Wichita Searchlight

W. N. MILLER, Editor. Entered at the Post-Office at Wichita Kansas, as Second Class Mail Matter. Published every Saturday at No 239 North Main Street, up stairs RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION: IN ADVANCE. On year, by mail. 61 66 Six months, by mail. 75 Three months, by mail. 50 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to "The Searchlight," Wichita, Kansas. All matters to be published must reach this office not later than Tuesday, to reach publication in the current issue. Correspondents and 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. You Can Find Us At 239 N. Main Up Stairs. What has become of Sister Na- tion? She has not been heard from for some time. Has her plan finally worked out by its own force? We guess so. We thank District Grand Master, Jas. L. Harper, for recommending us, and sending us to secure a valuable piece of work. We are always pleased to know that our friends remember us thus. We trust that other friends will speak a good word for us among their friends, as Mr. Harper has done. In recognition of the efforts being made by W. N. Miller, to give the city a good colored paper, and job plant, the lodge raised a donation and presented it to Bro. W. N. Miller to be applied on the purchasing of the press which he has recently purchased and placed in the SEARCHLIGHT OFFICE 239, N. Main. Chancellor Cammander, A. T. Glover, made the presentation speech on behalf of the lodge, while W. N. Miller responded on behalf of the SEARCHLIGHT, thanking the lodge for the same. Words are inadequate to fully express the heartfelt appreciation of the marks of approval by the lodge in their acts of that night. In our issue of June 29th, we will give a detailed statement of the grand work done under the management of A. T. Glover as C. C. of this lodge. FURNITURE CARPETS MATIING DRAPERIES HARDWARE 340 GILBERT 340 340 GILBERT Since the day we opened our store we have prospered. The reason is,we carry the best assortment in the west We put in the newest novelties. We sold things right. We have added another floor, making 9,000 sq. feet. Would be pleased to figure with you. 340 North Main St. Just look into the west window at the TORNADO 118 E. DOUGLAS and see the display of articles you can buy for 5 cts. These specials are for a few days only. Better hurry up if you want any of these bargains. The Tornado, Sellers of Everything 118 E. Douglas. Mr. and Mrs. T. Reed, entertained Mr. and Mrs. H. Abernathy at supper Monday evening. If our readers will watch our colmns they will be able to ffind good bargains at the stores that ad vertise with us. Miss Odella Turner, of Pittsburg, passed through the city Thursday, enroute to Kingman, to visit relatives and during her brief stop-over here, made the Searchlight a very pleasant call. Miss Turner is one of the very progressive young ladies of our race who in opposition to the many peculiar surroundings that retard the progress of this seemingly unfortunate people is doing credit to herself and people as a teacher. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jones entertained Mr. and Mrs. H. Abernathy, during their lay over of two hours in Newton. Mr. S. Abernathy, of 1140, N Mead, is making extensive improvements to his property by the addition of a new porch and attaching city water works. Mrs. Ella Greenway and little Alpha Slater are visiting in Chanute. Mrs. Cora Ratley attended the Marriage of Miss Mand Ratley to Arthur C. Harris, at Topeka, on the 5th, inst., returning home Tuesday. Mr. Edward Hathman our industrious street railway foreman, has about 60 men under his superintendence. W. H. Jones is a new man in Toas loddge, but he got there just the same. With Jno. T. Chinneth as Worshipful Master of Arkansas Valley lodge, No. 21, Jas. S. Fauver, as Senior Warden and Jno. E. Lewis as Junior Warden, a most prosperous Masonic year is in store for that lodge. These were all good selections. Prof. Fishtr's Band is now playing for the show at the Auditorium. Good for them! Go on. A. T. Glover has made a record as C. C. of Toas lodge during his time which will be hard to beat. Mrs. M. J. Beasly has returned from Woodard, Okla. H. Massy is quite ill at his home on N. Water st. Mrs. T. H. Banks is visiting in Oklaho. ma. R. S. Abbott, traveling agent for the Topeka Plaindealer was in the city this weak. Mrs. J. L. Harper is visiting friends in the country. Remember, Mrs. Lee Anderson's HAIR DRESSING AND MASSAGE PARLORS, at 442, N. Topeka. Rev. M. L. Jones, of Garden City, was a visitor in the city this week. Mrs. S. Muse who has been visiting rel- atives in the city for several months, left last week for Oklahoma, J. T. Chinneth left last Monday on a trip to Brenhom, Tex. Charles Chiles, of Newton, was in the city this week. Rev. M·L. Copeland has returned to the city after a few pleasant weeks of visiting East. THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT, SATURDAY, JUNE 15th 1901 Staple and Fancy GROCER DRY GOOD, CLOTHING, BOOTS, SHOES, and Furnishing Goods. Respectfully, S. B. COLLINS. MRS. LEE ANDERSON HAIR DRESSER— and MASSAGE PARLOR. 442 N. TOPEKA AVE. Remember the big Rally at the Tabernacle baptist church on the 3rd Sunday in June. Dr. Terrell's "Thanks." Mr. Editor, will you please allow me to thank the dear friends through your paper for their kind expression of appreciation in my graduation and receiving my diploma as a Dr. in Pantherapy, for the handsome present. They presented me a beautiful white dress, purchased made and presented me. A dollar from Mr. C. Andrews, a beautiful chapter regalia presented by Mr and Mrs. Lucas. It only tends to more deeply endear me to the friends of Wichita. With the high"est appreciation, I Am Theirs, L. G. Terrill. The New Hope Sunday School observed Children's Day in great splendor. The church was very tastefully decorated. On the walls of the rostrum the words: "God Is Love" were beautifully inscribed with delicate artificial flowers. On the arch circling the rostrum was, also, a beautifully arranged designed bearing the word: "Welcome." The church was comfortably full and a collection of $10.50 was raised. The recitations and pieces of the children were grand and reflect much credid upon them and those who had them in charge. Toas lodge, No. 10, K. of P., at her last meeting instructed her Grand Representative to vote for the reelection of Jno. E. Lewis as Grand Chancellor of Kansas. As Grand Chancellor, Mr. Lewis is admitted by all to be the best that Kansas has ever had, and should be re-elected, which he will be. Lee Anderson, the Depot Master at the Santa Fe, has been kept busy for the past few days, placing the new time cards of that road in all the various business houses of the city. Syl Anderson, Al Lowe and others are organizing a ball team that will be a record breaker. The Street Car Company has begun to repair its tracks again, numbers of colored men are employed on the works. B. A. Fisher was sick the latter part of last week but es muon improved and at work. Now is the time to make a selection for your season clothes. TAILOR & FURNISHER. 508 E Douglass Ave., 'Phone 511 256 North Main street. SELL. Linen carpet at ..... 28c Ingrain carpet at ..... 30c All wool filled carpet ..... 59c Matting ..... 15, 18, 20 and 25c Six-foot extension tables ..... $4.75 Six cane seat dining chairs ..... $5.75 Six wood seat dining chairs ..... $3.50 Screen wire, per square foot ..... $1 1/2c Iron beds ..... $2.95, $3.75, $4.25 and $5.50 Rubber hose, per foot ..... $7 1/2 10 and 12c Steel ranges ..... $24.00, $32.00, $87.00 ```markdown ``` This Is Our Kansas Brilliant Coal It is tinted with rosin, visible and iuvisible. No, there is no noot to stick to your stove lids, and it is the coal in the market. You get more heat from it than from most ordinary coals, and it does not cost you any more than the cheapest coal. Where is it mined? At Pittsburg, Kansas, from 108 ft. shaft. No, it does not make any clickers, will coke and all burn up clean. You will find this coal at 414 N.Main St. Phone 108. Patton's Caterer & Bakery ICE CREAM PARLOR Home Made Pies, Cakes aand Confectioneries. Soda Pop on Ice. 601 North Main St. Mrs. S. E. Patton, Prop. DOLD'S Patton's Caterer & Bakery ICE CREAM PARLOR Home Made Pies, Cakes aand Confectioneries. Soda Pop on Ice. 601 North Main St. Mrs. S. E. Patton, Prop. DOLD'S PERFECTION HAMS and BACON LARD WHITE CLOVER AND SAUSAGES SPECIALTIES. ASK YOUR DEALER FOR OUR PRODUCTS *** U. S. GOVERNMENT INSPECTED MEATS. *** ASK YOUR DEALER FOR OUR PRODUCTS U. S. GOVERNMENT INSPECTED MEATS. DOLD'S --- H. C. DUNBAR Barnes & Newcomb PIONEER UNDERTAKER. 235 North Main Street 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 PIONEER UNDERTAKER. 235 North Main Street GO TO Mrs. DUNN'S RESTAURANT.. FOR FIRST-CLASS MEALS. Meals, 15 Cents. 715 East Douglss Avenne Mrs. Ara Dunn, Proprietor. B.F.McLean. Wichita, Kansas. Yards at Wichita, Kas., Clearwater, Kas., Peck Kas., Cheney, Kas, When in need of Groceries do not forget that you can always get the Best at the Lowest prices at For a Good,First-Class Shave GO TO Judge G. N. Perkins, of Guthrie, O. T. Editor and Prop. of the "Guide" of that city, paid Wichita a pleasant business visit Thursday. He was the guest of W. N. Miller at noon and after transacting his business, paid our sanctum a welcome visit. Judge Perkins has a good paper in Guthrie and is quite prominent there, being a member of the City Council and doing a good law practice. He was quite pleasantly surprised to find such a thriving and prosperous city here. He thinks this the greatest city in Kansas. He left at 5:15 for his home. Come to our city again Judge, you are always welcome. Fisher's shop Up to Date Hair Cut & Shampoos. 