Wichita Searchlight

THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT Saturday evening at eight o'clock the largest sale of Ladies' Fancy Neckwear Wichita has ever known will occur. Hundreds of pretty pieces in liberty silk, chiffon, etc., representing the latest ideas in beautiful and stylish Neckwear. Also, many Silk Fronts go in this great sale. Every color is here, though the majority is of cream and white. Not a piece the lot worth less than $1.50 and dozens of of them worth $2, $2 50, up to $4.50 each at regular prices. See special window display and come Saturday evening. =SPECIAL SALE 98c= A special showing of fine, new Linen, fresh from the mills. Now, they are here as an Easter surprise, and every piece is specially marked for this week. For prices come to store. Boston store WALLENSTEIN & COHN MAIN & DOUGLAS special sale of LAZER JEONWEAR Saturday evening at eight o'clock Fancy-Neckwear Wichita has ev of pretty pieces in liberty silk, latest ideas in beautiful and sty Fronts go in this great sale. Eve majority is of cream and white than $1.50 and dozens of of the each at regular prices. See spec Saturday evening. = SPECIAL TABLE LINERS A special showing of fine, new Now, they are here as an Easter specially marked for this week. BOSTON WALLENSTEIN Where is to be the end if the in-initiate lynching habit shall continue to grow by what it feeds upon in a ratio similar to that at which it has seemingly developed in the recent past? Beyond question the outlook is a most unpromising one. The swift and merciless meting out of vengeance by 'the inflamed and unreasoning mob when one presumably guilty of "the usual crime" has fallen in its clutches has become an incident so commonplace as to attract comparatively little attention, even in instances where the faggot has superseded the noose as the instrument of torture and death. The burning of the negro at Paris, Tex., some years ago which so long stood out alone and unparalleled as the acme of inhuman atrocity as illustrated in mob violence, has within a twelvemonth been relegated to obscurity and forgetfulness in consequence of multiplied repetitions on a more shocking scale. But it seems scarcely imaginable that a further step in savaegry is possible in this direction; the limit must have been reached. The latest manifestations of a development of the appetite for a human victim, of the thirst for blood, point toward a diversifycation. The "usual crime" and murder no longer provide sufficiently numerous occasions on which the hunger for a human sacrifice can be sated --- saturday Evening At 8 o'clock lock the largest sale of Ladies' ever known will occur. Hundreds chiffon, etc., representing the British Neckwear. Also, many Silk every color is here, though the Not a piece the lot worth less m worth $2, $2.50, up to $4.50 special window display and come SALE 98c= EASTER Linen Sale All This Week Linen, fresh from the mills. surprise, and every piece is For prices come to store. store Less provocation apparently must be accepted as a justification for an "uprising of the people" in these strenuous days of twentieth century civilization, and Rome, Tenn. promptly furnishes a president. No assault upon a woman had inflamed the passions of the populace there; no murder had been committed; no stable had been robbed of an occupant, nor yet even had the owner of a local henroost suffered a "lift." A man had lost a pocketbook which was said to have contained a trifle above $100. A boy found it on the street and was wheedled out of its possession by a negro named Crutchfield on the plea that its contexts were worthless. Crutchfields arrest followed, and with his guilt easily established, the negro might have expected, and presumably would have been given, anywhere else than among barbarians, reasonable and suitable punishment-Doubtless, a penitentiary sentence. Not so, however, in Rome, Tenn. No less a penalty than death should suffice, was the decision of these people who had "risen in their majesty," and the steps were taken to enforce the popular decree. The condemned wretch was led from the jail toward the spot where he was to be executed, but just here something happened which the program hadn't included. The desperate negro broke away from his would-be executioners and escaped --- n the darkness. This was disap pointing, indeed. But the blood-thirsty crowd's dismay was of short duration. Some resourceful leader bethought himself of the fact that at Crutchfield's home there was a sister, who possibly might have connived at the retention of the money, although beyond doubt, otherwise guiltless Happy thought. "Justice" should not be cheated, after all. So these "brave men" went to the home of the unruspecting, defenseless woman, dragged her forth to a nearby bridge, and there they killed her and threw her body into the stream below. These are the meager but awful details of a tragedy which only could have become possible anywhere in this so-called law-governed land through its natural and unchecked development of mob vengeance. Such is the inevitable outcome of the growth of the lynch law spirit. Is it to flourish and expand without hindrance until finally anarchy shall reign? Are you a Subcriber to the Searchlight? Photographic Dark Room. A photographic dark room is not a room which is absolutely dark, but one which is so arranged that no acutic light can enter. This is accomplished by covering the source of light, whether it be natural or artificial, with a sheet of ruby glass, which allows only the non-acutic rays to pass through. Thus, if the room be used in the daytime, the window is glazed with ruby glass instead of ordinary glass; if a lamp is used, it is covered with a shad of ruby glass. Sometimes the ruby glass is not perfectly light-proof, and to make sure it is well to cover it with a sheet of yellow paper, by which means the acutic rays are effectually shut out. Some photographers use no ruby glass, merely covering the window with two or three thicknesses of this yellow paper, but it is as well, especially for a beginner, to err on the safe side and to use both the ruby glass and one sheet of yellow paper. Fireproofing Wood. There are numerous processes for preserving and fireproofing wood. A successful German method is as follows: Subject the wood for six or eight hours to the boiling heat of a solution of 33 grammes of manganese chloride, 20 grammes of orthophosphoric acid, 12 grammes of magnesium carbonate, 10 grammes of boracic acid, and 25 grammes of ammonium chloride in one litre of water. The wood thus treated is said to be perfectly incombustible, even at great heat, and to be also protected by this method against decay, injury by insect and putrefaction. Want an Automobile Speedway. The managers of the Pan-American exposition at Buffalo are endeavoring to secure permission to run off an automobile road race some time during next summer. A level fifty-mile stretch of road near the city has been selected and valuable prizes will be offered. The promoters desire it to be understood that they do not favor promiscuous road racing, and if the desired permission is granted they will take unusual precautions to avoid accidents. WICHITA NURSERY ASS'N. 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 Address. Nurseries at Packing Houses,Cor. Lawrence and 21st. St. Take Stock Yards Car. Phone 489. Wichita Kansas. Wichita Nursery Ass'n TODD BANCROFT Say! If you to the Nursery and Ornamental Tree Nurseries at Packing Houses. Con- Take Stock Yards Car. Phone 489. NEW SHOE STORE Pretty ankles can be properly fitted here with the right sort of DRESS BOOTS. The fact is, if you like dressy footwear - just a little newer in style, just a little better in quality, just a little richer in effect, and a good bit lower in price than you see elsewhere, come here. This store is the fountain head of new ideas in spring Footwear. LADIES' PATENT KID PATENT LEATHER VICI KID ahd all styles of heels and toes in button and lace. All sizes and widths. Strictly Cash. Jones & Titus, 150 N. Main St. 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. Hon. J. S. Quarles made a liberal donation to the Helen Gould Orphan Home last week. VOL. II. NO. 45 PATENT KIDS Patent Leathers are now a pronounced investment. The tanners have passed period, and this leather will stand any or the grades we handled the past season gave If you have had patent Leather trouble certain cure. HERRIS & SPEED 144 N. MAIN ST. MICHITA NURSERY WICHITA, KAHSAG at nice, thrifty trees th and in good condition em. A full line of Fru shade Trees all Sizes 21st St. Wichita Nurser in Our East Win is the story. Such a gathering of Fancy to find. Our Line of Easter Neckwear is . Please give us a call. Greenfield B WICHITA, KAS. Up Your House From e E. Howard ons on 25 Cents Weekly Paymen ins, Bed Spreads, Chenille and Tapestry ingers, Study Covers, Rogers' Silverwa Rugs, Family and Teacher e Bibles. 342 N. M. A. MILLER & DEALERS IN paper, Window Shade Picture Mouldings. KIDS now a pronounced fad. ers have passed the all stand any ordinary ast season gave unex- Leather troubles, try PEER ST. NURSERY ASSN. WICHITA KANSAS. trees that w condition, com e of Fruit a full Sizes. Call Nursery As est Window ing of Fancy Hosiery Neckwear is just as BRO'S TA, KAS. ouse From ward Co family Payments., and Tapestry Portier ers' Silverware, Clock ere Bibles. 342 N.Main S ER & CO IN new Shades a ldings. PATENT KIDS Patent Leathers are now a pronounced fad. They are a safe investment. The tanners have passed the experimental period, and this leather will stand any ordinary treatment. The grades we handled the past season gave unexpected service. If you have had patent Leather troubles, try our shoes for a certain cure. Look in Our East Window That tells the story. Such a gathering of Fancy Hosiery is hard to find. Our Line of Easter Neckwear is just as complete. Please give us a call. Greenfield Bro's WICHITA, KAS. Fix Up Your House From The E. Howard Co. Sells on 25 Cents Weekly Payments., Lace Curtains, Bed Spreads, Chenille and Tapestry Portiers. Clothes Wringers, Study Covers, Rogers' Silverware, Clocks, GUS A. MILLER & CO. DEALERS IN Wall Paper, Window Shades and Picture Mouldings. Sign and Banner Work a Specialty. ARTISTIC PICTURE FRAMING TO ORDER. 119 South Main St South Main ARTISTIC PICTURE FRAMING TO ORDER. 119 South Main St RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION: IN ADVANCE. On year, by mail ..... 61 80 Six months, by mail ..... 75 Three months, by mail ..... 