Wichita Searchlight

THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT ANNIVERSARY JUBILEE UNDER THE AUSPICES OF "The Wichita Searchlight." DAY AND NIGHT DURING THE DAY AND PIC-N South Riverside H Admission Park, Free! Free! DURING THE NIGHT AND JUBILEE EXERCISE AT PEERLESS HALL. MISSION, at the Hall, 10 usical and Literary FAMOUS BAND Fishers Military Battalion Prof. Coffey's Home furnish Mi OFFICIAL PROGRAM rendered at Peerless day night, MAY 29th MUSIC, ... CHINNETH'S MANDOL THE BEGINNING," ... J. E. D. ... Mrs. S. E. COLORED JOURNAL NEEDED." JUDGE T. C. MUSIC, ... CHINNETH'S MANDOL TURE COLORED GIRL" [paper] Miss Winnie FOR SOLO, ... Wm. H. TRUMENTAL, ... PROF. CHICK RED WOMEN AS JOURNALISTS," ... Mrs. S. A. ANNIVERSARY," ... W. N. SOLO, ... S. O. C. CROWNING THE QUEEN. THE DAY PIC-NIC Riverside Park, MISSION Free! Free! Free! T NIGHT LEE EXERISES BERLESS HALL. At the Hall, 10c. and Literary. S BANDS - 2 Military Band, Faffey's Home Band, Irish Music PROGRAM at Peerless hall, at, MAY 29th 1901. ...CHINNETH'S MANDOLIN CLUB. ...J. E. LEWIS. ...MRS. S. E. PATTON. NEEDED," JUDGE T. C. WILSON. ...CHINNETH'S MANDOLIN CLUB. " [paper] MISS WINNIE RAYE. ...Wm. H. JONFS. ...PROF. CHICK MILLER. ERNALISTS," ...MRS. S. ANDERSON. ...W. N. MILLER. ...S. O. CLAYTON. ING THE QUEEN. DURING THE DAY GRAND PIC-NIC South Riverside Park, Admission To the Park, Free! Free! Free! AND AT NIGHT GRAND JUBILEE EXERISES AT PEERLESS HALL. ADMISSION, at the Hall, 10c. Musical and Literary. OFFICIAL PROGRAM to be rendered at Peerless hall. Wednesday night, MAY 29th 1901. MUSIC,.....CHINNETH'S MANDOLIN CLUB. "THE BEGINNING,".....J. $^{\textcircled{2}}$ E. LEWIS. SOLO.....MRS. S. E. PATTON. "A COLORED JOURNAL NEEDED." JUDGE T. C. WILSON. MUSIC,.....CHINNETH'S MANDOLIN CLUB. "FUTURE COLORED GIRL" [paper] Miss WINNIE RAYE. TENOR SOLO,.....Wm. H. JONFS. INSTRUMENTAL,.....PROF. CHICK MILLER. "COLORED WOMEN AS JOURNALISTS,".....MRS. S. ANDERSON. "OUR ANNIVERSARY,".....W. N. MILLER. BASS SOLO,.....S. O. CLAYTON. S. E. PATTON, MASTER Of CEREMONIES --- WICHITA, KANSAS, MAY 25, 1901 Our Anniversary Number. A. E. HON. JAMES L. HARPER, Deputy Grand Master of Kansas. Also Member Republican City Central Committee, Prom inent in Wichita's Society Race Remarks. Education improves and refines the individual and makes him more fully prepared for the duties of citizenship. Then he who would deprive a child of the humblest parentage the opportunity of an education is an enemy to the Commonwealth. God save the Commonwealth from the enemies. If some Negroes would ask the with the same earnestness that they use in betraying those who are trying to build up their despised race, they would own more real estate. Good manners and a brave heart will help any one in this life. War paint and the tomahawk will not make way to glory and success. This method was tried long years ago but it failed. Manliness, politeness and suavity, will bring one into favor when other things will fail. A PROMINENT HOTEL PROPRIETOR. HCN. JAMES A JACKSON PROPRIETOR OF THE JACKSON HOUSE. Miss Ethel Isler Wins. The Carnival Queen contest is over and Miss Ethel Isler wins the honors on a vote of 86. Miss Winnie Raye was second with a vote of 48. Miss Isler will be crowned Carnival Queen at Peerless Hall Next Wednesday evening. PLAIN TALK We have a great many things to learn before we can perform successfully the work that comes to us as a people. It sometimes happens that an individual conceives the idea that he has all the knowledge and learning that it is intended for one person to possess-that he is a sort of walking cyclopedia. The same is also true of races. They often feel that they have reached the goal-the very acme of all that is beautiful, lovely and true. This is a wrong position for a peraon or race to take. No man can hope to realize that growth and development which it is his privilege to enjoy who does acknowlddge his own ignorance and feel the need of improving his condition, This is equally true of races. We can see to day as never before the necessity of growth. Growth is the law of our being. We must go forward-advance-or we go back. It is hardly possible for us to advance very materially and rapidly until we become fully conscious of the absolute dimand in that direction. We can do much toward making the people see the necessity that is upon them. We feel confident that mistakes are constantly being made with reference to this matter. It is a common thing for us to publish to the world that this or other man is one of the finest scholars and orators that has blessed the world for many generations. The man may be a passably good schoolar and a speaker of no special mean parts; still he is by no means what he is represented to be It is far petter to tell the truth, the whole; truth and nothing but the truth than it is to exagerate about the man. We do much to keep the people back in the scale of intelligence by such a course We must get down to solid pan and let the people know how much they know and what there is to be known. The world is full of people who think that all knowledge will die with them. They are simply mistaken: there are worlds of information that they do not possess. Our institutions are designed for men who are willing to confess that they are ignorant and wish to acquire the much needed knowledge Great opportunities are before us, but to make the most of ourselves under existing circumstances we must make sacrifice; we must learn to subordinate the present to properly prepare ourselves for the fu- Paul Lawrence Dunbar has proven himself a poet of marked ability. He is figuring now as a clever writer of prose. He has just written a book entitled, "The Fanatics." The Nashville American says "We take it that Paul Lawrence Dunbar has not been heard of for the last time, and that the next product will be even better than 'The Fanatics.'" A PROMINENT PYTHIAN. HON. JOHN E. LEWIS, GRAND CHANCELLOR OF KANSAS KNIGHTS OF PYTHIA. Plain Talk, Continued ture. The world is not simply a school of pleasure—it is not simply a play ground. It is a stage upon which each man is to act his part in the great drama of life. This calls for preparation and work of the highest order and the most rigorous character. This is the only safe course in our attempts to solve the problems which confront us. Do not ask anything at the hands of your fellows but what you merit. Do not give men a position whence they are not competent to fill. The race of a man should not stand stand for much, but merit for all that it is worth; this should be the test. A PROMINENT GARDNENER. HON. S. W. LEA, A TRUCK GARDENER OF -TWENTY YEARS EXPERIENCE Mrs. Martha Bryant, of Perry, Ks. is visiting her son and family, Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Bryant on avenue "C." VOL. II. NO. 52 A. B. B. HON. JOSEPH FINES. Our Anniversary. This issue of The Searchlight is our 52nd in the city of Wichita and county of Sedgwick. This paper is now one year old here, and past two years of constant publication in the state. We are now a "legal paper," that legal for the purpose of publishing any and all kinds of legal notices, etc. To say that we are happy to know that we have been able to keep our word to our many friends here, both white and colored, in giving them a paper regular and on time for one year, is to place our feeling in a mild form. We owe many warm thanks to all who so generously lended us their support. To our colored friends we wish to thank them for the prompt manner in which they have so kindly and willingly paid up their subscription, and to our white friends we wish to say the same. We would not close without thanking the kind merchants of our city for their generous patronage of our paper in the way of advertisements and we will say to them, our list of readers are much greater and we hope to retain the most cordial relation which it has been our endeavor to establish among them, and to all we wish to say we hope that in the new year which begins June 1st, 1901. We may do a better and more extensive business than ever before. We will continue our publication in the future as in the past and hope to preceive the support of all. A PROMINENT MINISTER, REV. A. C. TERRIL, PALTER ST. PAIL. A. M. E. CEUCH THE SEARCHLIGHT WICHITA, KANSAS. W. N. MILLER, Editor. Entered at the Post Office at Wichita Kansas, as Second Class Mail Matter. Published every Saturday at No 239 North Main Street, up stairs RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION IN ADVANCE. On year, by mail..... $1 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. "To Live and Let Live," is our Motto. PAY UP. We kindly ask all of our subscribers to call at our office or pay our collector all that you owe us up to June, 1st. We would like to begin our new year with all clear on our books. Our collector is out now. Watch for him. The Constitntional Convention o revise the constitution of Alabama met Tuesday. So 800,000 Nesroes civil freedom is now in the balance. IT IS FINISHED. The commencement exercises of the Wichita high school took place Wednesday night at the auditorium. The house was well crowded with eager and happy friends and relatives of the graduating class of 1901. One thing that was particularly noticed, and which was gratifying to us, was the large number of colored people present. They were there in particular to pay respects to Miss Blanche Alexander, the only colored graduate in the class. When Miss Alexander recieved her diploma a hearty burst of applause went up from the whole audience. Miss Alexander looked queenly: dressed in white with a lagre crysantheum in her hair. Fifty-eight were in the graduating class. This issue closes the contest for Queen, we receive no more votes. CONTESTANTS. Miss Ethel Isler ..... 86 Miss Winnie Raye ..... 48 TO YOU. We are endeavoring to add 750 new subscribers to our list and we ask every reader to send us the name and subscription of some friend of yours. Help us to increase. You can if you will. To enter High School. Wichita's young colored ladies are making a mark in educational lines; they are at the front. It is said that the boys will have much work to do to even come up to the mark of excellence laid down by our girls. The following are the names of the graduates from the grammar schools among the colored pupils who will enter high school next year. Irving school, Miss Lucy Neely; Carlton school, Miss Lolie Wilson; Emmerson school; Miss Winnie Ray and Charles Price. May they be as successful in the high school as they have been in the grammar. Mrs. V. J. Foster left Thursday night for home in Springfield, Mc. THE GREAT MAY 29TH. 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 Dougl asAve Rev. S. S. Scott preached at the Second Baptist church all day Sunday. Remember the anniversal sermon of the K. of P's at the Second Baptist church tomorrow [Sunday] The sermon will be preached by Rev. S. S. Scott. Every one come out. Mrs. Lee Anderson and sister, Mrs. Nancy Cox, made a trip to Wellington Sunday and while there made a trip to Oxford to visit frienda of Miss Laura Brown of of that place. The Browns are among the best-to-do farmers of Summer county and entertained their distinguished guests in great splendor. While away Mrs. Anderson represented the Searchlight and brought with her several good subscribers, for which we are graciously thankful. Rev. James Tipp who has been to Quindaro attending Western University, returned Saturday to spend his vacation in this city. Mr. Tipp was formerly in the laundry business here and was one of the first persons who became subscribers to our paper one year ago. We are glad to see him in the city. If our readers will watch our colmns they will be able to ffind good bargains at the stores that ad vertise with us. When in Wichita go to the Hudspeth Hotel, 113 Tremont. Every thing is First-Class and Up-to-Date Prices always Reasonable. 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. Toas lodge, No. 10, K. of P. will have their annual sermon preached at the Second Baptist church on Sunday, May, 26th. Watch for them. Searchlight $1.00 Miss Maxie, of Des Moins, Iowa, passed through the city Thursday, on her way to her home in Leadville, Col., She spent a couple of days in the city the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Anderson, 444, N. Topeka, Avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson accompanied her as far as Newton on her departure. We ask all of our friends to come out on May 29th. Dr. E. Harrison, our popular colored physician has bought two thorough-bred horses and a fine buggy. Both horses are trotters and both are standard high graded stock. One of them is at the Mammoth barn and the other is at the race track. Look for Doc. and his new rig soon. THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT, SATURDAY, MAY, 25th, 1901 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. 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 J. L. Francis & Co., Paint and Wall Paper Dealers. 