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THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT SPECIAL SAILOR SALE SATURDAY, JULY 13th. Fine Milan Straw Sailors, Regular price $1.25. On Sa'e 55c Children's Caps, Monday Special Lot of Baby Caps and Children's Mull Hats, worth 75c, $1.00 and $1.25. SEE WINDOW DISPLAY At 39c Umbrellas, Tuesday, 9 a. m: SAMPLE LOT of HANDLES purchased by us and mounted with Paragon Frames and Silk Serge Covers. SEE WINDOW DISPLAY, Choice $1.98 GRAND FETE -0- EERSS HAL MONDAY N GHT- AUGUST 5 1901. This Fete the Lady w the most votes as At This Fete the Lady who receives the most votes as THE MOST POPULAR LADY will be presented with a beautiful Solid Gold Ring. will be presented with a beautiful Solid Gold Ring. VoteForYourChoice get BALLOTS of Jas. Jackson, Jackson house. over shop, 608 $ \frac{1}{2} $ E. Douglas, Jas. Hodge, Centre over or at The Searchlight Office, 239 N. Main. You can get BALLOTS of Jas. Jackson, Jackson house, Prof. B. A. Fisher's barber shop, 608 1/2 E. Douglas, Jas. Hodge, Centropolis hotel, A. T. Glover or at The Searchlight Office, 239 N. Main. WHO IS THE MOST POPULAR LADY? MUSIC A FINE MUSICAL AND LITERARY rendered at the hall. A FINE MUSICAL AND LITERARY, will be rendered at the hall. Come out and see the Presenta ion. WICHITA, KANSAS, JULY 13, 1901. WICHITA, KANSAS, JULY 13, 1901. Black and White IN F HE SOUTH. "The evil men do lives after them; the good is oft entered with their bones," How true the conclusion is, every student of events knows full well. And the amount of evil that some men manage to boduath to posterity is simply appalling to contrample. Take for instance the life teachings of John C. Calhoun of South Carolina. No man was more directly responsible for the War of the Rebellion than Calhoun. The right to enslave an African and the right of a State to sesede from the union when it got tired of the compact, were doctrines which Calhoun elaborated with magnificent rhetoric and sophistry. When the false doctrines that he had championed in the Federal Congress were seen to be doomed by the increase of free over slave States, war was the logical appeal of the Secession slave party. It was the evil of Calhounism come to judgment. It would have been great gain eo the South and to the Republic if the death of Calhounism, as the outgrowth of appeal to arms had been accepted in good faith—if there had been no persistent effort to galvanize into life the ghost of it. The shadow of calamity would not otherwise have been thrown across the pathway of the future. The late Henry W. Grady was a later prophet of evil whose pernicious eloquence and sophistry much of the infamous repressive and oppressive legislation of the Southern States during the past twenty years is directly traceable. "This is a white man's country;" "the white man must and will always rule," "the Negro must be made to keep his plac"—These are some Gradyisms that live although their detestable author be dead and which have produced a harvest of woe and will continue to do so for many years to come. He who taches inequaliily in the citizenship, either by precept or example, because of race or what not, is an enemy to the Republic; and that there are many such in all parts of the country to day is a source of the greatest danger to the future peace and order of the Republic. It is not easy to exaggerate the evil influence of false doctrines in the teachings of such men as Calhoun, Alexander H. Stephens, Grady and their sort exercises upon the history of the the country. It is not always neu- tralized by the wisdom of a Clay, a Webster or a Sumner; for evil is more tenacious than good in the affairs of mankind, and there are always more false than true prophets, more evil than good instruction. The New York Times has plated all good citizens under obligation by its editorial on the Southern sitation which we reproduce under the caption, "Black and White in the South". It has been long time since any Northern news paper of the standing of the Times has discussed the Southern question with so much of thoroughness and fullness of information and judicial fairness. The absurdity of the Southern white man's insistent claims that he is the Negro's best friend, that he understands the Negro better than any one else, that he does not need any out side aid to in the settlement of the race problem—all of these Peeksniffian claims to superior sapiency and philanthropy and self-si ciency are exploded by the illuminating of ratiocination of the author of the 'Times' article; as well, also, the plea that "the Negro must be kept in his place"—the place of a freeman which he was forced to occupy as a slaye. There can be enforced no caste status for rny race in this Republic: the children of those who are today seeking to enforce one upon the Afro-American people will pay the price as did the children of the slave propagandists; "for whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap." There is no escape. "Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad." If the white men of the South were not blind to the facts of history and philosophy they would readily understand that they can not safely deal with free Afro-Americans as they did with Afro American slaves. Repressive and oppressive legislation has always nurtured discontent and resistance of some sort and another. Mob law, which is no law at all, disfranchisement, separate car laws, penoage laws, separate school laws, seperate marriage laws one for the white man and one for the black man. These can not but breed a sullen discontent and provoke reprisals of one sort and another in the long or short run. This is the invariable history of mankind in all ages, and it will not be reversed in the case of the Afro American people. Already sullen discontent has taken possession of the leaders and the mass of the people; already the cordial relations which existed between the races at the close of the War are being replaced by distrust and hatred. "Pity, 'tis true; but true, 'tis pity." The policy of patience, toleration and justice, in accordance with the teachings of the Bible and mandatory teachings of the Federal Constitution, would have borne results which have never yet grown on the tree of repression and oppression. HE WRITES US. This office is in receipt of a very much interesting letter from our friend and brother, J. W. Thompson, who left one week ago for Danville, Ill. He informs us of his safe arrival and his good health and gives us a few interesting and appreciated words concerning Danville. Speaking of that city he said: Danville has about 22,000 population, and is a very nice place There is a river in close proximity to the city and which reminds me much of Wichita. They have a very nice park system, and the streets are shaded with nice spruce trees." Speaking of the progressive colored people of that city he said: "The colored people are doing very nicely here, many of them own their own home and many are buying, thus showing that every where you go, you find the colored man holding and getting hold of real estate Of this I am proud. They have very nice churches here, the A. M. E. church held a big rally last Sunday and realized $326,83 with which they will make improvements on their church and property. The A. F. & A. M. and K. P. are very strong here; both societies have first-class lodges. On the whole I am much pleased with the progress that our people seem to be making every where. The colored people here are sociable, friendly and courteous and since coming here I have already learned to make myself at home with them. "We are about two miles from the soldiers home. The Home is a very inviting place and there are about 1500 old soldiers there, of which number not less than 150 are colored. They have fine lawns, a fine park and lake, and everything possible is done to make the Home as pleasant as can be, and all the old soldiers seem to be happy. All the boys are well and all are anxious to see a copy of "The Wichita Searchlight." Do not fail to send us all a copy of it each week, as we are so anxious to see it that one does not have the patience to wait for his turn with only one or two copies. Do not forget our paper. Regaads to all, and much success to you and the Searchlight. A letter like the one above makes us more than proud; we are unable to express our appreciation, and we are sure that the many friends of Bro. Thompson will appreciate reading so interesting a letter. We hope to hear from him often. NO.7 Odd Fellows. DISTRICT GRAND LODGE On next Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock, the District Grand Lodge of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, will be called to order in the A. O. U. W. hall, cor. 1st and Main Sts., by District Grand Master, Jas. L. Harper, of this city. This session of the Grand Lodge promises to be one of the best in the history of that Great and grand order. Preparations are now being completed by Home of the West lodge, No. 2606, of this city and their committee on arrangements. No pains or expense are being spared to make the stay of the visiting delegates pleasant and cordial. To say that this will be done is to tell the facts just as it will be. Aside from the complete and ample arrangements being made in Wicnita, Grand Master Harper has secured reduced rates on all the railroads running into the city, thus a7ording ample opportunities for all lodges and their friends to secure this advantage, and many there will be who will thus avail themselves of the golden opportunity to visit the Peerless city of the Akansas Valley. Arrangements have been completed for the amusement of the delegates each of the three nights. On the FIRST NIGHT, there will be a grand lecture