60 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to "The Searchlight," Wichita, Kansas. [All matters to be published must reach this office not less than Tuesday, to reach publica- tion in the current issue.] --- 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 Correspondents and agents wanted everywhere. Write us for terms. All matters sent to "The Searchlight" for publication must be signed by the party or parties writing. We have the greatest confidence in Hon. B. F. McLean, mayor elect of this city to believe that he will give our city a clean, business administration, and in the distribution of official appointments he will remember the colored people. All that the colored people will ask is that good and clean men be selected, and we will leave that to Mayor McLean. We want to say right here that our ladies did much to roll up a big republican victory last Tuesday. In our issue of March 16th, we said: 'The republican central committee has selected J. H. Stewart as its chairman. This is a wise selection. In Mr. Stewart they will find an untiring worker, a perfect gentleman and a republican of the highest type.' How near we were right then, is proven by the great republican landslide of Tuesday. One thing which Chairman Stewart can well be proud of is, that under his guidance and that of the worthy gentleman who assisted him, the republican ticket won 'one of the greatest victories in the history of our city. Every republican owes much credit to the energy of Chairman Stewart and his assistants, but none more than the republican candidates themselves. Ben F. McLean is elected mayor and Wichita is safe again.. We will write a special issue on Wichita politics among the colored politicians before long. We have some very, very valuable information on this line, and it will make good reading. Look out for it fellows. Its coming. The recent election proved quite a surprise to many; while all conceded the election of Ben F. McLean, who ever dreamed he would come out with 1,536 majority? So much the better as it shows that the people are awake and about their business and are determined to have a city here second to none in the state. A "sore head" is more contemptable than the devil himself. Ever see one? We are much pleased over the success of the republican ticket. We feel that our city will continue to grow as in the past. Hon. Chas. H. Luling deserves much credit from the whole republican ticket. Moman did more hard and effective work for the success of the whole ticket than did Chas. H. Luling. But every one knows that Luling is a republican and he is alright, too. There is much talk these days about race prejudice. It is quite manifest to the observing person that the greatest race prejudice which the Negro has to overcome, is that which exists within our own race. This is a very unpleasant admission, yet it is as true as the sun. However, there is a cause for it. We learn that for many centuries the Negroes were taught that their place, the place of their brothers, sisters and kinsman was in the most servile and menial occupation; that they were no better than brutes. If they saw one of their race trying to make an upward mark, to pull him down. They were praised for the wanton murder of each other; they were made spies for the white man, and it takes more than forty years to get this teaching of more than three hundred years out of their veins. But they must not expect to be excused always on this score. They must remember that it is a battle of life and death, with the whole Negro race underneath, struggling for the top, and when they see one of their race trying through all the natural and artificial drawbacks to make it to the top, they should encourage them. Why stand longer as the laughing stock of the world? Lay down your own prejudice before talking too loudly about the prejudice of the white man. Help yourself and then others will help you. IT IS FINISHED. As was predicted by us in our last issue, the republicans won a splendid victory at the polls Tuesday. It simply serves to illustrate the confidence the people have in the excellent qualities of Hon. Ben F. McLean, the standard-bearer of the party on that day. We did all we could for the whole ticket and we are glad to see elected. The 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 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 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 fol lowing Tuesdays. March 5,12,19,26. April 2, 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. Mrs. Robt. Davis left Saturday for Kingman to spend a few days visiting her husband who held a good position there. THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT. SATURDAY. APRIL. 6th. 1901 —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, 5 cs each. AN ERROR. We made quite an error in our last issue by stating that the initiation at the Masonic hall on Wednesday night. March 27, was conducted by Mt. Olive Court No. 9, when the fact of the matter was, that the initiation was conducted by our most excellent Princess Chapter, No. 12, Order of Eastern Star; we, therefore, owe both societies an apology. James Jackson has returned from his visit to Arkansas. The boys were all glad to see "Jack." Charley Shoots did some good work for the republican ticket and should be remembered. Dr. E. Harrison is quarantined as a small-pox patient. Rev. H. F. Frazier left Wednesday forenoon for Lawrence to attend the Baptist State Board. He will return Sunday. Syl Anderson has made an excellent police officer, and his re appointment would no doubt sat isily all classes. The colored man should remember that the thing to do now is not to scrap and fallout over places already filled by good men, bnt try to get new places opened for the race. The funeral of Wm. Bowman, late member of Arkansas Valley lodge, No. 21, A. F. & A. M. took place Sunday afternoon at 3 p. m. at New Hope Baptist church. The funeral was ably preached by Rev. H. F. Frazie, pastor. The funeral was conducted under the auspices of Arkansas Valley lodge, and were very impressive. The remains were interred at Maple Grove cemetery. Miss Emma Ross, of Persons, is in the cily, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Ross. Mrs. Ross is recovering from her recent illness. Master Albert Slater is sick with an attack of pneumonia. Prof. B. A. Fisher has a brand new "baby"-an excellent cornet which he has just purchased. In the campaign just closed we sat quietly by and looked on. By doing so we learned a thing or two about "this town's politics among the colored politicians." We learned one thing in particular and that was that each of the 'politicians' were leaders within themselves, each of them were jealous of the prestige of the other. We were told by a certain gentleman that each of the politicians had "rapped," as he said, against the other, claiming that the "rapper" had more influence than the "rapped(?)". It was amusing to us indeed, however, we calmly say to the boys, we wish you well, but you must get out of that if you ever want any thing here in Wichita. Stand together. Read The Searchlight, Col. J. L. Dyer was defeated for the office of city attorney. We regret to know this, as Col. Dyer is quite an able lawyer, and would Trade with our advertisers. have filled the office with much credit. WN Miller, Attorney at Law. NOTARY PUBLIC Practices in all the Courts of Wichita,..... Kans- DEFEATED. Capt. Sam W, Jones, republican candidate for clerk of city court, and the only colored man on any ticket before the people in the recent election, met with defeat. We are truly sorry to know that Capt. Jones was defeated as we believe he was fully competent. The "Kansas Zephyrs" were demonstrating their ability Friday. Misses Kattie and Mattie Mc Dougal are quite artists in making artificial flowers. They made a beau tiful artificial boquet and present ed it to Mrs. Robt. Davis. The flowers looked so natural that an exam ination was necessary to determine that they were hand made. We call your attention to the "ads" which appear in our colmns and ask you to patronize them. Bring or send your news to us. Peter Bowen is on the sick list this week. The street car company has inaugurated a ten-minutes car system over their whole line. This is done for the accomodation of the patrons of the line and is quite an addition to the already splendid system on our line of cars. The Negro who is always harping about " Why don't the colored people do "so-and-so" and at the same time will find some excuse for not assisting any kind of a race enterprise, is a drawback to the race. H. H. Noeley is a good man. There are several aspirants for janitorship of the city building but it comes from good authority that Walt Robinson seems to be in the lead. Walt is a good man and if given the piece will do his whole duty. Jones and Titus, 150 N. Main, is the name and number of a new firm of shoe dealers. They began business on Friday, April, 5, and are offering a fine line of footwear, and invite you to call and see them. If you want wall paper, window shades, picture moulding or sign or banner work, go to Gus A. Miller, 119, S. Main. See his "ad" on our front page. Be sure to look for the date of Henry Thompson's Brownie Min strels in our next issue. All ar rangments will be completed by that time. We call your attention to the "ad" of Greenfield Bros. on our front page. The boys say that John McColough will be made a regular policeman. There is no doubt that John would make z good one. Maj. Geo. W. Fourd, of Fort Scott, was in the city this week, visiting Palistine Commandary, No. 12. Horse Clipping WITH BICYCLE CLIPPERS Price $1.50 IS AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY BY BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, Principal of the WEST LISTING best living Negro of our times. The book is published in one large volume, 400 pages and beautifully illustrated with over 50 photo-embraying images. It is printed on high-quality paper in cloth, $1.50. Here indeed is a life-story stranger than it is a recital of the most thrilling experience, heroic struggle and remarkable achievement ever written. Ask for a free copy of our booklet GLEASING FOR A FREE OFFER! Send us your name and address and we will invite you to Free Offer! ately forward our free offer of a volume of the $1.50 booklet. We will send you a free offer of ten cents in stamps we will also send our magnificent agents' ten commissions, pay freight and fill orders on thirty days' credit. it. If you will enclose only ten cents in stamps we will also send our magnificent agents can- vassing book. We allow highest commissions, pay freight and fill orders on thirty days' credit. Write at once! J. L. 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Nick 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. 716 Edgar ave. 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 509 N,water St. 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. For Firs-Class Furnished ROOMS GO TO GO TO Mrs V.Matthews 239 N.Water st. Searchlight $1.00 FIRE lipping LE CLIPPERS $1.50 350 N.Main st MedicalGuide married people should have a copy r price $1.50. School Books. 520 E. Douglas. Book Free! Story of My Life and Work MY BY BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, Principal of Industrial Institute, and the greatest living book is published in one large volume of over 50 volumes with over 50 photo-emerging by Frank K. Browne. Some of our books are indeed is a life-story stranger than fiction, a thrilling experience, heroic struggle and res- tory writing. Ask for a free copy our books all about Mr. Washington's autobiography, and us your name and address and we will immi- nate our free offer of a volume of the $1.50 have a copy to introduce in your community each county and district in the country to sell we will also send our magnificent agents' can- vies & Co., Naperville, Illinois 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, Glass ware also Granite and Tinware. The Odd-i-ta. 350 N.Main St COLE'S Grocery Store 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. Miss Bessie Jones. E. M. Williams. The Court House RESTAURANT. Where you can get FIRST CLASS MEALS. Lunch at all hours. Cold drinks. Cigars and Tobacco. Ice Cream. 601 N.Main St. B.F.McLean, Wichita, Kansas. Yards at Wichita, Kas., Clearwater, Kas., Peck Kas., Cheney, Kas. For a Good, First-Class Shave GO TO Fisher's shop Up to Date Hair Cut & Shampoo. 6381 E. Douglass Ave., Burl Fisher, Prop. If you want your money's worth in Clothing,Hats and Furnishing Goods,trade with GREENFIELD Bros 112 East Douglas Ave. Lodge' Directory Knights of Pythias. Toas LodgeNo.10 KnightsofPythias WICHITA, KAN. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Castle Hall 338 North Main street. Regular Meetings Second and Fourth Monday Night in Each Month. Visting Knights in good standing Welcomed Bert Glover, Chan.Com. S. W. Fleming, K.of R. & S. ERIACOURT 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 Cordialty Invited. PALESTINE COMMANDERY No.12. Wichita Kansas. J.T. Chinneth, Emminent 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 CHAPTERNO.12 O.of E.S. Mrs.M.E.Banks,Royal Matron, Miss Lizzie M.Burnham,Secerty 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.D.G 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,V.G. J.A.Martin,P.S. HOUSEHOLD RUTH No.612. Mrs,Harriet Harper,M.N.G. J.L.Harper,W.R. Mrs.Mary Griggs,M.W.Treas. When in Topeka go to Henry C.Wilson's Cheap Eating House Opposite A.T. & S.F. Depot. Established 1878 Where to go Sunday. At the A. M. E. church, 521 N. Water st Preaching at 11 a.m. Sabbath school 2 p.m. Song service 6:40 p.m. Preaching 7:40 p.m Rev. Dr.A.C.Terrill will preach both mooning and evening. At the 2nd-Baptist church,N.Wichita, st. Preaching at 11 a.m., Sabbath school at 3 p.m Preaching at 7:30 p.m Rev. Dr.M.L.Copeland will preach both morning and evening. Rev. R McTurner will preach both morning and evening Preaching 11 a m,Nabbath school at 8 p m. Preaching 7.30 p m Rev H F Frazier will preach both morn ing and evening Does your neighbor read "The Searchlight?" Rail Road Time Table MISSOURI PACIFIC. Leave - East Bound. Train No. 10 "Kansas and Nebraska Limi ed." for Ft. Scott and St. Louis 2 25 p m Train No 6, Kansas City and St. Louis Express 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 limi ed for Hutchinson, Pueblo, Colorado Springs and Denver 5 05 p m No 5 mt Hope, Hutchison and Genes4co 7 30 p m No 124 local freight, carries passengers between Wichita and Genesseo 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 455 pm 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 m No 46s From Hutchinson,and Mt 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 102 Pittsburg, Girard, Joplin, Carthage, Vimita and Sapulp 10.00 p m 102 Monett, Fayettville, Fort Smith, and inter mediate 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, DELANE, Agent. W, J, BLACK, G, P, A., Topela, Kan. CHICAGO,ROCK ISLAND and PACIFIC Time Table, Effective Nov.18,1900 Trains Arrive Leave North and East No 2 Kaasas City,Chicago and St Louis limited,daily 9 45 a m 945 am No 2 Colorado Springs, Denver and Pacific coast 9 45 a m 9 45 am No 4 Kansas City,St Louis and Chicago night Expr. 9 00 p m 9 00 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 coast,daily, 648 p m 648 p a No 3 Oklahoma,Ft Worth, Dallas and New Orleans express 6 45 o m 6 45 a m No 8 Ft Worth, Houston, Galveston, San Antoin express, daily, 6 35 a m 6 35 a m a No 86 East Bound 5 10 p m 5 10 p m a No 85 West Bound 3 10 p m 3 10 p m a Daily, except Sunday. A free elegant freecling chair cars on all trains and Pallman 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 stations owerest rates. Pasaenger station corner Douglas and Meade aves. phone 190 C E.BASCOM,D.P.A. --- THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT. SATURDAY APRIL. 6th 1901 Wishita - Business - Directory Trade at FULTON's-It pays. Clothin g,Hats&FurniShing Goods For Men,BoysandChildren. SEASONABLE GOODS,AT OUT OF SEASON PRICES C.R.Fulton Wichita's Greatest Clothing Store. F.M. Jaques Special Prices made on Furniture Either Call in whether you buy or m ing goods and g F.M. Jaques & Co., A Carload of SWEETLAND Pianos Pianos; also have the agency for W eceived another shipment of String of Sheet Music. MURPHY & 149 North 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 show- ing goods and giving you prices. F.M.Jaques & Co., 248 N.Main St. A Carload of SWEETLAND Pianos and the celebrated DECKER & Son Pianos;also have the agency for WESTERN COTTAGE goods;and have jus ceived another shipment of String Instruments and a nice selection of Sheet Music. MURPHY & GOFORTH For Reliable Rates And Quickest Time Patronize The FRISCOLINE 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. Our friend, Mr. Wm Clark, and Miss Ida McDonald, were quietly married last Tuesday evening. The ceremony was performed by Rev. A. C. Terrell. The Searchlight extends congratulations to the happy couple. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY Curly Hair Made Straight By TAKEN FROM LIPS. This wonderful hair pomade is the only safe preparation in the world that makes kinky hair straight to show nowhere. It eliminates the only prevents the hair from falling out and makes it grow. Sold over 40 years and used by thousands. Warranted harmless. Testimonial free offer quest. It was the first preparation ever sold for Get the Original OX MARROW. as the genuine never fails to keep the hair pliable and beautiful. A soles specially for ladies gentlemen. Elegantly perfumed. The great advantage of it is that it can be used you can straighten your own hair at home. Owing to its superior and lasting quality it is the most suitable for you. 80 cents. To produce a preparation equal to it. Full directions with every bottle. Only 40 cents. Sold by design or send us. 80 cents. OX MARROW Order for 3 bottles, express paid. Write your name and address plainly to OZONIZED OX MARROW CO. 76 Wabash Ave., Chicago, Ill. MARRIED. & Co., re, Stoves, Carpets, and Matting cash or easy payments. not. we take pleasure in show- viving you prices. 248 N. Main St. and the celebrated Decker & Son Eastern Cottage goods; and have jus Instruments and a nice selection & GOFORTH Main St. 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. OPEN DAY AND NIGHT A. G. MUELLER UNDERTAKER AND EMBALMER. OFFICE PHONE 325 REG. PHONE 325 213 N MAIN ST. WICHITA, KANS. 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 Peerless Steam 155-159 N.Market St. 'Phone 237 Office on First Street. Agents Wanted Everywhere We have just received a large shipment of FOREIGN and DO—MESTIC WOOLENS in nobby Suitings and Trossers. 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 Searchlight only $1. a year. Laundry. KATE FROM WICHITA TO 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. Homes Wanted, For six (6) children,ages from 2 to 7 years,apply to Helen Gould Orphan Home, 1447 River st. W.C.Neeley.Secretary. 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. E.E.BLECKLEY,P. & T.A. If you have any news for the SEARCHLIGHT leave it with Miss Lula Covington,501 N.Water, Prof, Burl Fisher's barber shop, 608 $ \frac{1}{2} $ 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. PUEBLO. COLO Mr. and Mrs. A. E, Vest have gone to Colorado Springs to reside permanently. Mrs. Millie Tolliver has returned from Kansas City. The Band Boys gave a grand prize waltz at the Woodman hall this week. Mrs. Luella Ferguson has returned from Topeka, Kansas, where she has been visiting her brother. She will be at home to her friends at 608 W. 3rd st. Mrs. Lincoln Manuel has returned from a three months visit with her relatives at Ottawa, Kansas. She was accompanied by her sister, Miss Seward. Rev. W. A. Gladen who has been assisting Rev. Jefferson in revival services at the Eighth Street Baptist church, has returned to Colorado Springs. Wm. Shaw an employee of the Rovers Club, took a couple of shots at Joe Young the other day. The trouble was the out growtht of a love affair. No one was hurt A. G, Walden our able Fire Marshall,proved to be a power in the recent campaign. He is a man of high standing and has proved his ability by making our Fire department one of the best in the state. Oswego, Kansas Mr. Jim Brown is on the sick list. A few strangers were in ton Sunday- hight. The juniors are wearing their class col- ors, black and red. Rev. N. C. Robinson made a business trip to Columbus Saturday. Mrs. Mary Ricky and daughter, left Sat- urday for Cherryvale. Mr. Joseph M. Parks, after a vacation of two weeks, has returned to school. Rev. Houston of Chetopa preached at the Second Baptist church Sunday evening. Died—Mr. Emmet Brown, Sunday even- ning, 7:30, of consumption. He leaves five brothers, two sisters and a mother to mourn his loss. Mrs. S. W. Jones has been quite ill this week, but is at present greatly improved. McLean Eleced Mayor BY 1,476 THE WHOLE REPUBLICAN TICKET ELECTED,EXCEPT COL. J. L. DYER,FOR CITY ATTOR- NEY,AND CAPT. SAM W. JONES,FOR CLERK OF CITY COURT. A SPLENDID VICTORY FOR CITY. The battle has been fought and the victory won. Again the people of our city have spoken in tones of thunder in favor of peace, progress prosperity and the Republican party. That the election of Hon. Ben F. McLean as mayor of this city means peace, progress and prosperity, no one will question. In the first place he is the man for the place; secondly, the people knew it; and thirdly they so expressed themselves on last Tuesday Wichita then is assured of a continuation of the prosperity era which she now enjoys. While the campaign was a seemingly active one, and many people thought it would be a closely contested one, yet the count shows it to have been decidedly one-sided; in other words, the people knew who they wanted; they knew how to get them and they simply made their wants known, and that they made a wise choice, no one questions. We wish to say to our colored readers who took time by the forelock, and a stitch in time and voted the good republican ticket, that we feel that you have done your city good, while to our brethren who may have differed from us, we love you still, though we have differed, yet we are friends, and hope in the future we may both be of one mind, for the good old republican party. The most exciting contest through the night was between Edward Harvey, the Republican candidate for judge of the city court, and O. D. Kirk, the Citizens candidate. Haryey was elected by twentynine votes. The following candidates were elected: McLean Republican candidate for mayor. Leland, Republican candidate for city clerk. Stanley, Repuplican candidate for police judge. Harvey, Republican candidate for judge of city court. Schad, Republican candidate for marshall of city court. Helm, Citizens candidate for city attorney. Bell, Citizens candidate for clerk of city court. A. A. Glenn, treasurer—no op position. For the council the republicans elect Kernan in the First, Schell, in the Second, Isely in the Fourth, McKee in the Fifth. The Citizens elected Giles Smith in the Third and J. W. Bnrton in the Sixth. For the school board the republicans elected practically their whole ticket. The vote on the school bond proposition was as follows: For the bonds.....2069 Against the bonds.....471 Sea Morris & Speer's "ad" on our front page. THE CHESSING A woman is sick—some disease peculiar to her sex is fast developing in her system. She goes to her family physician and tells him a story, but not the whole story. She holds back something, loses her head, becomes agitated, forgets what she wants to say, and finally conceals what she ought to have told, and this completely mystifies the doctor. Is it a wonder, therefore, that the doctor fails to cure the disease? Still we cannot blame the woman, for it is very embarrassing to detail some of the symptoms of her suffering, even to her family physician. This is the reason why hundreds of thousands of women are now in correspondence with Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass. To her they can give every symptom, so that when she is ready to advise them she is in possession of more facts from her correspondence with the patient than the physician can possibly obtain through a personal interview. Following we publish a letter from a woman showing the result of a correspondence with Mrs. Pinkham. All such letters are considered absolutely confidential by Mrs. Pinkham, and are never published in any way or manner without the consent in writing of the patient; but hundreds of women are so grateful for the health which Mrs. Pinkham and her medicine have been able to restore to them that they not only consent to publishing their letters, but write asking that this be done in order that other women who suffer may be benefited by their experience. Mrs. Ella Rice, Chelsea, Wis., writes; "DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:—For two and inflammation of the womb. I s pains, headache, backache, and was endured no one knows but those a hardly drag myself across the floor. town for three months and grew w and friends wished me to write to y o cines. At last I became so bad that received an answer at once advising and I did so. Before I had taken two taken five bottles there was no happ again. I know that your Vegetable advise every woman who suffers as I table Compound. Believe me alw health."