Wichita Searchlight

THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT VOL. III A COLORED GIRL'S TRIUMPH. a colored girl carried off the highest honors of the Manual training high school of Denver, Colo.' Joseph is only carrying out the traditions of her family in this respect. Three older sisters were valedictorians of their classes. They were graduated at the Southern university, an institution for the colored race, supported by the state of Louisiana and located at New Orleans. Each took the highest honor in her class, each captured the George Peabody medal given for excellence in studies, and each became a teacher in the institution. Two are now married and married. Alice Alice Joseph, is still one of the faculty. But it was left for Joseph to show that this talent family could win first place in a class of white pupils as well as in one of their own race. When it became evident that Joseph would necessarily be one of the ten to occupy a place on the platform at the graduating exercises, there was intense dissatisfaction among a certain element of the class. Lead by Miss Ora Rowe, petition was circulated asking that the usual commencement program be dispensed with, and that one prominent lecturer be asked all the time instead. The faculty had this under consideration when the matter became public such General indignation was worse that the idea of alteing the real arrangements was resigned. Joseph was therefore accorded the honor for which she had labored faithfully and which she so unquestionably earned. This is the first time that an Afro-American Jesse valedictorian of a high school class in Denver or taken in a commencement program. Peter Joseph, the father of the most talented girls has had one those arrests, which among a few of the age of his race have been alm of magic in their strenuousness. Born in slavery he could not read or write at the close of the war. He educated himself after his marriage and while supporting a family, and did it so well that he twice used the civil service examination in New Orleans. In that city was a police captain for five years and a United States custom house inspector for eight. It was the ambition of his life to give his family the best advantages possible and he moved to Denver for the purpose of raising them where they would have less prejudice to combat than in the South. With the exception of the two persons mentioned he has brought a family of six girls and one boy of the humble calline of a brick-worker and has given all of them a good education. There will be a great comedy drama in four acts presented at the Garfield hall July 17, by some of Wichita's best talent and it promises to be one of the most successful affairs of the year. The Iron Hand belongs to a class of plays that are clean elevating, and yet exciting: full of quick, snappy action, thrilling situation and containing much bright comedy. The story of the play is simple, plain, and easily understood, and yet wonderfully interesting; for it rivets the attention of the audience from the rise of the first curtain to the final fall. The play is under the personal direction and management of Mr. Marton Vernon who has selected the best talent that Wichita can produce. The leading roll of the play, that of Oliver Montford, as the "Iron Hand," will be played by Mr. Vernon; Harmond Vandorka a wealthy young artist, Edward Landrum; Jack Minton (afterwards known as percv Plantagenet) Montford's ward, Fred Williams; "O Ikey, der mos honestes ole man, J. L. Harper; Hawkins, a servant(two or three me) Arthur Webster, Bella, the leading lady, Jack's sister, (afterward Mrs. Van Dorn) will be played by Mrs. Mary E. Carr; Lizzie, Jack's wife, a popular actress, Miss Nancy Phelps; "Mrs. Dibble, positively a positive widow," Miss Lillie Holbert; Hannah," a servant, Miss Addie Williams. This is one of the most difficult plays that has ever been attempted by any amateur company of the city and the good people of Wichita should show their appreciation of the same by giving them a crowded house. MISSION CIRCLE. The entertainment given by the Ladies Home Mission Circle of the Second Baptist church at Gaafield hall Thursday night, July 4th was something grand. The participants on their splendidly rendered program was worthy the name excellent. Each number was a star number within itself and all did themselves much credit, and reaffirmed the declaration that Wichita has talented young ladies and gents that can not be excelled and seldom are they equalled. The closing and most interesting feature, was a drill by the boys under the direct supervision of Hon. C. I. Burnes, as Captain and Mrs. L. Aadams, this drill was something many times grand and reflects credit upon Mr. Burnsand Mrs. Adams for the work which they did in dilling the boys. The drill of Thursday night showed the fine drill qualities of Mr. Burnes. The whole entertainment was grand, and they were treated to a crowded house. The Committees, Mrs. L. Anderson, Chrm; Mrs. H. W. James Sec., J. L. Harper, Mrs E. J. Alexander and Mrs. L. Adams did much good. WICHITA, KANSAS, JULY 6, 1901. GRAND CHAPTER SESSION. The Session of the Grand Chapter, Order of Eastern Star, which convened in the city of Leavenworth on June 29th and 27th was ideed a grand affair. The session was a most notable one, and its attendance proved that the Chapter of Kansas is destined to reach a most gratifying proportion. The session was interesting from beginning to end, and to have fully realized its magnity, one should have been present. After having transacted the routine of business the following officers were elected: Mrs. M. E. Saugston, Topeka, Grand Matron; J. M. Wilson, Emporia, Patron; Belle Smothers, Arkansas City, A. G. Matron; W. E. Jackson, S. A. Patron; J. M. Fitchue, Lawrence, Treas; Alice M. Browne, Kansas City. Secret rv Emma Mitchell, Leavenworth, G. Conductress; Patsy Gregg, Lawrence, G. A. Con; S. A. Owens, Topeka, G. Truth; M. E. Banks, Wichita, G. Charity; M. Simms, Ottawa, G. Faith; Eliza Morton, Atchison, G. Wisdom; Susie Rollins, Olathe, G. Herald; D. Weeks, Emooria, G. Marshall: W. E. Stewart, Topeka, G. Sentinel; Margret Claridy, Chetopa, G. Chapain; M. D. Jones, Topeka, G. Lecturer; E. J. Harris, Leavenworth, C. W. and O. T. Presented to Mrs. M. E. Langston, golp watch and chain and EasternStar Emblem. Presented to W. E. Stewart, a gold-headed umbrella Kan. City, Kan. The friends of Mrs. W. N. Miller of Wichita, Kansas, who has been visiting in this city for the past four weeks gave a grand reseption in her honor at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Jenning 1147, Armstrong Ave. Those present were:Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Miller Mrs. Lotta Williams, Mrs. Lou Mrs. Ida Jackson, Mrs. Thos. Waldron, Mrs. R. A. Lee, of California, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Cooper, Mrs. Jane Dudley, Mrs. Alex Langford, Mrs. T. Jackson, Mrs. E. S. Shawbree, Mrs. J. F. Holmes, Mr. Jas. P. Maynand, Mr. John Butler, Misses Lelia Graham, of K. C. Mo., Jessie Waldron, Blanche Ophelia Miller, Stella Graham. John Hudtpeth left Sunday to visit in Memphis, and other Southern cities. Opposes Negro Disfranchise- ment. Representative Livingstone; of Georgia, is out-spoken against the movement in the Southern States to ex lude the Negro from participating in the franchise. He sees danger in such amendments to State constitutions as those recently adopted by the Carolinas, Louisiana, Mississippi and perhaps one or two other Southern States and fears the amendments may result in a movement in Congress to reduce the representation from those States. Mr. Livingston believes the good people of Georgia are open to such an amendment to the constitution. In an interview with a reporter of he Evening stas Mr. Livingstone said: "As long as Georgia is doing well we do not care to run a risk of having our representation cut down in the United States Congress and Electoral College. I was opposed to giving the Republicans the advantages we gave them last session in increasing their membership in the House. We gave them an increase of nine members when there was no necessity of it, but we had Democrats who were so anxious to get their own representation increased that they were willing to let them do as they pleased. The House was large enough. Now if they claim that their margin is not sufficient and claim their right to increase it by cutting down the representation of such States as Louisiana, Mississippi, North and South Carolina it would bring turmoil and strife and re-open the issues of the civil war. For this one reason, I do not think best for for the Southern Stats to adopt such Constitutional amendment. K. C., Kas. cont, Mrs. W. N. Miller, of Wiohita, left Saturday morning for her home after spending a few weeks in this city visiting relatives and friends. Mrs. R. N. Countee has gone to Lemphis, Tenn., to spend a Few weeks visiting. Miss Ida Williams left Tuesday for Paola, Kansas. Misses Lela Graham and Ida Mc Donald will leave Sunday for St. Joe, Mo. CITIZENS MEET. There will be a big meeting of the colloed citizens at the Search light office Snnday afternoon at 4 o'clock. This is a very important meeting and all are requested to be present who can come. Shall We Deport The Negro? We observe a recrudescence of the controversy looking to a deportation of the Negroes. Following ex-Seuator Matthew C. Butler, of South Carolina, Mr. Hinton Rowan Helper pho had advocated the expedient nearly forty yeers ago, now renews his former argument claiming that the free Negro is as great an obstacle to Southern civilization and material development as the enslaved Negro was before the Civil War. A number of Southern newspapers have discussed the Helper thecooy—some with approval and some with disapproval—and journals farther north such as the Washington Post and New York Sun, have dismissed it as chimerical and impracticable. For our part, we have seen no reason to amend the opinion which we expressed when exSenator M. C. Butler suggested the idea about three or four years ago. We antagonize the deportation of the Negroes, not only because it is a mere dream of cruelty to them, but because of our convictions that it would operate untold injury th the South. That slavery as an institution was a curse to the section in which it prevailed, we do not for a moment doubt. Mr. Helper, however, was not the only member of the slave holding class at the South who realized its disastrous influence and still more disastrous promise. We venture to say that 70 per cent of the great landed proprietors of the South, owning any where from 100 to 2,000 or 3,000 slaves were quite as opposed to the system as Mr. Helper was. No man of travel cultured and enlightenment in those days—and the Southern slave tolder was in the front rank of that element—believed that slavery was a righteous or a useful initiation. There never was a question as to that. The question was: "How shall we get rid of it?" Between the slayes and their masters there was a subtle but mysterious potens tie. During the dark days of 1861—65 this indiscribabond was illustrated by the affectionate fidelity exhibited by emancipate slaves. Nothing in history furnishes a chapter so fraught with pathos as that incident of instinctive loyalty on the part of the Negroes. We are sorry for the Southern of the class refreshed to who can forget the claim of those simple minded loving servants. But quote a part from the sentimental aspect of the case—though Southerns, we hope, have not yet abandoned duty, tradition, love and self-respect in the greed for cash—quite apart from emotional considerations we say let us look at the purely material effect upon the South of a a complete elimination of the Negro. Does any one really acquainted with conditions there imagine that the great agricultural interests of the section will be promoted by the replacing of the Negro with the European or Asiatic immigrant? Go to the mining districts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana Illinois and Michigan and compare the Sicillan, Tartar, Greek, Czech, Slav barbarians gathered there with the pastoral Negro who tills the soil and garners the harvest of the South. Would any rational planter willingly make the exchange? Does Alabama or Lohisiana or Arkansas or Mississippi wish to import the faithful laborer with a black skin and install in his place the yellow copper-colored dusky stranger of Asiatic or Polynesian extraction, as to whose ideas, customs and methods he is absolutely ignorant? We think not. Of course the new generation of Negroes, half-educated, discontented and offensive, have become a nuisance in all our cities especially this side of the Potomac. As a rule, they are both impudent and worthless, but this is a matter for the police. There are white criminals and rowdies also. The South has its "crackers" "dirt eaters" 'sand-hillers," just as it has its Negro rapists, murderers and barn burners. These are not race issues, they are social issues. The great mass of the Negroes who raise crops, acquire property and add to the taxable wealth of the communities in which teey live are far the best laboring and serving class the South has ever known, or ever will know. To deport them—If such a thing were possible, which thank Heaven is not—would be a blunder and crime.