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THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT On Sale For One Week, All 75cts Shirts at 50cts. Greenfield Bros., 112 East Douglas Ave., One Price Clothiers, Hatters, and Furnishers. UNDER THE AUSPICES OF "The Wichita Searchlight." DAY AND NIGHT DURING THE DAY GRAND PIC-NIC AT South Riverside Park. Admission To the Park, Free! Free! Free! AND AT NIGHT GRAND JUBILEE EXERCISES AT PEERLESS ADMISSION, at the Hall, 10c. 2-FAMOUS BANDS-2 Will furnish Music Valuable Prize WILL BE GIVEN TO THE PERSON WHO SELLS THE MOST TICKETS. Get Your Tickets at this Office. WATCH FOR PROGRAM IN OUR NEXT ISSUE. GUS A. MILLER & CO. DEALERS IN Wall Paper, Window Shades and Picture Mouldings. WICHITA, KANSAS, MAY 4, 1901. WORK OF NEGRO COLLEGIANS. OF THE 8,000,000 NEGROES IN THE UNITED STATES MORETHAN2,500 ARE COLLEGE GRADUATES. In the United States there are about 5,000,000 negroes. Probably 2,500 of them are college graduates. Atlanta university-for negroes has published a valuable report of a social study of the college bred negro. The conclusions arrived at are these: "The great mass of the negroes need common school and manual training. "There is a large and growing demand for industrial and technical training, and trade schools. "There is a distinct demand for the higher training of persons selected for talent and character to be leaders of thought and missionaries of culture among the masses. "To supply this demand for a higher training, there ought to be maintained several negro colleges in the South, and the aim of these colleges should be to supply thoroughly trained teachers, preachers, professional men and captains of industry. It is, however, earnestly recommended that this college work be concentrated in about twelve high grade institutions in the South, instead of scattered as it is now over thirty-four. As nearly as can be learned the colleges for negroes have graduated about 2,000 men and women, and from all other colleges in the country, perhaps 400 negroes have been graduated. An allowance is made in the total of 2,500 for the unreported graduates. At this time there are studying in the varaious negro colleges about 725 negroes, and in allot her colleges about twenty-five negros. Of the larger Northern institutions Harvard has eleven negro graduates Yale and the University of Michigan ten each. Cornell 8, Columbia 4, and Pennsylvania 4. Of the smaller colleges, Oberlin leads with 128 graduates, the university of Kansas sixteen and Bates fifteen More than half the graduates are teachers, a sixth are preachers, an other sixth are students and professional men: over 6 per cent are farmers, artisans and merchants, and 4 per cent are in government service. Among white people those who are born in poor circumstandes got their college education by struggling against adversity are proud of their accomplishment How much more reason the negro born in slavery, has to take pride in what he has done for himself and for his race shines out vividly. The color prejudice in women's colleges is much stronger and unyielding than in men' Vassar has had only one Colored girl among its students, and it was not known that she was a Negro until after her graduation. Barnard college, the women's adjunct of Columbia replied to a question as follows: No one of Negro descent has ever received our degree, and I cannot say whether such persons would be admitted to Barnard, as the question has never been raised, but there is nothing in our regulations that excludes any one of any nationality or race. " Smith college has had one Negro graduate, who is reported by the college to have been "an excellent stedent and very popular." Wellesly has had several Chlored students, of whom two have graduaten. Radcliffe college, the woman's department of Harvard, has two Negro graduates. The greater number of Negro graduates are Southern born. Of those born and raised in the South, gained a college education, 90 per cent stay in the South and work. The employment of most of them is connected with the uplifting of the race. Still more significant is the fact that more than half of those graduates who were born in the North leave this part of the country, where life is kind, and go to the South to help educate the masses. As already stated, more than half of the Colored graduates become teacher's of their own people. If there are any despairing notes among the whites as to the future of the Negro race, the work of the many Negro graduates, professional men, newspapers, etc., add materially to the pessimisti expressions. — N. Y. HERALD. Dr. Parkhurst On The Negro. For some years past Dr. Charles Parkhurst, of New York, has been interesting himself in public questions and aiding in the initiating and prosecuting of public reforms, and while he has not shown himself possessed of infallible judgement, he has established a reputation for candor and courage. Recently Dr. Parkhurst went with a party of Northern friends into the Southern states for the purpose of viewing the negro residents of that section at close range and getting a correct knowledge of their character, condition and treatment. The result was not favorable to the blacks. Dr. Parkhnrst reports that the negro is despised in the South and North alike, the only difference being that the South is more honest in its expressions, while the North lies. He declares that conferring suffrage on the ignorant blacks was a great blunder, and that the office of all true friends of the negro now is to counsel silence on that subject and a patient endeavor to fit himself "for what God and the country and future may have in store for him." Whatever we may think of Dr. Parkhurst's conclusions, there can be no fault found with some of his statements of fact. There is a prejudice against the negro and it is as plainly apparant in the North as well as in the South. It does no good to say that this ought not to be; as well say that the wind should not blow. The prejudice is a race prejudice and generations of association have failed to eradicate it. The North, however is more kindly disposed than the South. In the Northern states the negroes have rights and privileges which are denied him in the South. Our people are willing that they should have a fair chance in life, with opportunities for intellectual, moral and social improvement. They are also protected in their rights of citizenship. A Kansas City judge recently said from the bench, that a negro is more disliked to-day than ever betore; but that statement will be difficult to prove. There is perhaps less tolerance of some of his criminal acts, but the law-abiding, well-behaved blacks stand as well as they ever stood. With increasing education and intelligence they are growing more respectible and consequently more respected. In other words, they are arriving at the condition in the North that Dr. Parkhurst would have them aspire to in the South. Doubtless, it was a mistake to Trade at FULT Clothin g,Hats&H For Men,Boy Largest stock,Best selections,L Greatest SEASONABLE GOODS,AT C Largest stock,Best selections,Latest styles,Finest assortments Greatest Values. SEASONABLE GOODS,AT OUT OF SEASON PRICES. C.R.Fulton clothe the Southern Negro with suffrage as soon as he was liberated. Everybody seems to be agreed on that. It would have b en a mistake equally as serious to have conferred the same rights upon a large body of ignorant whites. But it is unprofitable to discuss that now. What is done is done, and can not be undone. The problem before the country with regard to the Negro is how best to help him on his way to a higher and better condition of usefulness and happiness, and an intelligent consideration of this problem is as much a matter of duty and self-interest in the South as in the North. The sheriff at Centerville, Tenn. by arming a number of colored men. The mob came but retreated in hot haste. The prisoner was tried and acduited. VOL. 11. NO. 49 Mrs. G. H. Young Returns to Chicago. Mrs. G. H. Young returned to Chicago Thursday morning after spending a few days in the city. Upon her arrival here she saw for the first time, the new, modern cottage which Mr. Young had built at 524 N. Water during her absence. She was highly pleased with the house. Before returning, Mrs. Young, in company with her husband, Mr. G. H. Young, paid our office a highly appreciated visit. As is well known, Mr. and Mrs Young are among Wichita's weal thiest and well-to-do citizens, and her many friends in the city had hoped that she would spend a longer time with them. We wish Mrs. Young a pleasant time during her stay in Chicago. MOB AFTER A WHITE MAN WHO IS ALLEGED TO HAVE ASSAULTED A LITTLE WHITE GIRL. IN MISSOURI, TOO. St. Joseph, Mo., April 30, A large posse of infuriated citizens, mostly residents of South St. Joseph, are scouring the vicinity for an unknown white man who assaulted Lottie Fox, aged 12, daughter of an employee of the Hammon Packing Company. This afternoon the rufian was stopped by two farmers but he made such savage threats that they permitted him to escape. A lynching is probble in case the man is caught. "The Black 400" played to a crowded tent here Wednesday night. I vote for Miss _____ to be crowned Queen of the Wichita Searchlight Anniversary Jubilee, at Peerless Hall, Wednesday night, May 29th 1901 Name _____ Address. _____ Cut this out and send it to the Seaachlight office, 239 N, Main St. TON's-It pays. FurniShing Goods andChildren. Test styles, Finest assortments, Values. OUT OF SEASON PRICES. Staple and Fancy Groceries Fine Candies, Cigars AND Tobacco AT C. S. Truex's, 246 N.Main. Phone743. We open a contest to have a young lady selected as Queen of the Grand Anniversary Jubilee to be held at Peerless hall, Wednesday night, May 29th. All young ladies are eligible to become contestants. Are you a Sub scriber to the Searchlight? THE SEARCHLIGHT WICHITA, KANSAS. W. N. HILLER, Editor. Entered at the Post-Office at Wichita Kansas, as Second Class Mail Matter. Published every Saturday at No 239 North Main Street, up stairs RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION: IN ADVANCE. On year, by mail . . . 01 00 Six months, by mail . . . 75 Three months, by mail . . . 