312 East Douglas ave. The work of our fire department at the Santa Fe fire Tuesday proved that Wichita's fire department is the best in the west. They did some heroic work. Chief Walden and his men deserve much credit for the manner in which they handled that fire. Judge E. E. Harvey of the City Court has been busy since elected. Judge A. A. Gleen, city treasurer, died last Tuesday, aged 81 years. The garden of S. W. Lea is look ing fine. Mr. Lea will soon have everything that heart could wish in the line of vegetables. Jas. Olden has contracts for more than 5,000 yards of sands. He has two teams, and will have to buy another in order to fill all his orders. We guarantee that all who come to Peerless hall on Wednesday night May 29th, will get a seat. Seats will be provided for every one. Come out to South Riverside Park Wednesday, May 29th, and see the boys climb the greasy pole. TABERACLE'S BIG RALLY. The Tabernacle Baptist church will have a big rally on the third Sunday in June. Rev. R. McTurner and his congregation invite every one to come out on this occasion. Be sura to go up. Remember the third Sunday in June. DR.E.MARRISON. TREATMENT IN ALL Lungs,Nervous,Chronic and Private Diseases; also diseases of the EYE,EAR,NOSE,THROAT. All I ask is a treatment. OFFICE 407 North Main St. GRADUATED. Miss Susie Kyle, the step-daughter of J. H. Hudspeth, graduated with the highest honors from the high school at Kingfisher, O. T. Bishop Salters was present and honored her by placing a large bunch of flowers at her feet. This is the best high school graduate Kingfisher county Oklahoma has ever turned out. Staple and Fancy Groceries Fine Candies, Cigars AND Tobacco AT C. S. Truex's, 246 N. Main. Phone 743 This Is Our Kansas Brilliant Coal It is tinted with rosin, visible and invisible. No, there is no soot to stick to your stove lids, and it is the coal in the market. You get more heat from it than from most ordinary coals, and it does not cost you any more than the cheapest coal. Where is it mined? At Pittsburg, Kansas, from 108 ft. shaft, No, it does not make any clinkers, will coke and all burn up clean. You will find this coal at Hacker Coal Co: Mrs. Ara Dunn has a firstclass restaurant at715 E. Douglas. You can get a nice hot meal "like mother used to cook." Go there 715 E. Douglas. Mrs. J. C. Wilson has returned from her pleasure trip to Kansas City, Mo. She reports a nice time. Mrs. Pete Brown, and daughter, left Friday for an extended visit with Mr. Brown's mother in Kansas Cly, Mo. Pete is somewhat lonesome, however, the boys will try to console him. Mr. Vandenzer, Manager of the Boston store, left Thursday on a business trip. He will return Monday 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. An Expression of Gratitu 'e. Wichita, Kans. My, 23rd a. Please allow me space in your paper to express my gratitude to the many friends for my beautiful gift. It is impossible to express my exact feelings, but I shall always be indebted to the citizens of Wichita for their kindness. Sincerely, Blanche Alexander. The Carnival Drill. The large, appreciative audience that greeted the participants in the Carniva drill at Peerless hall, Wednesday evening, demonstrates the fact that Wichita possesses talent and is not altogether slow in bringing it out, or showing it to an advantage. There were many intricate maneuvers by both companies and every figure was performed as if the young Misses and little girls were graduates from a cadet school. Space will not admit us to give a complete list of the participants, but briefly, from the leaders to the "high private in the rear rank," they seemed to know their business. Much credit must be given to the committee, which consisted of Mesdames, Barker, Howard, Wilkins, Knox and Waters, who served at the tables; Messrs. Glover and Washington at the door and Mrs. White, who so ably directed the drill. There were many difficulties, both direct and indirect which, probably, would have discouraged some committees, but in this case, a determination to win was synonimous of success. The committee, in behalf of the A. M. E. church, returns thanks to all who attended and Mrs. White also returns thanks to the young people whose kindly participated. —Carnival Drill Shots. The girls' drili was a "crowning success. .... Prof Chick Miller rendered some p etty and invigorating music..... Say, boys! Some of them girls are "from Missouri" and will haye to be shown that they can be beat. 火灾 BRAVE MEN (?) The K. of P. goat was good and tired Tuesday morning. He did a big, heavy piece of work Monday night and he felt justly tired. The eight candidates aspiring for Knighthood were given a hearing Monday night at the K. of P. hall on North Main. The work began about 8:30 p. m. and, truly, to say who was best, is to ask too much in so close a finish. But to speak a little personal, there was George Brown, seemingly did something which incurred the displeasure of the goat and that animal made for him. To say what took place between Brown and the goat would not be fair to either; yes, Samuel C. Collins was there, and then again he was not there; in other words, he was here and there, oftener there than here; however he was seen later. Ambuse M. Morris had made up his mind to act not hostile at all, but simply dignified, he kept his gate, however, only a short while, this goat having become frenzied began its own mudus operanda and poor Morris, well, he was recognized latter. Well, well; you asked about John Simmons, he was simply "out of sight" most of the time, to distin guish him would have meant that you was an expert at that "biz." Did you see that goat wink the other eye at Al Buford? Well, as it happened, they spied each other about the same time, and what took place was simply "manners." To cut the matter short, we refer to Al for further testimony, he undoubtedly knew that "something had happened." Ha! ha! ha! Do you know Wr. H. Jones? that gen tieman who owns a fine piece of property at 522 N. Water? Well, what do you think? He was willing to give it up for some one to stop that goat Monday night. Did he stop? Well, I should snigger, he did not. Jones and the goat, then the goat and Jones; at one time it was hard to tell which was which, so well were they mixed. Have you seen Dr. E. Harrison, when—today? He happened to be in the general mix-up at the K. of P. hall Monday night but Say, Doc was cute, he, by his many smiles and pleasant manners, seemed to have won the very heart of this otherwise ferocious animal. But not as sufficient amount to altogether win his "full favor," but Doc was there, and there in a majority, too. Oh, yes! some one did mention that Wilkins "had been seen," but that must have been "before the thing happened." But he testifies to that, and it must be so. So the boysof Toas lodge and their pet goat spent one night in almost unsurpassable pleasure. To say that all enjoyed themselves is to speak lightly of the time which they had. After the initiation, a fi lunch was spread, including all the choicest viands which the market affords. Every one left the hall highly pleased with the pleasing time which they had had. Every one is now making preparations for the annual sermon Sunday at Second Baptist church at 3 p. m. FRISCO LIE. 108 For Monett, Springfield, St. Louis and all points East, daily, 1.20 pm 109 Pittsburg, Joplin, Galena, Webb Canyon and Carthage, daily, 1.20 pm 107 Burton, Ellsworth, and all points West daily, 3.40 pm 102 Pittsburg, Girard, Joplin, Carthage, Vanita and Sapulpa, 10.00 pm 102 Monett, Fayettville, Fort Smith, and intermediate points daily, 10.00 pm 102 Eureka Springs, Springfield, St. Louis and all points East, daily, 10.00 pm For Sleeping Berths and through tickets to all pointsand particular information see B.E.DUNN, Dist, Pass, Agt. 100 Douglas Ave. No. | Arrive | Leave 408 | 10.35 p m | 10.35 a m 406 | 11.15 a m | 11.20 a m 416 | 3.00 p m | 3.00 p m a 418 | 2.20 p m | 4.00 p m a 458 | 2.55 p m | Englewood Express 428 | 6.40 p m | 6.40 p m 472 | 11.00 a m | Wichita and Western # South and West 407 | 6.45 a m | 6.50 a m 405 | 4.50 p m | 4.55 p m 415 | 1.10 p m a 417 | 12.15 p m | 1.20 p m a 457 | 7.45 a m | Englewood Express 427 | 8.20 a m | 8.30 a m 471 | Wichita and Western, 5.15 # West 416 | 3.00 p m | 3.00 p m 428 | 6.40 p m | 6.50 p m Eifty 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 am 945 am No 2 Colorado Springs, Denver and Pacific coast 9 45 am 9 45 am No 4 Kansas City,St Louis and Chicago night Expr. 9 00 pm 9 00 pm No. 36, Daily, Ex. Sun Colo. and Kan. City 1.10 pm 1.30 pm No.32 Accommodation daily except Sunday 9 30 am 9 30 am South and West No 1 Ft Worth,Dallas, Houston and Galveston express,daily 6 40 pm 7 00 pm No 1 Oklahoma,Ft Worth New Orleans and Pacific coast,daily 6 40 pm 7 00 pm No 3 Oklahoma,Ft Worth, Dallas and New Orleans express 6 35 pm 6 35 am No 3 Ft Worth,Houston, Galveston,San Antoin express,daily 6 35 am 6 35 am No. 35, Daily, Ex. Sun. Oklahoma Express 3.10 pm 3.10 pm 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 Anton 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. Pasaeenger station corner Douglas and Meade aves. phone 190 C.E.BASCOM, D.P.A. Lodge Directory Knights of Pythias. Toas Lodge No.10 KnightsofPythias WUHITA, 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. D. H. Phelps, W.C. Miss Blencq Alexander, R. of D. Mrs. Jda Martin, W. of R. of D. Meets 1st. and 3rd. Monday each month Masonic Lodges. ARKANSAS VALLEY Lodge No.21. A.F & A.M. Hopkins Abernathy, W.M. W.H.A. Clark, Secretary. Meets 1st. and 3rd. Tuesday each month. All Master Masons in good standing are Cordiality Invited. PALESTINE COMMANDERY No.12. Wichita Kansas. J.T. Chinneth, Emininent 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, Ben Wilson, Scribe. J.T Chinneth,Secretary Grant Ewing,Treas. Meets the 4th Monday night each month PRINCESS CHAPTER No.12 O.of E.S. Mrs.M.E.Banks,Royal Matron, Miss Lizzie M.Burnham,Scerty Meets 1st,and 3rd.Wednesday each month. Mt.Olive Court No.9,H.of J. Mrs Myrtle Glover,M.A M Mrs J E Lewis,Secretary Mrs L Adams,Treasurer 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 SP Johnson, D.G S, Emporia MW Jackson D.G D Kans City HOME OF THE WET 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. Barnes & Newcomb Popular Music House. Pianos, Organs.Every thing known in music. Largest stock to select from and Lowest Prices. Latest Sheet Music and Books B.F.McLean, Lumber Dealer Wichita, Kansas. Yards at Wichita,Kas.,Clearwater,Kas.,Peck Kas.,Cheney,Kas. GO TO Mrs. DUNN'S RESTAURANT. FOR FIRST-CLASS MEALS. Meals, 15 Cents. 715 East Douglass Avenue Mrs. Ara Dunn, Proprietor. PIONEER UNDERTAKER. 235 North Main Street. 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. Fire Marshall A. G. Walden has ordered a new Hose wagon costing $750., and 500 fect of new hose and other apparatus for the Hose house in the north end of town. It will be about sixty days before it will arrive then the hose house will be permanently opened, which will afford a much needed fire protection in that part of our city. As to who will be appointed, we are willing to leave to Mayor McLean, Chief Walden and the council; believing they will appoint good men, that done, we will rest content. Then Wichita will be able to boast of a Colored Fire company. Our wish is then realized. We call your attention to the Big Store of Mr. C. R. Fulton. You can get anything you want in gents furnishing goods. New Music Firm, Burress & Goforth, are the DECKER & Sons and SWEETLAN and WESTERN COTTAGE goods. Machines of all kinds. Repairin 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 & GOFORT 149 North Main St. 149 North Main St. IS AN AUTORIGRAPHY BY BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, Principal of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, and the greatest living Negro our times. The book is published in one large volume of over 400 pages and beautifully illustrated with over 50 photo-engravings and original drawings by Frantha Beard. Since 1889, inches' reticulate price and a beautifully illustrated cover make it a remarkable achievement ever written. Ask for a free copy of our booklet "GLEANINGS" which tells all about Mr. Washington's autobiography. Free Offer! Send us your name and address and we will immediately send you a copy of the book. We want you to have a copy to introduce it in your community. We also want Agents in every county and district in the country to sell ten cents in stamps we will also send our magnificent agents' canvases. it. If you will enclose only ten coats in stamps vassing book. We allow highest commissions, p Write at once! J. L. Nic it. If you will enclose only ten cents in stamps we will also send our magnificent agents' canvassing book. We allow highest commissions, pay freight and fill orders on thirty days' credit. Write at once! J. L. Nichols & Co., Naperville, Illinois Wichita, Kansas. The Gospel Union Meeting will begin on about the 24th of this month at 327 N. Main St., and every body, saint and sinner, are cordially invited to come out, join in and help us to carry on the Master's good work at this place. Friends you are welcome; we wont the co operation of the preaching brethren in the city and throughout the state. The meeting will be conducted by Rev, M. C. Cotton, of Ft. Worth, Tex. OVER DAY AND NIGHT A. G. MUELLER UNDERTAKER AND EMBALMER OFFICE PHONE 325 REST. PROMPT 955 213 N. MAIN ST. WICHITA, KANS. ROOMS Mrs V.Matthews 239 N.Water 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. PETER H. GO TO THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT, SATURDAY MAY, 25th. CITY TREASURER. The politicians are somewhat worked up over the appointment of a man as city treasurer to fill the vacancy in that office caused by the death of Gov. Glenn. There are several aspirants for the place, but the most popular and seemingly logical candidate is P. A. Robaugh. Pat is a staunch and never wavering republican and a man who is capable of filling the position in a highly credible manner to the business administration of Mayor McLean. During the recent city campaign no man did more for the success of the whole republican ticket than Robaugh. J. W. Garrett, BLACKSMITH, HORSE SHOEING, WAGON MAKING, and General Repair Shop. 708 Tremont ave. the sole agents for the celebrated D Pianos: the BURDETT Organs string Instruments and Sewing g a specialty. & GOFORTH Main St. Book Free! Story of My Life and Work BY RYAN BY BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, Principal of and industrial Institute, and the greatest living the book is published in one large volume of over fully illustrated with over 50 photo-engravings which is based on Ninety-five images. The价 are indeed a lifelong stranger than fiction, most thrilling experience, heroic struggle and rea- t over written. Ask for a free copy of our booklet all about Mr. Washington's autobiography, and his poor journey and address, so you will immedi- ately bear our free offer of a volume of the $1.50 have a copy to introduce it in your community, every county and district in the country to sell will also send our magnificent acrostic can- ney freight and fill orders on thirty days' credit. books & Naperville, Illinois For a Good,First-Class Shave GO TO Fisher's shop Up to Date Hair Cut & Shampoos. 6381 E.Douglass Ave., Our Summer Suiting Is Going Fast. 