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THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT Edwa Our Christmas We carry the large ware in the State fine China and Ar goods all guarantee Our Christmas Stock is complete in every department. We carry the largest stock of Watches, Jewelery, Clocks, Silverware in the State and also have complete lines of CUT GLASS fine China and Art Goods — all best quality, prices low goods all guaranteed. Edward Vail and Co.. Christmas Gifts What That is the question you were making up, Husband, Relative,iple question. Check if might interest you, can make until want Smoking Jackets, L Neckwear, Mufflers, H Suspenders, Underw What Shall I Buy For Xmas? That is the question at this season of the year, as it is about time you were making up your mind what to buy for Father, Son, Brother, Husband, Relative or Friend. We can aid you in solving this simple question. Check off items from the following list that you think might interest you, call in and we will lay aside any selection you may make until wanted, if so desired. Smoking Jackets, Lounging Gowns, Bath Robes, Night Shirts, Neckwear, Mufflers, Hosiery, Handkerchiefs, Umbrellas, Gloves, Suspenders, Underwear, Shirts, Hats, Suit Cases, Traveling Bags. Greenfield Bro's WICHITA, KAS. That is the question at this season of the year, as it is about time you were making up your mind what to buy for Father, Son, Brother, Husband, Relative or Friend. We can aid you in solving this simple question. Check off items from the following list that you think might interest you, call in and we will lay aside any selection you may make until wanted, if so desired. Smoking Jackets, Lounging Gowns, Bath Robes, Night Shirts, Neckwear, Mufflers, Hosiery, Handkerchiefs, Umbrellas, Gloves, Suspenders, Underwear, Shirts, Hats, Suit Cases, Traveling Bags. Greenfield Bro's WICHITA, KAS. Christmas Presents "Oh" how one o Boys Iron Wago Sleds, Skates, Velocipedes, Tricycles, "Oh" how one of the following would make the boys happy, Boys Iron Wagons. Air Rifles Sleds, Pocket Knives, Skates, Foot Balls, Velocipedes, Punching Bags, Tricycles, Boxing Gloves. "Oh" how one of the following would make the boys happy, Boys Iron Wagons. Air Rifles Sleds, Pocket Knives, Skates, Foot Balls. Velocipedes, Punching Bags, Tricycles, Boxing Gloves. G. R. Follett & Co.. 123 East Douglas Ave. 123 East Douglas Ave., Phone 412 White Front Hardware Store. CYCLONE For Holiday Goods 224 East Douglas Ave. BISSANTZ'S Fancy Candies is the Largest ASSORTMENTS FANCY CHRISTMAS BASKETS. In all different styles. Delicious and wholesome, BISSANTZ'S 306 East Douglas Ave., Phone 98. 123 East Douglas Ave., Phone 412 White Front Hardware Store. 224 East Douglas Ave. BIS Fancy C ASS FANCY CH In all differ B 306 East Douglas A BISSANTZ'S Fancy Candies is the Largest ASSORTMENTS FANCY CHRISTMAS BASKETS. In all different styles. Delicious and wholesome, BISSANTZ'S 306 East Douglas Ava Phone 08 OH, MAMA, LOOK! THE Me Is the place to get Geese and Rabbits JOE STEWART THE JOE STEWART Meat Market Is the place to get fine Xmas Meats, Turkier, Chickens, Ducks, Geese and Rabbits. OYSTERS ALWAYS ON HAND. JOE STEWART'S MEAT MARKET, 241 N. Main St. Is the place to get fine Xmas Meats, Turkier, Chickens, Ducks, Geese and Rabbits. OYSTERS ALWAYS ON HAND. JOE STEWART'S MEAT MARKET, 241 N. Main St. VOL. III. JEWELERS WICHITA, KANSAS, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14 1901. No Color Line In Hawaii Black and white and yellow and brown are on a social equality in the Hawaiian Islands. The action of President Roosevelt in inviting Booker T. Washington to dinner, caused no offence here, where the social conditions are probably the most peculiar of anywhers in the United States. The small population, its isolated position, and the few whites in the metropolis of the South Sea have effectually wiped out all social distinctions and racial prejudices, so that today American, Hawaiian and Negro sit down at the table with Japanese and Chinese, and with never a thought of the proprieties. The Hawaiian has, it is true, r skin of sombre hue, but the darker the color the prouder he is of his social status. There are innumerable wealthy natives here who move in the best circles, and the issurance of the "Blue Book" for the first time, a few days ago, disclosed that "the four hundred" of the city was made up of both black and white and yellow and brown. The most prominent attorney and the best speaker in the island is a Negro, and he is much in demund upon every public occasion. This is T. McCants Stewart, who is also piominent in the high councils of the Republican party, which is due not only to his own undoubted ability, but also on account of his color, which gives a powerful influence over the natives. There are fourteen score at least of Chinese citizens, merchants, and the jike, who move in the best society, and who are rated at anywhere from $100,000 to $3,000,000 when wealth is taken as a factor. The hospitality of the famous Ah Fong family is well know particularly among army and navy officers who have often bee their guests. The Japanese are also no small factor in the prosperity of the Islands, and there are many with large accumulation of wealth. There are in all hardly more than ten thousand whites in the city of Honolulu, and a goodly part of this number is made up of taansients, who cannot be called citizens. The prominent society people are among the descendants of the old missionaries, and they mingle freely among other nationalities in a social way. The social peculiarities of the place is further augmented by the unlimited marriage number of queer mar riage mixtnres. A man's colsr here is no index of his naiionality. Hawaiians, Chinese, African, French, Japanese, Poruguese, Spanish, and American blood are so intermingled that any attempt to accurately distinguish one from the other would be absolutely impossible. Is Happy Now The happiness of Lawrence E. Simpson knows no bound. He feels the proudest man in town. The time when Lawrence did not wear a smile bates back' When the memory man runneth not to the contrary. But, who in the world ever knew him to smile so broad—and long as does this self same friend of ours Lawrence E. Simpson who reside at 839 N. Water? If one should ask you why he smiles, no doubt you would say" He has got a million dollars given him, to this we would say "nope. Then you might suggest' relative is visiting him" to this we would say" not a bit; then desparingly you might venture" He has been given a raise in wages by his good employer" to this we would answer" not that." Seeing, that you could not guess a little" we will tell that Lawrence is the proud father of a bouncing young man weighing about 18 lbs. Who made his appearance at the Simpson home last Thursday afternoon. Dr. E. Harrison, one popular Physician attended and Dr. Harrison say that in all of his fourteen years, practice as a Physician this is the largest baby he ever seen, he is a whopper" sure. Mother and son are both well and father happy. I have told others what a wonderful effect The Original OZONIZED Ox Marrow has in making the hair grow. My hair was very short and came out by the cornish process I have used your OZONIZED Ox Marrow to. I want to. Please send me three bottles more. I enclose money order $1.40. Resp. yours, Miss Jessie HARRI, Bristol, R. I. THE ORIGINAL OZONIZED OX MARROW (copyrighted) also makes kinky or curly hair. I use it and am happy to dandruff and stops the hair from falling or breaking off. Never fails. Warranted insurance. Mail to: Address MONZIEZ OX MARROW CO., 26 Walnut Ave, Chicago, Illinois. Mrs. Dan Kelly, of Peobody, KS, is in the city. The guest of Mrs. Lucy Anderson. Mr. Thos. Glover announced Sunday, at the A. M. E. Chnrch Mr. Frank Sherman, was a liberal honor in raising the church dept. Origin of the Name "Sheeny." The origin of the name "Sheeny," as applied to a Jew, is uncertain. Some persons think that it arose because the Jews, when persecuted or annoyed in Germany cursed their tormentors, using the phrase meshek meshineh, "may you be cursed with the five great curses," and so were called "sheenies"; another origin derives it from the French chien, a dog, given to the Jews by the Normans; a third makes it originally a term of honor, derived from the initial skin—New York Sun. The Greatest Variety The Greatest Variety Best Meats Best Rib Roast 10c. lb. Berwick Bay Oysters 250 Fish, Turkeys, Ducks, Geese, C Lowest Cash Prices. WHITLOO 222 East Douglas Ave., CALL AT Shaw's M For Your H Never so cheap 129 N. M. The One B Toys & Xr — IS A Tanner's B 122 Nor Blakem Headqu XMAS O Fish and Gam OF THE Best Meats In the City Best Rib Roast 10c. lb. Best Plate and Flank Boil 5c. lb. Berwick Bay Oysters 25c qt. Fish, Turkeys, Ducks, Geese, Chickens, Veal, Mutton, Lamb and Lowest Cash Prices. WHITLOCK BROS' 222 East Douglas Ave., Phone 2 CALL AT Shaw's Music Store For Your Holiday Presents Never so cheap as now. 129 N. Main St. The One Big Stock of Toys & Xmas Gift — IS AT — Tanner's Book Store, 122 North Main St. Blakeman Bros., Headquarters For XMAS OYSTERS Fish and Game of All Kinds. Best Meats in the City Best Rib Roast 10c. lb. Best Plate and Flank Boil 5c. lb. ,, Berwick Bay Oysters 25c qt. Fish, Turkeys, Ducks, Geese, Chickens, Veal, Mutton, Lamb at Lowest Cash Prices. WHITLOCK BROS' 222 East Douglas Ave., Phone 298 For Your Holiday Presents Never so cheap as now. 129 N. Main St. The One Big Stock of Toys & Xmas Gifts IS AT Tanner's Book Store, 122 North Main St. Blakeman Bros Headquarters For XMAS OYSTERS Fish and Game of All Kinds. Big Bargains EVERY DAY UNT Clearance Sale of Laces — Abon accumulation of the season's business yards. We sell these without regar TOYS Baby Buggies ..... .48c Go-Carts ..... 1.48 Toy Wagons ..... 10c Dominees ..... .05 Dolls ..... .05 Dolls, 10c to ..... 1.50 EVERY DAY UNTIL CHRISTMAS Clearance Sale of Laces - Abont 5,000 yards short lengths, the annulation of the season's business. Remnants in bunches 2 to 1ds. We sell these without regard to value, from 1c to 5c pr. yo EVERY DAY UNTIL CHRISTMAS Clearance Sale of Laces — About 5,000 yards short lengths, the accumulation of the season's business. Remnants in bunches 2 to 5 yards. We sell these without regard to value, from 1c to 5c pr. yd. Jewelery Department. Decorated Jewel Boxes, 10c 500 Triple Plate Nut Pick Sets including Nut Cracker and Six Nut Picks, in a box, for 25c The Tornado Eaglehorn for Mercantile Co he Tornado, THEBEST PLACE TO BUY. Eighth for Mercantile Co.18 East Douglas Ave. Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, Jewelery. 120 North Main St. Full Line of Xmas Presents. In the City Best Plate and Flank Boil 5c. lb. e qt. Hickens, Veal, Mutton, Lamb at CK BROS' Phone 298. Music Store Holiday Presents so as now. Main St. Big Stock of mas Gifts AT - Book Store, North Main St. Can Bros., Peters For YSTERS e of All Kinds. TIL CHRISTMAS at 5,000 yards short lengths, the less. Remnants in bunches 2 to 5 d to value, from 1c to 5c pr. yd. — 2,000 BOOKS. — Picture Books, Story Books, Linen Books, Boooks of All Kinds, 5 and 10c. Games of all kinds, 5 and 10c. Babies' Solid Gold Rings, 25c to 69c Gold Shell Set Rings, 25c Jeweled Broack Pins, 10c Decorated Tootpick Holders 10c THEBEST PLACE TO BUY. 18 East Douglas Ave. NO.29 Thoughts of the Sages Chings Said by the Wise Men in the Past and Present. If thou art beautiful, and youth And thought endue thee with all truth— Be strong; be worthy of the grace Of God, and fill thy destined place; A soul, by force of purpose high, Uplifted to the purest sky, Of undisturbed humanity. The determined and persevering object in this world.—Beaconsfield. Be loving and you will never want for guiding.—Dinah Mulock. Sleep is death's younger brother in him without my prayers.—Sir Thomas. Hast thou a friend, visit him oft the road which no one treads.—Easter. Philosophy triumphs easily over evils triumph over philosophy.—La Rue. Meditate daily on the unseen and of God do something daily which the end comes.—Archbishop Leighton. When thou wishest to delight thy live with thee; for instance, the active and the liberality of a third, and some cus Aurellus. There is in souls a sympathy with the ear is pleased with melting airs a chord in unison with what we hear in plies.—Cowper. Be sure that straightforwardness is involved windings of deceit. What you feel true, and leave, with f God.—F. W. Robertson. The absolute justice of the presse as a scientific fact. The gravitation of the earth to the sun, and more so within reach of us all—nay, is before eyes to see it.—Professor Huxley. Stand aside from the crowd, and look on—how mad and preposterous, the whole scene of human life appear path, or let accident choose for you; wishes and a pursuit, and how full of The labyrinth of life is ever a straig Thordale. Most marvelous and enviable is the whatever it touches, which can inven unlooked-for beauty, makes flowers cipice, and, when nothing better can be rock itself into moss and lichens. The portant for the vivid and attractive ex—A. Fuller. There are many who seem to thin world when life is especially difficult than of yore, and the struggle for e other hand, we must remember how he an age of hard work, but when this no means an evil. If we have less lo full of interest. Cheerfulness is the whole I believe there never was a dustry were more sure of reward.