—Washington Post. FORT SCOTT, KANSAS Miss Madge Yochum returned Thursday from Marshall, Mc. where she has been attending a teacher's institute. Rev. P. D. Yochum returned Saturday from Independence, Mo., after a short visit with his family. Dr. M. G. Brookens has purchaed the property corner of 4th and Judson Sts. The many friends of Rev. and Mrs. Terrell here, congratulate them on their success in the study of Pantherapy and wish them much success in the study thereof Rev. Yochum went to Fulton, Mo. Tuesday to unite in marriage Mr. Bud Neal of Ft. Scott, and Miss Webb of that city. 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 ..... 61 69 Bia months, by mail ..... 75 Three months, by mail ..... 50 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to "The Searchlight," J. 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. What Is The Meaning? The action of a Sheriff in the South who killed one of a mob of hoodlums to protect his Negro prisoner from being lynched; the calling out the malitia in Texas, to prevent the lynching of a Negro, reads more like fiction than fact; yet this is a fact. It is enough to bring forth the querry, 'What is the meaning?' Does it mean that the dawn of a 'New South' is at hand? Does it mean that the South has finally awakened to the folly of their past, and is now beginning to show to the world what she can do in stamping out mob law? That the South is the proper party to sound the death note to this unnecessary evil of their own creation, no one even questions; and the South can do more, effectively, to put an end to lynching, there is no doubt. Under the American form of government there is no excuse or reason for lynching. Does these acts mean that after almost 400 years of association with the Negro, the South is beginning to learn that the Negro is a human being, and has right which, even a mob must respect? Doe it mean that the Negro, by his most marvelous attaiuments in the past 30 odd years has forced protection? Does it mean that the end of that dreaded barrier of the American Negro is in sight? That it should end, all agree; that lynching in America, ere long, must stop, is as certain as death. The American Negro with the rapid advance which he has made, and with the advance he is making to-day. is standing shoulder to shoulder with his white neighbor in manhood and good citizenship, and some day will rise in the great power of his might and all will be proud to recognize him before the law. The Negro prefers to obtain his God given rights by peaceable means, but, if he cannot obtain them in peace, by the eternals, he will have them anyway. A man is no higher than his mind, think of low things, and the man is low; then set your aim high and try to make a mark in life. Is "race unity" an "irredescent dream?" The young Negro should remember, "there is room at the top." With a "united North and South" where is the Negra? This weather is Nation - ally dry. THE SEARCHLIGHT will tell you. We do job printing. R emember Val Jones' Stand, 249 N. Main St. We sell Ice Cream Soda Water, Fruit and Confectionaries of all kinds. and MASSAGE PARLOR. 442 N. TOPEKA AVE. S. W. Fleming the newly elected C. C. of Toas lodge No. 10, K. of P. presided at his first lodge meeting last Thursday night, He promises to make a good C. C. 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 Ave. Hot meals, Grand Chan. John E. Lewis was taken quite seriously sick last Saturday and has been confined to his bed since that time. Mrs. M. E. Banks, Royal Matron of Princess Chapter No. 12, O. E. S. of this city, was in Leavenworth last week attending the session of the Grand Chapter which convened in that city June 27 - 28. She was highly honored by the Grand Chapter by being elected to the office of Grand Charity. Besides being selected on several important committees. She reports a nice time. The Missouri Pacific Ry. has placed a crew of a colored men at work on its tracks in this as section hands. These position are permanent and pay good wages. W. M. Knox, I. J. Knox, Geo. Gordon and Jeff Dennon have the honor to compose the first crew. J, T. Chinneth presided Tuesday night for the first time as the regularly electen Master of Arkansas Valley lodge No. 21, A. F. & A. M. He made a good start. Misses Vera Waller, Ethel Reynolds, Pearl Reynolds and Nettie Thomas of Eldorado, are in the city visiting their aunt, Mrs. O. Neeley. One of the most pleasant social events of the season was the hayrack picnic given Wednesday night by the members of the M. T. club, in honor of a number of visitors in the city. They met at the residence of Miss L. Covington and from there repaired to the park. Games and music occupied the greater part of the evening and dainty refreshments were served. Mrs. M. E. Hodge has returned from her visit to Leadville, Colo. Its Facts B MENS' SOCKS Polka Dots, Stripes and Figured in Black and Colors; SCHMITT & MARTIN'S SAND 106 8M STORE WICHITA, KANSAS. NO.406 EAST DOUGLAS AVE. 3rd door East of Topeka Ave. THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT, SATURDAY, JULY 6th 1901 Going To Illinois. J. W. Thompson leaves to day Saturday, for Danville, Ill., to assist the Wiih1ta Street Railway Company in putting down new tracks in that city. Mr. Thompson since beginning work with this firm has steadily climbed until he is now one of their trusted hands. He is one of our best young men and we extend to him our best wishes for his success and health in his new home, and hope he will have a mos3 enjoyable time. HAS RETURNED. Mrs. Pete Brown and baby returned Suneay from an extended visit with Mr. Browns's mother in Kansas City, Mo. She reports a most enjoyable time. She brought two of Mr. Brown's sister's children with her to spend a few days. Both Mrs. Brown and the baby seemed to have enjoyed themselves. She received many fine and valuable presents. A NICE TIME. Mrs. W. N. Miller returned Saturday from a 30 days visit in Kansas City, Kan., and Leavenworth. The most of her time was spent visiting in the two Kansas Cities. She reports a most enjoyable time and brought home many nice presents which she had received. Aside from having a nice time, she did some effective work for the Searchlight by adding more than 200 new subscribers to our list, which fact pleased the Searchlight man "clean to his toes." While away she attended the Grand Session of the Court, H. of J., that of the Chapter, O. E. S., and the convention of the Federation of Colored Women's Art Clubs, all of which met in Leavenworth. All were grand. Dr. Claude G. Baker, DENTIST DENTAL PARLORS —— Up Stairs Nextto Eagle Office Mrs. L. Raglan, of Gurthrie, O.T. is visiting in the city. Mrs. Berrie Waters left Monday for a week's visit in Hutchinson. CALL All members of Mt. Olive Court No 9 are requested to meet at the Jackson house next Tuesday eve. at 6 o Business of Importance. Mrs. Wm. M. Hellam left Thursday to visit relatives and friends at Hennessey, O. T. She expects to be gone several weeks. Back Up with the THE S. & M. 5 & TIE ```markdown ``` Spend your SUNDAY AFTER-NOON and EVENING, is the CENTROPOLIS HOTEL. We make it a specialty to * * * * * Have Everything for the comfort of our patrons. Ice Cream, Soda Pop and lunches. J. H. Hodge, Prop. 605, N. Main. FOR SALE or TRADE:—One barber outfit complete. Address:— W. A. Patton, 215 S. Washington, Wichita, Kans. Got Her Divorce. Mrs. Luella Hudspeth was grant- ep a divorce from her husband Jas- H. Hudspeth, by Judge D. M. Dale in the District Court, last Wednesday. She was also granted posses- sion of personal property and restored to her former name, Luella Kyle. She was represented by W. N. Miller, Wichita's colored lawyer. Mrs. Lottie Murray of Joplin, Mo arrived in the city Thursday morning to spend two weeks visiting her daughter, Mrs. Abe Alexander. Patton's Cate Ice Cream Home Made Pies, Cakes aand Confec 601 North Main St. DO PERFE HAMS Patton's Caterer & Bakery Ice Cream Parlor Home Made Pies, Cakes aand Confectioneries. Soda Pop en Ice 601 North Main St. Mrs. S. E. Patton, Prop. W I L T E CLOVER SAUSAGES ASK YOUR DEALER FOR OU U. S. GOVERNMENT ASK YOUR DEALER FOR OUR PRODUCTS U. S. GOVERNMENT INSPECTED MEATS. DOLD'S he Goods at 5 & 10 cent Store. LADIES' STOCKINS Pure White, Light Blues, Pinks, Cardinals and Blacks; Choice Pair 10c SCHMITT & MARTIN'S SAND IOW WICHITA, KANSAS. NO.406 EAST DOUGLAS AVE. 3rd door East of Topeka Ave. Wichita can well support a first-class grocery store run by Co'ored people; the colored people of this city spend thousands of dollars each year for this item alone, and if some good, hustling colored man or set of men, would open a first-class, clean, and respectable place they would do well. Let some one try it. What are you sending your boy or your girl to shool for? what do you wish them to do when they shall have finished school? These two questions should be uppermost in the mind of every parent. But remember, no matter what his or her course in life may be, they begin in the Negro race. There is no use in trying to get away from the race, you are a member of the race, you were born so, and will die so. If the race advances, you advance too; if the race goes back, you follow. We call our many readers' attention to the Big Store of Schmidt & Martin, 3rd door East of Topeka ave No. 406 E. Douglas. They are fine gentlemen and will treat you right They carry a full line of Notions. Go down and see them. Prof. W.C. Mallory, of Pimila, Pa one of the fam ) Mallory Bros has arrived in the city and will make this his future home. Merer & Bakery m Parlor Rectioneries. Soda Pop en. Ice Mrs. S. E. Patton, Prop. OLD'S ECTION S and BACON LARD AND WICHITA, SPECIALTIES. KANNS OUR PRODUCTS MENT INSPECTED MEATS. * * --- LEAVENWORTH KANSAS. Mrs. W. N. Miller, of Wichita, Ks. and Mrs. Louisie Jones, of K. C. Ks. was in our city a few days or last week attedting the Gaand Lodge of the Eastern Star. Mrs. Nora Moore of 517 Elizabeth St. departed this life Friday June 28th She leaves a husband, two daughters a mother sisters brothers and a host of frieds to mourn her los'. Mitchell Hospital corner stone was laid unker the auspider of the Masonic Order, June 30th, on 5th Ave., between Michigan and Ohio. A large crowd attedded. Miss Ida Thompson arrived home Friday evening from Mt. Vernon, Mo. where she has been teaching. She will spend vacation with her mother and sister, 1602, South 5th. Elmer McRoy is slowl improving. AND A Grocery Store. WICHITA, KANNS 08 For Monett, Springfield, St. Louis, and all points East, daily, 1.20 p.m. 02 Pittsburg, Joplin, Galena, Webb Cip and Carthage, daily, 1.20 p.m. 07 Burton, Elsworth, and all points West, daily, 3.40 p.m. 02 Pittsburg, Girard, Joplin, Carthage, Vanessa and Sapulpa, 10.00 p.m. 102 Monett, Fayettville, Fort Smith, and mediate points daily, 10.00 p.m. 102 Eureka Springs, Springfield, St. Louis, and all points East, daily, 10.00 p.m. For Sleeping Berths and through tickets to all points and particular information see B.E.DUNN, Dist. Pace, Agt. 100 Douglas Ave. No. | Arrive | Leave 408 | 0.35 p m | 0.35 a m 406 | 5 a m | 20 a m 46 | 3 oo p m | 3 oo p m a 43 | 2 20 p m | 4 oo p m a 458 | 2 55 p m | Englewood West 428 | 6 40 p m | 6 40 p m 472 | 11 oo 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 4 5 | 0 o p m a 47 | 2 5 p m | 2 o p m a 457 | 7 45 a m | Englewood Express 427 | 8 20 a m | 8 20 a m 47 | Wichita and Western, 55 West 4 6 | 3 oo p m | 3 oo p m 428 | 6 40 p m | 6 50 p m CHICAGO,ROCK ISLAND and PACIFIC Time Table, Effective Nov. 18, 2010 North and East No 2 Kansas City, Chicago and St Louis limited, daily 9 45 a.m 9 45 a.m No 2 Colorado Springs. Denver and Pacific coast 9 45 a.m 9 45 a.m No 4 Kansas City, St Louis and Chicago night Expr. 9 00 p.m 9 00 p.m No. 36, Daily, Ex. Sun Colo, and Kan. City 10 p.m 10 p.m No. 32 Accommodation daily except Sunday 9 30 a.m 9 30 a.m South and West No Ft Worth, Dallas, Houston and Galveston express,daily 6 40 p.m 7 00 p.m No 1 Oklahoma, Ft Worth New Orleans and Pacific coast,daily 6 40 p.m 7 00 p.m No 3 Oklahoma, Ft Worth, Dallas and New Orleans express 6 35 p.m 6 35 p.m No 3 Ft Worth, Houston, Galveston, San Antoin express,daily 6 35 a.m 6 35 a.m No. 35, Daily, Ex. Sun, Oklahoma Express 8 10 p.m 8 10 p.m Elegant free reclining car chairs on trains and Pilgrim Palace sleepers from Wichita to Chicago and Kansas City with out change. Also sleepers on all night trains to Fort Worth, Houston San Antonio and New Orleans. Tickets sold and bagge checked to all points north, east, south and west. Steamship tickets sold to all European points owest rates. Pasaenger station corner Douglas and Meade ave. phone 190 Lodge Directory Knights of Pythias. Toas LodgeNo.10 KnightsofPythias WICHITA, KAN. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Castle Hail 338 North Main street. Regular Meetings Second and Fourth Monday Night in Each Month. Visting Knights in good standing Welcomed S. W. Fleming, Chan. Com. W. N. Miller, K. of R. & S. ERIA COURT No.7. Order of Calanthe. Mrs. J.H. Fhelps, W.C. Miss Blencq Alexander, R.of D. Mrs. Ida Martin, W.of R. of D. Mrs. Ist. and 8rd. Monday each month ARKANSAS VALLEY Lodge No.21. A.F. & A.M. John T. Chinneth, W.M. W.H.A. Clark, Secretary. Meets 1st. and 3rd. Tuesday each month. All Master Masons in good standing are Cordially Invited. PALESTINE COMMANDERY No.12. No.12. Wichita Kansas. J.T.Chinneth, Emminent Commander J.A.Roberson, Generalissimo. Phil Hyde, Captain General Joseph Fine Secretary. Sylvester Anderson, Treas. Meets the 2nd Monday night each month. MT.ZION CHAPTER No.17. W.H.A.Clark, High Priest J.S.Fauver, King. Ben Wilson, Scribe. J.T Chinneth,Secretary Grant Ewing,Treas. Meets the 4th Monday night each month PRINCESS CHAPTER NO.12 O.of E.S. Mrs.M.E,Banks,Royal Matron. Miss Lizzie M.Burnham,Seerty Meets 1st and 3rd.Wednesday each month. Mt.Olive Court No.9,H. of J. Mrs. J. E. Lewis, M. A. M. Mrs. J. S. Anderson, Secretary Mrs. L. Adams, Treasurer Meets 1 & 3 Wednesday afternoon at 5 p.m. The Biggest Lot of Sample Shoe we over had. Six big shipments just unloaded Buy them now and at wholesale prices, and save the retailer's profit. Get in your work as soon as you can and get the best selection. Groceries cheaper than most and as cheap as the cheapest. 4 lbs fancy evaporated peaches 25c 9 lbs good prunes 25c gal New York apples 25c so lbs Imperial flour .75 Canned corn 67c up 8 bars Diamond C soap 25c Guaranteed Baking Powder, per lb 10c Tall can salmon 10c 8 bars Clairett soap 25c 8 bars White Russiaa soap 25c 3 cans Lewis lye 25c California appricots, can 10c Tapp Bros. & Hanshaw, Odd Fellow Lodges. .....State Officers..... Grand United Order of Odd Fellows. J.Harper, D.G.M, Wichita W.M.Jackson, D.D.G.M, Topeka P.Johnson, D.G.S, Emporia MW.Jackson D.G.D Kans City HOME OF THE WE-T No.2906. G.U.O.O.F. Chas. H. Gordon, N.G. Major Davis, V.G. J.A Martin, Secretary Meets st, 2nd and 3rd Tuesday night. Barnes & Newcomb Popular Music House. Planos,Organs.Every thing known in music. Largest stock to select from and Lowest Prices. WANTED. 10,001 men, women, and children to read The Wichita Searchlight.Only $1.00 per year. Wichita - Business - Directory 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. GUS A. MILLER & CO. Wall Paper, Window Shades and Picture Mouldings. Sign and Banner Work a Specialty. ARTISTIC PICTURE FRAMING TO ORDER. 119 South Main St. Trade at FULTON's-It pays. Clothin g,Hats&FurniShing Goods C.R.Fulton . Wichita's Greatest Clothing Store. Staple and Fancy Groceries Fine Candies, Cigars AND Tobacco C. S. Truex's 246 N. Main St. Phone 746 Houck Hardware Store Screen Door, Screen wire, Ice Crem Freezers, Rubber Hose, Lawn Mowers, etc. 116 East Douglas ave. H. C. DUNBAR, PIONEER UNDERTAKER. 235 North Main Street SCHROEDER & SCHROEDER & MATTHEWS 256 North Main Street. Linen carpet at Ingrain carpet All wool filled c Matting ..... Six-foot extension Six cane seat did 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 1/4c 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, $37.00 SCHROEDER & MATTHEWS 256 NORTH MAIN, PATRONIZE The K. C. Embalming & Cabinet Co. 1014 N. Fifth St., Kansas City, Kan. BOARD OF DIRECTORS D. W. White, J. G. 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CONSUMPTION 25CTS --- Fifty-one Deaths in New York, 18 in Pittsburg, 5 in Chicago. 108 DEGREES ON THE STREETS. New York, July 3.—The theremometer reached 98 degrees at 3:10 p. m. The record shows that in thirty years preceding only two days in all that period has a higher temperature been reached. These were July 9, 1876, and July 3, 1808. From morning to midnight there were reported fifty-seven deaths and 14 prostrations in the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx. From midnight to 9 o'clock at night twenty-one deaths and thirty-six prostrations had been reported in Brooklyn. There were so many ambulance calls that the police were called out to supply patrol wagons, and every ambulance did double duty in responding to calls. Many patients were carried to the hospitals in cabs and carriages, and several went to Bellevue and the Harlem hospital in moving vans. The prevalence of grip among the horses of the city also tended to militate against effective work. In many cases horses had to be obtained from contractors to draw patrol wagons and ambulances. Although the weather bureau shows that the maximum was 98, this does not indicate the heat on the streets. Many thermometers registered 108 at 3:10 and all of them over 100 on the street. If the heat was killing on mankind, it was worse on the horses. They dropped right and left. Pittsburg—Between the houses of 7 a. m. and midnight eighteen deaths from heat in Pittsburg and Allegheny were recorded and forty prosthensions. Chicago. - Five persons dropped dead on the streets in Chicago from the excessive heat and fifteen others were so badly overcome that they had to be removed to hospitals. A number of the prostrated are in a serious condition and may die. Morgan Gives a Million. Cambridge, Mass., June 20.—President Eliot announces that J. P. Morgan has given more than one million dollars for the erection of the buildings planned for the Harvard Medical School in Boston. The gift is for the prosecution of "applied biological research." Mr. Morgan's cable reads: "Referring to our conversation and plans submitted I am prepared to erect the central building and two side pavilions as a memorial to Justus Spencer Morgan, a native of Massachusetts and for many years a merchant of Boston. You can announce this." Military Force in Cuba. Washington, July 2.—There is no intention on the part of the war department to reduce the military force in Cuba at the present time or in the immediate future. The present force of nearly 5,000 men is held in Cuba on the recommendation of Governor General Wood, and the secretary will depend on General Wood's advice as to the reduction of the force. Hall and Rain in Prussia. Berlin, July 1.—News received here today from Rominten, Prussia, shows that the whole of the Rominten district has been devastated by hailstorms and cloudbursts. Emperor William's estate at Rominten has been greatly damaged. His majesty, on receipt of the news, ordered that speedy relief be sent and he himself forwarded a large sum of money to be distributed among the sufferers. Open Coast Trade. Washington, June 29.—General MacArthur, military governor of the Philippines, recently issued an order declaring the ports of Boac, Santa Cruz, Torrilos and Gazan, Island of Murinque, open to the coasting trade, and allowing clearances to and from said ports to all coasting vessels applying for the same. This action was taken as the military condition which required the closing up of these ports no longer exists. Insurance to Cost More. Topeka, July 3.—Insurance Commissioner Church estimates the loss of insurance companies in Kansas at about 25 per cent. One company has lost 81. He expects an advance in rates. Asked if the insurance trust would probably raise the rates, Mr. Church said: "I do not know that there is an insurance trust. The companies all use inspection bureaus in common. It is cheaper than for each to inspect every risk that comes to them to write. Competition is strong, and rates are regulated by it." Alfalfa's Year. Topeka, July 2. -The crop of alfalfa, and in some localities two crops have already been harvested. and two more will be cut before fall. Alfalfa is averaging about one and a half tons to the acre per cutting. The crop is selling at from $3 to $3 per ton. This will give the farmer from $18 to $30 per acre for his alfalfa crop. The timothy and clover raisers will not get much, if anything, for their crop; the majority of them will not get enough hay to pay for the cutting. INSPECTOR NESSLER SAYS Indians Will Lease All But 20 Acres of Their Allotments. CHANCES AFTER THE OPENING. Kansas City, July 3.—Inspector of Surveys C. N. Nessler, who has had charge of the Indian land allotments in the Kiowa and Comanche and Apache and Wichita reservations and who is probably the best posted single individual in the United States on the actual conditions surrounding the lands which are due to be allotted August 6, is accompanied by his private secretary, H. R. Herndon, and is on his way to Washington, D. C. The following statements are all made with his concurrence and authority, and, coming from such an authentic source, are absolutely reliable: There are upward of 15,000 people on the Kiowa and Comanche border. Many of them are in dire straits for daily means of subsistence. They are mostly law-abiding citizens although a few desperate characters are sprinkled among them. Those he came in contact with are small farmers who came from Missouri, Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska. He says 1,500,000 acres will be thrown open for settlement after deducting the territorial lands, such as government reserves, school lands and lands allotted to the Indians. In most instances the Indians will only retain twenty acres and will rent the balance. Over 3,500 home-seekers who fail to draw land for themselves can lease the choice Indian lands, the only stipulation the first two years being that the land must be cultivated and a house erected. The lessees will have no trouble, says Inspector Nessler, in getting a continuance at $1.50 an acre annual rental. Regarding the quality of the land he says that seven out of every ten claims are equal to first-class farming land in Missouri and Kansas. Wheat, corn, cotton and sweet potatoes are already raised in abundance and he says that cotton is going to be an important factor in the country. Applies to All the States. Denver, July 3.—Judge Hallet denied the writ of habeas corpus to the cattle shipper who refused to pay for state inspection on cattle from Texas, after having his cattle inspected by federal inspectors, and was sentenced to six months' imprisonment for so refusing. An appeal was taken to the United States supreme court by the National Live Stoek Association to secure a decision on the question involved that will apply to all the states. Injunctions From District Court. Abilene, Kan., July 1.—Applications for injunctions against seven joints of Junction City have been sent to Judge Moore, of the district court, as the result of a movement by the Prohibitionists of Junction City. They will ask to have the property and persons of the jointists permanently enjoined and all material on hand destroyed by order of the court. Rulings Concerning Banks. Topeka, July 3.—The attorney general rules that directors of savings banks have the authority to declare a stock dividend without consulting the stockholders. A ruling is also made which denies the right of state banks to operate branches, where at stated times deposits are received and checks cashed. Bank Commissioner Albaugh says this will be the rule for the guidance of his department and no banks will be permitted to cash checks or receipt for deposits outside their banks. Railroad Commissioners Enjoined Little Rock, Ark., July 3.—Federal Judge Trieber made perpetual an interlocutory decree against the Arkansas railroad commission, restraining it from making and enforcing joint through ratings provided for on the standard freight distance tariff adopted by the commission in April, 1900. It is announced that the commission will appeal to the United States circuit court of appeals. Quindaro University. Topeka, July 3.