ‘To secure admssion to West Point You must pass through a grammar school course and be proficient in all the studies taught, such as arithmette, reading and writing, including or h>g- raphy, English grammar, geography, Particularly of this country, and the history of the United States. The ca- sts are appointed by the President and members of congress and you can fet there in no other way. The pay of 4 cadet is $540 per annum, and one ration per day, against which are ged his board, clothing, books, sta- Uonery and other items of expense. ‘The course of instruction is as fol- lows: First year, mathematics, Eng- lsh studies, fencing, bayonet exercise, sud practical instruction in the school of the soldier, company and battalion and artillery. Second year mathemat- ‘cs, French, fencing, and tactics of in- fontry, artillery and cavalry. Third Year, natural philosophy, chemistry, crowing, riding and tactfes of infantry, ertilery and cavalry. Fourth year, military and civil engineering, miner- logy and geology, chemistry, law and literature, practical military engineer- ing, tactics of infantry, artillery aud cavalry, ordnance and gunnery. The istruction is free, but the cadet, un- less sooner released by*the govern- Ment, is required to serve for eight years after completing his course. The culet must not be under seventeen nor hore than twenty-one years of age on fstcring, Write to the representative ' congress from your district and he Nill inform you of your chance in se- puns an appointment.—New York Powdering a Bosal Babr. When Edward VII was born, on No- ‘ember 9, in the second year of the Queen’s marriage, every one at Buck- togham Palace went wild with delight. a aa men ‘roduced into the present legislature. Ho read the section which deals with certain tests by physicians and ob- dected. A moment later he was on his feet leading the way to the case which contained volume after volume of the Uterary works of Andrew Jackson Da- vis. Tenderly he laid open great books with such profound titles as “The Divine Revelations of Nature,” and “Harmonial Man; or, ‘Thoughts For the Age.” He showed a steel en- graving of a young woman on a ded, the physicians close by, watching, while the spirit of the maiden rose into the air from the body. ‘Then, returned to the easy chair, the genial old gentleman conversed concerning his practice of law in Boston from about 1850 until 1876. His children having died, he saw no necessity for continued accumulation of money, and so he retired. He has lived for 30 years in Hyde Park. ‘Mr. Giles threw open a door and dis- closed what appeared to be a closet with clothes hooks. But the back of this closet formed a second door. This, too, he opened and there in sight was the private mortuary. The old bare walls of the end of the shed have been plastered and are white and clean. The little rafters are painted blue. The room now fs furnished like an ordinary sleeping apartment, with single bed, washstand, mirror, a picture or two, knicknacks and a chair. An exit at the rear leads directly out into the open air, where lattice work bars the intrusion of wandering men, women and children. Bells rang and guns boomed the glad tidings all over the kingdom. Douglas Jerrold, amidst the roaring of the ord- nance, said: “Dear me, how they do powder these royal babies!” Dowt Dee a “erste Matton.” Last summer it was the Mamie Tay- lor. Now it’s the Carrie Nation, the drinking of which causes a man to go home, break up the furniture and fear- lessly “sass” his wife just to show that in this part of the country, at least, women don’t run things entirely, says the New York Press. This is the recipe for a real hot Carrie Nation: First-half fill your mixing glass with cracked ice, the same as for a cocktail. That is to make it cool. Then put in a dash of Angostura bitters to make it hot. “Next add a dash of lemon julco to make it sour, and a half a spoonful of sugar to make it sweet. A small portion of sherry wine is next added to give the drink a flavor. Then the glass is filled almost to the top with good whisky to make the drinker high spirited and devilish. Lastly, the mixer adds maraschino. This is care- fully mixed and cooled and then pour- ed off into a bar glass or a regular cocktail glass, Some also add either a cherry or an olive to the drink, It is a fine mixture of a punch and a cock- tail, and is quite smooth. But a few of them will suffice for the ordinary individual. Several are dangerous, acti piel cniae ‘A branch of the fociety of May- flower Descendants has been organized jn Wisconsin. The new offshoot has started out with twenty-eight mem- bers, twenty-four of waom are wom- cn, To be eligible onc must be a lin- eal descendant of a passenger who Yanded from the Mayflower at Ply- mouth in December, 1620. Idle wishes are apt to enfeoble the mind. “See those windows,” exclaimed the old gentleman, as he pointed to ob- Jong apertures in the walls which were head high. “These are for the admis- sion and emission of air. ‘The casket would be brought in and placed upon the floor perhaps. The temperature of the room would be kept at a moder- ate degree. Here in this closet I keep some of my books and magazines.” “Do you see this place at the pres- ent time?” ‘The query was suggested by the neatly made-up bed. “O, yes! Sometimes I have a friend as a guest who sleeps here when he tarries under my root.” Mr, Giles does not have much faith in the schemes devised for the ringing of bells and the shooting of balls into the air, etc., which are meant to give notice that one apparently dead is yet alive. He does not approve even of cer- tain tests by physicians placed in the Dill before the legislature, because, in his opinion, the spirit is more sensitive to suffering when disentangling itself from the body than before that myste- rious process begins. He says that, without specially look- ing for any, he has found in the news- papers the detalls of some 60 or more cases wherein the patient was con- scious of preparations being made for his funeral, and yet was unable to manifest the slightest sign of life. At the beginning of the new century there were 57,000 army and navy pen- sioners in New England drawing their pay through the agency in Boston, ARRAN 18 NOW. A LAwyen. Sullivan, the “Terrible Pleb@ of West Polut Is Prosporing. Colonel H. M. Cordill of New Orleans writes to the Press to say that John Patrick