—Sir The determined and persevering need never despair of gaining their object in this world.—Beaconsfield. Be loving and you will never want for love; be humble and you will never want for guiding.—Dinah Muloch Craik. Sleep is death's younger brother and so like him that I never dare trust him without my prayers.—Sir Thomas Brown. Hast thou a friend, visit him often, for thorns and brushwood obstruct the road which no one treads.—Eastern Proverb. Philosophy triumphs easily over past and over future evils, but present evils triumph over philosophy.—La Rochefoucauld. Meditate daily on the unseen and eternal things of life; and by the grace of God do something daily which thou wouldst wish to have done when the end comes.—Archbishop Leighton. When thou wishest to delight thyself, think of the virtues of those who live with thee; for instance, the activity of one, and the modesty of another, and the liberality of a third, and some other good quality of a fourth.—Marcus Aurelius. There is in souls a sympathy with sounds, and, as the mind is pitched, the ear is pleased with melting airs of martial music brisk or grave, some chord in unison with what we hear is touched within us, and the heart replies.—Cowper. 000 Be sure that straightforwardness is more than a match at last for all the involved windings of deceit. In your daily life do what you feel right, say what you feel true, and leave, with faith and boldness, the consequences to God.—F. W. Robertson. 000 The absolute justice of the present system of things is as clear to me as a scientific fact. The gravitation of sin to sorrow is as certain as that of the earth to the sun, and more so—for experimental proof of the fact is within reach of us all—nay, is before us all in our own lives, if we had but eyes to see it.—Professor Huxley. 000 Stand aside from the crowd, and look on—have no other business than to look on—how mad and preposterous, how purposeless and inexplicable, will the whole scene of human life appear. Step down into the crowd; choose a path, or let accident choose for you; be one of the jostling multitude; have wishes and a pursuit, and how full of meaning and purpose has it all become! The labyrinth of life is ever a straight path to him who keeps walking.—Thorndale. Most marvelous and enviable is that fecundity of fancy which can adorn whatever it touches, which can invest naked fact and dry reasoning with unlooked-for beauty, makes flowerets bloom even on the brow of the precipice, and when nothing better can be had, can turn the very substance of the rock itself into moss and lichens. This faculty is incomparably the most important for the vivid and attractive exhibition of truth to the minds of men.—A. Fuller. oOo There are many who seem to think that we have fallen on an age in the world when life is especially difficult and anxious, when there is less leisure than of yore, and the struggle for existence is keener than ever. On the other hand, we must remember how much we have gained in security. It may be an age of hard work, but when this is not carried to an extreme, it is by no means an evil. If we have less leisure, one reason is because life is so full of interest. Cheerfulness is the daughter of employment; and on the whole I believe there never was a time when modest merit and patient industry were more sure of reward.—Sir John Lubbock. TOMBSTONE REVIVING FAMOUS MINING CAMP BEING REHABILITATED. The Gold Craze Has Struck the Once Rich Producer—New Mining Methods May Result in a Grand Rush for Claims. It looks as if Tombstone, Arizona's famous mining camp from which, between 1879 and 1885, $6,000,000 in gold was taken, is soon to witness a revival of those rough days of marvelous prosperity, when the camp was the most picturesque and celebrated of mining towns. Two men named Grow and Gage have undertaken to rehabilitate the camp. They have secured 85 of the principal claims in and about Tombstone and are sinking a shaft. A million-dollar pumping plant will soon be in operation, which will be sufficiently powerful to reduce the water level in all the mines which it may be desired to work. Then a large smelter will be SCHIEFFELIN'S TOMB. erected and operations, with modern processes, will begin. In consequence of these golden prospects, Tombstone is looking up. Old buildings are being cleaned out and people are moving in. The Tombstone of the future will never be the Tombstone of the past. It will lose the picturesque feature common to all big western mining camps in the early days, but the prospects are good for a large and prosperous camp, plenty of mines operated regularly, big pay rolls, smelters with their many side industries and new railroads. Indeed, the surveyors are now in the field marking the line for an extension of the Rock Island railroad, which will make Tombstone one of its principal stations. There is one spot in Tombstone which will ever be sacred. It is the mound on the hill about a mile from where gold was first discovered, beneath which lie the remains of the founder of Tombstone. Here is a great pile of rough boulders, in the face of need never despair of gaining their ant for love; be humble and you will h Craik. and so like him that I never dare trust is Brown. in for thorns and brushwood obstruct on Proverb. east and over future evils, but present chefoucauld. external things of life; and by the grace wouldst wish to have done when the self, think of the virtues of those who ty of one, and the modesty of another, other good quality of a fourth.—Mar- a sounds, and, as the mind is pitched, of martial music brisk or grave, some touched within us, and the heart re- is more than a match at last for all the daily life do what you feel right, say with and boldness, the consequences to at system of things is as clear to me of sin to sorrow is as certain as that -for experimental proof of the fact is us all in our own lives, if we had but look on—have no other business than to show purposeless and inexplicable, will Step down into the crowd; choose a one of the joystick multitude; have meaning and purpose has it all become! ht path to him who keeps walking.— at fecundity of fancy which can adorn naked fact and dry reasoning with bloom even on the brow of the preh- can, turn the very substance of the s faculty is incomparably the most im- bition of truth to the minds of men. k that we have fallen on an age in the and anxious, when there is less leisure existence is keener than ever. On the which we h are gained in security. It may is not carried to an extreme, it is by disasure, one reason is because life is so daughter of employment; and on the when modest merit and patient in- John Lubbock. which is set a tablet bearing this inscription: "Ed Schieffelin, died May 12, 1897, aged 49 years. A dutiful son—a faithful husband—a kind brother—a true friend." Early in the spring of 1878, Schieffelin, a solitary miner, traveled by night and hid by day, as he prospected for mineral in the Mule mountains of southeastern Arizona. In course of time he struck the bed of Walnut gulch, in which is a dry bed of a stream on ordinary occasions, and during the torential storms carrying a raging flood into the San Pedro river, which in turn empties its waters into the Gila. The Apaches were on the warpath in the spring of 1878 and it was a brave thing for a man to prospect at that time of the year, when the Indians were always at their very worst. Schieffelin, however, believing that he was in a country where he was likely to find the wealth for which he was looking, persisted in his prospecting, undergoing many privations, and in constant danger of losing his scalp. His persistence was rewarded far beyond his expectations, for on the slope of the Mule mountains, about half way between the summit and the bed of Walnut gulch, he discovered the outcropping of what proved in time to be a great bed of ore, which gave Tombstone its world-wide reputation. He staked his claim and christened the camp. Why he chose the name of "Tombstone" no man seems to know. It was probably but a freak idea induced by the fearsome surroundings and the fact that the entire country is covered with enormous boulders which might well mark the graves of the dead of a mighty city. How Russian Peasants Live. Most of the Russian peasants pass a great deal of their lives in workshops, where they work, eat and sleep—the same room sheltering a number and probably a pig into the bargain. There are few beds. Instead, all around the four walls of the room is fixed what may be literally described as a bench. It is made of wood, and at this works the peasant by day and on it he sleeps at night, each man at his own spot. The conditions of the Russian workshop or factory, and the Russian prison and military barracks, so far as interior arrangements are concerned, are akin. Chairs there will also be and tables, rudely fashioned, as a rule, by the men themselves. A. Democratic Official Ole Hansen, the peasant who has been appointed the minister of agriculture in the Dutch cabinet, looks after all the work of his farm, and even personally feeds the cows in the sheds. Recent investigations enable New York city to point to her asphalt paving as the costliest on earth. ---00--- 000 000 --- 000 oOo - Worlsworth "PACE THAT KILLS" Mr. Pullman No.1 Geo. M. Pullman. Mrs. Pullman No.1 This is a story of "the pace that kills." Young George Pullman, age, according to the records, 26, born to the possession of millions, attended through all his life by the luxurious surroundings that were his by right of parentage and expectation, died recently in California. The cause of his death was given in the dispatches as acute pneumonia. George Pullman, as every one who reads the newspapers knows, was one of the twin sons of George M. Pullman, the inventor of the sleeping-car system that bears that name. He and his twin brother Sanger were born on June 25, 1875. The character and achievement of the father are too well known to need exploitation here. Pullman, Sr., from humble beginnings amassed a colossal fortune. The foundations of his fortune were laid before his sons were born, and there was never a time thereafter that his fortune did not prosper. He died very suddenly, as it might be said, without warning. That is to say, he retired one night in perfect health, awoke in distress, and passed away almost before physicians could be summoned to lend him assistance and comfort. A day after the newspapers were filled with flattering obituaries. It was only after the publication of the terms of his will that the world became aware of the great and migly grief that had tugged at the heart strings of the rich man for years before Providence sent the stroke that took him out of the world. In this will he cut off his twin sons with a comparative paltry pitance of $3,000 a year, being careful, however, to explain that the reason he did so lay in the total inability of either to appreciate the blessings of business of the value of money. The country rang with the news of the disinheritance of the twins, and the event served to afford excuse for a recapitulation of the numerous and picturesque escapades of both. The bulk of the Pullman fortune of course Mr. Pollman No.1 went to the widow. The two daughters, however, Florence and Harriet, received a magnificent share. Both of these sisters are now married, one being Mrs. Frank O. Lowden of Chicago. Sympathy for the two boys might have been more marked if it had not been for the known intention of their mother, made public very shortly after the publication of the terms of the will, to provide for them handsomely from her own splendid jointure. She made good her promises in no uncertain way, and since their father's death the twins have suffered no lack of luxury. It was in their doings before and after their father's death that the newspapers of New York and Chicago, not to speak of other cities, found the pretext for biographical sketches that were not always complimentary. One of the beautiful features of this strange modern domestic romance has been the lasting and impermissible affection that has always existed between the two brothers. When either one has been in a scrape or in any sort of entanglement the other has invariably stood by him. Sanger Pullman was at his brother George's bedside when he passed away. He was never away from him when he was in trouble. The first trouble came, perhaps, while the parents were in Europe, shortly after the twins had returned from separate schools in the East. Young George and his brother Sanger, handsome as young gods in these days, became the dual center-piece of a rapidly moving coterie of young men of the town, who spilled champagne by the bucket, patronized all the first nights at the