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 The Missouri 'Pacific Ry Shortest Line To Colorado Points MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY Mos Direct Line To KANSAS CITY Reclining Chair Cars on all trains SEATS FREE. Call at our New Passenger station cor.Douglas ave. and Wichita st. for reliable information relative to any trip you may contemplate. E.E.BLECKLEY,P. & T.A Burl Fisher,Prop The PEERLESS AND ST.LOUIS. As we have a large stock of FOREIGN and DOMESTIC WOOLENS, at Nobby Prices. All Work Guaranteed. 212 N. Main St. J. H. Wildins HOME MADE CAN Manufacturer of DIES ICE CREAM... ALL KINDS OF FRUITS. 320 EAST DOUGLAS'AVE For Reliable Rates And Quickest Time Patronize The FRJSCO 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. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY Curly Hair Made Straight By TAKEN FROM HAIR BEFORE AND AFTER TREATMENT. ORIGINAL OZONIZED OX MARROW Straightens kinky hair quickly and easily so that you can do it yourself at home no matter how curly or kinky your hair is. It is the best way to keep it off, breaking off or falling out, nourishes the scalp and makes the hair grow. Never fails. Warranted harmless. Sold over the counter. Warranted harmless. Is the only safe preparation in the world that straightens kinky hair as shown above and gives perfect satisfaction to all. It is the first preparation ever for straightening kinky hair is used by thousands. Beware of imitations. Be sure you get the genuine Original Straighten Kinky hair makes the hair STRAIGHT, SOFT AND BEAUTIFUL. A toilet necessity for ladies, gentlemen and children. Elegantly perfumed. Owing to its superior and economical quality. It is not possible for anybody to make a preparation at it. Full direct service. Sold by dealers or we will ship you express paid. one bottle for 65 cents or three for $1.40. Send post or express money on the same day as delivery. Same priority to ZOZONITE 0X MARRON CO., 76 Wabash Ave., Chicago, Illinois. Houck Hardware Store Screen Door, Screen wire, Ice Crem Freezers, Rubber Hose, Lawn Mowers, etc. 116 East Douglas ave Peerless Steam Laundry. 155-159 N.Market St. Phone 237 Office on First Street. Agents Wanted Everywhere w. C. Neeley All Kinds of Carpenter work neatly done to order. W. C. Neeley, 1240 Blain, Ave. CERTAIN P. THREE HOS SATURDAY, There will be unusual Hosery Selli the items, the prices, the date and con 9 a.m. and FREE HOSE SPECIAL SURDAY, ALL annusui Hosery Selling here Saturday, ices, the date and come any time betwee 9 a.m. and 10 p.m. There will be unusual Hosery Selling here Saturday, May 25th.; Note the items, the prices, the date and come any time between 9 a.m. and 10 p.m. Children's Hose Fifty dozen children's riffed Hose, these were manufactured to sell at 19c and there makes them seconds, sizes i PER PAIR SALE LADIES LAST Another lot of those ladies fast black Hose, at the former Special Price, POLKA DO Another lot of those ladies' black Hose, toe, at the former Special Price, ONLY 9c P =BOSTON Trade at FULT Clothin g,Hats&F For Men,Boys Largest stock, Best selections,Largest SEASONABLE GOODS,AT O children's riffed Hose, fast black, double factured to sell at 19c and 25c, but a them seconds, sizes 5s, 6s, 7s, 8s, and PER PAIR SATURDAY LADIES LACE HOSE Hose ladies fast black lace stripe hose go AT 12C PER PAIR BOLKA DOT HOSE Hose ladies' black Hose with white polka Special Price, ONLY 9c PER PAIR BOSTON STORE e at FULTON's-It ing,Hats&FurniShin For Men,BoysandChildren. k, Best selections, Latest styles, Finesst Greatest Values. BLE GOODS,AT OUT OF SEASON Fifty dozen children's riffled Hose, fast black, double heels and toe these were manufactured to sell at 19c and 25c, but a little defect here and there makes them seconds, sizes 5s, 6s, 7s, 8s, and 9s. PER PAIR SATURDAY 7C LADIES LACE HOSE Another lot of those ladies fast black lace stripe hose go on sale Saturday AT 12C PER PAIR POLKA DOT HOSE Another lot of those ladies' black Hose with white polka dots from top to toe, at the former Special Price, ONLY 9c PER PAIR. Trade at FULTON's-It pays. Clothin g,Hats&FurniShing Goods C.R.Fulton Wichita's Greatest Clothing Store. GUS A. MILLER DEALERS IN Wall Paper, Window Sh Picture Moulding Sign and Banner Work a Specialt A. MILLER DEALERS IN paper, Window Sha Picture Moulding Sign and Banner Work a Specialty DEALERS IN Wall Paper, Window Shades and Picture Mouldings. Sign and Banner Work a Specialty. ARTISTIC PICTURE FRAMING TO ORDER. 119 South Main St A Source Of Wonder and Delight. to the artistic and cultivated taste our new stock of novelties in the la- test creations in wall paper effects is. We have paper that will make your wall a dream of beauty, and turn them into artistic and handsome de- corations. We will be pleased to show you some of our new patterns. You can't help admiring them. J. P. Parrott & Sons., 215 N. Main St. NEW HOPE RALLY. The rally at New Hope Bapt. church last Sunday was a grand success, Those giving $10.00, H. Under wood; $5.00 but not $10.00, Rev H. F. Frazier; $2.00 but not $5.00, J. E. Lewis, P. Hyde, Alice Lewis, Ida Frazier, H. Buford, A. Underwood, Emma Evans, Geo. Hyde, Alpha Slater, Samuel Evans; $1.00 but not $2.00, A. Alexander, Eliza Youngblood, Lou Wilson, Beattie Davis, F. Floyd, Callie Arnold, Geo. Hicks, Henry White, John Frazier, Bertie White, Thos. Jrckson, Jessie Battes, Jesse Battes, Emma Mitchell, May Davis, James McCune, Fannie Dunn, Vinnie Bates, Mr Townsend, Mac McRay, Dr. E. Harrison, Mary Agen; 25 cts but not $1.00, Lizzie Stapleton, Hattie Stapleton, Mr, Hoss, W. N. Miller, Nancy Johnston, Hattie Alexander, --- --- GREAT REMOVAL We have moved our Big Stock of QUEENSWARE from 350 N. Main to 140 N. Main St. and we invite you to come down to our New Store and inspect our Stock. We have a Special line of FINE DINNER SETS in open stock. Anything you may want. Drop in at 140 N. Main, we'll be glad to see you whether you buy or not. The Odd-i-ta, 140 N. Main. JOSE SPECIALS Y, ALL DAY. Selling here Saturday, May 25th.; Note come any time between nd 10 p. m. ose, fast black, double heels and toes at 19c and 25c, but a little defect here oses 5s, 6s, 7s, 8s, and 9s. SATURDAY 7C LACE HOSE Back lace stripe hose go on sale Saturday PER PAIR DOT HOSE Hose with white polka dots from top to PER PAIR. IN STORE= ALTON's-It pays. & FurniShing Goods BoysandChildren. Latest styles, Finest assortments, best Values. OUT OF SEASON PRICES. ILLER & CO. LERS IN window Shades and Mouldings. er Work a Specialty. 119 South Main St. A Whit Hellen, Jennie Frazier, James Mitchell, Robert Frazier Sophia Moore, Hannah Bowman, Mrs. points, James Tipps, Mr Smith, Rosa Dunn, Florance Ables Ida Wilson, Mattie Knox, Jane Walker, Bud Hickerson, Dora Allen. Total ..... $84.00 ROCK - ISLAND ROUTE. Sanfrancisco and Return $45.00 July 6th to 13th St, Paul and Return $19.70 June 8th to 10th St. Paul and Return $21.70 May 27th, 28th and 30th Chicago and Return $20.65 July 23rd to 25th Kansas City and Return $8.15 June 9th and 10th Milwaukee and Return $22.75 July 21st and 22nd Colorado points $15.00 to $22.50 All Summer and several others. For full in- formation call or address, C. E. Bascome, Agent. Phone 190 WHY MRS. PINKHAM Is Able to Help Sick Women When Doctors Fail. How gladly would men fly to woman's aid did they but understand a woman's feelings, trials, sensibilities, and peculiar organic disturbances. Those things are known only to women, and the aid a man would give is not at his command. To treat a case properly it is necessary to know all about it, and full information, many times, cannot be given by a woman to her family phy- MRS. G. H. CHAPPELL. sician. She cannot bring herself to tell everything, and the physician is at a constant disadvantage. This is why, for the past twenty-five years, thousands of women have been confiding their troubles to Mrs. Pinkham, and whose advice has brought happiness and health to countless women in the United States. Mrs. Chappell, of Grant Park, Ill., whose portrait we publish, advises all suffering women to seek Mrs. Pinkham's advice and use Lyda E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, as they cured her of inflammation of the ovaries and womb; she, therefore, speaks from knowledge, and her experience ought to give others confidence. Mrs. Pinkham's address is Lynn. Mass., and her advice is absolutely free. WHAT WE HEAR FROM ASSINIBOIA, WESTERN CANADA, "Don't Think of Coming, but Come." To the Editor: The above is the emphatic manner in which a friend in Yorkton writes to a friend near St. Paul, Minnesota, and it is pretty nearly right, too, with the advantages that Western Canada offers to those seeking homes. The Assinibola district is one of the best. The writer from whose letter we quote goes on to say: "John, if you miss this chance you are foolish, for you can get out cheaper when there are so many coming, and I would not tell you to come if I thought you could not do well, and if you don't come in the spring you will have to go away back, for you do not want to think that there is no one living out here but us. I saw nicer buildings out here than I ever saw before, and if the country was no good what they want them for? John, if you sold everything you have and came out here you would be worth more than ever you were before, and if you can bring your team. You can get anything you want on tick, and when they do that with strangers they are not afraid they can't make enough to pay for it. I saw as nice wheat as I ever saw in my life, and if they could not grow grain what would the flour mill be for, and it cost $20,000." Now this was what Mr. Thomas Fitzpatrick, of Yorkton, Assinibio, Western Canada, wrote to a friend. There will be opened up this summer new districts in Saskatchewan and Assinibio at low prices, particulars of which can be had of any agent of the government of the Dominion of Canada, whose advertisement appears elsewhere in the columns of your paper. Yours truly, An Old Reader. Tied Up When the muscles feel drawn and tied up and the flesh tender, that tension is Soreness and Stiffness from cold or over exercise. It lasts but a short time after St. Jacobs Oil is applied. The cure is prompt and sure. FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE If afflicted with sore eyes, use Thompson's Eye Water PISO'S CURE FOR CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. Best for eye pain, bloodied. Use in time. Sold by druggist. CONSUMPTION A FAMOUS OLD HOUSE. The house of Walter Baker & Co., whose manufactures of cocoa and chocolate have become familiar in the mouth as household words, was established one hundred and twenty-one years ago (1780) on the Neponset river in the old town of Dorchester, a suburb of Boston. From the little wooden mill, "by the rude bridge that arched the flood," where the enterprise was first started, there has grown up the largest industrial establishment of the kind in the world. It might be said that, while other manufacturers come and go, Walter Baker & Co., go on forever. What is the secret of their great success? It is a very simple one. They have won and held the confidence of the great and constantly increasing body of consumers by always maintaining the highest standard in the quality of their cocoa and chocolate preparations, and selling them at the lowest price for which unadulterated articles of good quality can be put upon the market. They welcome honest competition; but they feel justified in denouncing in the strongest teras the fraudulent methods by which inferior preparations are palmed off on customers who ask for and suppose they are getting the genuine articles. The best grocers refuse to handle such goods, not alone for the reason that, in the long run, it doesn't pay to do it, but because their sense of fair dealing will not permit them to aid in the sale of goods that defraud their customers and injure honest manufacturers. Every package of the goods made by the Walter Baker Company bears the well-known trade mark "La Belle Chocolatiere," and their place of manufacture "Dorchester, Mass." Housekeepers are advised to examine their purchases, and make sure that other goods have not been substituted. An attractive little book of "Choice Recipes" will be mailed free to any housekeeper who sends her name and address to Walter Baker & Co., Ltd., 188 State S'treet, Boston, Mass. Astronomy Calms Human Passions. Astronomy Calms Human Passions. At a meeting of the Astronomical Society of France, the well-known astronomer, M. Flammarion, said that by calming the human passions, the study of astronomy seemed to have a very beneficial influence. At any rate the French Astronomical Society, composed of about 2,500 members, possessed one member of 105 years of age, a dozen over ninety, and a very large number who had already seen their eighteenth year. Pilots Are Not Worrying. Owners of Atlantic liners trading to New York are moving for the repeal of the compulsory pilotage bill. They claim that with the East river channel 1,000 feet wide and forty feet deep they should not be compelled to engage pilots. It costs $250 to bring the giant Oceanic in and take her to sea again. The pilots are not worrying over the matter. They say that a single accident to one of the big ships would be so costly as to stop all such attempts. Like Those in America. The slot machine has been adapted in England to the directory. This useful volume is held fast in a closed position by the arms of the machine until you drop a penny into the slot; then the arms relax and you can consult the directory. The book is kept open as long as required by holding one cover, but as soon as this resistance is withdrawn the directory closes automatically. Awful Slaughter of British. From the latest official reports in the British war office it is ascertained that the total killed, wounded and missing among the army during actions in South Africa up to March 31 was 1,993 officers and 27,352 noncommissioned officers and men. In addition 711 officers and 16,981 noncommissioned officers and men have died of wounds or disease, making the total casualties foot up to the enormous total of 47,637. Uses of the Infrascope. The infrascope is a sighting device for rifles an cannon. It consists of a metal tube about a foot long and an inch square, with a small reflector, inclined at an