at the A. O. U. W. hall for the delegates, after which all the delegates will repair to the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Landrum, 119 W. Pine St., where the delegates will be entertained with a Grand Reception on the lawn, under the auspices of the Home of the Home of the West lodge. On the SECOND NIGHT, [Wednesday Night] July 17th, that grand Drama, "The Iron Hand" will be presented to the public at Garfield Opera House. This play is, indeed, one worthy of the patronage of all and it is sincerely hoped that this company of most excellent players be greeted with a crowded house. The admission is wiahin the reach of all; 15 cts each or two for 25cts. On the THIRD NIGHT at Garfield hall there will be given a Grand Musical Concert and the installation of the Grand Lodge Officers, elect, will take place. The admission stands as before, 15 cts. or two for 25cts. Let Wichita put on her gala attire and welcome the District Grand Lodge with open arms and glad heart. Searchlight $1.00 THE SEARCHLIGHT WICHITA. KANSAS. W. N. MILLER, Editor Entercd at the Post Office at Wichita Kan- sas,as Second Class Mail Matter. Published every Saturday at No 289 North Main Street, up stairs RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION: IN ADVANCE. Pimento g ‘months, by maileecwsscclccs ae pzcasvenising ries made known on o9- ston. AGdress_all, communications to “The eieulighe =o Wichita: Kaness. [All matters to be published must reach thle edhe not iter tian’ Tuesday, to reach publicnt Goats the current issue; “Gorrespondeats and agenta wanted every- wheres Write us for terms. — “All matters sent to The Searchlight” for lication must be signed by the party or Persics, writin Leder oe “ To Live and Let Live,” is our Moito. COLORED FIRE DEPARTEENT. On or about August Ist, Chief, A. G. Walden of our Fire Department will establish a fire company in the north part of the city, manned by good efficient colored men. In the appoiutment of colored men by Chief Walden at the new house, the colored people highly rejoice, and feel proud of the action of our Mayor and Chief of Fire Deprrt- ment. This company is not being established temporary but perma- nent. Chief Walden has ordered a new fire apparatus and will supply this house with tne latest improved fire tighting instruments. This ac- tion of the Cheif and Mayor prove their friendship for the colored people and their great desire to see the colored p2ople of this city at- tain the tee highest mark within their power. On the behalt of our many colored readers we thank the Mayor and Chief Walden for this magnificent recognition and promise them that the colored peo- ple will endeaver to prove by their dets their appreciation of this high and much favored act toward them. THE WHITE BRIGADE. Street Commissioner, E. J. Allen bar introduced a crew ot white coated street sweepers. These are all colored men and they are dre:s- in white coats and pants and white helmits. They present quite a metropolitan appearance as they go up and down Main ann Douglas, and keep them clean, This is quite a needed addition and adds te the material good health of our city. Commissioner Allen has more colored men in his employ than than was ever employed in the city before. We doff our hat to our hat to our good street commissioner. BUFORD-VERNON NUPTIALS, Mr, Al Buford and Miss Maud Vernon were united in marriage at the residence of the bride last Mon- day evening. The ceremony was performed by Rev. A. © Terrell, pastor of the A. M. E. church. The bride was very beautifully attired in aneat white dress, while the groom worea suit of black. The wedding was a quit one and only the relatives of the two contracting parties were present. Searchlight extends to Mr. and Mre. Buford their most sincere wish for a long and happy married life. Hon. Chas. H Luling is a man among mon, and is an Abraham Lincoln to the coldred people of Wichita. He willever finda ten- der spot in the heart and a friend- ly remembrance in the minds of all the colored people here. We are glad to note that so many colored people are buying homes. Chief Walden will insta)] the col- ored Fire company about Aug. let. Honrau! for our Fire Chief. Locals and Personals. J=Tt As We Ger Ir, So We Give Ir. ¢¢=} fea Se Ne ee | ITSFACTS | Backed Up with the Goods at : | THE S&M5 AND IO CENT STORE | Mens’ Socks ae | Ladies’ Stockings | _— tee | = | Y . ENYA S (> Choice Pair 10c. : Choice Pair 10c. V7 ( 1 echmirts ManTING | NSS) One Nee 3 ‘meniva. OM anes } (NES NO. 408 GASY DOUGLAS AVE. : NO. 406 EAST DOUGLAS AVE. < 3rd door East of Topeka Ave. \ Sek eae Ae ee | a EN i ee ee We do job printing. Mrs. Lez Axpersox HAIR DRESSER— and Massace Parton. 442 N. Topexa Ave. Mrs, Ara Dunp has a firetclase restaurant at715 E. Douglas. You can get a nice hot meal “like moth- er used to cook.” Go there 715 E. Douglas Ave. Hot meals. O YES! Remember the last Grend Rally of the Frrexpsair Baptist churel will be on the third [ 3rd ] Sunday of this month [ July 21tt ]. A grand and interesting program has been arranged for this occasion. We ex. pect our friends to help us Revs H. F. Faazier, A.C. Terrill, and R. McTurner and their kind members have promised to be with us ou that dap. Rev. Brasco of Newton will preach at 11 a. m.; Rev. Dr. Terrill at 3:30 p. m. Come out and hear them All services will be al PEERLESS HALL on account of our smail seating capacity. W.R. Hardy, Pastor. PAID HER CLAIM. W. H. A. Clork, Secretary of Ar- kansas Valley lodgeNo. 21, A. F. & A. M,, of this sity, paid to Mrs. Mineie Bowman $100.00 on July 9, 1901. Being in full for the Endow. ment of her husband Bro. Wm. Bow man, who died a few weeks ago. Jas. Jackson, Syl Anderson and a few more of the “ sports” went fish ing” Wednesday night. They suc- ceeded in catehing (0000000 fish. Good boys, go again!! Thats good- Mrs. 8. L. Ford of Pine Bluff, Ark, is visiting her aunt, Mre, Ja. cob McAfee, 1020 N. Ohio, Fon Saue or Tnave:—One barber outfit complete. Addrene:— W. A. Patton, 215 S, Washington, Wichita, Kans. Eee «» Where You Can Spend your Sexpay Arrer-xoox and Evenisa, js the}@"CEXTROP- OLIS HOTEL. We make it a specialty to .* ,* .* 4* Have Everything S for the comfort of our patrons. Ice Cream, Soda Pop and 1.unches. J. H. Hodge, Prop. 605, N. Main. When in need of Groceries donot forget that you can always get the Best at the Lowest prices at KERNAN‘S 1102 E Douglass Ave. ’Phone 357 THE WSCHITA SEARCHLIGHT, SATURDAY, JULY 18th 1901 | Dr. Claude G. Baker, DENTIST bextra PARLORS — Up Stairs Nextto Eagle Office ae Grand Chancellcr, John E, Lew. is, still remains quite sick at his home, 122 N. Emporia. It is with pleasure that we able to announce that Rev. W. R. Hardy ‘is out again after a severe attack of throat trouble, STANDING OF THE VOTES. Mics Winnie Raye.seeessecsseee 4 Mise Blanche Aiexander............2 Miss Lula Parks... 00.0 cesses Get your ballots and vote for some one. Mio mMabooicle cae. A club of ladies met on last Thurs- ‘day to organize Tabernacle lodge. After discussing the advisability of organizing, the following tempora. ley Blooms were elected: Men. W. NV. Miller, president; Mrs. Cannie Bar- ker, Vice President, Mrs. ‘ Millie Kel ley, Treasurer; Mrs, Maria Gaines, Secretary; Miss Sallie Lawls, Chap- lin. Those present were: Mesdames, ‘L, Rawls, N. Jackson, M. Parks, ML. Griggs, M. Kelly, M. Gaines, C. Bar. ker, W. N. Miller; Misses, L. Cronch, gs. Rawls, W. Raye. An adjoarn- ment was taken, subject to call through the Searchlight. This is a good society and will do much good to have one hers. “ The entertainment given by the Ladies Court of Oalanthe at Peerless Hall Wednesday night was grand The old fashioned solos, recitations, ete., were something nice. We are pleased to note that Hev, R. McTurner, who has been quite sick is able to be out again. James Bingham’ of Weir City, was in the city last week visiting his sister, Mrs. J. A. Robinson and friends, Mr. Ruebin Johnston is on the sick list. Mr. Thomas Glover is able to be up after # short illness, We are pleased to announce that our friend, Mr. Lucas is better after asevere tonch of the fever. Mayor McLean is giving Wichita one of the best administrations she ever had, He isa business man all throngh. z ‘The last Quarterly meeting in the present fiscal year before the meet- ing of the annual conference will be held atthe A. M.E. church next Sunday. ‘The Presiding Elder will be present. Remember the big time at Peer- less hall on Monday night, Aug. 5h It will eclipse any thing ever there. The Tornado Wonder Sale ——== White Rose Toilet Soap, cake, Sale se Wonder Sale 5c ies that Belmont Patent Paring Knife; ler 86 Wonder Sale 5e cks ana BF888 Spring Scale, will weigh 24 ‘i (pounds. Wonder Sale de | Carpenter's 2-foot Rule Basi Wonder Sale 5c * | Steel Table Knives, each, 4, Won Wonder Sale 5c 5e | Steel Chopping Knife, ane Wonder Sule 5¢ Be | Carter's Library Paste, cy) Wonder Sale 5e sale 5e Williams’ Shaving Soap, | Wonder Sale de rss Em Prank Miller's Gem Sewing Ma- se __ chine Oil, Wonder Sale Se | Fluted Cake Pans, with stem, panes | Wonder Sale Se Wonder Gents’ large White Hemstithed 9c Handkerchief8, | Wonder Sale Se | 2 boxes 1,000 Parlor Matches, bd Wonder Sale 5e vsate be. Wite Hair Bush; Wonder Sale 5c : Lamp Skades, Wonder Sale 5e | Ladies’ Pure Linen Hemstitched ie 5° Handkerchiefs, Wonder Sale 5e Wonder! 