theaters, consumed all the lobsters and Welsh rarebits that were to be had for money, and in other ways managed to interest themselves in the industry of burning the candle of life at both ends. These, of course, were wild oats of the more trivial sort. The tragedy began to darken when the blessed state of matrimony hove into view as a possible solution of the destiny of the twins. It was the matrimonial experience of both that gave the newspaper historians their best opportunities, and that brought to both brothers a notoriety that either, no doubt, would have gladly escaped. ```markdown ``` The two engagements were announced almost simultaneously. Miss Lynne Fernald, the daughter of Mrs. J. W. Fernald of Chicago, plighted her troth to Sanger Pullman. Within a few days it was announced that George Pullman, Jr., was engaged to Miss Felicite Oglesby, a daughter of the former governor of Illinois of that name. Immediately after the publication of the terms of the Pullman will dishering the twins, both young ladies promptly sought release from their respective engagements. After their disinheritance, the twins seemed to thrive fairly well, though there was no appreciable diminution of the fervor with which they sought the gayeties of life. Neither seemed to grieve over the loss of his fiancee. Young George went the pace as of yore, and the next piece of news to startle various communities was to the effect that he and Miss Fernald had cloped from his mother's summer cottage at Elburn, N. J., where the young lady was an honored guest. The two were married privately in New York, and when Sanger heard of the event he telegraphed his brother his sincere congratulations. Not so long after this Sanger himself was married without parental consent to a young woman in California, and when he arrived in Chicago to seek his mother's blessing, he was met by his brother George, who gave him every assurance of his affection and support. From that time on Sanger and his wife have lived happily. It was to the doomed George that the trouble came. Very shortly after his brother Sanger's marriage he resumed a former friendship with Mrs. Blanche Bowers, one of the playmates of his childhood, and the wife of the composer of several popular songs. The two were seen together constantly. George took Mrs. Bowers to New York, and it was while living with her at the Gerrard hotel, on Forty-fourth street, that Mr. Bowers brought suit for divorce against his wife and an action against Geo.M. Pullman Mr. Pullman for $50,000 damages for alienation of the lady's affections. Mr. Bowers has since secured a decree of divorce from his wife. The damage suit probably terminates with the death of Mr. Pullman. Mrs. Pullman (formerly Miss Fernald) secured a divorce from her husband last December, with balm for her feelings in the way of $1,000 annual alimony. That balm may or may not cease with the death of the offender. Fourteen days after that divorce Mr. Pullman married Mrs. Brazelle, a sister of his brother Sanger's wife. The ceremony was performed in the Arlington hotel in Carson City, Nev. Since that time and up to the day of Mr. Pullman's death, he and his wife lived in California. MACHINE TO INDUCE SLEEP. Help Brought to Sufferers of Insomnia by a Recent Invention. The alarm clock which may with reasonable certainty be depended upon to awaken you at any desired time in the morning is soon to be greatly enhanced in value by another mechanical attachment. This is a sleep producer. To persons troubled with sleeplessness or sleepiness the new contrivance will undoubtedly prove a boon. It will put you to sleep at night and waken up at the proper time in the morning. The sleep-producing attachment consists of two horizontal rectangular panels of ebony, eight inches long and one inch high, revolving in opposite directions on a nickel pivot. The spring having been wound up, the ebony panels, one above the other, revolve. Each is studded on both sides by a horizontal row of bright circular mirrors, the size of a quarter dollar, and maintains a velocity of one revolution per second. This speed will continue for an hour without rewinding. To induce sleep by aid of this mechanism you darken your room and allow a bright pencil of light falling from an aperture in the window behind you to fall upon the rows of mirrors in such a manner that they will reflect the rays into your eyes. Concentrate your gaze upon the revolving panels, and not allowing it to wander elsewhere about the room, you soon become fascinated --- by the vibrating glitter. And then you fall asleep. Several other mechanical contrivances for inducing sleep have been placed on the market from time to time. All are founded upon the well-known fact that the concentration of the mind upon a single impression produces sleep. The most complicated of these mechanical sleep producers is the "vibrating coronet," just invented by Dr. Gaiffe of Paris. It consists of three bands of metal encircling the head. A branch strip extends to either of the eyelids, and by aid of a spring gently vibrates against it. This is used to induce sleep in the patients of the clinic of Dr. Bertillon. GUITEAU'S SANITY. Doctor Who Questioned Him Says He Was Irresponsibly Insane. I propounded to Guiteau a series of questions which, with few exceptions, were such as he had not answered before. They related to his mental and moral experiences while contemplating his objections to the course of Garfield toward himself to the rise of the idea that he must "remove him," to his shrinking from it at first or otherwise, and what would have been his opinion if President Garfield had recovered, writes Dr. T. M. Buckley in the Century Magazine. Many of them involved sharp discriminations, and were such as would have puzzled a typical monomaniac or paranolac. He answered the questions, made no reply that required explanation, used no superfluous words, did not ask for a repetition of any questions, nor employ a word in an improper sense; but occasionally he contradicted the record of his own course and his own testimony. He gave no indication of being, or ever having been, irresponsibly insane. His conversation and bearing were unlike those of a man who had committed a crime, and after doing so had made himself believe that he could not help it. His motives were obvious. He desired office; dis Mrs. Pullman Nell appointed in the quest he felt revengeful and the idea occurred to him to kill the president and put the "Stalwarts" in power. When it first arose it was like the idea of forgery murder or suicide. By turning away he could have cast it cut and resisted its fascination, but as he voluntarily dwelt upon it its proportions grew. The root questions in his case were: Did he know what he was doing? Did he know that it was a crime? Had he power to refrain from doing it? These, I believe, could be answered only in the affirmative by one unwedded to a theory. Whether Guiltean had become irresponsibly insane at the time of his execution is another question. A New Alpine Danger The wire cables used by tourists for protection and aid in the Alps may, according to the latest experiences, be dangerous. An accident which occurred on July 20, during an ascent of the Tribulum in the Stubuler Alps is a proof of this. Several tourists on that day ascended to the summit of the mountain, which is 3,100 metres high. Near the top, where the ascent had to be made with the aid of wire cables, the rocks suddenly began to hum when an ice pick came in contact with the cable, and sparks were seen. Shortly before there had been a thunderstorm which caused all these electrical phenomena. Suddenly the lightning struck the cable, stunning a tourist and the guide and hurling them several hundred metres below. The other tourists were also truck. Electricity Instead of Fuel. The people of Davos, Switzerland, propose to dispense with fuel of every description and to resort to electricity for all industrial and domestic purposes. Already electricity is extensively employed for cooking, heating and lighting in several villas, while one of the largest bakeries in the district is electrically equipped in every respect. The scientific world awaits the particulars of the latest process of extracting oxygen from the air by physical instead of chemical means. **Chugging a Camel Path.** The camel path which for centuries has formed the only connection between Jerusalem and Nabus (Sychem) has at last been made into a carriage road nearly twenty feet wide. Our European Imprint During 1881 and 1882 the European immigration to the United States reached its maximum and amounted to 720,000 persons. The number in 1885 was 332,000; in 1891, 595,000; in 1897-98, 230,000; in 1889-98, 345,000. Universal Cockroach The common cockroach has spread throughout the civilized world by means of ships. This disagreeable bug comes and goes on ships almost as freely as the rats. The two seem to live together amicably and they monopolize the hold of the ships which carry foodstuffs. A Curious Custom. No document can have the authority of the imperial throne of China unless it wears a crown. It placed there by the secreeter. With this authority, the paper becomes official. The genuine Hosteler's Stomach Bitters must have the bottle. For fifty years it has been the recognized remedy for stomach and kidney complaints. It will cure dyspepsia, indigestion, constipation and biliousness, also prevent malaria, fever and ague. Out west the horse thief is generally a high-strung individual. The minister who practices what he preaches must rehearse his sermons. FITS Permanently Cured. Notifies or perseveres first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restore, for FREE $2.00 trial bottle and treatie. Dr. R. H. Kline, 821 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. Strange as it may seem a bore is a man who never comes to the point. The beauty of some photographs lies in the background. WHEN YOU BUY STARCH buy Defiance and get the best, 16 oz. for 10 cents. Once used, always used. The fellow with a poor memory seldom forgets his troubles. You seldom see a person with a sunny disposition and a shady reputation. Half an hour is all the time required to dye with PUTNAM FADELESS DYES. Sold by druggists, 10c. per package. We refer to the men as small potatoes who don't get to the top of the heap. Don't Ruin Your Health by eating too much meat. ATLAS OATS is cheaper, healthier and more nutritious. A man who wants to be mean never wants an opportunity. DEFIANCE STARCH should be in every household, none so good, besides 4 oz. more for 10 cents than any other brand of cold water starch. The autobiographer modestly tries to make a hero of himself. Stops the Cough and Works Off the Cold Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Price $2.00 It doesn't take dynamite to blast hopes. Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces flammation, always pain, cure swollen colds. See a bottle. If seeing is believing, the blind man must be a skeptic. One on the Bishop Among the many good stories told of the new bishop of London is the following: One day, in the East End, he noticed a dirty little urchin playing beside the gutter. "Hello, my little man," said the bishop, who is very fond of children. "what are you doing here?" "Making a kerfeedral." was this reply. "A cathedral," exclaimed his lordship, "but where's the bishop?" Dr. Ingram's sense of humor, always keen, was quite overcome when the small boy answered. "Please, sir, I can't got dirt enough to make a bishop." Beautiful Blue Danube Austrian poets who are fond of singing the praises of "the beautiful blue Danube" were recently very much surprised and disappointed to hear of the investigations of a certain German scientist. This man watched the big river for a whole year, giving to his studies an hour every morning. The result of these observations was that he found the water to be brown 11 times; yellow 46, dark green 59, light green 45, grass green 25, greenish gray 69, other shades of green 110, and that it never had anything like the hue with which it is credited by the bards Physicians Much Interested. Physicians Much Interested Northport, Mich., Dec. 9.—The medical men are just now eagerly discuss a most remarkable cure of a severe case of Kidney Disease in this county. Mr. Byron O. Leslie of Northport has for years been a victim of kidney derangements, with all the consequent pain and annoyance. He was gradually growing worse and as the disease advanced he became very despondent, often wondering if he would have to endure this suffering all his lifetime. But at last he found a remedy that cured him in Dodd's Kidney Pills. He was much pleased, but did not say much about it lest the good effect he experienced would not last. Now, however, after months of continued good health he has concluded that he is permanently cured and his announcement of this has caused a profound sensation among the physicians and the people we know of his apparently hopeless condition. Desert Turned Into Vineyard. Irrigation has converted the South American desert valleys near the city of Mendoza into some of the most productive vineyards in the world. SHUT IN BY A. L. CROWELL A little pool deserted by the tide, With seawed fringes motionless, unstirred, And all its life quiescent, doth abide, Though distant plash of restless wave is heard. What seeth it but rocks, unchanging, grim, That forward lean with frown and menace drear? A little pool shut in from rim to rim, Though life abundant sweeps so fast and near. Yet mirrored in its heart are sky and stars, And faint reflection of the rising moon, That brings new life to overflow its bars; The full flood-tide shall break upon it soon. Therefore, my soul, with inmost peace endure Enforced inaction in a time of stress; Here or hereafter is the moment sure. Thy life's flood-tide shall break on thee to bless. 