Sullivan, the “Terrible Plebe,” an account of whose prowess at West Point recently appeared in this paper, is now a lawyer in the Crescent City. He is the same athletic Sullivan as in the days when he whipped all comers at West Point. Ho is now colonel of one of the “crack” militia corps of his city. When the war with Spain broke out Sullivan was one of the first to of- fer his services to the government. Sul- tivan has a lucrative law practice and is a rising citizen of New Orleans. a1 married the daughter of ex-Mayor John Fitzpatrick, one of the most prominent Politicians in the state of Louisiana, Sullivan has been so successful since he lef? the military academy that there is every reason to believe that he would have made a good officer could he have graduated, and that he would have graduated had he not been so busy fighting that he could not properly at- tend to his studies. While at West Point Sullivan whipped thirty men of the yearling class and all the members of the first class who came against him. Sometimes he had as many as four fights in one day. Colonel Cor- dill says “Sullvian bag lost none of his physique, and if called upon >>>" put up a ‘scrap’ of no mean propor- ‘nae: Smuggling Ever In Fashion, Smuggling will ever be in fashion. To-day an inspector observed a pas- senger from the steamship Lahn, whose pockets bulged suspiciously, Search brought to light an emerald, diamond and pearl necklace, two lace collars and several watches, Unless your clothes hang properly be pre- pared for surveillance when coming home from Europe—New York Let- ter. FREAKS OF THUNDERBOLTS, Mountaine.Geom to Be Bagaged tana: Electrical War. Professor Ellsworth Huntington says that during the geological trip through an almost unvisited part of the Taurus mountains in Turkey he heard of a pe- cullar electrical phenomenon. One of the natives told him that one moun- tain near his village fought with an- other mountain on the other side of the Euphrates river. The weapons were balls of light, which the moun- tains threw at each other. Professor Huntington thought at first, as the re- gion was one of volcanic activity in comparatively recent times, and as hot springs and extinct craters are still ‘to be seen, that this must be a tradi- ‘tlonal account of a volcanic eruption. He was, however, convinced subse- quently that the story had its origin in a meteorological phenomenon, The story is detailed to him by ten or twelve men whom he saw at five dif- ferent places within an area of. forty miles was as follows: A ball of fire would start from one mountain and go like a flash to another. At the same time there is a sound like thunder. This occurs by night or by day, al- though by day no light is seen. It al- Ways occurs when the sky is clear and never when it is cloudy. It sometimes happens two or three times in a year, and then again it is not seen for sev- eral years. For the last two years it has not been seen, It hardly ever hap- pens except in the fall, at the end of a long, dry season of three months. One of the mountains which he visited was composed of metamorphic schis- tose shale of the eretaceous age. Its height is 7,350 feet and its top is com- paratively flat. According to one ac- count the ball of fire was at first small, but grew larger as it passed over, and then grew smaller again, Professor Huntington believed that in this case the observer was standing between the two mountains, While meteorologists have not been ready with explanations of these mysterious lightnings, it is mentioned that there are peaks on the Rocky mountains on which almost continuous electrical discharges have been observed, but they pass off into the air quietly, like St. Elmo's fire, and never in great flashes from peak to peak. It is also known that a cloud or @ mass of electrified air that has not quite attained the cloudy condition may He between two peaks, and flashes ‘may proceed from it simultaneously to the two peaks in such a way as to lead @ careless observer to say that one peak discharged over the other. He Peddies Morphine. Long ago the rustling life of the Tenderloin shortened the current des- ignation of the habitual morphine- taker from dope fiend to plain dope, says the New York Sun, In the pro- cess of mutation the term dope shop came to signify more often the resort ‘of dopes than a place for the sale and purchase of dope. The dope shops are as well known as any other class of dives, and like various other classes have their regular followings. Out of this condition has come lately a pe- eullar product of this curious district. It is nothing less than a victim of the drug who has turned the necessities and appetites of his miserable fellows into a means of livelihood. He is a dope of dopes, who could not work if he would and perhaps would not if he could, He is not old, but the mort- gages on time which he has given to spend life under the seductive beckon- ing of his only charmer are recorded on his face. Late in the afternoon and night after night he meanders in the district haunted by the men and wom- en who are morphine’s victims. He carries in his pocket a rusty syringe, and a supply of dope, and he goes among the nervous wrecks and sells them what they crave at a dime a jab. He knows’ where to find them, and they have come now to know where and when to look for him. ‘They call him the dope doctor. Both women and men are his patrons, and they ap- Pear to have welcomed his advent. And the Tenderloin adds to the number of ‘its products the successful practitioner tn eaten tne Men Who Talk to Themselices. ‘A western physician made his first visit to New York last week and at a semi-public dinner on Saturday even- ing he happened to be seated with men who had spent all of their lives in this city, says the New York Sun. One of them ‘said to him: “Doctor, I have often wondered how New York would impress a thinking man on his first visit. What impresses you most in the streets?” “The thing which first attracted my attention,’ said the phy- sician, “and which still holds it is the fact that most of the men whom one passes in the streets are talking to themselves. Why is it? Don't New Yorkers have friends to whom they may talk or are they so given to talk- ing that they must talk to themselves when they are alone? Do they all talk in their sleep? Is it because men work harder here that they go along the streets mumbling to themselves? I