6381/2 E.Douglass Ave., Burl Fisher.Prop. Taos lodge No. 10, will hold the installation of their officers at Peerless hall, Wednesday night June 26th. Admission only 10 cents. Rail Road Time Table MISSOURI PACIFIC. Leave—East Bound. Train No. 10 "Kansas and Nebraska Limited." for Ft. Scott and St. Louis 2 35 p.m. Train No 6, Kansas City and St. Louis Exc. press 10 00 p.m. Leave for South and West No 5 for Clearwater, Conway Springs, Anthony, Kiowa, Kingman, Norwich Oxford, Belle Plain and Winfield 7 40 p.m. No 451 For Conway Springs, Anthony and Kiowa 6 30 p.m. Leave for North and West No 9 Kansas and Nebraska limited for Hutchinson, Pueblo, Colorado Springs and Denver 5 05 p.m. No 5 Mt Hope, Hutchison and Geneseo 7 30 p.m. No 124 local freight, carries passengers between Wichita and Geneseo 8 55 p.m. Arrive from the East No 9 Kansas and Nebraska limited from Ft Scott and St Louis 1 05 p.m. No 5 From Kansas City and St Louis 7 10 p.m. Arrive from South and West No 6 From Kiowa, Anthony, Conway Springs and D M and A points 4 55 p.m. No 452 From Anthony and Conway Springs 11 15 a.m. Arrive from North and West No 16 From Denver, Colorado Springs, Pueblo and Hutchinson 11 20 a.m. No 466 From Hutchinson, and Mt Hope (daily, except Sunday] 6 10 p.m. No 6 From Geneseo and Hutchinson 9 40 p.m. E, E, BLECKLEY, P and T.A. Passenger station corner Douglas ave. and Wichita st. Telephone 112 FRISCO LIE. 108 For Monett, Springfield, St. Louis and all points East, daily, 1.20 p.m 109 Pittsburg, Joplin, Galena, Webb City and Carthage, daily, 1.20 p.m 107 Burton, Ellsworth, and all points West daily, 3.40 p.m 109 Pittsburg, Girard, Joplin, Carthage, Vanita and Sapulp, 10.00 p.m 102 Monett, Fayetteville, Fort Smith, and intermediate points daily, 10.00 p.m 102 Eureka Springs, Springfield, St. Louis and all points East, daily, 10.00 p.m For Sleeping Berths and through tickets to all points and particular information see B.E.DUNN, Dist. Paes. Agt. 100 Douglas Ave. WICHITA, KANS. 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 2 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 L,R,DELANEY.Agent. W.J.BLACK,G.P.A., Topeka,Kan CHICAGO,ROCK ISLAND and PACIFIC Time Table, Effective Nov.18,19,00 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 945 am No 4 Kansas City, St Louis and Chicago night Expr. 9 00 pm 9 00 pm No. 36, Daily, Ex. Sun Colo. end 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 85 am No 8 Ft Worth, Houston, Galveston, San Antoin express, daily, 6 35 am 6 35 am No. 35, Daily, Ex. Sun. Old Orleans Elegant free reclining chair cars on all trains and Pullman Palace sleepers from Wichita to Chicago and Kansas City without change, Also sleepers on all night trains to Fort Worth, Houston San Antoin and New Orleans. Tickets sold and baggage checked to all points north,east, south and west. Stemship tickets sold to all European points owe rates. Passenger station corner Douglas and Meade ave. phone 190 C.F.RASCOM.D.P.A. ADVOCATE PHOTOGRAT CRAWFORDVILLE, GA. CLEM. G. MOORE Clem G. Moore, Editor of the Advocate-Democrat of Crawfordsville, Ga., writes the Peruna Medicine Company as follows: Gentlemen—"After four years of intense suffering, caused by systemic catarrh, which I contracted while editing, and travelling for my paper, I have been greatly relieved by the use of Peruna. I gave up work during these years of torture, tried various remedies and many doctors, but all the permanent relief came from the use of Peruna. My trouble was called indigestion, but it was catarrh all through my system, and a few bottles of Peruna made me feel like another person, noting the improvement after I had used the first bottle. Peruna is undoubtedly the best catarrh remedy ever compounded.—Clem G. Moore. MITCHELL'S EYE SALVE 25¢ Captain Percy W. Moss, Paragould, Ark., says: "I think Peruna is undoubtedly the finest and surest catarrh cure ever prepared, and it has taken but two bottles to convince me of this fact." Judge Wm. T. Zenor, of Washington, D.C., writes from 213 N. Capital Street, Washington, D.C.: "I take pleasure in saying that I can cheerfully recommend the use of Pe. It is no crime to be poor; neither is it a virtue. When ignorance wins intelligence drops away below par. FITS Permanently Cured. No fits or nervousness after first day of the Office of the Chief Nurse. Good for FREE $2.00 trial bottle and creation. Da. R. H. KINSE, Ltd., 811 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. To frown in a mirror will cast a serious reflection on any girl. Many good physicians and nurses use Wizard Oil for obstinate rheumatism and neuralgia. It's the right thing to do. A GLORIOUS SIGHT. Fields of Wheat in Which the Shocks Were So Thick It Was Almost Impossible to Drive Between Them. To the Editor: A gentleman from Duluth made a trip through a portion of Western Canada last summer and writing of what he saw, says: "Wheat, for instance, will average twenty-five or thirty bushels to the acre. I saw shocks so thick in the field that it would be almost impossible to drive between them. Winters, it is said are longer than near Duluth, but the Japan current, warm chinook winds and dry atmosphere make the winters comparatively mild." Thousands of such testimonials are to be had from settlers who have taken advantage of the low-priced lands of Western Canada. During the present year new districts will be opened up in the Saskatchewan valley and advantage should be taken of this at once. Information can be had from any agent of the government, whose advertisement appears elsewhere in your columns. Yours truly. OLD READER DRY Sawyer's Pommel Slickers Warranted Wetproof-proof. Sawyer's Excelsior Brand Pommel Slickers afford complete protection to both rider and passenger. The pommel is designed to insure a dry seat for rider. Easily converved into a walking coat. Every garment war- nished with Excelsior Brand is made in tradezark. If your dealer does not have Excelsior Brand, write for catalogue. N. M. SAWYER & SON, Sole Mfr. East Cambridge, Mass. IN 3 OR 4 YEARS AN INDEPENDENCE ASSURED FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE If you take up your home in Western Canada the land of plenty. Illustrated pamphlets, farmers who have become wealthier in grow- ing wheat, reports of delegates, etc. and full had on application to the Superintendent of Immigration. Department or Interior, Ottawa, Canada, or to J. S. Crawford, 214 W. Ninta St. Kansas City, Mo. THE BEST WATERPROOF CLOTHING IN THE WORLD BEARS THIS TRADE MARK TOWER'S TRADING FISH BRAND MADE IN NEW YORK TAKE NO SUBSTITUTES ON SALE EVERYWHERE CATALOGUES FREE SHOWING FULL LINE OF GARMENTS AND HATS A.J.TOWER GO.BOSTON.MASS. 45 MITCHELL'S runa as a remedy for catarrhal trouble and a most excellent tonic for general conditions."—Wm. T. Zenor. If you do not derive prompt and satisfactory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O. Chamberlain as "Snap-Shot" Man. Joseph Chamberlain, the English secretary for the colonies, has added amateur photography to the already long list of his hobbies and never wearies of "snapping" friends and buildings in London. Raising Ducks at Shore In Hawaii enormous quantities of ducks are raised by the Chinese upon the edges of the ocean. Twice a day, within restricted areas, they are permitted to eat the young fish which swim in the enclosed coves. Fish are reported to be growing scarcer every year, and by some this diminution is attributed to the wholesale destruction of the young fry by the Chinese. Ireland's Oldest Inhabitant Dias A remarkable Irish centenarian has just passed away in the person of Mrs. Ellen O'Mullane, whose death, at the extraordinary age of 118 years, at Gneees, near Millstreet, County Cork, is announced. Deceased, who was born in 1783, lived in three centuries, and was certainly the "oldest inhabitant" in the census of Ireland just taken. She had three daughters, who are still living, the eldest now being 82 years, and had besides 25 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. Couldn't Wear Shoes Sumpter, Ill. June 10th—Mrs. J. B. Flanigan, of this place, had suffered with dropsy for fifteen years. She was so very bad that for the last three years she has not been able to wear her shoes. She had doctored all the time, but was gradually getting worse. Last winter Mr. Flanigan, who was very much discouraged, called for some medicine at Mr. J. J. Dale's drug store in Carmil. Mr. Dale persuaded him to have his wife try Dodd's Kidney Pills, and he bought six boxes. His wife used five out of the six, before she was entirely cured. She is now as sound and as well as ever she was, completely restored to health, and free from any symptom whatever of dropsy. To say that Mrs. Flanigan is pleased at her wonderful deliverance does not half express her feelings, and she and Mr. Flanigan are loud in their praises of Dodd's Kidney Pills, and of Mr. Dale for recommending this wonderful remedy to them. The fact that Dodd's Kidney Pills cured Mrs. Flanigan of such a severe case of dropy, after the doctors had given her up, has made them the most talked of remedy ever known in White county. It's easier for a man to make friends of his creditors than to make creditors of his friends. Hall's Catarrh Care Deeds show what a man is; words show what he ought to be. THE C brand will protect your stock from thieves. Agents Wanted. Address P. & D. ASSOCIATION. 