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THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT The Real Solution The Education of the Masses Of Both White and Black Will solve the RACE PROBLEM 4TH YEAR. YOU CAN The Real The Education of Both White Will so RACE P Slavery, as a system, says Prof. Price, degraded the Negro to the level of the brute, because it denied him the untrameled exercise of all the instincts of a higher and better manhood. It recognized no moral sensibility in man or woman, regarded no sacred and inviolable relation between husband and wife, unless that will or caprice the tenderest is that human heart is capable of forming or the human mind is able to concieve. Such a system had the support of the highest tribunal of men, and even the representatives of the church of God came to its rescue and defense, with all the weight of its divine authority and power. From the maternal knee, the table, the family altar, the forum, and the pulpit was the lesson taught that the persons of sable hue and curly hair were a deomed, and therefore an inferior race—not entitled to a place in the brothehood of men. This impression, made on childhood's plastic nature, grew with his growth, and strengthened with the power of increasing years. To deepen the plot, and intensify the damning heresy, the law of the and wrote him down chattel, that is, cattle, and forbade the training of the mind and the culture of the heart, by making learning on his part, and teaching on the part of others, a crime. It is not surprising then, that men and their children brought up in the face of such a system for two hundred and fifty years should be skeptical as no the real manhood of the Negro, and hesitate give him a place in the one blood family. The feeling against the Negro which helps to make our race problem is called prejudice, and is not without some ground. For two hundred and fifty years the white man of the South saw only the animal; therefore, the race problem of today is not anomaly; it is the natural and logical production of an environment of centuries. Now, if ignorance, poverty and moral degradation are the grounds of the objection against the Negre, it is as difficult to discover that the knot elements of the race problem are the intellectual, moral and material condition of the Negre race. It is --- But it mmst be remembered, how ever, that more is to be done than the education of the blacks, as a solution of the race problem; for much of the stubbornness of the ignorant, lawless, and vicious whites of the South, who need education worse than many on the blacks. To educate one race and neglect the other is to leave the problem hal- WICHITA KANSAS NOV 22 1902. solved, for there is a class in the South to some extent more degraded and hopeless in their mental and moral condition than the Negro. This is the class to which many of actual outrages are attributable than any other class. Educate these as well as the blacks, and our pryblem is shorn of its stredgth. When we call to mind the fact that nearly 60 per cent of the colored vote in the South is illiterate and more than 40 per cent of the white vote is in the same condition, it is not difficult for one to discern that education of the blacks, and white as well, is not only necessary for the solution of the race problem, and for good good government, but for the progress and prosperity of that section where such illitteracy obtains. For the safety of the republic, the perpetuity of its glory and the stability of its institutions are commensurate, and only commensurate, with the intelligence and morality of its citizens, whether they be white or black. It is something harder to educate out of prejudice than out of ignorance. STRIKERS AGAINST THE NEGRO. A careful resume of the situation in Pennsylvania discloses the fact that the mine operators are perfectly willing to employ both union and non-union men, while the union men positively refuse to work with non-union men, many of whom are colored. If organized labor be sincere in its lotty aims and ambitions, why not open its doors to all classes of skilled mechanics, irrespective of color or nationality? If all classes of mechanics were admitted into the fold of organized labor the mine owners would be compelled to submit to the demands of labor or else close down their mines. Organized labor is an "industrial trust" pure and simple. The so-called "beef trust" compels the retailer to either handle its goods or "go to the wall." The "industrial trust" either desires to complete control of an establishment or else it will do its utmost to prevent other men from working, and often times do violence to both men and establishment.—Exchange. Braitschis The A. M. B. church will hold forth at Peerless Hall Thanksgiving day. Approves Our Stand I want, personally, to congratulate you on your open, fair, frank, correct and true statement of the condition and needs of your people. Your talk is timely and to the point. We must act, ourselves. No running sore was ever healed by being glossed over. The knife has to be applied and strong medicine used. Would to God that all our colored papers and editors would follow your lead. Yes, Mr. Editor, the great mass of colored people not only in Wichita but in Topeka and everywhere, is right at heart, and they only need the right kind of teaching to make of them the very best and most progressive citizens. Right teaching is the thing needed Our people would be clay in the hands of any good man, If our christian ministers would only teach the people the moral law as laid down in the Ten Commandments, within less than two years you would see our people 'about face' and become the most desirable part of any community and nearly all discrimination against us on account of our color would cease. The remedy is within our own hands. Let us use it. The harvest truly is ripe but the right kind of laborers is far too few. Our payer to Ged should be that He may send forth moral laborers into this harvest; into this vineyard. Fraternally, S. G. Watkins, Grand Master. HIGHER EDUCATION AMONG NEGROES. In view of the fact that much has been said against the higher education of Negroes, it might be well to note the fact that any one of the large colleges of our country has more college students in attendance than all the Negro colleges of the country put together. The white colleges of almost any single state, that is of the older states, have more students than all the Negro colleges in the United States. It strikes us that there should be more, rather than less, collegiate instruction. NEGRO BAPTIST PUBLICATION HOUSE. The Negro Baptists of the country have the largest publication house in the country under colored management. Nearly one hundred young men and women are employed, and printing and lithographing in their various branches are in full operation. One of its most noted products is a series of song books, edited and composed entirely by Negroes The Sunday school literature issued by them will compare favorably both in scholarship and appearance with any sent out by the white publishing houses. The white publishing houses. The Zion C. M. E., A. M. E., all have excellent publishing houses, but if we are correctly informed, the Baptist one is the largest. STEPS TO STOP LYNCHING. The New York Sun thro gh a New Orleans dispatch of the 8th inst., is authority for the statement that Gov. Sayers of Texas has determined to try to break up lynch law in his state. He proposes to strike, not at the lynchers, but at the officers, especially the judges and cheriffs within whose jurisdiction lynchings occur. He will accordingly make in his next message to the legislature strong recommendations for the passage of a law holding accountable any judge or district attorney who through neglect, incompetence or sympathy with the mob allows a prisoner to be taken from the officers of the law and lynehad. Gov. Sayers' sentiments on this subject were aroused by the recent Hempstead and Nacogdoches affair. While the prisoner was legally hanged at Nacogdoches the manner in which the execution occurred only brought discredit on the law. At Hempstead the lynching was of the most aggravated kind. The prisoners were on trial when the mob, not liking the manner in which the trial was proceeding invaded the court room and carried the prisonera off and lynched one of them near the court house. These last two lynchings and the fact that there has been an increase in the number of lynchings since he became governor have determined Gov. Sayers to take steps to stop mob violence. The governor has done all in his power under the law to protect prisoners. He has called out the militia and state rangess whenever he was advised that it was necessary to do so. In one case his orders were disobeyed and the prisoner was practically handed over to the mob by the officers. The governor of Texas in following after the example of Governor Longino of Mississippi. The dispatch goes on to say of this latter: No one could have been more earnest in his efforts to break up lynching in Mississippi than Gov. Long. NO 26 ino. He has discussed it in every message to the legislature. He himself has gone to the county seat when a lynching was expected. He has ordered out troops whenever necessary and has upheld and supported the judges in their opposition to mobs. He did all in his power to secure action by the grand juries against lynchers and has worked in every possible way to stop the disgrace. Yet he has at best saved four or five lives, while that horrible addition to lynching—burning at the stake—previously unknown in Mississippi, has finally invaded the state and was the feature of the recent Corinth lynching. It has been found that when burning at the stake is one introduced as an incident to lynching, it is generally kept up. The evil influence of the Corinth burning was well shown in the very next lynching in Mississippi, at Darling, on All Saints Day, Nov. 1, when the colored victim was burned at the stake. All will rejoice that such steps are being taken in the south. People who live in other communities have long since deplored the frequency of lyuehings in that section it being looked upon as at best a mere mockery of justice. The southerners will, however, have to pay for their tardiness in this movement to restrict by seeing this horrible crime manifest itself not infrequently against the whites themselves for whom lynching of course was never intended.—Guardian. