Wichita Searchlight

SUPPLEMENT TO THE SEARCHLIGHT. Wichita, Kansas, Saturday, April 11, '03 The trotter Red Pepper ought to win a few heats down the circuit. Wireless telegraphy we have now. Shall we ever have wireless politics? W. K. Vanderbilt's new yacht the Tarantula is said to be a regular stinger. The tailor-made woman is often more or less ashamed of her husband, the self-made man. King Edward is rapidly losing flesh, so henceforth a slender form will be good form in loyal London. The name of the new cup defender appears to have been selected from a hat by some blindfolded person. Spain would like to raise the Maine in order to ascertain the cause of the explosion. Better let sleeping dogs lie. A tax on bachelors would only even things up. The married men already have their tacks—on the bedroom floor. Even if you are not a Christian Scientist, you may find the absent treatment a pretty fair cure for love-sickness. War is threatened between Guatemala and Salvador, but the American consuls may succeed in separating the combatants. Somebody asks: "Can the universe last forever?" That's another one of the things that we propose to let posterity worry over. A revolution has broken out at three different places in Uruguay. It is understood that two men and a boy are involved at each point. This is not the first time the Turk has heard the powers talk of tying a can to him—a fact which may account for his present lofty calm. By means of an "acousticon" the deaf are now made to hear. The new age of miracles wrought by science promises to rivl those of the "age of faith." That St. Louis get-rich-quick man who carelessly left $246,000 where the courts could get possession of it must have been a new hand at the business. Mr. Marconi promises to send messages across the ocean for 1 cent a word. Wireless telegraphy is going to be a big thing for the down-trodden millionaires. According to vital statistics, the baby born in 1903 has nearly three times a better chance of living than it would have had 50 years ago. Now is the time to get born. It is said that the Czarina is largely responsible for the reforms that have been started in Russia. If this is the case it is to be hoped that the lady will keep on talking to him. Mrs. Madeline Wynne's theory that a woman should forget she is a woman may be a good thing, but it is one of those good things of which it would be very easy to get too much. It is pleasant to be able to announce that by the action of Assistant Secretary Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Hagob Avidian, nee Ouchgaradashien, and Asad Avikian are once more "in our midst." The civil war in Honduras was started by a girl who was jilted by the president-elect. Yet some of the reformers think woman isn't playing a large enough part in the affairs of the nations. A singular feature of the turf syndicate investigation is that nobody seems to have made any money in the transactions. The investors lost heavily and the syndicates claim to be bankrupt. Andrew Lang complains that the world isn't reading anything but newspapers. As the world has patronized liberally Mr. Lang's prodigious output the complaint seems a little unreasonable. Patient waiters are no losers. The state of Vermont is to become nameake of a new United States battleship bigger than any now afloat. At this rate what will Rhode Island get a few years from now? J Pierpont Morgan, throwing confetti and serpentinas from a balcony at the carnival masqueraders in Hawaii, makes a pleasing picture. He has not been hitherto regarded as a playful, sportive character. Prince Henry of Prussia suggests as a motto for the automobilists: "Love thy neighbor as thyself." We might add: "His children, his mansevant, his maidservant, his ox, his ass, his dog, his chickens and all that are his." King Edward and Queen Alexandra, with three of the children of the prince of Wales, went to see Buffalo Bill's wild West show Saturday, just like other people, not because they cared for it, you know, but so as to take care of their grandchildren. Colored Woman 112 Years Old. Auntie Van Dyke, a colored woman who has been in the Cortelyou family of Brooklyn for more than eighty years, celebrated her 112th birthday last week. She was born in Virginia in 1791, as the records of the family show. Divorces in Connecticut Nearly 500 divorces—to be exact, 492, with one county estimated—were granted in Connecticut last year. The most common cause or excuse set forth was desertion. Next came cruelty, then intemperance, and lastly infidelity. Many of the divorces were regarded as the result of collusion, but just how many cannot be stated. Gov. Bachelder's First Veto. The first bill vetoed by Gov. Bachelder of New Hampshire is that providing an appropriation of $50,000 to found a state senatorium for consumptives. The governor's reasons are substantially these: That tuberculosis is decreasing in New Hampshire, that the projects for curing the disease in that climate are largely experimental, and that the state should not at present make such provision for the care of one class of sufferers. A Farmer's Good Story. Velpen, Ind., April 6th—Wm. O'B. Sullivan, a highly respected farmer of this place, tells a personal experience to show that there is still some genuineness and honest worth to be met with in this age in which so many frauds are reported. "Yes, I have been humbugged," said Mr. Sullivan, "and when I was so ill with the Rheumatism, Kidney and Heart Trouble, I used a good deal of stuff that claimed to be remedies for these diseases only to find them worthless. "But, as you know, I did find the genuline remedy after all and I had not been taking Dodd's Kidney Pills very long before I knew that they were an honest remedy that would do all and more than was claimed for them. They cured me, made a well man of me and I am now as sound as I ever was. "I can testify that Dodd's Kidney Pills are a genuine remedy for Rheumatism and Kidney Trouble." Cole Younger Once Bible Student. According to Mrs. Frank Armstrong of Nevada, Mo., Cole Younger, the noted bandit recently pardoned from the Minnesota penitentiary, was a great Bible student during his youth and committed a large portion of the New Testament to heart. Bronze Coins Sold at Auction. Bronze Coins Sold at Auction. The most valuable collection of bronze Roman coins ever dispersed at auction was sold lately in London. It belonged to E. Bizot, and the 420 lots yielded $7,925. It included the finest known specimen of the sestertius, with bust portraits of Diadumenian, A. D. 217, which brought $100. Government Waste Paper. Waste paper from the combined English government offices amount each day to no less than fifteen tons. The paper is taken off to a department officially known as the waste-paper office, and afterward sent to a mill, where it is reduced to pulp and made into paper again. All the paper ribbon from the government telegraph departments comes to the waste-paper office also. German Peasants Eating Dog. Owing to the poverty existing in South Germany the peasants during the last three months have been compelled to eat the flesh of dogs. The government has now ordered a special slaughterhouse for dogs to be erected at Munich. In future all dogs before being killed will be examined by a veterinary surgeon, and if certified unsound will not be allowed to be sold. Dog meat will only be permitted to be sold by dealers in horseflesh. PRIZES TO COOKS. $7,500,000 In Cash to Be Distributed. $1,500,000 in Cash to be Distributed. Between now and July 1st, family cooks, whether employees or the mistress of the household, will be following the plan laid down for improvement in cooks in a contest for 735 cash prizes ranging from $200.00 to $5.00 offered by the Postum Cereal Co., Ltd. The winners must show improvement in general cookery as clearly stated in the rules for the test. No one has to buy or pay anything whatever. It is simply an earnest effort on the part of Mr. Post to stimulate the household cook to more careful and skilful cookery. To have light, sweet bread and cakes instead of heavy, sour and indigestible things. To have no more greasy, burned or dried-out meats. To have properly made Coffee, Postum and tea. To have delicate and digestible, toothsome desserts and a table, clean, tasty and a pleasure to look upon. And so $7,500.00 in actual money will be spent to encourage the cooks of the country to better effort. And you housekeepers, please forever abandon the term "hired girl." Teach your cook the dignity of her profession, call her the cook. If her duties include other services, well and good, but don't detract from her professional title by calling her the "hired girl." That term doesn't fit a good cook. A certificate bearing the large seal of the Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., will go to each of the 735 winners in this contest. These certificates or diplomas will be as valuable to the holders as a doctor's sheepskin is to him. A postal card to the Cookery Dept. No. 349 of the big pure food factories of the "Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., Battle Creek, Mich., will bring a sheet of plainly printed rules for the contest. HUMOR OF THE DAY . Her Own Idea. "Your daughter," said Mrs. Oldcastle after being conducted through the newly finished wing of the magnificent palace occupied by the Bullingtons, "has such a splendid vocabulary." "Do you think so?" her hostess replied. "Josiah wanted to get her one of them scrittores, but I made up my mind right at the start that a vocabulary would look better in a room furnished like hers is, even if it didn't cost quite so much." Oh! Samuel—Have you announced your engagement to her mother yet? Daniel—But I'm not engaged to her