50 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to "The Searchlight", Wichita, Kansas. [All matters to be published must reach this once not later than Tuesday, to reach publication in the current issue] correspondents and agents wanted everywhere. Write us for terms. All matters sent to "The Searchlight" for publication must be signed by the party or parties writing. The warm weather is here and every one welcomes it. We have been contending and endeavoring to get the colored men of this city to organize for their mutual benefit. In our efforts to do so we have no personal interest at stake, further than that of being a member of the race, and for the good of the whole race. To know that they have organized will suffice us; but we contend again that in such an organization, the colored man should leave politics out. Politics has proven the damnation of the race, the truth of this assertion is everywhere too much admitted. The average colored man has here-tofore had too much of politics, and not enough self-interest for his own good. Every one will admit that politics, true politics, is not the game for the colored man; it profits him nor his family nothing, only during elections. Then why not keep out of politics for awhile and do some business for yourself? American politics is the white man's game, and he only uses you as one marble in the game for his own convenience. Go into some other business; get homes, get farms get money and then you are a fully competent man to enter politics or any other avenue. "Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways and be wise; which havlng no guide, over-seer or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer and gathereth her food in the harvest." —Solomon. In many cases you try to treat some persons as though they were human, and they don't like you. Why? Because the kind treatment which you tender them is too much for their brute nature and it rebells They can't stand kind treatment, that's all. One of the six things which the LORD hates is, "A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren." One thing quite needed among our people is to cultivate a habit to read—not talk so much—but read more. That's the thing. Let us form a club to promote interest among colored men to go on farms in this state. Wichita has some as finely cultured young ladies as ever lived. Can we not find some lofty employment for them? --- The big rally will take place at the A. M. E, church tomorrow, (Sunday) Captains, S. S. Washington and A. T. Glover will have their armies arrayed. There will, no doubt, be a close run between these two Spartan chieftains, as each has said he would bring his sheild in with honor, or be found trying and each are putting forth a noble effort. Go out and help each of them. An effort is being made by some of our local talent to organize a choral club. Such an organization would reflect credit, both upon the members of the club and the race in general. Rev. H. W. Scott, of Ottawa, preached at New Hope Baptist church on Monday night. He left Tuesday for Newton. We call your attention to the Big Store of Mr. C. R. Fulton. You can get anything you want in gents furnishing goods. Rev. H. V. Plummer, of Kansas City, Kansas, ex-chaplin of the 9th U. S. Calvary, is expected to preach at the Second Baptist church next Sunday. He is a fine speaker and stands high in ministerial work. Hear him Sunday. THE S. E, KLENTZ MILLINERY STORE, 153, North Main Street are giving away Chinaware, Hat-pins, Vases, etc., with every hat purchased; they have one of the most complete lines of Up-to-Date MILLINERY, at living prices, in the city. See their stock. Wm. Clark, our friend, and faithful attache of the Kansas National Bank, has been housed up this week with rheumatism. If, from the celestial flower-garden above, the gentle hand of an unseen angel culls a flower and gives it to you to make home happy, tell us about it; we delight to chronicle the advent of that "sweet innocence" that may some day thrill the world with its superior excellence. If the wedding bells with their soft, silvry chime, are soon to announce a new era of happiness for some one at your home, or at the home of your neighbor, tell the "Searchlight man" about it; let us rejoice with you. Arkansas Vailey lodge, No.21 will meet in regular communication next Tuesday night. Every mason is asked to be present. Visiting brothers, in good standing with their lodges are welcomed to to meet. To hear colored men who claim to be "leaders" of the race, rip the race up the back in order to gain some favor from a white man, reminds us of the man who tries to lift himself by his own boot straps. "Unity" seems to be an obselete, meaningless word with some colored men. How long will they thus go? Mr. and Mrs. Albert Helm, of Caldwell, are visiting in the city. WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT, SATURDAY, MAY, 4th, 1901 We call your attention to the store of F. M. Jaques & Co. 243, N. Main, they are dealers in new and second-hand furniture and sell on easy payments. You will find them perfect gentlemen to deal with. They are the poor man's friend and believe in dealing honest with every one. You will do yourself a favor by going there and buying what you want. Mrs. Oray Clark, of Valley Center, is visiting Mrs. Al Clark on Waco avenue. Mrs. Frank White has been quite indisposed for several days. Mrs. V. J. Foster, of Springfield, Mo. will return home in the near future Mrs. Louvenia Brown mourns the death of her mother and father, who died recently in Missouri. The many friends of Mrs. Brown extend their sincere sympathy in her hour of affliction and bereavmegt. Fisher's Military Band re-organized last Monday night. They are still in the ring. If the icy fingered messenger of death is stealthily creeping around the fevered couch of some loved one, or has stolen from your family circle a dear companion or associate, tell us about it. Your sorrows are our sorrows, and we are always ready to exhaust our means in a righteous eneavor to sooth the aching heart. Why not every Knight have his wife join the Court? W. H. H. Grant willl open a first-class confectionary, grocery and notion store at 604 N. Main, within the next ten days. You can find anything there in the line of eatables. Watch for the opening. If you want horse shoeing done, go to J. S. Quarrels, 638, N. Main Street. Rev. W. M. Alphin, of Kansas City is still conducting his series of meetings at the Christian church at 708, Tremont, and he invites you to call down and attend. Remember, 708, Tremont. J. L. Francis & Co., 328 E. Douglas, had a small fire at their place this place this week. WANTED. 10,001 men, women, and children to read The Wichita Searchlight. Only $1.00 per year. Does your neighbor read "The Searchlight?" J. C. Parish, one of our most successful property owners, was a pleasant caller at our sanctum Tuesday. The K. C. Pantorium Will show you an Up to - Date selection of Fancy Trousering at $4.50. No More and No Less. Remember. any price of goods in the house at one price. 209 East Douglas Ave If our readers will watch our colmns they will be able to ffind good bargains at the stores that ad vertise with us. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Helm have moved to handsome quarters in the 600 block, N. Main. The Mission Circle gave a nice reception at the Second Baptist church They had a good crowd and a fine time. Big Rally at the A. M. E. Sunday. Tradewith our advertisers Gold Dollars For 99 Cents Nor can we sell a first-class paint for less than cost of materials, but we give you an honest dollar's worth of Paint Value for every dollar you spend. We sell STEARN'S PAINT The Paint That Holds. J. L. Francis & Co., Paint and Wall Paper Dealers. 312 East Douglas ave. Personal. Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Young own three nice houses on North Water. Some men wont be anything themselves, but don't want you to be any thing, and so the world goes round. A snrprise is in store for some one soon. Go to the "Bee Hive" restaurant to get good hot meals. Samuel Evans has a fine plan. Edward Miller is certainly a race man, and believes in race institutions. Call on Dr. E. Harrison when you want any medical treatment. He is well qualified and fair in prices and terms. Consult him. His office is at 407 Main. Rev. H. F. Frazier will preach the Odd Fellow's Annual Sermon at the A. M. E. church on the 2nd Sunday in May. C. G. Coles has sold his store 705 N. Main to some white fellows, and thus race enterprises go. We are not aspiring for any political or social honors. We are simply aspiring to do some good for the race. Will you help? The smallpox is spreading. A. Hutchinson is one of our most business-like colored men and is always in any enterprise to raise the race. We need more Hutchinsons. Mt. Olive Court, No. 7, H. of J. is doing good work. J. C Parish has a fine home at 1824, E. Central. Rev. W. R. Hardy, pastor of the Friendship Baptist church, and his members, will begin to build a church soon. C. I. Burns has East Douglas to himself now. Coffey's Military Band is still practicing, and are preparing to give the public some sweet music. It is hard to please everybody or get everybody to please you. Rev. R. McTurner, pastor of the Tabernacle Baptist church, is organizing a Union meeting among the Baptist of the city. Let this good work go on. I. J. Porter is raising a lot of big fat hogs. Rev. A. C. Terrell, pastor of the A M. E. church, will have his "Big Ralley" next Sunday. Go out to it. This Is Our Kansas Brilliant Coal It is tinted with rosin, visible and iuvisi- ble.No, there is no soot to stick to your sweet lids, and it is the coal in the market. You get more heat from it than from most ordinary coals, and it does not cost you any more than the cheapest coal. Where is it mined? At Pittsburg, Kansas, from 108 ft shaft.No, it does not make any clinkers, will coke and all burn up clean. You will find this coal at Hacker Coal Co: 414 N.Main St. Phone 108. The Bee-Hive RESTAURANT The Bee-Hive RESTAURANT HOT and COLDLUNCHES HOT CHILI, a specialty. 346 N. Main st. Dennis Brockway, Prop. WN Miller, Attorney at Law NOTARY PUBLIC Practices in all the Courts of Kansas and Missouri. No.239 N.Main street. Wichita, ..... Kans. B.F.McLean, Wichita, Kansas. Yards at Wichita, Kas., Clearwater, Kas., Peck Kas., Cheney, Kas. J. W. Garrett, BLACKSMITH, HORSE SHOEING, WAGON MAKING, and General Repair Shop. 708 Tremont ave. Mrs. DUNN'S Meals, 15 Cents. 715 East Douglss Avenne Mrs. Ara Dunn, Proprietor. Who'll Win? Capt, A. T. Glover of the "Helping Hand" club and Capt. S. S. Washington of the "Heavy Lifters" club of the A. M. E. church will meet on one common plain tomorrow-Sunday-and they will, using the vulgar phrase, "show down" and the one possesing the "best hand" will win, of course. Each captain and each member of the two clnbs are making an heroic effort to make the best showing, and each are confident of winning. Sunday will tell, Each captain will make a detailed statement in the next ssue of the Searchlight. Wichita's Colored Society was out en-masse to see the "Black 400" Wednesday night. If you want your money's worth in Clothing,Hats and Furnishing Goods,trade with GREENFIELD Bros 112 East Douglas Ave. Rev. Hardy at the A. M. E church Sunday. Rev. W. R. Hardy,the abl, learned and eloquent pastor of the Friend ship baptst church,will preach at the A. M. E. church Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Hear him. Laundry. 155-159 N.Market St. 'Phone 237 Office on First Street. Agents Wanted Everywhere 中 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 407 North Main St. For a Good, First-Class Shave GO TO Fisher's shop Up to Date Hair Cu & Shampoo. 63S1 E. Douglass Ave., Burl Fisher. Prop. 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. Barnes & Newcomb Popular Music House. Pianos,Organs.Every thing known in music. Largest stock to select from and Lowest Prices. For Firs-Class Furnished ROOMS GO TO GO TO Mrs V.Matthews 239 N.Water st. Houck Hardware Store Screen Door, Screen wire, Ice Crem Freezers, Rubber Hose, Lawn Mowers, etc. 116 East Douglas ave. See the "ad" of Snyder Bros. You can find them at 212, N. Main. OVER N DAY AFTER A. G. MUELLER UNDERTAKER AND EMBALMER OFFICE PHONE 325 RES. PHONE 335 213 N MAIN ST WICHITA KANS 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. ERIA COURT No.7. Order of Calanthe. Mrs.J.H. Phelps, W.C. Miss Blencq Alcxander, R.of D. Mrs.Jda Martin, W.of R. of D. Meets 1st. and 8rd. Monday each month Masonic Lodges. ARKANSAS VALLEY Lodge No.21. A.F & A.M. Hopkins Abernathy, W.M. W.H.A. Clark, Secretary. Meets 1st. and 3rd. Tuesday each month. All Master Masons in good standing are Cordially Invited. PALESTINE COMMANDERY No.12. Wichita Kansas. J.T.Chinneth, 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. MtOlive Court No.9,H. of J, Mrs Myrtle Glover,M A M Mrs J E Lewis,Secretary Mrs L Adams,Treasurer Meets every Tuesday afternoon at 2 p. m. ...State Officers.. Grand United Order of Odd Fellows. J.L.Harper, D.G.M, Wichita W.M.Jackson, D.D.G M, Topeka $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. Meets every Tuesday night. 