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT USING HIS LITTLE HATCHET. Julian H. Bingham, collector of revenue for the district of Alabama has been removed from his office and Joseph O. Thompson to succeed him. Colored Republicans were excluded from participation in the Republican state convention and Collector Bingham was held responsible at least in a measure for their exclusion. Postmaster General Payne visited the president Monday, and on leaving said: "Neither the administration nor the Republican party of the north will stand for the exclusion of any section of our people by reason of their race or color when in other speets such persons have complied with the laws and are eligible under the law to full—free participation in political action and are of a high standard of moral character. In other words, the r THE SEARCHLIGHT. W. N. MILLER, Editor. Entered at the Post Office at Wiehita, Kansas, as Second - Class Mall Matter. Published Every Saturday at No. 110 NORTH MAIN St. One Year [ by mail ] ..... $1.00 Six months [ by mail ] ..... 75c Three months [ by mail ] ..... 50c ONE MONTH ..... 150. Advertising Rates Made Known On Application. NOTICE!! - All matters addressed to THE SEARCHLIGHT for publication must be signed by the part or parties writing. 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The colored ladies of Wichita are well supplied in the matter of nice, refined, highly cultured and up-to-date clubs. Each club has for its object a two fold point—first, race elevation; second—social enjoyment. In the Golden Leaf Art Club, the Booker T. Washington Club, and the Ne Plus Ultra Club, we find a set of clubs which do credit to its members. The colored ladies in their respective clubs are setting a pace for the men, which if the men would follow would, we believe, do no harm. The ladies are to be complimented on the refinement which permeates their clubs. We say to each of the clubs, push forward, there is much good to be accomplished. What the Negro race needs is not so much applause for what they "have done," but more reminding at what they "should be" now. We are living in the face of the present and not on the memory of the past. Teach your boy and your girl to work and be honest while they are young and when they grow old they will not depart therefrom. One ambitions, plucky, energetic and earnest working grammar school young man is worth a million lazy, indolent and "top heavy" college graduates. The world calls for pluck and not so much bull luck: The SEARCHLIGHT has no wings at all, but it gets there just the same. Mrs. Nancy Phelps, who has been quite seriously sick at the home of her sister Mrs. S. W. Fleming, is somewhat improving. Watch our next issue for our plan to build a "Freeman's Hall" in Wichita. COLLINS—BARTLETT NUP- TIALS. Mr. Sam C. Collins, one of Wichita's very prominent young colored men and Miss Lutticia Bartlett, one of Wichita's very prominent young colored ladies, sprung a surprise on their many friends last Monday by quietly getting married. So surprising was their marriage that even their most intimate friends were surprised. But, say, the boys found out about the matter on Tuesday, and getting together they made up a charivari party among the K. of P's., and they proceeded to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Collins on Tuesday night about 11:30, and with tin cans, tubs and boilers, tin cups, skillets, st ovids, and every imaginable noise maker, they made night hideous and dreary for their victims Mr. and Mrs. Collins. The noise sounded worse than the night cannonzding at Gettysburg or that on El Caney's heights. Mr. Collins finally came to a realization of the meaning and invited the party of noise makers inside the house where they soon relieved him of his full supply of cigars and eatables. The Searchlight joins the friends of Mr. and Mrs. Collins in wishing them a long, happy and prosperous married life. At Peerless Hall Thursday eve. Nov. 27.1902. All of the Birds will be there to give the old folks a hearty welcome. Everybody come and bring the children [to see Grandma Gray who will make her first appearance] in Wichita at Peerless Hall to assist in the old folks concert. Admission 10c. Mrs. Wm. Bettis who has been quite ill is somewhat improved. Chas. H., Luling left Tuesday for Topeka. He will return Sunday night. The Booker T. Washington club will entertain the G. L. A. club at Poerious Hall Thanksgiving sfternoon, where the two clubs will give an exhibition of their work. The Ne Plus Ultra club held a meeting Wednesday afternoon. Rev. J. Mitchem has done a great work at the 2nd Baptist church of Wellington, Kansas, since becoming their pastor about 50 days ago. He has raised more than $50 in cash and built up the church spiritually. The church contemplates building a baptising pool soon. Mrs. Eliza Youngblood, Mrs. Lutticia McBride and Mrs. Rosa Andrews went to Vinita, I T., to attend the funeral services of Mrs. Bettie Vann, who died there last week. Mrs. Vann was the oldest daughter of Mrs. Youngblood and sister to Mrs. McBride and Mrs. Andrews. The three ladies expect to return to Wichita Friday. Last Wednesday afternoon the B. T. W. club was entertained at the home of Mrs. T. Glover by Miss Ida Hill. Business of the club occupied most of the time although a short program was rendered. The next meeting will be at Mrs. Hathman 520 N. Wichita street Locals and Personals The Merchants who appreciate the trade of the colored people ADVERTISE IN THIS PAPER. PATRONIZE THEM. In matters of politics the SEARCHLIGHT has always been fair. It has always been fair. It has always maintained that every man has a right to his own political view, be he colored or white, he has that right as a citizen and a man, just as much as he has a right to his individual religious or other views. While we are always Republican we do not fall out with a man because he may differ from us, he has that right. The point is this, to he victors belong the spoils, and since we have peaceably differed in the matter of securing the man, it is unfair that we should hold out for those who fought for the men who fought with us? We believe that in the matter of patronage only such men who fought for and supported the full Republican ticket should be given the places—be they white or colored. The Pueblo Standard is a new race paper launched in Pueblo, Colo. It is spicy and a neat publication. Our friend W. B. Townsend, formerly of Leavenworth, is its editor. We wish the Standard and Brother Townsend much success in the journalistic field. The Y. L. A. Club met at the residence of Mrs. Sam W. Jones, Tuesday evening, quite a number of ladies were present. After devoting an hour and a half to fancy needle work the hostess ushered the ladies into a spacious dining room where a dainty lunch was spread, where all enjoyed themselves till the hour of adjournment. They will meet next week at the residence of Mrs. Lee Anderson, 724 St. Francis ave. All are requested to be present. TheyTabernacle Baptist Sunday school was royally entertained Nov. 14th at the home of Mrs. McLain, 717 N. Main, dainties of the season were served and all had an enjoyable time, about thirty were present. Supt. Mrs. S. Williams; teachers, Mrs. J. Turner, Miss H. Herring Mrs. M. Batery, Mr. P. J. Topp Mrs. P. Parker The distribution of the places under the recently elected Republican office holders have finally settled to the point—shall the places be mated out to the men who were loyal to the party? We have no hesitancy in saying, yes! A whole hog or none, is our motto. We have ot one word to say about who should or should not be selected for the places to be given the colored people, but we believe there can be found plenty of men who stood by the party to supply every office and we believe they should be given them. Commissioners J. C. Redfield and John Busembark will take hold of the county affairs and run them in an economical and systematical manner. Both are the proper men for the places to which they were chosen. Mr. Editor—Please allow, me space in your paper to speak of the work we are doing with the 2nd Baptist church in Wellington, Kas. We are having great success there both spiritually and financially. In the last month there has been three added to the church, two by christian experience and two by baptism. And all of our services are being well attended. On last Sunday we baptized in the river, as we have no pool in our church but we contemplate building a pool as soon as possible We have a good piece of property; the church has a good seating capacity, all paid, and not a penny against it. In the near future we contemplate building a parsonage. The Lord is blessing us. Jno. Mitchem, Pastor. FORUM LITERARY. The Forum Literary Society met at the 2nd Baptist church Wednesday night and rendered the following program: 1. Duet, Mrs. H. W. James and Mrs. Lucy Anderson. 2. Recitation, Miss Ida Hill. 3. Vocal S. le, Miss Carrie Bradford. 4. Recitation, Miss Lula Bradford The committee on program reported the following program for the next meeting: However we failed to get the program. Next meeting will be held at the 2nd Baptist church Wednesday night Nov.26th. The ladies G. L. A, club and the Booker T. Washington club will soon make application for membership in the Federation of Women's Art clubs. Toas Lodge No. 10 will meet on Monday night. The boys are getting themselves in readiness for the semi-annual election of officers which will take place the first meeting in December. Oandidates are getting thick for the honors to be bestowed. Mr. R. Hodge is confined to his bed at 347 N. Main quite sick. A telegram was sent to his son Arthur Hodge of Hennessy, O. T. and he was expected to arrive in Wichita Friday morning. Monday, Nov. 24, the Cosmopolitan dancing club will give a grand mask ball at Hartman hall. You are cordially invited to attend. AGENTS WANTED We allow agents a big commission for their work. Write to-day for terms. Agents wanted in every town and city in the U. S. Send 20 stamp for Sample Copy. Something Special? This paper and The Chicago Inter-Ocean $1.50 per year. Ask us what it means, There's a weekly letter from Washington, D.C, in The Chicago Weekly Inter Ocean, and its contents alone make the paper well worth the price of its regular subser i p ti e n price of $1.00 per year. Yet by our special low price arrangement both this paper and The Inter-Ocean may be had for $1.50 per year. Can you think of a better investment? Buy Your Coal From The Ross Coal Co. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF Hard and Soft COAL. YARDS 215 & 303 W. Douglas. Office 303 W. 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General Frederick Funston is on the list of those to receive medals of honor and certificates of merit, under a general order. The latest statistics show that the Socialist press of Germany numbers 140 publications, of which fifty-two are dailies. Mrs. Eliza Chase Ingalls, mother on John J. Ingalls, died at her home in Haverhill, Mass., on July 22. She was 90 years old. The Scandinavian emigrants leaving Copenhagen during nine months ending with March, 1902, were: From Denmark, 3,383; Sweden, 15,600; Norway, 8,049. All of the Filtptno prisoners held in the island of Guam who take the oath of allegiance to the United States will be returned on transports to the Philippine islands. Grasshoppers are stripping everything green at La Junta, Colorado. They eat peaches on the trees, leaving the stones on the stems. Alfalfa was cut when two-thirds grown to save it. The trustees of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, have decided to raise a $5,000,000 endowment fund the interest of which is to go to superannuated ministers, widows, and orphans. The Missouri editors, after their convention meeting at Kansas City, passed over the Santa Fe to Colorado. The largest fire Albany, N. Y., has had for years destroyed the Columbian hotel and a dozen manufacturing buildings. This paper and the Chicago Inter-Ocean $1 50 per year. 'Special' coats were discarded the tendency to transfer the watch to the upper outside pocket of the coat was very marked. An authority on such matters says the fashion originated in New York when negligee wear was more of a novelty among men than it is now. The same authority adds that the watch in the coat pocket is a better mode of wearing it than in the pocket of the negligee shirt. EST Republican Paper. Lily Fearless. Republican Always. Well written, original stories. An- ticles on Health, the Home, New about the Farm and Garden. Inter-Ocean of the Associated Press and also TRY IT When Buying Clothing You will find it a great advantage to buy from a brand new stock; — to buy from a store that will stand back of every article sold; from a store that will make any alteration necessary to insure a fit from a store that will cheerfully refund your money for any dissatisfaction and from a store whose salesmen are polite and courteous to all. Wichita's New One Price Clothing Store 114 North Main Street. are not a hundred colored men in Alabama who come up to the requirements of the recently adopted state constitution and are eligible for participation in political affairs and the action of the Republican state convention referred to in arbitrarily excluding them is not approved no more than such action would be approved if it were taken in Ohio or Indiana." There are other states besides Alabama, Mr. President, that need pruning. Rev. VanLue delivered an excellent sermon at the Baptist church Sunday. The C. L. S. is busily engaged preparing a nice program for Thanks giving. Rev. Hayter returned from Salina last Saturday. Mr. M. F. King of Solomon was a caller at this city Sunday. Rev. Wm. Hampton went to Clay Center Saturday to fill his regular stand. The main maxim of the C. L. S. is: Little deeds of happiness Doing every day. Will leave us in no likeness To take our joy away. But friendship, love and truthfulness We'll bear till people rise To obey with hearts of willingness Our Father above the skies. Get a Searchlight, if you want the news. --- Price Cut Still Deeper and left. As this great sale pro- ducer cuts in prices and will see this ator's Sale ton Stock history of Wichita. Come and riot, Cassimere, Scotch' and Wor- low cut to $7, $7 50, $8,00 layed in west windaw cut to .50c up-to-date, cut to one-half and Stiff Bosom Shirts cut to 35c, 25c es, regular price $3, $4, and $5 those knowing themselves in- T. R. Fulton will please call and MITH, We have cut prices right and left. As this great sale progresses we continue to make still deeper cuts in prices and will leave no stone unturned to make this the greatest selling event in the history of Wichita. Come and see the great bargains. $10 and $12 All Wool Cheviot, Cassimere, Scotch and Worsted Suits displayed in east window cut to $7, $7 50, $8,00 $1 Stiff Bosom Shirts displayed in west windaw cut to .50c Fine Silk Neckwear, strictly up-to-date, cut to one-half and one-third regular prices. 50c Work Shirts and Fancy Stiff Bosom Shirts cut to 35c, 25c Brown Derby Hats, all styles, regular price $3, $4, and $5 Your choice $1. All goods sold for cash. All those knowing themselves in-debted to the estate of the late C. R. Fulton will please call and settle their accounts at once. ADMINISTRATOR NOTICE!!! The Inter-State Literary Association of Kansas and the West will hold its Annual Session in Leavenworth, Kansas. at a date to be fixed by the executive committee. An effort is being made by the executive committee and citizens of Leavenworth to make this the 'star' session in the history of the association. Each literary is entitled to (3) three delegates—one of whom may have a place on the program. Societies in the association last year may retain their membership by sending $1.00 to the Corresponding Secretary. New Societies may become members by the payment of $1.50 to the Corresponding Secretary before December 1st 1902. The executive committee will hold a meeting at an early date in Nov. for the purpose of arranging the program. It is, therefore, important that Societies send in the names of their representatives and his or her subject to the Corresponding Secretary at the earliest possible date. Send money by Money Order or Registered Letter. Address all communications to Turner W. Bell Esq., Leavenworth, Kan., Chairman Executive Committee or to Mrs. E. M. Guy, 224 Topeka Ave., Topeka, Kansas, Coros ponding Secretary. John W. Hall and W. N. Miller will make life hideous for rabbits, ducks, birds, fence posts, barns, trees and everything that is shootable or hitable next Monday. They will, no doubt, have "a warm time, in a cool place" on their hunting trip; and they expect to bring in 00,000 rabbit, 00,000 birds; 000,000 ducks—the rest has not been enumerated yet—but will be. Emperor William has taken a particular liking to buckwheat cakes, but wait until brother Henry tells him about baked beans, codfish, Mulligan stew, terrapin and escalloped oysters ABILENE, KAS. The young people gave a party at the residence of Mr. and Mrs.-Ike J. Porter, Thursday night in honor of Mrs. W. R. Hardy, of Pueblo. Colo., who will soon leave for her home in Pueblo. A royal time was had by everyone. The distribution of the places under the recently elected Repuali can office holders have finally settled to the point. [Shall the places be meted out to the men who were loyal to the party? We have no hesitancy in saying, yes! A whole hog or none, is our motto. We have not one word to say about who should should not be selected for the places to be given the colored people, but, we believe there can be found plenty of men who stood by the party to supply every office, and we believe there can be found plenty of men who stood by the party to supply every office, and we believe they should be given them. Rev. H. V. Plummer left Wednesday morning for Newton to attend the meeting of the executive board. He will return Friday. "The escort of the Chinese royal family carried silk umbrellas on the imperial return to Pekin," remarked the observant boarder. "That was a sign of reign," added the cross-eyed boarder. The Family Pet. Edgar—Alice, my mother is rather brusque in speech and manner. Alice—Oh, well, I don't care how she treats me; but I do wish you would caution her about being careful how she treats the cook. Father—I thought I heard our Johnnie say he was sick, and now I see he's out coasting. Did you do anything for him? Mother—Yes, I brought in all the evening coal. An Interrogative Say. The Youngest Miss Owlet—Say, sister, I'm engaged to be married! What have you to say to that? The Elder Misses Owlet—To whoo? To whoo?—Puck. Judge A. Overstreet, of Norman, makes denial of the charge against him of making remarks derogatory to President McKinley. The Methodist pastor at Dorer and his family were assaulted with stale eggs in their own house by a mob. It is not certainly known who the mob were. One city councilman of Guthrie has been arrested upon the charge of soliciting bribes in connection with the building of the city hall. There are rumors that arrests will be made. 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Gordon is "O. K." John Simmons understands (?). Everybody is now Republican. PAPA HARDING NOW. Wednesday night Nov. 19, there was born to Mr. and Mrs. Harding 674 N. Main st., a bouncing baby boy. Mother and son are both doing nicely and the father happy. Dr. Harrison attended. Born—To Mr. 2nd Mrs. Thosi Yancy 603 N. Main st., Wednesday night, Nov. 19th, a fine baby boy. Both mother and son are doing nicely. Rev. J. H. Vanlue dropped in the city Saturday ao spend a day or so with his family. He left Tuesday evening. The Associated Press is authorized to say that the reports so persistently circulated to the effect that the wife and daughter of former Attorney General Griggs have become Christian Scientists are pure fiction. "The best way to destroy your enemies," said the man with a gentle nature, "is to make them your friends." "Yes," answered Senator Sorghum, thoughtfully, "but sometimes that costs a heap of money." The Easier Way. De Tanque—Is Guzzzler going to swear off on New Year's? O'Soake—No. He has changed his mind. He's going to marry a snake charmer instead. Flirtby—No, I've given up calling on Miss Roxley. Jiggs—Ah! I suppose her father had a hand in that. Flirtby—Well—er—not a hand exactly. Encouraging. Mr. Botts—I think, my dear, I have at last found the key to success. Mrs. Botts—Well, just as like as not you'll not be able to find the key-hole. The Congregationalists of Anadarko, are building a fine church structure. The sale of lots at South McAlester is to be contested in the courts; yet those claiming to be best informed say that they are satisfied with Uncle Sam's guarantee of title and so the sale goes on. In the Gyp hills in Blaine county near Salton on the Choctaw line, salt is evaporated and the supply is unlimited. There is copper in the hills. Claims are being taken and prospectors are numerous. All colors Per Skein 7½c "My friend," exclaimed the eloquent minister, "were the average man to turn and look himself square in the eyes, and ask himself what he really needed most, what wound he the first reply suggested to his mind?" "A rubber neck!" shouted the precious urchin in the rear of the room McGinnis (sadly)—Tim, me and my wife hov parted feriver. Tim—'Th' devil ye say! McGinnis—Yis; she tuk almony. Tim—Poor crature, did she do??