—The Quindaro University, the state colored school, will be managed by a mixed board after this. In the past the board of regents have been composed wholly of colored men. The colored members will be Green Keith, of Lawrence, and J. R. Ransom, of Argentine. The white members will be Dr. Little, of Manhattan, and L. W. Keplinger, of Kansas City, Kas., providing they will serve. A Santa Fe Extension. Guthrie, Okla., June 29.-The Santa Fe railroad company has ordered a survey to be made for an extension from Ripley to Shawnee, by way of Chandler, Stroud or Winchester. It has not been decided at what point the line will cross the Trisco, but it probably will be at Chandler. U. G. Guss and William H. Coyle have returned from Chicago, where they had been to consult with President Ripley, and where they secured a contract for getting the right of way. Hearts Woman on Suffrage. The Connecticut house of representatives took a recess recently in order to give Mrs. Isabella Beecher Hooker an opportunity to address the members on woman suffrage. She was given a respectful hearing and was heartily applauded, but the measure was defeated as usual. Peace in the Philippines. Peace in the Philippines is bound to prove profitable to all concerned. Warring conditions, whether they be in the Philippines, the human stomach, or equally disastrous. If your stomach has rebelled, there is one authority that will quickly subdue it. It is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, and it cures constipation, indigestion, billiousness, nervousness and dyspepsia. See that a private revenue stamp covers the neck of the bottle. A small man in a large place is like a gimlet in an anger hole. The Bluest Blue makes the whitest white, that's Red Cross Ball Blue. Physical labor wouldn't be so bad if the mind would let a person alone. Ladies Can Wear Shoes One size smaller after using Allen's Foot Ease, a powder. It makes tight or new shoes easy. Cures swollen, hot, sweating, aching feet, ingrowing nails, corns and bunions. All druggists and shoe stores. 25c. Trial package FREE by mail. Address Allen S. Olnsted, Letroy, N. Y. One sign of the imperfection of man is his inability to wash his back. Getting mad does some people as much good as a dose of medicine. Flah 159 Years Old There are some goldfish in Washington which have belonged to the same family for the last fifty years, and they seem no bigger and no less vivacious today than they did when they first came into the owner's possession. A few of the fish in the Royal Aquarium at St. Petersburg are known to be 150 years old and the age of the sacred fish in some of the ponds attached to the Buddhist temples in China is to be counted by centuries, if we are to believe the priests. Admiral Dewey's Ancestors Admiral Dewey's ancestors lived in the town of Lebanon, Conn., so well known as the home of Jonathan Trumbull and his gifted son, the painter. A paper was read before the New England Catholic Historical society, in Boston, by Miss Ella A. Fanning, city editor of the Norwich, Conn., Bulletin, in which the following statement was made: "Josiah Dewey in 1700 bought from Oneica, son of the great Mohegan chief Uncas, what is yet known as the five-mile purchase." Men's Shirtwaists at Functions There are signs already that shirtwaists for men are to be tolerated, if not encouraged, at informal functions in and near New York in the coming summer. Members of yacht clubs and other out-of-door amusement associations which give evening entertainments at their club-houses welcome the shirtwaist as a happy solution of a troublesome problem in dress for these occasions, and the shirtwaist is therefore sure of meeting at least some measure of popularity. Cultivating Bed of Lake Lake Copais, the largest sheet of water in Greece, and one of the natural features of that country, has recently been nearly all drained off by an English company, and its former bed is now being cultivated with gratifying results, the soil being very fertile and well suited for cotton, melons, colza, beets, and other vegetables. The lake formerly covered about 60 square miles at low water in the center of Boeotia, and near it was one of the ancient oracles of Apollo. Better Than "Christian Science." Jetmore, Kans, July 1st.-Mrs. Auna Jones Freeman, daughter of Mr. G. G. Jones of Burdett, and one of the most popular ladies in Hodgeman County has been a martyr to headache for years. It has made her life a continual misery to her. She suffered pains in the small of the back, and had every symptom of Kidney and Urinary Trouble. Today she is as well as any lady in the state. This remarkable change was due entirely to a remedy recently introduced here. It is called Dodd's Kidney Pills, and many people claim it to be an infallible cure for Kidney Diseases, Rheumatism and Heart Trouble. Mrs. Freeman heard of Dodd's Kidney Pills, and almost with the first dose, she grew better. In a week, her headaches and other pains had gone, and she had left behind her all her illness and days of misery. A medicine that can do for any one what Dodd's Kidney Pills have done for this lady, is very sure soon to be universally used, and already the demand for these pills has increased wonderfully in Pawnee and Hodgegeman Counties, where the particulars of Mrs. Freeman's case and its cure are known. A person can keep up a semblance of honesty by promising to pay once in a while. EXCURSION TO YELLOWSTONE PARK. American Tourist Association Will Travel in the West This Year. An extended tour to the Yellowstone Park has been arranged by the American Tourist Association of which Rean Campbell is general manager. Many people of this vicinity are interested in the long stops at all points of interest that the travelers will be able to make extended explorations of such places as Pike's Peak, Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs and Jerary airport, four includes to unique Salt Lake City and long ride in sight of the Rocky Mountains. The same features that have hitherto made these tours so popular will be included in the annual private for small parties in the Pulman sleeping and dining cars, and all the coaches used on the drives will be for the exclusive use of tourists. American Tourist Association arranges an annual trip for individual members of the Yellowstone party desire to continue further north, the trip will be incorporated in the itinerary. The cost of the trip is included everywhere. Full particulars will be furnished upon application to E. B. EBLECKLEY. WANTED, SALESMEN. NATURAL-BORN SALESMEN, Hard Working and thoroughly reliable men to sell the best-grown nurse stock In the United States. Liberal Commissions paid. Cash advanced weekly today for particulars, giving references. Oregon Nursery Co., Salem, Ore. "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 HUMOURS Complete External and Internal Treatment Consisting of CUTICURA SOAP to cleanse the skin of crusts and scales, and soften the thickened cuticle, CUTICURA OINTMENT to instantly allay itching, irritation, and inflammation, and soothe and heal, and CUTICURA RESOLVENT to cool and cleanse the blood, and expel humour germs. 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For the West: highest standard; national reputation. NASSAS WASHS BUSINESS COLLEGE, Sullivan; Kansas DEFIANCE TRADE MARK DEFIANCE INDUSTRY CORPORATION STARCH 1600L REQUIRES NO COOKING PREPARED FOR LAUNDRY PURPOSES ON MANUFACTURED BY MAGNETIC STARCH MFG.CO. OMAHA, NEB. W. N. U. WICHITA-NO.-27-190 When Answering Advertisements Mention Tats Papert. THE SEARCHLIGHT. Northern Kansas had good rains on the night of July 1. Electric lights have been turned on in Cherokee, the plant being completed. Senator J. R. Burton went to Des Moines to make a Fourth of July oration. Kansas' wheat harvest covers 200,000 more acres than all the state of Delaware. An empty elevator at Wichita is burned. Several box cars were badly burned. The cost to Butler county in the second trial of Miss Morrison will be about 82,000. In 1823 Labette county offered a reward for the Benders and has just unwrapped that offer after 28 years. J. J. Houston, formerly register of roots of Anderson county, has been appointed commissioner of public lands in Oklahoma. Topaike jointists, having lost the backing of Kansas City men who supply them and generally own their outfits have quit business. Soybean county farmers will get about $50 an acre for their alfalfa crop. The second crop is mostly cut and more will be two more to cut. Twin boys, 18 months old, were playing on the railroad track near Woodon, Rooks county, and both were instantly killed by a train. They were children of C. C. Cook, whose home is near the track. The city ordinance of Wellington which places an occupation tax of 1000 a year on druggists who hold permits to sell liquor went into effect in July 1. The tax is payable semiannually in advance. The legislature provided for a parole agent to keep track of the prisoners arrested from the state reformatory, and J. W. Lebengood, of Hlawatha, has been appointed to that office. The salary is 81,000 a year. The weavers in the Topeka woolen mill struck for more pay. An offer was made to them but it did not satisfy them. The manager then put a few men from other departments at the booth as they knew something about the work. New men will probably take the booms. There were not enough harvesters in the wheat belt of Kansas despite the state and railroad labor bureaus. Town people, clerks and mechanics and railroad section hands all dropped their employment to work in the harvest. The lines of the Topeka women who were with Mrs. Nation in her hatchettings were cut down to $1 each by governor Stanley. When asked if he would do the same thing with the one of the leader he said "Why should It is asserted that the board of commissioners of Shawnee county has contracted with lawyers to prosecute the insurance companies doing business in the county, under the law which puts a penalty upon the use of rate books by their agents. A hobo entered the house of Frank Kestler in Barton county, while the family were all in the harvest field. He found $90 and left, but was followed when he fired upon his pursuers without effect, but received a shot from these, which may be fatal. The money may be recovered. The Kansas Sunday School association has opened a headquarters in Abilene with F. A. Smith, formerly of Lycee in charge. The State Sunday school paper will hereafter be published in Abilene. The contract for the new infirmary of the atwatonite insane asylum is let to Petty, of Olathe, for $30,500. Plans for the reception of Jessie Morrison at bansing and to let her learn the patron's trade may prove premature as they are made before it is settled whether she will get another trial. The long established program for one weather in Kansas was cut and pasted to end up this year. Eastern Kansas was dry while the western portion had copious rains. John T. Stewart, of Sumner county, has about 145 quarter sections of land which he rents. His grain rentals in Sumner county where are 145 quarter sections of his land, will amount this year to nearly 100,000 bushels of wheat. Mr. Stewart bagan his business life as a bookkeeper in a Wichita abstract office. J. B. Cull, who was secretary of the treasury in John Brown's provisional government, now does business in Milton, Sumner county. long lines on branch lines are distinguished from those doing heavy service on the main line by the placing of a spyher before the number on each one. Things continue to round up harvesters in Wellington, pretending to be policemen. They look up their victims in cars after robbing them. Topeka is paving 52 blocks this year. Chanute is to vote upon the erection of another school building. Peter T. Foley has been appointed postmaster at Parsons. Captain Ralph Ingalls has received his discharge from the army. Kansas cornfields include more acres than the state of New Jersey. Railroad men say it takes a carload of beer a week to supply Iola. Much loss from fires in wheat fields is reported from Central Kansas. A new laundry building and outfit at Eureka is burned at a loss of $600. The pasture lands of Kansas are greater in extent than Pennsylvania. The U. S. weather bureau reports that wheat in Western Kansas ripened too fast. The last semi-monthly pay roll of the Wichita street car company footed up $1,793. Twenty Winfield men have put up $250 each and propose to find out what is under their town. Near Alton a harvest hand dropped a cigarette and burned up 50 acres of wheat and a header. L. P. Lester, of Newton, has