23 Elm, Dallas, Texas. A wise man never counts his checks before they are hatched. NEW FAST TRAIN TO COLORADO The Missouri Pacific Railway is now operating double daily service from St. Louis and Kansas City to points in Colorado, Utah and the Pacific coast. Trains leave St. Louis 9 a. m., and 10:10 p. m., Kansas City 6 p. m. and 10 a. m., carrying through sleeping cars between St. Louis and San Francisco without change. Excursion tickets now on sale. For further information address Company's agents. H. C. TOWNSEND, G. P. & T. Agent. St. Louis, Mo. SKILLFUL SURCERY. ARTIFICIAL ARTERIES THE LATEST SCIENTIFIC TRIUMPH. A Russian Surgeon Performs an Operation Heretofore Regarded as Flatly Impossible—Dr. Kainstky Cuts Away About Four Inches of an Artery. Women as City Treasurers An interesting fact brought out by the recent elections in Colorado is the marked tendency of Colorado men to elect women as city treasurers. Mrs. Margaret Robins was unanimously chosen city teasurer of Idaho Springs. At Aspen Mrs. E. A. Kenney was reelected to the same office by a large majority. Mrs. Jennie Gale was elected city treasurer at New Castle, Mrs. Emma C. Palmer in Greeley, Mrs. Clara A. Clark at Alma, Mrs. Mary Shanks at Ouray, Miss Nellie E. Donahue at Victor and Mrs. A. N. Frowne at Manitou. —Chicago Chronicle. New German Firearm. A new firearm is being introduced into the German army. It is of rather a complicated design, but it is claimed to be a perfect weapon regarding its firing capabilities. The barrel has been made more substantial than that of the Mauser, while the soldier's magazine is protected from the heat of rapid firing. The magazine is loaded from a charger, instead of the clip, the advantage of which innovation is that it can be loaded with great rapidity either from the right or left How readily the people believe the lies told by your enemies Try Red Cross Ball Blue. 5 cents. The British Government has gone into the show business. It is giving in the town halls of England, by means of moving photographs and patriotic music, illustrations of army life. The scheme is to promote enlistments. Marriage Not a Failure. A New York minister says marriage is not a failure, and that more than 2,500 of the 3,012 couples he has united are happy. His advice to those who would wed and be happy is largely summed up in the following half-dozen don'ts: Don't marry when too young. Don't marry until you can support a wife. Don't marry a girl who can't cook and sew. Don't live in six rooms when three are enough. Don't marry unless you suit each other. Don't come to me for a divorce. WE USE FAST COLOR EYELETS FACTORY, BROCKTON, MASS. W.L. DOUGLAS $3. & $3.50 Real worth of W. L. Douglas shoes it Gilt Edge Lin at any of the foot, and the construction of the shoe. It knowledge that have made W. L. Douglas shoes the Take no substitute. Insist on having W. L. and price stamped on bottom. Your dealer should send for catalog giving full instructions how to order W. L. DOUGLAS. Your Lives and Kidneys are the Sieve that drives in the body effect on the Sce that you repair. Every trained by them. If they it will result in the actions that cause rheum-boubles and many worse diving in dressed Bright's disease. YOUR LIVER AND KIDNEYS Design of inactivity and inability to perform actions, take a remedy which will gently force digor. McLEAN'S AND KIDNEY BALM Organs to immediate healthy action, reduces acute l, and no removes the cause of disease. Better be prepared. It may save you years of suffering. J. H. McLEAN MEDICINE CO., St. Louis, Mo. W.L.DOUGLAS $3. & $3.50 SHOES UNION MADE Real worth of W. L. Douglas shoes and $3.50 shoes is $4 to $5. M. 34 Gilt Edge Line cannot be equaled at any price. It is not alone the best leather that makes a first class shoe is the best that have planned the best of the foot, and the construction of the shoe. It is mechanical skill and knowledge that have made W. L. Douglas shoes the best in the world for men. The quality of the shoes and the price stamped on bottom. Your dealer should keep them, "if we do not send for catalog giving full instructions how to order by mail." No other organs in the body have such direct effect on the general health. See that you keep them in good repair. Every drop of blood is strained by them. If the fall in their work, it will result in the accumulation of poisons that cause rheumatism, urinary troubles and many other disorders often ending in dreaded Briggs. WATCH YOUR LIVES AND KIDNEYS and at the first sign of inactivity and their natural functions, take a remedy with them to renewed vigor. McLEAN LIVER AND KIDNEYS stimulates these organs to immediately purifies the blood, and so removes the bottle to-day and be prepared. It must be the DR. J. H. McLEAN MEDICAL OFFICE. APPEN Your Liver and Kidneys are the Sieves that drain the Blood No other organs in the body have such direct effect on the general health. See that you keep them in good repair. Every drop of blood is strained by them. If they fail in their work, it will result in the accumulation of poisons that cause rheumatism, urinary troubles and many worse disorders often ending in dreaded Bright's disease. WATCH YOUR LIVER AND KIDNEYS and at the first sign of inactivity and inability to perform their natural functions, take a remedy which will gently force them to renewed vigor. McLEAN'S LIVER AND KIDNEY BALM attracts these organs to immediate healthy action, reduces acute pain, purifies the blood, and so removes the cause of disease. Better buy a bottle to-day and be prepared. It may save you years of suffering. THE DR. J. H. McLEAN MEDICINE CO., St. Louis, Mo. APPENDICITIS THE SKELETON IS FLYING UP A STREET. A MAN IN A CARRIER IS CARrying A GROUP OF MEN TO A MUSEUM. 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Take our advice with CASCAETS to-day, under an absolute guarantee to cure or money refunded. PISO'S CURE FOR CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. Bestseller by the bestseller Good. Use in time. Sold by request. CONSUMPTION --- --- Cement of All Society The study of truth is perpetually joined with the love of virtue; for there is no virtue which derives not its original from truth, as on the contrary there is no vice which has not its beginning from a lie. Truth is the foundation of all knowledge, and the cement of all society. -Casaubon. What Our Flag Stands For Wherever the American flag is raised in token of sovereignty, it stands for liberty and independence. What the flag is to the nation Hostetler. Stomach Bloody is to the individual. It gives you freedom and protection from your ailments. When your stomach gets out of order causing dyspepsia, indigestion and biliousness, or when you are nervous and unable to sleep you stomach, steady. It will strengthen your stomach, steady. 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Daniel Mefiee, of Topeka, bought Pytomovile in Chieago and rode vey it, waking 100 miles a day. yal stripped foliage and rnined gest ani spring crops, over a strip vee wiles vy five, in Diekingon coun- eap metal is shipped to foundries joo the Santa Pe shops and yards in qioska. to the amount of early 50 ear- isa month, yx Thomas Imes was burned to deh at Great Hend. She was filling toe tank of & gasoline stove while the <nenteon men of Arkansas City have qiwrited $250 each to a fund and pro- jnetosee what is under them, at zas! to the depth of 3,000 feet, ter Wun, Blair, of Salina, and Miss pith Allen were married at Solomon june ‘They go to Korea as mission- sresof the Presbyterian ehureb, jasper N. Wilkinson, who has been siti tie Kansas State Normal school go 1ssi. has been elected. president treuceet A R, Taylor, resigned. Hievey Horner was some way thrown fonaload of goods, at Caldwell, his peal being caught in a wheel of the wagon, He wax dangerously buct. fudge A 1. Myatt, of Wichita, re- cote serious injuries in a runaway in Giwalo, sudge Myatt was solicitor sf tie short-lived eourt of visitation, A Suliny miller believes that the peilof wheat in Saline county. will eval that of last year despite the dam- sce from the late hail and wind storms. Kansas Woodmen were well repre- ental at their great gathering in St. Pal Minn ‘Topeka, Wichita and Teyville sent their uniformed drill The ballots of the Topeka city eleo- too are being counted by commission- esappointed by the supreme court. they are instructed to finish the count hy June 2%, They draw $10 a day Tie accumulation of six months of uqu0sin the Topeka city jail was de- sored by the chief of police It con- estel of 77 kegs of beer and several ews of liquors Several old topers shel tears, The Banke of Hays City has made a fa! closing, the remaining assets be- log soll at auction. Depositors were rill percent, At the time of the filure a 40 per cent compromise was fered and rejected. Frank Dyer, Wiehita, is manager for Kansas of the National Educational sworiation eonvention at Detroit, Mich. to meet July $12. ‘There will lea large attendance from Kansas. Tie railroads have given « generous te ‘The exeentive committee of the Wes- ‘san university at Salina did not, re- eoct Dr. Tubbs as a member of the fulty on account of alleged heretical News There was trouble among the ‘ulents, many declaring they would leave the school if Tubbs did. Mis Barbara Spindler was kindling Sire at her mother’s home in Welling- boo. using either kerosene or gasoline, ‘uiwas burned up with the house. Ur mother was badly burned in an Aompt to rescue the vietim. Feank Means, a Sedgwick county firwer.has a thonsand acres of wheat this sear and says it is good, He de- Posted $5,000 im bank the other day, laving just sold 11,000 bushels of his olt'crop. He bought his first quarter svtion in 1883 and now has thirteen Quarter sections of land. (ivess the ‘Topeka Capital hit it off Aght when it said that the Emporia tornal school was “the greatest train- ‘ng school for teachers in the world.” Ker J.D. Ritehey, of Wichita, de- Scoot the elass address to the young ly graduates of the college of the Ssters of Hethany at Topeka. At the ‘unior day exercises the Sunshine Drive offered each year for the girl Saving the sumniest disposition, was sien to Miss Zerelda Barringer, of Susha. All the students were judges inthis contest ".f. Randle, of Pratt county, pre- Brel his wheat land by listing deep- then cultivated down, harrowed ‘oroughly and put in the wheat with “Anil. His wheat stands waist high Whilete 6.95, nf ee occur at Marysville, June 15-17, Grashoppers are numerous algng the Prairie Dog river in Thomas county. Governor Stanley and family moved into the governor's residence on June Sixty-eight carloads of salt were shipped from Lyons in three days last week, The Salina creamery made 19,223 pounds of butter ia the first week in June. A new $2,000 Methodist church has just been dedicated at Chelsea, Butler county. ‘The storm of June,6 blew the Swed- ish church at Marquette off its founda- tions and tore off its roof, Many fields of wheat abont Coffey- ville were reported destroyed by the hail. Corn was damaged. ‘The laws of