—Denver Times. A nouveau riche recently attended a picture sale in this city. A friend who had noticed him at the sale asked afterward: "Did you pick up anything at that picture sale, Jorkins?" and the other responded: "Oh, yes, a couple of landscapes; one of 'em was a basket of fruit and the other a storm at sea."—Boston Commercial Bulletin. 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Exploration has lately revealed roles of Menes, the founder of the Egyptian monarchy, fashioned more than 6,500 years ago. Of Zer, the successor of Menes, it is astonishing to find the forearm of his queen still in its wrappings, with four splendid bracelets intact. This brilliant and exquisitely finished group of jewelry is 2,000 years older than the jewelry of Dahshur, the oldest up to then known. The arm of the queen had been broken off by the first plunderers and had lain hidden in a hole in the wall of the tomb. Farmer Finds A Friend. Nadeau, Mich., Feb. 3d—Mr. Nelson De Rosier of this place, a prosperous farmer, sixty-one years of age, has suffered for years with Kidney Trouble. He has tried many medicines, but found nothing to relieve him until he began to use Dodd's Kidney Pills, and he has found this remedy to be a friend indeed. He says: "I thank God that there is one medicine in the world that does help weak and sick humanity. 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The distance from the railroad is but seven miles and at the station Adamana, on the Santa Fe, a few miles east of Holbrook, Mr. Albert Stevenson maintains a small inn, accommodating about ten people and provides a spring wagon outfit and several saddle ponies for those who desire to visit the forest. The old pioneer, Adam Hanna, who, in the sense that John Hance made the Grand Canyon, made the Petrified Forest, has moved away. At the forest there are hundreds of sections of tree trunks of various sizes and in variegated colors lying exposed on the plain or half buried in the hillsides. There are several extinct volcanoes in the vicinity of the forest and about two miles from the railway station are the ruins of an old Aztec settlement and curious hieroglyphics carved on rock. Stop-overs are granted at Adamana on through railroad and Pullman tickets where the holders desire to visit the Petrified Forest. As people lose innocence they find experience. Garfield Headache Powders are especially adapted to the needs of nervous women. Try them. A Great Popcorn Farmex. A. L. Schaeffer, of Edgar county, Illinois, last year harvested the largest crop of popcorn ever gathered in the world. From his 102 acres he had 1,800 bushels, a yield of a little over seventeen bushels to the acre. It cost him $14 an acre to raise, sort, shell and pay ground rent. BEFORE HE TOOK VOGELER'S So writes our esteemed friend Mr. Frank Chambors of 9 Bennett street, Chiswick: "For over two years I suffered agonies from indigestion and became reduced to a mere shadow of my stalwart self. I would return home from my business feeling so faint that I could hardly drag one leg after the other. My dear wife did all she possibly could to tempt me with dainty dishes, and as I entered the house I sniffed and thought: 'Oh, how good; I know I can eat that!' But alas! no sooner had I eaten a few mouthfuls, when I felt sick; severe pains shot through my chest and shoulder blades, my eyes swam and everything seemed black, I became alternately hot and cold, and got up from such a dainty dinner heartly sick of living, and feeling I was a sore trial to everybody. I may mention that I was also very much troubled with scaly skin, and often boils. But one evening I noticed my wife seemed more cheerful than usual. I questioned her and found she had been reading a pamphlet she had received of men afflicted just as I was, and who had been cured by Vogeler's Compound. Said she, 'What gives me more faith in it is that it is made from the formula of an ominent physician now in active practice in the West End of London, so I am sure it is no quack thing.' 'All right, dear, let's have a bottle,' said I. After taking the contents of the first bottle, I felt very much better, and determined to give this remedy a fair trial, and I can positively assure you that a few bottles made a new man of me. I can sleep well, eat anything, and thoroughly enjoy it. I have told several of my friends whom I knew were suffering the same as myself, and they all wish me to say that they are like new men. I sincerely bless the great physician who gave you the formula of Vogeler's Curative Compound, and also yourselves for making its virtues known to a suffering public." The propriators (The St. Jacob's Oil Ltd., Baltimore) will send a sampl free to any one writing to them and mentioning this paper. Lodge Directory Knights of Pythias. Toas LodgeNo.10 Dr. E. Harrison, K. of R. & S HERCULEAN LODGE NO. 20, K. Of P. W, M. Hallum, Chan. Com. Ed D. Grayson, K. of R. & S. Meets 1st and 3 Friday night each month. ARRIA COURT No. 7. Order of Calanthe. Mrs. Lucy Anderson, W. C. Miss Blanch Alexander, R.of D. Mrs. Lee Anderson, W. 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, Secreta.y. Meets 1st. and 3rd. Tuesday each month. All Master Masons in good standing are Cordially Invited. Eureka Springs AND Monte Ne' TIME OF TRAINS AT WICHITA EAST-BOUND St. Louis Mail and Express — Leaves Wichita 1:30 pm Arrives St. Louis 7:20 am Arrives at Memphis 8:00 am St. Louis and Fort Smith Express — Leaves Wichita 10:15 pm Arrives St. Louis 7:00 pm Arrives Fort Smith 2:80 pm ARKAN John T. W Meets 1 All Master Home No. Jas. L. Ha Willis Meets 1st, Kansas City and Colorado Mail and Exp. Leaves St. Louis 8.35 pm Leaves Memphis 8.25 pm Arrives Wichita 3.10 pm Meteor Leaves St, Louis 2:30 pm Leaves Memphis 9:15 am Arrives Wichita 8:25 am Mrs. Lee Meets 1st and Ree The Po We have just received a large invoice of Men's Work Shoes, Men's Dress Shoes, Ladies and Misses Fine Dress Shoes, Oxfords and Slippers, all styles and all kinds AT WHOLESALE PRICES You'll find an excellent line of "Colonials" the proper thing and latest fad, in our regular stock, at $2 TAPP BROTHERS & HANSHAW Phone 257. 255-257 N. Main Returned army officers from the Philippines say that English and German firms have done a large business in smuggling war supplies to the Filipino insurgents. Parties from St. Louis and Indianapolis have bought 10,000 acres of land in Woods county, Texas, and are negotiating for another tract of 8,000 acres; both to be occupied by colonies. The state of Idaho has sold 13,000 acres of pine land and has received the last payment on the bargain. The tract brought the state $101,652. An earthquake in the Canterbury district of New Zealand devastated the township of Cheviot and injured many people. Colonel Arthur Lynch, of the Boer army, was elected a member of parliament, 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 election was $40,147; of this the vote for governor was 12,581 less. Governor Nash's plurality was 67,467. Citizens of Oskaloosa, Iowa, lack only two thousand dollars of $40,000 they propose to use in erecting a building for the Y. M. C. A. Work is commenced. The mayor of Ottawa, Ontario, bought liquor during prohibited hours and was fined. He told the court that he accepted disqualification for his office which extends two years. More than 90 per cent of the vessels using the Suez canal navigate by night. The potato forms nearly 14 per cent of the total food of the people of this country. WN Miller, Attorney at Law. NOTARY PUBLIC Practices in all the Courts of Kansas and Missouri. (1) A new emigration law in Italy con- nues departures to Naples, Genoa and Palermo. Did you ask the merchant with whom you trade, whether he "ads" in our paper? If not, why not? In- sist upon it that he "ads" with us. On the Rip. Tenant—Our house is in a frightful condition, Mr. Quarterday. One of the walls has bulged out three or four inches. Landlord—Ha! Then the house is larger, and I shall have to raise your sent—Philadelphia Press. THE SCENIC ROUTE FRISCO SYSTEM Its rails penetrate the fertile States of MISSOURI, ARKANSAS, KANSAS, OKLAHOMA, INDIAN TERRITORY, TEXAS and the SOUTHWEST, TENNESSEE, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA and the SOUTHEAST It reaches the rich farming lands of Kansas and Oklahoma, the mineral fields of Southern Missouri and Northern Arkansas, the cotton fields of the South and Southwest, the oil fields of Kansas and the Indian Territory, and hundreds of other industrial places of interest and profit to the home-seeker and investor. And last, but not least, it will carry you to the famed health resorts of the Ozarks, WEST-BOUND Through Parlor Coaches and Reclining Chair Cars. also Pullman Pallace Sleepers between Wichita and St. Louis without change. For reliable information as to rates, outes, time, etc. apply to any Frisco agent or the undersigned. It is a pleasure for us to answer questions. B. F. DUNN, District Passenger Agent, WICHITA. A. Hilton, Bryan Snyder, Ghn'l Pass. Agt.; Pass. Traffic Mgr. ST. LOUIS, MO. $100 cash prize for a name For the new Daily Limited train to California to be placed in service November 1, 1902, by the Rock Island System and Southern Pacific Company via the El Paso Short Line. The competition is open to the public and condition involves no fees of any kind. For circular of instructions, write Jno. Sebastian, Passenger Traffic Manager, Rock Island System. Chicago. CHURCH DIRECTORY Second Baptist Church, ' Wichita, Kansas, LORD' DAY. 10:39 a. m. Prayer and Praise Meeting 11:00 a. m. Preaching. 2:30 p. m. Sabbath School. 4:00 p. m. Mission Circle. 7:00 p. m. B. Y. P. U. Service. 8:00 p. m. Regular Divine Service. WEEK DAYS. Tuasday, 4 p. m. Junior Choir practice Thursday night, Prayer and Praise. Friday night, Senior Choir practice and Teacher's meeting. You are cordially invited to attend each of these services. H. V. Pluumer, pastor. It Always Pays to let people know what you ave to sell and how much they may save by trading at your store, and the only way to inform the greater number of people of this fact is through the columns of their paper. An advertisement in this paper doesnt cost much, and it pays.