started with his family to go to Walla Walla, Wash., in an automobile. Contracts have been let for the construction of a railroad from Fort Scott to Gas City, a suburb of Iola. Highland lost by fire its Methodist church, a shoe shop, a barber's shop and one residence and a restaurant. S. C. Sovereign was run over by a train, at Hutchinson, and it was some hours before he was found. His leg was crushed. The files of the Atchison Champion show that on June 26, in the years, 1881, 1891 and 1901, the thermometer registered 102 in the shade. Miami county has just paid $212,000 to take up its bonds voted to the M. K. & T. 30 years ago. The county has not another dollar of debt. The farmers generally expressed their preference for college students for work in the harvest, as they turn out to be the best workers. W. C. Morgan, professor of physics and chemistry at Washburn college, has resigned to take a professorship in the California state university. E. C. Shedd, professor of Latin and Greek of Lewis academy in Wichita, has resigned to take a place in a private school at Harrison. N. Y. Wellington folks raised $2,000 for a celebration of the biggest wheat crop ever raised in Sumner county. It will be something like a street carnival. It is believed that labor unions of Wichita caused the arrest of a contractor for work on school buildings, who permitted and required a painter to work more than 8 hours upon a certain day. The school buildings must be made ready for the opening of seools on September 1. Henry, G. Stahl, of Rice county, enlisted in the regular army in 1892. He climbed up to the place of first sergeant, and in the recent examination at Manila for promotion to a lieutenancy he stood fourth in a class of forty applicants. His captain was asked if Stahl was fit to command a company and he said, "Yes! a regiment." Fire started in the Cottage hotel in Augusta and guests had to leap from windows, leaving their clothing. One of the guests, Ora Woolworth, was hurt when he jumped out. The fire was carried to and destroyed the Augusta Roller Mills and warehouse. A number of other buildings took fire, including the M. E. church and some residences but they were saved. A ton of Trego county shale has yielded $15 worth of silver and $20 worth of gold. State Labor Commissioner Johnson is harvesting his 210 acres of wheat in Sumner county. Pittsburg has 12,676 people and, with the mining camps surrounding the city the number is 16,562. Elmer Mott, a Topeka mail driver, is in jail charged with robbing mail packages of jewelry. A New York alderman has a scheme to send 5,000 unemployed men and women to Kansas and Kansas will not stand it and has told the New Yorker so. Governor Stanley sent this message: "Kansas always welcomes thrifty, helpful people, but doesn't intend to become the poor house of the nation." Josiah Mooso lives in Winfield. He is probably the oldest living guide, scout and Indian hunter. His record shows that he was born on November 9, 1801. His nerve is still steady when he handles a rifle. S. P. Gahm, one of the jurors in the Jessic Morrison case, lost his big hay barn on his farm by fire. President and Mrs. Taylor of the State normal closed their 19 years' service in the school buried in flowers. After the regular chapel assembly the students, dressed in their best, filed past the stage, each throwing a bon, quet which left the recipients of them "knee deep in June." A Winfield beer seller was convicted of dispensing 17 glasses of beer among 17 men and was fined $1,700. Hollow Ash... Hall BY MARGARET BLOUNT. CHAPTER XVI—(Continued.) We returned late, and very tired; and as there were two beds in my room, Lee consented to occupy one of them, in the place of going home to his own lodgings, which were at the other end of the town. It might have been three hours later, when I was roused from a deep sleep by the consciousness that something was in the room, and bending over my bed. I had heard the words, "Are you coming?" in a deep, low tone close at my very ear; but when I started up, I saw nothing. The moon shone in at the window, broad and full. I could discover nothing more than the familiar furniture, and my little terrier, sleeping quietly on his cushion in the corner. That voice, so deep and full, was still ringing in my ear. A vague terror was at my heart. I turned upon my pillow. As I did so I saw—I swear I saw—through the curtains—that face! And the cold and gloomy black eyes were bent full upon me; and the clenched hand, with its signt ring, was raised to draw the curtains further away. The vision faded. I looked over at the opposite bed. Lee slept quietly with a smile upon his ilps. I was glad that he did so, even in the midst of my horror. I did not dare to raise my head again; but as I lay counting the slow ticking of the clock upon the mantelpiece and expecting every instant to feel that clenched hand upon my own, a sudden drowsily seized me, and, in spite of my terror I fell into a second slumber, as deep and dreamless as the first. I awoke again and quite as suddenly. I drew back the curtain and looked out into the room. "Are you there, Lee?" I asked. No answer come. His bed was empty. I rose at once and began to dress. Far up the lonely, moonlit road I could see a figure hurrying toward the college. I knew that it was Lee. I knocked at the door of the next room, where the janitor of our college slept. He came and opened it. "For heaven's sake, dress quickly and come to the college with me," I said. "You have the keys?" "They are in the hall," he said, looking bewildered. I went to the nail—they were not there. "Lee has them—h—e has gone!" I exclaimed wringing my hands. The janitor seemed to comprehend everything instantly and hurried on his clothes in an instant. Going cautiously down the stairs, we closed the hall door behind us. We leaped the hedge, for the gate was still locked, and ran swiftly up the road. But the lonely figure I had seen, vanished before we reached the college grounds. I paused a moment under the portico and leaned against one of the pillars to recover my breath. The great hall door was open; we entered and stole up the stairs without a word. The moon lighted us. We tracked him through the first and second hall, the lecture-room and the library. Then we found the door of the second staircase unlocked, and knew by the faint, slickening smell that came up that he had found his way to the dissecting room. We paused in the hall outside its door to watch his movements. His eyes were open, but it was evident that he was still asleep, and my companion held me back, whispering. "Don't make any noise that will wake him suddenly. If he finds himself here with that corpse he will die of fear. We must get him into the open air before we speak to' him." The body lay as they had left if that night—a headless trunk—carved and cut in many directions by the scalpel. Lee bent over it with an absorbed air. One hand held the keys he had taken; the other grasped the cold clenched fingers, seeking for the signet ring. He found it—then he raised himself up with an anxious, thoughtful air. He walked slow toward the window and seemed to look out, though the heavy wooden shutters were closed with bars of iron, and the only light the entered came through the open door. I sat down upon the stairs and leaned my head upon my hand, for the fetid air sickened me. An exclamation of horror from my companion's lips roused me before many moments had passed and following his out-stretched fingers with my eyes I saw Lee in the act of unlocking a closet door. "The head is there!" whispered the janitor. I sprang forward—he followed me. The headless corpse was in our path. Our sudden entrance jarred the slight boards and the body fell to the ground with a dull, heavy sound, that woke Lee from his sleep just as the key turned in the closet door. "Don't look there!" I cried wildly. "Look at me, Lee only at me, and you are safe!" It was too late. That head, with the dark and haughty face (which at that moment seemed lighted up with a flendish smile) was the first object that met his bewildered gaze He started back—the sudden movement shook the shelves and the head fell, striking him full upon the breast, and then bounding like a ball upon the floor. He gazed at it a moment, with such a look as I pray I may never see in human eyes again. A sudden spasm distorted his face. He threw up his arms with a wild cry, and fell heavily upon the floor beside the corpse. I sprang to his side and raised his head. But it drooped again, till the dark brown locks mingled with the black hair of that head. "Lee, speak to me!" He was dead. "Oh, how horrible!" said Marjorie shuddering. 'Rose, if you read any more such tales I cannot stay in this house!" "Very well,' said Rose, good-temperedly, "I only wanted to amuse you and myself. I think it have done neither." She shut the book and going to the window looked out. Presently she stole down stairs, wrapped herself warmly in her cloak and went out to walk in the grounds. CHAPTER XVII By the five o'clock train and coach of the evening a strange gentleman arrived at a little roadside inn about two miles from Hollow Ash Hall, and four from Banley. He was a handsome, foreign-looking man, apparently about thirty-four years of age—"A perfect gentleman!" as the landlady rapturously called him because he drank her weak tea without complaining and afterwards sat quietly in his parlor over the wine and cigars, without giving any human being in the house the least trouble. Secured from all intrusion, he watched the cold moonlight falling on the distant fields, and listened idly to the "Last Rose of Summer," played on a cracked piano, without much regard to tune or time, by his landlady's daughter, in the room below. He sat still and pensive "in golden quietes of the moon," and thought of his early, long-lost love, now so near him once again. Would any secret instinct tell her that he was coming? Would she feel his presence—his love—even before he had assured her of them? Who shall say? His thoughts grew dim and more indistinct. The song below, and the voices of the people at the bar beyond, seemed to blend in one low, continuous murmur, but faintly heard, yet soothing from its very indistinctness. His eyes closed—he slept—but in his dream, Rose was still with him. He awoke some time after with a sudden start. The moon, now high in the heavens, shone full in his face, and showed the deserted street beneath. A clock struck upon the stairs. It was just eight. He uttered an exclamation of surprise, took his hat and cloak and going out at the open front door, took his way alone toward Hollow Ash Hall. And, as he walked, he thought of the quiet and beautiful English home where most of his boyhood had been spent, and where, in after years, the Rose of his life had bloomed for him—bloomed, but never faded! Among those trees and flowers his heart got rooted in so deeply that to the day of his death the fibres could never be wrenched away. He had gone far from the place; possibly he could never look upon it again; yet ever and anon, as he wandered through the world a violet springing at his feet, a bird singing in the air, a little of blue sky beyond the distant hills made him young again, and brought the old house so vividly before him, that he could almost see the faces and hear the voices, nay, catch the very words of those who were living there, and who had doubtless forgotten him entirely. He thought of those old times within a smile and a sigh as he walked quickly along the village road. He thought of Rose as he had seen her there, evening after evening, laughing, singing and flirting—yes, certainly flirting, like a princess of love among her worshipers. He thought of a night when they had quarreled, and when he had left the house in anger only to return and hide within the grounds, watching her jealously, as the curtains waving in the breeze gave him glimpses now and then of the lighted rooms. Oh, what sighs he breathed against the rough bark of the tree which supported him, as he saw her beautiful face, sparkling with delight and laughter, turned toward the window! How, later on, he envied the partner who held her hand, or clasped her waist! How he longed to be the flower in her bouquet, the spangle in her slipper, the very ground beneath her feet, so that he might be touched or looked upon again by her. She had never known of this passionate devotion, and even, he, going to seek her again, was half inclined to smile at the remembrance as a folly of the past. It was dead, that feeling: his affection was more