Kansas prohibit the sending of the wife or children of a soldier to the poor house. Kingman is designated as the head- quarters of the Salvation army for Kansas, the two territorities and ‘Tex- as, A Concordia girl of 13 years had 950 young chickens at the beginning of June and several hens still on their exes. Of the $11,000 received monthly by the soldiers at Fort Leavenworth, it is estimated that $5,000 is spent in the city of Leavenworth. Calvin Pearl Titus, the Wichita sol- dier who sealed the wall of Pekin, came home for a few days before enter- ing @ preparatory school in New York. He has West Point in view. ‘The sate of the small tracts of Osage Tndian lands in Kansas commenced at the U.S. land office at Dodge City on July 10. Every bidder must produce evidence of citizenship. No bidder can purehase more than 160 acres but this need not be in one body. J. 1 Watkins, cashier of the Dexter, Sumner county bank, killed himself. Abank examiner had been at work over the bank's accounts and found diserepaneies. Watkins left a letter giving business instructions and stating that he had never taken one dollar of the bank's money. A representative of a Kansas City firm spent three days in Wichita try- ing to find an agent who would take loans for bis firm. He was told that it was useless as no money was wanted on mortgages in that part of the state: that banks were buying 4 per cent school bonds becanse of there being no demand for loans. ‘The graduating class of 1901 at the Olathe school far the deaf and dumb are Alva Allen, of Burlingame: Frank Burson, of Topeka; Paul Cutis, of Kan- sas City: Nellie Flowers, of Wamego; Nellie MeLaughlin, of Hammond; Ole Paulson, of Eureka, and Nina Wil Hiams, of Ottawa, Class motto, “Keep the Good in Sight;” class colors, red and white. Calvin Titus, the Wichita soldier, of Pekin wall fame, was born at Vin- ton, Iowa. A Vinton man came to Wichita to induce Titus to visit his na- tive town on July 4. ‘Titus said he wanted to go to Vinton to see his lit- tle sister and the visit was dated to meet the Vinton man’s request. He said that, people would comea hundred miles to Vinton and would give him a notable reception. ‘There were only about twenty dele- gates of Sons of Veterans at the Junc- tion City encampment. ‘The member- ship in Kansas is now only about 400. ‘Twin Grove township of Greenwood county has sold its $15,000 bonds of the Wichita and Western railroad, now owned by the Frisco line, which come pany bought the bonds to get out from under the conditions which were made at the time of their issue, and not be- cause the road was obliged to ever pay them, ‘The township got $2,500 for the bonds. ‘The Rock Island is building a new freight house in Topeka, to be of brick ‘and 32 by 100 feet. A portion of the building is to be two stories, 32 by 32 feet, for freight ottices. Mrs. Clara Davis, a bride of a year, and late of Lola, was, with her husband traveling in a wagon in Oregon. When three days from a habitation, and in the mouniains, Mr. Davis was accident- ally shot and killed. His wife placed the body in the wagon and drove over that lonely distance with it, She is now returning to Kansos ‘Thomas Wilson, of El Dorado, has a SNP AR AER RS PIE, we Hollow Ash... 3» Hall se inland, the old Hall was just before me. 1 walked slowly up the long ave- nue and ascended the granite steps. As I reached the last step, I stumbled and fell upon my knees. Looking round to see the cause, I found an iron, gauntlet, rusted and eaten away, and half buried in the moss that grew around it. 1 took it up with a strange thrill of awe. How many years had it awaited me, since the flery lover hurled it. like a curse, back in the face of his pursuer? The door before me was of carved oak, but worm eaten and de- caying. With a sudden impulse, for which I could not account, I struck upon it furiously with the iron glove. ‘The frail fastenings, already half un- done by the hand of.time, gave way at my impetuous summons, and, amid a thousand echoes, the door swung slow- ly on its hinges and the castle was won. When the cloud of dust raised by my sudden entrance had subsided, T passed through the portal and stood upon the floor of the hall. There, where the lovely lady's flying footsteps had rested last; there, where the lov- er had thrown down the iron glove, in defiance of the wronged and deserted husband; there, where the feeble old man had sunk down in agony, when, hearing their horses’ hoofs beyond the outer court, he learned the full extent of his dishonor and despair; there, where his menials had raised him, shrieking and cursing in {mpetuous madness; there, where they had borne him slowly up the long stone staircase that wound around and around and far above my head to the lonely room that was to be his prison and his tomb. The stone flags were no longer shoul- der to shoulder, like firm friends and true. Time had come between them, as between all other things, and the dark, deep crevices on every side were only hidden by the long grass that sought to bridge them over. “While I stood in the hall I thought I heard a faint, distant noise above my head, and looking up the staircase, 1 saw——" “Yow!” yelped Mr. Cowley, flinging the book to the other end of the room. “Pil read no more of that. I've got to where the ghost comes in. I looked up and saw—Oh, yes, of course you did. But if you imagine you are go- ing to induce me to read your raw- headed and bloody-bone rubbish, you are grandly mistaken, Strange that everything one takes up in this wretch- ed place turns into a ghost story on your hands. I should not be surprised any morning to find the leading article in the Times turning into a tale of a haunted house right under my eyes. It's unbearable—positively unbeara- ble!” * He finished his grog and looked at his wateh. “Eleven o'clock and the house as still as death! I wonder if they are all asleep. High time for me to go—Oh, Lord! what's that?” ‘The sound was in the room exactly overhead—a steady, continuous knock- ing that seemed to summon him to the place without delay. “What room is that? The turret chamber! Rose said there was some- thing there and that was why she moved her room!" For a moment or two the worthy banker sat like one paralyzed, a cold moisture on his face and his heart beating a muffled march within his breast. At last his “British pluck” eame to his aid. “By St. George of England, I won't turn coward in my old age!” he ex- claimed. “Man, woman or ghost—let it be what it may, I'll go and meet it!” He took the candle and left the room. AN was quiet on the stairs, In the hall. in the gallery above. The knocking ceased. With trembling hand he opened the door of the turret chamber. ‘A tall and slender woman stood alone in the center of the room. Her face was hidden by a black mask, A full mantle, or robe of crimson cloth covered her from head to foot. It was girded at the waist by a cord of varle- gated silk, and the full sleeves were embroidered with threads of gold. Upon her breast something shone and sparkled in the shape of a star. In one hand she held the casket and the tress of hair; in the other, a paper on which the astonished banker saw written in large letters: “On that day, I, a child of three years, had lain speechless and senseless for more than twelve hours. The strange and sudden illness terrified every one around me—they thought me dead, and a veritable resurrection from the tomb could hardly have created more excitement than my recovery, I remembered the recovery perfectly, but all before it was a blank. Now, however, as I stood gazing on that pic- ture, I seemed to remember dimly some other stage of existence, some lost life in which I had loved or suffered in this. It was the old mystery that had puzzled so many minds far stronger ee ae ene ee eee Per out so persistently, and what on earth its contents were all about, he cottld not say. “Bless me! what a rigmarole it all is, to be sure!” he muttered to himself. “How on earth did she get here? and what can she want? I wonder if she can speak English? I'll try her. at all events. Madam, can I be of any ser- ‘vie to you?” The figure turned. The very move- ment struck a sudden chill to the worthy banker's heart. What if she was not alive, after all! Gracious pow- ers! what if he had been calling a ghost “Ma’am!” The figure moved. It made no noise, ‘and yet it came nearer and nearer. He put out his hand to arrest its progress and an ice-cold touch met his own. He turner faint and sick, He would have fled, but his feet seemed rooted to the floor. “Go—go from the house and bring my husband back!” said a hollow voice; then the veil fell aside, and a white, hideous face glared upon him. He uttered a loud shriek. and fainted. ‘The next instant, Mrs. Cowley, Rose and Catharine were in the room, and Cousin Charles stole out of the cup- board, where he had witnessed the scene. “I hope he is not hurt,” whispered Mrs. Cowley. “I shall never forgive myself for the trick if he comes to harm.” “Make yourself easy, aunt, he is re- covering,” said Mr. Cowley; and, snatching his uncle up in bis. strong arms, he laid him upon his own bed, and vanished before the banker had seen him, There was not much danger, after that, of Mr. Cowley’s remaining in the haunted house a day longer than he could help. It is strange how ultimately scenery becomes connected with some of the strongest emotions and passions of the human mind, We gaze out upon a fair and sunny landscape in midsummer, as we lie beneath the trees, and a vague sadness steals over us, because the eyes whose beauty has sunk into our hearts cannot look upon it too; we look up at the moon as she floats se- renely through the deep blue sky and sigh, thinking of the days that are no more. Nay, even the storms that roar loudly over land and sea, set us brood- ing over the past, and our tears fall with the rain, So thought Rose Cowley, as she sat alone in her dressing room one gloomy morning. Poor Rose! she had be=n washed in many a shower of tears, in spite of all her present gayety. _ Her father would as