mother—it's the daughter, you know. New York Sun. Inseparable Wordds. "Say," asked the red-faced man in the hotel writing-room, "how do you spell 'unmitigated'?" "Why," replied the stranger next to him, "it's u-n-m-i-t—say, my friend, I wouldn't advise you to call a man a liar of any sort in a letter.You'll get yourself in trouble." Willing to Compromise. Mamma—"Oh! you bad boy! Where have you been all this time? Don't you think you should be ashamed to worry your mother so?" The Boy—"Well, ma, I'm willin' to be ashamed that I worried you if you'll promise not to tell pa anything that'll worry me." A Game of Grab. "Did you see that woman at the bargain counter when she reached clear across and grabbed those 29-cent combs?" "Yes. I have met her before. She is one of the most successful progressive euchre players in town." No Use to Prink Mistress—Why, Jane, run and smarten yourself up a bit. I expect the new curate to call this morning; you would not like him to see you so untidy? Jane—O, it don't matter, mum. I got a young man already. Sadie's Guess. Teacher—Can any little girl tell me who was Columbus? Sadie (frantically snapping her fingers)—I know. Teacher—Well, Sadie? Sadie—Columbus, the gem of the ocean. The Reason. "I think Smithson is going to run for office soon." "What makes you think that?" "He is beginning to call all the bartenders by their first names." Cause and Effect. "Well, I don't care," snapped the golden haired typewriter boarder, who was getting the worst of the argument, "no man ever amounted to anything except through the influence of some woman." "I agree with you there," coolly rejoined the old bachelor at the foot of the table. "I know a young man who has always been in the small potato class heretofore, but he recently fell violently in love and now he is the greatest idiot outside of a daffy house." Posted in Events "Let me see, wasn't it Longfellow who wrote about that old mill at Newport?" said the long-haired man. "Say, you're mixed, old man," replied the gent in the loud suit. "Longfellow was the horse that won the handicap once. Anyway, I never heard of a mill bein' pulled off at Newport." When the recent act of congress becomes effective the navy will have almost 30,000 officers and men. Largest of Insects The stick insect of Borneo is the largest insect known. Specimens thirteen inches in length have been captured. The stick insect exactly resembles a piece of rough stick. Bright Pupil. A pupil in one of the rural schools of Lehigh county was told by his teacher to form a sentence with the word cuckoo in it. The youngster at once replied: "Chust because she made those cuckoo eyes." Cure for Paralysis. It is given out that the poison extracted from the Gila Monster, a big lizard found in New Mexico and Arizona, and the only crawling thing which has venomous teeth, is a tolerably sure cure for paralysis. Raising Cotton in Turkestan. Russ. a for fifteen years has encouraged the cultivation of cotton in Turkestan, and she has succeeded. In 1889 the cotton crop was 76,000 bales, while the estimated production for 1903 will be 504,000 bales. Many Centenarians in America. Joseph H. Perkins of Syracuse, N. Y., will soon publish a work containing the biographies of nearly 50,000 centenarians. If he can show any means of living so as to reach the 100-year mark, his book ought to have a wide circulation. There are 4,000 people now living in the United States who are 100 years old or more. No More Red Trousers. If the recommendations of the French army committee with regard to uniforms be carried out the infantry soldier will change his appearance beyond recognition. There will be no more red trousers, blue tunics and red keps; no more white gloves and stiff collars. Instead there will be a somber-colored dress and a soft hat. The French soldier will not look half so brave a man. **DO YOUR CLOTHES LOOK YELLOW?** Then use Defiance Starch, it will keep them white—16 oz. for 10 cents. Only the rich man can afford to be stingy. **WHEN YOU BUY STARCH** buy Defiance and get the best, 16 oz. for 10 cents. Once used, always used. Few women can pass a mirror without pausing to reflect. YELLOW CLOTHES ARE UNSIGHTLY. Keep them white with Red Cross Ball Blue. All grocers sell large 2 oz. package, 5 cents. All work and no play doesn't apply to the musician. To Publish Civil War Document. A volume of civil war stories, just coming from the press in San Francisco, is said to contain a remarkable letter addressed by the (then) Pope to the president of the Southern Confederacy. The World's Biggest Pawnshop. In the Rue des Blancs-Manteaux, Paris, stands the largest pawnshop in the world, with so many shelf-ranged streets in its vaults and storerooms that you will cover a weary five miles and a half if you explore them all. Seven thousand persons a day pass through the big doors. Women Make Money for Church. The Rev. Walker D. Stirling, rector of St. John's church of Mount Morris, N. Y., hit upon a unique scheme of increasing the income of his parish. He gave to each of fifty women in his parish $1 a year ago for investment. The women turned over their earnings which amounted to $411.80. One member made $10 in popcorn and another $17 in eggs. London's Debt. The growing debt of the city of London has recently been the subject of discussion in the County Council. It is now, or will be by the end of the year, $300,000,000, to which figure it has grown since the erection of the Council from $158,000,000. If the city were to stop borrowing it could, through its sinking fund, pay off the whole of the debt in thirty-five years. SMILES Good Cheer and Good Food Go Together. Improper feeding is the source of most human ails. Sick people don't laugh much. It is the healthy and strong who see the sunny side of everything. Pure, scientific food will correct most ailments and bring laughter and good cheer in place of sickness and gloom. The wife of a physician of Dayton, O., says: 'Before I had finished the first package of Grape-Nuts, which I got at the urgent request of a friend of mine several months ago. I was astonished to find I was less nervous over small matters and worried less over large ones, laughed more readily and was at all times more calm and contented than I had ever been in my life. I found also that the hollow places in my neck and shoulders were filling out and that astonished me as I had always been very thin, as women with starved nerves are apt to be. "After a time I discontinued the use of Grape-Nuts for two months and found the old symptoms return at once. I went back to the use of the food again and feel well and strong. I can increase my weight at will from five to ten pounds a month by using more or less of the food. Before I was married I was for five years a trained nurse and I have never in all my experience seen anything to act as quickly and favorably as this scientific food." Name given by Postum Co. Battle Greek, Mich. THE IMPRESSIONS OF A WOMAN. What a Woman Says About Western Canada. Although many men have written to this paper regarding the prospects of Western Canada and its great possibilities, it may not be uninteresting to give the experience of a woman settler, written to Mr. M. V. McInnes, the agent of the government at Detroit, Mich. If the reader wishes to get further information regarding Western Canada it may be obtained by writing any of the agents of the Government whose name is attached to the advertisement appearing elsewhere in this paper. The following is the letter referred to: Hilldown, Alberta, Feb. 5, '03. Dear Sir—I have been here now nearly five years, and thought I would write you a woman's impression of Western Canada—in Alberta. There are several ranchers in this district who, in addition to taking care of their cattle, carry on farming as well; their herds of cattle number from 100 to 200 or 300 head, and live out all winter without any shelter than the poplar bluffs, and they come in in the spring in good order. Most of the ranchers feed their cattle part of the time, about this time of the year, but I have seen the finest fat cattle I ever saw that never got a peck of grain—only fattened on the grass. You see I have learned to talk farm since I came here—farming is the great business here. I know several in this district who never worked a day on the farm till they came here, and have done well and are getting well off. I think this will be the garden of the Northwest some day, and that day not very far distant. There has been a great change since we came here, and there will be a greater change in the next five years. The winters are all anyone could wish for. We have very little snow, and the climate is fine and healthy. Last summer was wet, but not to an extent to damage crops, which were a large average yield and the hay was immense—and farmers wore a broad smile accordingly. We have good schools, the government pays 70 per cent of the expense of education, which is a great boon in a new country. Of course churches of different denominations follow the settlements. Summer picnics and winter concerts are all well attended, and as much, or more, enjoyed as in the East. Who would not prefer the pure air of this climate with its broad acres of fine farms, its rippling streams, its beautiful lakes, its millions of wild flowers, its groves of wild fruit of exquisite flavor, its streams and lakes teeming with fish and its prairies and bluffs with game, to the crowded and stiff state of society in the East. I would like to go home for a visit some time, but not to go there to live, even if presented with the best farm in Michigan. Beautiful Alberta, I will never leave it. And my verdict is only a repetition of all who have settled in this country. This year I