— Make a cross (X) in the circle under the Eagle. No place else. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1914 KnightsofPythias WICHITA, KAN. Castle Hall 338 North Main street Regular Meetings Second and Fourth Monday Night in Each Month, Visting Knights in good standing Welcome W. N. Miller, Chan. Com. HOME OF THE WEST LODGE No. 2006. G. U. O. O. F. Jas. L. Harper, N. G. Willis Bartlett, V. G. Chas, H Gordon, P. C. Meets 1st, 2nd and 3rd Tuesday night. WIGHITA TABERMACLE No. 34, Mrs. Lee A. Anderson, C. P. Miss Lula Covington, C. R. Meets 1st and 3rd Thursday afternoon, 2 pm Red Front Racket The People's Economy Store. ODDS AND ENDS. Corrected up to May 25th 1902. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY. Leaves Due Conway Springs and Coffeyville 11.800 For St. Louis 3.000 For Kans, City and St. Lours 9.500 Hutchinson, Lyons and Genesco 7.350 Geneseo, Salina, Puabo, Denver 5.600 For Anthony and Kiowa, 7.000 For Anthony and Kiowa, 7.000 Little Rock, Conway Springs, Coffeyville From St. Louis From Kan, City and St. Louis From Denver, Pneblo, Salina, and Geneseo From Hutchinson From Hutchinson and Geneseo From Anthony, Conway Springs From Kiowa, Anthony and Conway Springs WICHITA and WESTERN No. 472, Pratt and Kingman Pass- senger, except Sunday 11.8 No. 474, Pratt and Kingman ac- commodation, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday 13 No. 471, Kingman and Pratt Pass- senger, except Sunday 8.1 No. 473, Kingman and Pratt ac- commodation, Monday, Wednesday and Friday 9.3 LEAVE No. 1 Texas Vestibulued Ex. 7.00 No. 3, Texas Fast Express 6.35 No. 35, Daily, Except Sunday, 3.10 EAST BOUND No. 2, Chicago Vestibulued Ex. 9.60 No. 4, K. 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Douglas ave. and Wichita for reliable information relative Routes and Rates. I. R. Sherwin, P. & T. A. P. B. Call On Me For the Best Pianos, Organs, Sewing Machines, Bicycles, Mandolins, Guitars, — or any- thing you want — As cheap as anywhere in the United States. Thes. Shaw, Wichita, Kansas Wichita, Kansas, Saturday, Nov. 22, 02 KANSAS COMMENT. ASSISTANT SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT. —County Superintendent Swingle, of Riley county, will be first assistant to State Superintendent of Schools I. L. Dayhoff. SNOW STORM UP NORTH.—The northwest part of Kansas, along the Rock Island has had a snow storm. There was a two-inch fall at Belleville which melted at once. IN WINTER QUARTERS.—The train bearing the Sells' circus pulled into Topeka and unloaded the circus paraphernalia at the fair grounds. The circus will winter there. LIGHTS BUT NOT WATER.—Residents of Burlingame voted in favor of issuing bonds for the purpose of putting in electric lights, but turned down the proposition to put in waterworks. RENO MAKES A RECORD.—Out of over 6,000 ballots cast in that county only eighty-five were defective. In the campaign of 1900, under the old law, nearly double the number were spoiled. FOURTEEN IN A YEAR.—Kansas had that number of postoffices advanced to the "presidential" grade within twelve months. Kansas towns are growing but their business is growing faster than the towns are. SWISS CELEBRATION.—The Swiss society of Marysville celebrated the anniversary of the independence of the fatherland on November 15. Several hundred Swiss people came from far and near to enjoy the occasion. A MISTAKE.—It has been published that Curtis received more votes for reelection to congress than Bailey received for governor in Bailey's own county. This is a mistake. Bailey received 2,386 votes and Curtis 2,272. THAT "No NOMINATION" LINE.—The greater part of the defective ballots in Kansas were those on which the voter had marked in the square opposite "No nomination." There was no sense in putting a square opposite those lines. KANSAS POSTS HAVE HALF.—The fund of $25,000 appropriated by congress for the United States service schools has been allotted in part as follows: To the cavalry and artillery school at Fort Riley, Kas., $1,118; and to the general service and staff college at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. $11,512. CURTIS MAJORITIES.—It is found by CURTIS MAJORITIES.—It is found by returns that Charles Curtis got the biggest majority in Shawnee county this year that was ever given any Republican candidate for any office there. He also got more votes in Nemaha county than W. J. Balley did and more in Doniphan than Cyrus Leland did. HAD A BANK BOOK.—A drunk who was arrested in Topeka, had with him a bank book showing that his deposits in a Topeka bank were $6,000 and a receipt showed that his county taxes were $250. It is seldom that such plutocrats get caught by the police and they hate to let them go for the customary sum of $3. As FATHER OF THE HOUSE.—Cyrus Leland succeeds John Seaton in that distinction. He was a member of the house in 1863, when 23 years old, and there is no other member of the legislature of 1903 who dates back so far. Senator John C. Carpenter is next having been a member in 1869. He also served in three other senates. Leland only served one term; could not afford to accept more terms; had too much business. ASSISTANT STATE TREASURER.—T. T. Kelly, state treasurer-elect, has offered the position of assistant state treasurer to State Senator Frank Sponable, of Johnson county. If Senator Sponable accepts the position, which pays $2,000 a year, it is probable he will not begin the duties of the office until after the close of the legislature. HEREFORD SALE.—The first annual sale of Marshall county Hereford breeders was held at Blue Bapids on November 18 and 19.—There were 150 animals on exhibition. DATES TO REMEMBER.—W. J. Bailey will be installed as governor on January 12, and the legislature will meet the following day. On January 20 the house and senate will meet in joint session and elect a state printer. Just one week later, on January 27, the two houses will again meet in joint session and select a United States senator. AGAINST HEDGE LAW.—Harvey county voters cast 631 votes for the adoption of the hedge law and 2,007 against it. Every precinct in the county gave a majority against it. SEVEN CONTESTED SEATS.—The gentlemen named below, all Republicans, propose to contest for their seats in the lower house of the legislature: O. B. Stark, Barton county; N. B. Sharpless, Atchison; P. F. Pocock, Wyandotte; J. D. Miller, Lincoln; A. A. Sharpe, Pawnee; H. H. Wolcott, Leavenworth, and E. H. Nixon, of Barber county. CO-OPERATIVE TELEPHONES.—At Hiawatha there is a movement for putting in another telephone exchange on a co-operative plan. Actual cost is to be prorated among its subscribers. A KANSANS ESTATE—Eugene Rhodes and his mother were drowned in a wreck at sea seven years ago. His mother had by will declared Eugene heir to her property with the condition that should he die first it should go to a charitable "home" at Washington, D. C. The matter has been in litigation until it has reached the supreme court. The young man's heirs contend that as he was a good swimmer he must have survived his mother, and this is the only point in the case. SUGAR BEET HARVEST.—In Kearney county it is in full swing and the beets are going into the cars for transportation to Rocky Ford at the rate of seven to ten cars per day over the Santa Fe. About 4,000 tons will be the extent of the crop in the county. The beets are of fine quality and superior to those grown last year. NOVEMBER STRAWBERRIES.—Ernest Cheney's farm is north of Topeka. He brought a crate of strawberries to market. The vines were so heavy that the early frosts did not injure the fruit, which was of good size and flavor. Should there be no severe weather soon he will have a two-acre crop for thanksgiving. DR. SNOW A CONTRIBUTOR.—Dr. F. H. Snow of the University of Kansas has received an invitation to a dinner to be given at the Hotel Cecil in London on November $ ^{a1} $ to the editors and contributors to the last edition of the Encyclopedia Britania. Dr. Snow was one of the contributors to the publication. A $30,000 RANCH.—Peter Gingrich, of Hamburg, Iowa, bought a 600-acre farm near Wellsville and paid in cash $30,000 for it. The farm was sold by W. H. and S. D. Moherman. There is getting to be quite a colony of wealthy families from Iowa about Wellsville. THE HOME INSTINCT.—A horse belonging to a Beloit man turned up missing. A few days later it was located at the home of a Jewell county farmer from whom it had been purchased. The horse had not been near the place for three years. SYRACUSE TO THE FRONT.—The new Santa Fe time card shows that Syracuse is at last a division point; coal chutes, a dining room and other improvements are being put in, and after this everything on wheels will stop there. MAYOR SALTER OF ARGONIA.—The first woman mayor, Mrs. L. A. Salter, of Argonia, is now a resident of Carmen, Oklahoma, where her husband has been appointed postmaster. GRADUATE OF K. U.—Among the 20 scholarships awarded by the Harvard medical school, Charles Leonard Overlander, graduate of Kansas university in 1898 is listed. A $30,000 CHURCH.—The Methodists of Ottawa have laid the cornerstone for a new $30,000 church. One man donated two-thirds of that amount. AFTER A ZINC SMELTER.—Neodesha is negotiating for a $100,000 zinc smelter. The city holds oil lands and leases and they figure in the bargaining. WHERE ARE THE BOOKS.—Winfield is wrestling with the question,—where are the books to fill the Carnegie library to come from? YOUNG PROBATE JUDGE.—Kingman county claims that John McKenna, aged 23, is the youngest probate judge in Kansas. CONCERT FOR TEACHERS.—Fully 40 voices from the musical department of Bethany college at Lindsborg will take part in a chorus on Wednesday night of holiday weeks before the State Teachers' association at Topeka. The program will be of a high order and include quartettes and both instrumental and vocal solos. SAMPLES OF PRODUCTS.—Space allotted for that purpose in the Wichita city building is being filled with samples of farm products of Sedgwick county. LULING'S CHOSEN.—Insurance Superintendent Elect Charles Luling has announced that he would retain Ike Lewis, of Stafford, as chief clerk, and Mrs. Wadleigh, of Marion, as stenograher. He has not yet decided upon an assistant. KANSANS IN IDAHO.—The state ticket of Idaho carried names of two Kansans who were elected. They are Miss May Scott of Allen county for school superintendent, and Henry N. Coffin, who was in the Kansas state treasury for 14 years. HIS EYE INJURED.