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THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT YOU CAN The Greater OF THE Best Meats Best Rib Roast 10c lb Berwick Bay Fish, Turkeys, Ducks, Geese, Ch rest Cash Prices WHITLO Greatest Va The Greatest Variety OF THE Meats In the 30c lb Best Plate and Berwick Bay Oysters 30c qt trucks, Geese, Chickens, Veal, HITLOCK BRE s Ave., Best Meats In the City Best Rib Roast 10c lb Best Plate and Flank Boil 5c lb Berwick Bay Oysters 30c qt Fish, Turkeys, Ducks, Goose, Chickens, Veal, Mutton, Lamb, at rest Cash Prices 222 East Douglas Ave., AGENTS WANTED We allow agents a big commission for their work. Write to-day terms. Agents wanted in every town and city in the U. S. d 2c stamp for Sample Copy. The Beautif Mr. and Mrs. Beautiful Hone d Mrs. William 1910 The Beautiful Home Of Mr. and Mrs. William Jones, 522 North Water St. This home of Mr. and Mrs. Will Jones is a fair s complished by our people where there is the "w and Mrs. Will Jones is a fair a people where there is the "w this home of Mr. and Mrs. Will Jones is a fair sample of what can be amplified by our people where there is the "will power to do." the sun has sunk behind the hill The world in slumber's resting still, the brooklet sings its evening song As through its bed it runs along. then let sweet slumber close our eyelids Until the motting dawns. the stars are peeping from the skies We hear the nightingale's hymn rise bee has ceased his busy hum Now sweet the evening breezes come. cricket's lonely chirp is heard From out his lonely home. the daily toil and trouble ceased, The moon arises in the east, the children cease their noisy play And slumber till another day: sweet evening now we bid adiew Sweet slumber lull your way. —Stella Vann. A Cincinnati judge has granted a man a divorce because his wife in-lived on having a dog sleep in the bed with them. So say we all! That right to be a good law anywhere, at any time. --- 4TH YEAR. EVENING SONG. MOSBACHER JEWELER Diamonds, Watches, Clocks. Jewelery. 120 North Main St. Full Line of Xmas Presents. best Variety THE— In the City Best Plate and Flank Boil 5c lb Oysters 30c qt chickens, Veal, Mutton, Lamb, at CK BROS Phone 298 Value of Antitoxin. Recent experiences at Colemester, England, have once more demonstrated the value of antitoxin as a remedy for diphtheria. In a total of 286 patients only 5.6 per cent of the antitoxin eases died, while of those treated by other methods 28.9 per cent succumbed. Ful Home Of William Jones, ones is a fair sample of what can be there is the " will power to do. " Negroes Sail for The third cargo of southern Negroes to depart from Savannah bound for Liberia will sail from this port January 20, in charge of the Liberian Colonization Society of Birmingham. It is expected that fully 300 Negroes will make the voyage to the Negro republic on the steamship Donald of New York, which has been chartered for the trip. D. J. Flummer, of the society, who was formerly connected with the International Migration Society that sent two shiploads of Negroes away from here, is in the city to arrange for the departure of this Phone 298 WICHFTA KANSAS DEC 27 1902. AHAPPY New Year We wish all a Happy New Year crowned with abundant prosperity 1903 third cargo. He said today that all the arrangements had practically been completed and that nothing remains now but to bring the ship here and congregate the passengers at this point of departure. Robert G. Pierce, who arrived today with Mr. Fiummer, will remain in Savannah until the ship saits, when he will make the trip with the Negroes to see that they reach their destination in safety. "The Negroes for this voyage will come from all parts of the southern states, and some of them will be from the West Indies and Central America." says Mr. Flummer. "We ship them to Africa at the rate of $50 each and the passage has been paid in small amounts during the past year or so. The colonists will congregate at Memphis and come to Savannad on a special train. Those from Florida and other states near Savannah will come by themselves and meet the main body here. We will sail from this port on January 20, after Chri-tmas and the New Year seasons at home, and will land at Greenville, Since, Liberia." Mr. Flummer went to Liberia with the crowd on the steamship Lorada when that vessel left here and he says that fully 85 per cent of the Negroes carried away on that ship and on the steamship Horsa, which also sailed from Savannah, are perfectly satisfied with their new home and surroundings. The stories of the disappointed ones whico have found their way into the newspapers, he states, are from only a small number of the total.—Ex. Negro Ticket Agent. In western South Carolina on the C. & W. C. R. R., the regular ticket agent at one of the offices is a colored man. There is one also in one of the ticken offices in Cambridge, Mass. Verily it would be hard to find any place that a Negro is not in it. A Strong Bank The Capital Savings Bank of Washington, D.C., owned and operated by colored men, has sushended business, in other words it has failed, and it so happened on account of bad management. Hon. Jno. R. Lynch, of Mississippi, is president, and Mr. H, E. Baker is one of the directors. It is thought that the bank will, ere long, resume business. Are We Dying Out? At the Shreveport meeting of the Louisiana Medical Society, it was stated by doctors who practice mainly in the black families and among the Negroes that at the present rate cf increase of tuberculosis among the Negroes of Louisiana, it was simply a question of time when the disease would completely exterminate the race and thus solve the race problem.—Exchange. Sir Thomas Lipton might save considerable expense and achieve a better result by purchasing one of the old American cup defenders instead of building Shamrock III. Ah Joke, a maniac Chinese, ran amuck in Marysville the other day, and the residents of that worthy town are looking for the fellow who gave the cooie his name.—San Francisco Call. Goes to the Wall. Overcoats, Suits, Hats, Dress Gloves, Umbrellas, Shirts, Mufflers, Ties, Suspenders, Fiue Hose, Wool Sweaters, Linen and Silk Handkerchiefs, Smoking Jackets, Loung. ing and Bath Robes, Tuxedo and Full Dress Suits, Caps and Hats. Come in, we'll assist you in selecting appreciative Xmas presents. Greenfield Bro's WIGHTA, KAS. 12 Days Yet! And Christmas line of Bicycles January 1st? boy or girl a pr Get an Iver-Johnson ell for $27. You will n Call and look and you SCHOLLU Phone 545. Ag WE'L Good T There are p in Wichita w every day gr comes to Fa everything in o GOOD THINGS FOR We have everything i And Christmas is here. Have you seen the large line of Bicycles that we are cutting prices on until January 1st? Now is your chance to make your boy or girl a present that they would appreciate. Get an Iver-Johnson for $35, a Rugby for $30 or a Mitchell for $27. You will never be able to do it Again. Call and look and you will be satisfied that they are bargains, SCHOLLENBERGER BROS. Phone 545. Agents for good Bicycles. 230 N. Main. WE'LL. TREAT YOU SQUARE. Good Things to Eat. There are plenty of grocery stores in Wichita where you can get every day groceries, but when you come to Fancy Groceries and eat everything in delicacies and GOOD THINGS FOR A FINE DINNER THERE IS ONLY ONE Weinschenks. We have everything in fine groceries. A. M. WEINSCHENK And Christmas is here. Have you seen the large line of Bicycles that we are cutting prices on until January 1st? Now is your chance to make your boy or girl a present that they would appreciate. Get an Iver-Johnson for $35, a Rugby for $30 or a Mitchell for $27. You will never be able to do it Again. Call and look and you will be satisfied that they are bargains. SCHOLLENBERGER BROS. Phone 545. Agents for good Bicycles. 230 N. Main. WE'LL TREAT YOU SQUARE. Good Things to Eat. There are plenty of grocery stores in Wichita where you can get every day groceries, but when it comes to Fancy Groceries and everything in delicacies and GOOD THINGS FOR A FINE DINNER THERE IS ONLY ONE- Weinachenks. We have everything in fine groceries. A. M. WEINSCHENK. Candies for Christmas. The most complete popular 10cc and Bon Bons. Christmas. The most complete line of Candies in the city from the popular 10c candies up to the fine Chocolates and Bon Bons. The most complete line of Candies in the city from the popular 10c candies up to the fine Chocolates and Bon Bons. NO131 CURRENT KANSAS FACTS. BRIEF MENTION OF INTERESTING EVENTS OF THE WEEK. KANSAS COMMENT. CLAIMS A MILLION.—Attorney General Godard puts a conservative estimate of the damage Colorado has done to Kansas by nabbing the Arkansas river at $10,000,000. DOWN 1,000 FEET.—The gas well experiment at Herington has been abandoned after going down about 1,000 feet and the machinery moved away. Later the digging may be resumed. BURGLARS CAUGHT.—Two of them robbed a store at Abilene of clothing, furs and silks, worth $1,500. They hid their booty in an ice house and barn. They are bound over for trial. SUED FOR RAILROAD FARE.—The Santa Fe company filed suit against the Gideon minstrel company, which showed in Topeka, to collect $67 carfare. The amount was taken out of the box office receipts. FARMING PAYS.—John Howard, a farmer who owns 1,000 acres of land near Hiawatha, says he has made $15,000 this year. Other farmers, with smaller pieces of land, have cleared money in the same proportion. SHORTHORNS SALE.—At Gifford's annual sale of shorthorns at Manhattan, 40 animals were sold at an average price of $131. The top price was $325 and the total receipts about $5,000. Buyers came from outside points. JOHNSON COUNTY. BANKS.—The three banks of Olathe have on deposit a sum amounting to $40 for every man, woman and child in Johnson county. And adding the amounts deposited in other banks of the county, there is enough to make $65 per capita. NOTARY'S RECORDS.—Under the present law notaries public are not required to keep a record of their official acts nor can they be compelled to furnish a copy of any particular record to any one. Representative Galle, of McPherson, will try and get a law through compelling notaries to keep records and to furnish certified copies of affidavits and the like upon the presentation of a proper fee to be fixed by the law. SHEEP ON WHEAT.—Daniel McCarthy, an extensive wheat raiser of this section, has shipped in 15,000 sheep to graze his wheat this winter. These are the first sheep to be fed in Ellis county since 1882. In early days several ranchmen tried raising sheep here, but did not make a success of it and dropped the industry. Other wheat growers will watch his experiment with interest.—Special from Hays City. LOCATED IN KANSAS.—George H. Holliday, former county clerk of Macoupin county, who disappeared 38 years ago, has been located in a town in Kansas. The board of supervisors will discuss the question of attempting to bring Holliday back to Carlinville. Since Holliday's disappearance 38 years ago he has never been heard of until now. His wife has mourned him as dead. PLANS FOR ST. LOUIS BUILDINGS.—Eleven Kansas architects submitted plans to the Kansas commissioners to the world's fair for the building to be erected there. A plain envelope containing the name of the architect was with each set of plans. The plans and envelopes were numbered and the latter left with the governor. When the award is made the number on the winning plan will be given to the governor and he will open the envelope bearing the same number. The first prize is employment as supervising architect of the building. K. U. WANTS NEW BUILDINGS.