rational now, he said to himself. But was he right? Do such loves—does any love ever die? I think not. What has once been a part of us can scarcely fade into utter nothingness again. In another and more perfect state of existence, these elements of happiness, disturbed here, but peaceful forever there, will be our own again. Their parting had been very much like all others, to all outward seeming. The tearful eyes, the half-choked farewell, were all there; and careless eyes looked on and careless laughter arose around them. But I doubt if ever there was a sorer heart than Stanley Vere took with him as the train moved slowly away, as he caught the last glance from those eyes, the last wave of that snowy hail. In such separations pity is wasted on the one who goes; it should be given to the one who is left behind, to follow each daily occupation, yet forever miss the voice and eye that once lightened and illumined them. But the breaking up of such an attachment is no light thing, and to him the world seemed suddenly dark and cold. Missing Rose, he groped blindly on his way, as if the light of his existence had gone out. In fact, she was the only one who had stood between him and the world. Others might have a mother, a father, a brother, or a sister, to stand between them and that harsh and cruel judge. He had but her, and when she was taken from him, all those sweet ties were rent in the one that bound them together, and he stood face to face with all the antagonists, unarmed and unshielded. He tried to supply her place—not because he was inconstant, but because he loathed loneliness. In every instance he failed. Those whom he sought had other ties and friends; at least, he could only occupy a secondary place within their hearts. What was more important to him than this—they were of the common order of women. Their souls were narrow—brains capable of supporting but one set of ideas. Probably he weared them, but it is certain that they weared him most unbearable. Now Rose, with all her girlish fun and gaiety, had a noble soul, that fed upon high thoughts, and intimate association with such a fresh, pure spirit as hers had unfitted him for any lower companionship. So it came to pass that he still went on his way alone; and in the valley of humillation, or on the mountains of peace, his cry had ever been, "Will she ever come back to me? Shall I find and win her once again?" He asked that question standing in the public road and looking up at the white walls and lighted windows of her present home. As he gazed, he saw a figure—a female figure—pacing up and down the lawn. His heart told him who it must be. In a moment he was by her side. "Rose! Rose! Will you welcome me back?" he cried in a voice that trembled with eagerness. And she, pale and startled, but smiling all the while, put both her hands in his. "Dear Stanley, welcome!" And so the question was answered. (To be continued.) A PRINCE OF INDIA Says Something About Life and Education in His Country. The Maharajah of Bavoda, in India—maharajah means "sovereign prince," you know—talks very well in the Nineteenth Century Magazine about the difference between life in his country and in England. He says, among other things: I can hardly compare life in England, where I am a private gentleman, with my life in India, where I am a ruling prince, but the high level of intelligence usual in England, and my coming into contact with men of different culture, pursuits and interests, makes life, and especially a holiday, more enjoyable and more instructive. I also find the climate produces bodily and intellectual activity. I am much struck with the time and pains devoted to public affairs and to helping the poor by private citizens in Europe, but I do not intend hereby to establish any comparison to the disadvantage of the people of India, as they do not possess so large a rich, educated and leisured class. In India, in order to live happily and to prosper, one must not attempt to be above the common herd. Prominence of intellect or originality of thought is disliked and looked upon with suspicion. There can be no statesmen or generals where there is no scope for the exercise of those qualities. The great majority of the people, on account of long thraldom, ignorance and poverty, are incapable of right discernment. The absence of intelligent, independent and effective criticism renders difficult any high standard of indigenous growth. The government of the day, whose favorable criticism is valued as a hallmark, has set before them models of foreign origin—a fact which makes individuality of thought still more rare and difficult. I would myself preserve the village as the unit of administration, and would not centralize more than is avoidable. I would endow the village with schools, sanitary establishments, public offices, courts of justice, and drinking water for men and animals. I should introduce many commercial and technical institutions, and places of education where a higher training would be given to the young men of the country. There will be between 50,000 and 100,000 additional acres of land devoted to rice culture in the south this year. Difficulty is a nurse of greatness—a harsh nurse, who rocks her foster children roughly, but rocks them into strength and athletic propo- tions. THE LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF. Senator Kyle, of South Dakota, died at Aberdeen July 1, from malaria. Persia has suffered a severe drouth and can spare none of her crops. Sedalia claims that its carnegie library building is the best of its cost in the United States. Seven hundred more Porto Rican emigrants have sailed from San Francisco for Honolulu. The total number of insurgents captured or surrendered in the Philippines up to May 15 is 37,948. Stories are told one day that the Pope is sick and denials always follow the stories the next day. Officials at Cripple Creek have been inflicted for soliciting bribes and for getting money on false pretence. The Kansas State Fair association has leased the fair grounds belonging to Shawnee county for ten years. Producers of hemp and sugar in the Philippines ask for the establishment of American National and savings banks there. The Santa Fe railroad now has 23 reading rooms along its system. Woodward, O. T., gets one of the latest decided upon. Andrew Carnegie has told Detroit that he will contribute $750,000 toward the erection of a new public library building there. The American Federation of Labor has levied an assessment to use in assisting the machinists in their strike, which is expected to raise $50,000. The Dun Commercial agency has gathered data and is convinced that this year's wheat crop in the United States will reach 700,000,000 bushels. The betting ring at Overland park near Denver was crowded with people when the wind lifted the roof and dropped it back upon the crowd. About a dozen people were seriously hurt. The mints of the United States, in the year ending June 29, 1901, coined money to the amount of $136,340,781; of which there were of gold over $99,000,000; of silver over $25,250,000 and of minor coins over $2,000,000. An M. E. church in Albany, N. Y. burned and a Jewish temple was offered for the use of the M. E. congregation. Both congregations assembled together at an evening service and the Jewish rabbi conducted the service taking for his text from Jeremiah 29. "Seek and pray for the peace of the city." The town of Bosco Bell, Wis., has experienced a destructive tornado. President Samuel Gompers of the Federation of Labor, is in a serious condition from a hurt received while leaving a street car in Washington. Lightning struck the animal tent of a show at Euclaire, Wis., killed an elephant and stunned the entire menagerie. Many persons were shocked. Col. W. M. Mills owns 500 acres in peaches pears, apples, plums and nectarines in a denile of the Grand canon. He owns five other ranches and farms, one of them near Garfield, Kansas. St. James palace cellar had a surplus of royal wines, bottled from 1880 to 1894. It was disposed of at a sale and brought about $100,000, much of it being purchased by American dealers. The second trial of Jack Roberts in London for killing Billy Smith in the prize ring is explained by the public prosecutor with the view of stopping future fights rather than for punishing Roberts. Eighty-five Cuban teachers will attend the summer school at Harvard college. It is said that John W. Hillmon is in Los Angeles, California, and a detective in the employ of life insurance companies has gone there taking with him some of Hillmon's relatives and old neighbors in Jefferson county, Ks., where he lived before the Barber county tragedy which resulted in so much litigation over claims for insurance upon his life. Hollow Ash... Hall BY MARGARET BLOUNT. CHAPTER XVIII. It was a beautiful morning—almost as mild as if it had been autumn, rather than a December day. The sun had advanced just high enough in the heavens to pour down his middest and warmest beams, and the near village and the distant hills were bathed in the golden light, as, of old, the fair Eden spread its beauty forth for Adam's admiring eyes. it was a blessed day. The most careless heart could but drink in its beauty in a thankful mood; the fresh, sweet air brought a color to the most palid cheek. It was hard to look out upon the glorious scene and realize that a world so lovely and so fair should be the home and haunt of all that was contemptible and base—that the serpent Slander and the gaunt fiend Care, and the demon of Murder, with his red right hand, could fling a shadow over all this beauty and cause each heart that had loved it once, almost to curse its memory in after years. And yet, even the singing of the bitthe birds on that lovely winter's day seemed to say that this might be so—seemed to say that the little children sporting joyously in the village street might live to feel that blighting scoon which worldly spirits only understand; that those pleasant rustic homes, scattered like visible blessings here and there, might be the haunts of fiends in human form, and the burial place of the heart's best affections. For the singing of the birds, in some strange way, seemed to speak that morning of one sorely tried and tempted in her earthly pilgrimage, but now at rest where no earthly malice could disturb her—of one whose sweet eyes would have gazed in calm contemplation on that lovely scene, had no false words ever kindled the flame of love within her breast, and then left it to go out in darkness, in bitterness, in bears and death! Yet, on that lovely day, a deed apparently unsuited to the sylvan loveliness of the scene, was about to be done. On that day, the record of the past was to be rudely searched—the grave made to give up its secrets and its dead. Having undertaken the task, Mr. Cowley was determined to accomplish it; and yet, he would have given worlds, as the hour drew nigh, that he had never middled with the matter—never come to Hollow Ash Hall. His nephew also seemed nervous and ill at ease. As for the ladies, they scarcely spoke, but sat huddled together over the drawing-room fire—all except Rose, and she was wandering over the house like an uneasy spirit, till at last they missed her entirely. The morning was rapidly waning away, and at last Mr. Cowley rose from his easy-chair with the air of a man who had made up his mind beyond the power of a change. "Come, Charles, let us get it over," he said, gravely. They went out into the hall. Rose met them there, and by her side stood a tall and handsome gentleman, with a foreign air and appearance. "Father," said the girl eagerly, come back into the library for a moment. This gentleman knows the secret of the haunted house, and is about to tell it to you." Mr. Cowley started, as well he might. "And who may this gentleman be?" he asked, somewhat stiffly. "A friend of the Vernons," was the quick reply. "Let him tell you the story of the haunted room." They went back into the library to together, and this was the substance of the story which he told them of the dead girl, the ruined family, and the deserted house: Marion Escourt had been a favored child from the very hour of her birth. True, her young mother died that she might live, but a sister of that mother, good and pure as she, took the infant to her heart, and cherished it for the sake of the dead. Marion's aunt was one of earth's saints, and, under her loving care the child grew mild, and good and gentle—beloved by every one who knew her. Her father was an old man, and, being the possessor of great wealth, he chose