angle of 45 degrees at each end. The soldier, instead of aiming by the rifle sight, looks into the lower mirror of the infrascope, which reproduces the reflection of the upper mirror and shows also the sight line of the rifle. Duke of Argyll's Nomads. The memoirs of the late Duke of Argyle will probably be published next winter, edited by the dowager duchess, to whom all her husband's papers were bequeathed. The Duke had been writing his memoirs for several years before his death and he left the work, nearly finished, and careful directions and ample materials for its completion. Slenkiew cz Likes the Chase The Polish novelist, Sienkiewicz, is very fond of the chase, especially boar-hunting, and the walls of his home in Warsaw are decorated with his trophies, some of them from Africa. Curfew in English Towns. The curfew bell is still rung at Kirby Stephen, also at Shifnal, in Shropshire, England, at 5 a. m. and 8 p. m. A traveler who was once lost in the dark heard the curfew bell and was enabled to find his way to the town. At his death he left a sum of money, which realized £3 per annum, to cover the expenses of ringing the curfew bell from November to March. Never make money today that will cause your arrest tomorrow for counterfeiting. Undigested, decaying food remnants, in the mouth and stomach, giving off pestiferous gases, are the cause of that awful breath, so repulsive as to cause a halt in friendship, affection, love,—any form of intimacy. Nobody can stand its overpowering stench, and it is a cause of terrible misery to those afflicted and their dear ones. There is only one way to cure it—disinfect the digestive canal with CASCARETS! Clean it out, keep it clean, let CASCARETS stimulate the lining of mouth and stomach, and put it in shape to work naturally and properly. Nothing but CASCARETS will bring about the desired result. BE SURE YOU GET THEM! Working Minor in Parliament William Abraham, member of parliament from Pentre, Pontyfridd, Wales, began his career as a working miner. Later he was a miners' agent and president of the South Wales Miners' federation. Exhibits at Buffalo There will be exhibits from all over the world. Buffalo Exposition, which will prove very buffalo, will attend, but no more so than the news that attend, but no more so than the news that famous remedy, Hostetler's Stomach Bitter, will be presented and presented, constipation, biliosiness and nervousness. To all sufferers from the above complaints, we recommend with the assurance that when they feel the constipation is feeted. It also tones up the entire system. The Standard Box Car. The standard box car committee of the American Railway association has presented a report recommending that the standard box car be thirty-six feet long, eight feet six inches wide and seven feet six inches high, inside measurement. The capacity of such car is to be 2,295 cubic feet. Monster Lathe in Philadelphia A monster lathe has just been made in Philadelphia. It is eighty-six feet long and its total weight is 135 tons. It has been constructed for preparing the thirty-two huge granite pillars to be used in building a new cathedral, each pillar weighing 160 tons. It has eight cutters and the granite block is reduced twenty-four inches in diameter at one pass over its length. An Easy Way to Tell. A gentleman who was once being taken over an insane asylum asked an attendant how they knew when an idiot was considered to be sufficiently restored to sanity to be discharged. "Oh," said the attendant, "it is easily managed. We take them into a yard where there are several troughs. We turn on the taps and then give the idiots buckets to bail out the water and empty the troughs. Many of them keep balling away while the tap keeps running, but them that isn't idiots stops the tap." An "M. D's" Open Letter. Benton, Ill., May 20—R. H. Dunaway, M. D., of this place, in an open letter, makes the following startling statement: "I had Diabetes with all its worst symptoms. I applied every remedy known to the profession, as well as every prescription suggested in our books. In spite of all, I was dying, and I knew it. "As a last resort, and with scarcely any faith whatever, I commenced taking Dodd's Kidney Pills. In one week I saw a great improvement. After I had taken five boxes, I was sound and well. This is ten months ago, and I have not taken any medicine of any kind since, and am convinced that my cure is a permanent one. "As a practicing physician with years of experience, I most positively assert that Dodd's Kidney Pills are the best medicine in the world today, for Diabetes or any other Kidney Disease. Since using them myself, I have used them in many cases in my practice, and they have never failed. "I am making this statement as a professional man, after having made a most thorough test of Dodd's Kidney Pills, and because I feel it my duty to the public and to my professional brethren. The truth can never hurt anyone, and what I have said is the absolute truth." R. H. DUNAWAY, M. D. It is no wonder that the public are enthusiastic over this new medicine, when our leading physicians themselves, are being won over to its use. When a politicism announces that he is out of politics for good people begin to wonder for whose good. ```markdown ``` Gas is measured by the foot but it really seems more like miles. Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, soothes the gums, reduces in dammation, always pain, cures wind colic. 2c a bottle Lots of fancy and expensive things to eat are not as good as beefsteak. To be always happy, use Red Cross Ball Blue. 5c. Refuse imitations. Many a man has gone broke on sure things. Pain—Wizard Oil. Use the last on the pain, if a man has neither one nor the other. As soon as a man is promoted to a fair job, his wife plans a visiting tour. The nautical young man sometimes comes to naught. Are You Using Allen's Foot Ease Are You Using Allen's Foot Easy? It is the only cure for Swollen, Smarting, Burning, Sweating Feet, Corns and Bunlons. Ask for Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into the shoes. All all Druggists and Shoe Shoes. 25c. Sample sent FREE. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. The promoter is usually a man with capital ideas. KIDDER'S PASTILLES A Sure value for all Drugs. Sold by all Drugs. or by mail, 25 cents. StOWELL & CO. Charlestown, Mass. I CURE FILS FREE A full-Size Treatment of B.O. Phels-Brown's Disease, namely for Filis, Epilepsy and all Nervous Diseases. Address O. PHELFS BROWN, 98 Broadway, Newburgh, S. I. Buy our up to date 1901 COW BOY POKE Best neck Boke made. Rovels. Made adjustable with automatic nut lock. Can not lose off of animal. Made for periond circulars of kinks of furks. Ask your hard- ware dealer for it, or address. Toasting - broiling baking - it anything that can be done with a wood letter, cheaper and quicker on a WICKL Blue Flame Oil S C. B. POKE CO.. Wichita, Kansas. Toasting - broiling baking - ironing anything that can be done with a wood or coal fire is done better, cheaper and quicker on a WICKLESS Blue Flame Oil Stove Heat is not diffused throughout the house—there is no smell, soot, or danger, and the expense of operating is nominal. Made in many sizes; sold wherever stoves are sold. If your dealer does not have it write to nearest agency of STANDARD OIL COMPANY I Breat the mouth and stomach, giving o cause a halt in friendship, affect and it is a cause of terrible mis infect the digestive canal with C of mouth and stomach, and pu about the desired result. BE SUR ens.—Detroit Free P. Bad Breath "I have been using CASCAEETS and as a mild and effective laxative they are very effective in weight gain and bothered both women and babies were very bad. After taking a few doses of Cascaetus we have improved wonderfully. They are a great aid to weight loss." WILLIAM KAGUYA FOR BOWELS AND LIVING WHILE YOU SLEEP Itals, billionneses, s. foul mouth, le.allow com- many you can conses together. Conses together, conses today, for your bowels or an absolute GUARANTEED TO CARETS was sold. Now it similar medicine in the w our best for intestinal. We guaranteed to cure or mo- ter after using one dozen box, us by mail, or the drugist beach both because of Health will quickly follow of GA CARETS. Book free BEST FOR BOWELS AND LIVER. --- HO! FOR OKLAHOMA! KIDDER'S PASTILLES STOWELL & CO. MEDICAL IMAGERY a b ter ted mnt t o p ce n d at nd That Stolen Gainsborough. The current sensation about the recovery of the stolen Galnsborough in this city recalls the fact that Millais made no secret of his opinion that it was not a genuine Galnsborough. "You do not love this duchess," he said, "and as for Galnsborough's, women, you want to die for the delightful and intellectual creatures." Urgling China to Awake. It is said that Minister Wu Ting Fang is about to memorialize the Chinese throne, calling attention to the progress of Japan and urging that China also awake from the lethargy of ages and imitate her island neighbor. When it was intimate to Minister Wu by a Washington friend that such a course might cost him his official and perhaps physical head he shrugged his shoulders and said that was the usual fate of reformers. WINCH "NEW RIVAL" FACTORY L outshoot all other black powder better and loaded by exact machi powder, shot and wadding. Try ALL REPUTABLE DE WINCHESTER "NEW RIVAL" FACTORY LOADED SHOTGUN SHELLS outshoot all other black powder shells, because they are made better and loaded by exact machinery with the standard brands of powder, shot and wadding. Try them and you will be convinced. ALL • REPUTABLE • DEALERS • KEEP • THEM YOU WASTE MONEY If you buy a Buggy, Harness or Saddle, before you specialize in New York Catalogue, Hit the Buggies $28.50 up. Best Surreys $14.45 and up. Highest up. Good Saddies $1.90 and up. Highest goods. Lowest terms. Easiest terms of ship Send today for FREE complete catalogue of bikes, Harness, Saddles, Sporting Goods, Baby riages, etc. Be sure to see our line before you Household Merchandises Co., 75 E. 31st St. Oa W.L.DOU $3. & $3.50 Real worth of W. $3.50 shoes is Gill Edge made in any p of the foot, and the construction of the shoe. It knowledge that have made W. L. Douglas shoes the be Take in substitute. Just on having W. L. and price stamped on bottom. Your dealer should ke send for catalog giving full instructions how to order to W.L. DOUGLAS ing - broiling baking - ironing can be done with a wood or coal fire and quicker on a ICKLES e Oil Stov W.L.DOUGLAS $3. & $3.50 SHOES UNION MADE. Rail worth of W. L. Douglas $3 and $3.50 Shoes is $4.40. Gill Edge Line cannot be equalled at any price. It is not alone the best leather that makes a first impression. The leather that have planned the best of the foot, and the construction of the shoe. It is a perfect model known by that have made W. L. Douglas shoes the best in the world for men. The leather is of the highest quality and price stamped on bottom. Your dealer should keep them, if he does not, send for catalog giving full instructions how to order by mail. BARD OIL COMPANY Breath and stomach, giving off pestiferous it in friendship, affection, love,—because of terrible misery to those digestive canal with CASCARETS and stomach, and put it in sharp resired result. BE SURE YOU GET it Free P. WELLS AND LIVER. LE YOU SLEEP GUARANTEED TO CURE: Five yea CARETS was sold. Now it is over six million similar medicine in the world. This is ab our best for financials. We have Galt, and a guaranteed to cure or money refunded. Go after using one 500 box, return the unused by mail, or the drugist from whom you beck Our both. Make our advice on Health will quickly follow and you will bles of GACARETS. Book free by mail. Add: CLAIMANTS FOR PENSION write to NATHAN BRICKFORD, Washington, D. C., they will receive quick replies. B. 5th N. H. Vols Staff 30th Corps. Prosecuting Claims since 1878 a or l thro les no see ha ag ma MITCHELL'S SALVE PRICE, 25 c. WESTER OADED SHOTGUN SHELLS or shells, because they are made mery with the standard brands of them and you will be convinced. ALERS • KEEP • THEM YOU WASTE MONEY Buy a Buggy, Harness or Saddles, before you octal new 1919 Catalogue, Finest Buggies $25.00 up. Best Surreys $1.45 and up. Harness $35 and up. Good Saddles $1.00 and up. If these grids goods. Lowest terms. Easiest terms of shipment. Send today for complete catalogue. Vehicles, Harness, Saddles, Sporting Goods, Baby criages, etc. Be sure to see our line before you enter. Household Merchandise Co., 75 E. 31st St, Chiron 5. us gases, are the cause - any form of intimacy. - afflicted and their dear S! Clean it out, keep it to work naturally and T THEM! 10c. 25c. 50c. NEVER SOLD IN BULK. DRUGGISTS years ago the first box of GSA obtaine proof of great merit, and wife feel OLD FACE, absolutely buy today, two 50c assays, give tions, and if you are not satisfied of it, box and the empty box in purchased it, and get your money mister what all you-turned today, she day you first started these STERILIZING HEADY ON., New York or Chicago. ```markdown ``` W. N. U. WICHITA—NO. 21-1967 When Answering Advertisements Kindly Uention This Paper. THE SEARCHLIGHT. The latest Swiss mountain railway project is to connect the Engardine with the Italian lake by a road over the Bernia range. The man who stole the $100 microscope from the University of Chicago might have had a curiosity to see what a 100-pound chunk of ice looked like. Owing to American sanitary work, there was not a single case of yellow fever in Havana' at the beginning of April. This had not happened before in the city's history. The Cubans may not like the American government, but it is at least increasing the number of Cubans who have an opportunity to dislike it. Mrs. F. M. Smith of Oakland, Cal., wife of the "borax king," is going to adopt 100 girls and rear them as her own children. Mrs. Smith's 100 daughters will live in ten houses, ten girls to each house, on a 35-acre tract of land near Arbor Villa. Mrs. Smith's home is in Oakland. The first of the ten houses is already being built, and work on the others will begin at once. An adjustable wall is made with an ordinary eightpenny nail, with hole in the head, through which passes a carved galvanized wire. The nail is driven into