don’t know the true explanation of it, but I have been in many different cities and in none of them have I seen so many men talking to themselves as in New York, i a eli ala aa California visitors to the Buffalo exposition next summer will register in the largest book ever bound. It has just been completed in Los Angeles. The book is twenty-nine inches long, twenty-eight inches wide and eighteen inches thick, is of 4,000 pages and weighs 400 pounds. Danger on Stage and Ratt. The proportion of passengers injured in the “good old stage coach days” as compared with the present ls as sixty te one. 1 Fall of a Sugar King. 1 miata eee John E. Searles, who made an as- signment in New York the other day, was, up to a few years ago, known as one of the “sugar kings of America.” He organized, in 1880, the first sugar trust, and was one of the principal or- gan‘zers of the greater trust in 1891, when he became secretary-treasurer and chief executive officer of the Amer- .can Sugar Refining company. He en- tered the sugar trade in 1862 as ts ema, BS y; ei fOr (3 i 4 is, fet (ip rae aN OT AI Vo wy x Te {| Ip JOHN E. SEARLES. member of the firm of L. W. & P. Armstrong at New Haven, Conn. In 1880 he effected the consolidation of the two Havemeyer firms, and in 1887 brought about the consolidation with his company of a number of competi- tors, making the capital of the com- bination $50,000,000, In 1891 he helped organize the present sugar trust, from which he resigned in January, 1899 af- ter his recovery from a protracted ill- ness, Mr. Searles was born at Redford, N. Y., in 1840 and began life at 16 as a bookkeeper for a Broadway firm. Six years later he received his start in the sugar business. Although he has been in the background comparatively since resigning as secretary and treas- urer of the sugar trust two years ago, Mr. Searles is still connected with a score of corporations and is still a di- rector in the American Sugar Refining company. He fs president and director of the American Cotton company, American Typefounders Company, and the Hyatt Roller Bearing Company; vice president and director of the Min- neapolis and St. Louis railroad Com- pany, International Trust Company, and Union Traction and Electrie Com- pany; chairman and director of the Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic railway; secretary and director of the Brooklyn Cooperage Company; direct- or of the American Coffee Company, Preferred Accident Insurance Com- pany, Western National Bank, Sprague Electrie Company, Terminal Ware- house Company, and Universal Last- ing Company; trustee American De- posit and Loan Company, American Surety Company, Brooklyn Institute of Arts aud Sciences, Equitable Lite Assurance Society of the United States, People's Trust Company of Brooklyn, Terminal Improvement Company, and Mercantile Trust Company. He ts a member of the Lawyers’ club and the Down-Town Association. ‘Rebuff for Carnegie. Certain persons in New Brunswick, N. J,, attracted by Mr, Carnegic's gen- erosity in providing the means for the foundation of libraries, recently agi- tated the propriety of asking him for a contribution for that purpose. The city authorities, however, backed by many of the leading citizens, promptly ‘squelched the movement and announc- ed that if a library were needed they were amply able to build it them- selves. One of the aldermen said: Who knows but that the library would be loaded down with literature detri- mental to American institutions, If we are to have a library let it be a home institution, and for Americans, young and old. ‘Bunk for Ships and Cars. In many places, such as emigrant ships, cars, ete., it is often desirable to erect a large number of separate bunks, so arranged that they may be easily closed for removal, so that the space taken up by the bunks may be atilized for the storage of freight, etc., when the bunks are not in use. Such conditions often arise, for instance, in the transport service, where a ship will carry troops on one voyage and com- missary stores on another. To meet this purpose a New York inventor has devised the bunk arrangement shown in the accompanying picture. It com- prises two upright posts for each double series of beds, with clamping brackets adjusted at intervals on the posts for the reception of the chains and inner edge of the bunks, The up- rights may be elther fastened with serews or inserted in slots cut in the Zhe BED TO REPLACE THE HAM- MOCK, beams of the ship. Then, too, the bunk makes a more comfortable bed for the landsman than the hammocks ordi- narity provided. a i be Fo ee ze pets aac oe Be BRS REE ORR sont His voice is hoarse with misty years, For never was be young; Hatched with the rust upon bis wing, And on his forked tongue A speech that rang through Nile-lands’ green Before the pyramids were seen. ‘The last sweet kernel has he gleaned Throughout the grain-fields bleak; A famine-threatened pirate he, Whose good name none will speak; He has no shelter but the wood, No comrade in the solitude. But still, though autumn’s torn rea flag Floats through the fog-wreaths blind, And soldier reeds hold breken swords Against the sharp north wind, His dauntless heart is in his croak, Hurled proudly from the tallest oak. Scorn of the frowning skies it rings, Of empty husks, of chill; The world is his, howe'er it goes, He owns it good or ill, For him alone the day is good, The night is black within the wood, And, somehow, in our wintry ears His music, clear and shrill, Conjures a rare, ripe summer day With blue smoke on the hill, A corn-field swept by shadows long, Red poppies, and a reaper’s song. He greets the hunter’s breezy horn With a derisive laugh; The robin’s plaintive last good-by He echoes back as chaff; He warms his old breast in the sum, And calls across the twilight dun. But when the moon her round lamp takes To search the pine woods dim, She finds the owl with wings aflap, But never trace of him! A black blotch on the night's black breast, Within the hush he takes his rest. —Youths’ Companion. CR ai Rieti Ga) Cain ia wey Comes from Hatwaii. Professor William De Witt Alexan- der, who for thirty years has been at the head of the survey department of Hawaii and for many years past sur- veer ral bn ree fo sea a posiffon in the coast and geodetic survey bureau of the United States, He wiil have charge of that branch of the ee ee Hawaii and Samoa. Prof. Alexander was born in Honolulu April 2, 1899. 