to indulge his only and darling child in every wish she expressed. He seemed but to live that he might please her; yet, strange to say, in spite of all this injudicious fondness, she was quite unspoiled. A slight touch of haughtiness there might have been in her manner, but she was no more to blame, for that than that her eyes were so large and dark, or her form so read-like and graceful. With the beauty of her mother, she had inherited the stately manner of her father, and though she moved among her friends with the stately dignity of a young princess, no one seemed disposed to quarrel with what became her so well, and was so sweetly tampered with modesty and gentleness, and all good gifts. Years passed on and added the arch fascinations of girlhood to her other charms. Her playmates were forced to select their cavaliers from the list of her rejected lovers, and yet her heart seemed all untouched. At last she made her choice. It sur- prised every one. Her second cousin, George Vernon, a graceless, drinking and dicing Oxford student, won the treasure for which so many had longed in vain. Won it almost without an effort on his part—won it without knowing of its value, or knowing how to appreciate it. When by the advice of a dear friend she knelt at her father's feet and told him of her love, the old man burst into a storm of anger, threatened her with the lbss of home and friends; threatened her also with his own curse; but it was all in vain! She was his own child. She inherited all his pride and haughtiness, though these qualities had been kept in the background by the gentle teachings of her aunt; and when he attempted to thwart her dearest wishes so openly and determinedly, her pride and will were aroused, and her soul opposed in all its native fierceness to his own That night she fled! The morning brought a letter from her, saying that she had chosen to share poverty with her lover, rather than enjoy wealth without him. At the same time she prayed her father not to cast her utterly from his heart, but to think of her in kindness and mercy, for the sake of the long and happy years they had left behind them forever. Marion was by no means one to be discarded and forgotton where she had once been loved, and though at first her stern old father forbade all mention of her name and threatened to disinherit her at once, her memory, gentle, kind and loving as she had always been till that fatal night, gradually disarmed him, and by degrees they came to speak of her again around the home hearth, and to send many a loving wish and thought to follow her in her wanderings. It may be that her father felt that he had driven her to desperation by his harshness, for as time softened the first sting of agony, he grew more kind and gentle, and often encouraged his faithful housekeeper to sit and talk for hours with him of her they had both loved so well. At that time, if she had returned, he would gladly have welcomed and forgiven her. But ah! as the poet says, "if only the dead could know at what hour "To come back and be forgiven!" They do not know, nor do the living, till the appointed time has gone by, and either the forgiveness or the time for receiving it has passed away. No tidings came directly from Marion—her father did not even know the exact place of her residence. A flying rumor reached him now and then; but all was uncertain and mysterious; and at last even this scanty information ceased, and her name was spoken softly and tenderly, as "The household name Of one whom God has taken Her father mourned for her silently, but sincerely; and all could see by the bending of the stately form and the silver threads that glistened in his jetty hair, how the estrangement, and silence, and separation were eating his very life away! Her life should have been a happy gentleman who is supposed to be mixed up with the affairs of mortals, who must, I think, have laughed in his sleeve when chance sent a young widow to dwell in the vicinity of the newly married pair. She was a woman of good birth and high family, though so reduced in circumstances as to be obliged to add to her scanty income by private tuition in the more genteel families around Banley. She was a fine classical scholar, an artist, an authoress, and, in addition, danced like a fairy, played and sunk like an angel, and rode like Die Vernon herself. Her tall, elegant figure, her deep mourning, the easy grace of her motions and the dignity of her manners had already moved George Vernon strangely, and though she was a brilliant rather than a beautiful woman, with her wondrous smile, her flashing eyes, her bewitching manners and easy grace, she placed him where she had so often placed his betters—at her feet! The dusky gentleman of whom I have already alluded, having his implement upon the ground, lost no time in using them. Mr. Vernon and the governess met often, and it needed no spoken word to tell the enchantress all he was feeling. His words—his sighs —the long ardent glances of his handsome hazel eyes, told the story only too well, and smiling sometimes to herself at this new proof of her power of fascination, she gave him some slight encouragement from time to time. He did not love her, and yet, at last, he walked up and down his room at midnight, thinking, while she was sleeping quietly and would have laughed heartily at his employment had she known it. He was only doing what a thousand men have done before him—what a thousand more will do after him—flinging himself at the feet of a woman who would lead him through a tempest of passion and leave him at last bankrupt of faith, of feeling and honesty, and all else that to the noble heart makes life at all worth living. CHAPTER XIX. And all this time what was Marion doing? This house was even more lonely than then it is now. There were few country seats around, and even with their tenants. Mr. Vernon had little or no intimacy. People did not quite understand him or his position. There were rumors afloat that touched his character closely; and even Marion was supposed to be—not a lady, a relative and his wife—but a person of inferior birth: some even thought her a servant, who had consented to reside with him without troubling herself about the formal ceremony of marriage. He must have known that this was the general impression, and yet he never contradicted it in any way. So no one ever came to the Hall, and Marion wondered a little at the unsocial neighborhood and heard nothing for a long time of the dangerous intimacy her indifferent husband had formed. At last the tale leaked out through the good offices of her own maid. She was shocked and indignant, but something impelled her to seek Mr. Vernon at once and know the truth. She went down into the study, where he was lounging in an easy chair, smoking a cigar, and thinking, probably, much less of Mrs. Vernon than of Mrs. Moore. He laid aside the cigar and she sat down beside him and began her hopeless task. Hopeless—how hopeless every woman must know. For all men, even the best and bravest, and gentlest, are cowardly in their dealings with women, and will evade a downright inquiry if it is in their power to do so. It happened, therefore, as a mere matter of course, that Mr. Vernon told his wife an absolute falsehood, and made her believe at last that she had been slandered, by the reports she had heard—highly colored ones, let us own. She believed him. But the next day both he and Mrs. Moore were missing. The had fled to Australia together. The shock drove Marion mad for the time. And in her frenzy she destroyed the life of her infant, which was born before she recovered. (To be continued.) In Leslie's appears a most interesting article upon the possibilities of Chicago as a seaport. The author, W. D. Hulbert, sums up his argument by remarking that, when all is said and done, the facts remain that transportation by water is almost invariably cheaper than by land, and that at least a portion of a cargo—say from 1,500 to 2,000 tons—can be carried through the Welland and St. Lawrence canals without breaking bulk. The latter point is of vital importance, especially in shipments of fragile goods which will not bear much handling. The delays in passing the canals will be counterbalanced to some extent by the delays which now take place in New York custom house. It is even claimed that, because of the length of time required to get merchandise through the crowded warehouses of New York, goods from Europe can be delivered at the lake ports more promptly by way of the St. Lawrence than by the present routes. As to the comparatively small size of the steamers, that may prove to be in some cases a positive advantage, for it will enable them, like the Wergeland, to visit lesser European ports which now have no direct communication with America—cities too small to absorb the cargo of a larger steamship, or to furnish her with a load for her return trip. Even if the traffic should not be as satisfactory as desired in 1901, it may succeed the following year. Just now marine freight rates are very high, and there is a great demand for steamers, especially on the ocean, but this condition of things cannot last always. Sooner or later a change must come, and the cargo no longer will be seeking a ship, but the ship a cargo. And then the owners and masters of medium-sized steamers will turn their attention to this fresh water route, stretching from Montreal 1600 miles into the very heart of the North American continent. Discovered a Useful Secret discovered a useful secret. Like many other useful inventions, the art of bottling beer was discovered by mere accident. It is attributed to Alexander Nowell, head master of Woodbridge school, England, who was noted for his erudition, his piety and his penchant for angling. His portrait in the hall of Brasenose college, Oxford, represents him with his bible before him and his fishing rods on either side, and bears the inscription, Plscator Hominum. It appears that once while fishing, as his habit was at Hadham, he mislaid his bottle of ale in the long grass on the banks of the river Ash. Stumbling upon it some time afterward he found it, in the quaint words of Fuller, "not a bottle, but a gun, such the sound of it when opened, and this, as casualty is the mother of more inventions than industry, is believed the original of bottled ale in England." Nowell was presented to the living of Great Hadham in 1562, and the date of his discovery must be about 1530. Tom Johnson Keeps His Word: Mayor Tom L. Johnson of Cleveland recently redeemed a promise to his schoolgirl daughter by buying for her a $1,000 automobile. Miss Johnson some time ago asked her father for one of the horsemess vehicles and he agreed to get her one as soon as she could operate it. He forgot all about the matter until one afternoon recently, when, as he was walking home, his daughter came along in an auto at high speed. She stopped in front of her father and looked at him inquiringly. He nodded and next morning the young lady owned a handsome horseless vehicle. Hollow Ash... Hall BY MARGARET BLOUNT. The stranger ceased to speak, and Mr. Cowley stared at him with much bewilderment. "How did you know all this?" he asked at last. "Because I am Stanley Vernon, the only brother of that unhappy man," he said, quietly. Rose uttered a little cry of astonishment. "Yes," he added, "this shameful family history made me almost loathe my name. I have borne that of Vere for many years. Under that name I met and loved your daughter, sir—under my own, I shall soon ask you for her hand! But for the present let it be my task to clear up this mystery. "I came home from Italy as soon as I heard this house was let. It was a mistake upon the part of the agent; but I should be the last on earth to regret it. But I must take precaution against a similar event. This is no fit habitation for any one." "Then it is really haunted?" asked Mr. Cowley. "I fear it is. Rose, will you go to your mother, and, gentlemen, will you follow me." They obeyed him without a word. He went straight to the butler's pantry and took up a spake and pickaxe, already placed there by Mr. Cowley. My brother's wife died delirious, and no one ever knew where she had buried the child, which I was quite certain she had destroyed. I had my suspicions at the time, but I longed to hush the whole thing up as speedily as possible. Now, however, all must be made clear." With a few vigorous strokes, he took up the floor of the room. A thy skeleton, half-bedded in the moist ground, met their eyes, and Mr. Cowley turned aside to hide his tears. "Poor thing!" he