12 dozen Agate Shirt Buttons; Be | Wonder Sale de + sale be) 2 Engraved Table Tumblers; | Wonder Sale Se bale | Mnffin Pans; Wonder Sale 5c sale Se) Nickle-plated Match Safe; aalasel Wonder Sale 5¢ Wonder) 10¢ Tack Hammer; Wonder Sale 5c alee 2Spiral Egg Beaters; Wonder Sale 5e That ‘ SELLERS Che Tornado Sep ets te: 118 EX. Douglas Te A ee ee ae eee Le ee SE, le es | | DOLD'S | | | | PERFECTION | | HAMS 2 BACON | ‘| 5 & W4IItE CLOVER LARD i =| SAUSAGES “5? : Fy SPECIALTIES. | Z| iE 2) 1 BI Asx Your Dgaten For Our Propvuers: = ; Ys U.S, Governwenr Iverecrsp Mears. "4% | | DOLD'S | | { 2 yards Park Shirting; Wonder Sale 5c 1000 yards Lawn and Diminities that were 10c and 1234, Wonder Sale. 5c Joo yards Delhi Shirtings, ehecks and stripes, Wonder Sale 5c Good Bleached Toweling, 18 inches wide Wonder sale Be, Basber’s Bleached Towels 14 x 34, Won: der sale be White Nainsooks, checks or stripes, Wonder sale Be 250 yards All Silk or Satin Ribben, 14 inches wide, Wonder sale 5 3,000 yards Hamburg and Swiss Em broidery, worth up to loc Wonder sale Be Dust Pans, Wonder sale 5e Brass Lamp Burners, any size, Wonde1 sale Bc Ebony handle Potato Maseers Wonder sale Be Hunter Flour Sifter, Wonder sale 5e Manny Lemon Juice Extractor, Wonder sale Be Dead Sure Steel Mouse Trap: Wonder sale dc Dorn Egg Beater, Wonder sale 5c Potts Iron Handles, Wonder sale 5c Wash Basin, Wonder sale 5e Milk Pans, Wonder sale 5c Plated Tea Spoons, set of six, Wonder sale 5c ANNOUNCEMENT. We are {delighted to know that our Mrs. Kelly has been appoin. ted by the American Publishing House of Chicaco, to represent ‘them in this territory on the sale of their new (private) book for la. dies entitled “Obstetries and Wo. manly Beauty” by Dre. Conger and Crand. It has 600 pages and 32 colored plats, See the book, i speaks for itself and is very cheap. Mrs. Dr. Crane has made a epe- cialty of woman’s ills for over 3( years. No woman can afford to be without it. It is a magnificent book, Master Thief—“What yer so gin: about? Didn't yer git ther’ chap overcoat?” Apprentice—“Yes: py ther’ wuz a lot er bills in ther’ pocket ‘Will I have ter pay ‘em?” LEGAL NOTICE ~ NOTICE PUBLICATION Nopicy {First Poblication Jety 122 691 State of Kansas, Sedgwick Cog s a the District Cour in an! tg County and State aforesaid : Bertha Chinneth, Plainti¢ } | Nox Dave Chinueth,Defendan: { St Said defendant, Dave Chisnuiy a take notice that he has pe. ed in the. store samsed Court by his mite, Bost Cbinneth, ina certain read and must answer the pe: ed there on oF before the Bnd day of Seprenies ey or said petition wil be taker ss tye 2 judgement for plaints sast ot. Aivoree will be rendered scoring AleX —F.F Withisiny W.N.M: : " Attorney for Ping —S———_—__—. GRAND. The social given ty Mt, Qiig Court, No. 9, at the Jackson Hon Thursday was @ grand sicces, ladies cold all their refresinmente One thing quite pleasing war ty faet that most of the members of Princess Chapter, No. 12, head by Royal Matron, Mrs. M.B. Banke were present. The Conrt Coxnwitty Were: Mesdames, No Jacksos, 4 Anderson, J.S. Anderson, M. Aber nathy, A. T. Glover, E. Miller, and W. N. Miller, — Mrs, Jeff Thomas ison the sch list. ee GEORGE JONES DEAD. Life is uncertain: death is ene We are here today, but tomorrows dawn may find us silent in the cold clagp of doath. Leave: have ther time to wither and flowers have thet time to full at the north wind’s trig. ed breath, but death claims all sa sons to gather home the children o men, At 5:10 last Tuesday, at his home on N. Water Si., George Jones after a Igngering illnos of sevenl months with that dread dis ase, con sumption, surrendered ll of life t the messenger of death and pased silently into the Eternal wheresick ness and sorrows ure unknown. The uneral was preached by Rev. A.C Terrell at the A, M. E. church até p.m, Thursday. Phe Souehlight ex fends hearfelt symp thy te the be. reaved family. | _J. W. Garrett, BLACKSMITH HORSE SHOEING, WAGON MAKING, and General Repairshop FOS Tremont ave W N Miller N M | ller, Attorney ai Law. NOTARY PUBLIC Practices in ail the Courts of Kaneas and Missouri No.239 N.Main street. Wichita. ..... Kans. DPOSOSOSOSCSCOCOUNN" WONDERFUL { ; DISCOVERY Curly Hair Made Straisht By { fom ¢ o mee: 9 t ‘ eT rh A. bias} BErORE AND arrest THe TNT ORIGINAL 8 OZONIZED OX MARROW) Stralghtens inky uae quicisandeail & sotargou can dogo 3 a8 aie nee ead stops tne tal $8 Breating otter Elling ae @ i rarer! ies BiUTe steepness eg Meat aide ion a ond Gicehee preparation cnet 2 Tilighteniog finky. hair #0 (0 S85 ecto get ee" see Ozonized Ox Marrow 25ND orm hale STRAIGHT. SOL Ng BEACTiFULS A tile 8S lase mnie ast Freer iam iasas, 1 fe te best and Bop Serta oe Bee Ae atea kin over) bole ay Borcents Sold ty Sse get Bese foc 1.46, Sent at Srowey, orders Write 0 2a Hee Babar 28am eChicago, Hilinois. ° A Characte: Susie: * Sax By Philip Verrill Mighels yal. Exhaustion told the man De- uel se and go to his cabin. Hav- oF Med the bucket he labored slow- st\¢ vertical climb on the ladder. fo spain glided nearer to the ede, Fey hear every step on the rungs omiadder, could ever detect the (mer the roughened hands grasp- er yoo! Leaning far over, he % '> camile, fastened on the miner's eri waren, nearer it slowly came, Son, throwing goblin shadows repet tue somber Walls, contending oe seaipst Che Meompassing i. ree siati wus now alive with hollow jos of tho labors of the mau, On eee ye light. It was 30 feet way— wes ive feot—two. The head and jetent emerged above the yawning “Vih movement swift, strong, qike-like, Mingo thrust out kis pow- ai band. tt eame across the min- eer nose: then the head was ‘uched quickly, violently backward. fo bunds, surprised, tried to cling, ja faled. They loosened, waved wild- + datehed at the air, and then, with tbody and head, were overtoppled. Yuilone, Uvisting, turning, the man gs hurled to the swallowing abyss. fie ligt on the hat gaye forth the pind of @ fame in the wind and was po—plucked off by the rushing dark- ps! A shriek issued forth from the putt of the tomb, Susie! little Susie!” was the ery, Sunts of a striking—a bounding wic and forth, dully, against the gel sides--a crash at the bottom ani silvuce deeper than stillness en- The door swung open and Mingo, the Washoe, glided forth and away in the rrilieit, into the sage brash; and a nbbit wonkl have made a greater The silliness of midnight, a seeming sirihute of masses of shadows that roid Trou the waning moon, be- tind the rocks, the brush and every silent thing, was timidly broken. ‘The ak in the hinges of the mize eabia for sounied weirdly clear—a wail, women, thought the Indian girl, An wvesome darkness fled the silent el, Susie, on her knees, went ereep- sg fevling with her hands for the ge of the shaft. ‘There she clntehed the windlass post, amd leaned her trast against It Frank,” she coved, In a low, sweet tune that wavered with the effort made keep it cheerful, “Brak, my sin- shine—Hrank. No sound save that a piece of rock, emewters down long the pick- sarrol walls of the shaft, loosened and 4, down and down, striking the sides Sth diminishing sounds, till a shostly 8 announced its bottom rest. ‘Then Dear one, are you there?” she called ‘ein; bat Lhe sound of her yoice, re- ‘nuding on herself, made her fright: faland awed, fressing her heart against the post sis, to still its audible thumping, she a moment in dread. — Suddenly, ts, strengthened by the thought that fe night be there, wounded, perhaps, fe! needling her sadly, down im the tom of the yawning mine, she reed her way to the ladder. Moan. ot instinet, there in the darkness slowly descended, down ond dows the mocking, echoing tomb. the utter blackness her hands Swreed his fgee, and she erie: oni, iM the shaft was full of an ‘onwtess mass, inert and fAtted tc % seca surface of the loaded buek- ot om. into whieh he had fallen, she ‘sul. itis head hung limply athwar S buckot's edge; the eyes, which het Stes someht, were closed, esito him, kneeling, she sank, tc San and eroon, combing the dark ‘ling hair with her fingers, kissing & fec—aud seeing nothing, — She ‘ovel that a beat. slight end feeble “stn his breast. Calling his name % coayed and wooed, and then, de- ing, stood up and prayed” for “Cod, if the Indians, too, have souls,” “sl, “ive my aching soul to him ait, bun livet Give me something, “st Eiernal Spirit—something of eps Sith an esoteric summoning of 9 cows strength, she lifted the ‘ving form; the arms and head fell sb) across her shoulders. Ther the Luldert And with all the pow- fo arms and limbs, thewed by des: ns nsainst the giant task, she j ‘iline up and up, like one whe ‘tess op a erushing weight, to Rt sr and freedom. Her palms ‘© turving, her knees shook’ and a © breath eame in gasping Bs painful to bear; — the ques swam thickly about—she was Zt swothered, congested with ie y forced her way aloft. "ss the floor of the eabin at last ing still the smile on the dead man’s lips, striving, yearning to warm the cold, white features. ‘The small, broad miner, passing the cabin when noon was high, delayed for @ second. “Letter for Henley,” he Stolidiy announced; but tossing it in, beheld the girl, beheld the miner, and fled the Lill to spread the news of the Sight he had seen, and to fetch away the coroner. CHAPTER III. . In the sage brush wigwam the sum- mer waned to autumn with dreary stillness. Grey ateady, the stretch of brush, relieved alone by the willow fringe of the wandering creek, was cheerless, dreary and oppressive to the | sirl, Ske sat atone, while the chilling wind was wantonly ripping the Tenves from the branches, her head drooped low in hopeless despair. A shadow, thrown by the setting sun, betrayed a presence. Duntbly he | raised her eyes to look. “Ugh,” said a tall, grunting Washoe buck, She turned away her head again. “Mahala, do you wait for Mingo?” said the man. “Johnny Shag is big- ger chief. Mingo shall never come.” She looked in silence on the ashes of the wood burned the day before. “Mahala,” he added, “one, two moons Jonny Shag come to take you the trai! to my wigwam. Why not any talk? Too long, you sabbee? Mahala waits for Mingo. Better look out Mahata, Jonny Shag is warrior. To-day