2 sionaries and was a native of Ken- tucky, Prof, Alexander received his early education at Oahu college, them a school for children of the missfonar- ies, and in 1849 went around Cape ‘Horn to Harrisburg, Pa., where he fin- ished his preparatory course, an@ then entered Yale, graduating in 1856. After leaving Yale he was an in- structor in Beloit college, Beloit, Wis. In 1857 he returned to Honolulu to accept the chair of Greek in Oahy off ino college, and six years later became president, continuing as such until 1876, when he retired to organize and carry on the bureau of government survey. He was a member of the privy council under Kalakauaand Lili- uokalani, and since 1887 has been @ member of the board of education, In 1884 he represented Hawaii at the International Meridian conference at Washington. He is a man of high scientific attainments. He is an au- thority on almost anything Hawaiian, and has written mitch along historical lines, In 1891 he published “A Brief History of the Hawallan People,” which has been a text book in the schools of Hawaii ever since. An Altruistic Collapse. ‘The Association of Altrulsts, which began its unselfish operations at the Conrow Farm, near Moorestown, N. J., some time ago and from which such excellent results were anticipated, has collapsed, the last member of the col- ony having abandoned the farm a few daysago. One by one the members had been given good positions by those op- posed to the success of altruistic ideas. ‘The promoters of the association set forth in their prospectus such glow- ing advantages and attractions that quite a number of persons in Philadel- phia, Washington, Baltimore and other cities were induced to join the asso- ‘eiation. SUPPLEMENT TO THE SEARCHLIGHT. A St. Louis woman is so delicate that she invariably catches cold every time she drinks water from a damp tumbler. In the United States there are over 5,000 theaters, and these are located in about 3,500 towns. During the theatrical season there are perhaps 6,000 traveling companies continually on the road. It will be remembered that Arthur Lawrence published some time ago a volume entitled "The Life Story, Letters and Reminiscences of Sir Arthur Sullivan," written with the composer's authority. He is now at work on a complete biography, which will be entirely rewritten and contain much new matter. A system of insurance against strikes prevails in Austria. Holders of policies are indemnified if strikes occur in their establishments, whether voluntary, forced, or sympathetic. The cost of a policy is three or four per cent of the annual payroll. The indemnity is fifty per cent of the wages paid for the week preceding the suspension of work. A colored woman in Atlanta, Ga., has brought suit against a street railroad company for $1,000 damages on account of a peculiar accident. She was seated in a crowded car, when the vehicle suddenly started. A fat man, weighing about two hundred pounds, who was standing, grabbed at a strap, missed it, and fell into the woman's lap, temporarily crushing the breath out of her. Daniel R. Magruder, an ex-judge of the Maryland court of appeals, is a constable in Annapolis. To the protest of the citizens that constables had not been appointed the board in charge of the matter replied that they could not find men to accept the office. When Judge Magruder stated that plenty of good men could be found it was banteringly suggested by a prominent politician that the judge should accept and he did. Near Rio Grande City, Texas, an immense deposit of an unknown gaseous substance has been discovered. Pieces of it ignite quickly and give out a strong flame, which lasts for a remarkably long period. It is said by scientists that the substance is either an unknown mineral or ordinary clay highly charged with gas. Either case, the value of the deposit as fuel is immense, as it covers many thousands of acres, and is of immense depth. Valentine Woodhouse, who has just died at Albury, England, at the great age of 94, was one of the apostles of the "Catholic Apostolic church," established by Edward Irving some 70 months ago, who, it was fondly hoped, would not complete their work before the second advent of Christ. Since the first death took place among this band of 12 in the year 1855, that hope has been gradually falling, and with the death of the sole survivor, the expectation of many that he would be miraculously preserved must now be supplanted by a renewed confession of failure. "I am no longer young," said an Alaska pioneer the other day, "but I expect to live to see a continuous line of railway from New York to St. Petersburg by way of Bering Strait. In fact, work on one of the connecting links will be begun within a year." The line he referred to will extend "from Port Valdez on the sea to the Yukon river at the mouth of the Tanana. From this point another road is projected to Nome, and that if should be built, a railway across the strait to Siberia might become at least a possibility. If expanding trade should demand such a road, neither the engineering nor the financial difficulties would be insurmountable. It is an interesting thing to speculate about, at any rate. "I would joyfully, many a time," said a famous singer the other day, "exchange all my public ovations for my mother's knowledge how to prepare a palatable meal." Nevertheless, so fashionable have culinary and household subjects become, that "my mother's pies" have formidable rivals in "my daughter's doughnuts." Even collegiate straws shows which way the wind blows. Themes recently chosen for senior theses in several leading women's colleges include "The Servant Problem," "Household Economics" and "Foods in Relation to Intellect and Sanity," and stand in marked contrast with the poetic and plattitudinous graduating essays of only a generation ago. To be "a good housekeeper," said Shakespeare, "goes as fairly to say . . . a great scholar." Today, as never before, the two accomplishments walk hand in hand. A large number of junior officers of the French army are to be employed for four months next summer in revising the map of France. The whole work falls into two divisions—the one consisting of the actual revision of the map, the other of the preparation of plans for defense of the frontier. The entire task will be carried out under the superintendence of the permanent staff of the geographical staff, and credit counting toward promotion or for a garde in the Legion of Honor will be given to those officers who send in good work. CHAPTER XII.