—Dr. Frank Strong, chancellor of Kansas University, held a consultation with State Auditor George E. Cole recently regarding the recommendations he will make to the legislature concerning appropriations for the university. Dr. Strong is anxious that the legislature provide for the erection of several new buildings at the university. Two BRIGHT BOYS.—Fred Pettit and Kenneth Norton, of Peabody, have made a gas machine and melt up glass and do many curious things with it. LOST IN KANSAS CITY.—Dr. Samuel Kellum, of La Harpe, went to Kansas City to attend a medical college. He had $400 with him and his wife has not heard from him since he left home. She has written to physicians in Kansas City asking aid in locating him. INSANE WOMAN COMMITS ARSON.—Mrs. Mary McHesney, who is supposed to have set fire to a store at Waldo, Russell county, has been found to be insane. When she committed the crime she wore a man's clothes. LACK OF AMUSEMENT.—The number of desertions from United States army at Fort Leavenworth has become alarming. Over forty desertions last month. Col. Miner, commandant, requested opinions of non-commissioned officers as to the cause of the trouble. Many attribute it to the abolishment of the canteen and lack of amusement for enlisted men. WARDEN JEWETT.—It is stated that Senator R. B. Ward, of Republic county, may succeed E. B. Jewett as warden of the penitentiary. INSURANCE COMBINE—The Kansas Mutual Life Insurance company and the Kansas Union Life Insurance company, two Topeka concerns, are merged. The consolidated company will be known as the Kansas Union Life Insurance company. The Kansas Mutual was organized more than 20 years ago and has done a big business. The Kansas Union was organized last July. The deal has been approved by the state insurance superintendent. The The officers and directors of the merger concern are: President, J. P. Davis; vice president, W. M. Welcome; Secretary, John E. Moon; directors, C. J. Devlin, J. R. Mulvane, Edward Wilder, H. G. Schwartzhopf and A. A. Robinson, of Topeka; E. N. Morrill, of Hiawatha, and Scott Hopkins, of Horton. SHIFTY CONVICTS.—This is Governor Stanley's expression when telling of the stories told by convicts who are asking for pardon or parole. Some of them have heard of the governor's Sunday school record and they work the religious racket. The "physical condition" racket has been used by many since the governor pardoned a cripple. Since then everyone asking for pardon is in failing health. Others parade the fact of having relatives dependent upon them. This crowd showed up after a convict who had two crippled children. The governor says that pardons must be handled as a cold-blooded business proposition without any show of sentiment. MEMBERS OF BOARD.-The state board of health is composed of nine physicians and an advisory board of three, all appointed by the legislature. Seven members of the board, who were present: Dr. Minick, president, Wichita; Dr. Lowery, secretary, Topeka; Dr. Crumbine, Dodge City; Dr. Locke, Holton; Dr. Gardner, Greenleaf; Dr. Dykes, Lebanon. All members of advisory board were present. Prof. Bailey, Lawrence; Prof. Marvin, Lawrence; Dr. Greenfield, Hiawatha. The quarterly meeting of the board was held in Wichita last week. OFFERS TEN ACRES.—Pat Gould owns 210 acres adjoining Wichita. He offers to deed ten acres, with a roadway to it, to the city, for the purpose of boring for oil, gas or salt, and would give the choice of the ten acres to be selected for the city. The deed is to be deposited in a bank. If either oil, gas or salt was found, he would turn the deed over to the city; if nothing was found the deed would revert to him. In case the drillers decided to choose ten acres in the center of the land, he would give a public highway. POOR ORPHANS BECOME HEIRS.—Gustave von Berger, the son of a German nobleman, killed his wife and committed suicide in Topeka in 1881, leaving three children. For eleven years the children have been living in poverty. A portion of the time they have been in an orphans' home in Iowa. Now they have fallen heir to $40,000. Attorney Fred Slater, of Topeka, has got the details all closed up whereby the children will come into possession of the money in a few weeks. SECRET SERVICE GUARD.—Two years ago the executive council without the knowledge of the legislature employed a secret service man to guard the state furniture in the legislative halls and committee rooms. So much stuff had always been stolen in the past that this precaution was taken. It proved a good thing. The detective saved the state five or six typewriter machines and a lot of other truck. A detective will be employed by the council again this winter. THRESHING ENGINEERS.—Representative Watkins, of Reno county, will try to put a law through the legislature to compel threshing machine owners to employ competent men to run their threshing engines. STATE DAIRY COMMISSION. — At a meeting of dairymen from different parts of the state it was decided to ask the legislature to create the position of state dairy commissioner and put the commission under control of Secretary Coburn, of the state board of agriculture. SOLD HIS MINES. —P. H. Anderson, the young Swede of Abilene who made a big fortune in the Klondike, has disposed of all his interests at Cape Nome and will invest in the zinc mines of Southwest Missouri. SIDETRACKED FREIGHT. —At Newton last week there were at one time 300 cars loaded with freight which the railroads could not move on account of lack of engines. Like conditions existed at towns west of Newton. The recent storms and soft road beds are also a cause for delayed freights. RAISES MULES.—Thomas G. Hutt, of Highland, has recently built a big barn in which to take care of his mules. The barn cost $3,000 and will hold 250 head of mules. Mr. Hutt raises mules for the market. GENERAL COLD RAIN.—The cold rain prevailed all over Kansas. The temperature became considerably higher, and the snow which covered the ground to a depth of five inches is rapidly melting. The ground had not been frozen to any extent, and winter wheat is in fine condition. ROOTED THE WALL DOWN.—A Cloud county farmer lost 29 head of hogs, all of them killed by the falling of a stone wall. They had rooted away much of the earth at the base, and rainy weather caused it to give way. NEW IRRIGATION SCHEME.—Superintendent Haney, of the Hays City experiment station, assisted by an expert from the agricultural department at Washington, will try a new method of irrigation on the experimental farm. He will flood about 1,000 acres' of the bottom land early in the spring with flood water from the stream which runs through the farm. His ain'will be to soak the soil thoroughly several feet deep and depend upon this moisture together with the natural rainfall, to pull the crops through. No irrigating will be done after the crops are put in. The only expense will be in the construction of a dam across the small stream. WORK OF R. R. COMMISSION.—The annual report of that board shows that since its organization two years ago 202 cases have been docketed, aside from a large number of minor cases which were disposed of by correspondence. Of the 202 cases 152 have been settled by trial, 13 dismissed for want of jurisdiction, 7 were not prosecuted and 30 are still pending. Of the 152 cases tried 106 were decided in favor of the complainants add 46 in favor of the railroads. There has been no appeals taken. A NEW VOTING MACHINE.—Ex-State Treasurer Hefflebower owns a half interest in a voting machine invented by a young man at Olathe. He supplied the money with which the young man paid for his experiments. Last week Mr. Hefflebower sent a representative to Boston to close with an offer made for his share in the invention. TOOK MORPHINE TABLETS.—Earl Hollingsworth, son of Monroe Hollingsworth, took morphine tablets and died in half an hour. He had been at Salina for two or three days and came into a barber shop at Solomon feeling badly. He took several tablets quickly and died. He was aged 23 years. CHICKENS FOR CONVICTS.—Warden Jewett found turkeys too high priced for the Christmas dinner at the penitentiary and purchased 1,200 pounds of chickens as a substitute. A vaudeville performance will be given in the prison chapel. FOUND SULPHUR WATER.—The people at Oswego bored for oil or gas. They got neither, but their work developed an artesian well which flows 200 barrels of sulphur water every day and they are puzzled to know what to do with it. SHOT AT MAIL BOXES.—Smith Workman and Kearney Taylor, of Beverly, a small town north of Salina, were arrested by a United States marshal on the charge of shooting at rural mail boxes. WANT MORE JURISDICTION. — The board of railroad commissioners recommends that all interurban electric lines and all telegraph companies be placed under the jurisdiction of the board. RESUBMISSION.—Balie Waggener, of Atchison, said he would introduce a resubmission resolution to change the constitution the very first day of the legislative session. WRECK NEAR RANTOUL.—The Mrs. souri Pacific flyer left the track near Rantoul. Four coaches left the track and rolled into the ditch, yet no one was seriously hurt. DIED ON TRAIN.—Mrs. Frank Boggs, of Hutchinson, who was bringing the body of her husband from California, was taken sick on the train and died at Ogden, Utah. KILLED AT SALT MINE.—At the Barton salt mine at Hutchinson, C. C. Miner fell 14 feet and struck on the back of his head and died almost instantly. A BRIGHT BOY.—A candidate for page in the next legislature has had his picture printed on postal cards and is sending them to all the members. MEMBER OF KANSAS LEGISLATURE.—Sylvanus H. Stevens, for the past twenty-one years chief inspector of flaxseed on the Chicago board of trade, is dead from Bright's disease. Mr. Stevens was well known throughout the west. He was a member of the Kansas legislature in 1875 and 1876. NEW CITY HALL.—Manhattan will soon have one. The contract for its erection has just been let to Smith & Correll, contractors, there. Outside of heating and furnishings the building will cost $8,900. CHEMICALS EXPLODED.—Professor E. C. Franklin, of the University of Kansas, had his face and neck very badly burned by sulphuric acid while at work in a chemistry laboratory. Professor Franklin was so fortunate, however, as to escape without any injuries whatever to his eyes, and the burns are not dangerous. An explosion of chemicals caused the accident. ORE CRUSHER BURNED.—At the Big Fonr milling plant at Galena the crusher has been destroyed by fire. The loss is $10,000. DEAN'S HOME BURNED.—District Attorney J. S. Dean received word that his beautiful home in Marion had been destroyed by fire. Mrs. Dean, who is an invalid, was rescued with much difficulty. The excitement has proven a severe shock to her and her condition is very critical. ABERNATHY'S ESTATE.