soon have be- lieved that Gog and Magog would come down from their pedestals and fall in love, as that his merry Rose had fallen /a victim to the little urchin with the ‘bow, Yet it was true, A year after she left school, she had paid a visit to | one of her mother's relatives ~a genu- ‘ine, old-fashioned, hearty English squire. It was at his house that the “mischief was done—under his protec- ‘tion that she met the man who was to be at once the blessing and the tor- ment of her future life. She had first seen him at church, where, I am afrald, his blue eyes and regular features and golden hair had attracted more of her “attention than she gave to her prayer ‘book. And when, at the end of the ‘service, her host came up to her and introduced the handsome stranger as ‘the son of his oldest and dearest friend ‘there were not wanting those who “marked the shy smile, the slight blush, and the bashful drooping of her eyes as she greeted him. Rose was a free, wild Rose no longer. Love, even at ‘first sight, will be iord of all; and there Is no time on earth, I thinik, “where he plays so many vagariees as during the visit of a pretty city girl to an old-fashioned English country- house. Mr. Vere became a constant visitor at the house of his friend, and Rose entered upon a new phase of her life, and that sweetest, happiest and most foolish of times, when a young girl's heart first finds ont that it has other work to do besides beating. She would sit for hours, when her lover was ab- sent, recalling every trivial cireum- stance of thetr last Interview; and then with a blush at the thought of her employment, welcome another idea, touching in its tenderness, to her heart, and weep for joy that she had reserved the first fond love of her young spirit for him. In such musings—such happy com- panionship—a month passed rapidly away. No word of love had been spoken between the two; yet enough had been said (though something al- ways seemed to check the avowal upon his lps) to leave her happy in the dellef that she was very dear to him. True, he had never asked her to be his—had never told her definitely that he loved her. But he had kissed her hand; and a lock of that beautiful golden hair rose and fell with every pulsation of her happy heart. j Alas for that first sweet, innocent joy! Ere long that sunny curl was, wet with bitterest tears, and hidden carefully away—the first of the lost. treasures which she, like every other woman, was to gather around her as she went through life. It was her own folly that first came between them. She was young and. CHAPTER XII ee ee a ee | times. She loved him dearly, and yot, secure in her possession, she was at times very cruel to him. For when a man loves a woman truly, she has ft in her power to hurt and torment him in a thousand different ways, Rose took the heart that had deen given her; and, half carelessly, halt maliciously, wounded it very grievous- ly. Among the guests at Howlet House was one who had been seriously in- clined to worship at her shrine before Mr. Vere had made his appearancce. ‘That he loved her she could not help believing; that he was unhappy about her, she and every one else around her ‘knew. And yet she allowed him to “hang over her chair—to talk to her— | to bring her ices—to hold her bouquet when she danced,giving him encourage ment (in the countless ways a woman knows so well), without seeming to do so. Mr, Vere looked on and said nothing. She was not engaged to him, and he had no right to interfere. It may be that he might have asked for such @ right: but in his heart he disapproved so strongly of her conduct, that he preferred to watch the drama to its close before he committed himself in any way, ‘The crisis came at last. ‘They were at a party one even—this man and Rose. Mr. Vere was absent, but was expected later in the evening—a pro- ceeding on his part which did not please his wilful lady-love. But she would not show her displeasure. Sho listened to the passionate words thar were breathed in her ear, and sald to herself that she would not “wear the willow.” Come what might with that thought, some chain that bound her spirit seemed suddenly unloosened, and she became the gayest of the gay. The band struck up a waltz—couple after couple glided easily away from the ground around them, till she was the only lady left. “One waltz—only one!” breathed that voice in her ear. She shrank back at first, well re- membering in what terms Mr. Vere had expressed his opinion of the dance a few days before. “Oh, I cannot!” “Surely you are not afraid of Mr. Vere? He is not here he will not know. Will you not grant this favor —perhaps the last I shall ever ask of you?" ‘The pleading glance of the sad, dark eyes prevailed. She rose from her seat. His arm was around her waist; his breath upon her cheek; his voice breathing passionate words of admir- ation in her not unwilling ear; and the absent lover seemed almost forgotten. People made a circle around the room to watch them; for both were young, and graceful, and beautiful, and they moved as if they had but one soul be- tween them. Rose's vanity was roused by the flattering exclamations she heard on every side. Flushed and smiling and happy, she floated around; when, as she passed the door, sha looked up and saw a gentleman stand- ing there with folded arms, and his eyes fixed intently upon her face. It was Mr. Vere. She was proud—too proud to show how frightened she was, though her partner felt her trembling from head to foot. She sald that she was tired, and they left the circle and sat down. Mr. Vere did not come to her. She saw him talking to a lady near the door, as grave and calm as ever, only that he never trusted himself to look that way until the party was breaking up. ‘Then he crossed the room and stood before her. “The carriage walts,” he said quiet- ly, “Will you allow me?” He offered his arm. He did not seem angry. No man could have been more courteous than he. He never spoka as they descended the stairs together; but at the carriage door he stopped a moment and looked at her very gravely. {tn Gecosntiaun’s: HOW HE SCARED THE TIGER. Bioff Pinyed Successfully by an Unarmed ‘Traveler te Tedia. If not interfered with the tiger will generally run from, rather than attack, aman. A writer from India tells a story of bow, having sent his guns and luncheon on before him, his attention was arrested by a rustle in the jungle, and looking that way, he saw a tiger crouched low, coming rapidly toward him, He says: “My first feeling waa one of horror, for It seemed all up with me, the tiger being very close and in a rush. Of course, it was not me, but the pony, that he wanted, but had he knocked out the latter his own fears at finding a man under him would have made him maul me, too. Thera was but one thing to be done, namely, to put a bold front on it and try to frighten him, and I, therefore, instant- ly wheeled the pony’s head toward him, shouting at the same moment. The tiger stopped short and stared at me, but he did not offer to retreat. I then moved the pony toward him, shouting loudly as I did so, and the tiger then turned his tail to me, and, having retired about thirty yards, he sat bolt upright on his haunches and stared at me. I was naturally desirous of withdrawing from an interview so unpleasant to me In my unarmed con- dition. I therefore rode straight in at the tiger, waving my arm and sternly ordering him off, and before I reached him he decided to move himself, this time somewhat hastily and in marked contrast to his previous orderly, aot te say dignified, retreat, and, having at last routed him, I lost no time in can- tering over the remaining portion of the jungle cart track until it emerged upon the high road—Chicago Chrom- fele. OLD MOTHER HUBBARD, Qld Mother Hubbard h ro Wank ee ee cusboars ) "0 get her poor dog a bone: But when she got there Her cupboard was bara, And so her poor dog got none. , But young Mother Hubbard Goes not to her cupboard To get her wise dos a bone; the sends doggie down To the meat-shop In town. With a note—and he always gets one. ‘Then he says, “Bow-wow!” as hard as hecan, Which means “I thank you, Mr. Meat- shop Mant From Pets and Animals. A Wonderful Boy. Left deaf, dumb and blind in his in- fancy, young Orris Benson of New York promises to be a rival of Laura Bridgman and Helen Kellar. At the State Institution for the Instruction of Deaf Mutes he is regarded as a prodi- By because of the development of that strange faculty called “the sixth sense,” and because of the fact that he can answer questions orally. The boy is the son of a country car- penter of Grahamyilie, N. Y. Disease left the babe deaf, dumb and blind. The child grew up in this condition, having no instruction until he was 8 years old. Then he was taken to the New York institution, Training at this school has made him a master of the manual language, the boy reading it by the sense of touch only. By a purely mechanical process he has been taught to utter many words and sentences, especially those in answer to questions, and, stranger than this, receut experiments have shown that he may be made to hear spoken words. But all of this is secondary to the boy’s wonderful sense of touch. In fifty minutes afte he was shown the arrangement of a typewriter he could write intelligibly on it and now he is an expert. He uses the machine for all written work in school, and in his letters to home and friends he shows originality and imagination. As a modeler, however, he excels. Guided only by his sense of touch and his power of grasping description, he has made a model of the Grant monu- ment at Riverside which would be recognized anywhere. At 14 years of age he made a water wheel, connecting it with the figure of a dancer, so that when the water was turned on the paddies the figure be- came an active toy, almost lifelike in its gyrations. At the institute young Benson, who ia now 18 years old, is taking the usual studies—history, geography, language and arithmetic. The speed and accuracy of his work in mental arithmetic are surprising. In