said sadly, "Charles, don't tell your aunt, or wife, or cousins, but get them away—take them to the town this very afternoon. Mr. Vernon and I will follow as soon as this poor little creature has been properly buried. There, go, my dear boy, and, above all, not a word to the girls of what we have found today." * So Mrs. Cowley had her way, after all, and spent a happy Christmas Day at Mecklenburgh Square, surrounded by all the members of her family, and waited upon at table by no less a person than Mrs. Macarthy, to whom she clung as a kind of fellow sufferer from the whims of the head of the house. Christmas and New Year's Day having passed gaily away, there only remained the wedding of Rose, and for that I need not hint that the greatest preparations were made. The happy day came slowly on. The tidings of the romantic betrothal had awakened much curiosity among those to whom the pair were known, and the church was crowded when the carriage drove to the door. Rose faltered slightly as she stood on the threshold of the church and gazed upon the concourse of people; but a glance from the dear companion at her side reassured her, and calm and happy she moved onward and took her place before the altar. Not to the haunted house, however, but to a pleasant villa upon the seacoast, Mr. Vernon took his fair young bride. And as they sat hand in hand in their new home—the doubts and follies of the past all forgotten and forgiven—the moon rose slowly above the water, and a bright path stretching out over the waves of life's ssea, and waiting Susie: A Character Sketch By Philip Verrill Mighels Down through the grey of the sagebrush, on a hill that was jeweled with patches of the melting snow of winter; all but gone, shambling alone as lazily as the blear-eyed dog at his heels, a Washoe Indian of Western Nevada arrived at the edge of a hurrying brook. Removing a hat, all battered and fuzzy, that once had been of silk and proudly high, he gruntly descended to lie on his stomach at the selvedge green of the water's brink and thrust in his lips for a short, eager drink. The dog lapped above him. Both resumed the march again, for the Indian school was near at hand and the way all a carpet of stubble. To the kitchen door the Washoe slouched, and awed the young mahalas, who, with red in their faces from the glowing range, were up to their elbows in the arts of civilized cooking. "Injun Jim, he's wants my Injun girl!" he announced. "Lordee!" cried the teacher, jumping nervously, "you frightful object! You startled me dreadful. Now, what in the name of goodness do you want?" The Indian maidens stood in attitudes of stoic amazement—one excepted. She, the brightest and the tallest, merely gazed at the visitor in dumb appeal, her hands going slowly, reluctantly back to the strings of the apron that hung about her waist. "Injun Jim, he's wants my Injun girl!" the Washoe repeated. CHAPTER XX. CHAPTER I but for the footsteps, seemed lying there before them. He put the fancy into words, and whispered it to Rose. She looked up in his face with a frank, truth-telling gaze. Those were the very soft, clear eyes, clear and quiet as a mountain lake, yet with a slight shadow in their depth, that seemed to tell of stormier elements below, of which he had dreamed for years, and which he had only seen twice in his life—once in a picture of the Virgin by Murillo—once here! Here was the only heart his own had sought—the only being for whom he had ever really suffered the pangs and pleasures of that mad fever which we call by the name of love. No other could claim her from him, no other could watch that bright young face in all its bewitching changes. No other could rest that pretty head upon his bosom, and play with those silky curls. No other kiss the broad, high forehead, the beautiful eyes, or the full, warm, loving lips! But still he murmured in her ear, as he held her closely to his heart that first evening in their common home. "Are you happy, Rose? Are you sure you are happy?" There was no need to ask that question. A perfect stranger coming into that pretty cottage by the deep blue sea might well have answered it for him. It was a pleasant spot; none the less so, that everywhere were traces of the presence of its pretty mistress. A spaking portrait hung over the piano, a smile lingering archly on its parted lips; her favorite books were on the table; her little dog played about the grounds; her horse neighed in the stable, and a fairy-like boat, bearing her name upon the stern, rocked at anchor upon the pebly beach below." Running down the graveled walk, with the little dog barking and leaping at her side, feeding her horse with snowy bread; presiding with all the grace of a woman, yet with the sweet, shy bashfulness of a child, at her table, or singing and playing, after the evening meal, sweet, low ballads and dear old songs such as she loved best, filling every spot with beauty and grace, and forming the delight of her husband's eyes, as well as the pride of his heart—is she not happy? I assure you, dear reader, their home is one of the sweetest spots on earth. And full of content with the bliss of the peaceful present, and the promise of a cloudless future, they have quite forgotten the tragic and painful past, and have no wish to go back to their early years, or to visit that scene of a heart rejected and a slighted love avenged. For Hollow Ash Hall is a ruin! Given up to the bats and the owls, and carefully avoided by everything human, it has fallen gradually into total decay; but the ground has been sold and an enterprising cockney talks of building a soap factory there—so it is within the bounds of possibility that the ghost may yet be exorcised by alkies and noxious gases. Mr, and Mrs. Cowley still reside in Mechlenburgh Square, with their nephew and niece; and Mrs. Macarthy now reigns supreme over the whole household. But Catharine is no longer with them; she is the wife of a dashing Guardsman, and goes to Court, and is so fine, generally, that so humble a pen as mine shrinks nervously from attempting to record her daily life. George Vernon died penniless and forsaken in Australia soon after the mystery of Hollow Ash Hall was made clear. "Want what?!" screamed the teacher. "Want Susie? Nonsense, you dirty old thing! You're supposed to be dead; we have all believed you dead and buried for two long years. You go back to the sage brush. Here, I give you plenty biscuit-lapho. Your Susie go to school—she very smart girl." "No biscuit-lapho. Heap ketchum girl, you sabbee? What's Injun goin' do at white man's school? He's don't learn nuthin' goot for us. He's heap Injun all same. Injuns can't vote; Injuns can't make no laws. Heap no goot, you sabbee?" The woman was speechless. She started abruptly to run to the agent, but suddenly halted, remembering sharply that against the wishes of an Indian parent the government was powerless to hold a pupil. A silence fell on the Indian maidens and the baffled teacher. A few quick words in the Washoe tongue delivered by the father to his child and Susie laid her apron on the table. Then silently she walked to her teacher, kissed her lightly on the hair and turned to follow where the man already shambled slowly toward the brush. Her head bowed submissively forward, her hands hanging listless at her side, she trod in his trail, and the dog shuffled patiently behind. The sun was casting long, slender filaments of shadows. Into its ruddy glory passed the silent procession, out THE END. through the paths of the grey, lonely sage brush, over the flat and the ridges to the foothills far across the valley. Late in the darkness shone at length the dim red eye of the dark and smoky wigwam; and there at last, on the chilling earth, sat Susie in the night, and watching the greying of the glow to the death, her chin on her breast, her fingers idly toying with a rounded bit of pebble. There in the morning Wanda, the mother, whined with her wrinkled mouth and bade the silent Susie stand and go to Chloride Hill, to bog at the rear of the cabins. Together they went, while her father wrapped his blanket about him and strode away, with his dog, in search of others in the mining camp, whose worldly possessions he hoped to win at the subtleties of "Pass the stick." Winding through the stunted brush the women came to the outlying houses. A door at the back of one of these was standing awide. A man within was clattering dishes, cups of tin and iron knives and forks to a clumsy pyramid on the table. "Here," said he, when he found the mahala gazing in, "squaw, heap wash 'um dishes, saeb? Two-bits, plenty grub I give; mahala wash table, dishes, floor—hey?" At the mention of 25 cents the woman was oddly alive. With many a grunt and with plenty of hybrid whistle-and-mutter, she impressed the girl to the service. The man made ready for departing to the mine that was on the hill. "Come every day," he presently added, after glancing keenly at Sule, as he plumed some food on a stool near and brought up the money from a pocket. "I pay every week for wash 'um floor and dishes." The girl, when he went, proceeded deftly to cleaning the table and placing utensils and dishes in order—the order they taught at the school. It gave her a pleasure, but of this and of other emotions there was never a sign. Day after day she returned, not alone. Her mother went begging at other of the cabins. With hands caressful—and rounded hands of dimpled bronze they were—she touched these kitchen possessions fondly and with grateful dreams of the school across the valley. "See here," said the man one morning, as he watched her at the labor; "you needn't scrub the floor, I guess I hate to see a woman doing that." "I thank you," she quietly replied, "but I like to do it. I like to see it clean." He looked at her astonished. "Where in the world did you learn your English?" he rudely inquired. She blushed beneath the softened bronze of her rounded checks, and the lashes drew her eyelids timidly down to curtain the wide-open orbs of dark and lustrous-onyx. "At the Institute," she faintly answered. "Oh! Well, the dishes I like to have you fix, of course, but not the floor, please." She reddened again, and shot him a glance that resembled the questioning gaze of a doe, not trained to fear, yet always shy. "If you—care for—books—or anything here—you're welcome," he stammered, and walked away. He beat himself a blow on the breast, yet he knew not why, and shook himself in the breeze that blew. The mine on the hill was a hundred rods from the trail to Greasewood Canon, but the forking path was well defined where his boots had scarred the near-lying rocks, and ground the sand persistently. (To be continued.) PICKING UP GOLD. Half-Hour's Operation of Washing It Wooden Flatten Lady Hodgson, in her book on the Gold Coast of Africa, says that at Axim, as the residents told her, gold could be picked up in the streets. She naturally thought of this as a mere figure of speech, but her informant immediately told a woman to go out into the main street, gather a buckleful of road-scrapings, and work it for gold dust. In ten minutes the woman returned with two galvanized iron buckets, one filled with road scrapings and the other with water. She also brought three or four wooden platters, varying in size from a large plate to a saucer. Taking out several handfuls of the road scrapings and placing them in the largest platter, she picked out and threw aside large stones, pebbles and bits of stick, and loosened the remainder of spricking it with water from the other bucket. This enabled her to remove further refuse. The residuum was put into the next smaller platter, and the process repeated until there was a quantity of uniform stuff ready for treatment. This she sprinkled freely with water, and by a dft circular-movement of the platter brought the small gravel outward where it could be thrust over the edge. When this operation had been repeated three or four times, the stuff, which now looked more like mud than anything else, was ready for treatment in a smaller platter. Here the same circular movements resulted in the discarding of further unproportion elements. Finally, in the smallest platter the stuff had resolved itself into a small quantity of black sand. This was carefully washed and sifted by the aid of circular movements, and at fast a dterous twist brought the sand into a crescent on the platter, when there appeared on the outmost edge a thin rim. It was unmistakably gold. The whole operation had taken half an hour, and the result was about a shilling's worth of dust—Youth's Companion.