—It is estimated at from one to two million dollars. During the civil war he was lieutenant colonel of the Eighth Kansas volunteers and participated in the battles of Chickamaura and Lookout mountain. "Operator," Not "Chauffeur." Objection to the use of the French word "chauffeur" in the ordinance regulating the speed of automobiles in Kansas City has led to the substitution of the word "operator" to designate the man controlling the machine. Preparing Book of War Songs. Rev. H. M. Wharton, D. D., of Virginia, is preparing a book of war songs and poems and requests anyone who has a poem or a song written during the years of the civil war to kindly send same to him at Germantown, Pa. Imperial Lumbago. Lumbago on a throne is of more poignant significance than elsewhere. Emperor Francis Joseph's current attack may send its thrill through his loose jointed empire, in which such momentous consequences are bound up with his life and wellbeing. Sensible Charitable Movement. Mrs. Rufus P. Williams has started in Cambridge, Mass., a movement to furnish the consumptive poor with free diet—fresh milk, fresh eggs and soup—with free nursing and with free courses of instruction in healthful living and in pulmonary gymnastics. Rich Phosphate Beds Found. It is possible that Florida phosphate will meet a serious competitor in the recently discovered deposits on Ocean island, northeast of the Solomon islands, which seem to be superior in quality to either Florida or Christmas island phosphate. Japanese Christians Quarrel Japan Christians belonging to the Greek church have seceded and established a church and holy synod of their own. They did not like being under the orders of the Russian holy synod or the local Greek bishop, Nicolai, whom they have been urging in vain to resign. Japan's Coal Production. The value of the coal mined in Japan is almost equal to that of all other minerals combined. It varies from the hardest anthracite to peat, but the quality is usually inferior to that of American coal. Modern machinery and methods have been introduced in the operation of many mines. Memorial to Thomas Huxley. An artistic memorial tablet to Thomas Henry Huxley was unveiled in the public library at Ealing, his birthplace, a few days ago. The tablet contains only his name, dates of birth and death, and one of his best epigrams: "Try to learn something about everything and everything about something." Skilled Woodmen. In the South Sea islands tree-felling contests are of such importance that specially made axes are imported for the work from America. So skilled are these woodmen of the South seas in felling timber that a dozen blows on the trunk of a tree will show but the one gash, as though done by a single blow of mighty power. Weather Bureau for Argentina. The establishing recently of a weather bureau by the department of agriculture of Argentina is an important addition to the study of meteorology. The bureau is in charge of Walter G. Davis, an American, and he has begun the publication of daily weather maps, covering both Argentina and Patagonia. Bats Fall From the Skies News comes from Algiers of an extraordinary phenomenon which recently took place in the suburbs of Bougie. Soon after a cyclone passed through the town, thousands of huge rats fell in a shower to the ground, to the horror of the Kabyles, who at sight of them fled in all directions, since they were convinced that the animals had come down from heaven. Fish at 23.000 Feet. The statistician has been at work again. On the arrival of the United States Fish Commission steamship Albatross, which recently explored the ocean to a depth of 23,000 feet, the man of figures has calculated that the pressure of water is so great at that depth that a fish ten feet in length must support a weight equal to a large building. A Problem Solved. Cabbel, Kans., Dec. 22nd.—This part of Kansas has solved the great question, How can Kidney Troubles be cured, and as Rheumatism, Bright's Disease, Diabetes and other ailments resulting from Diseased Kidneys are common to all parts of the country the news is of great interest. The cure is Dodd's Kidney Pills. Hundreds of people will tell you this of their own experience. Take J. B. Cunningham for example. He had Kidney Trouble of long standing. He sought relief in vain. He had tried Doctors and Medicines of different kinds. Finally he tried Dodd's Kidney Pills and he stopped right there. No one who tries Dodd's Kidney Pills for Kidney Complaint ever needs to look any further. Here is what Mr. Cunningham says: "Dodd's Kidney Pills are all right for Kidney Trouble. I have used them and know for they have done me more good than anything I ever used." Result of Australian Drought The drought in Queensland, Australia, was responsible for a curious accident recently. The leaders of a great flock of sheep scented water and instantly the whole flock stampeded for the water hole, with the result that in the narrow gulley hundreds were trampled to death. Toys Toys Toys Christmas Shopping Is Now In Full Blast At The CYCLONE Come early and avoid the great Jam later on 224 East Douglas Ave, Thomas Elliott A 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. OH, MAMA, THE JOE Meat Is the place to get fine Xmas Geese and Rabbits. OYSTER JOE STEWART'S MEAT Holiday Worth is the superb Holiday Ware Arriving by Every stock contain are Cups and Saucers Water Sets Singe Fancy Plates Shaving Mug Cracker Jars Vases all like China Candle Stick Jardiners N Salt and Pepper Sugar & cre Salad Bowls Lamps and galad Sets Status Dinner and Toilet Sets. HUSE-CHARLTON Crockery Compan 130 North Main St Wichita, Kansas. SECOND MAMA, LOOK! THE JOE STEWART Meat Market pace to get fine Xmas Meats, Turkier, Chicken and Rabbits. OYSTERS ALWAYS ON HAND. STEWART'S MEAT MARKET, 241 N. Maid Holiday Ware Worthy of Admir the superb stock of Holiday Ware at hand and ing by Every Train Suitable C contain are OH, MAMA, LOOK! THE JOE STEWART Meat Market Is the place to get fine Xmas Meats, Turkier, Chickens, Ducks, Geese and Rabbitts. OYSTERS ALWAYS ON HAND. JOE STEWART'S MEAT MARKET, 241 N. Main St. Holiday Ware Worthy of Admiration is the superb stock of New Holiday ware at hand and SECOND TO NONE Pleases All GOOD BREAD MAKERS It Is White As Snow. SUBSCRIPT At one- Rock Island 520 Egst Douglas Ave. Buy Your Clos Furnishing Go Golden AND SCRIPTION BOOK At one-half price k Island Book Exchange Douglas Ave. Wichita Your Clothing fishing Goods and Ha AT THE Golden Eagle AND SAVE MONE --- At one-half price Rock Island Book Exchange, 520 Ezst Douglas Ave. Wichita, Kansas. Buy Your Clothing Furnishing Goods and Hats AT THE Golden Eagle, AND SAVE MONEY. SANTA CLAUS ```markdown ``` --- JEWELERS LOOK! STEWART Market Meats, Turkier, Chickens, Ducks, RS ALWAYS ON HAND. MARKET, 241 N. Main St. Ware y of Admiration stock of New at hand and Train Suitable Gifts our WATERLOO ADVERTISING COPYRIGHT TO NONE OTTO WEIFS, Agent. TION BOOKS. half price Book Exchange, Wichita, Kansas. thing foods and Hats THE Eagle, SAVE MONEY. The Best Gift From Santa Claus for immediate use, at any time box of Bissantz fine confections Besides to encourage the candies, they are here many fancy boxes and move sweet hold as which can trained for use or ornament men months. As to the candies, themselv s—chocolate, glaze, laces bones and so forth. Our reputation for candy excellence is too well known to need further mention. Special prices for Christmas candies in large quantities. Bissau JEWELERS A Campbell's Early King of Grapes Patronize Your Home N If you want home grown trees that wi to the Nursery and get them FRESH A full line of Fruit Trees, Roses, Shrub and Shade Trees Corner Lawrence Ave. and 2 WICHI ....WEAR DIAMONDS. Everybody can wear Diamonds. o eveayone who purchases $6.00 your ticket with every purchase. nize Your Home Nurse at home grown trees that will grow very and get them FRESH DUG. Fruit Trees, Roses, Shrubbery, O and Shade Trees ner Lawrence Ave. and 21st St. WICHITA N EAR DIAMOND can wear Diamonds. We who purchases $6.00 worth h every purchase. Your home Nursery in trees that will grow; come them FRESH DUG. Roses, Shrubbery, Ornamental shade Trees Pace Ave. and 21st St. WICHITA NURSERY DIAMONDS... Diamonds. We give a Diamond uses $6.00 worth of meat. G purchase. Patronize Your Home Nursery If you want home grown trees that will grow; come to the Nursery and get them FRESH DUG. A full line of Fruit Trees, Roses, Shrubbery, Ornamental and Shade Trees Corner Lawrence Ave. and 21st St. WICHITA NURSERY ....WEAR DIAMONDS.... Everybody can wear Diamonds. We give a Diamond o eveyone who purchases $6.00 worth of meat. G your ticket with every purchase. Court House Meat Market Fresh, Salt & Smoked Meats. BEFORE GONI Elsewhere, Consult us for y Candies, Fruits and Fans Everything in the Grocery and Best and prices are Goods Fresh, STURGEON CASH GR here, Consult us for your C Fruits and Fancy C thing in the Grocery line. Fast and prices are low. Fresh, IMBODEN'S IMPERI FLOUR BREAKFAST FO —and you will Love good eating. IMBODEN ult us for your Christmas and Fancy Groceries. The Grocery line. Choicest prices are low and our SH GROCERY. Elsewhere, Consult us for your Christmas Candies, Fruits and Fancy Groceries. Every thing in the Grocery line. Choicest and Best and prices are low and our Goods Fresh, STURGEON CASH GROCERY. PHONE BELL 132 WCIIHITA 1044 258 North M USE IMBODEN'S IMPER FI BREAKFAST and you will Love good AT YOUR GROCER IMBO DEN'S PERIAL FLOUR AND BKFAST FOOD will Love good eating.—— IMBODEN MILLING CO. J A: BENNER USE IMBODEN'S IMPERIAL FLOUR AND BREAKFAST FOOD and you will Love good eating.— AT YOUR GROcery IMBODEN MILLING CO. J A: BENNER AUCTIONEER- Headquarters 200 West Douglas Residence 314 South Water St, Phone 657 40 years experience--Second n AUCTIONEER Headquarters 200 West Douglas Residence 314 South Water St, Phone 657 40 years experience--Second n The Big Stock of Xmas Gifts IS AT — The One Big S Toys & Xmas — IS AT — Tanner's Book One One Big Stock & Xmas - IS AT - banner's Book Sto The One Big Stock of Toys & Xmas Gifts IS AT - Tanner's Book Store, 122 North Main St. 539 N. Main. Fish and Game In Season. 258 North Main S President Would Arbitrate If The Powers Insist Upon It. Washington, Dec. 24.—The United States government is awaiting the reception of formal answers from the allied governments to the president's last suggestion that the Venezuelan dispute be referred to the Hague. So far these responses have not come to hand, but it is pretty well understood that they will hold for the arbitration of President Roosevelt himself. Sign point to the president's ultimate acceptance of the trust, though nothing positive is yet known on this point. The state department has learned that President Castro would welcome the selection of President Roosevelt as arbitrator, and as all the parties interested are united, the pressure will be hard to resist. It is quite evident from the developments here that Germany is the originator and promoter of the suggestion that President Roosevelt act as arbitrator. Great Britain and Italy, it is believed, incline toward arbitration by the Hague tribunal, but of course they would not indicate any preference officially if President Roosevelt gave the faintest intimation of accepting the charge. Indeed, officially the allies stand on record as supporting the German lead in this matter. While it is recognized by the president's closest advisers and by the president himself that some unpleasants possibilities might attend his performance of the duties of arbitrator of the pending Venezuelan difficulty, his friends assert that he will shrink no responsibility that he may deem it his duty to undertake, but will accept if the powers should insist on it, though he is very reluctant to do so. Federal Court Reverses Decision Keokuk, Ia., Dec. 25.—Judge McPherson of the federal court handed down an opinion in the case in which the express company was indicted for carrying on the business of a retail liquor dealer without having paid the special tax as required by law, holding that the express company is only an agent of the vendors in carrying the liquors and collecting and returning money, and was not engaged in the business of a liquor dealer. The court has thus over-ridden the decision of the supreme court of Iowa. Keep Saloons 4 Miles From Soldiers. Chicago, Dec. 25.