yon better talk.” “One moon, let me think.” she wearily answered. “Let me wait one moon.” “One moon, yet. Jonny Shag will wait. Many things come iefore the moon again.” He glided away, and again her head sank wearily down. Mingo, the Washoe, stealthily re- turning to Chloride hill, kept cautious ears and eyes awide, to learn the re- sult of the murder at the mine, Susie, he rightly conjectured, would have guessed the truth, He avoided the wikiup, but remained in the town, Pa- tience with many an Indian is a virtue. On a crisp, cool day, while Mingo talked with a group of bucks on a cor- ner, Shag, on a pony and armed with a rifle, rode up behind. Raising his gun, he deliberately shot Mingo through the body, and eseaped to tho hills, ‘The thoroughly astounded camp of- ficials promptly gave pursuit, but all in vain, Friends and relations of the dead man assisting, the country was scoured, skillfully, cunningly. Canyons, valleys, the shoulders of the moun- tains, were traversed and searched, but nothing availed. Shag enjoyed ev- ery advantage. ‘Three Indian trailers, mounted, came at length to where the fugitive was lying in ambush. One of these escaped with his life and rode like a demon to tell of the two, lying grisly and stark, struck in the back by the bul- lets of Shag, their faces now twisted in the sun, A stooping, stricken Washoe, the old Red Wolf, whose boys they were that had died in the sand, departed in sil- ence, alone, on the path of war. ‘The fued was his. In the night he found the man he sought, found him asleep —left him asteep—his knife standing firm, erect, buried to the hilt in the breast of Shag the warrior, ‘The year grew old; its days, like the hours of waking of an old and passing man, were dim and short, its nights long sleeps, that made it none the stronger. And yet there came a day chat was like an echo of what had been before the year began to age. Susie, wan but wistful of face, went from the hope- less wigwam and hurried away up the moaning creek. She went to a copse of alder trees, entered and was lost to view. An hour later she slowly emerged and in her arms she carried a child, a little boy with fairest hair and the bluest of eyes. She seated herself in the sunlight and shivered as she s0s- tled the infant and cooed it softly with Indian words. She was faint and weary, but strangely happy. Her baby resembled its father, young as it was. Her heart went leaping to it—embrac- ed it—owned it! Her pain, her sufter- ing, everything was forgotten. All the afternoon she sat by the stream nursing her baby, cudling it closely, warming it ever in her throb- bing breast. As the twilight approach- ed, the air was the balm of the Indian summer. Rising, she placed her baby ia the rustling grass; deftly she bent the subtle willows down—masses of willow —and throwing the grass, leaves and twigs over all, made a roof to catch the frost. Into this with her child she crept, nestling it gently as before. Night came down. ‘Quite late the ‘babe awoke and feebly cried. She smothered it and sang, in her sad- sweet voice, a Inllaby: T hear the crickets sing in the long grasses; Many camp-fites of the braves shine in the sky— : ‘They shine again in the little river; The wind is small and gentle when it plays in your hair. Lie in my heart as the pebbles Ite in | the little river; “As the crickets lie in the long grasscs; mountains of darkuess, misery and despair, Singing and cooing, Susie weaved in the darkness—unconscious of the flight —with the birds, toward the summer —of the new little soul. At midnight, bending forward to kiss the downy cheek, she was startled at its coldness. Hurriedly feeling the wee soft hands, the pulseless feet, the tiny body, she sounded the utmost depths of agony. She rushed from the shelter, the cold little body in her arms. By the light of the stars, the “fires of the braves,” she saw the touch of the grim visitor. ‘Then on the air of night arose a patn- song out of a heart rudely broken. She sank unconscious to the earth. Away off hillward a gaunt coyote howled an answer back, dismal, long, forlorn, The sun gilded the path to the heay- ens, and rose in purple mists uf ma- Jesty; the beam-fingers played in the night-dark hair of the mother, and touched with gold the hair of the child. Dreaming the present far out of vision, dreaming the past into preseat again, the wan mother smiled and nodded in her sleep. Awakening, she shivered; a sigh that had rested was also aroused. Yet peace and patience were come in her heart. Kneeling, she yearningly extended her hands to the shimmering sun, “0 God, O Great Eternal Spirit,” she said, “they told me of the Christ who died —who died for sins—for souls in tron- ble! But oh, my God, He never knew of Indian souls—and s0, Great Spirit, let Susie die for all the sins—the love -—the happiness!” Still with ber look to the mighty sun, still with a murmur of passionate ap- peal on her quivering lips, she took up her baby, pressed it in eagerness close to her bosom, and <lided ahead to a pool of the stream, sobbing and sobbing, and was curtaine from sight of the crystal waters. When the body of the siender young Indian woman, clinging to a fair-hatred baby, was found, a few wives and mothers said it was “pitiful,” and other persons said she was “only an Injun.” . (The End.) iii eieaicania ‘nate atta ccc a We have all met the girl with the independent air, who is apt to show a rebellious spirit when things do not go her own way, Not infrequently she is well educated and comes from a re- fined home, says a writer in the Week- ly Bouquet. But this fact does not make her manner the less offensive. It is a good thing to have self confidence and courage for these qualities are es- sential to success. But independence is a trait that is contrary to agreeable- ness and robs its possessor of that sweet amiability which is born from the virtue, obedience. Every law of God, and every law of nature, is de- pendent on another law for support. ‘The girl who thinks she can get along without cultivating the graces of gen- tleness, courtesy and kindness to oth- ers, is making a sad mistake, and will be anything but a success. Who knows how to obey well will rule equally well. Whether in the business or social world, the girl, or woman who influ- ences things for the best is the one whose bright disposition deems inde- pendence out of piace where progress is desired. i i ee teh How many citizens of Buffalo who have watched the imported gondoliers on the exposition canals realize that we have developed a race of gondoliers of our own right here in Buffalo? The dirty old skiffs down in the harbor are not so pleasing to the eye as the smart Venetian gondolas at the fair. The grimy ferry boys who propel them don't look so foreign or so picturesque as thelr fellow-craftsmen: from abroad. But when it comes to skill in handling a boat with a single stern oar, dodg- ing around between steamers and tugs, through narrow passages and over the swells made by the big ships, the But- felo boys have no need to fear com- parison. It would be an interesting and popu- lar exhibition if the Pan-American authorities some day would take three or four of the best of the ferry boys from Buffalo harbor up to the exposi- tion grounds, put them on the canals in their old skiffs and match them in a contest of speed and skill against the imported gondoliers. I'd bet my money on the Buffalo boys.—Buffalo Express ie ce eee It has been observed that on account of the absence of an atmoshere on the moon, and the consequent lack of gradation in shadows, the eye of the observer fs seriously misled in judging the-actual relief of objects forming the lunar landscapes. Prof. Prinz of Brus- sels has recently developed a meth- od of avolding this difficulty, and of seeing the craters and other details on the moon In thefr natural proportions. ‘Taking advantage of the fact that as the moon travels around the earth the eccentricity of its orbit produces the effect of a slow libration, or balancing to and fro, which causes its face to be inclined now a little one way and now a little the other way, Prof. Prinz makes two photographs of the lunar object to be studied, at oppo- site points in the libration, and then combines them in a stereoscope, whereupon the object stands forth in full relief. This principle has hitherto been applied only to photographs of the moon as a whole and not to par- ticular eraters or regions. Silk In the United States. ‘The United States seem disposed to take the lead among the silk producers of the world. During the last three years the consumption of raw silk in the United States has exceeded that of France. Georgie Caywan Nearly Blind. Miss Georgie Cayvan, who, among ter other maladies, is now said to bs umost blind, has been living in a Long Island sanitarium for many nonths, where her condition has been growing worse. The once beautiful vctress began her career as a public seader. Then she appeared as Dolly Outton in “Hazel Kirke,” nearly twen- y years ago. This was her fir.t im- portant success, and since then, until ier retirement about three years ago, she has beenone of the leading actress- ts on the American stage. After “Hazel Kirke” was shelved M.ss Cayvan GES ee ce a nod = 7s A SS 1. Gh el ee : ih CA <a iy Week sey Shy ip = " : (Hal A Cay! ra ASO Zi GEORGIA CAYVAN. played “May Blossom” with*exceeding merit. In this role she won the un- stinted praise of public and eri ics. She also played in “The Wife,” “The Char- ity Ball” and in other dramas man- aged by the Frohmans and A. M. Palmer. She is a native of Maine, and was born in 1858. In her prime M:s3 Cayvan was a woman of exquis.te beauty.” Why We Haven't 100,000.