—L. F. Villars, pay roll clerk of the Missouri Pacific railroad, is suffering with a very painful injury to his eye, caused by the explosion of gasoline. There had been a mistake made and gasoline was put in a kerosene can. Villars started a fire with it. GOES TO A BANK.—W. H. Wasson, statistician in the office of the state superintendent of public instruction, in the Kansas state house, has been appointed cashier of the National Life and Trust company, of Des Moines, Ia. THRESHING MACHINE INSURANCE. There is not an insurance company authorized to do business in Kansas which will insure a threshing machine outfit. Threshing machines are extremely bad risks, and for this reason a company proposing to insure them should be investigated. "Otherwise," says Insurance Commissioner Church, "the person taking out the policy is likely to be buncoed out of his money." JUDGE MASON'S WAY.—Henry F. Mason, of Finney, newly elected supreme judge, will not employ a woman as his stenographer. Several of the judges have woman stenographers and when Mason's election was assured several women applied for the job as his stenographer. He has turned down their applications. He will employ a man. STOCK TRAIN WRECKED.—A heavily laden stock train on the Panhandle division of the Santa Fe was wrecked two miles west of Wellington by spreading of rails. The three rear cars and caboose were overturned. Forty head of cattle, part of a shipment from Hereford, Tex., were killed. No trainmen were injured. ATE MORPHINE TABLETS.—At Arkansas City the two-year-old daughter of Mrs. R. M. Sims died from the effects of eating two morphine tablets that she found in Dr. Gunn's office while the mother was waiting for treatment. The stomach pump was applied but failed to prevent the child from dying. NEW SALINA FACTORY.—Salina is to have a shirt and overall factory which will begin operations within a short time. The machinery has been ordered and a building rented in which the factory will be located until the business demands larger quarters. A POTATO KING.—W. H. Drumheller, of Erie, is referred to as a "potato king" by the people of Neosho county. As he has just finished digging a crop which amounts to something over 13,000 bushels, it will be admitted that he has good claim to the title. ROBBED THE SHERIFF.—While Sheriff Davis, of Kingman, was searching for burglar in another part of the town the man he was after broke into the sheriff's residence and carried off everything he wanted which he found there. LAST GAP OF EXTENSION.—Two hundred men are at work on the Santa Fe extension from Ralston, Kansas, and will rush it to completion. This is the last gap in the Eastern Oklahoma line, joining Kansas City and the gulf. AGED WOMAN'S NECK BROKEN.—Mrs. Henry Salsman, an aged woman living in Ottawa, fell while entering a stable door and broke her neck. The woman had been dead for some time before the body was found. RILEY'S VOTING RECORD.—Less than two per cent of the ballots cast in that county were thrown out for imperfections. The papers of that county think that the method of voting provided is simple. 90 PER CENT COLORED.—The poor commissioners say that 90 per cent of those who apply to him for aid are colored. HIDES A RABBIT.—There is a good deal of wheat in Kansas now which has made a growth that will "hide a rabbit." HOG CHOLERA.—The Sedgwick Pantagraph says that a good many farmers are seared over the epidemic of hog cholera, or fever or whatever it is that is causing the hogs to die off so rapidly. As a result a great many young hogs are being rushed to market by farmers for fear the disease will get into their stock. ONLY ELEVEN KANSANS.—Warden Jewett's annual report says that only eleven of the 1,089 prisoners in his charge at the Kansas penitentiary are natives of Kansas. LAID OUT LAWRENCE.—Captain A. D. Searl, who laid out the townsite of Lawrence, died recently in Colorado. His funeral occurred at Lawrence under the charge of the G. A. R. post. He was prominent in other engineering work in the early history of the town and of the state. INVESTED IN GOLD MINES.—The editor of the Burlingame Chronicle says that to his certain knowledge $8,500 has within the past two months been invested in Colorado gold mines by parties in and near Burlingame. TURNIPS FOR STOCK.—Some farmers of Brown county raise turnips for stock feed. Morgan Walters has raised 4,000 bushels from seventeen acres. Ae says that cattle like turnips better than they do corn and will fatten faster on the turnips. The turnips are left in the ground and dug only as they are fed. WOMEN BANK OFFICERS.—An Iola woman, Mrs. M. E. Northrup, is president of the Northrup National bank there; and Mrs. Lizzie Hartman is vice president of the Bank of Bank county. CAN COMMENCE ON CANAL. Last Obstacle For The Panama Route Is Removed. WILL TAKE 10 OR 15 YEARS. Washington, Nov. 21.—Practically the last obstacle to the completion of negotiations for the Panama canal route has now been removed. If all goes well the president will be able to incorporate in his message to congress a positive statement to the effect that the United States is now in position where it can go ahead and begin actual operations on the interoceanic canal. The minister of Colombia, who took it upon himself to delay negotiations, has received from his government a sharp reminder that it is his principal business to secure a canal treaty, and that he is not expected to concern himself at all with the home government. The result is that Secretary Hay and Minister Concha have reached the basis of an agreement, and the treaty will probably be signed before congress meets. If not, a portocol or basis of agreement will be signed which will take the place of the treaty for the time being. Together with the assurance of an agreement between the two countries, the president will also transmit to congress the summary of a report by Attorney General Knox showing that the title to be received from the French company is all that could be expected. It is estimated that it will take somewhere in the neighborhood of ten or fifteen years to build the big ditch. The operations of the French company will on the whole result in the saving of two or three years in the building of the canal. This question of rental has been satisfactorily adjusted and the Colombian government agrees to lease a strip of country from ocean to ocean to the United States. Political sovereignty will be retained in Colombia, but the United States will have really as much control of the property as a tenant as it would as a sovereign. Volcano in Wasatch Range. Salt Lake, Utah, Nov. 20.—According to D. A. Turner, of Milford, Utah, an old volcano forming part of the Wasatch range in southern Utah, between Beaver and Piute counties, which apparently has been extinct for centuries, has broken out afresh. Explosions apparently emanating from the crater have been heard for miles around, while at times columns of smoke and dust have arisen from the old volcano and new lava formations, still very hot, have been found in the sides of the mountain. Bishop Griswold Accents. Salina, Kas., Nov. 18.—The Rev. Dr. Sheldon Griswold, of Hudson, N. Y., has signified his acceptance of the election to the bishopric of the Western district of Kansas. There is no doubt his election will be ratified and it is hoped he will be consecrated the first of the year and enter upon his work on St. Paul's day, January 25. The people of Salina hope to give the new bishop a house in order that he may make his residence there, as he is permitted to reside wherever he may choose. Oklahoma Bankers. Oklahoma City, O. T., Nov. 15.—The Bankers' association of the territory has been bolding a two days' session here. The meeting has been the best attended and most profitable one yet held. The following officers for the ensuing year were elected: President, D. W. Hogan, Yukon; first vice president, F. J. Wyckoff, Stillwater; second vice president, C. E. Billingsley, Guthrie; secretary, H. W. Painter, Guthrie. treasurer, A. F. Masterman, El Reno. The meeting closed with a smoker. Granite Will Appeal. Guthrie, O. T., Nov. 17.—Attorneys representing the territorial board of education and the city of Granite, O. T., petitioned the Oklahoma supreme court for a rehearing in the case of the location of the Southwestern Normal school. Recently the supreme court sustained Judge Burwell in deciding for the city of Weatherford. Governor Ferguson had notified the board that Weatherford would be visited this week for the purpose of preparing for the school's erection. A Millionaire Sentenced. Columbia, Mo., Nov. 17.—Col. E. D. Butler, millionaire and politician of St. Louis, on trial charged with attempting to bribe Dr. Chapman, of the St. Louis board of health in order to influence his vote in the endorsement of the garbage contract with the city, has been found guilty by the jury which assessed the punishment at three years in the penitentiary. Investing Western Money. Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 21.—The supreme court rendered an opinion declaring legal the transaction whereby the state of Nebraska will buy $300,000 in gold bonds from the commonwealth of Massachusetts. The money is an unexpended accumulation of the surplus school fund of the state. The deal was entered into several weeks ago, but State Treasurer Stuefer declined to complete the purchase until the supreme court passed on the legality of the purchase. ROCK ISLAND AND SANTA FE, Negotiations for Joint Use of Contain Tracks in New Mexico. Chicago, Nov. 19.—Reports that there is a deal pending between the Santa Fe and the Rock Island regarding the joint use of certain tracks in New Mexico were confirmed here by an official of one of the roads. He stated, however, that nothing definite had come of the negotiations and that possibly nothing of a definite character would result. Should an agreement be reached, however, the result is likely to give the Rock Island a Pacific outlet by the way of the new line building northwest from Tucumcari to Colorado, where a connection would be made with the Santa Fe. On the other hand, the Santa Fe would get valuable concessions which would shorten some of its lines into the southwest. On both sides the proposed agreement would abrogate the necessity of building several lines according to present plans. President's Bear Hunt Smedes, Miss., Nov. 20.