—At a meeting of the general officers of the national W. C. T. U., it was voted to ask the W. C. T. U. of the various states which do not have a state prohibitory law to take immediate steps to secure a law prohibiting saloons within four miles of United States forts, army posts, camps and all premises used for military purposes by the United States, and to urge the states having prohibitory laws to give special attention to their strict enforcement in the vicinity of such premises. Not Exeimpt From Taxation. Springfield, Ill., Dec. 20.—The supreme court, in an opinion handed down, holds that a building used for Sunday school purposes alone is not exempt from taxation. The decision, written by Justice Boggs, holds that there is a vast difference between "public worship" and "educational instruction in the scriptures," and that only property used exclusively for public worship is exempt from taxation." Elight Hour Bill in Senate Washington, Dec. 24.—The eighth-hour labor bill as amended by the senate committee on education and labor was reported to the senate, accompanied by a written statement of the committee's reasons for its action. It is stated that the bill is substantially the same as the house bill and that it is favored by a majority of the senate committee. The report contains a review of formal federal legislation in favor of the eighth-hour system and also a summary of state enactments. Guarded Against Infection. Guarded Against Infection. Washington, Dec. 23.—A committee from Chicago has been in conference with Secretary Wilson regarding the extent of the infection and measures taken to combat it. Secretary Wilson told them what has been done, and they expressed confidence that every practicable step has been taken in safeguarding the stock interests of the country. "In a few weeks," said Secretary Wilson, "we will have destroyed every animal infected with or exposed to the foot and mouth disease." Admiral Dewey at San Juan Admiral Dewey at San Juan. San Juan, P. R., Dec. 25.—Admiral Dewey arrived on board the Mayflower. The city and public and private buildings were decorated with flags and the forts fired a salute. The admiral was escorted by artillery, infantry and mounted police to the palace, where a reception was held. The palace was thronged with officers who attended the big private reception which was given by Governor Hunt in honor of the debut of his oldest daughter, Elizabeth Down in Virginia the other week an Afro-American was satisfiedly occupying a seat in a Jim Crow car when the conductor came along and mistaking him for a white man, ordered him to go into the white coach. He refused. The train was stopped and he was bounced out and left by the roadside. Now the Afro-American has seeded the railroad company for $10,000 fi damages to his feelings and other things. Queer South, isn't it? MARKETS CORRECTED DAILY. Kansas City. NATIVE STEEERS ..... $ 3 0) ..... $ 6 00 HOUSSES - No. 2 heavy ..... 6 2) ..... $ 8 75% WHEAT - No. 2 hard ..... 66 ..... @ 63% CORN - No. 2 Mixed ..... @ 37% OATS - No. 2 Mixed ..... @ 34 HAY - No. 2 Timothy ..... 11 5) ..@ 12 00% CHOX - Choice Prairie ..... 9 5) ..@ 10 00% BUTTER ..... 25 ..@ 27 EGGS ..... @ 21% Chicago Live Stock. GOOD TO PRIME ..... $ 5 50 ..@ $ 6 00 STOCKERS & FEEDERS .. 2 00 ..@ 5 40 TEXAS FED STEERS .. 3 7) ..@ 5 00 HOGS .. 6 10 ..@ 6 35 Chicago Grain. WHEAT - No. 2 Hard ..... $ 74 ..@ $ — CORN - No. 2 ..... 45 ..@ 45% OATS - No. 2 ..... 31 ..@ 31% St. Louis Live Stock. BEEVES .. $ 4 00 ..@ $ 6 00 STOCKERS & FEEDERS .. 2 50 ..@ 4 00 TEXAS STEERS .. 2 40 ..@ 5 00 Cotton. Middling 1s LIVERPOOL ..... 4.52d NEW YORK ..... 8.75d GALVESTON ..... 8.5-10p Wichita Grain. Open High Low Close Today Close Yday WHEAT— Dec .. 74% 73% 74% 73% 74% May .. 77% 77% 77% 77% 74% JUNK .. 74% 74% 74% 74% 74% Dec .. 45% 45% 47 47% 45% May .. 42% 42% 42% 43% 43% JUNK .. 43% 43% 42% 42% 43% OATS— Dec .. 32 32 31% 33 32 32% May .. 33% 33% 33% 33% 33% July .. 32% 32% 32% 32% 32% Wichita Live Stock. HOGS .. $ 5 0) ..@ $ 6 15 CATTLE - COWS ..@ 2 38 CHEWERS ..@ 3 50 STOCKERS ..@ 3 00 LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF. The senate passed pension appropriation bill carrying $139,897,000. A semi-official announcement now places the Italian claims against Venezuela at $2,000,000. Deaf-mutes from Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri, will attend a grand ball in St. Joseph, Mo., on Dec. 27. In Finland there is said to be 400,000 persons destitute and starving as the result of a failure of crops. Recent heavy rains flooded four colliers in the Schuylkill region. This will further curtail the production of anthracite. The track used jointly by the Santa Fe and the Colorado & Southern between Denver and Pueblo is to be double tracked next year. The Idaho state mining inspector estimates the mineral output of the state for the year of 1902, at $10,924,371; gold, $2,467,233; silver, $5,421,583; lead, $3,035,655. Kansas City imposes a tax of 25 cents on owners of office rooms. A number of owners protest against paying the tax and warrants were issued for their arrest. The U. S. supreme court decides that it would be against public policy to compel the payment of life insurance upon the life of a man who was executed for a crime. Justice Brewer wrote the decision. The Standard Oil company paid a cash dividend of a million dollars and at once sent out notice that it had advanced the price of oil one cent a gallon to middlemen, who in turn must put on another cent to the consumer. Between Christmas and New Year's day the president will not make any appointments for receiving callers, and that, during that week, he will have no regular office hours. He will spend as much time in the open air, horseback and carriage riding, as his duties will permit. The total amount expended in the state of New York for the support of elementary, secondary and higher education in that state during the last school year was $49,331,957, of which secondary education cost $6,628,225 high schools, $4,445,083, and academies, $2,102,625. Teachers' salaries amounted to $22,716,330. Five hundred million dollars gold is the amount of American capital invested in Mexico by 1,117 American companies, firms and individuals, according to estimates prepared by Consul General A. D. Barlow, at Mexico City. Seventy per cent of the amount is invested in railroads, while $80,000,000 is in mining. The same block in Knoxville, Tenn., which burned in 1897, causing a loss of over $1,000,000, was on fire again on December 22. The fire started in a knitting mill. Internal Revenue Commissioner Yerkes rules that druggists who mix liquor with soft drinks must pay the special tax for retail dealers. DEALERS IN The Best Domestic and Steam COALS And All Kinds of FEED Your Patronage Solicited Near Cor. Main and 11th Sts. Wichita, Kansas. WE WILL SAVE You Money on your LUMBER AND PAINT. West side Lumber Company. W. F. BRADSHAW, Prop. Cubbon & Moore, STAPLE AND FANCY GROC Phone 142. Corner Eighteenth Street and Lawrence Ave SAY Did you know that we save money by buying groceries at 118 W. Dougl GROCERIES. 142. t and Lawrence Avenue, now that you can buy by buying your w. Douglas? Corner Eighteenth Street and Lawrence Avenue, SAY Did you know that you can save money by buying your groceries at 118 w. Douglas? --- We carry a fresh and complete line of staple and fancy groceries and will deliver to any part of the city. We also pay Cash for Butter and Eggs. and get our prices. P. G. Hoover. K. CUMING, Prop. Cuming's Harness Sh 339 North Main St. Harness Bought, Sold and Exchanged. Repa Blakeman Br Headquarters For XMAS OYSTER Fish and Game of All K Harness Shop High Main St. d. Repairing a Speci lty an Bros., Porters For MYSTERS e of All Kinds. K. CUMING, Prop. PHONE 407-2 Cuming's Harness Shop 339 North Main St. Harness Bought, Sold and Exchanged. Repairing a Speci lty Blakeman Bros. Headquarters For XMAS OYSTERS Fish and Game of All Kinds. ...XMAS GIFTS.... FOR GENTLEMEN See Our Nobby Line Of FURNISHING GOODS... Full and Complete Assortment of everything MILLER & HULL .....LEADING.... Tailors, Hatters and Furnishers 318 East Douglas Ave. years. Eternal honor to the man who fought for the glory.—Ex. Rev. J. E. Fletcher returned las Wednesday from an evangelist tour making Topeka, Kansas City, Man- hattan and several other points. name of the deceased cannot but grow in lustre with the coming sold as autographs by the head waiter of a Copenhagen cafe. ```markdown ``` Phone 142. Call and get our prices. Phone 760. Attention is called to the fact that Mr. Chas, Redding, one of the few surviving members of the crew of the U. S. S. Keersage in the action with the Alabama, off Cherbourg, France, 1864, died the other day at the Massachusetts General Hospital. aged 75. As a comrade of the G A. R., a veteran fireman, and as janitor for a quarter of a century of the large Washington street business block wherein is situated the Bryant and Stratton Commercial school. he was one of the best known Negro citizens of Boston, his native city. As the fight between Alabama and Keersage was one of the most memorable in history, the name of the deceased cannot but grow in lustre with the comin If you are perplexed as to what to give him, we can HELP YOU SETTLE THE QUESTION by showing you a great assortment of articles suitable and appropriate, inexpensive and expensive. Smoking Jackets, Fancy Vests, Shirts, Fancy Hose, Neckties, Fancy Suspenders, Initial Handkerchiefs. Grips, Suit Cases, Trunks, and other things too numerous to mention. Wichita s New One Price Clothing Store 114 North Main Street. FOR Y FALL and COA Go to the old reliable ho thing in the COAL LINE, and best grades — not the su ply you with all kinds of Lim THE JACKSON COAL and MA The Wichita "C --- Go to the old reliable headquarters for everything in the COAL LINE. We handle all the leading and best grades — not the substitutes. We also can supply you with all kinds of Lime, Cement, Brick and Stone. THE JACKSON - WALKER COAL and MATERIAL CO. The Wichita "Coaling Station" 112 So. Market St. Phone 10. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY Curly Hair Made Straight By Rev. H. V. Plummer Searchlight a friendly vi conversation with him he us to say to the generous Wichita that he tenders --- . TAKEN FROM LIFE: BEFORE AND AFTER TREATMENT. ORIGINAL OZONIZED OX MARROW (Copyrighted.) This wonderful hair pomade is the only safe preparation in the world that makes kinky or stiff hair soft and shiny. It lubricates the scalp and prevents the hair from falling out or breaking off, cures dandruff and makes the hair grow longer and silky. Bold ove forty years and used by thousands. Warranted harmless. Testimonials free on request. It makes the hair go bourn and silky. Bold ove straightening kinky hair. Beware of imitation. Marrow as the genuine never fails to keep the hair straight, soft and beautiful. A toilet Elegantly perfumed. The great advantage of this wonderful pomade is that by its use you can straighten your own hair without the best and most economical. It is not possible to use it without directions with every bottle. Only 50 cents for 50 bottles. Full directions with every bottle. Only 50 cents for 50 bottles. We pay all express charges. Send your name and address plainly to OZONIZED OX MARROW CO. 76 Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. Braitsch's 120 E. Douglas Avenue. FOOTWEAR Is Always Reliable B.F. McLean. Lumber Dealer Wichita, Kansas. Yards at Wichita, Kas., Clearwater, Kaa., Peck Kas., Cheney, Kaa. ' UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL. ' If any of your family, relatives, neighbors or friends are sick, get married, go visiting, have a party, have a social; or if any of your friends, neighbors' or relatives friends come to the city to visit, please write it up and send or bring it to our office 110 N. MAIN ST. We will print it FREE of any charge. ```markdown ``` YOUR WINTER AL Headquarters for every- We handle all the leading substitutes. We also can sup- p, Cement, Brick and Stone. WALKER MATERIAL CO. Coaling Station" Phone 10. Rev. H. V. Plummer paid the Searchlight a friendly visit and in conversation with him he requestus to say to the generous people of Wichita that he tenders to them through this paper his heart-felt thanks for the support and good cheer in his work among his people during the year of 1902. He feels very proud of his success with the 2nd Baptist church, though it was not wholly as he would like to have had it; yet, all things considered, he deserves great credit. He said he had a greater scheme in his mind for the future if his people will bat rally to him and give him that support which is due a man of ability. We bear witnes to the fact that Rev. Plummer has condubted himself as a chlissian minsster during his stay in our midst. He prayr God's blessings for a pleasant Christmas and a prosperous New Year to all. Wichita, Kans., Dec. 21, 1902, Mr, W. N. Miller, Dear Editor: of pleasure I write you a few lines. I am a reader of the Searchlight. When Saturday evening comes we are eager to gather around the fire and open up the sparkling, interesting columns of our bright and newsy paper. I cannot express my anxiety for our paper. I hope that it may stand at the head of our race possession as a benefactor, a teacher and a crowned feature of the colored race. If you buy your stoves, furniture and hardware at GOEORTH Bros., 519] W. Douglass, you will get a low price on good goods. Try them and be convinced. Just west of the bridge, Ambitious youths should not jump hastily to the conclusion that the quickest and surest way to get rich is to become a burglar or train robber. Occasionally one of these fellows is nabbed. Stella Vann. Having been often asked about the Phillippines and the natives, their ways, customs and how they treated and were treated by our troops, I will here try to give a fair impartial view of each of the above questions in their respective orders: 1st. — The Phillippine Islands They are about 1300 in number, very productive, crops being raised the entire year and if in American hands with good American methods of doing business, the lands are invaluable. Our vegetaales grow to an enormous size when properly attended. I have seen beans, beets, cabbage, lettuce, radish and in fact all kinds of small garden produce grown that would the American raised kind, from the same seed, way back in the shade, both figurately and literally speaking. Small fruits would do the same, The Spaniards would not do anything themselves to push the people ahead on such things nor would they allow the people to do so, being afraid to allow them to learn too much. I remember seeing okra or gumbo, that ordinrrily grow here about three feet high, grow there from eight to fifteen feet. This may sound like an exaggeration, but it is an actual fact. 2nd — The Natives: — Having served in two Provinces and among two different classes, I can speak of them only. In the Province of Cambatis I was very well known and the people were friendly to our men, "the 25th" and we were welcomed everywhere and by everybody. The same in the province of Rizal. They always preferred our men to anyone else. Why? Because our men met treatment with like treatment and when they were in the field they were soldiers and when in town gentlemen. That proved the superiority of our men as soldiers and us gentlemen to the people and they all appreciated it and recihiocated. The ways of the people would probably cause some comment here in America. Shoes and stocking are very seldom worn, in fact, are almost unknown in localities where our foot gear was a curiosity. Only the high-toned people wore shoes and even very few of them stockings. Their foot wear for dry weather is called "Chinelas" which is a kind of slipper with no heels and "Suakos" for wet weather. They are invariably Cathol es and as invariably chichen fighters; going to church on Sunday only to pray for luck on their ventures in the chicken pit, where they all gather immediately after church. Everyone smokes or gambles in some form or the other. The Spanish game of Monte is universal in all the Islruds and nothing will ever do awey with it. Panguingui ranks next being a favorite pastime game for ladies. Children from three years up smoke. Sometimes you will see a little child smoking a cigar which is nearly as large as the child. 3rd — Our Troops: I have seen some fighting and could tell some things that would seem impossible. The American ie the best soldier in the world, but colored soldiers are the best Americans. The scouts of the 25th Infantry, of which I was a member, was a body of men that would have won admiration in any place among treops of any nation. The reul commanding officer was a soldier and his name is in the reports at Washington. They have scouted Zambalis province from North to South from East to West and never from a single man did you hear a murmur. They were excellent fighters and did not know what fear meant; in fact, one of them said one day, and afterwards it became the motto of that noble body of men. "Where there is a will, there is a way." They were both ambitious and courageous. And we would not have a man who would try to shirk hit duty. Again permit me to say, they were scouts of the first water. The rest of the soldiers of my regiment were on a par with the scouts in their respective lines. Not only of my regiment, but all the colored soldiers from the revolution ary war of 1775 to the present date, have proven, not only to the United States, but to the world, that they are men who needs be feared when upon the battlefield. So in conclusion, I will say, that when the coloroed soldiers of the American army is upon the battlefield with blood in his eye, then the world respects him and not only on the battlefield, but any place they me e him he demands resyect. May the young men in civilian life carry themselves in such a way as to demand the respct of the world and then the great problem will be solved. First respect yourself and then you demand respect from others. WHY NOT SOMETHING? Just think of it, there is no kind of grocery store, meat market, coal yard, feed store, furniture store, clothing store or mercantile store among the colored people of Wichita. It is a fact that is much to be deplored—yet it is a fact. We hear so much among the "great heads" of race enterprises, etc. Here is a golden opportunity for some of them who know so much how race enterprises should be run to show just how much they really know about them. Wichita can support a good grocery store. Let some energetic man open a grocery store and a meat market combined. When we say a grocery store we do not mean simply a room in which there are two cans of corn and a few sweep potatoes, but a store. There is rosm here for a good trilor and he can do good business. In place of finding fault with whatever enterprise there may be, would it not be far better if we would encourage them and try to establish others? We hope that 1903 will see Wichita with a good colored grocery store, tailor shop, etc. They are needed. The S M5 and 10c Store wishes all their customers and readers of The Searchlight a Most Prosperous and Happy New Year Watch For Our Great January Clearance Sale ( First Publication in The Wichita Searchlight, Dec. 20th 1902. ) In the District Court of Sedgwick co., Kan, Florence V. Graves, Plaintiff vs Sarah C. Cameron, Julia B. Rouse, The Knight Investment Compnny, of Sedgwick county, Kansas, Kate Graham, a single woman, Geo. M. Boyd, Geo. L. Rouse jr., Abe Graves, The Western Mortgage Security Co., Geo. L. Rouse jr., the husband of Julia B. Rouse, Boyd, the wife of Geo. M. Boyd, whose first name is nknknown Cameron, the husband of Sarah C Cameron, whose first name is unknown, Defendants; The State of Kansas, GREETING: The said defendants in the above entitled action to wit: Sarah C Cameron, — Cameron, husband of said Sarah C Cameron, whose first name is unknown, Julia B Rouse, Geo. L. Rouse, jr, husband of said Julia B Rouse, The Knight Investment co, of Sedgwick co Kansas, Kate Graham, a single woman, Geo M. Boyd, — Boyd, the wife of said Geo. M Boyd, whose first name is unknown, Geo, L. Rouse jr, and Julia B Rouse, the wife of said Geo. L. Rouse jr., Abe Graves and the Western Mortgage Security company; Will take notice that they have been sued by Florence G Graves, plaintiff in the District court of Sedgwick county, Kansas, in the above entitled action and that said Florence V. Graves, plaintiff, did, on the 18th day of December, 1902, file her petition in the above court against said defendants and each of them and that the said defendants must answer the said petition on or before the 6th day of February, 1903, or the said petition will be taken as trno and a judgement will be rendered against said defendants and each of them, barring said defendants and each of them from all right, title, estate, and interest in or to any and all of the real estate described below, and adjudging the said plaintiff to be the owner in fee simple, of the said real estate, free from all claim, title, interest or estate of said defendants or any of them, said real estate being described as follows, to wit: Wits 10, 13, 14, 16, 18, 22, 20, 24, 34, 36, 38 and 40 all in Block Number One (1) Lots 41, 43, 45 and 47 all in Block Number Two (2); Lots 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21 and 23 all in Block Number Three (3); and Lots 35, 37, 39, and 41 all in Block Number Four (4), and Lots 37 and 39 in Block Number Two (2) all of said lots being in Boyd's East Riverside Addition to the City of Wichita, Sedgwick county, state of Kansas, and said judgement will forever quiet the said plaintiff in her title to and possession of each and all of the above described real estate and tracts, lots, and parcels thereof, as against each and all of you, the said defendants, and adjudging the said defendants to have no claim, right, title, estate, property or equity in or to said lots or any of them, and perpetually barring said defendants and each and all of them and enjoining them from ever asserting any claim right, title or interest in or to the above described lots or any part thereof. Phos. C. Williams Attorney for Plaintiff. ATTEST: Fred F. Williams Clerk of the District Court. Ft, Scott, Kans. Editor of the Searchlight. Dear Sir:— space in your column saying a few words concerning your pastor of the A. M. E. church, Rev. Yochum two years ago was our pastor of this city. He was a good, affectionate pastor and led our church to success. He is one of the best financiers we ever had. I notice by reading in your columns you had two clubs, namely, Blue Birds and Red Birds. I will say for the encouragement of the captain of the Red Bird club that the Red Birds put the Blue Bird out of sight when we were organized down here. Don't be discouraged in well doing, for the "first shall be last". A member of the A. M. E. church, Henry Hall. MRS. JACKSON DEAD Mrs. Nannie Jackson died at her residence, 343 N. Main st., last Saturday about 12:10 (noon). Mrs. Jackson had been sick for a long time and her death was not altogether a surprise to the many who knew her condition in health. Few deaths caused so widespread sorrow as that of Mrs. Jrockson. She had lived in Wichita for a number of years and had gathered around her a host of warm and admiring friends. These friends were eager to do some good deed that would alleviate the pain and the misery that was the lot of Mrs. Jackson during her long and lingering illness, but all that they did and all that they desired to do, could not accomplish the desires of hem and of Mrs. Jackson, that was, that Mrs. Jackson could recover. She lingered until the time heretofore named when she parted with friends and kindred and went to the world where pain and misery are unknown to any mortal. The funeral services which were held at the A. M. E. church last Monday afternoon at 2:30, was one of the largest attended that we have ever witnessed in this city. There was a strange coincident connected with the funeral services of Mrs. Jackson in the fact that Rev. P. D. Yochum who conducted the funeral services which marked the last rites over this good lady, had the pleasure more than 27 years ago of baptising Mrs. Jackson and takidg her into the church in their former home in Sdringfield, Mo. Mrs. Nannie Jackson was born in Grayson County, Tex., Aug. 27, 1860 and was, at the time of her death, 42 years, 2 months, and 23 days old. She moved to Springfield, Mo. with her parents when quite a small girl and lived there a number of years. She was married to Jas. Jackson June 5, 1886, and came to Wichita Jan. 18, 1890 and had resided here ever since. She leaves a mother, 4 sisters and 2 daughters. Her daughters are Mrs. Jno. T. Chinneth and Mrs. A. T. Glover, both resiling in this city. She had been sick several months. 