believe will add many thousands to our population. And if the young men, and old men also, knew how easy they could make a home free of all incumbence in this country, thousands more would have settled here. I would sooner have 160 acres here than any farm where I came from in Michigan, but the people in the East are coming to a knowledge of this country, and as they do, they will come West in thousands. All winter people have been arriving in Alberta, and I suppose in other parts as well, which is unusual, so we expect a great rush when the weather gets warmer. We have no coal famine here. Coal can be bought in the towns for $2 to $3, according to distance from the mines, and many haul their own coal from the mines, getting it there for 50 cents to a dollar a ton. Very truly yours, (Signed). Mrs. John McLachlan. Hydrogen Gas Travels East. The highest speed which matter has been known to reach is that attained by the eruption of hydrogen and other gases from the sun, which is, at times, several hundred miles a second. Boers to Settle in Texas. Boers have bought 200,000 acres of fine land near San Antonio, Tex. Their representatives say that within five years half the able-bodied Boers will be in that state. The Vitality of Wheat Wheat seldom preserves its vitality for more than ten years. The stories, therefore, of Egyptian mummy wheat 4,000 years old growing when planted should be accepted with caution. Disease Traced to Cattle Tuberculosis was not known among cattle in Denmark until the importation of Schleswig-Holsteins began. It then spread so rapidly that a government commission which tested 144,000 head with tuberculin found one in tree affected. Methods Only Differ Women in France can obtain the right to wear trousers by paying to the government a tax of $10. The right can be obtained in the United States, in several instances, merely by marriage, with the tax paid to the minister, in fee simple. Berlin Hotel Keeper in Luck. Because a Berlin hotel keeper knew how to prepare Prince Chun a dish of "chow," the Chinese order of the Two-Headed Dragon has been bestowed on him. Cost of Labor Prohibitive. Great efforts have been made in southern California to produce tea, silk, opium and perfumery, and although the climate fosters the most satisfactory growth of these plants; each has failed, because the high price of labor makes the crop unremunerative. Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurse in the Children's Home in New York, cure Constipation, Feverishness, Bad Stomack, Teething Disorders, move and regulate the Bowels and Destroy Worms. Over 30,000 testimonials. At all druggists, 55c. Sample FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. The chronic invalid is often suffering from fatty degeneration of the imagination. INSIST ON GETTING IT. Some grocers say they don't keep Defiance Starch. This is because they have a stock on hand of other brands containing only 12 oz. in a package, which they won't be able to sell first, because Defiance contains 16 oz. for the same money. 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Medical Advice Free—Strictly Confidential. If afflicted with sore eyes, use Thompson's Eye Water WE WANT YOUR TRADE You can buy of us at wholesale prices and save money. Our 1,000-page catalogue tells the story. We will send it upon receipt of 15 cents. Your neighbors trade with us—why not you? Montgomery Ward Co. CHICAGO The house that tells the truth. LIVE STOCK From Farmers' Review: The objects of castration are to prevent reproduction, to increase the tendency to lay on flesh, to better the quality of the meat and to secure doctility. Almost every farmer considers himself competent to do this work, and although the loss is not very great it could easily be reduced at least one half by using proper care and better judgment. The heaviest loss from castration is due to the extremes of heat or cold and to the attacks of files. Should the weather be extremely cold when the operation is performed the wounded parts are apt to become frosted. If performed in very hot weather complications may set in causing great inflammation and death of the animal. The very young animal withstands the shock better than older ones and is little checked in its growth by it. The work, however, is much more easily performed on older animals. The age, then, should be such as to eliminate the tedious work with the very young animal and the injurious effect upon an animal well advanced toward maturity. When an animal is castrated it should be in good health, free from constipation or any fevered condition and should have a good appetite. The animals should be lightly fed both before and after the operation, at least for one or two days. In fact the work should be done on an empty stomach. If possible, after castration turn the animal on grass. This with the pleasant days is the advantage of doing the work in the spring of the year. With pigs, lambs and calves it is a good practice to castrate midway between birth and weaning time. With the ram lamb intended for market it is not worth while for the small flock master to run the risk of losing individuals by castration. If well cared for these lambs may be fattened and placed on the market early enough to prevent any inconvenience or any deleterious effects to the meat product by not castrating them. Docking the lambs' tails when the animals are young will have but little effect in retarding growth. The ram lambs should not have their tails docked at the time of castration. Where the two operations are performed together there is greater risk of losing an animal. A lamb's tail may be cut off when the lamb is but one to three days old. Pigs freshly castrated should not be allowed to wallow. The introduction of mud alone into the open gashes lengthens the period of healing. Again inoculation of disease germs may occur in these fresh wounds causing the death of the animal. If calves are castrated at the proper age and in good weather, little attention need be given them afterward. They seem to have the strength to overcome the shock with slight disengagement of the system. However, local complications may set in and should be checked before the animal has become weakened. Calves not castrated from eight to ten months after birth often show the stag head which is so objectionable and which often reduces the price of the animal when sold either as a feeder or when fattened for the butcher's market. Early maturity demands the castration of the calves when very young. This makes the steer take on the appearance of the heifer and the development will henceforth be more uniform. Colts are an exception to the general rule of castrating before the weaning period. A high-spirited animal with a large, well arched neck is very much desired and the breeder attempts to secure these features by allowing the colt to run stud until two or three years old. It is gradually becoming a practice among horse breeders to castrate their male colts when yearlings. The animal is much more easily handled at that age and the great inconvenience of caring for the colt and separating it from the other animals is dispensed with. There is also less risk of death incurred.—W. B. Anderson. Poisoning of Cattle by Sorghum. Prof. A. T. Peters of the Nebraska station in reference to sorghum poisoning, says: During the past few years, the Nebraska experiment station has investigated the loss of cattle from eating green sorghum and Kafir corn. The prediction of the veterinarian that a chemical poison would be found has been fully verified. While the work was in progress, two English investigators discovered that prussic acid can be obtained from the Egyptian great millet. A little later and entirely independently, the Nebraska investigators discovered that prussic acid can be obtained from our common sorghum and Kafir corn. The poison is always present in at least minute traces, but becomes dangerous only when the plant is arrested by dry weather at certain stages of its growth. Sunlight such as prevails in the arid and semiarid parts of the country causes the development of the poison in excess. When the symptoms of poison do not appear so violently as to make medical treatment out of the question, drenching the animal with a solution of corn syrup or with sweet milk is suggested. Thoroughly cured Kafir corn that had been especially deadly before harvesting was fed to an animal without producing any symptoms of poisoning. HOW A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN ESCAPED SPRING CATARRH BY USE OF PE-RU-NA. Nothing Robs One of Strength Like Spring Catarrh--Spring Fever is Spring Catarrh. MISS HELEN WHITMAN. Miss Helen Whitman, 308½ Grand avenue, Milwaukee, Wis., writes: "There is nothing like Peruna for that tired feeling, which gives you no ambition for work or play. After a prolonged illness, about a year ago I felt unable to regain my health, but four bottles of Peruna made a wonderful change and restored me to perfect health. As long as you keep your blood in good condition you are all right, and Peruna seems to till the veins with pure, healthful blood. I thoroughly endorse it." MISS HELEN WHITMAN Have you got nerves? Well, you ought to have nerves. But they ought to be strong nerves, good nerves. Does your hand tremble? You are living too fast. Does your heart flutter at times? You had better call a halt. Americans live too fast. They crowd too much into a single day. They have too little leisure. The hospitals and insane asylums are filling up. The quiet, pastoral scenes of yore are becoming rare. It's time that we quit this sort of business. First, repair the injury already done to your nerves. The way to do this is to do exactly as did Mattie B. Curtis. See retray of Legion of Loyal Women, Hotel Salem, Boston, Mass. She said in a recent letter; "I suffered for over a year with general weakness and debility manifested in severe headache and backache. I took four bottles of Peruna, and for two months have been entirely free from these maladies." The politician doesn't get all the plums. There's the plumber, for instance. ALL UP TO DATE HOUSEKEEPERS use Defiance Cold Water Starch, because it is better and 4 oz. more of it for same money. Too many quarrels are picked before they are ripe. IF YOU USE BALL BLUE, Get Red Cross Ball Blue, the best Ball Blue, Large 2 oz. package only 5 cents. If you want anything to get around tell it as a great secret. THE BEST RESULTS IN STARCHING can be obtained only by using Defiance Starch, besides getting 4 oz. more for same money—no cooking required. It is quite natural that the man who invents an airship should look down on the rest of us. I do not believe Piso's Cure for Consumption has an equal for coughs and colds.