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. POSITION OF THE SEARCHLIGHT BASE BALL CLUB. THEY ARE A HOT NUMBER. B. Anderson, C. H. Buford, P. G. Wallace, P. E. Gragg, 1st b. M. Vernon, 2nd b. E. Jackson, 3rd b. S. Collins, s. s. J. Edgerton; l. f. A. Lowe, c. f. Captain. W. Johnston, r. f. C. C. [Bud] Hickerson, Manager. The Colored Commercial Club will meet at the K. of P. hall next Tuesday eve. at 7:30. Come Out. -$23.00 RATE FROM WICHITA TO HILENA, BUTTE, GARRISON, and ANACONDA Call at " Frisco Line " city ticke office corner Main and Douglas ave for full information or address B. P. Dunn, D.P. A., Wichita, Kansas. 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 Exp- press 10 00 p m Leave for South and West No 5 for Clearwater, Conway Springs, An- thony, Kiowa, Kingman, Norwich Oxford, Belle Plain and Winfield 7 40 am No 451 For Conway Springs, Anthony and Kiowa 6 30 pm Leave for North and West No 9 Kansas and Nebraska limit ed for Hutchinson, Pueblo, Colorado Springs and Denver 5 05 p m No 5 but Hope, Hutchison and Genes4eo 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 1 05 p m No 5 From Kansas City and St Louis 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 46⁰ 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, Vinita and Sapulp1 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. ATCHISON, TOPEKA and SANTA FE. 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 oo p m 3 oo p m 428 6 40 p m 6 50 p m Fifty hours to Los Angeles. a Daily,except Sunday. L,R.DELANEY,Agent. W.J.BLACK,G.P.A., Topeka,Kan. CHICAGO,ROCK ISLAND and PACIFIC Time Table, Effective Nov.18,1900 Trains Arrive Leave North and East No 2 Kansas 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 oo p m 9 oo p m No,32 Accommodation express,daily, 648 p m 648 p m No 1 Oklahoma,Ft Worth New Orleans and Pacific coast,daily, 648 p m 648 p m 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 66 East Bound 5 10 p m 5 10 p m a No 35 West Bound 3 10 p m 3 10 p m a Daily, except Sunday. Elegant free reclining chair cars on all trains and Pullman Palace sleepers from Wichita to Chicago and Kansas City without change. Also sleepers on all night trains to Fort Worth, Houston San Antoin and New Orleans. Tickets sold and baggage checked to all points north, east, south and west. Steamship tickets sold to all European points owest rates. Pasaenger station corner Douglas and Meade aves. phone 190 C E.BASCOM.D.P.A. --- THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT, SATURDAY MAY, 4th 1901 F.M.Jaques & Co., Special Prices made on Furniture, Stoves, Carpets, and Matting Either cash or easy payments. Call in whether you buy or not. we take pleasure in showing goods and giving you prices. F.M.Jaques & Co., 243 N.Main St. Red Front Racket. Quotes the following list merely as a sample of the prices that pre vail in our 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. Racket The Peoples Economy Store. Tapp Bros. & Hanshaw. 'Phone 257. 255-257 N.Main For Reliable Rates And Quickest Time Patronize The FRISCO LINE Through reclining chair cars and latest improved Pullman coaches WITHOUT CHARGE on all Frisco trains between WICHITA AND ST.LOUIS. FRISCO LINE. Trains leave Wichita at 1.20 and 10. 45 p.m., arrive at Wichita 3.25 p.m. and 6.35 a.m.See that your ticket reads via, the Frisco Line — it will save you money and time. Should you desire any information as to rates, time, routes, maps, etc., call or write any Frisco Line agent or the undersigned. It is a great pleasure for us to answer questions. CITY TICKET OFFICE Cor. Main and Douglas. B.F.DUNN, BRYAN SNYDER, Dist. Pass. Ag't. Gen. Pass. Ag't. Wichita, Kan. St. Louis, Mo. The time for holding the Grand Lodge, K. of P. is fastly approaching, we want to place two Wichitans in the field for that place, they are, A. T. Glover and Jno. H. Phelps. Both are good men and loyal Knights. Both are experienced men in the order. We name our present Grand Chancellor, Jno. E. Lewis, for Supreme Representative. He has made a good Grand Chancellor and will represent Kansas in the Supreme Lodge in a most creditable manner. The boys of Toas Lodge are looking around for officers; Joe Phelps, the popular Vice Chancellor of that lodge seems to be the choice for Chancellor Commander with no opposition. Geo. Daniels, J. H. Phelps and S. W. Fleming seem to be the choice for re-election, while the present Chancellor Commander, A. T. Glover, is being centered on for Grand Chancellor of Kansas. Joe will make a good presider. ness - Directory es & Co., ware, Stoves, Carpets, and Matting or cash or easy payments. not. we take pleasure in show- iving you prices. 243 N.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 H. C. DUNBAR, PIONEER UNDERTAKER. 235 North Main Street. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY Curly Hair Made Straight By TAKEN FROM LIFE. BEFORE AND AFTER TREATMENT. ORIGINAL OZONIZED OX MARROW Straightenks kinky hair quickly and easily so that you can do it yourself at home no matter how curly or kinky your hair is. It also cures dandruff, stops the hair is it. It can also make your hair shine and makes the hair grow. Never fails. Warranted harmless. Sold over forty years. This wonderfully padded hair is the only safe pronouncement in the world that straightens kinky hair as shown above and gives perfect satisfaction to all. It was the first preparation ever sold for straightening kinky hair through the thousands. Beware of imitations. Be sure you get the genuine Original Ozonized Ox Marrow as it always is the only safe pronouncement. BEAUTIFUL. A toilet necessity for ladies, gentlemen and children. Elegantly perfumed. Owing to its superior and lasting qualities it is the best and most comfortable body to make a preparation equal to it. Full directions with every bottle. Only 50 cents, you can pay with cash. You can pay with your bottle for 65 cents or three for $1.40. Send postal or express money order. Write your name and address plainly. ONIZED X WORLD WORLD CO. 76 Wabash AVE., Chicago, Illinois. Our Summer Suiting Is Going Fast Now is the time to make a selection for your season clothes. The PEERLESS TAILOR & FURNISHER 508 E Douglass Ave., 'Phone 511 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. Mrs. Ida B. Clark, Agent. 626 N. Water St Sale Continues on Lamps, Rockers, and Parlor Tables. Furniture and Musical inst uments sold on Easy Payments. Lamps put away on deposit. New goods in Queensware, Glassware also Granite and Tinware. TheOdd-i-ta. 350 N.Main St FORTLAND, TACOMA, SEATTLE and POKANE—$25.00. Tickets on sale at th ' FRISCO LINE " city ticket office, corner of Main and Douglas ave. on the foll owing Tuesdays. March 5,12,19,26. April2, 9, 16, 23 and 30 1901. Further information will be cheerfully given at the city ticket office or by B.F.Dunn, D.P. A. Wichita, Kansas. 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. Watch our next issue for something GRAND will appear. Trade At SNYDER BROS., MERCHANT TAILORS. As we have a large stock of FOREIGN and DOMESTIC WOOLENS, at Nobby Prices. All Work Guaranteed. 212 N. Main St. New Music Firm, Burress & Goforth, are the DECKER & Sons and SWEETLAN and WESTERN COTTAGE goods. Machines of all kinds. Repairi & Goforth, are the sole agents for bands and SWEETLAND Pianos: the Bu COTTAGE goods. String Instrument kinds. Repairing a specialty. Firm, Burress & Goforth, are the sole agents for the celebrated DECKER & Sons and SWEETLAND Pianos: the BURDETT Organs and WESTERN COTTAGE goods. String Instruments and Sewing Machines of all kinds. Repairing a specialty. Remember The Place. BURRESS of 149 North Second Hand Owing to the Of the season and the large have taken in part pay for n about 20 good second - hand prices that will move them hand wheel that we take in in put in good repair and we g shape when they are sold: tires to hold air. Swell During $17.50 Moun Andrae $16.00 Ivanhoe $14 Cresent $11.00 Iver Johnson A swell wheel for seven or SCHOLLENE 230 N WILL TREAT Hand Hand Bicycle wing to the latent son and the large number of wheels in part pay for new bicycles, we h good second-hand wheels that we will move them in a hurry. Ea that we take in is thoroughly over repair and we guarrantee bearing they are sold: the bearings to b d air. Note Our Pre $17.50 Mount Rose $12.00 10 Ivanhoe $14.00 Ben Hur $1 10 Iver Johnson $9. 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WHY GET SOAKED WHEN TOWER'S FISH BRAND SLICKER BLACK OR YELLOW WILL KEEP YOU DRY IN THE HARDEST STORM! ON SALE EVERYWHERE: LOOK FOR ABOVE TRADE MARK, DEAR OF IMITATIONS. SHOWING FULL LINE OF GARMENTS AND HATS. A J TOWER CO. BOSTON MASS Buy our up to date 1901 COW BOY POKE Best work. Poke made. Has two large ten point Rowels. Made adjustable with automatic nut lock. Can not lose oil of animal. Write for prices and circulars of five kinds of pokes. Ask your hardware dealer for it, or address W. Llehta, Kansas. SLICKER BLACK OR YELLOW WILL KEEP YOU DRY IN THE HARDEST STORM! ON SALE EVERYWHERE: LOOK FOR ABOVE TRADE MARK. BEWARE OF INITATIONS. CATALOGUES FREE SHOWING FULL LINE OF GARMENTS AND HATS. A.J.TOWER CO., BOSTON, MASS. 25 $ ^{\circ} $ M. B. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. LESSON V, MAY 5—JOHN XXI; 15-22. Golden Text: "Lovest Thou Me?"—John XXI: 17—Jesus and Peter—The Savior Appears to Seven Disciples by the Sea of Galliee. 15. So when they had broken their fast, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea Lord; he saith unto him, Feed my lambs. 16. He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea Lord; he knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep. 17. He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him Lord, I knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep. 18. Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdest thyself, and walkedest whither thou wouldst; but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldst not. 19. This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, I draw me. 20. Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciples whom Jesus loved following; which also laid back on his breast at the supper, and said, Lord, who is he that betrayeth thee? 21. Peter, therefore, seeing him said to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do? 22. Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he harry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me. The first two "loves" designate love in its fullest conceivable form, "a reasonable attachment, from choice and selection," "a love that goes out voluntarily without any intermingling of selfishness," "The higher form of friendship-love." The “lowest” in the third question (pillets), and in all Peter’s answers, is “more instinctive, more of the feelings, or the more passive.” It is “love that grows out of relationship”; it is “self-interested love”; it is personal love! It is love that brings to craves its object. “It’s relationship—love—it’s object—‘old’—children are commanded to have friendship/love (agapan) for their ‘neighbors’ (Matt, 5:43; Gal. 5:14) and for their ‘enemies’ (Matt, 5:14), because love does not go out in those directions instinctively, but must be given unselfishly, and of deliberate choice. Yet the saints are enjoined to be a feeling of family—love (philic) for their Love (Phil. 5:14). Another in the household of faith (Tit. 2:15). But Jesus is said to give a pure and unselfish friendship—love (agapan) to Mary and Martha and their brother Lazarus, in the home so dear to him at Bethany (John 11:5). God is said to be moved by unselfish friendship love (agapan) toward the world, in the gift of his (John 11:26). But Jesus says that the Father loves as with a feeling of ability love (philic) those who have come into his inner family circle through love for his Son (John 16:27). In the interview of Jesus with Peter, on the shore of the Sea of Gallice, after the resurrection (John 21:15-19), Jesus asks Peter if he gives him friendship—love (agapan) more truly than the other disciples, as Peter had asserted that he was ready to do. Peter, remembering his official life given, represents the Jesus knows that he gives him longing-love (philic). The second time Jesus asks Peter if he can claim to give him any measure of friendship—love (agapan) apart from all comparison with others. Again Peter affirms that the Lord knows that he gives him a longing-love (philic). The Jesus changes his form of question and asks him to do his part of that he gives him even a longing-love (philic).“—Dr. Trumbull in Friendship the Master Passion. "In the Middle Ages there were many who believed that John was still alive. This belief is the occasion of the touching legend of St. John and the pilgrim, and is enshrined in the bas-relics of the frieze of the shrine of Edward the Conqueror, in Westminster Abbey."—Beardman. The one great lesson is the possibility of the restoration of the fallen, the panacea against despair. "However great a sinner a man may be, he need never despair at any time in his life of the divine mercy, for, as there is no tree so thorny, knotted, and gnarled but what it can be planned, polished and rendered beautiful, so in like manner there is not a man in the world who can be saved. Great a sinner he may be, but that God may convert him in order to adorn his soul with all the virtues and with the most signal graces."—Fra Egidio. The Change in "Peter."—"In a gallery in Europe there hangs, side by side, Rembrandt's first picture a simple sketch, imperfect and faulty, and his great masterpiece, which all men admire. So in 1625 Rembrandt first the rude fisherman who came to Jesus that day, the man as he was before Jesus began his work on him; and second, the man as he became during the years when the friendship of Jesus had warmed his heart and enriched his life."—J. R. Miller in Personal Friendships of Jesus. The power by which the change is wrought is Love. The love of Jesus, kindling love in the sinner. The test of life, "Lovest thou me?" Peter's persecution with the hopeless loss of Judas. For Peter's sin was but an eddy in the stream of an earnest and true character, while Judas' sin was the main stream and tide of his life. "If I could paint a portrait of Peter, I would write on every hair of his head, forgiveness of sin."—Luther. Peter was not only permanently changed by his experience, but he uses this experience urging others to escape the snare into which he had fallen (I. Peter 3:15, 5:6-10). The contrast between Peter's experience in his youth and in his old age is one common in Christian experience, a contrast between doing and suffering, between active, energetic service of the Lord and the patient endurance of his own body. We are involved in following Christ--Abbott. Christian liberality is cramped with many by the constant asking of this question, "What shall this man do?" when the question should be, "What shall I do?"-Jacobus. BITS OF INFORMATION. The export of fresh flowers from France to Berlin has doubled within a year. On January 19 Jerusalem had snow a foot deep, to the distress of the scantily-clad population. From a cliff 1,000 feet high, one with clear vision can see a ship at a distance of forty-two miles. On a recent scientific test, a worker in metals succeeded in drawing a penny into 5,700 feet of wire. W BLUE will boil, bake, broil or fry better coal stove. It is safe and cleanly not become greasy, can not emit odor. 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Have you a drawer have you an impending sense of ill- of Bright's Disease. LEAN'S LIV KIDNEY B s Disease in all its early stages, a a healthy, normal condition. A . Made by LEAN MEDICINE CO., SYA MAM-M-MA!! DON'T YOU H Do you forget th all its dangers to th bred in the bowels. The summer's h children because th good, clean, strong co Winter has filled SPRING CATARRH MAKES PEOPLE WEAK AND NERVOUS MISS ANNA BRYAN OR WASHINGTON, D. C. MISS ANNA BRYAN OF WASHINGTON, D. C. Miss Anna Bryan, a favorite cousin of William Jennings, known socially in Washington, D. C., where she has a host Bryan recently studied music at Fairmount Seminary, of W. In a recent letter to The Peruna Medicine Co., of Columbus, 1459 Florida Avenue, N. W., Wash. The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, O.: Gentlemen----"At the solicitation of a friend I bega ago to take your Peruna and I now feel like a new p pleasure in recommending it to all who want a good to manent cure for catarrh."---Anna Bryan. Miss Anna Bryan, a favorite cousin of William Jennings Bryan, is well known socially in Washington, D. C., where she has a host of friends. Miss Bryan recently studied music at Fairmount Seminary, of Washington, D. C. In a recent letter to The Peruna Medicine Co., of Columbus, Ohio, she says: 1459 Florida Avenue, N. W., Washington, D. C. The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, O.: Gentlemen----"At the solicitation of a friend I began some weeks ago to take your Peruna and I now feel like a new person. I take pleasure in recommending it to all who want a good tonic and a permanent cure for catarrh."---Anna Bryan MRS. BERTHA KOCKLER, 177 Gunett street, Brooklyn, N. Y., writes: "Peruna and Manalin have done me very great service, and I recommend them with pleasure to all who suffer with nervous catarrh of the stomach as I did. Should such a disease ever attack me again I shall immediately take Peruna. I now feel very well and have a good appetite all the time. I have gained in weight. I recommended Peruna to an acquaintance of ours and he is making remarkable progress. I looked so badly for a time before I began your medicine, that now when I meet some of my friends they say: 'I was very much worried about you, but now you are looking so well.' I shall always keep Peruna and Manalin in the house as family medicines." —Mrs. Bertha Kockler. PRONOUNCE IT. Sgridr Jonsdottir, Kirmarstodum. This is the address given in an order for Dodd's Kidney Pills received and filled by the Dodd's Medicine Company of Buffalo, on April 16th. This unique direction means that to reach the sick people of Iceland, the parcel must travel to New York, then to London, England, then northwest to Greenland, to be landed finally, on the lonely island at the edge of the Arctic Circle. This is a pointed illustration of how United States goods find their way to the cometest corners of the earth. America today, produces better medicines, as well as better manufactured articles than any other country in the world, and this fact accounts for the demise for Dodd's Kidney Pills from every part of the known universe. We refund 10c for every package of PUTNAM FADELESS DYES that fails to give satisfaction. Monroe Drug Co., Univincio, Mo. The worst evil we have to contend with is insincerity. **Deafness Cannot Be Cured** In local applications, as they cannot reach the desired position of the ear. There is only one way to correct it: the ear is fitted with international remedies. Deafness is caused by an external condition of the mucus lining of the Eustachian tube. If the mucus lining you have a rumbling sound or imperfect heartbeat and when it is entirely closed deafness is caused and when it is entirely closed deafness can be taken out and this tube inflammation can be taken out and this tube inflammation can be taken out and this tube inflammation can be destroyed forever; hearing will be destroyed forever; hearing will be caused by cataract, which is not only an inflamed condition of the mucus surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of misfeasance (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Send for circular free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Tolea, O. Sold by Drugskey, Tbc. Hall's Family Pills are the best. When the pugilist has his picture taken he usually strikes an attitude. One man who does things is worth a hundred who talk about the things they are going to do. Snow as a Purifier. The value of snow both as a fertilizing agent and a purifier of the air has been shown by recent experiments conducted in London. Snow was collected from the city and from the suburbs. After it was melted the water was analyzed. The snow from the suburbs gave 10.65 grains of solid matter to the gallon and the city snow gave 17.32 grains. --- sin of William Jennings Bryan, is well where she has a host of friends. Miss amount Seminary, of Washington, D. C. icine Co., of Columbus, Ohio, she says: Avenue, N. W., Washington, D. C. cus, O.: on of a friend I began some weeks w feel like a new person. I take who want a good tonic and a per-Bryan. have gained in weight. I recommended Peruna to an acquaintance of ours and he is making remarkable progress. I looked so badly for a time before I began your medicine, that now when I meet some of my friends they say: 'I was very much worried about you, but now you are looking so well.' I shall always keep Peruna and Manalin in the house as family medicines." —Mrs. Bertha Kockler. Baggage by Special Delivery. As a further accommodation to its patrons, arrangements have been made by the passenger department of the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company, whereby at the nominal charge of 50 cents per piece, to pay for transfer, baggage may now be checked through from the principal stations on its lines, to any hotel, residence or steamship dock in New York or Brooklyn. Instead of checking to Grand Central Station, New York, only, and arranging after arrival there to have your baggage properly delivered, save yourself trouble by asking local baggage-masters to forward your baggage by special delivery. A particular style of check is used for this purpose, and as soon as your baggage reaches Grand Central Station it will be promptly delivered at the address desired without further attention on your part.—From the New York Mail and Express. The tailor's advertisements are composed of clothes lines. Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c a bottle. Career and Character of Abraham Lincoln. An address by Joseph Choate, Ambassador to Great Britain, on the career and character of Abraham Lincoln—his early life—his early struggles with the world—his character as developed in the later years of his life and his administration, which placed his name so high on the world's roll of honor and fame, has been published by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway and may be had by sending six (6) cents in postage to F. A. Miller, General Passenger Agent, Chicago, Ill. When your liver is out of order do not dose yourself with poisonous drugs that harm and never cure, but take Garfield Tea, the HERB remedy that CURES. Most intentions are good, but the trouble is they often become contaminated. Edward H. Goslin, 57 years old and for many years an engineer on a branch of the Reading railroad, was recently given an engine which had about outlived its usefulness. Do what he would he could not get the locomotive to work satisfactorily, and he concluded that he had been "hoodoed." He became morose and gloomy and finally poisoned himself a few days ago at his home in Philadelphia. Thousands of Fair Women Are Never Without Peruna, The National Catarrh Remedy. Miss Marie Coats, President of the Appleton Young Ladies' Club, writes the following concerning Peruna: Appleton, Wis. The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, O. Gentle men— "I find Peruna an excellent spring and summer medicine and am glad to call the attention of my friends to it. When that languid, tired feeling comes over you, and your food no longer "I find Peruna an excellent spring and summer medicine and am glad to call the attention of my friends to it. When that languid, tired feeling comes over you, and your food no longer tastes good, and small annoyances irritate you. Peruna will make you feel like another person inside of a week. I have now used it for three seasons and find it very reliable and efficacious."