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 subscription 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? Bridge Beach and Charter Oak Stoves, Ranges and Heaters at lower prices than ever before sold in Wichita. Double barreled shot guns.....$4 00 Single " " ".....2.00 B B Rifles.....50c Paris heating stoves original price $25 now .....10 00 $5 to $10 revolvers.....$3 to $5 $5 to $15 rifles.....$3 to $9 50c to $1.50 pocket knives.....25c to $1 $1 to 1.75 shears.....20c to $1 $1.50 to $3 razors.....$1 to 1 50 50c to $1.50 razor strops.....25c to 50c 75c to $1 lanterns.....50c to 60c $1.70 to 2.50 bird cages .....$1 to 1.25 30c to $1 tea pots.....15c to 65c 60c to $1.50 rice boilers.....30c to $1 50 c to 75c iron pots.....25c to 40c 10c mouse traps.....3c each 45c gal glass oil cans .....20c each Howard Smyth Mgr 223 East Douglas Ave Wichita. Novelty Rich Fancy Goods. FOR HOLIDAYS We are full of bargains in China, Glassware, Toilet Sets, Parlor Lamps. Dinner sets from $7 50 to $75 00, Rich cut glass water sets, etc. NOW IS THE TIME TO MAKE YOUR SELECTION. H. T. Kramer, 222 North Mills Street. that will be very attractive and we are prepared to make very low prices on them. Also our line of beautiful Neckwear, Mufflers and HANDKERCHIEFS are very extensive, and embrace the very lat st styles of the designers and manufactures. We will have no old styles to mix with our new goods, but everything brand new. Also a handsome line of..... sweaters and caps, are very suitable and our line of these goods will be very interesting to you. We shall be very glad to show you through our new st ra, and are confident that you will be delighted with the Christmas Supplies. Dependable Clothiers and Furnishers 211 East Douglas Ave, Wichita 459 North Main St. Telephone 685. Powers Argue That Venezuela Would Heed His Judgment. WOULD DO IT RELUCTANTLY. Washington, Dec. 23.—The allied powers having asked President Roosevelt himself to arbitrate the Venezuelan dispute seems to indicate that the critical point has been passed. President Roosevelt does not wish to act as arbitrator in this dispute, for, as it is felt here, he would at once be judge, jury and constable and would be under the moral obligation to execute his own judgment. The president feels that a reference to The Hague tribunal would vastly strengthen the cause of arbitration. Still, rather than see the present dispute proceed to extremes, it is probable that the president will reluctantly assume the duties of arbitrator. It is fully realized that any decision rendered by him in that capacity would be sure to bring him the enmity of one or the other of the parties to the controversy, and this fact was pointed out to the president by a leading senator who had been called into the consultation. Nevertheless, to prevent bloodshed and the destruction of property and interference with the great commercial interests that would result in loss, it is believed that the president would assume the charge, providing his own views cannot prevail. As yet the president's answer can only be guessed at, for the officials decline to express any opinion of their own. However, it is believed to be a safe prediction that he will renew his suggestion that the case be submitted to the Hague tribunal, adding to the argument he has already produced the fact that the United States having claims of its own against Venezuela, to the amount of about $100,000, is a party in interest and it would be unfair to put the president in the position of having to arbitrate his own claim. For their part, the powers bring against the Hague proposition the argument that President Castro would feel lightly bound by that tribunal, but would be certain to heed a judgment rendered by President Roosevelt. Chickasaw Freedmen Case. Ardmore, I. T., Dec. 25.—Attorney General Knox has given notice that he has filed in the court of claims at Washington a bill of interleader against the Chickasaw and Choctaw nations and the Chickasaw freedman to determine the rights of 60,000 freedmen. The court of claims is to determine whether the federal government or the Chickasaw tribe is to pay for land so allotted to freedmen. Perfecting Tax Bill Topeka, Dec. 24.—The legislative taz commission is in session here, revising the tax bill and getting it in shape for introduction in the legislature. That clause providing for nonresident assessors was eliminated and the term of county assessor was reduced from four to two years. All provisions relating to the taxation of corporate property remains unchanged. Single Statehood Convention. Guthrie, Dec. 24.—A call has been issued for a conventian to be composed of 1,000 delegates, 500 from each territory, to meet at Oklahoma City on January 6. The convention will be partisan in character and will represent sentiment in both territories favoring the passage of the Nelson bill recently introduced in the senate to unite the two territories in one state. Traveling Libraries. Topeka, Dec. 23.—No department of the state government has ever shown such rapid development as the traveling library. It was established in 1898 by the State Federation of Women's Clubs and started out with 3,000 volumes, all donated. The women presented the possibilities of the enterprise to the legislature in 1899, and it passed a law making it a state institution, and provided for a commission to manage it. The legislature now appropriates money to maintain it. Quarantine Removed. Washington, Dec. 24.—The quaran- against Connecticut on account of the epidemic of foot and mouth disease in New England has been removed formally by Secretary Wilson. The order takes immediate effect and permits cattle, sheep and other livestock to be shipped out of the state without restriction. Quarantine is in full force in the other New England states. Up to date 551 cattle have been killed. Good weather prevails in the other states. A Fake Lottery. Washington, Dec. 25.—Having been informed by the consul of Costa Rica in New Orleans that a lottery located at Carrillo, Costa Rica, has been advertised by means of circulars as being established there, the Costa Rican legation deems it proper to state that no such lottery exists in any part of that country. Instructions have been given to the consuls of Costa Rica in the United States to bring this matter to the attention of proper authorities and to properly warn the public. FORAKER CONFIDENT. Belleves The Omnibus Bill Can Not Be Defended. Washington, Dec. 26. — Senator Foraker is confident that the omnibus statehood bill admitting Oklahoma, Arizona and New Mexico will pass the senate. In the absence of Senator Quay, who left for Florida immediately upon the adjournment of congress, Senator Foraker has been looking after the interests of the statehood bill. In discussing the possibility of its passage he said that there had been no breaks in the statehood forces and that in his judgment there would be none of sufficient importance to overcome the majority of fifteen now claimed by the statehood advocates. The active support of Senator Foraker has materially strengthened the statehood bill. Mr. Foraker, like Mr. Quay, has been a consistent supporter of President Roosevelt. While the president protests in legislation of this sort personal interests and friendship should not be taken into account, the friends of the omnibus bill are confident that he will not use his influence against the passage of the measure to the same extent that he would if so many of his personal friends were not advocating the bill. Hidden Chest of Gems Mexico City, Dec. 23. —A director of Las Vizcanas college reports to the government the discovery at that institution a hidden chest containing extremely valuable gems. The chest contained a solid silver image of the Virgin inlaid with gold and encrusted with gems, 192 diamonds, 342 emeralds, 26 rubies, four jacinths and 1,947 pearls. The gems will become the property of the government. The director was told of the existence of the chest by an old matron of the college, who says that its hiding place was confided to her many years ago by a former matron while on her death bed. The chest was hidden beneath a flagstone in the chapel. To Compel Agreement. Chicago, Dec. 24.—The custom and special order clothing manufacturers of Chicago who do an annual business of $35,000,000 have issued an ultimatum that all their employees will be locked out on December 26, unless the cutters consent to sign or arbitrate a working agreement framed by the firms. The trouble is the outcome of the squabble between the United Garment Workers and the special order clothing makers, the two unions which control the men working in the trade. The cutters are 650 in number. They cut the material that keeps about 25,000 men, women and children busy. A Guarantee Needless Washington, Dec. 22.—It is believed that the United States government inclines to the view that there is a disposition to insist needlessly on guarantees for the payment by Venezuela of any judgment that might be rendered against her by the arbitration. It provides that the force of enlightened public opinion would absolutely insure a settlement of any judgment rendered by the august tribunal, and that President Castro would not be sustained in defaulting. Germany Has Ouibbles. Washington, Dec. 22.—Partial responses have been received from Great Britain, Germany and Italy respecting the proposal to arbitrate the Venezuelan difficulties. Great Britain is favorable to arbitration with proper safeguards; Germany accepts arbitration in principle, but finds a multitude of small adjustments to be made beforehand. Italy declares that she is favorable to arbitration but will be bound by action of the others. Plague in Mexico. Mexico City, Dec. 24.—Advices from Mazatlan, where a disease supposed to be the buonicia plague has broken out, show that there were twelve deaths from the malady. Quarantine regulations are rigidly enforced. Weather conditions along the west coast are favorable to the spreading of the plague. The governor of the state of Sinoloa is working on plans to prevent the plague reaching other coast cities. President Diaz has by wire offered aid to the infected city. Filipinos Are Loyal. Washington, Dec. 22.