—(Continued.) "I thought you would want to hear the story some day," said Clarice. And then she told it very simply, as the Doctor had told it to her, of the poor boy's promise of amendment of life, and of the act of bravery which had brought it to a close. "Doctor Drake said that whatever his life may have been, he died like a hero," said Clarice, her own voice breaking a little as she repeated the words. "Did he say that? What a good, kind man he is; the best friend I have ever had, except you, Clarice," said Janetta, smiling through her tears. no doubt he'll soon reconcile himself to the baronetcy and the fortune." Sir Robert's route adjusted itself very much to that chosen for their return journey by the girls. Sometimes he would be away for a day or two a time, then reappear at the town an hotel where he was tolerably certain to find them, and they arrived in England on the same day, but whilst he stopped in London, the girls went to Northcliff. The welcome they received from Mrs. Mortimer was of a warmth the could have hardly believed possible a woman so self-contained; and it was pleasant to find themselves once more seated by the fire in Clarice's sittin- "Your brother's death seemed so peaceful by comparison with that poor wretch's whom the Doctor hunted down," continued Clarice. "I often wonder where Mason is. She went off apparently early on the night of the robbery, and the police have never been able to obtain the faintest clue to her whereabouts. It was quite clear from the letters she left behind her that the man was her lover, and had obtained all his information from her." "Oh, yes; it was the same voice," said Janetta, then started and colored. She had not meant to betray the fact that she had overheard Mason talking to some unknown man in the shrubbery, and had warned Mrs. Mortimer about her. The words had slipped from her. "What voice?" asked Clarice eagerly. And Janetta thought it best to relate the story. "Ah! that makes many things clear which I found it so hard to explain," said Clarice, thoughtfully. "I could never make out why Mrs. Mortimer seemed to blame herself so bitterly for the burglar having happened. I quite accepted her confession of injustice to you and declined to take her notice to leave, as you freely forgave her; but I could not see in what way she could consider herself responsible for the robbery. Poor woman! how terribly she has suffered; but it has done her good, Janetta. She is far gentler and kinder than she was, and she has kept a dragon watch over the house, apparently, during our absence. I think it's getting chilly. Hadn't we better be making our way back to the hotel?" When they got back to their hotel they found that table d'hote was already served. "We will go in as we are," said Clarice. And they advanced into the brilliantly lighted salon and took their places. Seated exactly opposite them was Doctor Drake, who regarded them with smiling eyes. "What, again?" said Clarice, with a nod and a laugh, greeting him as if they had only parted the night before. "You must be spending a perfect fortune in traveling expenses! And look, your occupation is gone!" she said, with a proud glance at Janetta. "She does not look as if she needed much doctoring, does she?" "My visit is entirely for pleasure," said Doctor Drake, laughing. "I'm out for a holiday at last. The world was before me where to choose, and if I've taken a fancy like yourselves to visit Spain, I cannot see why you should make any objection." "None in the world," retorted Clarice, merrily. When dinner was ended it was but natural that the doctor should join the girls in the hall, and, sitting down by their side, tell them all the home news. "We have agreed this afternoon that we will go back," said Clarice. "We are tired of wandering, aren't you, Janetta?" Janetta nodded. "We are waiting for an outburst of welcome from you," she said, smiling at the doctor, who seemed lost in a fit of abstractin. "It would have found vent before this, except that your home-coming will not benefit me much. I'm going to leave Northcliff." The faces of both his listeners grew blank. "How horrid of you!" cried Clarice petulantly. And the impetuous words brought a pink flush to the doctor's fair face. "I suppose it's a case of money." "Yes; it's money and a baronetey," replied the doctor, dryly. "You are joking." "I'm not. I'll go and write my name in the visitors' book this instant if you don't believe me. 'Sir Robert Drake!' Do I look the part?" he went on, with rather a forced laugh. "Two distant male relatives died one after the other, and I awoke one morning lately to find myself transformed from a doctor in a country town into a baronetey and the fortune." "Then I suppose we must congratulate you," said Clarice, in a voice that nevertheless sounded a little cold and stiff. To tell the truth, she did not at all relish the notion of the sudden removal of a knight upon whose willing devotion she could always depend. "You need not. Life is one big disappointment. It offers gifts that one does not care for, and denies me the only one which would make it worth living." He rose abruptly and went off to the smoking room, and when, some five minutes later, Janetta stole a furtive glance at Clarice, she saw that her face was white and that her lips trembled. "Sir Robert chooses to be cynical," she said, throwing back her head with a pretty gesture of defiance: "but I've "You are joking." no doubt he'll soon reconcile himself to the baronetcy and the fortune." Sir Robert's route adjusted itself very much to that chosen for their return journey by the girls. Sometimes he would be away for a day or two at a time, then reappear at the town and hotel where he was tolerably certain to find them, and they arrived in England on the same day, but whilst he stopped in London, the girls went on to Northcliff. The welcome they received from Mrs. Mortimer was of a warmth they could have hardly believed possible in a woman so self-contained; and it was pleasant to find themselves once more seated by the fire in Clarice's sitting room, with their feet on the fender, reading the several letters they had found awaiting their arrival. "I've got a long letter from Harry," said Clarice. Janetta started