geog- raphy he puts together a sectional map of the United States, and with a rapid touch he can identify any one of the states, if handed to him. On a relief map his fingers locate cities, rivers and the several mountain ranges, with all of which he is familiar. He took a great interest in the Spanish war, and through the aid of his boy friends who can read the papers he kept well posted in all its principal events. During those days he passed much of his time whittling out with his pen- knife little models of battleships, schooners and other boats. On the playground, with one hand on the arm of a friend, he joins in al- most any game with all the euthusl- asm of a hearty boy. ‘ie! Coektae iat Geseaw, Oatmeal is a time-honored breakfast dish on American tables, but the old style of preparation, requiring several hours’ of cooking, {s fast becoming @ thing of the past, and probably to the detriment of the people. Partially pro- pared or so-cailed breakfast foods are now taking the place of boiled oats or the original “oatmeal.” They consist of the partially baked or softened ce- reals prepared in different ways, or sometimes eaten practically whole, as in the case of cracked wheat. Nearly all the cereals are represented In these partially prepared or breakfast foods, Oats probably occupies the first rank, and oatmeal in some form of prepara- tion {8 almost a constant article of diet on the breakfast table. Wheat and maize are not far behind, and these products are also used to a very large extent as breakfast diets. Many of them have been subjected to a high temperature by which the starch grains are softened and formed into a Kind of paste, The hulls and skina are removed from other cereals, so that the product does not represent the whole grain, but only a portion there- of. In some cases, as in the manufac- ture of cerealine, the germ Is also re- moved, as well as a portion or all of the outer envelopes of the grain. One object in this manufacture appears to be the preparation of a food which can be made ready for the table in a few moments. There 1s no question, however, that too little time is con- sumed in the final cooking of these breakfast foods, and instead of using only few moments in their prepara- tion, their wholesomeness, palatability, and digestibility would be greatly tm- proved by subjecting them for a long- er time to the temperature of boiling water-in the process of final prepara- tion, Many salad recipes call for tarragon vinegar. This is simply vinegar fla- yored with tarragon leaves, which are easily grown in any garden. A good salad vinegar may be prepared by put- ting @ handful of tarragon leaves into a jar of vinegar, with a bit of pimper- nel and garlic. When this has stood for a week it may be bottled and put away for future use, : COULD NOT BELIEVE THAT The President Could Not Change Acts of Congress. TROUBLE BEGAN IN THAT. Washington, June 12.—The Spanish monarch was so much in the habit of acting in Cuba without regard to the wishes of the cortes that some of the Cubans have apparently assumed that the president of the United States could act in a similar manner toward congress. That misconception is the beginning and end of the trouble growing out of the Platt amendment. A number of the members of the Havana convention thought that the president or Secretary Root could modify an act of congress. Even when they were informed that the president had no such power, and consequently could not delegate it to Secretary Root or any one else, they apparently refused to believe it and went home and tried to force changes in the Platt amendment by asserting that Secretary Root had agreed to them. He did nothing of the kind, as all the evidence goes to show. He took every care to explain what he believed to be the correct view of the act of congress, but emphasized that it was merely a personal view. The Cubans did not even adhere to the view expressed by Secretary Root, but attempted to make changes in the amendment not in accordance with his views. The result of all this is a great waste of time. The president and his cabinet have decided not to accept the proposed Cuban constitution unless it incorporates the Platt amendment exactly as passed by congress, without any so-called interpretations. The president has no power to do anything else. It now remains for the Cuban convention to adopt the Platt amendment as proposed, or else there will be no change in the government of Cuba until the convention does take that course, or congress next winter makes a change in the amendment. Of that there is small probability. The New County Seats Guthrie, O. T., June 13.—A. T. Cross, of Kansas City, Kas., was in the city and had with him a map of the three new counties and the changes of county lines in the Kiowa and Comanche and Apache reservations, as had been practically agreed upon by the agents of the land department. Mr. Cross has been with the surveying corps since February last, and his map shows the big and little pastures, military, wood, etc., reservations and proposed county boundaries. The county seat of the Kiowa country will probably be the town of Kiowa, on the Rock Island railroad. As previously stated, the county seat of the Wichita country will probably be on the Washita river about three miles south and three miles west of Anadarko. In the Comanche country the county seat will probably be four miles south and one mile west of Fort Sill. Porto Rico Gets Free Trade. San Juan de Porto Rico, June 13. Since Governor Allen has returned here he has given the free trade problem earnest consideration. Treasurer Hollander has presented to him a report showing in details the workings of his new revenue act. He shows that when the law shall have gone into full force July 1 the islands revenues will be sufficient for the island's maintenance without the customs duties on trade between Porto Rico and the United States. This was settled upon before the decision of the supreme court. They Endorse Army Post Canteen They endorse Army Post Canteen. St. Paul, June 10—By unanimous vote although with small attendance the American Medical Association adopted a resolution endorsing the movement for the establishment of the army post canteen. The resolution adopted is as follows: "Resolved, That this body deplores the action of congress in abolishing the army post exchange or canteen in the interest of discipline, morality, and sanitation, recommends its reestablishment at the earliest possible date." Cuban Convention. Havana. June 13.--The question of reconsidering the former vote on the Platt amendment came up in the Cuban constitutional convention. In order not to arouse opposition, the conservatives took the stand that there was no necessity for reconsidering the vote, inasmuch as the form in which the amendment had been passed was not satisfactory to the United States and could not be accepted by the United States as a part of the constitution of Cuba. Miles and Dewey Go. Washington, June 12.—Although President McKinley has been compelled to abandon his visit to the Buffalo exposition by reason of the serious illness of Mrs. McKinley, the program arranged for President's day will be carried out so far as possible in his absence. A number of officials from this city will participate, including Admiral Dewey and Lieutenant General Miles. It is understood that General Miles will deliver an address at the exposition on the celebration of Flag day, Friday. MRS. McKINLEY GAINING. Colorado Lady Sends Souvenirs Prepared as Gifts. Washington, June 12.—Dr. Rixey, when he left the White House at 10:15 p.m. said: "Everything is encouraging. Mrs. McKinley is doing very nicely. She is gaining steadily. She sat up in a rolling chair several times, aggregating probably an hour. We are very much encouraged by the steady improvement." President and Mrs. McKinley received from Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh, of Colorado, the exquisite gifts that were to have been souvenirs of the presidential visit to Colorado had Mrs. McKinley's illness not cut short their Western visit. According to official program marked out for the trip, the presidential party was to have breakfasted with Mr. and Mrs. Walsh at Glenwood Springs. The souvenir selected for the president is a book of views bound in Russian leather and mounted in gold, and plate with date and place engraved thereon. The views are steel-engraved and show all the points of interest which the party was to have visited. For Mrs. McKinley there was a gold card case suitably engraved with name and date. Each of the cabinet ladies also received a souvenir card case almost the equal of that made for Mrs. McKinley. Arbitration Not Acceptable. Washington, June 13.—The government has formally communicated to the foreign powers the impossibility of joining in a joint guarantee for the payment of the Chinese indemnity. The difficulties in the way of such an arrangement are set forth, particularly those relating to the constitutional restriction on the president in making a joint guarantee of this character. One view is that the majority of the powers favorable to a joint guaranty, will execute this joint instrument, and thereafter carry on a concert of their own. It that event, it is said, the United States would arrange directly with China as to the American portion of the indemnity. The representatives of most of the European powers do not believe that a resort to The Hague tribunal, as proposed by the United States, will be acceptable to their governments. The Same Old Legal Battle. Topeka, June 11.—The Kansas Odd Fellows will have to fight the suit involving the title to the De Boissiere estate in Franklin county over again. The supreme court granted a rehearing in the case. It will be argued in November. The attorney for the order overlooked an important matter in the first trial. Had they set up the fact that the heirs of the estate were residents of France leading lawyers say the court would have knocked out their heirs under the alien land act. This act has now been repealed. Wholesale Contempt of Court. Denver, Colo., June 13.