—The military information department of the war department has received detailed descriptions of the posts and stations of United States troops in the Philippines, which include accounts of the towns and inhabitants, industries, resources, transportation facilities, military conditions, meteorological conditions, etc. Most of these reports represent the inhabitants as peaceful, law-abiding and loyal to the authority of the United States. Santa Fe's Hospital Burned. Santa Fe Hospital Buried. Albuquerque, N. M., Dec. 25.—The big hospital of the Santa Fe-Pacific here was a mass of flames and there was no hope of saving it. Twenty-five patients, some of them very ill, were in the institution. Superintendent Cutter believes all were saved but he cannot be sure as the fire cut off access to the wards in a brief time. The firemen took great risks in a hopeless effort to save the handsome addition. There were several hair-breadth escapes. The fire caught in the roof. The people who excuse their own faults are seldom lenient with others. Sops the Cough and Works Off the Cold Laxative Brono Quine Tablets. Price 25c Things that make a woman cry make a man swear. Catarrh Cannot Be Cured with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a blood or constitutional disease, a characteristic internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine, but a comprehensive treatment for the diseases in this country for years, and is a regular prescription. It is composed of the best tonics known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous membranes. Hall's Catarrh Cure is what produces such wonderful results in curing catarrh. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, O. sold by drugstores, price 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. Life is a game of give and take in which most of us try to do the taking. AM:—It is with thankfulness I write that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has been of the greatest help to standing on my feet all day and the hours are it didn't seem as though I could stand it. I tired and my back ached so I wanted to scream got home at night I was so worn out I had to terribly blue and downhearted. I was irreguity, and I was pale and had no appetite. I told taking your medicine how I felt, and she said I got a bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to take it. It helped me right off, menstruation started and was fuller than for lift a load off me. My back stopped aching and for months. I took three bottles in all. Now pain, and I go out after work and have a good strong and am thankful to you for the change. a E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound whenering, for I know how hard it is to work when MAMIE KEIRNS, 553 9th Ave., New York City. 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WINCHESTER FACTORY LOADED SHOTGUN SHELLS "New Rival" "Leader" "Repeater" If you are looking for reliable shotgun ammunition, the kind that shoots where you point your gun, buy Winchester Factory Loaded Shotgun Shells: "New Rival," loaded with Black powder; "Leader" and "Repeater," loaded with Smokeless. Insist upon having Winchester Factory Loaded Shells, and accept no others. ALL DEALERS KEEP THEM w w w w To make a mountain out of a mole hill it is first necessary to put up a bluff. Beware of the man who owns a soft persuasive voice. YELLOW CLOTHES ARE UNSIGHTLY. Keep them white with Red Cross Ball Basket. All crops sell large 2 oz. package, 5 cents. In her search for the ideal man a girl often overlooks a lot of real ones. 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 of the packages 16 oz., while all the other kinds contain but 12 oz. It is safe to say that the lady who once used Defiance Starch will use no other, Quality and quantity must win. GEORGE DICKINSON Among the really remarkable criminals of modern times George Dickinson, just convicted in Philadelphia, holds a place in the foremost ranks. He is believed to have committed hundreds of daring burglaries. But the astonishing feature of Dickinson's almost unparalleled career of crime is not the number of his robberies as the enormous extent of his booty. It is the man's masterful hypocrisy, his matchless cunning in a dual role, which has its only parallel in the fantastic Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde of romance. By day Dickinson was an alert man of business, respected and admired by the employees of the Philadelphia firm in which he was a partner. By night he worked with skeleton key and Jimmy—a daring robber, whom no risk could daunt or obstacle thwart. For three years he has hoodwinked the business and social world of Philadelphia and made a mockery of its police. While steeping himself in crime he won the love of a woman whose life is wrecked in his downfall. She was his promised bride and the exposure of his true character has brought her to the verge of insanity. A little intype was the undoing of this cool and resourceful criminal. With German Embassy Horr German ambassador, spent, big, summer, yaca 101 Iff v. FRAU SCHECK tion in European travel, and while at his old home attended a family reunion, at which he and other distinguished klusmen toasted the family name. The German ambassador is a bachelor, and on one occasion not only the ambassador, but each of his secretaries and attaches was a bachelor or had left his wife in Europe, and Herr von Holleben was obliged to call upon Lady Pauncefoote to act as hostess whenever he entertained. It looked as if the ambassador would again be dependent upon the wives of his colleagues, whenuck—or perhaps the kalser's thoughtfulness—sent to the Washington post Herr Elrod Scheck, attache for agriculture and forestry, who has a remarkably pretty young wife. Fran Scheck before her marriage was baroness von Bincklage. Her father is judge of the reichsgericht, Germany's highest court. She is attractive mentally as well as in person, and, like most educated foreigners, is an accomplished linguist. As she is a stranger and has not yet had time to make friends she confesses to being homeschick, voicing her confessions in most delightful English. She is of a buoyant nature, however, and expects to be perfectly happy when she once gets acquainted. Mine Owner Suffers From Cold. Congressman Beidler of Cleveland owns mines in the Massillon district from which about 750,000 tons of coal is taken annually, but he is unable to ten days ago, no one recognized in the simply dressed prisoner, whose resistance was tigerish in its ferocity, the respected merchant and social favorite. He gave a false name—Charles Westcott—and laughed scornfully at the police officials who tried to cross-examine him. But the clue they sought was near at hand. They found it—a little tintype—in his coat pocket. This picture, taken at Long Branch last summer, showed the self-styled Westcott with a young and strikingly pretty woman at his side. One keen-eyed detective, studying the pictured faces, identified the woman it represented. It was easy then to get at the truth, and in short order the unmasked George Wescott stood revealed to the astonished investigators as the respected merchant, George Dickinson. Twenty-two true bills of indictment were found against Dickinson, and he was sentenced to fifteen years in state's prison. The total value of the recovered booty will not exceed $4,000, but as the police experts figure it Dickinson, during his two phenomenal years of crime as merchant by day and thief by night, must have looted Philadelphia homes of $50,000 worth of property. obtain fuel for his home in Washington. He lives in the house formerly occupied by John Sherman and in cold weather it takes several tons per week to keep the place warm. PROGRESS OF THE WORLD. Developments No Longer Looked On as Remarkable. J. P. Morgan's ride to Philadelphia in a special train ninety miles in seventy-three minutes, to attend the funeral of a friend, is a prophecy. It was a little better than seventy-two miles an hour. Queen Elizabeth eating her dinner with a knife and fork—previous English monarchs used their fingers—was remarkable. A few years later knives and forks were on all English tables. To-day's exception is to-morrow's rule. The years will be few between seventy-two miles an hour—the pace of the autocrat of the trust table today—and the time when it will be everybody's pace. From New York to Boston in three hours will be the unremarkable rate of the "limited" of the future.—New York World. LOOKS AFTER FOOD PRODUCTS Dr. Wiley, Expert Chemist of the Department of Agriculture. Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, who is busy just now as Uncle Sam's chief investigator of the effects of artificial coloring matter in food products, began his professional career as professor of Latin in Butler university at Indianapolis. Dr. Wiley is a many-sided man. A scholar in the classics, a graduate in medicine, an expert chemist and a doctor of philosophy (Harvard), he is DR. HARVEY W. WILEY one of the few all-around men produced in recent years by the American university. He is now the expert chemist of the department of agriculture. THE CHILDREN ENJOY There are plenty of people who have become depressed and discouraged, because that dry, hacking cough hangs to them continually. They have taken much medicine, mostly of the advertised quack sort, nothing like Dr. August Koenig's Hamburg Breast Tea, the discovery of a then noted German physician 60 years ago. We do not say that this will cure a case where the lungs are badly diseased, for it will not, and up to this date there is nothing that will cure under these conditions; but on the other hand, if the lungs are not hard hit, the patient should take Dr. August Koenig's Hamburg Breast Tea, a cup full every night on going to bed, have it hot, drink slowly, then every other night rub the throat and top portion of the lungs with St Jacobs Oil, cover with oil silk, let it remain an hour, then remove. Eat good, plain, nourishing food, live in the open air as much as possible. By all means sleep as near out of doors as possible, that is, windows wide open, except in the very severe weather. Take a cold sponge bath every morning; then immediately rub the body vigorously with a coarse towel. Take Dr. August Koenig's Hamburg Drops every other day according to directions. One can buy the three remedies for $1.25 of any reliable druggist. Begin the treatment at once and see how much better you will be almost within a week's time. A woman can have only one past, but she is not limited to presents. **IF YOU USE BALL BLUE,** Get Red Cross Ball Blue, the best Ball Blue. Large 2 oz. package only 5 cents. It matters not what your ancestors were; it is what you are that counts. Superior quality and extra quantity must win. This is why Defiance Starch is taking the place of all others. One sure way to lose your friends is to become a chronic kicker. **FITS** permanently cured. No fits or nervousness after. Send for FREE $2.00 trial box and kraining. Dr. R. H. KLINE, Ltd., 831 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. The blind beggar may still have an object in view. **Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup** For children teething, softening the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. Go a bottle. The clock never strikes for shorter hours. 