—JOHN F BOYER. 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The things we do best are often the things that are not worth doing. STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, 15. LUCAS COUNTY. Frank J. Cheney makes out of that he is the senior business in the City of Toledo, County and State sofaed, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Core. FRAK M. GLEASON and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 1886. [SEAL] A. W. GLEASON. Hall's Catarrh Core is taken in medicine, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by Drugsists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. The boaster doesn't have to be loaded ed to shoot off his mouth. DEFIANCE STARCH should be in every household, none so good, besides 4 oz. more for 10 cents than any other brand of cold water starch. How to Get Strong Nerves. First, repair the injury already done to your nerves. The way to do this is to do exactly as did Mattie B. Curtis, Secretary of Legion of Loyal Women, Hotel Salem, Boston, Mass. She said in a recent letter: "I suffered for over a year with general weakness and debility manifested in severe headache and backache. I took four bottles of Peruna, and for two months have been entirely free from these maladies." U.M.C. cartridges and shot shells are made in the largest and best equipped ammunition factory in the world. AMMUNITION of U. M. G. make is now accepted by shooters as "the worlds standard" for it shoots well in any gun. Your dealer sells it. The Union Metallic Cartridge Co. If he knows of any better laxative and stomach remedy than Dr.Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin T If he is not prescribing it in his practice, he knows what it is, and if he is honest, he will satisfy you and us with his reply to your question. Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pensin is not sold in bulk, but all druggists sell it in 50c and $1.00 bottles and refund your money if you receive no benefit. Fair, isn't it? I. R. Covey, M.D. Savannah, Team. writes under her name. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin in both my own family and in my practice, and unhesitatingly state that I have got better results from it than any other of pepsin have used. I own one of our company's Syrup Pepsin. Dr. T. Jones, of Osgood, Mo., writes under date of Oct. 28, 1898: "I have used Syrup Pepsin for some time and find it gives most excellent results and it is one of the greatest stocks in stock. I do not hesitate to recommend it." Your Money Back If It Don't Benefit You PEPSIN SYRUP CO., Monticello, IL. W. N. U.-W. CHITA- NO.15, 1903 When Answering Advertisements Kindly Mention This Paper. Nervous Prostration. Thousands of cases might be quoted in which Peruna has been used to rescue people from the perdition of deranged nerves, and put them on the good, solid foundation of health. The County Auditor of Erie County, New York, Hon. John W. Neff, in a recent letter written at Buffalo, New York, stated: "I was persuaded by a friend to try a bottle of your great nerve tonic, Peruna, and the results were so gratifying that I am more than pleased to recommend it." A Spring Tonic. Almost everybody needs a tonic in the spring. Something to brace the nerves, invigorate the brain and cleanse the blood. That Peruna will do this is beyond all question. Everyone who has tried it has had the same experience as Mrs. D. W. Timberlake, of Lynchburg, Va., who in a recent letter, made use of the following words: "I always take a dose of Peruna after business hours, as it is a great thing for the nerves. There is no better spring tonic, and I have used about all of them." Catarrh in Spring. The spring is the best time to treat catarrh. Nature renews herself every spring. The system is rejuvenated by spring weather. This renders medicines more effective. A short course of Peruna, assisted by the balmy air of spring, will cure old, stubborn cases of catarrh that have resisted treatment for years. Everybody should have a copy of Dr. Hartman's latest book on catarrh. Address the Peruna Medicina Co., Columbus, Ohio. Mrs. Lulu Larmer, Stoughton, Wis., says: For two years I suffered with nervous trouble and stomach disorders until it seemed that there was nothing to me but a bundle of nerves. I was very irritable, could not sleep, rest or compose myself, and was certainly unit to take care of a household. I took nerve tonics and pills without benefit. When I became tough and stout disorders until it seemed that there was nothing to me but a bundle of nerves. I was very irritable, could not sleep, rest or compose myself, and was certainly unit to take care of a household. I took nerve tonics and pills without benefit. When I began taking Peruna I grew steadily but my nerves grew stronger, my rest was no longer fitful, and to-day I consider myself in perfect health and strength. My recovery was slow but sure, but I persevered and was rewarded by perfect health."—Mrs. Lulu Larmer. 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 Mariann, Columbus, Ohio. POTATOES $2.50 a Bbl. Largest grower of Seed Potatoes in America. The "Rural New Yorker" gives Salzer's Early Wisconsin in a yield of 745 lb. per a. Prices direct cheap, Mammoth hard, and hardwood of Toastmate, Spelt, Macaroni Wheat, 68 lb. per a., John Clover, etc., upon receipt of 100 postage. JOHN A. SALZER SEED CO. La Crosse, Wis. 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Bishop Walters, in his speech at recent mass meeting in New York, said the question whether or the Negro shall be allowed civil equal rights is an important which the enemies of the soldier took advantage of because he silence on that subject during administration of the late President McKinley. He said, howev- that the great man row in the City House has taken his stand inst the elimination of the Negro from politics. Talk about Negro suffrage," said Bishop Walters, "had it not been the Negro these thirty years Republican party would not be in power. We ask for office because we contribute to party success have a right to hold office. They us to be quiet and we ceased aquitation, and while we were at state after state went on dischishing the Negro. Let us con- for our rights until we get in." Bishop Derrick, who was warmly eted, said in part: Famous men who in the years stood on this very platform, but with all their might to have shackles removed from Negro us. But there is still work to be done. The shackles of political very have yet to be removed. Are we not citizens? If we are then the American republic is most colossal liar. If suffrage at the Negro is a failure then the man's government is a jail- We are not here to night to the south, but we are here to the American people to help us our rights. We have shown ours worthy of them." Ouure D. Conway described self as an alolitionist from Virua: there is to be no violence in agitation," Conway said, "I to see the conscience of the entry aroused. I want to see theadmins which were pu in the institution at the sacrifice of over 000 lives—the flower of the entry—au1 at an expense of 000,000,000 maintained in full. We want races beside the bloomed whites. name of the artistic street sign on exhibitor in Paris are clever. of them is by Gerome, who ex- a sign for an optician's shop. represents a Yorkshire terrier ding on his hind legs and wearing glasses. it bears the label "O pti " which is a good French pun for little dog." EASTER The Easter services and exercises at St. Paul A. M. E. church Sunday will be one of the best efforts ever given by the church, the Sunday school and the two choirs. At the morning services Rev. Yochum will preach an appropriate Easter service. At 3 p.m. the Sunday school children will entertain with songs and recitations, and at 7 o'clock the Junior choir will render one of their bright and interesting song services with special features. At 8 o'clock a program of gems in dialogue, music and song by the Senior and orchestra will be given assisted by other local talent. The concluding exercise will be the pletty Easter cantata of "The Birth of Hope." Wireless telegraphy we have now. Shall we ever have wireless politics? W. K. Vanderbilt's new yacht the Tarantula is said to be a regular stinger. The tailor-made woman is often more or less ashamed of her husband, the self-made man. King Edward is rapidly losing flesh, so henceforth a slender form will be good form in loyal London. The name of the new cup defender appears to have been selected from a hat by some blindfolded person. Spain would-like to raise the Maine in order to ascertain the cause of the explosion. Better let sleeping dogs lie. A tax on bachelors would only even things up. The married men already have their tacks—on