violently. Carefully as each of the girls had followed Captain Merivale's brilliant career in the Indian campaign, his name until now had not been mentioned between them since the night of Janetta's confession. Clarice's eyes were shining there was Clarice's eyes were shining, there was radiant triumph in her smile. "He is coming back, Janetta. And he says—he says that he should like us to be married at once. There can be no possible reason for delay now I am well, and he hopes I will be getting my clothes ready. He adds in a postscript that he thinks I must pension off the good Mrs. Mortimer." Clarice said, with a little gay laugh; "but he makes no suggestion for your future." "He need not," said Janetta, sitting upright, and clasping her hands tightly. "I shall find another situation." "That sentence and the way you say it makes me quite certain that you are well. It was spoken with all your old horrid pride and independence," said Clarice. "But would it not be well to suit my convenience? I've not done with you yet, you see. You must stay until I marry, and that"—there was a little break in the voice she had tried to make so gay—may be some time, or may never be. I'm not going to marry Harry, and tomorrow I shall write and tell him so. No. Please don't look at me like that nor say anything. I can't bear it! "You have prevented me from making the awful mistake of marrying a man whom I have loved, but who never loved me that he is capable of loving a woman really suited to him. I've thought a great deal over it, and I've said my prayers about it and that is the only conclusion that I can arrive at." "And I have prayed, too—or, how earnestly—that he may live to marry you, that so I might feel myself forgiven!" sobbed Janetta. "But you put your own sense of forgiveness before my happiness," said Clarice," and so God has not listened." Before Clarice went to bed that night she had written her letter. "Good by, dear Harry (were the closing words). Some day, if not at once, you will bless me for setting you free. Looking back, I can see now that you never cared for me as I loved you; and when you met this woman who could stir your heart to its very depths you found it out. Some day I hope I may live to see you married to her. "Believe me, ever your friend. "Clarice Seymour." The breaking off of Clarice Seymour's engagement was a nine days' wonder in Northcliff and its neighborhood. "She chooses to say that it is her own doing," said the gossips, "but, depend upon it, there is more behind than meets the eye. It is not to be wondered at if Captain Merivale turned restive over the evident flirtation that girl carried on with the doctor. Anybody can see with half an eye that he has been head-over-cars in love with her for years past." Certainly it was a fact Sir Robert made no attempt to conceal at present. He was always back in Northcliff upon some pretext or other; but month after month passed by, and he still waited, not daring to put his fate to the test. The establishment of a royal mint in Canada will make the fourth branch of the English mint in operation outside of London. The other three ramifications are located in Australia, at Melbourne, Sydney and Perth respectively. According to recently published returns, the value of the gold coin output from these four mints during 1899 was as follows: The royal mint, London, $42,601,555; Melbourne, $28,138,835; Sydney, $16,620,000; Perth $3,458,530. It has also been mooted that the government proposes ultimately to establish another branch in the Trans- Waterfalls to Generate Electricity The Adriatic Railway company of Italy has decided to equip electrically two branches of the main line down the coast to Brindisi. These branches extend from the main line toward the interior, where the Apennines furnish abundant water power. In the highlands of Italy there is considerable water power which has never been utilized and it is considered possible to use these fails for the generation of electrical power. (To be Continued.) Royal Mint in Canada. IN INHERITANCE IN WESTERN CANADA. indian Reservations and Other New Districts to Be Opened Up This Year. In the Great Saskatchewan Valley and the Fertile Plains of Assiniboia. To the Editor, Dear Sir: The past three or four years have demonstrated to a large number of Americans the value of the grain-growing and ranching lands of Western Canada. Tens of thousands have taken advantage of the offer made by the Canadian government as well as of the exceedingly low prices asked for lands by the railway, colonization and other companies. The experience of those who have been settled there for some little time is of a highly gratifying character. So much that the Canadian government, who has control of the immigration into Western Canada, has decided to open up some new districts this year in the well known Saskatchewan Valley and also in the fertile plains of Assinibolia. These Districts are probably the most productive in the entire West and in close touch to largely settled communities as well as being situated on some of the most important lines of railway. They are within easy reach of markets, schools, churches and other social advantages. In some of these districts lands may be homesteaded as well as purchased outright at very low prices. Now as to what can be done on these lands, The evidence of the settlers in the neighborhood of the lands now about to be opened for settlement (some of them being located in one of the best Indian Reservations) goes to show that the very best results have followed even most indifferent methods. Cases are given where farmers having gone there with most limited means, barely enough to erect a small house and break up a little land, have in three or four years time become prosperous, all debts paid and money in the bank. The soil in the Districts mentioned, Assinibolia and Saskatchewan, is a rich black loam, fifteen inches to three feet deep. As a settler says, "it appears like the accumulation of decayed vegetation and ashes for centuries (the sub-soil is a stiff, putty clay)." On this soil it is possible to raise from 40 to 50 bushels of wheat to the acre, oats 75 to 160 bushels, all of which bring good prices at the local market. For mixed farming these new districts are probably among the best in Western Canada. Stock fatten easily on the wild grasses. Hay is plentiful, and prices splendid. Another settler