—Marie Coats. Mrs. Al. Wetzel, 21 South 17th street, Terre Haute, Ind. writes: "Peruna is the greatest medicine on earth. I feel well and that tired feeling is all gone. When I began to take your medicine I could not smell nor hear a church bell ring. Now I can smell and hear. When I began your treatment my head was terrible, all sorts of buzzing, chirping and loud noises. Three months ago I dragged around like a small; now I can walk as briskly as ever. I am going to go and see the doctor that said I was not long for this world, and tell him that Peruna cured me."—Mrs. Al. Wetzel. If all the tired women and all the nervous women, and all the women that needed a tonic would read and heed the words of these three fair ladies who have spoken right to the point, how many invalids would be prevented and how many wretched lives be made happy. Peruna restores health in a normal way. Peruna puts right all the mucous membranes of the body, and in this way restores the functions of every organ. If it is the stomach that is out of order, and the digestion impaired, Peruna quickly makes things right by restoring the mucous membrane of the stomach. If the nerves tingle, if the brain is tired, if the strength is flagging and the circulation of blood weakened by flabby mucous membranes of the digestive organs, Peruna reaches the spot at once by giving to these membranes the vitality and activity which belongs to them. The pelvic organs are also lined with mucous membrane which in the female sex is especially liable to derangements. Peruna is an absolute specific in these cases. The women everywhere are praising it. No other remedy has ever received such unqualified praise from such a multitude of women. 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 o' The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O MITCHELL'S SALVE If you take up your adab, the land of plenty. Illustrated pamphlets, farm economics, farming have become become in growth. delegates, etc., and full IF YOU TAKE UP YOUR UPHOME IN WESTERN CANADA FREE If you take up your home in Western Canada, you will have illustrated pamphlets, giving experiences of languages which have come wealthy in growing wheat, reports of delegates, etc., and full information as to reduce the difficulty and oftent can be had on application to the Superintendent of Immigration, Department of Interior, Ottawa, Canada, or to J. S. Crawford, 214 W. Ninth St. Kansas City, Mo. Love may laugh at the locksmith, but never at the goldsmith. Baseball players; Golf players; all players chew White's Yucatan whilst playing. The penalty of being good natured is that you always get imposed upon. When you buy bluing, ask for Red Cross Ball Blue. Large package 50. The man who advises people not to give advice gives the very best advice. The pen is mightier than the sword when it comes to signing checks. A folder just issued by a southern railway shows that at the end of 1900 there were 495 textile mills along the lines of its system, being a gain of ninety-four mills with 22'185 looms and 1,127,590 splinders during the year. Of these mills sixty-six are in Georgia, thirty-three in Alabama, 159 in North Carolina, and 102 in South Carolina, the others being in Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri and Virginia. THE SEARCHLIGHT. KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST. The Methodist church at Garden City is having a home made row. The teachers' pay roll in Topeka is a little more than $12,000 a month. Potato planting in the Kaw valley is later than usual on account of the wet weather. Mrs. Wm. Roth, of North Ottawa, was seriously burned by the explosion of a lamp. S. V. Sprague has won out in the contest for appointment as postmaster at Olathe. Two Russians aged 70 years each, farmers of Ellis county, go to Russia for brides. One firm at Goffs claims to have handled $30,000 worth of eggs in one month's time. It is now stated that the Orient road will miss El Dorado on account of grades on that route. The last list of regular army lieutenants has nine Kansas names; all of them popular at home. Every joint in Galena and in Empire City closed and the goods and fixtures were moved away fearing prosecution. The 47th annual session of the state association of Congregational churches is held in Wichita from May 2 to May 6. Mrs. Frank Kitchen, of Horton, gets $30,000 by the will of an uncle in Illinois who make his money in the Klondike. The Paola Commercial club offers a prize of $200 for the best culverts built during the year on roads leading to town. While George Head was resisting arrest in Topeka, he was struck on the head by Policeman Hall, and died six hours later. The recent heavy rainfall at Wichita was 1.67 inches in one hour. At Anthony, 50 miles south, three inches fell within two hours. The multiplication of canneries adds new industries for many farmers of Kansas who contract the raising of supplies for them. Miss Frankie Brown has graduated from the Elk City schools with a record of never having had a tardy or absent mark against her. A township of Wilson county proposes to encourage a rural mail route by buying a rock crusher and macadamizing the roads. A 27 inch coal vein has been found near Seneca at the depth of 170 feet. Several thinner veins were found between that depth and the surface. Topeka is to pave thirty-one blocks with vitrified brick this year. That number has already been contracted for. Last year 57 blocks were paved. A crusade is on against the jug trade from Kansas City. Jugs are expressed to any name with directions to the receiving express agent to deliver to any one who will pay the C. O. D. bill and charges. A case from Osage City has been appealed to test the law. The Burlingame Chronicle says about prices of last year and this, the following: "We saw a sulky plow offered for $38 that brought $45 last year; a $14 walking plow is down to $12.50; $28 listers are sold for $24; cultivators that the farmers had to pay $28 for last year can be had now for $25; $48 planters are cut to $38. In binders the price of last year has been maintained. Report says that at least 5,000 visitors were in Arkansas City on April 26, in attendance upon the Odd Fellows gathering there, and drawn by the usual attractions with such an occasion. At the commencement of the Spanish war Jesse George, a Leavenworth lawyer, disappeared after leaving certain of his effects on the river bank. Until now it has been supposed that he was dead. It is learned that he is now chief clerk in the department of education in Manila. H. A. Parker, first vice president and general manager, and W. E. Dauchy, general engineer of the Rock Island are on a trip of inspection between Chicago and Fort Worth. They worked through Kansas, entering the state on the 22nd of April. Postmaster John Winn, of Manhattan, has become insane. This is his third attack, the last occurring over a year ago. The probable cause this time is believed to be the certainty of the appointment of a successor in the postoffice. A. P. Jetmore, the retiring county attorney of Shawnee county, has gone to New York city and into partnership with S. M. Gardenshine, formerly a Topeka lawyer. Ex-Congressman Melvin A. Baldwin, who killed himself in Seattle, came to Lawrence after the civil war and was assistant superintendent of the Leavenworth, Lawrence & Galveston R. R., and when J. S. Kalloch resigned the place of superintendent Baldwin succeeded him, and held the place until the Santa Fe absorbed the road. Anthony is reaching out after the Choctaw railroad. Dean Sykes leaves Grace Cathedral at Topeka on June 1. Work is commenced to build another 150,000 bushel elevator in Wichita. Riley county is to build two $12,000 bridges over the Kansas river this summer. Robert A. Maxey, manager for a lumber company in Arkansas City, has killed himself. Robbers entered the grange store at Edgerton and found nothing but pennies in the till. Burglars blew open the safe in a lumber yard office at Norwich and found about $20. James F. Legate, the veteran politician of Leavenworth and of Kansas, is almost blind. Henry Munday, a switchman on the Missouri Pacific, was crushed to death between cars at Wichita. The superintendents of the high schools of Kansas hold a meeting at Chapman to form a state organization. Atchison is getting to be a better town to live in; the saloon keepers cannot live and pay monthly assessments both. A number of Harvey county Russian and German farmers are planning a trip to the old country, to be gone six months. An Iowa man has purchased 15 quarter sections in Sherman county as an investment. Prices paid were low, some of it at $1 an acre. A loan has been negotiated by the Catholies for the completion of the convent at Concordia. Work on their cathedral there is to commence soon. The instances of breaking their parole by convicts let out of the penitentiary are discouraging to Governor Stanley and he may let up on the plan. The Sells and Gray circus is to spend next winter in Topeka. Willie Sells, of that firm, made this statement while in Topeka at the funeral of his mother. The bargain for the Bennett property for a governor's residence in Topeka is complete and Governor Stanley expects to be occupying it some time in May. Chris Foust and Merle Richards, Summer county boys, were hunting plover and were accidentally shot, receiving wounds which were considered fatal. Corporal Wm. L. Dawson, just returned from the Philippines, paid cash for an 80-acre farm in Saline county. He saved $2,000 in less than 3 years of army life. James Dunn was fatally wounded by Ben Loy near Lincoln, Lincoln county. Dunn went to see Loy's daughter, Loy forbid his entering the house and the shooting followed. David Nation, of Medicine Lodge, was visiting relatives at Marion, Indiana, and while there visited a dog and pony show and wao robbed of $78 and his return ticket to Wichita. H. Collet has been postmaster of Elk, in Marion county, for 27 years and has just had his office checked up by a postoffice inspector for the first time. Everything was found straight. Contractors for the work on the cutoff at Wellsville, found difficulty in securing laborers and imported a force of negroes. The white men employed were dissatisfied and some of them quit. The priest in charge at Concordia is building an addition to his house. He received a letter accusing his workmen of stealing material from another house. The writer threatens to use dynamite on the walls of the new convent if the stuff is not returned. The board of railroad commissioners propose to personally investigate every complaint of