—Judge Peter L. Palmer administered a severe judicial rebuke to more than 100 "reformers" closing his remarks by declaring that he intended to make judicial inquiry into the question of whether or not certain clergymen of Denver who denounced him in their pulpits were in contempt of court and that if he satisfied himself that they were he would immediately take their cases up and give them the full punishment under the law. Life Insurance Paid in 1900. New York, June 11.—The Insurance, of New York publishes statistics which it has compiled from returns made to it by life insurance companies showing the amounts distributed through the medium of life insurance in the year 1900 in more than 6,300 cities and towns of the United States and Canada. The gross payments of insurance companies and associations in that period is stated to have been not less than $273,590,876. Wichita's Broken Glass. Wichita, June 11.—All the insurance on plate glass and mirrors broken by Mrs. Nation in Wichita has been paid. The loss aggregated about $600. This is much more than people generally thought. The insurance companies in insuring glass still put in a proviso that the policy is void against the destruction by "Carrie Nation or her confederates." One Month's Record London, June 13.—Lord Kitchener in a dispatch from Pretoria says the number of Boers killed, imprisoned or surrendered during the last month, totalled 2,640. From June 1 to June 9, 26 Boers were killed, 4 were wounded, 409 made prisoners, and 32 surrendered, and 651 rifles, 115,550 rounds of ammunition, 120 wagons and 4,000 horses were captured. Trouble Over Union Card. Oakland Cal. June 12.—Between 300 and 400 butchers, meat choppers and drivers walked out of the various butcher shops of this city. The only meat to be secured was that purchased in shops where non-union men could be employed or where the proprietors were willing to cut the meat. The trouble is between the men and the wholesalers at the stock yards who refused to display union cards and threatened not to deliver meat to union shops. To Talk of a Third Term for President McKinley. CAN NOT—AM NOT—WILL NOT. Washington, June 13.—President McKinley has put an effectual quietus on the third term talk which has gained some currency in the newspapers through interviews with certain well known republicans favoring the renomination of the president for the third term. The president after consultation with his cabinet gave out this statement: "I regret that the suggestion of a third term has been made. I doubt whether I am called upon to give it notice. But there are now questions of gravest importance before the administration and the country and their just consideration should not be prejudiced in the public mind by even the suspicion of the thought of a third term. In view, therefore, of the reiteration of the suggestion of it, I will say now, once for all, expressing a long settled conviction that I not only am not and will not be a candidate for a third term, but would not accept a nomination for it, if it were tendered me. "My only ambition is to serve through my second term to the acceptance of my country, whose generous confidence I so deeply appreciate and then with them to do my duty in the ranks of private citizenship. (Signed) "WM. McKINLEY." The president already is being deluged with telegrams commendatory of his announcement putting at rest all third term rumors. These telegrams are from prominent persons throughout the country. They place emphasis on the opportuneness of the statement and the beneficent effect on the country from a political standpoint. None of the telegrams were made public. Fatal Gas Explosion Port Royal, Pat., June 13.—As a result of an explosion in the Port Royal mines of the Pittsburg Coal company sixteen are dead, seven injured and thousands of dollars worth of property has been destroyed. There is no hope of saving any person in the mine and it may be a year before the bodies are recovered. It will take two days to fill the mine with water and twelve months to pump it out again. The explosion was one of fire damp and no one could enter the shaft for three hours. A Brave Sheriff. Carrollton, Ga., June 10.—A mob of 600 white men broke into the jail here in an attempt to secure a negro named Williams. The mob was confronted by sheriff Merrill, revolver in hand. A fight ensued in which the sheriff shot and wounded two men, one of them, it is believed fatally. The mob fired on the sheriff but he was not hurt, although one bullet passed through his hat. The mob dispersed without getting the negro. Williams was to have been hanged for murder. Last Step Before Proclamation. Washington, June 10.—Indian Agent Randlett wires here all is quiet on the Kiowa reservation. Inspector Nesler, in charge of allotments has notified the secretary of the interior by wire that he had completed and mailed his final schedule. There are about 3,000 of the allotments. This is the last step before the issuance of the president's proclamation in the matter of opening the Indian lands. The proclamation has been prepared by the president, for sometime. McKibben Goes to Phillippines. Washington, June 10.—By direction of the president, Colonel Chambers McKibben, of the Twentieth infantry, has been relieved from command of the department of Texas and ordered to resume command of his regiment in the Philippines. He will be succeeded in the command of the department of Texas' by Colonel James Whelan, of the Twelfth cavalry. It is said that the change was made at the request of Colonel McKibben, who desired service in the Philippines. Western Freight Association. Chicago, June 13.—J. V. Mahoney, commissioner of transportation of the Pan-American exposition, and formerly chairman of the Sioux City, Ia., traffic bureau, has been offered the office of chairman of the Western Freight Association to succeed H. H. Courtright, who has become incapacitated by illness. It is the intention of the officers and members of the pool to reorganize the association. Will Accept Platt Amendment. Havana, June 12.—The conservative members of the constitutional convention are absolutely confident that the Platt amendment will be accepted and that several radicals will join with the fifteen delegates who have heretofore voted in favor of acceptance. The last few days seem to have brought about a decided change in the attitude of delegates who had been bitterly arraigning the Washington government for rejecting the convention interpretations of the amendment. AFTER CREEK INDIAN LANDS. Indians Protected by Provision for Ap- Washington, June 11.—Captain Schoenfeldt, in charge of the Union agency of the five civilized tribes in the Indian territory, says that a large number of persons are coming in from Western states to secure possession of the lands of the Creek Indians, which are soon to be placed on the market by the Creek tribe, who have recently entered into a treaty with the government, for the opening of their lands, and who are taking their lands in severality and disposing of the surplus. He says that the accommodations at Muskogee are too small for the enormous influx of strangers who want to purchase lands from the Indians. The majority of the strangers are from Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa. The agent says the lands which the Indians will be allowed to dispose of are of first-class quality and worth on an average $15 an acre. The Indians have in several instances offered to sell them at much below their value, and there is general expectation that a great deal of money is to be made out of these lands. He points out that speculators are overlooking the very serious fact that all sales of lands so negotiated must first be approved by the secretary of the interior, and that few, if any, contracts will be approved that do not represent a fair valuation of the lands, according to market standard. Trial of Miss Jessie Morrison. El Dorado, June 12.—The second trial of Miss Jessie Morrison is commenced. The attorneys for the state are County Attorney William Rees, ex- County Attorney E. B. Brumback, E. N. Smith, B. R. Leydig and A. L. Hamilton. Defense: T. A. Kramer, V. P. Mooney, H. W. Schumacher, A. L. Redden. The defense filed a motion for a continuance until November for the reasons that the jury must come from the country and all are busy at their farm work, and because the heat will affect the health of participants in a long trial. The motion to continue was overruled and case was formally set for trial. National Editorial Association National Editorial Association. Buffalo, N. Y., June 13.—The National Editorial association is holding its sixteenth annual convention in this city. This association includes editors from all parts of the United States. Hundreds of delegates were present, most of them accompanied by members of their families. The delegates took a steamer trip on Lake Erie as guests of the merchants' exchange. An evening was spent in the Temple of Music with impressive memorial services in honor of the deceased members of the association. A Railroad Men's Home. Oklahoma City, June 13.—After the Indian reservations are opened up, a determined effort will be made to locate a railroad men's home and sanitarium near the Wichita mountains. The home is to be erected at a cost of of $100,000 by the five orders of railroad men. It is the purpose of the five orders to erect a main building at a cost of $75,000 with fine grounds adjacent; $25,000 is to be spent in erecting cottages for aged railroad men and their wives, of whom there are many in the country. Had Twine and Machinery Bought. Wichita, Kans., June 12.—A correspondent who arrived here from the scene of devastation in Kay county, Okla., says that the cyclone and hail ruined the wheat crop of 400 farms west and northwest of Blackwell. These farms are all in one body of territory. The farmers who have purchased twine and harvest machinery are asking the local dealers to take them back, and they have referred the matter to the factories. Supplies for Kansas Forta. Topeka, June 10.