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 15 oz. pkg. Defiance Starch for same money. No Maude dear; in-door games are not played out. THE Life out of diment which the greater part of the happiness when given to them to on which it acts, component parts every objectiona well-informed, a because of its pl Syrup of Figs—be used by father. Syrup of Figs naturally without system effectual from the use of which the children grow to manhood them medicines assistance in the gentle—Syrup of Its quality is laxative principle also to our origin the little ones, ders sometimes o bought anywhere Try me just once and I am sure to come again. Defiance Starch. It doesn't pay to grant favors to a man with a bad memory. 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. Speaking of real estate in cities, a front foot is often worth more than a back yard. 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. When a man makes a monkey of himself evolution must work both ways. --- First Ten-Wheel Engine. The ten-wheel engine which was tenaciously adhered to for freight service for the last half of the nineteenth century made its appearance in 1846, having been brought out by Septimus Norris and John Branch. Price of European Armaments. A million dollar bills packed solidly like leaves in a book made a pile 275 feet high. One thousand million dollars, the price which Europe annually pays for armaments in time of peace, equal a pile of dollar bills over fifty-two miles high. Testing Vitality of Bacilll. A bacteriologic test of specimens of earth taken from the site of Camp Thomas, at Chickamauga, is being made to determine if the typhoid bacilli responsible for the recent outbreak of typhoid fever had retained their vitality since the epidemic during the Spanish-American war. Newspaper for Nervous People Newspaper for Nervous People. There is talk in Austria of establishing a newspaper especially for nervous persons in which accounts of catastrophes will be treated in a soothing style. This will give a new color name to journalism. If it is "yellow" to jar sensitive nerves it may be considered "gray" to leave them undisturbed. Rich Unlettered Woman. Maria Schemmer, a St. Louis woman, unable to read or write, died the other day, leaving an estate valued at $200,000. Her principal heirs are William H. Ulrich, living near Racine, Wis, and Edward W. Meyer of St. Louis. Miss Schemmer signed her will with an "X," but it is duly attested and has been admitted to probate without question. Keeping Up War's Memories Ladysmith is preparing to make herself another such center for the historic scenes around her as Brussels is for Waterloo. A regular coach service, it seems, is to be organized to Spion Kop, and when the passengers have walked over the fatal summit they will find refreshment and lodging at a "Spon Kop Hotel" which is to be built forthwith on Three-Tree Hill. State Railroads Unprofitable. Norway's government railways are not a success financially. Out of 11 roads three pay no dividend at all and for the remaining eight railroads the dividend for the last financial year ranged from .7 to 2.7 per cent. The roads paying no dividend whatever are the Bergen-Vos, the Stavanger-Egersund and the Grundseth-Aamodt railways, which also failed to pay any dividend for the previous year. CHILDREN IN doors and out of the games which they they may receive and the efforts which they that healthful development which is so grown. When a laxative is needed the cleanse and sweeten and strengthen should be such as physicians would say are known to be wholesome and the remable quality. The one remedy which physi-approve and recommend and which the pleasant flavor, its gentle action and its benefit for the same reason it is the only laxatives and mothers. igs is the only remedy which acts genit griping, irritating, or nauseating and, without producing that constipated the old-time cathartics and modern immune should be so carefully guarded. If and womanhood, strong, healthy and when medicines are not needed, and a way of a laxative, give them only the Figs. is due not only to the excellence of the uses of plants with pleasant aromatic symbol method of manufacture and as you do not accept any of the substitutes which offer to increase their profits. The genre of all reliable druggists at fifty cents to remember, the full name CALIFORNIA FIG SY the front of every package. In order to get its beneficial effects it is always necessary to buy the genuine only. S Krupp's Guns. Turkey has bought sixteen batteries of the late Herr Krupp's cannon, and their booming will doubtless be heard in operations against the Macedonians. Though dead, he yet speaketh. Somewhat Inconsistent. Although the author of a book on the finances of Turkey has been decorated by the Sultan for his work, the Turkish press censor has prohibited the sale of the volume in Turkey. HIs Mild Revenge This is the season when the member of the family who does the chores, everlastingly loves to give those around the fire a taste of the cold by leaving the door open as he goes in and out.—Atchison Globe. THE SON OF EX- U. S. MINISTER TO ENGLAND Commends Peruna to All Catarrh Sufferers. Hon. Lewis E. Johnson Hon. Louis E. Johnson is the son of the late Reverdy Johnson who was United States Senator from Maryland, also Attorney General under President Johnson, and United States Minister to England, and who was regarded as the greatest constitutional lawyer that ever lived. In a recent letter from 1006 F. Street, N. W., Mr. Johnson says: "No one should longer suffer from catarrh when Peruna is accessible. To my knowledge it has caused relief to so many of my friends and acquaintances, that it is humanity to commend its use to all persons suffering with this distressing disorder of the human system."---Louis E. Johnson. Catarrh Polson's. Catarrh is capable of changing all the life-giving secretions of the body into scalding fluids, which destroy and inflame every part they come in contact with. Applications to the places affected by catarrh can do little good save to soothe or quiet disagreeable symptoms. Hence it is that gargles, sprays, atomizers and inhalants only serve as temporary relief. So long as the irritating secretions of catarrh continue to be formed so long will the membranes continue to be inflamed, no matter what treatment is used. There is but one remedy that has the desirable effect, and that remedy is Peruna. This remedy strikes at once to the roots of catarrh by restoring to the capillary vessels their healthy elasticity. Peruna is not a temporary palliative, but a radical cure. Send for Dr. Hartman's latest book, sent free for a short time. Address The Peruna Drug Manufacturing Co., Columbus, Ohio. 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. ENJOY play and the enjoy- make, comes the so, essential to their me remedy which is the internal organs function, because its body itself free from musicians and parents, the little ones enjoy, beneficial effects, is— native which should tly, pleasantly and which cleanses the habit which results tations, and against you would have them happy, do not give when nature needs simple, pleasant and combination of the rups and juices, but value the health of an unscrupulous deal- uine article may be per bottle. Please of the Company— CO.—is printed on KEELEY INSTITUTE 7161 Alco a sole kanus Keele JANUARY BUYING save no time like January for any grocery buying. 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Garneid Tea cures constipation. A PETRIFIED FOREST Almost everyone has heard of the petrified forest in Arizona, but few know that it is comparatively easy of access to visitors. 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 Farmer. 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 $17 an acre to raise, sort, shell and pay ground rent. BEFORE HE TOOK VOGELER'S So writes our esteemed friend Mr. Frank Chambers of 9 Bennett street, Chiswick: "For over two years I suffered agonies from indigestion and became reduced to a more 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. 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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 me. I have told several of my friends whom I knew were suffering the same mumps, 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 proprietors (The St. Jacob's Oil Ltd., Baltimore) will send a sample free to any one writing to them and mentioning this paper. Knights of Pythias. Toas LodgeNo.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 Welcome W. N. Miller, Chan. Com. 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 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. Lea Meets 1st a Re The P We have just received a large invoice of Men's Work Shoes, Men's Dress Shoes, Ladies and Misses Fine Dress Shoes, Oxford 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 The state of Idaho has sold 12,000 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. Second Baptist Church, Wichita, Kansas. LORD'D 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. Plummer, pastor 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. WN Miller, Attorney at Law NOTARY PUBLIC Practices in all the Courts of Kansas and Missouri. 110 N ```markdown ``` 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. 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 8:15 pm Arrives St. Louis 7:00 pm Arrives Fort Smith 2:30 pm 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 It Always Pays to let people know what you have 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 does'nt cost much, and it pays.— Make a cross (X) in the circle un der the Eagle. No place else. Lodge Directory THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 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 3rd night each month. 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 TABERNACLE 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. Sample Shoes 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. ODDS AND ENDS. More than 90 per cent of the vessels using the Suez canal navigate by night. Toronto got $12,754.25 for its share of the street railway earnings for September. The potato forms nearly 14 per cent of the total food of the people of this country. A new emigration law in Italy confines 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? Insist upon it that he "ads" with us. On the Bip. 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 rent.—Philadelphia Press. Leaves Daily Conway Springs and Coffeyville 11.30 am For St. Louis 3.00 pm For Kans, City and St. Louis 9.50 pm Hutchinson, Lyons and Geneseo 7.35 am Geneseo, Salina, Puablo, Denver 5.00 pm For Anthony and Kiowa, 7.60 pm For Anthony and Kiowa, 7.40 am Arrives Daily Little Rock, Conway Springs, Coffeyville 4.50 pm From St. Louis 2.35 pm From Kan. 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Smith Ex. 8.15 pm WEST BOUND Kansas and Colorado Mail Ex. 3.10 pm Meteor 8.35 am ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE R. B. Leaves Daily Kansas City, Chicago Express 11.20 am K. C., Colorado, California Ex. 2.55 pm Wellington Accommodation 5.15 pm Arrives Daily Panhandle Express 10.00 am Englewood Branch, Except Sun. 3.00 am Leaves Daily Panhandle Express 6.25 pm Oklahoma and Texas Express 6.35 pm Oklahoma Daily Express 8.30 am Wellington Accommodation 8.45 am Caldwell Acc. Except Sun. 8.45 am Texas Express 5.10 pm Englewood Branch, Ex. Sun. 7.45 am Searchlight $1.00 The Missouri Pacific Ry Shortest Line To Colorado Points MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY Most Direct Line To KANSAS CITY AND ST.LOUIS. Reclining Chair Cars on all tralas SEATS FREE. Call at our New Passenger station cor. Douglas ave. and Wichita st. for reliable information relative to Routes and Rates. I. R. Sherwin. P. & T. A. J. B. 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