the bedroom floor. Even if you are not a Christian Scientist, you may find the absent treatment a pretty fair cure for love sickness. War is threatened between Guate mala and Salvador, but the American consuls may succeed in separating the combatants. Somebody asks: "Can the universe last forever?" That's another one of the things that we propose to let posterity worry over. A revolution has broken out at three different places in Uruguay. It is understood that two men and a boy are involved at each point. This is not the first time the Turk has heard the powers talk of tying a can to him--a fact which may account for his present lofty calm. By means of an "acousticeon" the deaf are now made to hear. The new age of miracles wrought by science promises to rival those of the "age of faith." That St. Louis get-rich-quick man who carelessly left $246,000 where the courts could get possession of it must have been a new hand at the business. Mr. Marconi promises to send messages across the ocean for 1 cent a word. Wireless telegraphy is going to be a big thing for the down-trodden millionaires. According to vital statistics, the baby born in 1903 has nearly three times a better chance of living than it would have had 50 years ago. Now is the time to get born. It is said that the Czarina is largely responsible for the reforms that have been started in Russia. If this is the case it is to be hoped that the lady will keep on talking to him. Mrs. Madeline Wynne's theory that a woman should forget she is a woman may be a good thing, but it is one of those good things of which it would be very easy to get too much. Get a Searchlight, if you want the news. WICHITA KANSAS APRIL 11 1903. A FEW WORDS. In the publication of our paper in the past we have had one main object in view from a political standpoint. In the four years which we have been publishing, our object has been to do and say those things which would be of the greatest interest to our people as a unit. We have in the past lost sight of all personal interest and bent our whole energy in this community. We have not done or said what we have in order to receive the plaudits of the populace—We have not done so in order to be styled a leader—for we make no pretentions to be a leader. Our politics is well known. Everyone is aware of the fact that we have at every stage of the "game" stood and boldly advocated the principals and teachings of the Republican party, and we will do so in the future. We have tried hard to give the people a publication of which they might be justly proud. While we have worked in the interest of our party and our people—yet, we have not made an effort to please "everyone" to have made such an attempt would be and would have been then, a task for beyond human accomplishment. When we began our publication in this city the color d people had but little representation in this city. We went to work with a vim and by hard work, by close and honest affiliation with the party that will do them some good return. We have always advised the colored people to vote and stay with the Republican party and the present very credible representation which they now have is a proof that our advice to them was right then and is right now. We have said to the colored voter that the Republican party was the only political party from whom they could expect any help. We have stood firm on their principles while others have advocated to the colored people to support the democratic party. We do not now and we never have seen any good which could be accomplished by the colored people, by them voting the democratic ticket. We have had one policy in politics—we do not believe in this changing of party politics for the sake of financial consideration. Little do we think of any person who will let money be the base of their political view. There can never and there is not any good foundation as sincerity therein. We believe that the closer the colored people keep to the Republican party the better and more ubst antial their political prestige. The get-rich-quick managers did so. They also got away quick. Basket ball is becoming as much of a menace to life and limb as football. The czar's decree gratifies Russia almost as much as a son would gratify the czar. The proof of the pudding is not so much in the eating as in what happens after you've eaten it. Announcement is made that King Edward has been married forty years—an unusually long reign. Grip has attacked memoers of the Supreme court. Is there no way of punishing the germ for contempt? The original of the character of "Uncle Tom" is dead, but none of the Cabin companies has been called in. If the allied powers object to the use of the English language by The Hague tribunal, why not use American? Surprise is expressed because the sale of Zola's furniture and curios brought only $30,000. Yet $20,000 is a tidy sum. Mrs. Burdick may have been indiscreet, but she has her good points, too. She doesn't exhibit an inclination to go on the stage. But does the fact that Lady Gordon was born in this country make her an American? If so, let us have more "race suicide." Innocence and wickedness may resemble each other for a moment, but longer acquaintance illustrates the vast gulf between them. The lamented Jingo weighed 12,000 pounds and was worth $4.50 a pound. The death of an elephant of that sort must be unusually painful. London is to discard the old Thames penny steamers for something better. Now here is a chance for Canada to make a start with her new navy. Talk about our democracy if you will, but kindly note that an ex-tramp and present working cooper succeeds Lord Charles Beresford in the British commons. Federal officials have decided that betting on horse races is not a lottery. Certainly not. In a lottery you have one chance in a thousand to win something. After years of delay Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan is building a library for his personal use at a cost of $300,000. Could he have been waiting for an offer from Mr. Carnegie? Ex-Explorer Baldwin says that if $150,000 were placed at his disposal he could get to the north pole and back. But he doesn't expect to get it out of backer Ziegler's check book. Investors have about reached the conclusion that there is no way to get rich quick, and Mr. Carnegie has clearly demonstrated the fact that there is no way to get poor quick. Stirred up perhaps by competition from Mt. Pelee, Vesuvius is now throwing up ashes and explosive incandescent globes—something new, apparently, in the way of volcanic fireworks. A new and positively successful remedy for nervous prostration of women has been discovered by a New York man. He sent his wife to a sanitarium and she eloped with a doctor. Perhaps the minister who had in his possession when he was arrested out in Attleboro a little book entitled "How to Mix Fancy Drinks" was preparing to deliver an address on temperance. That Berlin custom of introducing pet tigers to high society functions is at least preferable to the New York fashion of inviting monkeys in to dinner to lend an air of intellectual depth to the conversation. Sidney Lee, our distinguished English visitor, says there isn't nearly so much rush and hurry in American life as he had supposed. Mr. Lee has evidently formed an agreeable impression of Philadelphia. After Views Wheu Mr. J. H. Stewart was chosen chairman of the republican city central committee two years ago we said that it would mean the election of the whole ticket At the beginning of the campaign which has just come to a close we made the same prediction and in both cases our prediction has proven true. Mr. Stewart and his committee deserve much credit for their work. Mayor McLeau hss a right to feel proud when he reflects that he not only carried his home ward — the 5th, but he likewise carried the home ward of Mr. Ross—the second. Wow! Wow!! Who said there has been an election? The colored voters stood loyally by the republican ticket and helped make that party successful last Tuesday. They did well. Mr. J. F. Kirker as chairman of the executive committee, worked early and late for the success of the party ticket. His work proved his ability as a leader and as a manager. His work is commendable. You may talk about campafgus, but this was a la-la-colla. The work of Charles H. Luling in the interest of the republican ticket was quite manifest Tuesday Mr. Luting is a hustler and a vote getter. He is all "o. k." The people have placed the seal of their approval of the splendid administration of mayor McLean and he will now launch forth to give Wiobita another two years of McLean prosperity. J. H. McPherson, Secretary of the republican townty central committee, has been named as secretary of the 7th district republican congressional central committee with headquarters in Wichita. No better selection could be made. Mr. McPherson is a tireless, capable and painstaking gentleman and as secretary to it is important committee oe is well fitted. It's a good choice. Eleven months in the year the people who live on the banks of the Mississippi are proud because it is the greatest river on the continent. One month in the year they wish it wasn't. But there is the annoying possibility that the young women who wear shirt waists may refuse to give them up at the behest of the dressmakers. Canada has inaugurated a good roads movement patterned after the American plan, but it is not expected that it will lead to annexation. NO 46 NO PARALLEL. Governor Jelks of Alabama isup against a new proposition. The town of Courtland, Ala., some time ago, had passed by the legislature a law which amended the charter, giving the governor the power to appoint the aldermen of the town because of the excessive Negro vote in the