—MRS. ELLA RICE, Chelsea, $5000 REWARDS deposited with which will be testimonial is the writer's spe AM:—For two years I was troubled with falling womb. I suffered very much with bearing-down the, and was not able to do anything. What I but those who have suffered as I did. I could as the floor. I doctored with the physicians of this and grew worse instead of better. My husband write to you, but I had no faith in patent medicine bad that I concluded to ask your advice. I once advising me to take your Vegetable Compound, and taken two bottles I felt better, and after I had no happier woman on earth, for I was well for Vegetable Compound cured me, and I wish and suffers as I did to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-ove me always grateful for the recovery of my E, Chelsea, Wis. "DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:—For two years I was troubled with falling and inflammation of the womb. I suffered very much with bearing-down pains, headache, backache, and was not able to do anything. What I endured no one knows but those who have suffered as I did. I could hardly drag myself across the floor. I doctored with the physicians of this town for three months and grew worse instead of better. My husband and friends wished me to write to you, but I had no faith in patent medicines. At last I became so bad that I concluded to ask your advice. I received an answer at once advising me to take your Vegetable Compound, and I did so. Before I had taken two bottles I felt better, and after I had taken five bottles there was no happier woman on earth, for I was well again. I know that your Vegetable Compound cured me, and I wish and advise every woman who suffers as I did to Lyda E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Believe me always grateful for the recovery of my health."—MRS. ELLA RICE, Chelsea, Wis. $5,000 REWARD Owing to the fact that some skeptical people have from time to time questioned the genuineness of the testimonial letters we are constantly publishing, we have deposited with the National City Bank, of Lynn, Mass., $5,000, which will be paid to any person who will show that the above testimonial is not genuine, or was published before obtaining special permissions."—LYDA E. PINKHAM MEDICINE CO. DON'T GET WET! THE ORIGINAL TOWER'S FISH BRAND OILED CLOTHING MADE IN BACK OR YELLOW IS SURE PROTECTION IN WET WEATHER. CATALOGUES FREE SHOWING FULL LINE OF GARMENTS AND HATS. A.J.TOWER CO., BOSTON, MASS. information as to reduced railway rates can be obtained from the Department of Immigration, Department of Interior, Ottawa, Canada, or to J. S. Crawford, 214 W. Ninth St. Ottawa, Canada or to Western Canada during March and April. Mason & Hamlin Organ.—3 Folding, each $35.00. Mason & Hamlin Organ.—1 Lisk, Church, $75.00. Church, Gothic, $75.00; 1 Lisk, Church, $75.00. 1 Piano Case Organ, $57.00; 1 Farrier, Glass Top, $55.00. 1 Wendell & Holmes, $20.00. 1 Piano Case, Mason & Hamlin, each, $165.00; 1 Cabin, $65.00; 1 Steinway, Kloe, $200; 1 Steek, ground, $20.00; 1 Mason & Hamlin, grand, $100.00. TERMS:-Cash with order. Have closed our retail store. SMITH & BARNES PIANO CO. 255 Wabash Ave. CHICAGO. A Sure relief for Asthma. KIDDER'S PASTILLES. Sold by all Drummers. SMITH & CO. Charlestown, Mass. For the Ladies. PRIESMEYER SHOE CO. SHOES THAT WEAR. --- FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE Weather Record for Seventy Years. Samuel H. Davidson, who died in London, O., a few days ago, at the age of 88 years was locally famous for having kept an uninterrupted daily record of the weather for the past seventy years. He was the village oracle on this subject, and his record was accepted unhesitatingly by his townsmen as accurate. Order Ousts a Member. An unusual proceeding was enacted one day recently at the Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania prison, when the Mahanoy City lodge of Odd Fellows sent a delegation to the prison and had Robert W. Taylor a member of the organization, read out of order. The ceremony of disgrace was performed just outside of the prisoner's cell. Taylor had been convicted of poisoning his wife. The sun is unselfish; it shines for all but stands in its own light. A Month's Test Free. If you have Rheumatism, write Dr. Shoop, Ractine, Wife, Box 145, for six bottles of his Rheumatic Cure, express paid. Send no money. Pay $0.00 if cured. When the pugilist has his picture taken he usually strikes an attitude. To be always happy, use Red Cross Ball Blue. 5c. Refuse imitations. No man is so bright that he requires to be looked at through smoked glass. Garfield Tea is an excellent medicine to take in the Spring; it produces a healthy action of the liver; it cleanses the system and purifies the blood. The doctor and the lawyer alike mend the constitution. I am sure Plaso's Cure for Consumption saved my life three years ago.—Mrs. Thos. Robbins, Maple Street, Norwich, N. Y., Feb. 17, 1900. A fee simple is money given to the quack doctor. Carter's Ink best for school, home and office. It costs no more than poor ink. Always ask for Carter's. A fellow can't be judged by the umbrella he borrows. When cycling, take a bar of White's Yucatan. You can ride further and easier. Even the honeymoon is sometimes observed by a cloud. Carter's Ink FIXING THE RESPONSIBILITY. Probable Failure to Agree on the Amount of Indemnity. THE HAGUE ARBITRATION. Pekin, April 3.—The ministers of the powers met to consider the resolutions of the special committee for the reformation of the Tsung L. Yaman and the court ceremonials, it was decided that the Tsung L. Yaman should hereafter consist of one prince and two appointed ministers who should be responsible to the world for the behavior of China. The court ceremonials will be organized on western lines, making due allowance for oriental ideas and prejudices. About 7,000 Germans whose time of service in the army will shortly expire are to be returned home as soon as transports are available. It is not expected that their places will be filled. The indemnity committee is not yet ready to report, but it is generally conceded that the demand will be immense. Mr. Rockhill, acting on instructions from Washington has sent a letter to the ministers of the powers asserting that in the event of the amount being larger than China could possibly afford without the disruption of the empire, the ministers should agree to reduce their demands in proportion to the losses and expenses of their respective countries, and that in event of being unable to agree the matter should be left to the arbitration of The Hague tribunal. Bishop Favier denies utterly the accounts published in Europe and America that he conducted an immense loot sale. The bishop says he never looted in his life. After the siege many presents were made to him by rich people and he ordered them to be sold in behalf of the native Catholics. Probably some of the things, at the time of the general loot, may have been acquired that way by the donors, but not to his knowledge. It is claimed here, on reliable authority, that China has asked Russia to allow her a further extension of time before deciding the question of signing the Manchurian agreement. Both M. De Giers and the Chinese officials refuse to talk on the subject. London, April 3.—"The Chinese emperor, I am officially informed, has instructed the Chinese plenipotentiaries," says a Pekin correspondent of the Daily Mail, "not to sign the Manchuria convention, even in a modified form." Internal Revenue. Washington, April 4.—The monthly statement of the collections of internal revenue show that for the month of February, 1901, the total collections were $2,660,437, an increase of $1,850,771 over the corresponding month last year. The collections from the several sources of revenue are given as follows: Spirits, $9,677,764, increase $1,376,242; tobacco, $4,623,115, decrease $115,297; fermented liquors, $4,287,439, increase $84,666; oleomargarine, $187,092; decrease $18,551; special taxes not elsewhere enumerated, $24,643, increase $2,849; miscellaneous, $3,863,582, increase $20,802. For the last eight months the total collections were $203,160,150, an increase over the correspondding period of 1900 of $7,491,272. New Chair at K. U. Lawrence, April 4.—The women's board of missions of the Christian churches of America, have decided to establish a chair of Biblical instruction here for the benefit of students of Kansas university. The chair is to be entirely independent of the university and will be supported by private funds. Non-sectarian instruction will be given to all students regardless of religious affiliations. W. C. Payne, of Evanstown, Ill., has been selected to fill the chair. A Medal For General Funston. Washington, April 1.—The war department has sent to General MacArthur commanding the military forces in the Philippines an acknowledgement of the latter message regarding the capture of Aguinaldo by General Funston. The officials decline to make the text public. The war department has under consideration, to be given to General Funston, as a recognition of his services, a medal of honor. To Stop Shipping Mules. New Orleans, April 4.—General Samuel Pearson, representing the Boers, filed suit in the United States court, seeking an injunction to prevent the steamer Australian from leaving this port with a cargo of mules for South Africa. Father Defaurle is Dead. Leavenworth, Kas., April 3. A telegram was received here telling of the death in New Mexico of the Rev. Father James H. Defaurie, a pioneer priest of Kansas. The Rev. Father Defaurie was born in France 71 years ago and came to Kansas in territorial days. He rode a mission circuit. He was pastor of the cathedral in Leavenworth for fifteen years and was the predecessor of Bishop Cunningham. The Rev. Father Defaurie established the Catholic seminary in Topeka. important organs, which are intended to sift the impurities from the body, too often fail in their work. will cure all affections of these organs, and restore them to a health7 normal condition. Sold by all Druggists. Made by The Dr. J. H. McLean Medicine Co., St. Louis, Mo. PREVENTED BY Cascarets LIVER TONIC BEST FOR THE BOWELS 10c. 25c. 50c. ALL DRUGGISTS. NEVER SOLD IN BULK. CURE all bowel troubles, appendicitis, bili- losses, bad breath, blood, wind on the stomach, bloated bowels, foul mess, indigestion, indigestion, pimples, pains after eating, liver trouble, and dizziness. When your bowels don't move regularly you are getting sick. Constipation kills more than just bloating or indigestion together. It is a starter for the chronic allergies. You are suffering that come afterwards. No matter what all you, start taking CASCAETS to-day, for you we never get well and be well all the time until you have a bowel problem. You start with CASCAETS to-day, under an absolute arrangement to cure or money refunded. Cattlemen in South Dakota are generally agreed that it is time to abandon the present method of branding cattle as cruel. In New Zealand they have a composition which is used to make an easily distinguishable mark. It is applied with a cold iron, destroying the hair or hide, but not causing pain to the animal. What Will Become of China? None can foresee the outcome of the quarrel between foreign powers over the division of China. It is interesting to watch the going to pieces of this ancient but unprogressive race. *Many people in the country are to please the disease of dyspepsia, constipation, blood, liver and stomach diseases. We are living too fast, but strength, vigor and good health can be retained if we keep off and cure the above diseases with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. High water doesn't necessarily raise the price of milk. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY. Take LAXATIVE ROMP QUININE TABLETS. All drugstores refund the money if it fails to cure. E.W. Grove's signature is on the box. 25c. Tell your pipe stories to the plumber. He enjoys them. PAYS FIVE TIMES AS MUCH AS CORN. Buy Rice lands in S. E. Texas and S. W. at 10; for Maysland, N.J. at 10; for Houston, Tex.; Cameron & Moore, Liberty, Tex.; Geo. J. Mamannue, Beaumont, Tex.; E. F. Howen, Jenings, La.; Hiram C. Wheeler, Garveston, Tex. Go south to Santa Fe. Ill. Cen. & S. Pac. 4/8 rate. Lots of people have more dollars than ense. THE C brand will protect your stock from thieves. Agents wanted. Address P. & D. ASSOCIATION, 273, Elm, Dallas, Texas. Politeness is a coin that passes current in every land. Lawyers have many brief acquaintances. Ladies who take pride in clear, white clothes should use Red Cross Ball Blue. The rain falls—but it gets up again in dew time. All diseased conditions of the blood and skin are benefited by the well known remedy, Garfield Tea; it purifies the blood and clears the complexion. A strong will is firmness; a strong won't is obstinacy. WANTED—Men with rig to advertise and introduce Manpower Training, $15,000 weekly and expenses. Address with stamp, Monarch Manufacturing Co. Box 61, Springfield, Illinois. Few men's trousers get baggy at the knees from saying their prayers. FITS Formally Cured. Knifty trousersmess after first days a use of Dr. Kline's great Noreaster Resorcer. Send for FREE $2.00 trial bottles and treaties. Dr. R. H. Kline, LLd, 214th St, 11thadlock, Pa. The man who breaks horses is not a stock broker. Important organ body, too often Live will cure all affe normal condition The Dr. J ```markdown ``` 10c. 25c. 50c. ALL DRUGGISTS. ABSOLUTE SECURITY. Genuine Carter's Little Liver Pills. Must Bear Signature of Grantwood Sea Fac-Simile Wrapper Below. Very small and as easy to take as sign. CARTERS LITTLE LIVER PILLS. FOR HEADACHE. FOR BIZZINESS. FOR BILIOUSNESS. FOR TORPED LIVER. FOR CONSTIPATION. FOR SALLOW SKIN. FOR THE COMPLEXION 1 Price 25 Cents GENUINE MUST HAVE SIGNATURE. Furry Vegetable. UNCHES "NEW RIVAL FACTORY LOADED SHOT in the market compare with the equalities. Sure fire and waterproof ARMES CO. DOUGLAS SHOES UNION MADE. Douglas $3.00 and $3.50 makes is $4.00 to $5.00. cannot be equalled at any time in the United States. Douglas $3 and $2.25 shoes are sold YARDS THE BEST. Your dealer exclusive sale in each town. in having W. Douglas shoot with your deals will not get there for your shoes. W. could shoot with plush or cap toe. Our shoes will will show new Spring styles. W. L. Douglas Shoe Co. Hacketton, $3.50 WINCHESTER "NEW" FACTORY L No black powder shells on the market for formity and strong shooting qualities. Suit WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO. W. L. DOUCH $3 & $3.50 SHOES The real worth of W. L. Douglas $3.00 shoes compared with other makes is $4.00. Our $4.00 Gilt Edge Line cannot be equi价. We shall买 more $3.00 and than any other two manufacured shoes the U. S. Peeps more W. L. Douglas $3 and $3 than any other make is because THEY ARE THE ductor should keep them we give one exclusive sae. Take no amusement! Ink on having W. L. Douc name and price stamped on bottom. If your dealer will be sent direct to destroy, encloseing, stamping, state kind of leather, size, width, plain or can to reach you anywhere. Write for actinophine showing us We Color. W. L. Douc Eyeless for all others. 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Friends of Edward Rochie Hardy, Librarian of the New England Insurance Library, are congratulating him on his appointment to a responsible position in the New York Insurance Exchange. He graduated from Boston University in 1892, and since that has been prominent in the insurance world. His recent "History of Fire Insurance" proved a great success. Exportation of Coal from India. India is rapidly becoming an important factor in the coal market. The output last year was nearly 40 per cent in excess of that of the year before, and a still further increase will be seen this year. Exportation of coal from India has already begun. The coal is found over wide areas and the growing shortage in England may be relieved by the expansion of the mining industry in India and the United States may find that country a serious competitor. Odd Fellow of Distinguished Lineage James B. Nicholson of Philadelphia, who recently died at the age of 81, was one of the best known Odd Fellows in Pennsylvania. He had been secretary of the grand lodge of the state since 1869, and for fifty-three years had been identified with Chosen Friends' Lodge No. 100, I. O. O. F. He was a man of distinguished lineage. His father, John Nicholson, a gunsmith, made the first firelocks for the Pennsylvania committee of safety, and later worked under contract for the Continental congress. INDIAN MISSIONARY'S STORY. Years of Tollsome Ministry Among the Choctaws. Little York, Ind. April 1.—(Special). Twenty-five years ago the Rev. C. H. Thompson left Indiana. For a time he preached in Arkansas, after- wards entering on the regular mission- ary work among the Choctaw Indians. For five years he lived and labored among the full bloods of the western prairies, until on April 5th, 1885, having lost his wife, he left the circuit on which he had preached so long, and commenced traveling missionary work among the Indians of the various tribes scattered in the west. This irregular work involved a great deal of travel over the prairies. The drinking of so much alkali water, brought on kidney troubles which terminated in Diabetes. Finally, while laboring among the Creek Indians at Wagoner, Indian Territory, this noble man was struck down completely. A Chicago specialist was summoned, and after a careful examination declared that there was not the slightest chance of his recovery. Besides the prescriptions of the doctors he tried many other medicines, but all to no avail. He says: "I had concluded that my days were drawing to a close, when I picked up an almanac telling of the cures of Diabetes by the use of Dodd's Kidney Pills. I sent for two boxes, I gained strength and spirits from the time I commenced to use them, and so I sent for more. I am now completely cured, and have not the slightest symptom of my old trouble. I am 68 years of age. I tell everybody of the wonders Dodd's Kidney Pills have done for me. I can certainly endorse them heartily, and vouch that they are all that is claimed for them. They have certainly been a God-send to me." Dodd's Kidney Pills are the only Remedy that has ever cured Bright's Disease, Diabetes or Dropsy and they never fail. It takes a wasp to make a lazy man get a move on himself. All he has to do is to back up against him and push. *Winslow's Soothing Syrup.* For brighten teeth, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, always pain, cures wounds colic. 25ca a bottle. There's many a slip 'twixt the chin' and the hired girl. Why experiment with untried remedies for pain? Use Wizard Oil at once and be happy. Your druggist has it. Clubs are trumps in the policeman's game. PUTNAM FADELESS DYES do not spot, streak or give your goods an unevenly dyed appearance. When society people go to the theater they do not move in the upper circles. Deafness Cannot Be Cured by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by consti- tured remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucus lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect heart, and when it is entirely closed deafness is the result, and an inflamed mucous tube can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucus. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrch Cure. Send for stuurlars, free. J. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by Drugsman, 750. Hall's Family Runs are the host. Cause of Death: A Georgia coroner's jury brought in the following verdict recently: "The deceased came to his death from a railroad in the hands of a receiver, and the same is manslaughter in the first degree."—Atlanta Constitution. EASTERTIDE ...The... Easter Lilies Brunetta Roth burst unceremoniously into her friend's room. "Mary," she cried, "is it possible you have refused Christopher Patton?" Mary Vane, a tall, pretty girl, who was adjusting her fur collarette before the mirror, turned quickly, her soft cheeks flushing scarlet. "Why, Brunetta," she exclaimed, "how can you expect me to answer such a question?" Brunetta, who was small and stout, and attired in the height of the prevailing mode, sank down in a chair and laughed. "I didn't expect you to answer it. There is no necessity you should do so. Mr. Patton told Tom last night that you had thrown him over. I don't see how your conscience allowed you to act so. He is such a catch—young and good-looking. Best of all, he is enormously wealthy." Mary smiled as she speared a crown of her demure little turban with a long pin. She was thinking of a man who was no longer young—near forty, perhaps—who was handsomer in her eyes than all other men, and who was by no means wealthy. "I really believe,"went on Miss Roth, "that you have an absurd fancy for Charlie Everett—I do, indeed!" Mary's smile became quizzical. "Really?" she said. "Oh, I have no patience with you!" declared Brunetta, wrathfully. "You've known Charlie Everett three or four years. All this time he has been most devoted to you, but not one of your friends knows to this day whether you are engaged or not." The smile faded from Mary's lips. "We are not," she answered, and the gay little cousin fancied her tone was sad. "And yet you have been more gracious to him than to any of the others," pursued Miss Roth, relentlessly. "Mary, are you in love with him?" "Isn't that," counter-questioned Mary, evasively, "what the lawyers would call a leading question? I don't wish to seem rude, or to hurry you, Brunetta, but I have an engagement to sign some papers this afternoon at the office of Deal & Burrit. Can't you come with me?" "Yes. I must see Mme. Mireau about my Easter hat. One must arrange with her in time, as she is always rushed with orders. Are those papers connected with your uncle's will?" "He left you everything! What a lucky girl you are! I suppose now you feel you can afford to marry whom you please." The conversation again turned on Charlie Everett as the girls rode down town together on the Metropolitan Elevated. "He is a mysterious fellow," Brunetta remarked. "Mysterious!" Mary sent her a sudden look of inquiry. "What do you mean?" "Well, there really is reason why he should be considered a good deal of an enigma. While not wealthy like Christopher Patton, Tom tells me he has a good salary, and adds to this by writings. But you know he does not spend money as other men in our class do. He is not liberal in the matter of theaters or flowers. He lives quietly. He has no expensive habits. Where, then, does his money go?" Mary Vane was silent. "There is one house in the suburbs where he is known to frequently visit," the other went on. Brunetta, as will be observed, was not above enjoying a gossip. "Two women live there. One is apparently a superior sort of a servant. The other is a pretty, delicate-looking little creature of about twenty-five or thereabouts. Occasionally Mr. Everett takes her driving through the parks. Has he ever mentioned her to you?" Mary forced herself to answer: "No." "Nor to anyone else. But I have seen him out with her. Who is she?" "Not to anyone else. I seen him out with her. Who is she?" A feeling of unrest, an undefinable fear, thrilled the heart of Mary Vane. She recalled the night Charlie Everett had told her of his love. "I cannot now ask you to be my wife," he had said. "I will some day, God willing. The time may not be far off, but I love you too well to bind you by a promise you might later find burdensome. And yet—dear, you will trust me and wait?" "I will wait for you till I die!" she had replied, and had questioned him not at all. Then he had protested that this was not an engagement—that she was free—quite free. Only he was bound. "Very well," she had agreed. "We are not engaged." But the understanding that existed between them was sweet to both. That was a year ago. And now she had to acknowledge to herself that she knew little more of his private life or of his personal affairs than she