the studding, and the carved wire laid flat on the brick, and covered with mortar. Being perfectly adjustable, if the building sags or the sheeting shrinks, the bond will not be broken, but remain solid and intact between the brick in the wall. John Pondir, once a power in Wall street and for years one of the "ghosts of the street," died recently in great poverty. Pondir launched the Sutro tunnel scheme, and was a great deal in Pacific Mail and Panama railroad stock. At the time of Adolph Sutro's death Pondir had a suit for $1,000,000 against him. In the days of Gould and Fisk he was a well known figure at all the theaters and in old Delmonico's. King Edward is understood to hold broad views respecting colonial titles, and there has been a suggestion that in the process of unifying the British empire the creation of peerages with such titles attached as "Duke of Quebec," "Earl of Montreal," or "Marquis of Toronto," might be useful. The Toronto Globe meets the intimation by saying "Might we, in the most loyal and faithful way, beseech his majesty to spare us? We are doing so nicely as it is most gracious sovereign!" Clarence Bush went to Harvard university without a dollar, lodged in an attic at a dollar a week, and lived on gruel milk and water. But he had the material in him of which millionaires are made, and, after a year's starvation, saw his opportunity. He managed to get hold of a cow and a churn, and began to paddle butter of his own make on the streets of Cambridge. While he was studying mathematics, astronomy and chemistry, he was also learning the business of butter-making, and now he is graduated with a salary of $5,000 from a great New York creamery company awaiting him. The launch of the steamer Celtic at Belfast, Ireland, the other day, still further emphasizes the tendency to increase the dimensions of ocean-going craft. The Celtic is the largest vessel ever built, not only surpassing the Oceanic and the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, but having a displacement 10,000 tons greater than the Great Eastern. Her dimensions are: Length, 481 feet; beam, 75 feet; depth, 44 feet; cross tomentage, 20,880; net, 13,650; displacement, 33,000. The Celtic is not designed for speed but as an emigrant carrier, her capacity being 2,859 passengers, besides a crew of 335. Although the Celtic is too slow to be compulsoriously as an "ocean greyhound," her enormous size will make her an object of keen interest, at least until the advent of a greater. The new Bishop of London has already given his diocese a glimpse of his sterling democracy. Speaking to an audience of working men at a neighborhood settlement house in Whitechapel, he said that he had often noticed in coffee-houses the sign, "A good pull-up for cabmen." He intended to make the settlement house a good pull-up for bishops." His office, he found, required that he keep a carriage, but if any of his hearers saw him driving alone he hoped they would give him a hail; he should be glad to give them a lift. Bishop Ingram has been a most sympathetic and successful worker among the poor and unfortunate of East London, to whom he is a familiar figure and a trusted friend. The king has recently placed the stamp of royal approval on his work by appointing him dean of the royal chapels. A witness to ocean solitude recently reached Liverpool. A four-masted vessel, which sailed seven months before from San Francisco, entered the Marsey. Since leaving the Golden Gate she has not been spoken. Absolute silence concerning her through more than half a year, and then she appears as answer to all inquiries and speculations. So far as human knowledge lies, it was as if vessel and crew had pulled out of life, and been swallowed up in mystery for those days and months. The ocean as yet, does not differ from overcrowding. Hollow Ash... Hall BY MARGARET BLOUNT. *** To walk straight up to the door of a strange house, with nothing but a plaid shawl thrown over your head, requires a considerable amount of courage and nerve. At every step of the way Miss Marjorie's scruples grew stronger—her sense of outraged propriety more clear. At last she came to a dead stop, just as they reached the outer gate of Hollow Ash Hall. "What is it now?" asked Cowley, patting her hand encouragingly. "I really can't go in, Charles!" "Nonsense!" "They will think I am mad. Only see! I konw that my hair is half down and I have no bonnet! Don't make me go there, Charles, till I am more presentable—there's a dear." "Madam, do you intend to obey your lawful husband or not?" said Mr. Cowley, with mock solemnity. "But, Charles, do hear reason." "No. I won't! I've had enough of reason in my life. So come along, my love. The moment you enter yonder door you will get a warm greeting for my sake, and no one will stop to think whether you have a bonnet on or not. But that is just like you women! You can't even die comfortably unless you have a fashionable winding sheet to be wrapped in! "Men never study appearance—that is a fact well known!" said Miss Marjorie, quietly. He laughed, and led her up the avenue. The shutters of the house were all closed, but through a crevice in one of the low windows came a bright line of light, testifying to the presence of its occupants. "Now look for it! Look as dignified as you can, Marjorie," said Mr. Cowley, and rang the bell. A light came rapidly through the hall. The door was opened, and a stout female, with a candle in her hand, peered doubtfully out into the night. "Is it you, master?" she began. And just then catching sight of the muffled figure of Marjorie, she gave a shrill yell of horror and ran away. "It's ould Queen Bess herself, and a tall black man with her!", they heard her scream—and then came a Babel of voices from the inner room. "Shut the door! Lock it! Keep them out!" said one. "I do wish papa would come! It is too bad to leave us in such a place alone!" sighed another. "But some one is really at the door," spoke up a third. "It is all nonsense about Queen Bess; I am going to see what they want!" "Oh, don't, Rose!" cried her mother and sister. "Indeed, Miss Rose, it is Queen Bess as natural as life!" put in Mrs. Macarthy. "Nonsense," replied Rose, and taking the candle she went out to the door with a firm step. "Who is it, and what do you want?" she asked, quietly. Mr. Cowley stepped in, and let the light shine full upon his face. "Don't you know me, Rose?" "Why Charles—Cousin Charles, can it be you?" "It is really me." "But I thought you were in Australia." "So I was till a few weeks ago. Don't be alarmed, Rose; I am no ghost, but solid flesh and blood. And here is some one else, for whom I must crave a welcome—my wife, Rose, whom your servant mistook for the apparition of Queen Elizabeth." Rose stared, as well she might, when he drew in Miss Marjorie beside him. But Cousin Charles was her great favorite, and she had faith in everything he did—in everybody he loved. So she held out her hand to the bonnetless stranger, with a pleasant smile, and then led the way to the drawing room. "Mamma, you will never guess who has come!" she exclaimed. "Cousin Charles Cowley from Australia, and his wife." Greatly bewildered. Mrs. Cowley came forward to welcome her guests. She had the wildest notions about the manners and customs of foreign countries and seeing a tall, stately lady with a plaid cloak doing duty for head and shoulders, as bonnet and shawl, she instantly fancied that it must be the native costume of the land from which she came—the ne plus ultra of all elegance and grace among the ladies of Melbourne and Sydney. It was good to see Mr. Cowley's face as the consciousness of her mistake dawned upon him by degrees. "Dear me! Charles from Australia, and his wife! My dear, you are most welcome. Will you lay aside your—" She was at a loss how to designate the article of dress, but finally hit upon the word "burnous" as being the most suitable to the purpose. "Will you take off your burnous, my dear?" At that Mr. Cowley burst out laughing. "My dear aunt; it is not a burnous, but an old plaid cloak!" he exclaimed. "And my wife never saw Australia in her life. She has been living in this neighborhood for more than a year, and I just found her out by the merest chance in the world to-night, and immediately ran away with her." Every face, even Mrs. Macarthy's, expressed the most intense interest and curiosity. CHAPTER IX "It is really me." "If you will sit down I will tell you the story in a very few words," he observed; and within five minutes he was the centre of a most cosy-looking circle, with Miss Marjorie upon his right hand and Rose upon his left. "You must al know that my Marjorie is an orphan," he began. "I met her first at a house in London, where, among the gayest of parties, her little pale, sad face caught my eye, and without my knowing it won my heart. It was her uncle's house, but she was not happy there. Her cousins tyrannized over her—her aunt snubbed her—and I soon found that her uncle and myself were almost the only friends she had in the world. No doubt I twisted this fact to my own purpose. I own candidly that I rejoiced when others were rude to her, so that she might see that I was kind. I won her, I do believe, more because she was grateful to me than because she loved me; but the love came afterwards, so that it did not matter. I won her, and made her my wife, in spite of all the sneers of her cousins, and the discouraging coldness of her aunt. "For a time, we were very happy. Then some unknown correspondent began to trouble my peace. Anonymous letters came to me day after day, which told me that my wife was not what she seemed—that she loved another—that she only waited her time to play me false. "I was foolish enough to read the landers—to think of them—at last, to believe them. Circumstances, which looked suspicious then, but which I have seen by a far clearer light since, came up one after another to make me distrust Marjorie still more. At last I felt so convinced of her faithlessness that I deserted her. "I left a letter saying why I had gone. I left her money, and I have never seen her face on that day till tonight it beamed upon me out of the darkness like an accusing spirit. Aunt—Rose—she has been a school teacher—a governess, a companion, during my absence. But she is one of the best and purest women on earth; and I took her away just as she was, from her drudgery, to come and tell you so. I am sure you will all be friend her. Will you not?" "Every one of us!" was the hearty reply, and Mrs. Cowley folded the young wife in a motherly embrace, and Rose and Catherine kissed her on the cheek in the most sisterly fashion. Tears stood in Marjorie's dark eyes as they did so; and her husband turned his head for a moment, as if ashamed of the weakness which he could not help feeling and showing at their kindness. "What the good lady who employs her will say to her elopement, I cannot conjecture," remarked Mr. Cowley after a moment's pause. "Oh! she never had a very good opinion of me!" said Marjorie, cheerfully. "And she will probably utter a devout thanksgiving when she finds that she is to see me no more. There never was much love lost between us, I am afraid." "Was she a nice person?" asked Catharine. "Not according to my definition of the word nice. I can describe her to you in a very short time. She is a stout women, who thinks herself ill when she is only lazy, and who never gets out of her easy chair except to go to bed or to fly into a rage—which she does on an average of twelve times a day. No—decidedly I do not call Mrs. Magnum a nice person." "I should think not!" said Rose, laughing. "I wish I could see her face when she hears you are gone!" "Never mind Mrs. Magnum, now, said Mr. Cowley. "I want to hear something about my uncle and this mad freak of his. What could have put it into his head to take a haunted house?" "Ah!" said Catharine, ruefully; "you must ask Rose that." "Why?" "Because she was at the bottom of it all!" "Is that so, Rose?" "I am afraid I must plead guilty, Charles. I thought it would be so nice and romantic to live with a ghost. But I don't like it at all. There is a dreadful cradle-rocking in the kitchen every night, and not one of us dares to stop there a moment after dusk. Papa heard it the first night we came, and yet he won't go away. I think he is a little frightened, but he fancies that people will laugh at him if he goes away. And so——" "And so it will go on till we are all carried off bodily by these horrible cradle-rocking creatures, and then your father will be satisfied," broke in Mrs. Cowley, more in sorrow than in anger. Her nephew broke out laughing. "Ah, you may laugh, Charlie; but I can assure you it is no joke to live in a place that gives you the cold shivers every time you stop to think what it really is. And Mr. Cowley actually talks of spending his Christmas here! But nothing shall tempt me to stay, even if he does. At any other time I can stand it; but I will not eat turkey and plum pudding in company with half a dozen grown-up hobgoblins to please any man alive!" "You are quite right, aunt. But I really was not laughing at your troubles, only at your funny way of telling them. But, joking apart, what is this story about a cradle? Because I have heard something in Australia, which I think relates to this house." "In Australia? Why, how could any one know of it there?" asked Rose opening her eyes very wide. "Who owns this house?" "A Mr. Vernon." "Exactly so. Do you know what his first name is?" "Alfred," said Mrs. Cowley. Her nephew looked perplexed for a moment; then his face cleared again. "Oh, I see! George was his brother. How long is it since they have lived in this house—the Vernons, I mean?" "Oh, a great many years! Twenty or twenty-two, I think." "That makes the story clear. You must know that I met a Mr. George Vernon in Australia—a man about forty years old. He drank to excess and gambled desperately; and, in fact, there were a great many queer stories told of him one way and another. "One night he was in my tent with several of his friends, and the conversation turned upon the reality of ghosts, and the amount of credulity required to believe in them. Vernon said little at first, but later in the evening he suddenly looked up at me and exclaimed, "It is true, every syllable of it. They do come back. I have seen and heard them, too, by day and night, for twenty years past. They can come in any shape. They can turn their hands to anything. Why, I have known one to rock a cradle four-and-twenty hours without ceasing and sing all the while into the bargain!" "What a useful ghost to have in the house with a small family," said one, laughing. "I never saw any one turn as pale as Vernon did. "'Uiseful! You would not crack your jokes about them if you staid a night alone in my old house at Banley,' he exclaimed. 