6 ```markdown ``` Van Ness's Honeymoon. BY ADA MAY KRECKER. Copyright, 1901, by Dally Styre Pub. Co.) The boyshad sent for Ashlee to help them. "She's the sort of thing a fellow never forgets," Dalbiae had written. "Sweeps everything before her without any body being able to impress her. We fellows are not at swords' points; I'd God-speed any chap who got a run on her. I have a pretty clever one and say your heart's of marble so you'd better come over and vindicate us." After that Ashbee had rather looked for something superb, and during his first few moments beside Miss Roselle's hammock was perhaps at some loss to understand the potency of allurements which radiated from so nondescript a face and figure and certain boyish attitudes that flavored of a boarding-house hoyden out for fun. The apple of a score of glowing masculine eyes and the sole inspiration of half as many appealingly diligent tongues, the little lady in the middle of the evening suddenly leaped out of her hammock to scamper across to a chister of wall-flowers. A number of men trailed after her. Ashbee, whose conversation with her had sparkled, turned frettly to Dalbiage with: "It's her blasted indifference that drives you donkeys mad. Why don't you get up a rival game? I see there are lots here that are worth while." "That's where you're off it, Goosie," Diahlae answered. "We'll all back you in anything you try but the chestnut jealousy trick is no go. You should see her egging us on! But I thought you probably would be getting busy with the lady by this time so made other plans for the evening. Come along." "Thank you, I'll stay here," Ashbee enjoined thoughtfully, remaining in the very chair he had first chosen for an inspection of the lioness, and soon A woman in a striped dress sits in a rocking chair, holding a small object in her hands. Behind her is a man in a suit, holding a large fish. The background features a beach scene with a sailboat and a cloudy sky. "I don't believe you care." Late in the evening when the deso- sion of the verandah had been per- fected and the empty chairs were ghosts of the earlier mirth, Rozelle came fluttering back after a book she had left in the hammock. She glanced at Ashbee but he kept his eyes fixed upon a widow with her small boy tracing a lugubrious stroll over the lawn. Rozelle tossed herself into the hammock and lay there, keeping infinitely silent. Well, Ashbee had A "I'm a villain, too." been somewhat piqued and if Rozelle would not speak neither would he. It seemed a full half hour when she at last observed: "I don't believe you care especially for women's society, do you?" "That would be a rather rude admission to make to you, Miss Rozelle." "Oh, no, you mustn't mind me," the girl laughed. "I think that's fine and wish I could talk with you. You won't care just for one evening will you? When it's almost over at that!" This irresistible ingenuousness melted away every barrier to a long and delectable tete-a-tete. As the two parted Ashbee suggested that they go for a walk on the morrow, and when she cried "Jolly!" he smiled a thousand times while reflecting upon the instantaneousness of his success. "A little coolness; that's all she needed!" As for the others, printer's ink cannot portray the paralysis that seized the knot of young fellows and all the cloud of witnesses at the hotel as one after another, by little and little they perceived the miracles that were being wrought by Ashbee's hands. It was that gentleman's second night at the hotel and the moon swam from out a cloud at half after eleven to illumine his large frame and to glisten on the auburn tints of Miss Rozelle's dark tresses as the two meandered in and out among the shrubbery on the lawn. The third night, and when the circles along the verandah had been broken up for the night certain discerning eyes spied a rowboat floating down with the tide, they two alone within. At the hop a day or two later Ashbee had Miss Rozelle's best dances and at intervals between bore off with her to lover's crevices among the palmy decorations. One morning she tripped over to the station with him. There was a certain coquettish unobtrusiveness about their movements which was past finding out and made them the more serious. To be sure the men did not stand by Ashbee as Dalbiac had guaranteed nor did the aforesaid gentleman wish him God-speed in his run. "It's all very well," he remarked gloomily, "but Ashbee's heart isn't marably any more." "Comfort yourself with the reflection that the substance that affects marble is acid," Van Ness laughed in rejoinder. He alone of all the men had been impervious to the effects of Ashbee's glories. The affair had rather entertained him and that despite the fact that before the conqueror's arrival Rozelle had vouchsafed him some few favors in the way of promenades. Still he had never made further headway and seemed contented with whatever gifts the petite goddess provided him, always good-naturedly laughing over the fuming of others, assuring them that the game was not worth their agonies. At about the end of Ashbee's second week, however, it appeared for the moment that the young woman had returned to the old love. She rose with her customary abruptness from the circle of trousers, remarking that perhaps Van Ness would fancy an airing. He sprang up hurriedly to take advantage of this wonderful suggestion with every mark of delight. But they were not away long. Soon Ashbee, with a suspicion of vaingloriousness, asserted an unimpaired power over the belle by drawing her away for a walk of his own, thus summarily repudiating and avenging his slighta In the secret places of his heart, however, there was the most penetrating humility. Its marbleness was merely a shrine for very penitential prayers. Ashbee had flirted and gayly deceived ever since he had first donned the insignia of his sex's dress or even before, but he still bewailed every gentle heart he had afflicted. He felt now that it would not do to have this one more girl imagine he was serious when—well, when everything was a joke Rozelle must be warned, even if it was going to be very hard and very awkward. So when they came out among the walnuts where he had always waxed most sentimental he began softly and slowly with: "Miss Rozelle, I wonder whether you can understand a really frivolous man, a regular chump, you know that goes and does all sorts of things he ought not to, plays with fire when he knows it's going to hurt somebody at a very vulnerable place—and all for his own amusement?" Rozelle said nothing. "Rozelle, girl, you hurt me when you are so quiet, and I've got to tell you. I'm just that kind of a villain. There, it's mighty tough to say it. But don't you know I've acted the simple since I've met you. I don't—" His interlocutor continued ominously suppressed. He blundered the more. "But there are lots of nice fellows who would roll over in the mud if they thought it would please you. I've been thinking, and hoping that perhaps you cared for Van Ness a trifle! Now, he's a fine fellow, that boy. He's worth your while. I'm not; I'm—" Then the lady spoke. "Stop it, Mr. Ashbee. Never mind. It's all right. I'm a villain, too. Mr. Van Ness has told me all about it from the beginning. You see I have known that he's worth white. I—I'm married to him. We're on our honeymoon; we thought we'd do something out of the ordinary, you know, and it's been lots of fun. But between you and me, we're going back to the common rut of cooing bridal couples tomorrow morning, way up in the mountains all by ourselves. So good-bye, Mr. Ashbee, and don't feel too surprised and don't try it on other girls." An American Wit. The story here related is so typical of our distinguished representative at the court of St. James that one would have no hesitancy in vouching for its genuineness. A semi-state reception was given at the residence of a certain lord in London; our inimitable Choate in his "court dress" of plain broadcloth was extremely inconspicuous in comparison with the gold-laced and insignia-decorated representatives of other countries. When the night was waning one of the departing guests, whose indulgence probably made him forget that English lackeys on such occasions wore the livery of their office, approached Mr. Choate and requested him to call him a cab. The response was a blank stare. Upon his repeating the request, "Won't you call me a cab, please?" Mr. Choate responded, "Certainly. You're a cab." Imagine the indignation of the insulted Englishman, who, upon making complaint to the host, was asked as a favor to point out the offender. After a search through the crowded saloons the Englishman was quite at the elbow of Mr. Choate when he exclaimed: "That's the man!" The whispered reply: "Why, that's the United States ambassador." — Philadelphia Telegraph. Name Difficult to Pronounce. While Professor Virchow has been an indefatigable worker in science and politics all his life, on one thing he surrendered, years ago, convinced that it was useless to struggle against his fate any longer. This thing was the pronunciation of his name. The English, the French, the Italians, the Russians, all had their own way of accosting him, and even the Germans generally got it wrong, most of them addressing him as "Wircho" (the German W being pronounced like the English V). The correct pronunciation, according to the professor, is Fircho (the i being like i in pin, and the ch being, of course, pronounced in the Germay way).—New York Post. Did Prehistoric Man Live in New York? ```markdown ``` IMPRINT OF FOOT OF PREHISTORIC MAN-MONKEY Considerable interest has been aroused among geologists and others in New York state by the finding of the footprint of a most remarkable prehistoric animal in a piece of rock near Penn Yan, N. Y. The discovery was made by Prof. C. Carleton Wheeler of Hammondsport, while walking through a ravine. Apart from the well preserved condition of the footprint, which in itself was remarkable considering that thousands, perhaps millions, of years have elapsed since the strange animal stalked this earth, wonderment has been caused at the evident peculiar formation of the foot. Nothing like it is known to science among animals of the present day or those of prehistoric times. "We know of no such animal which had such a foot," said Professor Wheeler, who has been studying his "find" intently. "It has five toes and somewhat resembles the human foot. But the toes are webbed like those of the ancient monkey or ape and of the shape which distinguishes the prehistoric man dwelling on this continent. "What seems equally as probable is that the footprint may have been brought here by the glaciers during the glacial period." The discovery of the curious print on the face of the rock was made by the merest accident. A farm laborer, while plowing in a field at Penn Yan, struck a snag, which proved to be a piece of slate over two feet square and several inches in thickness. The IMPRINT OF FOOT OF PI Serious Famine in Russia Three districts of Russia have been declared in a state of famine. The assistance required in the form of grain is estimated at 3,200,000 poods. The villagers of Khavlinsk, where famine was first declared, have left in such numbers, seeking work, that the population has been reduced from 22,000 to 15,000. The province of Saratot, in which this and other severely stricken districts are situated, has been promised a loan of 996,000 poods of wheat and 250,000 poods of oats. Over 400,000 acres of cotton in Central Asia are reported to have been destroyed during the last autumn by grasshoppers. Typhus is prevalent in fifty-seven volosts—the territorial unit next above the villages—of Cufa, and other dangerous diseases in eight volosts. Scarletina, diphtheritis and smallpox are also beginning to make their appearance in the famine districts of this province. CHRISTIAN DEWIT This monument to General De Wet, the commander of the Boer army, was unveiled last week at Schierstein-on-the-Rhine, Germany. Funds for its erection were collected throughout Germany by the "Christian association." Mrs. P. D. Armour, Jr., to Wed. Information came to Chicago yesterday that the rumored engagement of Mrs. P. D. Armour, Jr., and P. A. Valentine had been confirmed—not formally