- 000_ President Lincoln, in the first year of the civil war, prophe-ied that, if the Secession movement could be prompily suppressed, the United Stats would have a population of 193,208,100 in 1900, He based this prediction on the per- centage of increase in population from 1790 to 1860, ‘The increas» from 1790 to 1800 was a little over 35 per cent. From 1800 to 1810, the increase was 36.05 per cent. There was a decline in the ratio of increase in the next d2c- ade, but in 1850 there was an increase of 85.87 per cent, and in 1860 an in- crease of 35.58 per cent, making an average decennial increase of 34.61 per cent in population for the seven y years from 1790 to 1860. Assuming that this ratio of increase would be maintained, Mr. Lineo:n pre- dicted that the United Saes woud have 4 population of 42,323 000 in 1870, 56,967,000 in 1880, 76,677,000 in 1890, 103,208,000 in 1900, 138,918,000 in 1910, 186,984,000 in 1920, and 251,680,090 in 1930. But the civil war came, and the per- ‘centage of increase from 186) to 1870 tout to 22.63 per cent. The p:re:ntage ‘of increase went up to 30 per cent in 1880, dropped to 24.83 per cont in 1890, ‘and to 21.83 per cent for the decade ending with 1900. ‘The population in 1870 failed to reach Mr, Lincoln's estimate by 8,764,- 000. In 1880 the population ws 6,811,000 below the estimate, 14 055,000 below in 1890, and 26,913,009 b-low in 1900, The ratio of increase for thelast decade wanithalloweet ii -aincts sonra: Gould's First Broker. James Boyd, who celebrated his sev- entieth birthday and his fortieth an- niversary as a broker on the New York Stock Exchange last week, was one of tie early bankers and brokers of Chi- cago, and was the originator ot the term “stump tail” as designating cur- rency. He was an extensive dealer in gold and paper money during the war, and was the only person in Chicago who obtained daily reports on the gold Zo a market in New York. At that time, on account of the expense, the Chi- cago newspapers did not have a t:l2- graphic market service from New York,” but depended upon Mr. Foyd for all the information they received. They banking house of James Boyd & Breth- ers, 34 Clark street, was then the headquarters for financial news in that city. Mr. Boyd went to New York s2on after the war to what appeared to be a wider field and confl-e1 himsef to the New York Stock Exchange, where he at once made a leading place for himself and has remained in active business until now, having practically retired at the age of 70. The first pur- chases of stock by Jay Gould on the New York Exchange were mate through Mr. Boyd. Ghe Weekly Pancrama. Nae Raat ere Yaar cee he een eee tee In all that fs said at university com- mencements this year ncthing will merit more serious attent on than the references to cocducation wh ch ccoir in the annual report read by Ds, Bon- bright at Northwestern. Th2 Evan- ston institution is not one from which we should expect to hear any coubta as to the advisability of the system. It has been thorough'y commi tel to ‘t, and one of {ts most conspicuous ex- emplars. Yet Dr. Bonbright exclaims: Is_ the system of coeducation in Northwestern Univers ty still on trialt Perhaps! The facts here, as at Stanford, seem to show that it is a system which can- not be Kept in a state of equil. brium, because the phenomena of the high schools are repeated at the univcrsi- ties. The latter tend to become gi-ls colleges. In ten years, for example the girls’ attendance at Ncr:hwestern has increased from 36 per cent to near- ly 50 per cont, and this year the:e are more young women than yun: mon in the graduating class. The gen- eral tendency has been iner.asel bj the policy of encouraging gifts for dcr- mitories for the young women in pref. erence to the young men, and Dr. Bon- bright suggests that the girls’ enroll “ment should be limited by the capacity ‘of the dormitories. | A Gitled Scientist. Lord Dunmore, who crossed the At- lantie to attend the grand convocation in Boston of the Christian Science “Mother Church,” is the most intrepid traveler of whom the British peerage boasts, and he looks it. He is a stern, a = : “a Z ree peewee \\\ fy, Bm \\ 1 s » eo re O iF 1 a, hl Lord Dunmoré ~ rugged, grizzled man of about 58, with a big bushy beard, a hard and rather fierce mouth, and a chin that makes him do anything and go everywhere. He lost an eye through an acc dent during a shoot at the late Lord Lov- at’s place, and this adds somewhat to his washbuckling appearance. His great journey was to the Pamirs, where he shot the famous Ovispoll. His adventures in this strange land he told in a book. Lord Dunmore has one son, Lord Fincastle, who weas the V. ©. for an act of heroism during the last Indian frontier war. To Give Novel Fete. The Duchess of Sutherland is one member of the English nobility who proposes to throw off the shackles of mourning for the dead queen. Of course charity will be the excuse, but London society will be none the less pleased and relieved for all of that. ‘The Duchess has arranged to give a great fete at Stafford House on June 26, the proceeds of which will go to the Life- AY oF Sy) GI ey a © if bP. ) . -\ UR?» 4 4, y yy, the baa Stan ff boat Saturday fund, a charity that has suffered considerably since the Boer war began. Tickets will cost $15 each. The number of guests will be Hmited to 1,200. The fete will include a per- formance of “The Comedy of Errors” and a concert, at both of which only stars of prominence will appear. Tanduade tn the Philippines. It was first reported that’ Spanish was to be the language of the F.li- pino courts for five years, but Ju’ge Taft's code has been amended oa m- tion of Mr. Ide co that bo:h S_aa.sh and English may be used in court pro- ceedings, and the records must be kept in both. This modification was do- sirable because the language of the government which controls the coun- try should appear in all the offic'al records, but any forcible attempt to make English the language of the peo- ple would certainly end in failure and a modification under gentler influences will require years for its accomp:ish- ment. Though the Spaniards were in possession of the islands for three cen- turies and more, Spanish hed not be- come the universal language of the na- tives when the Spanish rule was ter- minated, There were seve:al different languages and between twenty and thirty different dialects, and many of the people knew no Spanish at all Time had simply sufficed to make it common near the seats of government. Current Topics Commercial Feature of Chit The prediction of Jean de Brook ha a regenerated China would re ize international commercial ony tions by competing for the worl markets is much nearer the truth tham ‘the notion ‘that the oriental expire fm somehow to give all to other mations and recelve nothing in omni country is not a wilderness ef wealth which ean be absorbed by outsider. It has an enormous Tnausesed population as well 2s unequaled mature al resources, and because it has bot ‘it presents a peculiar problem, We find our greatest trade with the ‘United Kingdom, whose people possess a high degree of manufacturing but who dwell upon such @ restri territory that they must get their food and the raw materials for thetr wort elsewhere. They took from $540,690; 989 worth of our exports during tha ‘ten months ending with April, and Sent us $119,994,370 worth of their ext ‘ports.0f the tremendous | bill which they paid us no less than $340,000,000 _was for provisions, cotton and bread~ stuffs. During the same period China sent us $15,803,147 worth of exports and [took from us only $7,423,848 worth off imports. The figures look pittably; "small after those for the United King~ "dom, and though it is certain that they | will be increased while China {s in ‘transition, we have nothing that ts | permanently necessary for the supply | of China, any more than we havo the | power to exploit the country as if 1 | were @ new and undeveloped land, Baby Markam. Here 1s Virgil Markham, the only child of Edwin Markham, the poet, The ae D) eS ee et ae oe \ ; oe A) RDA. 7} infant already shows his father’s love of nature, and the author of “The Mam With the Hoe” will buy a farm at ‘Westerly, S. I, to develop his young- ster’s fondness In this direction. a ama | OO ee President Forgan of the First Na~ tional bank of Chicago, has added hia testimony to that of other leading Chi- cagoans in regard to the shortcomings ‘of our public schools in teaching the rudiments of a practical business edu- cation, In his address before the graduating class of Lake Forest Unt- versity he outlined the edueational qualifications which he regards as most helpful in attaining success in business career. They are few an@ simple: 1. To be able to write a good legible hand, to make good figures, and te place them correctly—tho units be- low the units, the tens below the tens, and s0 on. 2. To be able to add, subtract an multiply rapidly and accurately. 