'Gad! What with the butler's pantry and the turret-room, it's little like laughing you'd feel by morning, I am thinking! Pass me the brandy and let me get it out of my head." "And sure enough he did get it out of his head; for it took two men to see him safe home when he left my tent at 10 o'clock that night." "And what do you infer from that, Charles?" inquired his wife. "Why, my dear, this is near Banley, and the only house that I have ever heard of where a cradle rocks. To make assurance doubly sure, Mr. Vernón's brother own's the place now. I would be willing to take my oath that the rocking of the cradle has something to do with one of these men; but which of the two I am not prepared to say." "I saw George," exclaimed Rose, who had been deeply interested in the story. "And I should like to hear the cradle," remarked Mr. Cowley. "Oh, don't think of such a thing! It's too horrible!" exclaimed both the girls. "I only want to convince myself that it does rock." "But we all heard it." "Then I confess I am like the young lady whose grandmother told her that she had found out by her own experience that love-making was very dangerous work. I want to find out by my own experience, too. Where is this cradle?" "In the kitchen." "Does it rock every night?" "Yes." "At what time?" "It begins about nine." "And it now wants a quarter to ten. It must be in full swing by this time. Rose, will you do the honors of the ghost to your old friend?" "Not I." "Catharine?" "I must beg to be excused." "Well, aunt, will you come?" "No, Charles; I'll never set foot in that awful kitchen again, by day or right, while I have my right senses." "Then I am sure that good servant of yours—" Mrs. Macarthy shrieked a quick denial before he had time to finish the sentence, and Rose laughed. CUT OFF HIS WOODEN FOOT. Man Caught in Trap. and No One to Help Him. John McLeod of Milford, Me., employed as a scaler on the lumbering operations in township 31, had a strange experience recently. He was caught in a bear trap, and was obliged to cut off his foot with a jackknife. Fortunately, he had a wooden leg, and the operation was not painful. He was going from one landing to another, and thought to cut off part of the distance by taking the bank of the Athabasca stream. And he got into a bear trap, which closed upon his wooden leg with a snap, and held him in such a way that he could not reach the springs to release himself. The spot was far from the camps or logging roads, and John was in quite a predicament. But the situation was joyful even compared with what it might have been had he been blessed with two good legs, or even if he had been caught by the other. As it was, he whipped out his jackknife, and in a short time had whittled himself clear, leaving a considerable portion in the trap. This he got out without much difficulty, and, taking it under his arm, with the aid of a stout stick as a cane hobbled to the camp. But Mr. McLeod has bitter thoughts and is very angry with himself. After he had told the story to the crew the little French "cookie" observed: "Why you no take off your whole wood laig—ah? You get out um thrap, and no spike you wood laig 'tail—ah?' It never occurred to John that he might have unstrapped his wooden limb, and when he thinks of it he grits his teeth and carves away the more vigorously upon the new leg he is making. The Ram's Horn Sends Forth Its Weekly Blasts. A GOOD way to get a taste of heaven yourself is to try to lift somebody else up to look into its window. If guilt makes such cowards of us before men, what will we be when we have to stand before God? A VALUABLE GOOD way to get a taste of heaven yourself is to try to lift somebody else up to look into its window. If guilt makes such cowards of us before men, what will we be when we have to stand before God? A VALUABLE use has finally been discovered for young aligators. They are so nice to sell to tourists. It is hard to believe in the religion of people who are trying to go to Heaven without the use of soap. There are people who never have anything very good said of them until it is done on a tombstone. Who knows but that angels are kept busy making opportunities for people who are willing to do good? If the whole earth could know the truth about God to day, the millenium would come to-morrow. EVERY time that a sinner has a chance to repent and doesn't do it the devil gets a stronger hold upon him. THERE are a good many men in the pulpit who would not be there if they had not misunderstood the Lord. "WHOSOEVER is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the loving kindness of the Lord." God wants the gospel sent to foreign lands as much for the good of the church at home as for the good of the heathen. It takes a great deal of powerful preaching to get much money out of a man who carries a long strap around his pocket-book. One reason why the world seems to move so slow is because there are so many people who want to sit on the fence and whittle. The man who can do an honest day's work when the circus is in town, never has to wear his shoes out in looking for employment. It is only when the church ceases to need money that church members are released from their obligations to give according to their ability. It may be that we could never see the stars shine if we lived in the sun. It takes a touch of darkness sometimes to tell us how near to us God is. WHEN you find a minister who has trouble about getting his salary, you generally find one who has neglected to preach the religion of giving. WE don't know anything about Peter's wife, but there wasn't any discount on his mother-in-law. She went to work for the Lord as soon as he cured her. ONE reason why the church is cramped for money is because there is not more praying being done by people who take their pocket-books into the church with them. Feathered Surgeons. Some interesting observations relating to the surgical treatment of wounds by birds were recently brought by M. Fatio before the Physical Society of Geneva. He quotes the case of the snipe, which he has often observed engaged in repairing damages. With its beak and feathers it makes a very creditable dressing, applying plasters to bleeding wounds and even securing a broken limb by means of a stout ligature. On one occasion he killed a snipe which had on the chest a large dressing composed of down taken from other parts of the body and securely fixed to the wound by the coagulated blood. Twice he had brought home snipe with interwoven feathers strapped on to the site of fracture of one or other limb. The most interesting example was that of a snipe both of whose legs he had unfortunately broken by a misdirected shot. He recovered the animal only on the day following, and he then found that the poor bird had contrived to apply dressings and a sort of splint to both lambs. In carrying out this operation some feathers had become entangled around the beak, and not being able to use its claws to get rid of them, it was almost dead from hunger when discovered. In a case recorded by M. Magnin, a snipe which was observed to fly away with a broken leg, was subsequently found to have forced the fragments into a parallel position, the upper fragments reaching to the knee, and secured them there by means of a strong band of feathers and moss intermingled. The observers were particularly struck by the application of a ligature of a kind of flat-leafed grass wound round the limb of a spiral form and fixed by means of a sort of glue.—New York Ledger. Dangerous Men. A Cincinnati judge says of men who drink from twenty to fifty glasses of beer per day and still apparently keep their heads: "They are simply benumbed with drunkenness, even though they can talk and work, and are in no sense responsible to the law as adults. I could not hold such a man responsible any more than if he had been proven idiotic or crazy." The public must look out for itself. Just in Time. An Irish gentleman getting upon a street-car found one place vacant, which he proceeded to occupy. "Sure," said he, with a twinkle in his eye, "I came just in the nick of time." "How is that?" "Arrah! If I was to come now, I shouldn't find a seat in the car!" Why He Lost His Love John Boscacci, a tinker, of Oakland, Cal, had his leg amputated. "In doing his work he held the article to be mended on his knee, and the continued hammering caused the bone to dry." SHE—So she married for love, did she? He—Yes; love of money. FAMOUS OLD HOUSE The house of Walter Baker & Co., whose manufactures of cocoa and chocolate have become familiar in the mouth as household words, was established one hundred and twenty-one years ago (1780) on the Neponset river in the old town of Dorchester, a suburb of Boston. From the little wooden mill, "by the rude bridge that arched the flood," where the enterprise was first started, there has grown up the largest industrial establishment of the kind in the world. It might be said that, while other manufacturers come and go, Walter Baker & Co., go on forever. What is the secret of their great success? It is a very simple one. They have won and held the confidence of the great and constantly increasing body of consumers by always maintaining the highest standard in the quality of their cocoa and chocolate preparations, and selling them at the lowest price for which unadulterated articles of good quality can be put upon the market. They welcome honest competition; but they feel justified in denouncing in the strongest teras the fraudulent methods by which inferior preparations are palmed off on customers who ask for and suppose they are getting the genuine articles. The best grocers refuse to handle such goods, not alone for the reason that, in the long run, it doesn't pay to do it, but because their sense of fair dealing will not permit them to aid in the sale of goods that defraud their customers and injure honest manufacturers. Every package of the goods made by the Walter Baker Company bears the well-known trade mark "La Belle Chocolatiere," and their place of manufacture "Dorchester, Mass." Housekeepers are advised to examine their purchases, and make sure that other goods have not been substituted. An attractive little book of "Choice Recipes" will be mailed free to any housekeeper who sends her name and address to Walter Baker & Co., Ltd., 188 State S'treet, Boston, Mass. Astronomy Calms Human Passion. At a meeting of the Astronomical Society of France, the well-known astronomer, M. Flammarion, said that by calming the human passions, the study of astronomy seemed to have a very beneficial influence. At any rate the French Astronomical Society, composed of about 2,500 members, possessed one member of 105 years of age, a dozen over ninety, and a very large number who had already seen their eighth year. Pllots Are Not Worrying Owners of Atlantic liners trading to New York are moving for the repeal of the compulsory pilotage bill. They claim that with the East river channel 1,000 feet wide and forty feet deep they should not be compelled to engage pilots. It costs $250 to bring the giant Oceanic in and take her to sea again. The pilots are not worrying over the matter. They say that a single accident to one of the big ships would be so costly as to stop all such attempts. Like Those In America: The slot machine has been adapted in England to the directory. This useful volume is held fast in a closed position by the arms of the machine until you drop a penny into the slot; then the arms relax and you can consult the directory. The book is kept open as long as required by holding one cover, but as soon as this resistance is withdrawn the directory closes automatically. Awful Slaughter of British Awful slaughter of British. From the latest official reports in the British war office it is ascertained that the total killed, wounded and missing among the army during actions in South Africa up to March 31 was 1,993 officers and 27,952 noncommissioned officers and men. In addition 711 officers and 16,981 noncommissioned officers and men have died of wounds or disease, making the total casualties foot up to the enormous total of 47,637. Fies of the InfraScope The infrascope is a sighting device for rifles an cannon. It consists of a metal tube about a foot long and an inch square, with a small reflector, inclined at an angle of 45 degrees at each end. The soldier, instead of aiming by the rifle sight, looks into the lower mirror of the infrascope, which reproduces the reflection of the upper mirror and shows also the sight line of the rifle. Duke of Argyll's Memoirs. The memoirs of the late Duke of Argyle will probably be published next winter, edited by the dowager duchess, to whom all her husband's papers were bequeathed. The Duke had been writing his memoirs for several years before his death and he left the work, nearly finished, and careful directions and ample materials for its completion. Slenklewicz Likes the Chase. The Polish novelist, Sienkiewicz, is very fond of the chase, especially boarhunting, and the walls of his home in Warsaw are decorated with his trophies, some of them from Africa. Surfew in English Towns: The curfew bell is still rung at Kirby Stephen, also at Shifnell, in Shropshire, England, at 5 a. m. and 8 p. m. A traveler who was once lost in the dark heard the curfew bell and was enabled to find his way to the town. At his death he left a sum of money, which realized £3 per annum, to cover the expenses of ringing the curfew bell from November to March. Never make money today that will cause your arrest tomorrow for counterfeiting. As a Leaf on the Current. By GABRIELLE E. JACKSON. HO can resist