announced, but given out as a fact among the friends of Mrs. Armour. It is understood that the wedding will take place some time during the winter. Mrs. Armour is the widow of Philip D. Armour's younger son, who died in California about a year before the death of the father. Mr. Valentine has been connected with the house of Armour & Co. for many years. ploughman carried the obstruction to the edge of the field and unceremoniously dumped it down the ravine. That was six years ago. The rock remained there until found a few days ago by Professor Wheeler. "It was covered with earth, which adhered to it," said the Professor, "and appeared to be nothing more than an obstruction to the plowman. I first noticed the indentations caused by the toes. When I examined closer I found the impression was nearly the shape of a human foot." The stone is a variety of slate and originally measured five inches in thickness and four feet square. At present it is one inch in thickness and two feet square. In both the upper left hand and the lower right hand corners are several small pieces which were partly decayed before they were petrified. These must have been caught in the mud, which received the footprint of that unknown animal and which later formed the stone. The print is in the lower central part of the stone. It is seven inches in length and three inches wide. There are five toes, which seem to have been connected by a web. The center toe is the longest and largest. The others grow shorter regularly. On one of the indentations are several marks which cause it to look like a face turned wrong side out. There are five indentations at the end of the foot, which were caused by the ends of the toes, but there are only three indentations caused by the ball of the foot. EHISTORIC MAN-MONKEY. COMPEL CITIZENS TO VOTE. All Belgians Qualified Must Exercise the Elective Franchise. The Belgians have made an important discovery. They have found out how to accomplish something that no American commonwealth accomplishes. They have found out how to compete citizens to vote. They do not send the non-voters to jail, but the coercive means employed is so effective that at a recent election out of 1,058,165 eligible voters only 5,551 failed to vote without giving previous notice to the courts as required by law, and of this number 2,621 when summoned before the magistrates, were able to present acceptable excuses, such as age, illness, or unavoidable absence. The number punished for not voting at that election was 2,930, or exactly 2.76 out of every thousand. How has this wonder been achieved? In the case of the first offenders the state is far from being harsh. The magistrates admonish the beligerent citizen that the habit of staying away from the polls will cause him trouble if persisted in. He has begun to make entries on the wrong side of his account with the state. If he fails to vote a second time there will be a penalty. In that event he hands the magistrate $5, and if he still continues to refrain from voting as the elections recur his political rights are suspended for ten years. Some day we shall be as efficient as the Belgians are in enforcing the performance of political duty. Before the year 1893 in Belgium it is said that 16 per cent of the voters remained away from the polls at every election in spite of all that the party workers could do to get them there. But as soon as the law making voting compulsory was passed the rate of absentation fell below 5 per cent. The Science of Sleep. It is a curious fact, but by no means astonishing, that until of late days a satisfactory explanation of sleep and its causation was hardly to be met with within the bounds of physiological science. Anaemia of the brain was regarded as the origin of our slumbers, but it became clear that this bloodlessness was to be regarded rather as a result of some other and more primary process than as itself a true or direct cause of sleep. The theory has been revived that sleep is due to the liberation into the blood of certain substances which are manufactured by certain glands—these are not defined, by the way—with the result that our brain cells are sent dozing. Alongside this view may be placed that other which supposed that a greater amount of carbonic acid gas being produced as the result of bodily work—or a want of elimination of this product being represented—we went to sleep because our brain cells were thus numbed by the gas. I think these "poisoning" sleep theories will not hold water. Far more rational is the simple view that fatigue of our brain cells is the real cause which sends us into the arms of "the drowsy god."—London Chronicle. --- PEOPLE AND EVENTS Only Two Seasons There—Pestiferous Insects Numerous. In the vast and almost unknown interior of Alaska, far beyond the influence of the "Kuro Siwo," the climate is arctic in the fullest sense of the word. There are only two seasons here—winter and summer. The winter is of eight months' duration, dry and, excepting certain restricted localities, entirely free from wind. The temperature descends as low as 80 degrees below zero (upon rare occasions even 90 degrees has been reached), with a mean of perhaps 40 degrees below. Ice forms in the rivers and lakes to a thickness of eight feet and more. Summer extends over a period of four months. During its earliest month high winds prevail, greatly assisting in the dissipation of snow and ice, but rendering this time extremely disagreeable. The balance of this short season is mild and the temperature pleasant, rarely exceeding 86 degrees. The snow and rain annually precipitated is about 12.9 inches. The hapless resident in this inhospitable section is afforded no relief after his long winter's fight for the unity of soul and body by the advent of this otherwise agreeable period, for, with the first tempered breeze, comes countless legions of mosquitoes, black flies and various stinging insects besides, while agonizing assidulty and ghoulish appetite preclude the enjoyment of the briefest moment. Whence comes the abnormal instinct, says a writer in the Era Magazine, that marks man at first sight for their prey—considering the fact that their ancestry, back to protoplasm, had no knowledge of his being—is an interesting problem best left for entomologists to determine. To Cultivate Rubber. The Los Andes Rubber, Lumber and Fruit company of Gautemala and New Orleans has gone into business. Men will be down in the rubber country in the next few days, and the work of the company will go forward at once. The officers of the company are all New Orleans men. The company has been incorporated under the laws of Louisiana. The idea is to handle rubber on a large scale, and to manufacture the raw product here. The plans contemplate the establishment of a factory in America in which all kinds of rubber goods will be made. The company has several valuable concessions, and is sending Americans down to the countries in Central America to look at the lands and to start the work of development. Empress Losee Her Power. Dowager Empress Marie Dagmar of Russia, who, it is said, has lost all of her once potent influence over the young czar, spends much of her time at the court of her father, King Christian IX. of Denmark. The empress was formerly called the Princess Dagmar, and during her reign in Russia, was regarded as the "best dressed woman in Europe." She was also one of the prettiest. German in blood, the A RUSSIA'S DOWAGER EMPRESS. empress is said to dislike everything German. Bismarck she particularly hated. This bright woman, like everybody who goes to live in Russia, was rapidly converted into a Russian and is today intensely interested in the destiny of the country over which she has long since lost her last vestige of power. American Flour in England: A London paper complains that the English markets are now being flooded to a greater extent than ever before with American flour. According to this report, the American exporters have been sending over flour in small bags that were convenient in size, and yet were sold at the same rate as were barrels. This catering for the retail trade, the paper states, is something new in the export flour business from the United States, and it is growing at such a rate that it threatens a dull market for English flours for the rest of the current year. Bag flour has, of course, been sold in this country for many years, and it is a convenience to the small customers. If it has never been tried before in Great Britain, we do not doubt that the move will be a popular one, though it seems very strange that the experiment has not been attempted before this.—Boston Herald. THE SEARCHLIGHT, —————— WICHITA, - <e KANS. so W. N. MILLER, Editor. Entered the Post-Offiee at Wichita, Kan- sas as Second Class Mail Matter. Popuisnep Every Sarurpay At 110 Norra Mary Sr. RATES OF SUBSORIFTION: IN ADVANCE. apna fpy mitt es ce cosspinnt ire) OL Ree Sarno men oes ny weet feo ee ‘Advertising ratcs made known on ap- sifeecon Gar Addroas_ al, commonioations to “The elmcaligac =r oF Wichita, Manoss. Saser 2 10 be: ah edt otters S2.2° Pitetiny novesen patties on inthe current neue, “gorrenpomcents and ‘agente wanted -every- where, Write us for terms. one freeads “pil matters sent to “The Searchlight” for sblicatiom must be signed by the party or Pariegwriting One of the most talented men ip England is Walter Crane, the doccra tive urtist. He is a teacher and writer in art, a book illustrator, a painter, a designer of furniture, glass, mosrde wall paper and fabric. He is, besides ‘a poet, lecturer and a fearless Socialist. ‘Albany, N. ¥., claims the honor of having made the first carriage manu- factured entire in this country. Sev- eral were built in the year 1814, and the event was duly noted at the time ‘ag an evidence of the spread of United States enterprise. Im Dublin bay the little fishes are having a hard life owing to numerous sharks, One, a “bottle-nose” gentle- man, has been caught and it measured 5% feet long. Another measuring 8 fect, proved too strong for the line which had to be cnt. In 1700 were made the first brooms in this country from the broomcorn grown on American soil. The brooms were made in Philadelphia and the ‘event was spoken of at the time as an Illustration of the development of the country. Returned army officers from the Phil+ fppines say that English and German firms have done a large business in smuggling war supplies to the Filipino insurgents. Parties from St. Louis and Indianap- ‘lis have bought 10,000 acres of land in Woods county, ‘Texas, and are ne- gotiating for another tract of 8,000 aeres; both to be occupied by colonies. iThe state of Idaho has sold 13,00¢ acres of pine Iand and has received the last payment on the bargain. The tract brought the state $101,052. An earthquake in the Canterbury dis- trict of New Zealand devastated the township of Cheviot and injured many people. Colonel Arthur Lynch, of the Boer army, was elected a member of parlia- ment, at Galway, Ireland, by nearly a vote of three to one. His election is likely to be contested on the charge that he is a traitor. ‘The total vote at the Ohio state elee- tion was $40,147; of this the vote for governor was 12,531 less, Governor ‘Nash's plurality was 67,487. Citizens of Oskaloosa, Iowa, lack only ‘two thousand dollars of $40,000 they propose to use in erecting a building forthe ¥. M. ©. A. Work is com. ‘menced. The mayor of Ottawa, Ontario, ought liquor during prohibited hours and was fined. He told the court that the accepted disqualification for his office ‘which extends two years. Pe Pys eeanee os Geta tag ieae { ery RR oy oe ee EE 4 : sss 5 sata Ne a a AT a ee. |” SS fe rosea! re 8 ee 258 N. MAIN ST. Phone 582 PHYSICIAN end SURGEON, Rheumatism cured in from 3ito 10 days. Piles cured in from 1 to8 days without operation. Old Sores of long standing cured. Blood Diseases of the most dangerous type cured in from 10 to 30 days. Syphilis cured in from 10 to 80 . deys. Wry my UNEXCELLED treat mentfor Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. a j Locals and Personals. ‘ : {= As We Ger In, So We Give Ir. += yi SiarecS eRaie lee Cele Ma Look for the Big Time at Peerless| j Tall Monday night, Dec, 30th, Get} Mr. Andrew Simms, of Hutchin. your family ready for it, son, arrived in the city Monday t vicit his step-daughter, Mrs E. D | Grayson and husband, After visit. ‘An Art Club. Pec ee etic eneenee ners The ladles of Wichita met at the residence of Mrs. James L. Harper last Friday and organized an Art club. They elected the following officers: President, Mrs Lee A. Anderson; Vice Pres., Mrs J. T. Chinneth; Secretary, Mrs A. T. Glover; Treasurer, Mrs F. W. Phelps; Reporter, Mrs J. L. Harper. They will meet at the residence of Mrs Ed. Landram next Thursday afternoon, We are glad to receive some news from our friend Hon- P, F. Lewis, of Emporia. Foot Bazar. The ladies of the Second Baptist church met at the residence of Mrs. ¥ W Phelps last Tuesday to make arrangements for a Foot Bazar for Christmas, Look ont, gents! the ladies are preparing for you. ‘They organized as follows: Mrs Lee A. Andetson, Chairman; Mrs Jas L. Harper, Secretary. Harper, Secretary. S. A. G. Campbell of Springfield, was in the city the other day Miss Fannie Collins is able to be up again, after quite a long spell of sickness, We wish her early re- covery Prof. Joe Bell will give a dance at Peerless Hall on Monday night, Dec. 16th. Go out, hear and eee, Thomas Anderson, one of our wide awake young colored men, has accepted his former position as shipping clerk for the Lawrence Nholesale Drug Co., on ast Doug- Jas. Tom is one of our progressive yoang men and is widely liked by ‘all who know him ELECTS THEIR OFFICERS. The members of Hurculean. Ledge No. 20 met last Friday night and heled the election of their offi- cers for the term begining Jan. Ist 1902. ‘Phe boys had a lively time and every one was pleased with ihe result. The officers elected were. Thaddeus Summit ......... C. C: Ed. Landrom ...........M. of W. Geo, 8. Smith 0... Ve O Geo, Hicks .....eceecesesesee Prelate | A.C. Fone8 vesessesseseeeees M, 01 F, ee W. Gilbert 1.0.1.0... M. of Ex reny Holbert ...... K. of R and §. ‘SamrW, Jones ......... Grd. Rep. E. Landrum ................