any importance. They will go to the town where the complaint is made to save the expense of bringing witnesses to Topeka. Miss Cora Shellhammer, whose parents live at Conway Springs, died at Collran, Colorado, and her remains were brought home. She was head bookkeeper in her brother-in-law's store at Collran. The family came from Michigan in 1877, and settled on land now occupied by Conway Springs. Senator Harris sold an 11-months-old Shorthorn bull at the Shorthorn auction sale at the Kansas City stock yards for $1,125. The bull is known as Lord Burrington and was bred by A. II. Gentry, of Sedalia, Mo. The meeting of the David L. Payne Memorial association took steps for the removal of the remains of Payne and for securing a suitable tablet or monument to his memory. Payne was buried at Wellington and his grave has been cared for by the G. A. R. post there. Mr. Sponyo, of Brown county, owns a mule for which he has refused an offer of $300. The mule is 20 hands high and weighs nearly 2,000 pounds. It is not quite four years old. Patrolman Hall, of Topeka, who broke the skull of George Head, is in jail, as much for his own protection as for a criminal act. Head was a jointist and resisted arrest for disturbing a religious meeting, when Hull struck the fatal blow. A crowd of jointkeepers and their friends have been organizing a mob to lynch Hall. Gala Day for san Francisco. When the Ohio is launched at San Francisco May 18 the state contingent will be in force. A special train has been secured, and there will be three or more drawing room sleepers and probably one composite car. England's Army and Navy. It was recently stated that England's army and navy is inadequate to properly defend herself from a sudden onslaught. England is, in this instance, like the individual who allows disease to creep into his system through a stucco to weak to properly digest the food taken into it. To strengthen the stomach there is nothing better than Hossetter's Stomach Bitters. It cures dyspepsia, constipation, indigestion, liver and kidney trouble, and is a tonic, is incomparable. Health may be wealth, but you can't make a doctor believe it. A Month's Test Free Month's Test Free. If you have a bottle of Dr. Schropp's Restorall the, express pack of bottles for Dr. Schropp's the, express pack of bottles for Dr. Schropp's Two Enemies of Wheat. The wheat fly feeds upon the flower of the wheat, while the hessian fly lays its eggs in the stem; the former thus renders the flower abortive, while the injury done by the latter affects the whole plant. Disgusted with British Army. At one time Lord Wolseley was very nearly leaving the British army in disgust. He had been gazetted a captain at the end of 1854, when he was not yet 22 years of age, but the authorities canceled his promotion on the score of his youth. Wolseley thereupon threatened to resign, and the cancellation was in turn canceled. Spread of the Kaiser Mustache. A humorous result of Emperor William's recent visit to England is evident in the mustaches of the inhabitants of the west end of London. That upward and outward twist so associated with the kaiser's mustache has been extensively adopted, especially by those having pretensions to military appearance. Interviews with west end barbers reveal the trouble they are encountering in transforming lifelong troops into upward curls. FROM DEATH'S DOOR Hillsdale, Ill., April 29th. Much interest has been aroused here over the case of William Marks, who has been in a dying condition for several months with an apparently incurable Kidney Disease. The leading physicians of this place had pronounced his case a hopeless one, and others from Port Byron, Geneseo, and Davenport, Ia., had attended him, and in a consultation decided that he could not live. In desperation, his nephew inquired of Mr. L. F. Giles, a local druggist, as to a last resort. Mr. Giles suggested Dodd's Kidney Pills, a remedy which had just been introduced here. The results were marvelous. Mr. Marks immediately began to improve, and within a few weeks was able to be up and about, completely cured. His cure is the talk of the neighborhood, and is considered nothing short of a miracle. There appears to be no doubt that this new remedy, Dodd's Kidney Pills, will cure any case of Kidney Disease, for the more malignant forms, such as Bright's Disease, Diabetes, and Dropsy, yield readily to its remarkable influence. These forms of Chronic Kidney Disease have hitherto been considered incurable, and have baffled all medical skill, and yet, this new remedy has cured every single case in which it has been used, in this neighborhood. The doctors themselves are amazed at the wonderful work Dodd's Kidney Pills are accomplishing in Rock Island County. The only exercise some fellows take is in rushing the growler. The baseball magnate not only has to stand his ground but grandstand as well. Ask your grocer for Red Cross Ball Blue. Large 2-oz. package 5 cents. You seldom miss the beer until the schooner runs dry. I do not believe Pisso's Cure for Consumption has an equal for coughs and colds—JOHN F. BOYER, Trinity Springs, Ind. Feb. 5, 1904. According to astronomy the dog star must be a sky-terrier. Kiffers permanently Cured. Kiffers pervousness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's great Nerve Restorer, sand for FREE $2.00 trial bottle and treatise. Dr. R. H. Kline, LLC, 321 Arch St, Philadelphia, Pa. None but the brave street car conductor deserves the fare. People expect much from Garfield Tea and they are never disappointed; it purifies the blood and cures stomach, liver, kidney and bowel disorders. The feathers don't make the bird, Parrots never get into the soup. Foolish and obstinate people alone suffer from neuralgia or rheumatism. For they can always secure Wizard Oil and cure themselves. Owing to its crookedness the letter S is frequently in distress. The Grand Trunk Railway System. The picturesque route to the Pan-American Exposition, will mail on receipt of 2 cents in stamps, sent to its City Passenger and Ticket Agent, 249 Clark Street, Chicago, the handsomest descriptive folder of the Pan-American Exposition yet issued. Beauty of Donizetti's Heroine. Lucrezia Borgia was a singularly beautiful woman, with gray eyes and yellow hair. It was said of her that her upper eyelids drooped over more than half the iris, so as to give the eye a languid expression. She had a peculiar trick of looking steadily sideways at those with whom she conversed, and this peculiarity invariably excited distrust in those who observed it. She was singularly gifted in conversation and repartee, and could hold her own in any company. THROUGH GHEERS OF DIXIE. A Regular Session of the Cabinet on Wheels. A SET SPEECH AT MEMPHIS Memphis, Tenn., May 2.—The presidential party passed through the heart of Dixie and reached Memphis. This was the first resting place of the tour. After descending the mountains the train skimmed along through northern Alabama and the valley of the Tennessee river and touching at Corinth, Mississippi. The heat was rather oppressive, but the weather was not so warm as the president's welcome. The hearty greetings testified how completely he has captured the hearts of the people of Dixie. Confederate veterans at all the stopping places were among the president's most enthusiastic auditors and he was impressed with their marks of love and esteem. During the morning, at the regular hour for the cabinet to assemble, the president summoned his advisers into the observation car and there, behind behind closed doors, the first cabinet meeting on wheels was held. No important advices had been received from Washington which required action, but the foreign dispatches in the papers were talked over and some of the details as yet undetermined were discussed. At Memphis a national salute of 21 guns was given from the bluffs. There was a parade with a company of grizzled Confederate veterans in their old uniforms acting as a guard of honor. The city was elaborately decorated with flags and bunting. Not a residence or business house seemed to have escaped. Banners were stretched across the street bearing such inscriptions as "Mr. President, the City is Yours." "The Nation's President." In Court Square, where the open air reception occurred, the platform was so hedged around with roses and other blossoms as to make it a flower show. Over 100,000 people were packed into the square when the president was introduced by Mayor Williams. In response to the cheers which greeted him the president made the first really notable speech of his trip. His theme was the resistless power of a great united people and was delivered in his best vein. After this speech the party was driven to the Twentieth Century club, a ladies organization. Here was a veritable beauty show. About thirty charming southern belles held court in a bower of roses, ranged round a gilded arm chair, which was designed to hold the president. Mr. McKinley, however, was too tawdry to be caught in the net. He did not take the chair, but braved the battery of eyes and after greeting each of the young ladies personally in turn, made a pretty speech. Famine in China. New York, April 30.—The following cablegram was received by the Christian Herald from Pekin: Very serious famine spreads over the whole province of Shansi. Over 11,000,000 population affected. Urgent relief necessary. Conditions warrant immediate appeal. (Signed) "LI HUNG CHANG." The Christian Herald has announced its purpose of raising a fund to relieve the sufferers in the famine stricken district. A Teacher Disappears Pueblo, Colo., April 29.—Local sensation is caused by the mysterious disappearance of Mrs. Mertie Buerger, who for twelve years has been a teacher in the Pueblo schools. Bloodhounds followed her trail from Mrs. Buerger's house to and under a bridge over Fountain creek, a shallow stream. The Arkansas river, some distance further, has been dragged without result. Native Porto Rican Troops. San Juan, Porto Rico, April 30. -A mounted battalion of native troopers paraded here and were reviewed by Lieutenant Colonel James A Buchanan of the Fifteenth infantry. This was the first public exhibition given by the troops outside of their home barracks. Their evolutions and formations were wonderfully precise, and their drills compared favorably with those of the American regular soldiers. A "Call" is a Contract. Washington, May 1.—The United States supreme court decided in the case brought by ex-Congressman Stephen V. White of Brooklyn, that a "call" as the word is used in the stock exchange is an agreement to sell and therefore subject to taxation at the rate of 2 cents per $100 under the war revenue law. Reviving the Panama Project Paris, May 1.—All the daily papers contain three columns of a passionate appeal to Frenchmen to build the Panama canal. It is an obvious advertisement, signed by the distinguished engineer, Philippe Bunau Varilla, well known in the United States, who himself contributes $400,000. The appeal is based upon patriotic and practical grounds. A cheerful and hopeful effect has been produced in Paris by this unexpected address. CALLAHAN ACOUITTED. Jury Vigorously Rebuked by Presiding Judge Baker. Omaha, April 30.