the influence of a perfect spring day? Then, when the world is quickening with new life, are we thrilled with the beauty coming into existence all about us, and it must indeed be a morose nature which does not respond. Heaven comes very near upon such a day, particularly at Eastertide, for then a gracious creator seems to proclaim his glory to the children of earth. In the little town of Maplewood, content to remain "the little straw at anchor," a Sabbath stillness lay over all, for the church bells had ceased ringing and the village was at worship. Down the broad street, with its pretty park running through the center and the overarching clim trees just bursting into the softest green came a wheelman. He rode slowly, as though he had no special destination in view. me. That's why she does on Easter, and a "Good sense, what mean?" "I must have dropped I quite forgot them." "I hilt them up modulating man as he return a moment later bedraggled lilies." "Here they are," the worse for wear, the right, I guess into a pall of water the changing drops, child. "Keep them, a think of her." Noting the surprize Mary Burd's face, he "Do you think you know? You have not in my life, for I've little bits of dirt we Through the open door and windows of a quaint old church an organ rolled forth the beautiful prelude of an Easter hymn. The cyclist stopped to listen. "Didn't suppose there would be anything worth hearing in this corner of creation. Wonder what kind of a voice will follow up that prelude? And throwing himself upon the grass he waited for the coming notes. A hush followed, and then came the glorious words. The voice, one of wonderful sweetness, was under perfect control. It was held, softened, subdued or sent forth in a magnificent volume—a living message to those who listened to draw all that was best and noblest in their natures. Herbert Parker at first listened indifferently, but as the singer proceeded he partly rose from his reclining position and drank in the beauty of the anthem. At its end he rose to his feet, saying: "By Jove, any one who can sing like that ought to be as good to look at as she is to listen to!" And, trundling his wheel across the road he left it beside the church door and slumped inside. The choir was near the pulpit, but the singers were concealed by a curtain. The pastor was announcing the Easter offering when the choir curtains were drawn aside, and a young girl scarcely twenty years of age and fair and beautiful as the Easter lilies surrounding her stepped to the railing. When the organist had played the soft, impressive prelude of the "Resurrection," the same liquid notes began to fill the church, flowing, floating, soaring away into mere echo, there flung forth with the joy and abandon of a bird singing for very love of it unaware of the beauty of its song. Without effort, without self-consciousness, the Easter hymn was poured out, a rich and gracious gift to all who cared to listen. At its end the singer quietly took her scat, little realizing how great a power had been given her, Stanch in her faith, she had thrown her whole soul into the beautiful anthem. He slipped from the church just before the services ended and waited on the opposite side of the road until the congregation appeared. The little soprano was among the last. After a few pleasant words with the others she started down the road, where she was joined by a the Newfoundland dog. She stroked and petted him and then continued her way, with him bounding before her. Mounting his wheel Herbert followed a short distance behind. Turning from the main road she struck into a path leading abruptly down a hill between steep clay banks. At its foot was a disused clay pit half filled with water. At the far end stood a forlorn shanty. As Mary Burd approached, a crippled child emerged from it, and made her way along the edge of the pit. The sunlight glancing upon the water half blinded her, and, pausing a moment she steadied herself upon her crutches and raised one hand, to shield her eyes. At that instant the big dog came bounding towards her and, striking her, threw her down. She tried to save herself, but the clay was slippery, and in a second she had rolled into the water. With a cry Miss Burd sprang toward her, but the dog had already plunged into the water and was holding the child by her clothing. The steep bank prevented him from carrying her out or help from reaching them. The would-be rescuer was nearly at her wrist's end when a wheelman shot by her and, catching up some planks, fung them into the water. Half sliding, half falling, down the bank, he sat astride the boards, reached the frightened child and raised her to Miss Burd; then, paddling his boards to a less steep part of the bank, he succeeded in scrambling out. Taking the dripping child into his own arms, he carried her into the hut. Hardly a word had been exchanged on the bank, but now Miss Burd found time to look at the rescuer and say: "Your arrival was certainly providential. I dare not think what might have happened to Nelly. She is such a frail little thing." "This comes of following an angel," he answered, with a queer smile. Mary looked at him questioningly, but he busied himself with heating some water, all the while fully aware of the tenderness with which she cared for the child. Presently in his abrupt way he said, "You're in an awful smell, aren't you?" looking at her pretty spring gown utterly ruined by the water. "It is only my dress, but you must be soaked through, and I have been too selfish to think about it. You will surely take cold. I can't leave Nelly until her mother comes from mass, but I wish you would go to my home and let my father make you comfortable. You can't mistake Dr. Burd's house, just beyond the church." "And what shall I say to him when I get there?" he asked, laughing. "Here's one Herbert Parker, a soaked tramp, whom you are to take in and warm and clothes? No, thank you. I'm not much the worse for my ducking, and by the time you have got that kid all right I shall be, too, and then, if you won't think such a move too bare-faced, I'll walk back with you. You don't know me from Adam, and I never laid eyes on you till no-day, but you've made the turn heads instead of tails, although you don't know that either." And he stopped over the child to stroke her wet hair. "Did the illies get wet?" she asked him. "What illies, you squeezed up bit of humanity?" "The illies Miss Burd was a-bringin me. That's why she came. she allers does on Easter, and I loves her dearly." "Good sense, what illies does she mean?" "I must have dropped them by the pit. I quite forgot them." "I'll hunt them up," said the accommodating man as he went out only to return a moment later with some rather bedraggled illies. "Here they are," said he, "somewhat the worse for wear, but a souse will set them right, I guess." He dipped them into a pail 'of water, then, shaking off the changing hands, dropped them to the child. "Keep them, and they'll make you think of her." Noting the surprised expression on Mary Burd's face, he said to her: "Do you think you have met a mad man? You have not. I never was sacer in my life, for I've learned to-day what little bits of dirt we all are and how a breath can alter our whole lives. Ten days ago I started out on my wheel. I didn't know where I was going. In fact, I didn't care much. One place was as good as another. The union station house in view, went in and took the first train that left. It happened to bring me here, and here I've staid till to-day. Thought I'd ride out and see the country, it's so pretty. Came along through the village; saw the church; heard you singing; went in to see what you looked like; after the service followed you here. There, you've got the whole history, and now you may think what you like, but just as I happened along in time to save this kid's life, just so sure has your singing helped me to wake up. Now shake hands or not, just as you choose." As the man spoke Mary Burd had risen to her feet, her color coming and going and her eyes shining like stars. Probably no woman has ever before been spoken to in just that way, but Mary Burd, although only twenty years old, was no ordinary woman. Feeling instinctively how great a crisis in the life of a human being she had come upon, all that was noblest in her character instantly responded to the call made upon her. Surely she was not far from the angelic being he had named her when, holding out to him her small white hand, she said in a voice which would tremble: "No, I do not know you, nor do you know me. We are utter strangers, yet the One whose resurrection we have sung to-day would not have hesitated to put forth a helping hand where it was needed. If I have been his unworthy instrument, I am glad indeed, and this Easter day will be a memorable one." He held the pretty hand while she was speaking, and when she had finished bent one knee and reverently kissed the trembling fingers; then drawing himself to his full height, he stood waiting for what might follow. Nelly had been looking at them with her big eyes, and now, as though a higher power dictated, she said: "Please sing. Miss Mary." Tracy Sloan, Miss Mary. Seating herself beside the child's bed, she began to sing "Death and Life."—Wisconsin Agriculturalist. Building a Silo. The past two or three summers have been hard for making milk, and it requires good, careful planning to keep up an even flow and depend on ordinary methods. We find it much easier to make a uniform flow in the winter under even conditions. We plan to build one or two more silos, so that no matter what the summer is we are prepared for it. The best stave silo that we have ever seen, and an inexpensive one, is on the farm of C. B. Pomeroy, Jr., of Willimantic, Conn. It is made of two by six spruce, plained but not beveled, and the material cost $19 per 1,000 feet. It is twenty by sixteen, and has a capacity of eighty tons. On opposite sides of the silo two of the staves are six by six. These two stick out from the silo, and the rods pass through them. The rods are simply five-eighths inch bolts well washed, and cannot drop down. They are only half the circumference of the silo, and no costly lugs are required. The silo is tight and the silage good, and the entire cost, painting, foundation, etc., was not over $1.50 per ton capacity. We opened one of our silos to-day and found about a foot of spoiled silage where usually we find only three or four inches. It was completely burned up, like fire-fanged manure. When we finished filling the silo with our regular silage corn (we use Rural Thoroughbred) it would hold several loads more, so we put on top some sweet corn that had gone by silage state and was rather dry. We lost it. Had we put it down in the middle of silo, or given it plenty of water when filling, it would have come out all right, as it has before.—Correspondence of Rural New Yorker. A Large Flax Acreage in Sight. A scarcity of seed is felt in the Northwest, and this condition will serve somewhat to check the proposed increase. Considerable interest is manifested in the use of Argentine seed, but growers should experiment cautiously, as Argentine flax is grown under conditions different than prevail in our Northwest. At home it is sown in the fall and winter, and the time elapsing between seeding and maturity is longer than in this country. If it is desired to experiment with this seed it should be done in a small way at first. Cause of Herocide "We cannot consider your story seiously," wrote an editor to an author; "you have killed your hero in the middle of it." To which the author replied: "I killed him because he made me tired."—Current Literature. SCIENCE HEALTH IN OLD AGE. Infancy and old age are frequently referred to as analogous states. In point of fact they are much more nearly opposites. Infancy is the expanding, rapidly developing period, while old age is a time when the tissues shrink, as it were, to accommodate the lessening vital forces. It cannot be said that all persons reach old age at seventy, although by that time the majority of people find it necessary to curtail their activities and in the air of a room amongst 184,000,000 dust particles only one organism could be detected. These facts Dr. McFadyen said, illustrates the poverty of the air in micro-organism even when it is very dusty. Their continued existence is rendered difficult through the influence of desiccation and sunlight. Drying up is one of nature's favorite methods of getting rid of bacteria. The signals which indicate a need for lightening the load upon the vital forces as old age comes on are usually unmistakable. There is a decreased capacity for work. The heart-beats are weaker, the muscles and joints less flexible. Acute diseases are more to be feared. It is not uncommon for the aged to recover from serious injuries and from severe attacks of illness; but such recoveries are not the rule. One of the important questions connected with the hygiene of old age relates to the degree to which one should modify one's previous habits of life. It may be said positively that all sudden or directly reversionary changes are to be shunned. For example, one who has always walked as a daily habit would be unwise to give up the custom completely because of having passed a certain birthday. In the same way it is seldom advisable to abandon even the cares of business entirely, lest the seeking for something else with which to fill the gap thus created should be unsuccessful. Extremes of all sorts are so many dangers to be avoided. A certain elasticity of muscle, bone and blood vessel is lacking, and as a result the system is unfitted for sudden strain. A strenuous life can no longer be pursued with safety. Severe trials can no longer be pursued with safety. Severe trials of muscular and mental energy, even severe trials of temper, are out of place. Nature's suggestions in regard to food must be heeded. A simple, easily digested diet should be the rule. To say that the aged require less food than at former periods would be unnecessary; only that a diminished appetite in old persons is sometimes regarded by them as a serious symptom, and one to be struggled against. Not infrequently it is