knew then. She was unusually silent as she and Brunetta descended the steps and walked together to the lawyer's office. Her errand there attended to, Mary Vane went with Brunetta to see about the latter's Easter hat. Then the two walked down State street just as the matinee-goers were flocking from the theaters. Brunette paused suddenly before a florist's window. "O, I had almost forgotten! Mamma told me to order some flowers for tomorrow. Will you come in with me?" They stood a few minutes admiring A man in a top hat stands in front of a window, looking at two women sitting inside a shop. The women are wearing hats and dresses, and there are flowers in a vase behind them. "TWENTY-EIGHT LILIES," HE SAID the display in the window, the golden daffodils, and shy blue crocuses, pure lilies of the valley, flaunting tulips, starry jasmine, and cool green ferns forming a tender background for them all. The attendants were busy when they entered. The girls stood back of a high rubber tree admiring some rare chrysanthemums when the door was flung open and a gentleman came in. He was of medium height and had a kind, brown-bearded, thoughtful face. Not noticing any one in the store he went directly to the counter. To a man at that instant disengaged he gave his order. "Twenty-eight lilies," he said. "Yes—like those. Have them tied with broad white satin ribbon. Send to this address." And he laid a card and a bill on the counter. An instant later he had received his change and walked out. The girls stared at each other. "That," gasped Brunetta, "was Charlie Everett!" "Yes, I know," murmured Mary. Before she could put out her hand to stop her meddlesome friend the A woman in a dress is placing flowers into a coffin. latter had stepped to the counter and read the address on the card which lay there. "Just as I thought," she remarked a few minutes later, when they were out in the street together. "The address is 14 Forest Avenue, Idlewild. That is the suburb in which his mysterious acquaintance of whom I told you lives." That number, street, place, burned in Mary's brain. She parted from Brunetta and went home. A fierce fever of jealousy possessed her. Who was this woman to whom he sent Lenten illies? Idlewild was directly south of her own home. A cable car ran out to the pretty place. She would go there. She would call at the house. She would ask the lady who dwelt therein: "What is Charlie Everett to you?" When that was answered she would know how worthy of continued loyalty was her confessed lover. But not until the morning. She would not go until morning. "Shame to doubt him!" cried her heart through all the sleepless night that followed. But her rigid will silenced that assailment protest. So the morning of the beautiful day that followed found her at the gate of a cosey cottage set back amid a group of bare-branched maples. There were drifts of snow in the little garden, but the air was warm with the effulgent prescience of spring. So peaceful was the place, the hour, her courage almost failed her. All the blinds were down. The entrance she chose brought her to a side door. She rang the bell. A maid appeared. "May I—" Mary Vane began, then faltered. For whom should she ask? "Yes," the girl replied, "Come in." Marveling, Mary followed her. She led the way into a front room. The curtains were drawn. Tapers burned in the dimness. At first Mary fancied that— "There was silence, and nothing there But silence, and scents of eglanterre, And jasmine, and roses, and rosem- mary—" Then she saw that there was something eise. A coffin, and in it lying a white-robed form, with folded hands, and lilies lying on the pulseless breast. Mary shrank back. "Oh," she cried. "She is dead." "Oh," she cried. "She is dead." "Yes, Miss. I thought you wished to see her. A good many of the neighbors were in last evening. She had many friends hereabout for all her misfortunes. Ain't those lilies beautiful? Mr. Charlie sent them. Twenty-eight for twenty-eight years." Mary went nearer, looked down on the dead face, a young face which had once been lovely, but bore the unmistakable impress of sorrow and suffering. "It's not many men," went on the servant, wiping her eyes, "who would do what Mr. Charlie did. After his brother was injured in that railroad wreck four years ago he begged Mr. Charlie in dying to take care of his young wife. Mr. Charlie promised him. He has supported her and given her every comfort since. She was always weakly, and when her mind gave out from brooding over her husband's death, and she was such a charge, Mr. Charlie was that gentle and patient with her—my! She had spells of understanding. Then she'd beg not to be sent to an asylum—not that Mr. Charlie would think of such a thing. She wouldn't hurt a bird, poor dear! There! That is Mr. Charlie now!" A step crossed the hall. Looking pale and worn, Charlie Everett came into the room. His face lighted up at sight of his sweetheart. "You—Mary!" he cried. "Hush!" she begged. She broke down, crying bitterly. "Don't look at me—don't speak to me until I have told you how it is that I am here." She brokenly whispered the truth. "You can never trust me again," she said in conclusion. He took her in his arms. "Perhaps I should have spoken to you of her, but I hated to cast so dark a shadow over your young life. I could not keep up two households, and she was penniless. She was my charge before I learned to love you. My first duty was to her. The doctors agreed she could not live long. As for trusting—my dearest, you must forgive me for not having confided in you—I you, for your doubt of me. So we are equal. Is it not Whittier who writes: "Love scarce is love that never knows The sweetness of forgiving!" They passed out together into the brilliance of the Sabbath morning. Occasion I: Tricky: Fortune is like the market, where many times, if you can stay a little, the price will fall; and again, it is sometimes like Sibylla's offer, which at first offereth the commodity at full, then consumem part and part, and still holdeth up the price; for occasion (as it is in the common verse) "turneth a bald noddle after she hath presented her locks in front and no hold taken," or, at least, turneth the handle of the bottle first to be received, and after the belly, which is hard to clasp.—Francis Bacon. During the last century the Bible was translated into 250 languages, and it is now accessible to nine-tenths of the world's population. CONGRESSMAN BOTKIN The Well-Known Kansas Statesman, Cured of Catarrh of the Stomach by Pe-ru-na. AFTER TWENTY-FIVE YEARS' SUFFERING. More Evidence of Interest to the Millions of Catarrh Sufferers in the United States. HON. J. D. BOTKIN CONGRESSMAN-AT-LARGE FROM KANSAS HON. J. D. BOTKIN, CONGRESSMAN-AT-LARGE FROM KANSAS. In a recent letter to Dr. Hartman, Congressman Botkin, of Winfield, Kan., whose fame is a national one, says of Peruna: My Dear Doctor:—"It gives me pleasure to certify to the excellent curative qualities of your medicines—Peruna and Manalin. I have been afflicted more or less for a quarter of a century with catarrh of the stomach and constipation. A residence in Washington has increased these troubles. A few bottles of your medicine have given me almost complete relief, and I am sure that a continuation of them will effect a permanent cure. Peruna is surely a wonderful remedy for catarrh affections."—J. D. Botkin, Congressman-at-Large. ONGRESSMAN BOTKIN is one of Peruna will cure this. the most influential and best known men in the State of Kansas. Whatever he may say on any subject will be accepted by the people as the truth. So famous a remedy as Peruna could not have well escaped the attention of so famous a man. He not only has heard of the remedy, but he has used it and was relieved of an affliction of twenty-five years' standing. Peruna is the one internal remedy that cures chronic catarrh. It cures catarrh wherever located. This is a fact that the people are rapidly finding out, but there are still a large multitude who need to know it. Mr. Frank Richter, of Winona, Minn., says in a letter to The Peruna Medicine Company: "As a remedy for catarrh I take pleasure in recommending Peruna for catarrh of the stomach. I know what it is to be afflicted with this awful disease and consider it my duty to say a word in behalf of the remedy which gave me such relief. Peruna cured me, and I know it will cure any one else who suffers from this disease. It gives me great pleasure to testify to the curative effects of this medicine. Peruna is a well tested and frequently used remedy, and for catarrh of the stomach my passed. My catarrh was principally located in my head and stomach. I tried many remedies without success. I tried several doctors but they were unable to cure me. I read of Peruna in the papers and five bottles cured me."—Frank Richter. The gastric juice is secreted by the mucous follicles of the stomach. When this juice is normal it digests (dissolves) the food without producing any disturbance whatever. If, however, the gastric juice is not normal, digestion causes many disagreeable symptoms. This condition is known as indigestion. Professional Criminals Increasing. Crimes and criminals, as shown by statistics, are decreasing in number. But while crime in general is thus on the decrease, the class of professional criminals is on the increase and is becoming a more and more serious public menace. Work of Visiting Nurses. The Visiting Nurses' Association of Chicago during the month of February cared for 836 patients and 3,528 visits were made. Free service was rendered in every case. The association is supported by voluntary contributions of charitable persons. It's only natural for the crank to find life a grind. Origin of Name "Chicago." The late Edward G. Mason, of Chicago, who devoted much time, research and labor to gathering materials for a history of Illinois that he purposed writing, came to the conclusion that the name Chicago was derived from "Checagou," a place visited by former companions of La Salle in 1687. One of the visiting Frenchmen recorded that it took that name from the quantity of garlic that grew in the woods there.-Philadelphia Telegraph. Mrs. Selina Tanner, Athens, O., writes: "I cannot find words to express my thanks for your kind advice. I never once thought I had catarrh of the stomach. I commenced taking Peruna as you directed. My stomach collined to hurt me for about two weeks after I began the medicine and then it stopped. I now have a good appetite while before I was nearly starved." Mrs. Sellina Tanner. Mr. L. O. Marble, of Geneva, Neb., writes: "I do believe that my catarrh is entirely cured. I have not had any trouble with my stomach for a long time. I am as well as one of my age could expect (seventy years). I have had the catarrh ever since I was a young man, and have doctored for it for years and got very little better, but thanks to you and your Peruna and Manalin I believe I am well of it. I can eat anything now and it doesn't hurt me, and Peruna is the only thing I have ever found that will cure the catarrh. I believe it is the only cure for catarrh, and I hope every one troubled with catarrh will try Peruna and be cured."—L. O. Marble. If you do not derive prompt and satisfactory 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, O. Tendency Toward Fiction. The American magazines from year to year give more space to fiction. There they are but expressing a tendency which would seem at present to be characteristic of readers of the English language everywhere.