3. To be able to express yourself clearly, briefly and grammatically in # letter and to spell the words correct ly. Elementary ns these qualifications are, Mr. Forgan says the young men who possess them are rare. Though he has taken many youths Into busl- ness, he says he can remember scarce- ly one who could be relied upon to do the. simple things just enumerated. Many of them were graduates of high ‘schools, yet they could not alwayp write legibly, figure accurately, or spell correctly. Perhaps they could write a thesis on mythology, physiology or biology, but they had not mastered the first rudiments of the business ii which they hoped to make a livelihood, Mr. Forgan says there must be some- thing wrong with a school system that produces these results, and hia belief is shared by nearly every suc- cessful business man who employe young men and women. Member Philippine's Sapreme Court. . Gen. James F. Smith has been ap- pointed a memberoftheSupreme Court Je a a 4 (| eee ONE ee aw ee it Z| cee “ Os= JUDGE SMITH. of the Philippines by President MeKin~ Jey. He is a veteran of the civil war ‘and also saw service in the Hispano- ‘American conflict. He is 58 years old and a graduate of West Point. THE SEARCHLIGHT. Enterio fever is calculated to have killed ten Britishers in South Africa for each one who has fallen a victim to Boer bullets. The heaviest precious stone is the zircon, which is four and one-half times heavier than an equal amount of water; the lightest is the opal, only twice as heavy as water. The 88th anniversary of the establishment of a territorial government for Arizona was marked by the dedication of the new capital at Phoenix, Governor Murphy presided. Pope Leo XIII. has just reorganized his historic bodyguard. These gentlemen always accompany the pope in his walks and attend him at all public functions. Leo XIII. has increased the corps from eighty to 340 in number, and has placed them at the head of the Vatican troops. The numerous islands of the Patagonia archipelago are covered with evergreen forests capable of supplying immense quantities of valuable timber, while the mountain ranges, being of the same geological formation as those of Chili and Peru, are probably rich in mineral resources. A passenger train on the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad was recently delayed an hour by heaps of Russian thistles which had been blown upon the track by heavy winds. The thistles were caught on the wire fences along the right of way, where they collected in bunches in much the same manner in which snow drifts into railroad cuts. The king of Italy has just acquired the island of Monte Cristo, the scene of Dumas' thrilling romance, as a hunting ground. It is about six miles in extent, and abounds in fur and feather. There are to be found the wild boar, the wild goat, the moufflon, hare and pheasant. When he was Prince of Naples the king used to often go hunting on the island, which then belonged to the Marquis de Ginori-Lesci. Colonel James G. Milner, once assistant secretary of the confederate navy, when he died at Milford, O., on Tuesday, had in his trunk a million dollars in confederate bonds and money. Had he sold these to collectors he would not have been so poor that his wife's burial and his own need be at the charge of friends, as was the case. Colonel Milner's wife, 80 years old, died three weeks before him; a neighbor then took him to her home, where the desolate man died at the age of 82. The board of health of the city of Galveston is arranging for a large supply of oil from the Beaumont wells to be used in fighting mosquitos. The oil will be distributed in all the stagnant pools in the city, sprinkled on the surface of water in the gutters, and distributed free to owners of open cisterns for use in destroying mosquitos and the fever-breeding germs which collect in the ponds. Experiments made by the board of health have demonstrated the virtue of crude oil as a sanitary measure if properly used and petroleum water as healthful and nourishing for drinking purposes. Agents of the German government are scouring Arizona for horses for use in the army. Several days ago they closed a deal with ranchers in the northern and central parts of the territory for several hundred head, and will buy as many more. The Arizona range horse is peculiarly adapted to hard campaigning. The stock comes of excellent blood. Indeed of such quality is the Arizona horse that United States army buyers prefer him when he can be secured, to the product of any other region. The heavy demand, however, of the past three years has drawn heavily on the Arizona horse ranges, and prices have risen. Army buyers are paying from $25 to $55 and getting horses from three to five years old. Pennsylvania is the latest state that is trying to encourage and regulate marriage by new methods. Representative Roth of Lehigh, introduced a bill in the state legislature lately which provides that a male citizen of Pennsylvania over forty years old, making application for a marriage license shall pay to the clerk of courts a license of $100. This is to be turned into the state treasury for the purpose of maintaining homes for women over forty years old, who have not had a suitable opportunity or offer of marriage and have not means sufficient to keep themselves in clothes and spending money. Any bachelor over forty years old who shall go outside of the state for a wife shall pay $100 into the state treasury. The act is irrevocable and can never be repealed without the consent of the majority of the old women who have been regularly admitted to the homes established for them. The negro population of the United States is not diminishing, as many suppose, but is on the gain. The percentage of increase since 1880, according to the census of 1900, is 13.78, which is a greater percentage of increase than that of the previous decade. The actual figures, according to the latest census are as follows: Colored population, 5,500,000; increase, 1,029,960. That is the largest increase shown by any census since 1790, excepting that of 1880, when the gain was 1,700,784. Susie: A Character Sketch By Philip Vorrill Mighels CHAPTER I—(Continued.) Along the path at noon came a stunted man, a barrel-shaped miner, who "blazed" his track with a cut-off shovel used as a cane. "Paper for Henley," he puffingly remarked as he opened the door of the shelf above the shaft. "Paper 'dressed to 'Franklin Henley,'" and tossing it in by the side of the man who was eating his lunch on a box, he plodded ahead to return to the trail. "Thank you, Billy," called the other; "much obliged." He finished a bone, gave his fingers a wipe on the ragged trousers and slit off the wrapper of the "down-east" paper. Sitting in the door, he read the news of the far-away home cagely absorbing every line. Of a sudden he paused; a gleam of something wild came flashing in his eyes and the muscles of his hands and arms abruptly stiffened. "Married, by the Rev. Richard Watson, Feb. 20, Miss Agnes Coles to Frederick Law," was all that he read. The type swung a dizzy waltz, with the notice for their center—a thousand animated demon spots they were, dancing at his anguish. He hurled the sheet, in a crunched-up ball, along in the brush; he grasped a pick and went where the paper lay—all crisply swelling to open again—and dug and gashed it to dirt-printed shreds. "So that's the reason she hasn't been writing!" he fiercely hissed. "That's the game he's worked on the quiet shift! Undermined me!-tapped the vein!-robbed the pocket! Damn his cowardly heart!-damn the mine!-damn everything!" His voice was choked; he reeled to the shed, he sank—half flung—to the earthen floor, to lie where the door, like a flabby jaw, was vainly trying to close against his body. His fingers gouged in the sand like hooks; his face was pressed to the chill, hard cheek of the soil. The wind swept through, the hole of a window its vent, beating the door, in weak, squeaking blows against his back. The day grew old; a drizzling rain descended; darkness obscured him as he lay, half within, half without. The night came down and found him motionless. The creak, creak, creak of the door was mingled at midnight with the distant howling of a lone coyote. In the morning, when the Indian girl was come to the cabin, a wildeyed man, mumbling and groping, haggard, unkempt, staggered out of the sage brush to fall over on the floor of the kitchen. There on the boards she fashioned the couch whereon he tossed and rolled, fought and mined for fourteen nights and days. Feebly he opened his eyes at length. It was Susie above him, laving his forehead; Susie preparing the food at the stove; Susie who sang him the lullaby of rest in Washoe music, soft and persuasive. Wistfully his eyes remained on her round young face. He lay there helpless, feeling like a man of theweless cotton. Day by day she coaxed his pulse to its strong, quick thump of action. Night by night his energy crept in through his system again. Yet what was the use. There came an hour when he toottered to his feet, got the gush of spring from the visiting breeze, and at length returned to the mine—to dig in the adamant, to work off the shadows of hatred and vengeance. He dug out a pocket of gold, nearly pure, and laughed in scorn at its glittering spread on the salver of dross and porphyry. It lay where it fell—a pyramid of riches; and he striking sparks from his steel and the rock in the opposite end of the tunnel. Susie remained—his shy little doe—adoring the air that haloed him about, thrilling unceasingly to hear him speak—lived in her womanly scheme of an earthly heaven. The blossoms now presented their cheeks and lips in manifold petals for the sun's caress; the birds, wide-throated by gushing melodies, expressed throughout the day the joys of twining a nest in the branches. The Indian girl outspread her very fingers, to feel the current of love and life that sweetened the air. At times, as the spring bud bourgeoned into summer, the girl and Henley roamed on the hills hand-In-hand, seeking the grass blades that smoothed the roots of the sage brush, hunting out the flowers, mocking the mellow lark—who sang of endless summer. Now and again the man was fired by hot desire to honeycomb the mighty hills with drifts and shafts and tunnels. Yet, how sweet to wander "home" in the cool of the evening, stepping to the cheerful notes of crickets by the trail, to meet the day newborn again in the beaming face of Susie! CHAPTER II. Chloride Hill, the mining camp, was nothing to Henley, nothing to Susie. But out of its streets there came one day a tall, stalwart