—The jury which heard the evidence against James Calahan, charged with being one of the kidnappers of young Cudahy, returned a verdict of not guilty. Judge Baker rebuked the jury in the most vigorous terms, saying: "If Calahan had made his own choice of a jury he could not have selected twelve men who have served him more faithfully. If the state for its part had made the selection, I know of no men it could have named who have been less careful of its interests. The jury is discharged without the compliments of the court, and the prisoner is likewise turned loose as to this trial. I presume to continue the criminal practices in which you have failed to cheek him. I do not know what motive actuated you in reaching this decision, but I hope none of you will ever appear again in this jury box." Chief of Police Donahue advises the withdrawal of rewards offered for Pat Crowe, as the same evidence is all there is to use against him. He said: "There is not a single flaw in the testimony and the evidence of guilt is overwhelming." Veterans Preferment Law. Topeka, May 2.—The Veteran preferment strikes all second and third class cities at once. Under the law the mayor of a second or third class city must make all of his appointments at the first meeting of the council in May. This law will take effect just in time to catch the mayors of those towns this time. Under it the old soldiers are entitled to every office within the gift of the mayor, and if he fails to give all the offices to them they can have him impeached and removed from office. It will also hit Topeka: on account of the contest no appointments have been made here. They will be made next week sometime. The old soldiers can claim every office, and get it, too, or cause the mayor a heap of trouble. Here is a New One. Minneapolis, Minn., May 2.—The Soo line Pacific coast limited train was delayed for one hour in North Dakota through a peculiar circumstance. The loss of an hour between these two stations, which are only thirty-six miles apart, was caused by Russian thistles that had been blown up in huge piles along the track by the heavy gales of the last few days. The thistles were piled in heaps large as an ordinary hay cock, and the wire fences which have been erected along the track were completely buried from view. State Can Sell Leased Lands. Topeka, May 2.—"The cattlemen of Western Kansas are mistaken in the belief that the leases which they hold on public school lands prohibit the state from selling the lands until the leases expire," said State Auditor Cole. "The fact is the state can sell the lands any time and the sale wipes out the lease. The cattlemen are given leases on the public lands with a enure of five years, providing the state holds the lands that long. But if it sells them the leases are cancelled." After the Grain Trust. Topeka. May 2.—The state board of railroad commissioners will take a hand in the fight against the grain trust. It is now collecting evidence, and when it has things in shape it will tear loose in a manner calculated to knock the trust which not only has the producers at its mercy, but also the railroads. In fact, its grip on the railroads is what enables it to throttle competition, and it is this feature that the railroad commissioners can reach. Carload of Mules Burned Topeka, April 30.—A carload of mules headed for New Orleans for shipment to South Africa for war purposes met a sad fate at Douglas, Kas. The Santa Fe was pulling them over the El Dorado branch on a fast freight. A spark from the engine set the car on fire and before the train could be stopped and the fire extinguished four of the mules were burned to death and the rest were so badly injured that they had to be killed. Lightning's Work. Wichita, April 29.—John Cooper was struck by lightning during the rainstorm and instantly killed. He was standing on his porch when the electric bolt struck him. Death was instantous. He was about to go out to cover his plants as hail threatened. At about the same time lightning struck the German Evangelical church in the city, but only tore off some shingles. Oil Lands Not so Much Beaumont, Texas, May 1.—A New Orleans attorney has caused a vacant stare on the faces of the owners of leased oil lands. It is asserted by him that the holder of the title to the lands must pay the taxes and not the big leasing companies. The lands have jumped from a $5 an acre assessed value to thousands of dollars an acre to be assessed. No agreement about taxes is made in the leases. That was not thought of during the happy excitement then prevailing. THROUGH SMILING DIXIE President Reminds Virginia Of Its Historic Patriotic Past. /N TOUCH WITH WASHINGTON. Bristol, Tenn., May 1.—The first day of the president's tour lay through historic Virginia. The presidential party received flattering ovation at every point through Virginia. Charlotteville, Va.—The students of the University were given a short speech by the president who said that it gave him great pleasure to receive the greetings and cheers of the young men of an institution linked with great names and great deeds. "What an army of immortal names Virginia holds in her keeping to remind us of lofty patriotism, broad statesmanship and noble achievements. To no other state of the American union belongs such history to preserve and cherish, and such examples to inspire and emulate. May the young men of the state of Virginia prove worthy sons of their noble ancestors and contribute in the future as they did in the past to the well being and honor and glory of the republic. Let me assure you, young gentlemen, that the present and the future hold rich rewards for good scholars and the wish which I leave with you is that of this you may have your full share." Wytheville, Va.—The president and his party will keep in close touch with Washington throughout the trip to California, and every facility has been arranged to transact such business as is necessary from the train. The railroad officials in charge of the train and the various divisions over which it passed took every precaution to guard against the possibility of a mishap of any character. All the members of the party enjoyed the first day of their trip, and the president expressed his gratification over the reception he had received. Mrs. McKinley, who was not feeling particularly well when the train started, became better as the day progressed, and said she had enjoyed it all very much. Roanoke. Va.—The biggest and noisiest demonstration of the day occurred at Roanoke. Thousands of people were at the station and two bands greeted the president with "Hail to the Chief." There were more American flags in evidence here than at any other stopping place. The president responded to the calls for a speech briefly: "I am informed, and I do not wonder at it, that your committee which was to extend a welcome to Roanoke has been lost in this great crowd; but there can be no warmer or more sympathetic welcome than greets me from the hearts of your people." Two Important Cables Washington. May 2. - Two important cables are received from General MacArthur. In the opinion of the officials the news contained in them mark the almost complete collapse of organized rebellion in the Philippines. "General Tinio surrendered with his command. He will deliver all men and guns in his command as soon as they can be gathered together. "Col. Sirpiano Callo and Gregorio Katibac. Malvar's best officers, surrendered to Colonel Jacob Kline April 26, 23 officers, 108 men and 86 rifles." Malvars was also one of the best known Filipino leaders, and was General Lawton's most formidable foe. Must Have Kansas Corn. Wichita, April 30.—G. A. Schley, of Braunfels, Texas. white here on grain business said the people of his state want Kansas corn for bread. The people of all the southern states eat a good deal of corn bread and the people of his state have found out that meal made of Kansas corn is the best and hat is the reason he comes here to buy corn. He says the people of Texas will not eat meal made from yellow corn and must have white corn. White corn slightly mixed does not suit. Smallpox is Wiped Out Topeka, Kan., May 2.—The report of the state board of charities for the month of April will show that the epidemic of smallpox at the several state institutions has been stamped out. There were ninety cases, thirty of which were at the Osawatomie asylum. The disease was in a mild form and there was no deaths. Passing of the C. B. & O. Burlington, Ia., May 1.—The Hawkeye prints a letter from C. E. Perkins concerning the proposed sale of Chicago, Burlington and Quincy stock, in which he states that it is not a passing away of the system; that there will be no change in the C., B. and Q. name or management, and that all officers will be retained. He is Most Bloodthirsty Manila, May 1.—Captain William Chase, with a detachment of the Twenty-first infantry, surprised the camp of the insurgent general Cailles, but he managed to escape. General Cailles recently offered a reward of $10,000 for the head of Captain Edward N. Jones, Jr., of the Eighth infantry. He is said to be a French half caste. He has a reputation for vindictiveness and cruelty, and is one of the two or three Filipino leaders who have ignored the observances of honorable warfare. Hollow Ash... Hall BY MARGARET BLOUNT. ```markdown ``` CHAPTER IV.—(Continued.) "Prefjudice! By Jove! I go a great deal further than that. I should like to see her well shaken—I should like to shake her myself, in fact. First, for believing such nonsense herself and then for writing a pack of stories, enough to turn a whole nursery of children into dangerous lunatics. I wonder if she lets her own children read that wretched book." "I can't say. But if you would only let me read you one story, papa——" "Read to me!—a ghost story to me! Rose, I begin to think you must be going mad!" "I'm not, papa; and this particular story is vouchered for by your beau ideal Mr. Howitt." "I don't believe it." "But it is, indeed! There is his name! and he had the accounts of the haunted house from credible witnesses!" "Oh, yes—of course!" sneered Mr. Cowley. "However, I don't care if I hear this one tale. I should like to see what kind of a case he can make out of such outrageous rubbish." "I won't bother you with a long story; but just hear what Mr. Drury says he saw at the haunted house in Wilmington, where Mr. Howitt went afterwards." "About ten minutes to twelve we heard a noise, as if a number of people were pattering with their bare feet upon the floor; and yet, so singular was the noise that I could not minutely determine from whence it proceeded. A few minutes afterwards we heard a noise, and as if some one was knocking with his knuckles among our feet; this was followed by a hollow cough from the very room from which the apparition proceeded. The only noise after this was as if a person were rustling against the wall in coming up stairs. At a quarter to one I told my friend that, feeling a little cold, I would like to go to bed, as we might hear the noise equally well there; he replied that he might not go to bed till daylight. I took up a note which I had accidentally dropped, and began to read it, after which I took out my watch to ascertain the time, and found that it wanted ten minutes to one. In taking my eyes from the watch they became riveted upon a closet door which I distinctly saw open, and saw also the figure of a female attired in greyish garments, with the head inclining downwards, and the one hand pressed upon the chest, as if in pain, and the other, viz., the right hand, extended towards the floor, with the index finger pointing downwards. It advanced with an apparent cautious step across the floor towards me; immediately as it approached my friend, who was slumbering, its right hand was extended towards him. I then rushed at it, giving, as Mr. Proctor states, a most awful yell; but, instead of grasping it, I fell