corporation. Now comes the death of Alderman Geo, Jackson, and a call from the town to appoint his successor. When he makes the appointment it will be the only case on record where the governor of a state has been called upon to perform this duty for a municipality. Since the constitution has been adopted taking away the s. ffrage of the Negroes it is said that the city will make an appeal to the legislature to repeal the law and allow them to select their own aldearen. The people of Courtland were determined not to have a "black and tan" executive board, and this was the measure pursued to prevent it, because the Negroes would have surely elected one of their number had they the opportunity. The case is without parallel. After one of the most heated and spirited campaigns in the history of Wichita, the entire an last Tuesday. Possibly there has never been a previous campaign in which there has been such intense interest taken. The election Tuesday is a direct approval by the people of the splendid administration of Mayor Ben McLean and his very competent and able appointees and fellow officers. The colored vote of Wicqita came to the front and voted almost to a man and woman for the whole Republican ticket, and had the white vote been as strongly cast for the Republican ticket as was the colored vote, the majority of Mr. McLean would have reached more than two thousand. Election day was an ideal one and the voters came to the polls with a rush. It was indeed a most signal victory and means the retention of the splendid Republican organization which the party has been able to rear up after several years of strenuous work. When the Duke of Devonshire paused a moment in the mad whirri of parliamentary life to remark that the speech of King Edward was not full, it may be that he was throwing a sop to the Woman's Christian Temperance union. A scientific sharp in Germany asserts that he has found 2,000,000 microbes in a quart of strawberries. This calls to mind the old saying that doubtless God might have made a better berry than the strawberry, but doubtless God never did. THE SEARCHLIGHT, WICHITA. KANS. W. N. MILLER, Editor. Entered at the Post Office at Wiehita, Kansas, as Second-Class Mail Matter. Published Every Saturday at No. 110 NORTH MAIN St. One Year [ by mail ] ..... $1.00 Six months [ by mail ] ..... 75c Three months [ by mail ] ..... 50c ONE MONTH ..... 150. Advertising Rates Made Known On Appi- cation. NOTICE!! - All matters addressed to THE SEARCHLIGHT for publici- tion must be signed by the part or parties writing. All matters for publication must reach this office not later than TUESDAY to reach publication in the current issue. RULES OF THIS OFFICE. 1st. All Subscriptions must be paid in advance strictly. Agents take notice. 2nd. Communications received after Wednesday noon will appear in that week. 3rd. In asking to change your paper from one office or one address to another always give both, the old and new. 4th Send Us all the news from your section of the City, County, State or County We publish it FREE OF CHARGE. Write it plain and on one side of the paper only. 5th No Name will be placed on our books without the money. So agents will send the money with subscriber's name. 6th Address all communications to "The Wichita Searchlight" Wichita, Kansas. 7th Any erroneous reflection upon the character, standing or reputation of any person which may appear in this paper, will be gladly corrected if brought to the Editor. "To Live and Let Live," is OUR Motto. ELECTS OFFICERS Wichita Tabernacle No. 24 held their annual election of officers Thursday afternoon and elected the following: C. P.—Mrs. Ella Sanford, V. P.—Mrs. M. Coffee, C. R.—Mrs. Josie Grayson, C. T.—Mrs. C. Barker H. C.—Mrs. B. Waters, A. B.—Mrs. L. C. Hilbeet, F. I.—Mrs. M. Morris. The ladies G. L. A. club met at the residence of Mrs. Chinnith last Tuesday. They completed their arrangements for the swell banquet which they are to give in the near future and adjourned to meet next Tuesday at the residence of Mrs. J. L. Harper, 529 North Water st. Investigate our prices on all kind of job work before letting your work. Go To ISRAEL BROS. For Real Estate. F.D. Israel. 1234567890 Wichita. CALL AT The ELITE Restaurant Always The Best, and Cooked Well MEALS 15cts OPEN ALL NIGHT Rev. Plummer and Dr. Farmer are out Tuesday and had a fine talk with Mr. Joe Summytt. The Reverend was convinced when the conversation was at an end, that Mr. Summytt was a thorough race man and a conversationalist. Houors were on the side of Mr. Summytt. Searchlight $1.00 Easter Sunday morning there will be Special Easter Services at 11 by the pastor, Rev. Plummer, from the subject, "The Resurrection of Christ the Hope of the Church—Death can celled" At 2 p m will be the grand Easter Services by the children. All are cordially asked to be present at these services. A. M. E. CHURCH Preaching at 11 a.m by the pastor, Rev. Yochum from the subject "Auisit to the tomb of Christ." At 2 p. m.—Easter program by the Sunday school, under the direction of Supt. Jao. T. Chinneth, At 7 p. m. Easter program by the Sorg. Service. At 8 p. m. Easter program by the church choir under the direction of Geo. W. White, chorister. These programs promise to be very interesting and all are cordially welcomed to come and attend these services NEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH Easter Services at 11 a. m. At 1 p. m. the Sunday School will have their Easter Services. At night a Special Sermon by the pastor, Rev. Frazier. All are invited to attend. Dr. J. E. Farmer, Physician and Surgeon Diseases of Women and Children a Specialty. Office 703 N. Main St. Tel. 936. AT REST Surrounded by the devoted family and host of warm friends, each eager to catch the tiniest and slight est expression or move of a muscle to mean added vitality and a prolongation of life; every moment to the tender watchers was one of extreme anxiety, thus surrounded by those who were noar and dear to him, Clarence Leslie Whitesall quit the walks of this life, and answered the tender, but firm summons to apear before the judgment bar of God. He gave up mortality, left th is world of sorrow and pain, and went to join the angelic hosts in the great and mysterious unknown. He did not falter, did not beslitate but met his maker as a devoted christian; a beckoning took at his devoted wife who was at his bedside, as if to say, "meet me where God reigns." The path which he trod has off trod before. He was conscious to the last—the end came at 11:10 p.m, Saturday night; he closed his eyes as quiet and as peacefully as one in a sleep. He has gone to join his mother, who died 18 years ago. He leaves a wife, father drother and host of friends. The Searchlight extends condolence to the bereaved wife and father. Clarence Lealie Whitesell was born in Burlingame; Kansas, March 28, 1882, died at Wichita, April 4, '03. He was, therefore, 21 years, 10 mos, and 7 days old at the time of his death. J. TIPP, .....o.....o.....o..... PROP Tipp's Hand Laundry Best Hand Laundry In the City First-Class Work Guaranteed, 689 East Douglas Ave.....Wichita, Ks The ministers of the Lincoln M. E. conference passed through the city Tuesday and stopped over and paid a visit to Rev. Yochum pastor of the A. M. E. church. The reverend gentlemen report a very fine time at the conference which met at Guthrie, O. T., and say their work is progressing nicely Locals and Personals Miss Matthias Thomas and Mr. Wm. Rutledge were united in marriage at the home of the bride 1629 N. 5th st, last Thursday eve., Rev. Plummer officiating. We wish them much happiness. We guarantee to please you in job work. All we ask is that you bring us your work. You will find us at the old reliable stand, 110 N. Main Street. Dr. Farmer was called to the country last Thursday on professional business and was caught in the stern of that day; from the effects thereof he contracted a cold. Miss Braden is preparing a very entertaining solo to sing at the 2nd Baptist church on Easter. The Searchlight will soon be five years old and has never missed an issue. All the race news each week. Miss Winnie Ray entertained the Tuxedo club Thursday. Mrs. James and Mrs. Lucy Andersdor are preparing a duet for Easter services at the 2nd Baptist church. Rev. J. H. Vanlue was in the city last week to vote and likewise to look over the political situation. He was satisfied with both the voting and the political situation. Rev. Yochum, pastor of the A. M. E.-church, had baptising last Sunday. He baptised five at the 13th street bridge at noon Sunday and two at the church Sunday night. He is making quite a progress. County Attorney Otto G. Eckstien is slowly improving at the hospital. He will soon be able to be among his many friends. We hope for his early recovery. If you want a chance to get two l s for $1 you must be in a hurry. The numbers which Mr. Jacob McAfee are offering are almost gone. This is your golden opportunity. If you want a chance see Mr. McAfee once as at the present rate the numbers will be taken by April 20th. See him today. There will be quarterly meeting at the A. M. E. church on Sunday, April 19th. Rev. J. W. Braxton of K, C. Kas., will be present and conduct the services all nay. Our job department is one of the best owned by coloed people in the state of Kansas. First-class work and low prices always. The Merchants who appreciate the trade of the colored people ADVERTISE IN THIS PAPER. PATRON IZE THEM. Dr. Farmer is having a very appreciable increase in his practice. The people are learning that he is a good physician. Samuel Walker made quite a hit in the part he took in High School cantata entitled " Little Tycoon " which was rendered. Sam sang a song and received loud and long applause from the audience. We are pleased to know that Samuel is thus distinguishing himself. C. L. Kiner has remodelled his restaurant at 408 N. Main st and it presents a neat and tidy appearance. He has also added the all night lunch system and now you can get a fine lunch at any hour of the night Mr. Louis Jackson has charge at night. Now that the election is over we will give our people the same class of high grade reading matter which has characterized our publication in the past. --- When in need of Groceries do not forget that you can always get the Best at the Lowest prices at KERNAN'S 102 E. Dowdle Ave. 