—President Roosevelt's bear hunt in Mississippi is ended, and he has not had even a shot at a bear. The last day of the chase was simply a repetition of the three preceding days so far as his luck was concerned. Try as the hunters would, they could not get a bear within range of the president's rifle. Although the president had failed to kill a bear on this expedition, he has enjoyed his outing, and speaks in high praise of the hospitality that has been accorded him. He philosophically attributes his ill fortune to the traditional hunter's luck, and says the next time he goes after bear he will arrange to stay long enough for the luck to change. The Ardmore Resolution. Ardmore, I. T., Nov. 18.—The convention in session here adopted this: Resolved, That it is the sense of this convention that the congress of the United States, at the coming session, grant us some form of local government, to the end that the present conditions in the Indian Territory shall no longer exist, and to the further end that public schools and public roads be given to the people of said territory together with congressional representatives. The sentiment of the convention was for single statehood. Is Enough Wheat. Topeka, Nov. 21.—Herbert Hackney, of the Topeka Milling Company, believes the millers can find enough milling wheat to last them through the season, although the visible supply is now becoming very short. "In the matter of the wheat supply in Kansas," he said, "you can always figure that there is a little more than the statistics say there is. If they should say there was an absolute failure in Kansas, it would probably take a 2,000,000-bushel elevator to hold the crop." Oklahoma's Share. Albany, N. Y., Nov. 21.—At the general Methodist missionary conference here a resolution was adopted placing the distribution of moneys appropriated to special conferences at the disposal for distribution of the bishops in charge of those conferences. The sum of $18,000, of which $5,000 is to be available at once, was voted to Bishop Hamilton to be used in the extension of work in Oklahoma. For the work of the church among the Finns in northern Missouri, Minnesota and Michigan $25,000 was appropriated. Sexes Separated at Lansing. Topeka, Nov. 17.—The female prisoners are now kept entirely separated from the male prisoners at the Lansing prison. Until recently it had been the practice to have the women and men prisoners attend gospel service together each Sunday. This brought on quite a flirtation. Chaplain McBrian now conducts separate gospel services and he says it has proven a great benefit. The women, especially, approve the change. Sword of Justice Hits Right. St. Louis, Nov. 17. — Judge Adams, in the United States district court, sentenced on four counts John W. Holleck, a farmer and alleged pension agent, to ten years imprisonment in the penitentiary, the heaviest punishment far pension frauds ever recorded in this court. Holleck was charged with making false pension affidavits and forging the names of witnesses and with overcharging. Pertle Springs Sold. Warrensburg, Mo., Nov. 15.—A deal has been closed by which Pertle Springs, a summer resort near here, becomes the property of an English lord, whose name is withheld. The consideration was $100,000. Extensive improvements will be made. Congress of Apple Growers. Congress of Apple Growers. St. Louis, Nov. 20—Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri and other states are represented by prominent apple growers at the congress of American apple growers which met here this week. Henry Clay Culp of Fall Creek, Ill., is chairman of the congress. At the opening session Mayor Wells made an address of welcome which was responded to by Mr. Culp in behalf of the visiting delegates. Business of interest to the congress was then transacted. Mrs. Clara J. Sherbourne, professional nurse, of 257 Cumberland street, Portland, Maine, says: "I heartily wish those who suffer from some disturbed action of the kidneys would try Doan's Kidney Pills. They would, like me, be more than surprised. My back annoyed me for years. Physicians who diagnosed my case said it arose from my kidneys. When the grip was epidemic I was worn out with constant nursing, and when I contracted it myself it left me in a very serious condition. I could not straighten nor do the most trivial act without being in torture. The kidneys were too active or the secretions were too copious, and I knew what was wrong, but how to right it was a mystery. It seems odd for a professional nurse, who has had a great deal of experience with medicines, to read advertisements about Doan's Kidney Pills in the newspapers, and it may appear more singular for me to go to H. H. Hay & Son's drug store for a box. But I did, however; and had anybody told me before that it was possible to get relief as quickly as I did I would have been loth to believe it. You can send anyone who wishes more minute particulars about my case to me, and I will be only too glad to tell them personally. As long as I live I will be a firm advocate of Doan's Kidney Pills." Cure Confirmed—5 Years Later. Cure Confirmed—5 Years Later. "Lapse of time has strengthened my good opinion of Doan's Kidney Pills, first expressed in the spring of 1896. I said then that had anybody told me that it was possible to get relief as quickly as I did I would have been loth to believe it. Years have passed and my continued freedom from kidney complaint has strengthened my opinion of Doan's Kidney Pills and given me a much higher appreciation of their merits." A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney medicine which cured Mrs. Sherbourne will be mailed on application to any part of the United States. Address Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale by all druggists. Price 50 cents per box. Where He Got Title. "How did he ever get the title of 'Hon.'?" He declined a nomination for alderman once."—Chicago Tribune. Much Material for Building. Among the material used in the construction of the new Christ's hospital at Horsham, England, were 40 miles of hot water pipes, 98 miles of electric wire, 20,000,000 bricks, 1,500,000 tiles, 5 acres of wood flooring, 100,000 cubic feet of stone and 56,000 tons of cement, sand and breeze. Horse Soon to Go. New York has 1,323 fewer stables and 8,660 fewer horses than in December, 1896. The decrease is attributed to the disappearance of horse cars on surface lines. Expert observers think that the automobile, at the present rate of improvement, will banish the horse from business traffic within four or five years. Finnish Newspaper Woman. Miss Maggie J. Walz of Calumet, Mich., is the only Finnish newspaper woman and newspaper publisher in America. She came to America in 1881 and located at Hancock. After paying for the trip from Finland she only had $7 left, and it was necessary for her for a time to accept a position as a domestic servant. A. Necessary Precaution. The continued unhealthy conditions along the Ambejemackomas, Eskweskwejajo and Meskaskeeesehunk rivers in Malne have induced the state board of health to decree that no further use of the water from these streams for domestic purposes shall be made until their names have been boiled down. "I owe my whole life to Burdock Blood Bitters. Scrofulous sores covered my body. I seemed beyond cure. B. B. B. has made me a perfectly well woman."—Mrs. Chas. Hutton, Berville, Mich. The man who pushes a grass cutter is one kind of a lawn party. When a man acquires the title of grandfather he sighs to think how old his wife is. INSIST ON GETTING IT. Some grocers say they don't keep Defiance Starch because they have a stock in hand of 12 oz. brands, which they know cannot be sold to a customer who has once used the 16 oz. pkg. Defiance Starch for same money. A good many men get their opinions as well as their clothes ready made. $^{4}$ The little folks love Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup. Pleasant to take; perfectly harmless. Positive cure for coughs, colds, bronchitis, asthma. There are few faces that can afford not to smile occasionally. Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurse in the Children's Home in New York. Cures Feverishness, Bad Stomach, Teething Disorders, move and regulate the Bowels and Destroy Worms. Over 30,000 testimonials. At all druggists, 25c. Sample FREE. Address Allen S. Olmed, LeRoy, N. Y. For Monument to Zola. The Emile Zola Literary and Benevolent Association of New York, organized with the consent of the French novelist four years ago, at the time of his defense of Capt. Dreyfus, will give a week's fair at the Grand Central Palace in November to raise funds for a monument to Zola. Mme. Loubet's Advanced Views. Mme. Loubet's Advanced Views. Mme. Loubet, wife of the French president, believes in coeducation. At a recent meeting of a society of French mothers she brought down upon her head severe criticism in advocating American methods in training girls. CATARRH THIRTY YEARS. The Remarkable Experience of a Prominent Statesman—Congressman Meekison Gives Pe-ru-na a High Endorsement. J. Hon. David Meekison is well known not only in his own State, but throughout America. He was elected to the Fifty-fifth Congress by a very large majority, and is the acknowledged leader of his party in his section of the State. Only one flaw marred the otherwise complete success of this rising statesman. Catarrch with its insidious approach and tenacious grasp, was his only unconquered foe. For thirty years he waged unsuccessful warfare against this personal enemy. At last Peruna came to the rescue. He writes: "I have used several bottles of Peruna and I feel greatly benefited thereby from my catarrch of the head. I feel encouraged to believe that if I use it a short time longer I will be fully able to eradicate the disease of thirty years' standing."—David Meekison, Member of Congress. If you do not derive prompt and satisfactory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio. HAMLIN'S WIZARD OIL FOR SORES, ULGERS ALL DRUGGISTS SELL IT If afflicted with sore eyes, use Thompson's Eye Water DROPSY NEW DISCOVERY: gives quick relief and cures worst cases. Book of testimonials and 10 DAY B' treatment FREE. Dr. H.H. GREEN'S SONS, Box B, Atlanta, Ga SAWYER'S EXCELSIOR BRAND Pommel Slickers Keep the rider perfectly dry. No water can leak in on the saddle, cutting the wrist and long in the stair. Extra protection at shoulder seams. Warranted waterproof. If your dietler doesn't have them write for catalogue to H.H. M. SAWYER & 80N, Sole Mira. East Cambridge, Hast. No Matter If your vocation is office work, outdoor work or farm work, what is otherwise a pleasant task to you will be irksome if you have any of the many lilis caused by indigestion, constipation, liver and kidney ailments. Dr. Caldwell's (Laxative) Syrup Pepsin Is guaranteed to cure any form of stomach or bowel trouble. If it falls -your money right back. All Druggists. 