found advantageous in later life to take food in small amounts and at short intervals. It will be observed, also, that a lowered vitality calls for more sleep as a means of preserving the brighter qualities of the mind. While heavy cares are properly shifted from the shoulders of the aged, it must be remembered that interest in life is largely maintained by virtue of a helpful attitude toward others, and that to insist that the aged member of the household shall do nothing is a mistaken kindness. While the amount of work which may be done is curtailed by advanced age, instances are not lacking to show that the quality of mental labor performed is not necessarily lowered. PCTS CARS BACK ON THE TRACK. Aggravating delays and the blocking of many street cars are liable to occur from the accidental shifting of the wheels from the track upon coming in contact with a small obstruction or from other causes. When no means of replacing the car is at hand it is necessary to await the arrival of a repair wagon and by this time the passengers have nearly all decided to walk. Perhaps Ezra Showalter of Ohio was caught in such a predicament when he thought of the car replacer here shown, which has just been patented by him. The main feature of the replacing device lies in the series of grooves running across the face of the iron block. The purpose of these grooves is to re- DEVICE FOR REPLACING CARS ceive the flange of the car wheel at any distance from the rail and transfer it to its natural position as soon as the car is started. The block fits tightly over the rail and needs no clamps to hold it in place. As soon as the car has been replaced the block is lifted with the aid of the switch iron and the car is ready to proceed. The device is also intended for use in replacing railway cars. DEST AND BACTERIA Some interesting facts concerning the comparative number of particles of dust and bacteria in the air were communicated to the Royal Institution recently by Dr. Allan Macfadyen. Using Aitken's dust-counter, he found in an open suburb of London 20,000 dust particles in every cubic centimeter of air, while in the heart of the great town the number of particles in the same volume of air was 500,000. In the open air of London there was, on the average, only one micro-organism every 38,300,000 particles of dust. and in the air of a room amongst 184. 000,000 dust particles only one organism could be detected. These facts, Dr. McFadyen said, illustrates the poverty of the air in micro-organism even when it is very dusty. Their continued existence is rendered difficult through the influence of desiccation and sunlight. Drying up is one of nature's favorite methods of getting rid of bacteria. HANDY TWINE CUTTER Nearly half the labor of doing up packages is comprised in the two acts of picking up the string by its loos end and severing it after the bundle is tied, and it is an important matter to have the end of its cord always in position and a cutting device handy. These two objects are accomplished in the twine holder and cutter illustrated CORD-HOLDING DEVICE below, which was recently patented by Raymond D. Weakley, of Missouri. There are very few parts to the apparatus and it is not liable to get out of order, as only the single-toothed wheel and the spring-controlled post which carries the cutting blade are capable of movement. The cord is threaded through the short horizontal tube by first compressing the post to its lowest limit and then allowing it to rise. As the post is geared to the toothed wheel the reverse motion engages the cord and pulls it through the tube until it projects a short distance from the opening. When the post is lifted the wheel runs freely and the cord can be pulled out for winding around a package, but as soon as the post is depressed it pulls the slack back into the casing and the knife at the lower end of the post then severs the twine when the release of the post will again project it as before. If the ball of twine is suspended over head it is only necessary to thread it through the tube. THE FAMILY PHYSICIAN Man aged 40; bookkeeper; dull pain in back and sides and between shoulder blades, in fact all over me; a few days ago had severe attack of indigestion after a light lunch; do not feel so bad when out, but only in office; have no cough, but stuffed up at throat and nose, especially at night, which makes me wakeful at night. Ans.-The only thing necessary for you is exercise in the open air. Medicines will do little good compared to that. A. V.—Girl aged 15, troubled very much with slight headache; when drawing aches very much. Should I give up drawing? Ans.—Take the following tonic, to see if it will not improve the health, so that you will not need to give up the drawing: Syrup of the iodide of iron, two ounces; glycerine, two ounces. Mix. Take half a teaspoonful in water after each meal. Mrs. C. P.—Please let me know what I could do to relieve deafness and noises in left ear; have had this for a week; suffer very much from neuralgia in head; am a married woman, aged 40. Ans.—Dry heat, such as from a rubber hot water bottle is best for this ear trouble, and also if possible have some air blown into the ear by means of a politizer bag. C. H.—Girl aged 16 years; am suffering from great pain in left side right below ribs; most severe at night; doctor says it is cold on the lungs; have been taking his medicine for a month without any benefit. Please prescribe. Ans.—Continue to use the medicine your doctor orders, and I am sure there will be an improvement before long. F. C. H.—Am troubled with a dull pain at all times across chest and at top of shoulder blades and right arm, causing a spasm around heart; does not move at times. Ans.—This is a slight rheumatic pain that is not of any importance.—Montreal Herald. Immature wood, that is the wood of a tree which has not attained its full growth, is said not to be as durable as the wood of a fully grown tree. Never contradict a woman when she is abusing her husband. It is easier to call a man a fool than it is to convince him of the truth of your statement. A GIFTED AND BEAUTIFUL GIRL Threatened With Nervous Prostration, PROMPTLY SAVED BY PE-RU-NA. MISS ROSE CULLEN, OF BUTTE, MONT. MISS ROSE CULLEN, OF BUTTE, MONT. Miss Rose Cullen, President Young Woman's Club, or writes from 921 Galena street, as follows: "Peruna has many friends in Butte. I cannot praise of it. While finishing school I became very exhausted from over-study. I was weak and sick, and eat, sleep nor enjoy life. A couple of bottles of Peruna in me. I find that having it in the house and taking on keeps me in fine health. "A large number of my friends place Peruna at medicines."---Miss Rose Cullen. How Peruna Quickly Cures Backache Miss Rose Cullen, President Young Woman's Club, of Butte, Mont., writes from 921 Galena street, as follows: "Peruna has many friends in Butte. I cannot say too much in praise of it. While finishing school I became very nervous and exhausted from over-study. I was weak and sick, and could neither eat, sleep nor enjoy life. A couple of bottles of Peruna put new life in me. I find that having it in the house and taking a dose off and on keeps me in fine health. "A large number of my friends place Peruna at the head of all medicines."---Miss Rose Cullen. How Peruna Quickly Cares Backache, the Bane of Womankind. MRS. G. W. HEARD, Hempstead, Texas, writes: "We have moved recently, and I must have lifted something that was too heavy for me in straightening things up, for I had such a backache and could hardly stand on my feet at all. Beside, I was so tired all the time. My face was spotted and I was very thin. I took one bottle of Peruna and was soon real well. When I feel tired and all run down I take Peruna and feel all right before I finish one bottle. I know it is a wonderful medicine, and both myself and husband praise Peruna. "There has been a great deal of sickness through this part of the country, but, thanks to Peruna, which we use freely, our own family has escaped with almost no sickness at all. "Could you but see our baby Ruby, (to whom we gave Peruna for bowel trouble), you would see from her robust looks that you need no better advertisement in this little town. She is so fat and rosy, is nearly five years old now, and is a great believer in Peruna."—Mrs. G. W. Heard. Given up to Die, All Besters Failed It Given Up to Die-All Doctors Failed—It Proved to be Catarrh of Stomach and Was Cured by Peruna. W. A. Mitchell, dealer in general merchandise, of Martin, Ga., writes: "I wrote you some time ago concerning my wife's case. She had tried all of the best doctors, and we got to No man is so sharp that there isn't a sharper. A drowning man will catch at a straw and so will a man that is thirsty. Some articles must be described. White's Yucatan needs no description: it's the real thing. Thirsty people are addicted to dry humor. Piso's Cure is the best meditating we ever used for all affections of the throat and lungs.—W.M. O. ENDSLEY, Vanburen, Ind., Feb. 10, 1900. If some men had to live by their wits they would starve to death. Hall's Catarrh Cure An awkward boy is a chip off the old stumbling block. Ladies who take pride in clear, white clothes should use Red Cross Ball Blue. Never make a complaint while you are angry. Beer from Reet Roots. Manufacture of beer from beet roots is being advocated in England. The beet abounds in the sugar juice, but it is stated that the cost of separating it from the gums, acids and salts is somewhat expensive and would result in a higher price being charged for the beer. John Clark, Eldpath's Father James Ridpath, father of John Clark Ridpath, the eminent historian, died recently in Spokane, Wash., at the age of 84 years. He was born in Virginia and went to Indiana when 20 years old, and later moved to Minnesota. He was a member of the first Minnesota senate and served several terms. Mr. Ridpath was subsequently state senator in Dakota and a prominent mining operator in the Black Hills. He went to Spokane ten years ago. Moving Sidewalk in Paris. The moving sidewalk of the Paris exposition was a great success; 6,694,308 persons paid for the privilege of using the platforms, while only 2,635,867 used the railway that carried passengers in the other direction. Corn Indigenous to Peru. The earliest specimens of Indian corn grew, it is believed by botanists, on the plateau of Peru, where this plant has been found growing in a condition which indicates that it is indigenous to the soil. ing Woman's Club, of Butte, Mont. flows: Butte. I cannot say too much in school I became very nervous and weak and sick, and could neither of bottles of Peruna put new life the house and taking a dose off and place Peruna at the head of all where we thought all they did was against her. She weighed about 190 pounds when she was in good health. When she commenced with our family physician in April, 1898, she weighed about 130, but kept going down all the time. She went to Atlanta, Ga., and took treatment, but it did her no good. Then she went to Harmony Grove, Ga., and took treatment from the best physician there for three months. She kept going down under his treatment, although he was considered the best physician in the county. She went down from 120 pounds to 68, and saw she could not live long. She was a skeleton. We consulted an old physician who told her to use Peruna. She gradually improved and got stronger. She has gained 38 pounds since she has taken Peruna, and is gaining every day, and does her own housework. "She was well known when she was so low, and now everybody wants to know what cured her. She had indigestion and catarrh of the stomach. It is as good for children as for grown people. We haven't had to have a doctor for one of our children since 1888." W. A. Mitchell. If you do not derive prompt and satisfactory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, 0. SEND US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS and upon receipt of some I will send you a proposition whereby you will be liberally paid for a few minutes of your time; more you will be willing to sell. I will send you absolutely nothing. Write to-day. W. C. KLEINE, WANTED MEN TO SELL CIGARS. Liberal proposition; if you are one of employment Liberal propositions, you will devote your time to our business and will devote your time to our business. MLANS. Do Seba Station, St. Louis, Mo. Private Mailing Card Private Mailing Card with colored views of scenery on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway sent on receipt of ten (10) cents in stamps. Address F. A. Miller, General Passenger Agent, Chicago, Ill. Do Your Feet Ache and Burn! DO YOUR FEET ABSORB AND BLOOD. Shake into your shoes, Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet. It makes tight or New Shoes feel easy, Cures Corns, Bunlions, Swollen, Hot and Sweating Feet. At all Drugists and Shoe Stores, 25c. sample sent FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N.Y. South Dakota Farms South Dakota Farms Is the title of an illustrated booklet just issued by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, descriptive of the country between Aberdeen and the Missouri River, a section heretofore unprovided with railway facilities, but which is now reached by a new line of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway. Everyone contemplating a change of location will be interested in the information contained in it, and a copy may be had by sending a two-cent stamp to F. A. Miller, General Passenger Agent, Chicago, Ill. So many people try to have a good time and don't have it. Every house has its skeleton—and some boarding houses have several. Chaplain Yields to Orders. Chaplain Yields to Orders. Orville J. Nave, an army chaplain, has the record of slipping out from under more assignments than any man in the service. He was ordered half a dozen times to report for duty in the Philippines, but on each occasion managed to remain at home. Six weeks ago he received a final order to join a regiment now in Manila. Once more he tried to evade the job, but received an intimation to obey instructions or be court-martialed. Chaplain Nave yielded at last and now is sailing across the Pacific.—Chicago Chronicle.