-. Altemate Ino, Gilbert ........ esses Me ab A. This is a new Lodge and the boys are doing remarksably well. We are glad to see them making such pro- gress and werking so nicely. John Dodson left-Monday for a visit ; . WICHITA SBARCHLIGHT,» SATURE AY DECEMBER, 7 ; 1901 Mr. Andrew Simms, of Hutebin. son, arrived in the city Monday to visit his step-daughter, Mrs E. D. Grayson and husband, After, visit. ing many old aequaintatices he left Wednesday for his home in’ Hutch- inson, : Prince Metley of, Pratt, a.cousin of our popular Dr.’ E. . Harrison, came to our city last Saturday, Mz Metley is reputed tu: be quite wealthy, and is ‘saidto have pur. chased two nice residences as an in- vestment since coming here, Sam Anderson. is on the siek hst, Miss Blanche 9, Miller of K. C. arrived in the city Sunday to be the guest of her brother and sister-in law Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Miller. Miss Miller is quite well pleased with our beautiful city of Wichita. A JOLLY TIME. A jolly time, indeed, was the meeting of Toas lodge No. 10 last Monday night. The occassion was the arrival of the time for the election, of the offi- cers of that lodge for the term be- gining, Jan. Ist. 1902. Every mem- ber felt interested, and there was forty of them on hand. Harmony was the keynote and the election ne off like clock works, The nom- inoting was spinted aud there were plenty candidates for every office in the gift of the lodge, The unsucces:- ful candidates were as jovial and good natured as the lucky ones. Those elected were: WN, Miller oc. scoccessivas- On. S. W. Fleming............. Me of W' Pete J. Coleman ........1.. +: Ve. Rey. B. Mortis ............... Prolatt. Dr. E, Harrison ... K. of P, and 8. Jno. H. Phelph ... M. of F. 3rd trm Geo. Daniels ... M. of Ex 3:d term Al Beuford }.......e-.yeecccee0ME at A Geo. Daniels ........... Grand Rep. F.W. Phelph ............... alternate Jeff Thompson ............:. Trustee. After the election the boys tcok the Chancellor Countnander elect, the Vice Chancellor elect, the mas. ter of Fuiance elect, the master of Exchequer elect. AT REST. Last Thursday night, just after the clcck had told the hour of the approach of the coming day and while thousands’ were peacefully slumbering the unerring messenger of death visited the home of Mr. W. C. Neeley and took from there a dear wife, aloving mother and an obedient! daughter: . Like ‘millions before hex, Mrs. Neeley answered the summons and left this world of sorrow and pain. She.is at rest. Mis, Neely leavesa husband, four children, a father and mother and a host of warn friends. Funeral ser vices will be held on next Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the A. M. E. church, The Searchlight extends its sympathies to the Lersaved and heartbroken family.) « WELCOME PARAGRAPHS -FROM ABROAD AS RECORDED BY THE WIDE - AWAKEand HUSTLING LIST OF Searchligh Correspondens. | Cherryvale sn burst; strikint her in ‘the chest Mr. Tomas Radcliff and family July Robinson and family taker their departure Friday night to at tend the funeral of their aunt Mrs. Suly Smith. | Rey. C. Teal preached an able ser. mon at the 2nd Baptist Church Sun. “ , Mrs Tom Sneed is on the sick list this week. Joseph Derden passed through our city last Sunday, evening en- route for Neodsha. Miss Rosa Surveyor came home Monday eve. from Parzon where she spent Thanks-giving, she reports a good time. please leave all news for the Serch Light at the resident of Mr. and Mrs I. K. Knox 6th and Montgome- ry, street. Mr. Joe Starks has commenced building his new residence on E. 9th street. Mrs Channie Van of Gooseneck- bend, is expected to be the guess of Miss Lillie Armstrong Christmas. Alex Cooper met up with the mis- fortune of loseing all of his things last night, together with a $25. gold watch. Oswego. Miss Lizzie Parks returned home from Pittsburg, Wednesday. Mr. T. Robinson, and wife Mr. T. Rateliff, and wife of Cherryvale, came over to attend the funeral of their aunt Mrs Mary Smith. ‘Mrs Mary Massey of Fredonia, came over to attend the funeral of her aunt Mrs Mary Smith. DIED — Mrs. Mary Smith, ofpneu monia, Friday at 11’oclock and was buried Sunday. She leaves a hus- band, sister, and a host of warm friends te mogn after her. Mrs. Lucy Evans ot Parsons, was in the city Sunday. in the city Sunda so attend the ful neal of her aunt Mrs. Mary Smith. Mrz. Nellie Washington returned from Pareons Friday on acount of the death of her sister Mrs. Smith. Mrs, Lucy Evans has returned tc her home in Parsons. She was accom pained by her cousin Mrs, Ratcliff. Arkansas City, BLittle Neicy Andrews ison the sick list. On Thursday eveing, Dec, 5th a very sad accident occured of the home of Mrs, Ada Winchester on South 7th st. her little 10 year old daughter Mittie who had attempted to start'a fire in a cook stove, child- like picked up the coal-oil can, and poured it.on the k’ndling which she had placed in the stove, think. ing that the fire was entirely out. but not 80, and as she tnrned up the can oyer the stove, an explosion ‘Sonured a with aloud report the | OVER | _. Christmas Presents | ON SLE bee fee mares) reve | i CcHMIT NC | | ‘i One nee i | Qariiiarenttin’ gy en \ can burst; strikint her in the chest and spattering burning oil all over clothing. The child ran out of doors and her screams brought neighbor: to her assistance, but she was burn. edso badly before any one could reach her, she died of her injuries Friday evening. The furneal occur. ed Sunday, afternoon with inter- ment in Riverview Cemetary. P.A. Delano is able to be ont a gain, The Embrodery circle met Friday evening, Dec. 6 at the home of Mrs. Pettit on N. Main st. The ladies oc. cupied themselves with their work for a short while and then engaged themselves in pleasnt courersation until nearly six 0, clock when they adjourned, to meet with Mrs. Ruben Coldwell on N. 4th street. The Ladies of the Ivy Leaf Club, were entertained by the Missies Pet- tits Friday eve, Dec. 13 at their al- ways hospitable on North Main St Mrs Lena Fog, and Miss Jessie Williams, were the guest of Mrs G. F. Brown. ‘The wedding bells rang out Sat- urday, evening but their peeling was of such a quiet nature that but a few heard them and shortly after those few had gathered at the home ofthe groom’s parent, Mr, Clayton Williams, and Miss Elydia Stafford were united in marriage by their many friends, together with the Search-light. extend belated con- gratulatious, Iola News. J. W. Winslow, W. W. Field and H. Gray of Chanute came up for the regular monthly meeting of the G. U. 0. O. F. lodge. The electric Live is almost com- pleted. Three well equipped cars have already arrived.. We were surprised last Snnday by J. W. Jackson who was top sometime ago is able to ky yp, age er were beppily married last week, Mrs, Francis Ross of N. State gp celebrated her fortyeth birthday last week. She served refzesliments to, party of ladies, We are giad Mr. Geo. Newnan, Elden Simmons and families are, gain out of quarantine, The A. M. E. church gave an en. tertainment on 5th and had suecees : Rev. Geo. A, Griffith preached at the A.M. E. church Monday, thie is tho first time the Presiding der has been in this port of the field. He preached a good sermon, The 2nd Baptist church held thei regular church meeting on Gth, Rey T. W. Green, Moderator. One of the main features was the action tale to paint their chureb: T. Stovall came down from Neo sho Fall where he has been visit. ing his folks. Ree. Young and wife, went to Chanute last Friday. Tola now has a big list of subserid ers to Tue Srancarionr. We would like to hear from some of ous neigh boring towns. We hope to have at least 10 new subscribers by 1902. We, of Iola, intend to turn in more names and the cash than any other of the Searchlight’s many corrs. qondents. We ask all Iolans to help us to win. We only say that we are close to the Jine of Mis:ouri and oiher Correspondents will have to “ show us.” It’s only Iola’s way. Rev. T. W. Green held his rez lar services Sunday. An apprecia tiye audience greeted him. He also reports that he will move his family to Burlington next week. The following are this week's /new subscribers to The Searchlight Gertie Sanders, J. W. Jackson, A- Bell, Lute Campbell, John Sellers, J. Jennings, J. Shelby, M. J. Joho: son, Frank Simmons, (. Givens C. H, Jones, Ollie Finley. | Miss Nellie Ellis, one of the Normal students from Topeka, is on the sick list at this writing. Miss Anna Carter entertained the Sunday School Teachers of the A. M. E. church at a sumptuous lunch The B. Y. P. U. of the St. James Baptist church is progressing nicely; they had a very interesting meet on Sunday evening. Mr. Wm. Turner, the swift-footed ball player did some good, extra fine playing in last Wednesday's game. As the touch down made by the Collse teem was around the end where Turner had been before being knocked out. He's alright. Miss Anna Stafford has returned to her work, after spending several days visiting her parents in K. C. Miss Nellie Evans entertained in honor of her father's, Mr Frank Evans, fifty-fourth birth day, Wednes Mr. Pink Love and Miss Myrtle Reed were quietly united in marriage Saturday and went to their new home in Lawrence Thuas-day. Mr. Arthur Buckner played the game for the College Wednesday. Several of the Normal students ladies are on the sick list, 'home sick though." Rev. H. H. Lucas, of the A. M. E church is slowly, but surely recovering. Several Emporians anticipate attending the Inter-State Literary in Kansas City during the holidays. P. F. Lewis. Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Hardy, left Tuesday evening, at 5 o'clock over the Missouri Pacific, for Pueblo, Colo, where the Rev. is pastoring. The Bethleham Baptist church. Rev. Hardy, has a grand charge in Pueblo and is doing well. He is a fine pastor and a perfect gentleman, and is many friends here wish him a grand success. He ordered the Search-light sent to him. George Floyd, returned from An- nany last week. Rev. E. Martin's father returned to Pratt on Friday. The protracted meeting was brought to a close last Sunday night. Mrs. Rev. E. Martin, is on the book list this week. First Publication Dec. 7th 1901.] In the District Court of Sedgwick county, Kansas. Laura Baxter, Plttf. vs D. J. Baxter, Dfdt. Publication Notice. To the Defendant D. J. Baxter. You are here by notified that you have been sued by the plaintiff in the District Court of Sedgwick County, Mississippi, that you must answer the said petition so filed against you on or before the fifth day of January, 1962, or the said petition will be taken as true and judgment rendered as there in prayer for to-wit judgment in favor of the plaintiff and against you granting said plaintiff an absolute divorce and the care, custody and control of the minor children Johnnie Baxter and Vivienne Baxter. Amidon & Conley. Attorneys for Plaintiff. Fred F. Williams, Clerk. By Grant Knipple, Deputy. Knights of Pythias. Toas Lodge No.10 KnightsofPythias WICHITA, KAN. 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. ARRIA COURT No. 7. Order of Calanthe. Mrs. J. E. Lewis, W. C. Miss Blench Alcxander, R. of D. Mrs. Ida Martin, W. of R. of D. Meets 1st. and 3rd. Monday each month Masonic Lodges. 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. 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. Scribe. J.T.Chinneth,Secretary Grant Ewing,Treas. Meets the 4th Monday night each month HOME OF THE WEST No.2906. G.U.O.O.F. Chas. H. 