Indian, who stood aloft in the kitchen door and gazed in pleasure on the Indian girl. "Mingo!" she cried in alarm. "Yes, Mingo," he replied slowly and clearly, grinning like a wolf. "Mingo, big hunter." She had backed away and stood there trembling. "What do you want?" she finally gasped, in the musical speech of the Washoes. "Why do you come?" "Mingo, the hunter, comes for you." CHAPTER II said he. "Mingo wants his mahala, his wife." "What do you mean?" she cried agast. "Mingo's mahala is afraid like the chipmunk," he joyously announced. "Mingo will make her like the pool of the water. Mingo will take his wife; he has given her father his rifle and pony. She will go to the lodge of Mingo." "Mingo is locoed" (crazed), she answered. Here is my lord. I am his mahala. This is Susie's wikup. "No," said he, growing dark with frowning, "you my wife—my squaw. Your father, he say so. He say you go with Mingo, go to Mingo's wigwam." "But I can't go to your wigwam. I don't love you—don't you sabbee? I don't love you." "Mingo, he loves you. That is plenty. I tell you come." "Oh, you sneaking coyote! If my husband were here you would run like the coward. You would never come to the white man's wikup." "He is not your husband, mahala. Do you say to Mingo, the white chief here is your husband?" She faltered, staggered and groped a little backward. "You say it not," he quickly continued. "It is lying. No, the mahala is not the wife at his side. She has broken the Indians' law; she has broken the law of the white man. Mahala, you belong to Mingo. I tell you come." He moved toward her; she recoiled in dread. Her searching hand came down on the table, fell on the handle of a knife, and she grasped it suddenly. "Stand far away," she cried, displaying the blade, "you sneaking coyote! You come when women are alone—you, the great hunter! Keep away! Go! Let in the light! Take your bad coyote face to the sage brush, you coward!" The savage blood of her nature was aflaume. The Washoe flinched not at all, neither did he come. He was cunning, more than brave. The dull, banked fires were aglow in his eyes, his body was bent in a menacing attitude, his head thrown malignly forward. Muttering threats of vengeance he glided backward, and she slammed and bolted the door. Then down on the floor she sank, to lie there breathing like a wounded animal. On the hill, in the sunshine, Henley was gazing at the deep blue sky, that showed in a patch through a window in the shed above the mine. Along the path, down below, at his back, the squat, little barrel-shaped miner labored wheezingly upward. "Letter for Henley," he called at the door, and threw in the missive and trudged along the hill. Not an answering sound did Henley make. "A letter," he mused, not starting at all from his resting position. "Comes a trifle late, I reckon. Life-preserver to a corpse—so far as the world beyond is at all concerned." He gazed another hour at the sky, while the light moved slowly athwart the earthen floor and lay at length, a brilliant finger, across the face of the upturned envelope. Turning, he saw the white and placid invitation. His eyes began dissecting its features. Presently the writing, round and straight, made him move by stages involuntarily toward the light. "Hers," he whispered. His jaw grew square and firmly set; his eyes grew hard and glinted like flint. Yet he took up the letter and broke it open sullenly. * * and my illness increased to such an extent that the doctor said I would have to go to the warm Bermudas. Every one about was quite alarmed—they neglected you, my dearest heart—and for many a week I lay like a shadow on the pillow. * * * I enclose a notice, the funniest thing, that was printed in the Star. "Married by the Rev. Richard Watson, Feb. 20, Miss Agnes Coles to Frederick Law." Isn't it odd?—the oldest thing! Of course it ought to be Kolles; but such a laugh they have had on me, and on Agnes too. But bless her heart, she doesn't mind; she's got her Fred at last, and they are very happy—" His senses were swimming crazily, the world was whirring wildly in space—he toottered in his walk. Out he went, clutching his letter—out to the light—out and away up the hill, striding like an engine breasting the breeze, fronting the steep ascent, panting and straining to reach that upper isolation. "Frank, oh, Frank," cried Susie when he came. "Mingo, the Indian—" Be brushed her by. He looked at her blankly; his ears failed to focus the sounds of her voice; he merely comprehended that something was uttered. "No, no," he answered, "no, not now—I'm dizzy—rattled." She stood with eyes wide open and startled—dumbly appealing. "But Mingo," she said, "Mingo, the Indian, he came to-day—and he—threatened—threatened us." "Mingo—Mingo! He's a coward—I'm tired—never mind him, Susie." He stretched forth his hand. She leaped to place it on her neck, and kissed it wildly. He stood there truly, but himself was far away. Pacing and pacing, he wore away the hours in the cabin. All through the night she watched his face with star- tled eyes, pain, doubt and yearning in her dumb, trusting look. In the morning he bolted to the hill again; and she, like a doe that not anything but one who is master, followed him timidly far behind—followed till he threw himself down in the sage brush. She sank where she was, to wait there in patience. In the grass-broken sand he lay and sat and lay again, thinking rapidly, in coherently the same things over and over. Under it all ran a current of echoes: "Saved my life—she saved my life—she saved my life." At length his wandering attention was caught by a motley procession moving slowly along in the dust-wreathed road below. There were half a dozen Washoe Indians, more perhaps, approaching the town—men and women. They had two horses—jaded, hopeless creatures—that three old men were riding. Near them, walking barefooted, heavily laden, were three or four squaws, with time-furrowed visages. The loads were contained in sacks and in conical baskets, heaped on the shoulders and supported by heavy bands, which went across the foreheads of these camel-females. Forward the burdened ones bent, looking, as if in submission and patience, on the ground, leaning on sticks which they used with either hand. It was only a party returning from the mountains with the gathered supply of bitter acorns and berries from the red manzanita. For fifty miles they had traveled thus. Painfully the wretched caravan crawled around the hill and disappeared. Henley watched them, strangely intent. "Saved my life," he muttered aloud. "Indian—same as those. Saved me. Yes, she'll wrinkle—be old. Why did I have to have the fever! Saved my life. Wrinkled, fearful old squaws." Susle saw the squalfid show. "Oh," she cried in anguish to herself. "Oh, the women—oh, the Washoe women! Were they young long ago? Were they part of the summer? Did they hear the larks and crickets? Did they love?" She threw herself forward where she sat till her face was buried in her curving arm. "Oh, love!" she cried; "there is nothing in the world for me but love!" The thoughts of Henley finally crystallized in form and sequence. He knew he would leave her, knew he would certainly desert all things Western and go to the far-away East. How to do it gently, what to provide for her comfort, what he should say, how apply a balm with the caustic—these were matters to be planned and planned. Early the following morning he went to his mine to gather the gold where it lay beneath the pocket. There, alone, he labored hour after hour. The mine was simply a hole in the ground, 50 feet in depth, with branching tunnels down below; and over the mouth a windlass stood, with a rope about it, supporting a bucket that rested on the bottom. Built against one of the perpendicular walls was a wooden ladder, for ingress to and egress from the lower levels. In the afternoon, from the rocks on the hill, a crouching form came stealthily down through the scrubby brush. It was Mingo, the Washoe Indian. Noiselessly he crept to the shed—after scanning the prospect far and near for any living thing—there to He full length on a plank at the edge of the shaft. His practiced ear was quick to catch the dull sound of blows that issued from the mine. Long he lay without moving a muscle. He could wait an hour; he could wait a day. Farm Wells. The location of the well on the farm is one of the greatest importance. In many instances the farmer starts his well near the buildings and yards, an selects the lowest point as a location, with the idea that he will not have to dig as deep as he would upon higher land. This is often a mistake, as we know of several places in a village where the wells near the top of the hill are not as deep and are not as much affected by a drouth as those on the lower land at the foot of the hill, though there may be fifty or a hundred feet difference in this elevation But the chief objection to the well on the low ground is that it receives the surface drainage from the higher land and thus the water soon becomes so contaminated as to be unfit for use, either by the family or the animals, for to be healthy they must have pure water. In these days of driven wells a pipe can often be sunk on the highest gravel knoll or sand hill on the farm more cheaply than in the low land, and when water is reached it is pure and will continue so, because the surface water runs away from it and not toward it. If a windmil is erected the wind power is better, and by tank and pipes water can be brought to house, barn and yards, or carried to irrigate the garden and strawberry bed in a way to make it doubly pay for itself, first in savings of daily hard labor at the pump and next in increased crops by having a water supply when needed. We heard a