'Phone 857 The opening of the Jackson house last Monday night was one of the notable events of the season. The entire house was lighted and presented a cheerful evening. The decorations were beautifully and artfully designed. In the front part of the house was a large crowd of the young people who were enjoying themselves at dancing to the sweet strains of charming music. The Jackson house now takes its place as one of the leading colored hotels of the state of Kansas. We do not ask you to pay for a job that we do, if our work is not satisfactory. Give us a trial order. Mrs. Lee Anderson tendered a very enjoyable party in honor of Fr d Andrews who is here from Salt Lake City visiting friends and relatives. Quite a good number were present and a good time was had. Fred pleased those present with a few of his very choice vocal selections. It was a swell party. Mrs. Walker, 1326 South Main is on the sick list but is mending, Wm. Bowers, late of Nashville, Tenn., has professed and has been accepted as a member of the Second Baptist church. Special Easter services at all the churches Sunday all day. You will enjoy them. Deputy Mrs. Mattie Miller visited Golden Red Tent last Saturday and was glad to see the tent getting along so nicely. The children made her a nice present which was highly appreciated. The ladies G. L. A. club meet at a the residence of Mrs. L. Harper, Tuesday eve. 7th inst. Mrs. Countee of K. C. is in the city visiting friends. Miss Nancy Phelps is on the mend. Mrs. W. E. Whitted is on the mend. C, P. Johnsou, W. R. Johnson Pres. Sec. & Treas. C, P. Johnson Co., Live Stock Commission Merchants Money Always On Hand To Loan To Responsible Parties Your Business Solicited Wichita Stock Yards Phone 406 Rev. Frazier will have baptizing at the 13th street bridge on the 3rd Sunday in April. There are thirty seven candidates for baptism. Remember at the 13th street bridge. Alfred Mathis is fast convalesing. He has embraced the faith and joined the 2nd Baptist church. Next Tuesday night there will be an Egg Hunting and Charmed Garden feast at the 2nd Baptist church Admission 15c. Children who will compete in the egg hunting contest are admitted free. All are asked to be present Tuesday night Mrs. Turner, 825 N. Wichita, who has been quite sick is fast improving. FULTON'S King Quality FINE FOR Quality and Florsheim's FINE SHOES King Quality and Florsheim's FINE SHOES 10 SECOND SECOND TO NONE Pleases All GOOD BREAD MAKERS It Is White As Snow. The New Store GREENFIELD ONE PRICE Hatters and Trunks and Entire New Union Block FORT SCOTT, KANS. USE IN BODE 1MP --- --- ENFIELD CLOTHING CO. ONE PRICE CLOTHIERS Litters and Furnishers Banks and Valises Fire New Stock Mon Block COTT, KANS. 127-129 E. Douglas Ave. WICHITA, KAN. IN BODEN'S IMPERIAL GREENFIELD CLOTHING CO. 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Easter comes on April 12, and you should take a look a look at our new spring and summer styles for the coming holiday in Suitings and Trousers of the latest novelties. Our styles, workmanship, fit and prices can be beat by any merchant in the city. Call on us before you order The Peerless Tailor, 508 E. Douglas Ave. OTTO WEIFS, Agent. "Outfitters to His Majesty The American Man" FJOUR AND Bell Phone 757 New Phone 1265 FINE WORK OUR JO If Your Work Is DONE BY US We Do It RIGHT We Are Kindle Job Work We Guarana In Work Us At The NO Bring WE The PRINTERS Our Prices ARE A OUR Work ARE A Subscrip SEARCH IF NOT, V IT IS $1.0 SUBSCRIBE OUR JOB ROOM We Are Now Prepared To Kinds Of Fancy, Up To Job Work. We Invite A Trist We Guarantee To Please You In Work And Price. You Will Us At The Old Reliable Sta- 110 North Main St Bring Us Your Next Job WE INVITE YOU TO PRINTERS who Can PRINT Prices ARE AS LOW AS THE LOWEST UR Work IS AS GOOD AS THE BEST ARE YOU? Subscriber to ARCHLIGHT NOT, WHY NOW? It Is Only $1.00. FOR WHOL Deli SUBSCRIBE TO - DA If Your Work Is DONE BY US We Do It RIGHT We Are Now Prepared To Do All Kinds Of Fancy, Up to Date Job Work. We Invite A Trial. We Guarantee To Please You, Both In Work And Price. You Will Find Us At The Old Reliable Stand At 110 North Main St. Bring Us Your Next Job. WE INVITE YOU TO CALL OUR Work IS AS GOOD AS THE BEST IF NOT. WHY NOT? IT IS ONLY $1.00. FOR A WHOLE YEAR Delivered. SUBSCRIBETO-DAY Fulton's FOR Stetson and Knox FOR on and Knox Stetson and Knox Hats ambitions youths should not jump simply to the conclusion that the racket and surest way to get rich to become a burglar or train rob- er. Occasionally one of these fel- ows is nabbed. --- B ROOM. Now Prepared To Do All Of Fancy, Up to Date We Invite A Trial. Quite To Please You, Both and Price. You Will Find Old Reliable Stand At North Main St. Us Your Next Job. INVITE YOU TO CALL who Can PRINT IS LOW AS THE LOWEST IS AS GOOD AS THE BEST YOU? ber to the HLIGHT? WHY NOT? ONLY FOR A WHOLE YEAR Delivered. ETO - DAY Knox Hats There are some calamities that are even worse than a coal famine. France reports that the 1902 vintage of champagne is lamentably small. --- The paneake social Friday night at the Baptist church was a success. John McIntosh came home Monday evening from Iola. The Sunday school children are rapidly preparing an Easter program. Mr. E. K. Knox came over Sunday from Independence and w. s accompanied back Sunday evening by Miss Florence Neal and Miss Annie Knox. Mr. Lee Johnson is again shaking hands with old friends on the streets. The members of the A, M. E. church are rapidly preparing to entrain the Disbric conference this year. Hurrah for Cherryvale. Tom Smeed has moved in his new residence on east 9th street. Miss Hester Neal made a flying trip to Independence, Wednesday. ARKANSAS CITY ITEMS Miss Mary Blackwell has returned to her home in Guthrie. Mrs Bell Smothers has returned from Ok'ahoma. Mrs. Jake Simpson was down from Winfield last week. The Baptist church is preparing for a grand time Easter. Miss Fannie Andrews was up from Ponca Sunday. PEARSON'S Here are a few of the features now for authors speak for themselves and insure in The Picarouos—A Romance of Morgan, Sir Henry Morgan—Buocaneor, by True Political Stories—Include The Calhoun, by EDWAR People You Know—Roosevelt in College, Theodore Roosevelt by Auster, Michael O'Meara Startling Disclosures of Europe—These sensational stories of Drusus Mystery; The King Humbert; The Mainly About Women—Reviewing each Jerome vs. Crime—The thrilling story of undertaken, single life of its vice and crime, bie for this story to appear in April Pee instalments will apply BOOK BARGAIN practically the entire fiction product of every Allowing being specimens, will be offered each month Special Offer Subscribe following 1. Alfred the Great 2. Margaret of Anjou 3. Richard I. 4. Richard II. 5. William the Conqueror 6. 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Jerome vs. Crime—The thrilling story of how District Attorney William Travers Jerome has undertaken, single handed, the desperate task of ridding New York City of its vice and crime, will create a far-reaching sensation. It is not possible for this story to be told in its entirety at once. The first portion will appear in April Pearson's, out March 19th, while the two remaining installments will appear in the issues of May and June. BOOK BARGAINS Every Pearson subscriber enjoys a special privilege of buying standard books at exceptionally low prices. This plan includes practically the entire fiction product of every American book publisher. Special bargains, the following being specimens, will be offered each month. Abraham Lincoln's opinion of these Historical Celebrities: "I want to thank you and your brother for Abbott's Series of Histories. I have not education enough to appreciate the profound works of Columbus historical biographies. 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Riley Sunday visiting his family and went back Monnay. On last Saturday night Rev. C. R. Cox was called by his members of this city to be present at the church Saturday night for the purpose of holding a business meeting not knowing what the business was to be. But behold, about 9:30 the late audience came in with arms laden with groceries of all kinds and live chickens, which gave a vry loud squawk as they entered the door. After the audience had good laugh he found it was meeting instead of a business meeting. He thanked them for the things they presented him. Recent experiences at Colchester, 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 cases died, while of those treated by other methods 28.9 per ant succumbe. MAGAZINE For 1903 unning or soon to appear. 