writing to a friend in Iowa says: "The climate is all that could be desired, plenty of rainfall in summer, with no hot, dry winds. On the 28th of September I saw prairie flowers in full bloom, sweet corn, potato and tomato vines that had not been touched a particle with frost, and the winters are milder than those in the State from which I came. After the holidays the winter sets in in clear and cold, with plenty of snow for good sleighing; no high winds or blizzards are known. Horses live out all winter and pick their own, living, while cattle live all winter in open sheds and around the hay ricks. Wheat, oats and barley are the principal grain crops. Potatoes and all other roots and vegetables do well, the yield being enormous as compared to those in the States. Wild fruits, such as strawberries, raspberries, cranberries, gooseberries and all varieties of currants yield in abundance. As a reader of your valuable paper for a number of years, I feel that I should inform you of the progress and advancement being made in Canada within the past few years, and the inducements and advantages that will follow settlement in Western Canada. Those who desire information can do as I did, and apply to any Agent of the Canadian Government, whose name I see appears in advertisements appearing elsewhere in the columns of your paper, and when writing ask particularly about the Saskatchewan Valley or Assinibolia Districts. Cost of Fixing Flags. It costs money to fly even two small flags every day in the year. The two small ones on the east and west fronts of the Capitol, each about three yards long, which is small for such an immense structure as the Capitol, fray out so fast that it costs $100 a year to replace them. They are darned every day, and on windy days probably two or three times—Washington Letter. Trying on New Shoes. To insure new shoes being the right size, try them on the latter part of the day, when the feet are at their largest, for walking and standing about causes the feet to slightly swell. Children should always be allowed a little room for growth, unless it is a matter of indifference whether they wear their boots till they are worn out or cast them aside in a few weeks because they are too small. Blacksnake a Household Pet One of the men employed at the zoological gardens in New York has a black snake that has the run of the house. It has a reputation of being the best rat catcher in the entire Borough of the Bronx. It is also a family pet. Block System of Signals The block system is an arrangement of signals by which a railroad is divided into sections or blocks, with signals at the beginning of each block. The signals are so arranged that as soon as a train enters a block, the signal at the beginning thereof is set at danger, and remains at danger until the train has left the block. There are several systems of blocks, but this is the principle on which all are worked. It is better for the prima donna to lose her diamonds than her voice. ENGLAND'S NEW WARSHIPS. Preparations for a Batch of 18,000-Ten battalions. Plans are now being prepared for a new batch of first-class battleships, that will out-Herod Herod in the matter of size. Hitherto we have kept our monsters of the deep down to 15,000 tons, as compared with 12,000 tons odd in the French, German, Russian and United States navies. But France in her latest ships, is going to 15,000 tons, and has talked of 18,000. The United States, which was once a partisan of "moderate dimensions," has gone up to 15,000 for her latest ships. On that displacement both nations have got more guns and armor than British designs provide. In order not to be left behind, and still to preserve various heavy fads deemed essential for British ships, our admiralty has decided to put on weight, and the new battleships, Queen and Prince of Wales, will be of 18,000 tons displacement. The armament is not yet definitely settled, but it will consist of four 12 inch Mark IX, and probably eight 7.5 inch, ten 6 inch, and twenty or more 3 inch (12-pounders). The 7.5 is a new gun, of which a good deal has been heard for some time, though it has not hitherto appeared afloat. It used to be known as the $7\frac{3}{4}$ inch, its caliber being 7.7 inches. Its adoption now is of somewhat half-hearted nature, says the London Globe. Objectives have been raised against it on the score of the weight of the projectile, 200 pounds, which is rather heavy for manual use. The recent vast improvements in armor—six inches of Krupp armor are equal to a foot of Harvey steel armor or eighteen inches of iron—have, however, rendered absolutely necessary, a more powerful weapon than the convenient 100-pounder 6 inch. Two years ago it was practically decided to mount the 7.5 inch gun in all new ships, but for some unaccountable reason the decision hung fire. A feature of the new ships is that, owing to their enormous bulk, they will, it is hoped, risk only comparatively small inconvenience from a torpedo. As that weapon can now be fired with accuracy at range of a mile or more the torpedo is a far more important weapon than it was four or five years ago. Submarines, too, are helping to make the torpedo a serious rival of the gun. Some measure of salvation lies in bulk, for the bigger the ship the more easily can systems of water-tight compartments be amplified. King Alfred the Great The forthcoming commemoration of King Alfred the Great, which will take place during the coming summer at Winchester, England, will be one of the most striking and appropriate events of the first year of the new century. Winchester is the monarch's place of burial and the ancient and royal capital of England, and the commemoration is one on which her majesty the late queen early bestowed her approval. The colossal statue of the king which is now being executed by Hamo Thornycroft, R. A., will take a prominent place among the permanent memorials which will be the outcome of the forthcoming celebration. This striking figure is now complete in plaster and in the hands of the founders to be cast into bronze. It measures over sixteen feet in height and some idea of its colossal size may be gleaned by a comparison with the sculptor who stands by its side. It is, moreover, of Mr. Thornycroft's best work. The base, which is at the same time both hold and simple, will be composed of two huge granite monoliths, which are now in Cornwall awaiting transport, weighing respectively forty and thirty-five tons. Report Was Not Explicit. An embarrassing moment occurred at one of the annual meetings of the committee of the Church of England Temperance society, over which the late bishop of London presided. The report of the ladies' committee was read, which, among other information, contained the statement that "during the last year much attention had been paid to barmaids." A very audible titter ran round the meeting, which was changed to undisguised laughter as the following words were read: "This has, in many cases, led to their being visited in their homes." So loud was the merriment of the clergy that the chairman, fearful of more alarming ambiguities, rose and smilingly observed: "Perhaps gentlemen, we may take the report as read."