market gardener near Boston say, a few years ago, that he put down driven wells, bought a steam engine and pump, built a tank and laid pipes, and the increased value of his crops paid the whole expense the first year, including cost of running the engine. Many a man who thought he could not afford to put in a new well has paid out more cash for doctor's and undertaker's bills than the well would have cost—American Cultivator. Miss Gould's Gift to Vassar Miss Helen Gould has presented to Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., a scholarship of $10,000 in memory of her mother. This is the third scholarship received from Miss Gould within a few years. MORSELS OF WIT & HUMOR THE INJUNCTION. From the Chicago Record having secured an injunction restraining the police from interfering with his gambling business, the proprietor of the Glided Front decided to go home and rest and be away from the reporters. He had hardly entered the house before his wife complained that the hired girl was going to leave. "Oh, ho, she is, is she?" the saloon and gambling house keeper answered; "well, we'll see about that. I'm not in politics for nothing." "And he has named his best producer The Last Minstrel." "Queer name for a hen." "I should articulate! But that's Dingle exactly. Gave his hen that name so that he could have the lay of The Last Minstrel every morning for breakfast." — Pittsburg Commercial Gazette. SMOKE UP. Then he rushed out, and in half an hour returned with a big envelope, from which he took a legal document, saying: "There, just go and read that to her. That's an injunction issued by a judge who is a friend of mine to keep her from leaving her as long as we think we want her around." "Well, there's another thing," his wife said, "that troubles me. The ice man is going to charge us more for ice beginning next Monday." "No he ain't," said the man who had access to the injunction mill. "I'll just see to the matter now, while I have time." After another brief absence he returned with an injunction which made it impossible for the ice man to raise his price without being in contempt of court. "Now," he said, "don't bother me for awhile. I need sleep. Business was so good at our place last night that I didn't get a chance to go to bed at all, and I expect there'll be another big rush tonight, since the papers have printed all about the police not being allowed to come in. So I must be ready for it." He had not been asleep long, however, when his wife shook him by the shoulder and said: "I forgot to tell you that I can't stand it here any more unless something is done to keep the cats from getting on our fence at night. They make a horrible racket, and my nerves are getting all upset. Something must be done." "Something will be done," he answered as he dressed himself. Then he went away again and pres- sently returned with an injunction "hereby restraining all cats of whatsoever sex, breed, color, age or previous condition from assembling on the said complainant's back fence, or upon the roofs of the sheds located in the backyard belonging to the complainant aforesaid. "I guess that'll cure 'em," he said. "There's nothing like having a good, willing friend on the bench in a time of need." Just then their baby in the next room set up a howl, and the great jointkeeper's wife said: "I don't know what to do with that child; she frets so. Yesterday I had to carry her in my arms nearly all day. I guess she must be teething." "Never mind," he said, "I'll fix her." Then he made another trip to the office of his friend, the judge, and returned home with an injunction restraining the child from making any more outcries on account of her teeth, and "further providing that the aforesaid teeth must under penalty of the court's displeasure refrain from causing the child hereinbeforementioned any pain or inconvenience." "There," the husband and father said, with the air of one who is conscious of having done his duty, "I guess you'll be able to get along for a day or two. Now, I've got to go down to the joint, for I s'pose the dealers and bartenders are all tired out by this time. If things ain't all right around the house let me know to morrow, and 'l'll get some more injunctions." METHOD OF REDUCTION. From the Albany Journal: A little newsboy was watching a man on High street weigh ice yesterday. After the ice had been chipped, the little chap took a few puffs off a cigarette and said: "Say, ice man, how much is dat size wort?" The ice man, being a gruff sort of individual, was not quite sure that he should pay any attention to the urchin. Finally, however, he answered: "It's worth 50 cents." Before he could say more the chap said: "Well, just sit on it and make it 'tirty cents wort'." GREAT SCOTT ! "Young Mr. Dingle tells me that he is extremely fond of the poetry of Sir Walter Scott," remarked Wintergreen to Tenterhook. "Yes, I know; but he carries his fondness too far," replied the latter. "In what way?" "Well, he's a chicken fancier, as perhaps you know." "Well?" "And he has named his best producer The Last Minstrel." "Queer name for a been." "I should articulate! But that's Dingle exactly. Give his hien that name so that he could have the lay of The Last Minstrel every morning for breakfast." — Pittsburg Commercial Gazette. SMOKE UP. SMOKE UP. 5 "Did O'Toole get the wages he said for?" "No. He claimed he had been jobbing for three a week and the man said he had agreed to pay him a dollar." "Only a dollar a week?" "Yes. And at that he said O'Toole was no good, but spent all of his time smoking." "Well, I don't blame him. A man getting but a dollar a week must have to smoke up very hard to imagine he is existing at all." "I see by the papers that a man can live on 60 cents a week, though." "Yes—in the papers. And that leaves him all of 40 cents for perfectes and Cohasset punches." "What is a Cohasset punch." "I don't know. I drank one and and found out, and then I drank a ond one and forgot it."—New York Press. HOW HE WAS REDEUCED "You must have played some great games of poker in your day," he said to the drummer who had been talking about luck at cards. "Yes, I have," was the reply. "Yes sir, I have had some great games." "How large a bet did you ever make may I ask?" "One hundred thousand plunks." "You don't mean it!" "I certainly do, sir; I sat in a game in Denver once and bet $100,000 on my hand and I had only a pair in it at that." "What an awful bluff! The other laid down their hands, did they?" "Oh, no! One of them called me he had a full house and of course I was beaten." "And you—you lost $100,000!" "I did. For the fraction of a second a feeling of faintness stole over me and things looked wizzy wazzy, but then I pulled myself together and reached down into my vest pocket and handed him the money, with a smile." "Great Scott!" sighed the quest as he mopped his brow. "Think of losing that much money on a turn of the cards! I suppose that is why you were forced to take to the road!" "Well, no. The winner said that such cheek as mine ought to be rewarded and returned my money. I have been all right only when I got back to Chicago I put $900,000 with it and bet the whole pile on a horse race and lost by a nose. That reduced my fortune to less than $400,000 and so I had to take up this business to eke out my income. Of course, it's a sad case and I feel my position keenly, but with perseverance and integrity I hope to pull through in time to be able to pay the cook her wages again. Have you a match, please?" THE MAJOR'S PREDICTIONS "I hear that the major predicted frost for the Fourth o' July." "Who's the major?" "Why's he the man who predicted earthquake last June." "Did the earthquake come? "No, but the entire settlement had the chills, an' went to shaking so that some o' the buildings fell down, and you couldn't tell whether it was an earthquake or not."—Atlanta Constitution LITTLE LAUGHS Ah, ice cream soda—as it goes— Is quite good enough, this true: But it doesn't buzz the victim's nose As the old kind used to do. A Lasting Scare "Lugby tells me he never travels a night on the cars." "Nervous?" "Well, the last trip he took he saw one of those women who wear their husband's old linen dusters for sleeping car gowns." A Restful Function "Deaf and dumb trolley parties are the latest." "What are they?" "What are they? "A lot of talkative women from around town in the street cars and evening, and the one who speaks first pays for the ride and the ice cream." Wealth is not his who makes it his, who enjoys it. Lodge Directory Knights of Pythias. Toas LodgeNo.10 KnightsofPythias WICHITA, KAN. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Castle Hall 338 North Main street. Regular Meetings Second and Fourth Monday Night in Each Month. Visting Knights in good standing Welcomed S. W. Fleming, Chan. Com. W. N. Miller, K. of R. & S. ERIA COURT No.7. C. A. C. the castle. Mrs. J. H. Thephs, W.C. Miss Blencq Alcxander, R. of D. Mrs. Ida Martin, W. of R. of D. Meets 1st. and 3rd. 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 COMMANDER No.12. Wichita Kansas. J.T.Chinneth, Emminent Commander J.A.Roberson, Generalissimo. Phil Hyde, Captain General Joseph Fine Secretary. Sylvester Anderson, Trease 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,Secerty 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 2 p.m. The Biggest Lot of Sample Shee we ever had. Six bug 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 bbls Imperial flour . 75 canned corn 07c 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 Russian soap 25c 8 cans Lewis lye 25c California appricots, can 10c Tapp Bros. & Hanshaw, Odd Fellow Lodges. .....State Officers..... Grand United Order of Odd Fellows. 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