50c and $1 Bottles We will send you a sample bottle and a book on Stomach Troubles free, if you write us. PEPSIN SYRUP CO., Monticello, Ill. MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY OF EXPERIENCE AND OUR GUARANTEE ARE BACK OF EVERY WATERPROOF OILED SLICKER OR COAT BEARING THIS TRADE MARK TOWER'S ON SALE EVERWHERE. BEWARE OF INITATIONS. CATALOGUES PRES BROWN LINES OF GARMENTS AND HATS. A.J.TOWER CO., BOSTON, MASS. PISO'S CURE FOR GUIDES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. Best Cough Syrup. Good. Use in time. Sold by drugrists. CONSUMPTION He Explained. "Brother, what kind of a thing is a maggot?" "By goodness, Dolly, what an ignorantness! Why, that's how papa made all his money—by being a coal maggot!"—Brooklyn Life. An Encouraging Example J. Pierpont Morgan is an example of what a young man who has saved up a few million may do in this country, if he will let horse racing and similar expensive frivolities alone. Place For Colored Physician. Dr. Samuel Patterson Stafford, who has been appointed the government physician at the Yakima Indian agency, in the state of Washington, is one of the best known colored physicians of St. Louis. Fencing at Home. The top floors of two handsome houses now nearing completion 'n the upper residence portion of New York city are said to be reserved as fencing quarters, especially for the use of the feminine portions of the household. Fads in Dinner Napkins. Napkins became popular in France sooner than in England. At one time it was customary of great French dinners to change the napkins at every course, to perfume them with rosewater and to have them folded a different way for each guest. Boers May Settle in Mexico. Gen. Snyman, one of the commanders in the Boer army, who is in Mexico inquiring concerning the suitability of that country for the establishment of burgher colonies, is reported to be very well pleased with the domain of President Diaz. Types of Beauty. A famous statesman on being asked what he considered the greatest type of beauty in women, replied: "The woman who is beautiful and does not know it, and the homely woman who by her intelligence and graceful bearing makes you forget it." Hears Her Distinguished Son When Assistant District Attorney Osborne made his opening speech in the Mollineux trial in New York his mother, aged 85 years, was present. She had never before been in a courtroom and it was the first time she had heard her son address a jury. Pope Leo's Many Legacies. The pope has been happy in legacies. It has been reckoned that during his pontificate a sum of more than £1,000,000 has been bequeathed to him in various ways, $600,000 having come to him in one year, and one recent bequest being for no less than $200,000. The best way to cure indigestion is to remove its cause. This is best done by the prompt use of Dr. August Koenig's Hamburg Drops, which regulate the stomach in an effectual manner. Some women consider a husband a nuisance except on pay day. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wounds. 25c a bottle. When a fool holds his tongue he isn't as foolish as he might be. To Cure a Cold in One day. Take Laxative Promo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c. A name on the handle of an umbrella is not sufficient identification at a bank. YELLOW CLOTHES ARE UNSIGHTLY. Keep them white with Red Cross Ball Blue. All grocers sell large 2 oz. package, 5 cents. Popularity that is purchased is never a bargain. Try me just once and I am sure to come again. Defiance Starch. Beating the devil around the stump is apt to give one vertigo of the morals. THOSE WHO HAVE TRIED IT will use no other. Defiance Cold Water Starch has no equal in Quantity or Quality—16 oz. for 10 cents. Other brands contain only 12 oz. Fortune sometimes favors a man for the purpose of destroying him. I do not believe Piso's Cure for Consumption has an equal for coughs and colds—JOHN F BOYER, Trinity Springs, Ind., Feb. 15, 1900. People who are always behind time should be fed on tomato ketchup. You can do your dyeing in half an hour with PUTNAM FADELESS DYES. Nothing is better than a good woman and nothing is worse than a bad one. Superior quality and extra quantity must win. This is why Defiance Starch is taking the place of all others. There was no tariff on the negro before he was put on the free list. THE ST. PAUL CALENDAR FOR 1903 six sheets 10x15 inches, of beautiful reproductions, in colors, of pastel drawings by Bryson, is now ready for distribution and will be mailed on receipt of twenty-five (25) cents—coin or stamps. Address F. A. Miller, General Passenger Agent, Chicago. Habits are like porous plasters—easy to acquire but hard to get rid of. To the housewife who has not yet become acquainted with the new things of everyday use in the market and who is reasonably satisfied with the old, we would suggest that a trial of Defiance Cold Water Starch be made at once. Not alone because it is guaranteed by the manufacturers to be superior to any other brand, but because each 100 package contains 16 ozs, while all the other kinds contain but 12 ozs. It is safe to say that the lady who once uses Defiance Starch will use no other, Quality and quantity must win. T IS A BATTLE OF GIANTS. Irresponsibility Of Union, MacVeagh's Best Bower. "YOU ARE THE BEST WITNESS." Scanton, Pa., Nov., 19.—In the presence of as many persons as could be jammed into the superior court room, Wayne MacVeagh, for the Erie company, and John Mitchell, for the miners, continued their brilliant battle of cross-examination before the anthracite coal commission. The two men, the one in his thirties and the other in his seventies, were followed with intense interest by both the commissioners and the crowd throughout the day, and the contest is not ended yet. The fourth demand of the union, which calls for an early trade agreement, and which means a straightout recognition of the union, was the bone of contention, and although four hours was taken up in a discussion of the question, not much material progress was made. Wayne MacVeagh attempted to show the utter irresponsibility of the union and its unfitness to make contracts which it could not live up to. His principal argument was the alleged boycott, and he often hard pressed the miners' president for an answer. Mr. MacVeagh, in the presence of the assemblage, expressed his admiration of the ability of the witness, and on one occasion, when Mr. Mitchell parried the question regarding the boycotting of a coal and iron policeman by a hotel-keeper, the distinguished attorney threw up his hands, laughed and said: "Mr. Mitchell, you are the best witness for yourself I ever confronted." Mr. MacVeagh weighed heavily on what he said was a reign of terror in the anthracite region during the period of the strike. He read a list of fourteen names of men who were killed during that time, and also submitted in evidence about 75 printed pages of acts of alleged violence, boycott and intimidation, and, with the assistance of statistics and other documents, maintained that it would be utterly impracticable for the coal companies he represents to enter into agreements with an organization that could not control its own men. Mr. Mitchell stoutly maintained that the discipline in the organization is as good as it possibly could be where 147,000 men are involved. He claimed that the strikers were not entirely responsible for the acts of lawlessness that were committed. He regretted that members of the union in some instances had violated the law, even after they had been warned to refrain from doing so, but made the excuse that in times of great excitement there was always more or less disorder. The miners' president, no matter how skillfully he was questioned, could not be dragged into a flat admission that he, as president of the union, approved of the boycotts complained of by the companies. He had his personal opinions of some phases of the boycott, but would not express them as being the sentiment or the policy of his organization. Half Fare for Wichita and Topeka. Kansas City, Nov. 21.—The Western Passenger Association has declared rates for gatherings at Topelka and at Wichita. For the Kansas midwinter exposition at Topelka, January 19-31, a rate of one fare to Topelka and return from all pointis in Kansas and from Kansas City and St. Joseph has been declared. The Southwestern Passenger bureau and the Western Passenger Association announced a fare and one third for the annual convention of Southwestern Kansas and Oklahoma Hardware and Implement Dealers' Association at Wichita, December 2-4. It will be on certificate plan. Illiteracy Shows Decrease. Topela, Nov. 20.—Kansas ranks fifth among the states of the union in percentage of people who can read and write. Ten years ago it ranked fourth, with Massachusetts first, Iowa second and Ohio third. Nebraska now ranks first. Massachusetts, which ranked first ten years ago, now ranks ninth Illiteracy shows a decrease in all the states and territories, except in Arizona and Nevada. Meteors Are Bright. New York, Nov. 20.—Ronald F. Brennen, 22 years old, who rose in two years from the position of an office boy to that of president of a trust company, which he organized, has been sent to Sing Sing for ten years. He was charged with securing money under false pretenses by filing false satisfaction records of mortgages on property of persons he did not even know. Wants of State Normal. Emporia, Kans., Nov., 20.—The state normal regents have a report which will soon be printed. In this report they will ask for an appropriation of $30,000 for a new building. Other appropriations asked are for an athletic field and some lots adjoining and for a better system of ventilating the main building. New floors will also have to be put in soon. Auditor Cole recommends the new building asked for and it seems very probable that they will get it. Money makes the mare go—if the jockey has horse sense. IF YOU USE BALL BLUE, Get Red Cross Ball Blue, the best Ball Blue. Large 2 oz. package only 5 cents. 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