upon my friend, and I recollected nothing distinctly for nearly three hours afterwards. I have since learned that I was carried down stairs in an agony of fear and terror. "I hereby certify that the above account is strictly true and correct in every respect. "EDWARD DRURY." "North Shields." "What stuff!" exclaimed Mr. Cowley. "Is there any more, Rose" "A little, papa. An account of a ghost seen in the same house by two young ladies." "The first night, as they were sleeping in the same bed, they felt the bed lifted up beneath them. Of course, they were much alarmed. They feared lest some one had concealed himself there for the purpose of robbery. They gave an alarm, search was made, but nothing was found. On another night their bed was violently shaken, and the curtains suddenly hoisted up all around to the very tester, as if pulled by cords, and as rapidly let down again, several times. Search again produced no evidence of the cause. The next day they had the curtains totally removed from the bed, resolving to sleep without them, as they felt as though evil eyes were lurking behind them. The consequences of this, however, were still more striking and terrific. The following night, as they happened to wake, and the chamber was light enough (for it was summer) to see everything in it, for they both saw a female figure, of a misty substance, and a blue-grey hue, come out of the wall at the bed's head, and through the headboard, in a horizontal position, and lean over them. They saw it most distinctly. They saw it as a female figure come out of, and again pass into, the wall. Their terror became intense; and one of the sisters, from that night, refused to sleep any more in the house but took refuge in the house of the foreman during her stay; the other shifted her quarters to another part of the house. It was the young lady who slept at the foreman's who saw as above related the singular apparition of the luminous figure in the window, along with the foreman and his wife. "It would be too long to relate all the forms in which this nocturnal disturbance is said by the family to present itself. When a figure appears, it is sometimes that of a man, as already described, which is often very luminous, and passes through the walls as though they were nothing. This male figure is well known to the neighbors "I don't believe it." She began to read: "North Shields." by the name of 'Old Jeffrey!' At other times it is the figure of a lady also in grey costume, and is described by Mr. Drury. She is sometimes seen sitting wrapped in a sort of mantle, with her head depressed, and her hands crossed on her lap. The most terrible fact is that she is without eyes. "To hear such sober and superior people gravely relate to you such things gives you a very odd feeling. They say that the noise made is often like that of a pavior with his rammer thumping on the floor. At other times it is coming down stairs, making a similar loud sound. At others, it coughs, sighs and groans, like a person in distress; and again, there is the sound of a number of little feet pettering on the floor of the upper chamber, where the apparition has more particularly exhibited itself, and which for that reason is solely used as a lumber room. Here these foot steps may be often heard, as if careering a child's carriage about, which in bad weather is kept up there. Sometimes again, it makes the most horrible laughs. Nor does it always confine itself to the night. On one occasion a young lady, as she assured her herself, opened the door in answer to a knock, the housemaid being absent, and a lady in fawn colored silk entered, and porceeded up stairs. As the young lady, of course, supposed it a neighbor come to make a morning call on Mrs. Proctor, she followed her up to the drawing room, where, however, to her astonishment, she did not find her, nor was anything more seen of her." CHAPTER V At this stage of the reading Mrs. Cowley, who had been listening is perfect agony of fear, suddenly found strength to rebel. "Rose, shut that book instantly!" she exclaimed. "No, Mr. Cowley, I will not sit and hear such things! I've got a creeping down my back already, and my arms are all goose flesh; and I wouldn't hear the rest of it if you gave me five thousand pounds—there!" Rose closed the book. Her father did not object, and drew his chair closer to the fire, and glanced nervously over his shoulder as he did so. Catharine looked very pale, though she made no remark, and Rose was satisfied. It was a pleasure, if a malicious one, to think that not one of them all would dare go up stairs in the dark at that moment, any more than she would. And she felt quite sure that if the lady in grey "without eyes" came to her bedside that night, Catharine's couch would by no means remain unvisited. There was a short silence, broken by the sound of a rapid scuffling step in the hall. They looked at each other somewhat timidly, and Mrs. Cowley gave a little yelp of terror when the parlor door was flung violently open. But nothig woe than Mrs. Macarthy stood there; Mrs. Macarthy no longer ruddy and laughing, but pale and frightened, as she had once vowed she never could be. "I wish you would step this way, sir," she said, addressing Mr. Cowley, eagerly. "Something queer has happened out there." ? "Oh gracious, the ghost, the ghost!" screamed Mrs. Cowley. "No, ma'am, at least, nothing that you can see. But it isn't exactly improving to the spirits to sit and hear it all by one's self. Do come out, sir, and listen." Mr. Cowley went. The rest, seized with a sudden panic, ran after him. Mrs. Macarthy led the way to the kitchen, where she had been sitting reading "Love and Revenge, or The Bandit's Vengeance and the Malden's Choice," by the light of two tallow candles and a blazing fire large enough to roast an ox. Cowley looked round curiously, so did the girls, clinging very close to their mother all the while. "Hark!" said Mrs. Macarthy, holding up her finger; "there it is again!" They listened with bated breath. From behind a closed door on the right hand side of the kitchen came a strange, continuous sound. "The rocking of a cradle, by Jove!" said Mr. Cowley. And Mrs. Macarthy nodded assent. "Some confounded tricks! Have you opened the door?" "I tried, sir." "Well?" "It would not come open." "Why not?" "It is nalled up, sir." "Didn't I tell you so?" exclaimed Mr. Cowley, gaining fresh courage from this circumstance. "Some rascal has got in there to frighten us out of the place, so he can carry on his usual games with impunity. Give me the hammer, Mrs. Macarthy, and I'll break the door open. I'll cradle the fellow with a vengeance. I wonder if one of you would have pluck enough to go for my pistol?" "I'll go," said Rose, growing very brave in the belief that a trick was being played upon them. She was not afraid of anything human, even though it came in the shape of a masked burglar at midnight, and she ran and brought the pistol, without giving a thought as to anything that might still be lurking on the stairs. When she got back her father had finished his task, and was just about to open the door. Still the cradle rocked unceasingly. He had made Ma. carthy bring a light and took that in one hand and the pistol in the other. Mrs. Cowley and Catharine shivered in the background but Mrs. Macarthy and Rose stood stoutly on the other side of the door, eager to get the first peep at the mysterious room. "Now, you fellow, who ever you may be, I give you fair warning!" called out Mr. Cowley in a loud voice. Still the cradle locked. "Another trick,but you shan't frighten me with your confounded nonsense. Stand back, all of you. Here goes!" He gave the door a tremendous kick, which sent it flying from the hinges. At the same instant he fired. And still, when the echo of the shot had died away, they heard the self-same noise, the self-same cradle song. Mr. Cowley entered the room, and held the light high above his head. It was a small closet, like a butter's pantry, with no window, no other mode of ingress or egress than the door. It was impossible for anyone to escape, nor was there a single living thing in the place except himself. Yet the cradle rocked, and the song was sung while he stood there, almost at his very feet. He stepped back into the kitchen, looking very pale, feeling very sick and faint. Rose caught him by the arm. "Oh, papa!" she whispered, with white lips, "the place is haunted, and we were very wrong to come. What shall we do? Loot at mamma!" It was, indeed, time to do so, for Mrs. Cowley lay in strong hysteresis on the kitchen floor. Catharine had fainted, and Mrs. Macarthy was bending over them both, alternately administering restoratives. Mrs. Cowley raised his wife in his arms; Rose and Mrs. Macarthy supported Catharine between them. And as they left the haunted room the cradle was still rocking, the low nursery song still sounding in their ears! (To be Continued.) Old Trinity Genealogies Nowhere is the increasing interest in genealogy and genealogical societies more felt than in the parish of Old Trinity, in this city, says the New York Times. The city is so old, and the church dates back so far in its history, and so many people have lived in New York state that every other woman who can trace her relatives ancestors into New York state is pretty sure that they must have been registered for birth, marriage or death in the Trinity records. They write to inquire without hesitation, and one clerk is kept busy most of the time looking up possible ancestors and lost links in ancestral chains. Where something like a clew is given, an effort is made to obtain the information, but when there is only a supposition it is not possible to hunt through all the records. It would keep an office full of clerks constantly at the records to answer all the requests that are made. Woman's Amusing Mistake An American woman tells an amusing story against herself, resulting from her blissful ignorance of any language but her own. She was one of three American girls traveling in Italy. They had come to Europe with the laudable determination to see famous people as well as all famous places; and in pursuance of this plan, while in Milan, they paid a visit to Sig. Verdi. Verdi received his unexpected visitors graciously, but as they were taking leave, he raised his voice slightly saying, "Roberto!" She, imagining this must be the Italian equivalent for "farewell," raised her voice also, and looking him full in the face, exclaimed in her turn "Roberto!" then turned to discover, to her dire confusion that Sig. Verdi had merely been calling his man servant to show them the door. After that she took lessons in italian. Lady's Privilege on Second Meeting. Lady's Privilege on Second Meeting. It is the lady's privilege, if so inclined, to first recognize and salute a gentleman upon next meeting him after being introduced. This prerogative is reserved to ladies, in order to protect them from annoyance; as in company, many casual introductions are made to persons with whom it may not be desirable to keep up an acquaintance. If the lady is disinclined to continue the acquaintance with persons so introduced, she will, of course, make no recognition upon next meeting. Bupt if it should happen to be otherwise, she must take care not to omit the duty incumbent upon her, as politeness and etiquette debar the gentleman from making and advances—New York Weekly. He—"Carrie, do you know you are the first woman I ever loved?" She—"So then that is what accounts for your greenness? But to think that I should run a kindergarten courtship school!"