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Under Dogwood Blossoms. BY GEORGE BINGHAM. (Copyright, 1901, by Daily Story Pub. (Copyright, 1991, by Daily Story Pub. Co.) Not far from Cadiz, on the crooked old Kentucky pike, an ox wagon covered with a dingy sheet overtook me. A tall man, who looked lazy, sat on a broken chair in front and drove, while back under the cover five tow-heads were stuck out to watch the slowly changing scenery. Under the shackly, rattling vehicle walked a lazy old brindle, dog—he could walk nowhere else, being tied to the axle with a rope. A scrub mlich cow was tied to the back end of the wagon; the skillets and pans, fastened to the sides of the wagon-bed, rattled and bumped; and buckets and pots swung from the axles beneath, as the wagon slowly passed along the pike. I dropped from the splotch of shade on a rail fence corner where I had sat for some time, and spoke to the man. "Good morning," he answered. "If you are going our way, hop up and ride." He reached back, got a handy bucket, turned it over, and I sat down beside him. When I told him my name he said he knew a person in Arkansas by the name of Andy Cobb, but that he was a negro. Then he laughed. He asked me which way I was going, and when I told him I was not particular which way, he said to me: "I've been living in Arkansaw for a good while, and am on my way to South Carolina to visit my wife's folks." Noticing the gait of his team, I asked him how long he had been en route, and in an easy manner he replied: "Oh, little the rise of nine weeks." "When do you expect to get there?" "Kain't tell. Ain't no mor'n ha'f way yet. Who-a-a boys! Sally you and the brats hold tight back there, for here's another creek. You know what fools these cattle are about water." Then he addressed me. "Ever' creek we come to they break in a run for it." The steers struck a brisk pace and when to the bank made a lunge which nearly upset the wagon. After riding an hour with him—in which time we traveled about, three miles—I wished them good luck and took the other fork of the road. True, I was not very particular which way I went, for I had nothing to do. Two months previous I had heard the little town of Snortville wanted a newspaper, and that being the favorite one of my several vocations. I went to the place and put "Something hit the earth." forth the Weekly Post, with a dusty outfit that had been abandoned some weeks before. In a few issues I found that the people did not want a local paper as bad as they thought they did, so I wound up my business, which took but a few minutes, and walked out of town, and it was only a few mornings later that I was overtaken Through the vibrant hush of the starry night hums the life of a tropic clime, And under the breast of his khakt blouse the heart of the lad beats time, In a land where an endless summer reigns, he dreams of a June gone by— And a wandering wind steals into his tent and carries away a sigh! MILITARY FIGURE by the man going to visit his wife's folks. After leaving Mr. Botts I came to a creek. The banks were pretty with fragrant elder and dogwood blossoms, and birds fluttered over the clear, slowly-moving water, and chattered and chirped in the undergrowth. I heard the sound of rippling water, and going up-stream found a cool, clear, blue spring which rippled and tumbled over rocks on its way to the creek. I brushed the old acorns and sticks from a soft mossy slant and stretched out to rest. "Git up here, now, Pud! You derned old fool! Makin' like you air skeered o' this place when you come here ever' day. Quit that snortin' and git in there and drink befo' I larrup you with a hickory." I raised to my elbows and saw a A man and a woman are dancing. "Come on back——" barefoot man trying to persuade a mule to drink at the stream. The contrary animal pranced around and went behind a bank, leaving only the rider's head visible to me. Of a sudden it began bobbing up and down, and I heard him urging the mule to behave, in language unsuitable to reproduce. His head disappeared, his feet came up in the air, and something hit the earth with a dull sound. When I got to the bank he was brushing the dirt and gravel from his shoulder, and when I asked him the trouble, he replied: "Nothin'. Blasted old mule just tossed me off over her head. "Tuck Buchanan lives right up there on the ridge," he answered when I asked him where I might find some dinner. He spurred the mule in the flanks with his bare heels, and I watched the spry little animal pick her way up a rough path, sometimes leading under low branches, which caused the rider to duck his head or push them back. Again I lay down on the moss. Scents of peach and apple blossoms came to me on the soft, lazy air. A farm-bell clanged somewhere up the creek bottom and was followed by another and another. Plow-mules brayed and hurried toward their rows' end, for ten ears of corn and an hour's rest was coming. *** "Don't you want to walk down to the mill? I don't hear it running. I guess that trifn' fellow I've got attendin' to it is piled up in the cornbox asleep as he usually is," said Mr. Buchanan to me the day after I went to his house. We went to the mill and, as he expected, we found the mill dozing in the corn-box. "I'd let him go if I had another man. Kit Smith wants the job, but he ain't got any education and couldn't buy wheat or calculate on tolls." Being well satisfied with the surroundings and desiring to remain in that section, I insisted that Kit Smith, with my assistance, could operate the mill; and in a few days Mr. Smith and I had the job. Mr. Buchanan was a homely old fellow, his profile at a distance reminding me of the picture of some great old man I had seen in history, and I hardly saw how he could be the father of a girl so pretty and sweet as Miss Fannie. In a month I was also assistant manager of the big farm, for Mr. Buchanan had decided that the greasy scum on a wet weather spring back in the field was signs of an underground stream of coal oil and was figuring on organizing a stock company to drill. The smiles and kind words of Miss Fannie gave me a feeling—a delightful thrill—I had never before experienced. A young fellow accompanied her to church one Sunday, and when she returned that night I knew that I loved her. How lonesome I had been that day without her. The next night she invited me to the parlor to engage her in a game of social "seven-up." We had a pleasant time, and hardly before the hour to go to my room. I stopped the game, grasped her pretty hand and told her my feelings. I bowed my head to kiss her hand, but she pulled it back, said "No, no," and bade me good night. I said to her the next morning, "Miss Fannie, excuse me—last night—I couldn't help it, though. Let it pass and think no more of it, but I do——" "Mr. Cobb, won't you leave? Go off and think no more of it, and let me forget you. It will be better, as nothing else can come of it. Leave and let me forget you." Sadly I told her farewell Sunday morning and walked off down the road, again in my aimless wandering. When a half mile away I heard someone coming up behind me on a horse. I went to the side of the road to let it pass. But when the horse came up it stopped and as I looked around, Miss Fannie ran into my arms. "Come on back! You must not leave me! You cannot! The future looks empty without you." Tears of joy came to my eyes, and I bent my head over on hers. I kissed her, said, "God bless my angel," and kissed her again. The horse she rode, seeing it was forgotten, turned and followed us home. *** A hungry-looking "razor-hack" sow with thirteen young pigs, rooting in the dirt and rocks nearby made an unusual lot of noise, and I raised up and found myself still lying on the mossy place by the spring. I had lain there and imagined I would figure in a romance something like the above. If the hogs had allowed me to finish the plot I imagine it would have wound up by me becoming owner of the farm and mill, and several oil wells. I washed my face in the cool blue water, smoothed over my hair and went with some anxiety to the Buchanan home on the ridge. There was no sweet girl Fannie, nor even a Mrs. Buchanan—the old man kept "bach" on a small gully-washed farm. But I went in, ate a dinner of beans and bacon, and went on off down the plike, very seriously thinking. HELEN KELLER'S HAND Plaster Cast of It in Collection of Law- rence Button. Mr. Lawrence Hutton is making a collection of plaster casts of hands, says a Trenton special in the New York Sun. He already has about fifteen specimens. He brought back with him from Europe recently the original cast of the hand of Thomas Carlyle, which he picked up in a London shop for a trifling sum. Among others in the collection are likenesses of the hands of Rossetti, Robert Louis Stevenson, Lincoln and Thackeray, and the nummified hands of an Egyptian princess of the time of Moses. These Mr. Hutton has hanging on the walls of his library. He also has a cast of the hand of Helen Keller, the wonderful blind mute, which he regards very highly on account of its artistic finish. All the lines in the skin, and even the little nerve cushions on the tips of her fingers, with which she feels so accurately, are plainly discernible in the plaster. Beneath each case Mr. Hutton has written some appropriate lines. Beneath that of Miss Keller's hand is the following: What she sees we cannot understand; But her sight's at the tip of her fingers And she hears through the touch of After Meeting. "Bishop," said the young preacher, "I know you were hitting at me when you denounced fine apparel and jewelry, for I wear a velvet vest and a watch and chain." "No, brother," replied the bishop, with a twinkle in his eye, "for I half suspect your vest is cotton velvet, and as for the watch, I never gave you credit for more than a Waterbury!"—Atlanta Constitution. A Suggestion. Mrs. Hauskeep—The dishes you have put on the table of late, Bridget, have been positively dirty. Now,something's got to be done about it. Bridget—Yis, mum; av ye only had dark-colored wans, mum, they wouldn't show the dirt at all—Philadelphia Press. Baboony—Me boy, you look as if you had just stepped out of a fashion plate. Crinkleton—That so? I knew I had rheumatism, but I didn't suppose I was as stiff as that!—Harlem Life CHARLESTON EXPOSITION ADMINISTRATION BUILDING South Carolina residents crowded the hotels and streets of Charleston at the opening of the South Carolina interstate and West Indian exposition, December 2d. There were present also thousands of visitors from both neighboring and distant states. All journeyed to the exposition grounds where in the auditorium special exercises were held to celebrate the completion of the great undertaking. There were addresses by prominent men, an original ode and music by a chorus of 500 voices. At noon President Roosevelt pressed a button at Washington and thus officially opened the exposition. The exercises were participated in by 30,000 people. The instant President Roosevelt set the machinery of the exposition in motion a salute of forty-six guns, one for each state of the Union, were fired by the German artillery, an ancient military organization of the city. The parade was reviewed on its arrival at the exposition grounds at the grand stand on the race course by Governor M. B. McSweeney of South Carolina, Mayor J. Adger Smyth of Charleston, the distinguished guests of the city CAPT. F. W. WAGENER. President Exposition Company. and of the exposition company from other states. After the review the opening exercises took place in the Auditorium. The ceremonies were presided over by Captain F. W. Wagener, president of the exposition company. He introduced Rt. Rev. Ellison Capers, bishop of South Carolina. After a prayer by Bishop Capers President Wagener made a short address declaring the exposition work completed, and introduced Governor McSweeney, who delivered an address of welcome on behalf of the state. Mayor Smith followed the governor and welcomed the people to the exposition on behalf of the city. The mayor then introduced Chaucey M. Depew of New York, the orator of the day. At the conclusion of Senator Depew's address a message was received from President Roosevelt at Washington and read to the audience. A reply was at once sent by the exposition authorities and the instant that it was received at the White House the Presi- COTTON PALACE dent pressed the button that set in motion the apparatus in machinery hall. Captain Wagener then officially declared the exposition opened. While the work on the exposition itself is not entirely completed, the authorities have fulfilled their promise to have all the main and many of the minor buildings finished. The cotton palace, the palace of commerce, the administration, agricultural, machinery, mineral and forestry, art and woman's buildings and a number of others are complete, with the exception of placing some of the smaller exhibits. The grounds have been put in admirable condition and present a most exquisite appearance, with acres of tropical plants and flowers in full bloom. Prince Henry Is Unpopular. Prince Henry, consort-royal of the young Queen of Holland, whom cables from that country report as being exercised by the entire dominion as the cause of the present illness of his beautiful girl wife, is a member of the ducal house of Mecklenburg. The story generally circulated is to the effect that Queen Wilhelmina and the prince had discovered that their marriage was an utter failure; that their