—London Chronicle. Carrying Whisky Into Canada. One cannot go into Canada now, as was formerly the case, and carry a bottle of whisky over the line into the United States. According to a decision of the customs appraiser whisky cannot e imported in less than a case quantity. There is honor among thieves when they are true as steel. The cook's duties cover a wide range. India's Population Decreases. The census returns show the city of Bombay has 770,000 inhabitants, a decrease of over 50,000 in ten years, mainly due to the exodus of the past two months on account of the plague. Partial returns from the rural districts show terrible deceases in population though famine. The population of Makantha has declined 220,000, Bijapore 61,900, and Poona City 7,400. SUPPLEMENT TO THE SEARCHLIGHT, ———— WICHITA, * - - KANS. eee Saal Keeps it Off the Ground. ‘The housekeeper who has trouble with sagging clotheslines will appre- ciate the merit of the clothes dryer re- cently invented, as shown herewith. It has two great advantages over pre- vious devices for this purpose in that it can be lowered within easy reach of the laundress when hanging the clothes, and is then raised far enough Fan a . ae Tl Pr | a) e. above the ground to lift the washing out of reach of the dirt. It will be noticed that the uprights are Jointed and pivoted near the base, with a windlass mounted on a short post at one end, to which a rope is attached. By releasing the ratchet and unwind- ing the rope a short distance, the posts tilt downward by their own weight until the line is conveniently low for hanging the wash, the weight of the posts and crosspleces keeping the line taut meanwhile, or a coiled spring can be used to attach the opp2- site end of the dryer from the wind- lass to its posts. It is not necessary to walk from one end of the line ta the other in hanging the clothes, as pulleys are provided, and arrangement mey be made for hanging as many lines as desired, As soon as the wash is on tho line the windlass 1s used to tighten the rope again, lifting the posts into a vertical position and maintaining the lines at their highest level. ae RIE Coes. Colonel Charles Marshall of Balti- more, who was invited by Washing- ton and Lee university several years ago to write a military biography of General Robert E. Lee, is reported to have practically completed his work. General Lee himself collected data for ‘an account of the operations of the Army of Northern Virginia, but did not begin the work of actual composi- tion. Colonel Marshall has made use of this material in preparing his memoir, and has also had access to many of the captured Confederate records in the war department at Washington. A Fruit Gree Sprayer. ‘The illustration shows an improved spraying apparatus for discharging Hquids on the foliage of fruit tiees, x a" Ww yas the machine being designed especially for large orchards, where time is more valuable. With the apparatus provid- ed it is possible to drive a team be- tween the rows of trees may be sprayed at the same time. There is also a storage tank for the accumula- tion of pressure, in order that if a tree is discovered to be unusually in- fested with insects the wagon may be stopped long enough to treat them to an extra large dose of the destroyer. ‘The pipes are arranged In such a man- ner that a number of barrels of the liquid may be carried at once, empty- ing themselves automatically in rota- tion, without the opening or closing of any valves when the sprayer is oneo in motion. Thus a large quantity of the liquid may be carried and dis- charged with the least attention to de- tail, allowing the operator to devote his entire thought to the condition of the trees. The pump is operated by gearing it directly to the hub of one of the wheels, Housins in London. Nothing in recent municipal history on its social side has equaled in Ins terest and significance the achieves ments and projects within the last dozen years of the London county council in building homes for wage- earners. Up to the beginuing of this year buildings for the accommodation of 16,352 persons had, with the excep- tion of a minor fraction then under construction, been completed, land had been acquired, and plans were under way to accommodate 14,853 per- ons, and the purchase cf land had been sanctioned for the erection of still others to accommodate 5,800 persons, CHAPTER NIT | new lover, who waited only for the faintest sign of encouragement from her to declare himself, brought un- doubted consolation for the effort it had cost her to renounce the old love; ‘but Janetta drooped and pined for some tidings of the man who had taken her heart by storm and held it fast— Harry Merivale. She saw his arrival in England re- corded in the daily paper. Later on she noticed that his valuable services in the late campaign were to be re- warded by a high appointment in the war office. “Janetta,” said Clarice, one day in June, “are you going to wear black clothes for the rest of your days? It's more than a year since your brother died.” “Lill go into colors again, it you like,” answered Janetta, obedient to Clarice’s faintest wish, “Come up with me to London tomorrow and you shall choose my dresses for me.” “[m afraid you must go alone, Jan- etta, becausc—because Sir Robert has telegraphed to say that he will be here and I must be at home to receive him.” Janetta looked up quickly, and Clar- ice's eyes fell before the questioning glance. “Is it that you have given him leave to come, Clarice?” “Well, yes,” Clarice admitted, halt reluctantly. “He loves me as I believe never woman was loved before—a mil- lion times more than I'm worth loving —and I'm going to marry him. And I've got it into my head that I wish you to mark the occasion by dropping your black frock. So go to London and come back in the prettiest dress you can buy.” “Oh, my dear, my dear!” cried Jan- etta, between laughter and tears, “how happy you have made me—how happy you will make the man who marries you! I'm so glad, so glad, that I feel as if I could scb my heart out for very Soy.” “That day Clarice wrote a short note to Harry Merivale asking him to come down on the following afternon and spend the night at Sea Grange. “Surely it is time we met again,” she wrote, She said nothiag of her invita- tion to Janetta; but asked her to be sure and return to Northcliff by a cer- tain train she named in the afternoon, “And yon are to come back in that new frock, Janetta. Sir Robert will be here, remember.” So it came to pass that, on that June afternoon, Janetta stood on the plat- form of London station, prepared to return to Northcliff, She was dressed ina pale gray costume, with soft frills about her throat, and a large gray hat with drooping feathers, and stood by the door of her carriage, unconscious of the many glances of admiration that - were cast at her as the passengers hur- ried by. She Wae thinking of her first journey to Northcliff, only sixteen months ago, and feeling that a lifetime seemed to have passed since then. “Good evening, Miss Howard. Sha’l we travel together?” said a voice be- hind her. And, turning, she found herself face to face with the man of her dreams. It was impossible to keep the tumul- tuous joy that his presence brought with it cut of her greeting. ‘A fabulously large tip to the guard insured their privacy; and Harry could not repress a little triumphant laugh as the train steamed out of the sta- tion. ‘Then for the first time Janetta trusted herself to look steadily at him, He was bronzed with exposure to sun and weather; he was thinner,too; per- haps not so strictly handsome as when he had gone away, but the face had gained much in nobility. “You knew I should come, Janetta. ‘You were certain that, when it seemed right and fitting, I should come?” “I was not quite sure,” Janetta fal- tered. “Then you ought to have been, my darling, my darling!" sald Harry, drawing nearer. “I can’t be mistaken, Janetta. Love like mine nave its echo in your heart.” “Yes,” sald Janetta, simply. And ho next instant Harry’s arms closed .Sund her. “Oii, what will Clarice say?” cried Janetta, when the train drew up at Northeliff an hour or so later. “She is here to speak for herself,” said Harry, jumping on the platform, “and Drake is with her.” (The End.) There will always remain something to be said of woman as long as thert is one on the earth.—De Bouflers. FUNNYGRAPHS. ‘The marriage tie is a woman's bow ideal. Never marry a girl named Ann. An's on indefinite article. ‘An auctioneer always locks for-bid- ding when conducting a sale. ‘There are many fashions in the city, but you will find more stiles in the country. ‘Whenever you see a man in a seedy coat entering a saloon no explanation is necessary. Soulful youth (at the piano)—Do you sing “Forever and Forever?” Matter- of-fact maiden—No, I stop for meals. Lady (interviewing raw Irish do- mestic)—Of course, I find everything. Raw Irish domestic—Includin’ a swate- heart, mum? ‘There are now 38 forest reservations in this country, embracing an area of 46,772,129 acres, in 13 different states and territories, It has been said that speech was given man to enable him to conceal his thoughts, but it was a needless pre- caution in many cases. Easter. f- Me . ys y ee Fes a Si (Ns y a Ni S Easter comes to April's tryst, With a@ garland on her hair, And a gown of silk and vale: On her ‘breast an amethyat— Fastened ina silver twist, With pale cowslips faint and tate, In the rosy: breast-knots there. Fresh from off the rainbow stair Shine her little fest, made bare Of all shoes, for she has found God's green’ earth is holy ground, Belteate and debonnate Winditowers, of coming ‘ware, With faint Sweetness take the alr After her the blossomed pear Flings its flowers, the vetch and tare Know her, even as the rose Ih its bud ‘her passing knows, Dreams her look of love and care, And, fast-shut, more lovely. grows, Tit "June gather It to wear. After her the West wind blows, ‘And ‘the raln before her goes, Gompanted with fising. mist; Fearless of thelr human f0e8, Contes shy and timid does, Ewes and lambs beside her pace, Looking in her ifted face. All things Im ner sweetness share, All would stay her, and none dare Keep her ‘ere a fortnight's space. Seven days we see, of grace, Easter in this earthly place. Easter, kindling grass und clod With the eves that have seen Goa, 8 Live Easter Eggs. Sam Lee was a great chicken-fancier, for a small boy, and like most people with a fad had no patience with the fads of others; so when one day he was telling his mother of a lovely brood of bantams he had seen (“Not much bigger than bumblebees, mother, hanest!””),he was provoked when Grace came in with a basket of eggs to color for Easter, and took off his mother’s attention by her questions. “Easter eggs!” he scornfully said. “What good are they? You can’t eat ‘em! You can't hatch ‘em! It’s all just nonsense!” Grace retorted hotly, and a quarrel seemed very near indeed; but just then grandma snapped her fingers sharply, in a funny way she had. Mother sald, “There, another thought has struck grandma!” and they all laughed, and the “war-cloud” rolled away. Easter morning, when Sam came to breakfast and found at every plate but his a pretty nest of moss and wild flow- ers holding three colored eggs, he wouldn't have owned to feeling neglected and left out, but he did! More than that, the family certainly looked at him with a queer smile, and grandma even left the table “smiling all over her face.” Could it be they were smiling at his discomfiture? Sam plucked up pride, and even was gener- ous enough to admire the baskets. “When he went to his room to get ready for church, he saw the joke! There on his gas-fixture hung two large, handsome, egg-shaped Chinese lanterns, just what he had wanted. “Ah!” said Sam, “there's where grandma’s thought struck!” He started to take them down, and heard a strange scrambling sound! Hastily opening them, out fluttered a tiny pair of silver bantams, and the little rooster flapped his wings and crowed! “Hurrah!” erled Sam, as he dashed oe (eI) A. ||) “THERE'S WHERE GRANDMA'S: THOUGHT STRUCK.” downstairs to plant a resounding kiss on each of grandma's soft cheeks, “Those Easter eggs are something like!"—Lizzie E. Johnson. Schoolboy's Tribute to Burroughs. How close that veteran friend of birds and animals and trees, John Bur- roughs, gets to the heart of mankind is illustrated by a letter which ho re- cently received from a schoolboy. The letter, as printed in an article by Clif- ton Johnson in Outing is as follows: “I recently got one of your books through the mail, marked ‘second-class. mat- ter.’ But it isn’t second-class matter. T have read it, and it is first-class mat- ter. The binding and get-up may be second class, but the matter is first- class.” The boy wrote to John Bur- roughs as he would write to any other boy friend whom he considered had deen dealt with unjustly. He had read the book, and he knew and wanted to assure his friend that what'he wrote was first-class matter in spite of what ‘any postmaster general sald. Ss Sa ne —— ae ee IE. GSS ey tee eer ah zeal Deane N EA cO7 ce 1 ORS Wipe lan i ae Lae ree 5 A may sen aA Gh} 2 Hf Frys S84 i LE LW bat 1 INGS af FAW ) i Ati iF Le ls =a yee | mM Ly i roll of the time of Edward I., which 1 D>» LZ Fe es ef — ———_ a Siisteucdiscauueene Co 1} SS th at ificial ee ot en a rela ce Me SSS {and egg-shaped articles of all kinds have dareelpisvepliced the seal eee = - Oo fprno 6 ‘ O a ks Bet FF = we FT LP RACE sy caahere Bh S BUSES A Br (eee Ba aire ater AN ie) a Beer cara VB eta §) Ae eae eMC ea ces” Bea. | Md Ey BPN Bnd 5 IRR eSTS, ear ee Unie ae ME a Vis Ha ve ae. TINE? sce IGS J) Sabet mL bas if ie Be 4 SANNA lyk, ea ee ges {NN deh aia des” WS aie Sy srtroush inésdong. bight: of darimess and gloom Wa ilom Waa ares tis onaned tome ‘And: atanding by te side, Benola tite sloriced, Koon immonaliey, oo ‘Theva hin Wright, morning StL we follow Thies, Ga tenes Soegh oot taletess gouty ah ne ce toes ee ie dees ones [ol tee fertnent sites ‘ire fied with sone? © heart, rejoice! Art blinded at the door Of thy safe tent? Thy Pilot went before, tee irate thes to, cee ata. Meueia we vilery, © fatieting “Ove, Betause of Thee: Sinininown. seo. 4a, Be tones dhe daceanah coon ‘Homeless henceforth no more; in each glad heart His home. ‘Wake! every flower of spring, > And swell the Easter song, » * ‘hod ‘every: bind swing The praise prolong! ‘Tha customs, traditions and super- stitions connected with Easter are al- most innumerable, Their origins are in many cases impossible to determine, because they evidently took place at a time when the season was still pagan in ite character. Others, again, are di- rectly connected with the Christian ob- servance of the festival. ‘The early Christians in many countries used to greet one another on Easter morning with the salutation: “Carist is risen.” The reply to this was: “Carist 1s risen, indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.” “This custom, it is said, is still ob- served in the Greek church, | _ The giving of eggs at Easter, or tho | spriag festival, is one of the most widely known, as it is also one of the oldest, of the customs. From the re- motest times the egg has stood to the Eastern natfons as the symbol of the universe, and its breaking at that time has represented the opening of the new life of the year. When the custom was carried over into Christian prac- tice the Easter eggs were usually sent to the priests to be blessed and sprin- kled with holy water. In later times the eoloring and decorating of the eggs was introduced, and in a royal Children’s Easter : Saocoooosesosossesosacoos, it was the Saturday before Easter, and the children all ran out to the barn to hunt eggs, with Egypt, the tame crow, hopping after them. Nan- ny was sure there must be several dozen eggs in the hen house, Billy thought the haymow was the best place to find them, and Kitty said she had seen old Topknot flying out from Dob- bin’s manger. Egypt said nothing, ~~ WB WZ SW | Wy as ee =f Be Swe BAe BOG Ba OR NY = egal \" a We 4 ty ice ay GF FOO 4 A =f ff me ia oe Sea GN OUT IT CAME WITH A LOUD “OW!” but I rather think he knew as much abut the nests as they did. Egypt was a sly old fellow. He Used buttons and pennies, but he had the greatest fancy for pins. He would pull them out of every pin cushion in the house when he could get a chance, So you might search through room after room, and not come across a single pin, Nobody knew what he did with them all. He was fond of eggs, too, and I am afraid this was the rea- son that the children had such a long hunt for them, and found so few. At last they climbed up the long lad- der into the mow. The hay was pilel almost to the root and covered the windows, It was so dark that Nanny and Kitty were a little bit afraid, but Billy went first, floundering along in the hay, just as you wade through a snow drift. “Guess there are nests on this beam,” sald Billy, “but it’s so dark I can’t see, I'll feel.” 1 Ai A eas = <i ors Ryn ee Ze ZEN | geek ew (REBT) Row i ti) N ical ED = pega ky? i AROS We ae \\ oe ) ee Tie | man WN ONO VGA ; \ } AW \ ! “CHRIST IS RISEN!” year at this season testify to the in- genuity expended in devising new and attractive objects in which the idea of the Easter egg shall be preserved. In Paris these Easter presents are gener- ally given on the first day of Passion Week. All are emblematic of eggs, and are known as “oeufs des Paque,” or “Paschal eggs.” In went billy’s hand, and out {t came in a second, with a loud “Ow!” “It’s hornets or yellow-jackets or something!’ "he screamed. “Fetch the barn lantern, Kit, and I'll knock 'em out!” Kitty brought the lantern, and then ran to the other side of the barn, for fear of the yellow jackets. Billy held the lentern over his hear and peeped in, What did he see? Not hornets, but pins. He had run his hand into Egypt's own little “hidy-hole,” where the sly little rogue had laid away a whole pile of his favorite treasures. No wonder they pricked like hornets. But what the queer old bird was saving them for T never knew, Nature's Easter Girl. he gladsome Easter-tide comes on, The sesame of spring: When birds begin to tune the voice, "A summer's praise to sing. ‘Tho leaves upon the trees bud forth, The datfodils untold; All nature opens like ‘a bud, The sun floods earth with gold. No more in this, our better age, ‘Bo maidens seek in dress And costly bonnets to express Their Easter happiness. ‘The modern maid, with brimming health, Gives locks a sauey curls Brings forth her bike and natty sult— Sioa: Nathie's macter iv 8 Origin of Easter Hats 8 Gascoosaqsanqaa000oT00co0S | To neglect the putting on of some entirely new article of dress on Eas- ‘ter Sunday was regarded by the Eng- lish of olden times as sure to bring bad luck, and certainly this is one of the practices which has lost nothing with the increase of years. Only now it has been slightly altered, so that to have no new clothes to exhibit at the Baster parade is considered sufficiently bad luck in itself, without the fear of any further misfortunes that may result from it. After donning their new Eas- ter garments the English country peo- ple dined off tansy pudding and bacon or tansy pudding and “good red her- ving,” the tansy being the symbol of the bitter herbs commanded to be eaten at the Paschal feast, ENGLAND'S PEASANTay That of a Century azo Phe agricultural laborers ot ty are certainly better cla more je Hously fed, have far more jeicang better educated, and ar sayin coming better Housed than thir ge fathers a century aco. ant fre the main constituent. of hnyirt then they are happier. ,, ths ort’ hand, their grandfathers ina. gt grndfathers were much ire eo lighthearted than the moders. qe] enjoyed their lives mich more 4, their descendants do; they had ins parably more laughter, ior anse| Ment, more eal delighs ine a their’ hands; there was more nt “among them and less hat’. The aon cultural laborer had a tat drut time between twenty and thirty yer ago, and he has been giowing ox a that. A village sot is now a very req Dird, as rare as he was 100) voars gg Then the laborer could not atfory. drunken debanch—be hai not ay wherewithal, His master. the fare did drink, and sometimes deeply, those days, when hie was ncnnag And for a few years afterward the ne of the laborer’s’ wages, some twenty, five. years ago, the laborer was yy publican’s friend. But lard drinhigg has been steadily deciinive, aut ih habitual drunkard is looked upon a a coarse brute to be avoided. As other vices, things are pretty much they were; I am afraid rathe: wom than better. Perhaps the saddest char acteristic of the men of the preseit, a compared with the men of the past | that the men of the past were coral ly more self-dependent—1 do 9 mean independent, in the sense which that word is used now—mon resourceful, more kindly, courses and contented with their lot than th: descendants are, 1 think 1 kuov som thing about the English peasantry of century or two gone by, 1 think Know just a little about the agri tural laborer nowadays. 1 bear him genuine love, and feel with him | cordial sympathy, and there is 4 knowing any men or any class of me whom we do not love and sympathi with, But as to the agricultural L borer of the future, 1 am sometim inclined to doubt seriously wheth: before another century has ende there will be any such thing as an a rieultursl laborer to know.—Nin teenth Century (London.) AMERICAN SPECIALISTS. Concentration Enables Our Manufacture ers to Produce Cheaply. ‘The goal toward which all successti] manufacturers work js the maximum of units of product at the minimum ot cost per unit. ‘This is attained, in par, by specialization—concentration upon a Single specialty, says a writer in Cas- sier's Magazine. For example, in a great shop at Mulhouse, in Alsace, em ploying 5,000 men, I saw water works and blowing engines, and locomotives and other heavy machinery, along with cotton spinning machinery and the lightest articles made in iron, The same range of manufacturing would, ia the United States, call for half a dozen separate plants, each concentrating ¢ fort on a single product, and selling it at figures for which the Alsatian works could not dream of making it, In Great Britain, to use another illustri- tion, an agricultural Implement works makes road engines, threshers, mor ers, and reapers, cultivators, and a ve riety of small farm tools. But when they put any one of their machines into the field they meet a Chicas made article which {s laid down on the spot at a less price than that for which the British firm can hope to simply produce it. The Chicago manufacturer builds a vast works to make nothins Dut mowers and binders. One concern employs thousands of men on thresh ing machines, and road engines to ha them, while still other large factor ies make the cultivators, drills, et Machines turned out by tens of thow sands, instead of thousands, can be made in greater perfection, and at ma- terially lower cost,even if all other fe: tors are uniform, But if cheaper raw materials, more efficinent labor, bet ter management, and more up-to-daie works be added, the trans-Atlantic competitor of America is indeed fa: ing a difficult proposition. Cold ia the Hoad In Infant J. Bermann of Washington, thinks that cold in the head in infants ve¥ frequently leads to serious trouble later in life, and ought not to be nrt: lected, as it too often is, but should be treated with a two per cent soll tion of nitrate of silver, applie! ‘ the throat with a soft brush. Car should be taken not to use the fuld so freely that it will drop into [he larynx. If the child makes any 10's in breathing through the nos ‘i next day, apply the nitrate of silver again. By tréating an acute rhinit= in an infant, catarrh, deflections of th septum, or affections of the var ™* often be avoided. Re eee tanatea. There is every reasonable assurai! that had the Rio been manned by American seamen all the passens's if not all the hands, would have bert saved. Indeed, nothing but sheer ©o" ardice or brutality could account for failure to accomplish this much under the circumstances. The bay was ca! the shore within a stone's throw. The vessel remained intact for fully t" and probably fifteen minutes atte? striking. A crew of skillful, courageo!* white men, numbering but one-haif the Chinese on board the Rio, could have landed every soul and probably 4 £00 part of the precious freight, mail, et in the time at their disposal —Cost Seamen’s Journa!.