—London Chronicle. The Fright the Ghost Had. During a confirmation tour in the diocese of Peterboro the late bishop o. London put up one evening at an old manor house, and slept in a room supposed to be haunted. Next morning at breakfast the bishop was asked whether he had seen the ghost. "Yes," he replied, with great solemnity, "but I have laid the spirit; it will never trouble you again." Being further questioned upon the subject the bishop said: "The ghost instantly vanished when I asked for a subscription toward the restoration of the Peterboro cathedral."—Argonaut. Bore Thirteen Children and Lived to Be 109. Mrs. Margaret King, the oldest inhabitant of Decatur county, died this morning at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Frank Lohrer, in this city, aged 190 years, says a Greensburg, Ind. dispatch to the Indianapolis Journal. She was born near White Oaks Ohio, in 1791, and came to this state with her parents in 1802, locating near Vevay, where she witnessed the carrying away into captivity by the Indians of an older sister. She was the mother of 13 children, seven having gone before at advanced years. Andrew Carnegie's residence to be constructed in Fifth Avenue, New York, will be a novelty in the line of close-packed houses fronting that famous thoroughfare Mr. Carnegie has gradually been acquiring the whole block on which he proposes to build. His house will be erected in the center of the lot thus obtained, and will be surrounded by spacious, kwas and walks. It will be the only house in "Millionaire's Row" so set off. A widow says good husbands are like dough because women need them. Boring for Oil in Texas Col. J. M. Guffey's oil well, near Beaumont, Tex., has induced speculators to bore five holes in that vicinity. This field will not be developed by experienced oil men because they will not pay the prices asked for land. The Standard Oil company is trying to lease land on rentals with the expectation that some day when the oil fields of Pennsylvania and West Virginia and Kentucky are exhausted it can operate the Texas fields profitably, but at present it does not wish to pay any fancy prices. Aged Queen of Hanover Of greater age than Queen Victoria is the Queen of Hanover, who, though in exile, still holds her title by courtesy. Queen Marie lives in a pretty house not far from the villa built by the Duke of Cumberland on the Traum See, at Gmunden, in upper Austria. She has few of the infirmities of age. She still drives and walks out, taking an active interest in the world's affairs. The queen of Hanover will, if she lives, be 83 next April. It's funny that most domestics are imported. NEARLY GONE. Mrs Julia A. Mallahan, of Owese, Mich. Has a Very Narrow Escape—The Doctor Had Little Hope. Owosso, Mich., March 25.—(Special) —Elite Rebekah Lodge, No. 2, I. 0. 0. F. of this town, came very nearly losing their esteemed and capable secretary, Mrs Julia A. Mallahan. Mrs Mallahan caught a severe cold last winter, and like many others, failed to recognize the dangerous possibilities until it had settled in her kidneys, and left her with very severe bearing down pains and almost constant backache. It almost carried her off. Mrs. Mallahan tells the story this way: "I caught a cold last winter, which I neglected until it settled in my kidneys, causing severe bearing down pains and almost constant bachache. My health had previously been so good that I paid little attention to these symptoms, until the disease had gone so far that my doctor entertained but a slight hope of my recovery. "Fortunately one of our Lodge Members mentioned Dodd's Kidney Pills. Her description of the cures they had effected sounded like a fairy tale, but I sent for a box, deciding to give them a trial. I soon found that she had but half told the story of what they could do. I bless the day I first tried them and have nothing but the highest praise for them." Many very valuable lives have been saved by the timely use of Dodd's Kidney Pills, and not a few of these have been in Owosso and other neighboring Michigan towns. There seems be no case of kidney trouble or bach-ache that Dodd's Kidney Pills will not cure. They are 50c. a box, six boxes for $2.50. Buy them from your local druggist if you can. If he cannot supply you, send to the Dodds Medicine Company, Buffalo, N. Y. If you don't refer to a young lawyer as a legal light he is apt to be quite put out. WOMEN MUST SLEEP. Avoid Nervous Prostration. If you are dangerously sick what is the first duty of your physician? He quiets the nervous system, he deadens the pain, and you sleep well. Friends ask, "what is the cause?" and the answer comes in pitying tones, nervous prostration. It came upon you so quietly in the beginning, that you were not alarmed, and when sleep deserted you night after night until your eyes fairly burned in the darkness, then you tossed in nervous agony praying for sleep. MRS. A. HARTLEY. You ought to have known that when you ceased to be regular in your courses, and you grew irritable without cause, that there was serious trouble somewhere. You ought to know that indigestion, exhaustion, womb displacements, fainting, dizziness, headache, and backache send the nerves wild with affright, and you cannot sleep. Mrs. Hartley, of 221 W. Congress St., Chicago, Ill., whose portrait we publish, suffered all these agonies, and was entirely cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound; her case should be a warning to others, and her cure carry conviction to the minds of every suffering woman of the unfailing efficiency of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.