temperaments were incompatible and that a long-threatened quarrel occurred just before the queen was taken ill. These stories have been afloat in The Hague for some days and are now repeated on all hands. Dowager Queen Emma, Wilhelmina's mother, is said to have been keenly distressed over the alleged quarrel, but refuses to discuss the matter. The young queen is said to be constantly improving in health, and it is now believed that the court --- will soon return to The Hague. True or false, this gossip has caused the public in Holland to be openly hostile to the former Duke of Mecklenburg, whom Wilhelmina married not without some protest on the part of the legislature of the Netherlands. UNITED AT DEATHBED Mother Separated from Her Daughter for Twenty-Nine Years. Beside the deathbed of Mrs. Jane Williams, who died at McKeesport, Pa., last week, her daughter, stolen from her twenty-nine years ago, was restored to her. The relatives of the dying woman gathered in the room describe the meeting of the long sundered mother and child as affecting in the extreme. It was at first hoped that the joy of receiving back her child would enable the aged woman to recover, but her health was shattered and though she rallied at first she died holding the hand of the child, now a grown woman, who had been stolen from her so many years before. Mrs. Williams for many years resided in Chicago, in the days when the Illinois metropolis was not a large city, many of her relations being residents of that state. While in Chicago she married Mr. Williams, who, however, died in 1869, leaving her with two children, of whom the youngest, Mary, was about 2 years old at the time of his death. The older children had reached the school-time stage, but the baby of the family was thought by relatives not to be strong, and they feared that the mother would not have the time to give it due attention. Relatives desired to adopt the child shortly after the death of the father, but Mrs. Williams objected, saying that she did not wish to see the home broken up and that she would not let her little daughter go away from home under any consideration. Several times efforts were taken to induce her to give up the child to those who were richer, and, it is claimed, more able to look after the child's welfare, but to no avail. Then when little Mary was about 5 years old, while playing with some little girls in the street not far from her home, a woman accosted the group of children and asked them whether they would not like to have some candy. The children, naturally enough, assented and the stranger led the girls to the nearest candy store, where she gave them a treat all round. Then Mary got into a vehicle standing near, together with the stranger, and absolutely disappeared. The police were notified of the disappearance of the child and for many months a close investigation was carried on, but without result, and when the months lengthened into years and there was still no sign of the child most of the friends of Mrs. Williams believed that the child was dead. Not so the mourning mother. Never a year passed that she did not make some effort to find out where her child had been taken, but until recently uselessly. About twenty years ago she went to ADMINISTRATION BUILDING. McKeesport and made her home with her son. Last summer she was stricken with illness necessarily fatal in its character and about two months ago it became apparent that death was not far off. With the approach of death the longing of the mother for her child grew more intense and five weeks ago the relative who had taken the child wrote, saying that the little girl had grown to womanhood and married. This fact was made known to Mrs. Williams and immediately arrangements were made for the daughter to join her. The daughter, now Mrs. Annie Madden of Liverpool, England, was sent for and arrived a week ago. The dying mother recognized her child in spite of the years that had passed since their cruel parting and died holding her hand. The Artlchoke: Artichokes were not held in estimation by the ancients. "Galen sayeth that the archychook hath a naughty juice and giveth evel nourishment to the body"—but this opinion is less surprising when we learn that it was the root of our crown artichoke, which they used to eat "bothe rawe and sodden." We are reminded of the savages spoken of by Mark Twain as having an equally poor opinion of oranges. "Baked they were tough, and even boiled they weren't things for a man to hanker after." Cucumbers also "ingendre in the body a naughty juice; howbeit ye shall find sum that can digest them by the reason of a certayne familiarite that is between their natures," says a writer in the Nineteenth Century Magazine. "The --- gourd giveth small nourishment, but it goeth easily into the bottom of the stomack by reason of hys sly peryness." Appies, on the contrary "are colde, and go slows down while of pears we are told that "sodden with todestoles they will no hurt them that eat them." But the doctor adds a caution to the effect that if a man fill himself wry peares, oftymes they breed the colde—the truth of which many a modern schoolboy will be able to conform experience. Galen holds that all fruit to be wholesome should be eaten be fore instead of after other food. O peaches he particularly says: "The ought not to be eaten after meat a some used to do. And thy rule must be holden in all those meats that an of evil juice, and are moust and say pery, that they be taken before all other meates." BANK BILLS IN CAR WHEELS Currency Macerated at the Treasury Building Used by the Car Builders. It is the commonly accepted belief that the old currency redeemed at the treasury department is absolutely destroyed. Such, however, is not the case. A single wheel of a locomotive represents many millions of what was once good paper currency. From a bank note to a car wheel is quite radical transformation, but it happens every day, and to become a supporting atom in the revolving mass is the ultimate fate of every soiled $1, $10 or $1,000 bill. Between $50,000,000 and $500,000,000 worth of paper money is cancelled every year in the treasury department in Washington, and after being macerated is converted into filling for railroad car wheels and the government gets $1 a ton for it from the manufacturer. The destruction of soiled paper currency goes on daily and is in charge of three treasury employees, who represent respectively the secretary of the treasury, the treasurer of the United States and the comptroller of the currency. Bundles of the canceled notes are dumped into the big macerator and crushed into a puttylike mass. The pulp is then treated with an alkali which extracts the ink; the stuff dried, shipped in bales and forwarded to the car wheel manufacturers. For every note so destroyed, unless has come from a national bank in liaison, a new one of the same denomination is printed at the bureau printing and engraving. All this work costs the government nothing. The national banks pay the expenses, although the treasury department has full control of the redemption division. Generous Gift to Purdue. Mrs. Elliza Fowler of Lafayette, Ind, who recently gave Purdue University $60,000, is the wealthiest woman in Tippecane County, and is the mother of James M. Fowler, President of the National Fowler Bank of Lafayette Mrs. Fowler is 55 years old, but despite her age continues to personal look after her business affairs. She has long taken an interest in education. PALACE OF COMMERCE. tional matters, and, believing that she could use some of her wealth to better advantage than in erecting an assembly hall and chapel at Purdue she presented the treasurer of the board of trustees with a check for the amount necessary. Mrs. Fowler w born at Hamilton, O., and remove with her parents to Lafayette seventy two years ago. She was one of seven daughters, and two of her sisters, Mrs. Jamina Winship and Mrs. Adan Earle, are still living, both residue near Lafayette. We Feed the Entire World. The United States are the粗 bread producing country of the ear, and if our supply of foodstuffs w suddenly cut off half the people other countries would starve to death. Recently published statistics show the United States sell approximate $1,000,000,000 worth of surplus agrural products in a year. They fe the armies of Boers and English, a squeeze in prices in America is for all over the world. England is the best customer of the country in food supplies. In 1900 we sold her $408,000,000 worth of farm products. Germany spent here $134,000,000 for agricultural products. About half of this was for cotton, the rest for food. France buys annually from us about $45,000,000 worth of agricultural products, mostly bread and meat. Long Stretch Without Cities. From Tomsk to Irkutsk on the Siberian railway, a distance of 922 miles there is only one town deserving the name—Krasnoairs—with a population of 28,000. oe eke eee ae es ae Sea pe ee ere ents Astle QO amma Woon. W FLOOR SHEETS BLDG. EL ROBINS - Dros! pn All é SUS tion tr we mar a a ga oe a Qe a a adnate eit dren recore to ganic fp : Ox > LL. 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Made by Magnetic Starch Co., Omaha, Neb. ‘The love of money is what makes a an ace | Rheumatic 2 Selele Sharp and Sheeting Pars. St.Jacobs Oil ee ‘Conquers Pain| Sinema RY ABW: Je D SY, Sawyer’s SO tom \\oal : i \ toe wal, Slickers G BA Sem oranted weteroroot adie compine protein tp bot act ant soa coere meena eee tine sath ie xin en tea Eeesneu eeepc Ey ccna! aa nae eas Tensamnraenet ate Resear Hm. gaen nan FUNNYGRAPHS, ‘Tody—"Jeunie tells me young Wood- by proposed to her last night.” Viols —I don’t think I know him. Is he well off?” Tody—“He certainly is ‘She refused him.” | Mrs, De Blinks—‘No, sir; you car ‘not have my daughter with my con: sent. I detest you and I wish I could think of some way to make you mis: erable.” Mr. Hicks—“Well, then, why not become my mother-in-law?” An insignificant little pin in a wo- man’s belt often disturbs a man’s men- tal poise. “My dear, are you feeling any bet- ter?” asked ner fond mother. “I cua- 0,” replied Dolly. “Is the jelly all gone?” “Yes, dear.” “Well, I think Tam well enough to get up now.” Stern Parent—“Are you sure that you can support a family?” His Daughter's Lover—“Well—er—you see I wasn't making any calculations on that just yet. I only want the girl, you know.” The youthful lawyer's profession 4 usually better than his practice. ‘The Bachelor—“But you should re- member the old maxim, ‘Marry in haste and repent at lelsure’” ~The Benedict—“Oh, a man doesn’t have any leisure when he's married.” ‘Wisk PRECAUTION. Lael 3 a > th r" wpe m ef acc |e, BE “isis BPRS aise “7 aa “DF Reetare RCE weN AC Be mF (Ae Ba se Si pe ae * xpd ==. Wee By 22S RAS Fe << Nie Liem eet Zaps Zs i cs “Say, mister, you look like a big- hearted mar; can't you help a poor guy a little?” “That's just the trouble, my friend The doctor says I have enlargement of the heart very bad and any further strain on it may prove immediately fatal.” vie sasans | Maude—“i m s0 glad to see that your health has greatiy improved.” Ciara—“Thank you. My rapid re- covery was due to this engagement ring.” Maude—“Indeed! From whom did you receive it?” Clara—“From my physician.” Another View of It, Burglars entered the house of a north side physician the other night, and meeting a friend on his way downtown the next morning he said: “I say, Blask, did you hear about my robbery last night?” “No, doctor,” replied Blank, “Whom aid you rob?” Disclosing a Secret. “Does your sister ever talk about me?” asked the enamored youth of his best girl's smail brother. “You bet she does,” replied the youngster. “I heard her tell ma the other day that if your shoes had rock- ers on them they would make good cradles.” esata Ida—“I_ see less people have been killed by football this year than ever betore.”” May—‘For goodness’ sake, don’t let the players overhear you. They would fecl ashamed and start in to break the record for brutality.” Wisdom of Experience. Singleton—“I wish you were eligi- ble for membership in our bachelor club, old man. You have no idea of what you are missing.” Wededly—“Oh, yes, I have. I count the change in my pocket every night and morning.” ‘Not an Ornament. Myer—“Is it true that Miss Oldham has just inherited half a million?” Gyer—“It is; and she will need ey- ery cent of it in her business,” ‘Myer—“What is her business?” Gyer—‘Looking for a husband.” Phe Wee of Wemsa, Nell—“But you must never mention what I have just told you.” Bess—“Why, is it a secret?” Nell—"Oh, no; but—” Bess—“Then it isn't worth repeat- ing.” Crop Report. “Say,” queried Farmer Hayrix, “what dew they raise in them thar roof gardens deown tew th’ city?” “Peaches, uncle,” replied the city- bred young man. Vital Question. He—“You are truly the first girl 1 ever loved.” She—“That isn’t the point. Are you sure I will be the last?” Cautions. Short—“Do you b-ieve that a fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind?” Long—“It all depends. 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