—The government is advertising for bids for supplies for horses at army posts. According to the specifications supplies are wanted for Fort Riley and Fort Leavenworth as follows: Fort Leavenworth—2,400,000 pounds of oats; 540,000 bran; 3,915,000 baled hay; 930,000 straw. Fort Riley, 4,650,000 pounds of oats; 790,000 bran; 6,885,000 baled hay; 1,615,000 straw. The Pope in Good Health. Rome, June 13.—The usual summer stories about the Pope's health are untrue, as usual. The Pope at present, is in exceptionally good health, is enjoying his daily drive and walk and the heavy cares of state seem to bear lightly on his old age, he is mounting to a higher point of the garden than usual. A New Kansas Railroad Topeka, June 12.—A charter has been taken for the Fort Scott, Iola and Western railroad company. It is a Fort Scott enterprise, capitalized at $400,000. The new concern proposes to build a railroad in a westerly and northwesterly direction from Fort Scott to Florence. The estimated length of the railroad is 150 miles, and will pass through Bourbon, Allen, Woodson, Greenwood, Chase and Marion counties. For South American Trade-Europe Versus United States. PAN-AMERICAN CONGRESS. Washington, June 12.—Keen American observers of foreign diplomacy and commerce put an entirely new construction upon the struggle between the South American republics which threatens to wreck the approaching Pan-American congress to be held in the City of Mexico. European influence is behind existing disputes between South American countries and nursing new disputes. While the United States is engaged in an effort to capture the markets of Europe, all Europe is busy in a race for the markets of South America. Europe is increasing its export trade with Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina and Chile. The United States export trade to South America is rapidly falling off, with the exception of that to Venezuela. It is said to be important to European trade that the Pan-American congress should not be held. Anything that brings close unification between the United States and the Central and South American countries is bound to lead to closer commercial relations. The idea put forth by foreign agents which has permeated all South America is that the United States seeks to control the politics of the various countries and is holding the Pan-American exposition and projecting the Pan-American congress for the purpose of making South America appear as the tail to the North American kite. The statement has also been made to the war and state departments that in much the same way have the difficulties of the United States been increased in Cuba. A gentleman who has spent much time in Havana says that foreign consuls there are in much closer touch with influential elements in the constitutional convention than the Americans, and have been very successful in sowing suspicion and discord. The Pan-American exposition, in Buffalo, is a direct menace to the trade of European countries. It threatens foreign trade, and if it were followed by a Pan-American congress which should establish arbitration, then the United States would be in a position to restore her failing trade south of Panama. Leads the World in Coal. Washington, June 13.—Official reports show that the year 1900 closed the century with the largest coal production ever recorded in the United States and continued the supremacy of the United States among the coal producing countries of the world. Practically complete returns to Edward W. Parker, statistician of the United States geological survey show the total output of coal in 1900 to have been 267,542,444 short tons, an increase over the preceding year of 13,802,452 tons or a little more than 5 per cent. The value of this product was $297,920,000, an increase of 16 per cent over 1899. Coal producers felt a much greater benefit from the improved trade conditions in 1900 than in either 1898 or 1899. For Defrauding Pensioners. Washington, June 13.—J. Worth Carnahan, president of the United States Army and Navy Historical Association of this city, was arrested under an indictment found by the federal grand jury at Columbus, O., charging him with having conspired with agents of the association, to defraud pensioners of the state of Ohio by impersonating special examiners of the pension bureau. Mr. Carnahan admitted his identity as the person indicated, and waived a preliminary hearing. United States Commissioner Mills fixed his bond at $1,000. A. O. U. W. at Buffalo. Buffalo, N. Y., June 13.—The supreme lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, with jurisdiction over the United States and Canada, excepting the province of Ontario, convened here with 200 delegates present. Supreme Master Walker, of Milwaukee, presented his report showing a membership of 420,000 in connection with the supreme lodge. Fire at Lexington, Ky. Lexington, Ky., June 10.—The Otts cooper shop burned and the fire communicated to other buildings so rapidly that it was feared for some time that the city would be laid in ashes. The fire was beyond control for two hours. Twenty-three houses, mostly tenements, were destroyed with their contents. Loss $80,000. That Big Machine Shop. Topeka, June 12.—The Santa Fe railway has decided to increase the size of the proposed machine shop from 725 feet long to 850 feet long. This change in plans is said to be due to the desire of the company to increase its facilities so that more engines can be handled here than was intended. This new machine shop will be by far the largest building, in point of floor space, in Topeka. It is about one-sixth of a mile long, and is 200 feet wide. CATTLE—Heavy. $ 5 10 @ 5 85 HOGS—To cheat to heavy. $ 5 85 @ 6 00 WHEAT—No. 2 hard. $ 67 @ 6 00 CORN—No. 2 Meat. $ 30 @ 6 00 HAY—Choice timothy. $ 11 @ 12 00 Choice prairie. $ 9 50 @ 12 00 BUTTER. $ 11 @ 12 00 EGGS. $ 9 @ 12 00 Chicago. WHEAT—No. 2 hard. $ ... @ 70 CORN—No. 2. $ 41 @ 70 OATS—No. 2. $ 28 @ 28 8. St. Louis Live Stock. BEEVES. $ 350 @ 4 10 STOCKERS & FEEDERS. $ 270 @ 4 10 SOUTHERN STEERS. $ 360 @ 4 20 Cotton. Uplands. Gulf. LIVERPOOL. $ 4 19-521 NEW YORK. $ 8 @ 8 @ GALVESTON. $ 8 @ Wichita Grain. Open High Low Close Today Closest Year. WHEAT July 71% 71% 70% 71% July 69 69 68% 69% 68% CORN July 42% 42% 42% 43% 42% Sept 43% 44% 43% 43% OATS July 27% 27% 27% 27% 26% Sept 26% 26% 25% 25% 26 Wichita Live Stock. HOGS. $ 5 45 @ 5 80 Chicago Live Stock. GOOD TO BURN. $ 5 50 @ 6 10 COWS & HEIFERS. $ 5 15 @ 6 15 STOCKERS & FEEDERS. $ 2 00 @ 6 15 TEXAS FED BEEVES. $ 4 35 @ 6 10 HOGS. $ 6 00 @ 6 10 THE LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF Dallas, Texas, has had a $90,000 fire. The king and the people of Italy are disappointed. It is a girl. The secretary of the treasury purchases a bunch of short term bonds every week. It is now said that Paul Kruger has given up his proposed visit to the United States. The Spanish premier has announced a loan for territorial defense and a reorganization of the army. The census shows that the fisheries of the United States produce annually $45,000,000 worth of food. A fire in grain fields in California southwest of Los Bonos, destroyed 20,000 acres of grain and feed. The property of Australians amounts to a greater per capita than does that of any other country on earth. The supreme court of New Jersey decides that trolley franchises are taxable as real estate in that state. Bishop Nicholson, of the Reformed Episcopal church, died at his home in Philadelphia on June 7, aged 79 years. A census bulletin shows that there is in the United States 10,602 incorporated towns. There were 7,578 ten years ago. On July 3 there will arrive at Bermuda 900 Boer prisoners, with two companies of British soldiers to guard them. The Statement of the London board of trade for May shows a decrease of £1,490,700 in imports and £1,159,300 in exports. The astrologers have finally fixed upon September 1 as a lucky day for the dowager empress of China to commence her journey back to Pekin. Ed King, the railroad engineer who has had his life wrecked in Mexican prisons is back in the United States. He was in Kansas City this week in a sad condition. He will never be able to work again. A Geneva correspondent says that large orders for plows, heretofore sent to Birmingham, England, are now going to the United States owing to the success of experiments with American plows in Switzerland. There is such a general complaint in foreign countries about American locomotives using more coal than others that it looks like a preconcerted scheme of attack upon America's growing trade abroad in engines. Twenty-five per cent of the young men examined for entrance to the military academy are disqualified on account of weak eyes. The total cash receipts of the relief association of Jacksonville, Fla., up to May 16, was $101,745. The number of people still being fed at that date was 3,158. Two special trains brought 21 coaches through Omaha loaded with local freight agents and their families who were going to Denver to attend the freight agents' national convention. A Louisville, Ky., pigeon flew from Alligator Lake, Miss., to his home, a distance of 400 miles, in 9 hours and 41 minutes. Cattlemen about Gunnison, Colo., made prisoners of sheep herders who brought sheep from Utah, and killed 2,500 of the sheep. A special train of seven Pullman cars took railroad commissioners from 32 states to San Francisco. In the party were nearly 60 commissioners with their secretaries and a number of railroad officials. The Western Passenger association voted against giving a one cent a mile rate to the G. A. R. encampment at Cleveland. It is thought the railroads will take individual action, the Central association having already authorized it. After a continuous sleep of two years Michael Doran has been discharged from the Binghampton, N. Y., state hospital. His life was preserved by injections of liquid nourishment all of that time. He was for years afflicted with epilepsy.