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No. 4201—Ladies Lisle Eifel Black finish, all sizes 25c No. 205—Ladies ont-size Eifel Bla a very serviceable stocking No. 4494—Ladies Embroidered Eifel ish stocking. Pair 25c No. 1500—Ladies White Sole stock heel and toe are made have no departments in the store which has greatly as our Hosiery Department. I now occupies as much space as when we first started. We had several new lines and shall use this method in this department. The prices we make will be dedicated again this season. Call for them by the given below. You will find them in the East in Aisle. -Ladies Lisle Eifel Black Ribbed and Lace Striped hose, Irish, all sizes 25c -Ladies 'onsize Eifel Black Elastic Top Hose, spliced every serviceable stocking buy this number, pair 25c -Ladies Embroidered Eifel Black Hose, It's a 40 gauge stocking. Pair 25c -Ladies 'White Sole stocking' is an exceptionally good heel, toe and toe are made of the best Egyptian maco: We have no departments in the store which has grown so rapidly as our Hosiery Department. I now occupies four times as much space as when we first started. We have added several new lines and shall use this method of introducing this department. The prices we make will not be duplicated again this season. Call for them by the number as given below. You will find them in the East Room, Main Aisle. No. 4201—Ladies Lisle Eifel Black Ribbed and Lace Striped hose extra fine finish, all sizes 25¢ No. 295—Ladies' ont-size Eifel Black Elastic Top Hose, spliced heel. For a very serviceable stocking buy this number, pair 25¢ No. 4494—Ladies. Embroidered Eifel Black Hose. It's a 40 gauge Lisle finish stocking. Pair 25¢ No. 1508—Ladies' White Sole stocking is an exceptionally good number; the sole, heel and toe are made of the best Egyptian maco; tops are very elastic, Eifel Dye 25¢ No. 3609—Ladies' Ribbed Top, Out-size hose. Being Ribbed too makes this a very desirable number, Pair 25¢ No. 4456—Ladies' White foot stocking with fast black tops, a very soft finish hose for summer wear. Pair 15¢ No. 110—Ladies' Fine Ribbed Armor Plate Hose, a high grade of Lisle: looks equal to silk and wears better, warranted to give satisfaction n every way. pair 25c Misses and Children's Hose at 10c, 15c, 25c a pair. SM THE SCHMITT AND MARTIN'S MERC 5 AND 10 CENT STORE 207-209 E. DOUGLAS AVE. WICHITA, KAS. EASTER OFFERINGS We are receiving a big line of Spring Clothing for Men and Boys. We have the celebrated Hart, Schaffner, Marx Clothing. The finest and best ever made. SATURDAY is positively the last day of our Great Shirt Sale. line of PANTS for Men equalled in price and fit THE UB " ```markdown ``` ay Night' AL SALES Store 19 E. DOUGLAS AVE STEIN & CONN. WICHITA ATOHISON, KAN. LAWRENDE, KAN. OTT FAWK, KAN. EMPORA, KAN. PARSONS, KAN. FOR children's Clothing 5 & 10c store. es in ladies and s hosiery. in the store which has grown so department. I now occupies four when we first started. We have and shall use this method of intro- The prices we make will not be son. Call for them by the number find them in the East Room, Ribbed and Lace Striped hose extra fine Black Elastic Top Hose, spliced heel. For buy this number, pair 250 Vel Black Hose. It's a 40 gauge Lisle fin king is an exceptionally good number; the of the best Egyptian maco; tops are very FOR COLONISTS TICKETS TO CALIFORNIA Will be on sale at Santa Fe ticket office daily to June 15, at the rate of $25.00. These tickets will be honored on fast trains carrying free chair cars and Pullman tourist sleepers. Liberal stopover privileges in California accorded. The same favorable rates will be made to many intermediate points in Arizo- If you contemplate locating in California, this is your opportunity to go there comfortably and economically. Irrigated farms, orange and lemon groves and other branches of agriculture have yielded competencies to other persons. Why shouldn't you be as successful? I have illustrated descriptive literature about California, as well as of the country intervening. Other books describe the equipment of our California trains. If interested come and get copies, or write me and I will mail them to you. Editorially Fearless. Consistently Republican Always. News from all parts of the world swers to queries on all subjects. 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Parties from St. Louis and Indianapolis have bought 10,000 acres of land in Woods county, Texas, and are negotiating for another tract of 8,000 acres; both to be occupied by colonies. The state of Idaho has sold 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. The total vote at the Ohio state election was 840,147; 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. The three highest mountains in the United States, not including Alaska, are Mt. Whitney, California, 14,898 feet; Blanca Peak, Colorado, 14,464 feet, and Cerro Blanco, New Mexico, 14,269 feet. It is claimed that Mt. Rainer, Washington, is 14,500 feet high. TRAVELER' FRI SYS THROUGH THE TRAVELER'S FAVORITE FRISCO SYSTEM THROUGH SERVICE Between St. Louis, Kansas City, Memphis, Birmingham, Paris, Fort Worth, Fort Smith, Wichita, Oklahoma City And Points in Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma and Indian Territories, Indiana and Illinois. Information as to train service and rates, also illustrated descriptive matter, promptly furnished upon application to B.F. DUNN DIV. PASS. AGENT Wichita, Ks. United States Mountains. L. R. DELANEY, Ticket Agent. Well written, original stories. An- Articles on Health, the Home, New about the Farm and Garden. Inter-Ocean er of the Associated Press and also news service of the New York Sun World, besides daily reports from students throughout the country. SEARCHLIGHT and THE WEEKLY papers for $1.50 Main; or send order by Mail. Organization Essential Organization Essential. Organization is one of the essential qualities necessary to success in any department of human activity. It is the essential quality that makes a successful nation, government, society, business enterprise, or any body of men associated together to carry out a specific purpose. Just as strong reasons as exist for a social or a business organization exists for an organization of workingmen, and the stronger and more harmonious the organization in all cases the greater the success attained. Capital has competed and still competes, but the tendency is always toward combination—namely, organization; capitalists have always been united in their opposition to workingmen. On the other hand, workingmen have usually competed and lacked organization, and their wages have gone down as their productive power increased. The best organized workmen get the largest wages, just as the strongest organized capitalists get the greatest profits on their investments. And just as much as it is the interest of capitalists to create a monopoly of capital—the means of production and distribution—so it is the interest of the laborers to create a monopoly of labor; for capitalists combine to rob the laborers of the greatest possible amount of their products, and the laborers must combine for the same purpose—to secure the greatest possible amount of their product. Is it not just as true of the small capitalists who most compete—that they get the smallest profits and are oftener driven to the wall—as it is of the unorganized laborers who get the smallest wages. MES. LEE ANDERSON and MASSAGE PARLOON. 442 N. TOPEKA AVE. WICHITA, KANSAS. + CUSTOM GRINDING + ..... A Specialty ..... ALL KINDS OF COAL & FEED PHOENISCH BROS, PROPS. 622 N. Main St. Phone 530 O.K. Dye Works ```markdown ``` Exposition Dedication Ceremonies Tickets on Sale April 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 $15.05 for round trip Los Angeles, Cal. General Assembly Ptebyterian church San Francisco, Cal. National Pfummer's Association Tickets on sale for above meetings May 3rd, 18, 18, 14, 16, 17 and 18th. $45.00 for the round trip COLONIST TICKETS (one way, 2nd class) On sale Daily until June 15th. San Fran', Los Angeles, Sacramento $25. Billings, Livington, Butte, Helena 20. Ogden, and Salt Lake City, Utah 20. Spokane, Wash. 22.50 Portland, Tacoma, and Seattle 25. Vancouver and Victoria, B. C. 25. For further information call at GITY TICKET OFFICE Corner Main St. and Dougal Ave., A. R. DEEM, B. F. DUNN, City Ticket Agent Div. Pass. Agt. annually in Chicago for tobacco we could build a new postoffice and beat the one now in process of slow decay to a standstill. If we had the filthy lucre spent annually in Chicago for curl papers and the damage they do in the roseate light districts, we could double the size of the loop and make it possible to get down town during the forenoon in time for luncheon. And further: If we had all the coin of the realm spent annually in Chicago for "booze" that was swallowed by men who didn't want it, who tried to get away from it and who inwardly kicked themselves for being a social ignoramus, as it swilled down them, we could build an underground railway and keep the mud out of streets for days at a time! If we had all the cash equivalents spent annually in Chicago for gum, face powder, playing cards, vice and liquor, we could keep Chicago CLEAN enough so a fellow could wear one collar a whole day without totally blackening it—and we would, too, by guinea! if we had to quit writing and look after it personally. Returning to Dr. Hall and his figures, we side with the doctor and believe he speaks the truth. What a sad commentary in the words: "Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn." A denial of the harmful things of life would make those "countless thousands" happier and better. We are yet some leagues from being perfect! "My friend," exclaimed the eloquent minister, "were the average man to turn and look himself square in the eyes, and ask himself what he really needed most, what would be the first reply suggested to his mind?" "A rubber neck!" shouted the precious urchin in the rear of the room McGinnis (sadly)—Tim, me and his wife hov parted feriver. Tim—T'v devil ye say! McGinnis—Yis; she tuk almony. Tim—Poor craturs, did she delay?—Denver Times. ```markdown ``` DRUGGIST Did you ask the merchant with whom you trade, who?he he "ads" in our paper? If rot, why not? In sist upon it that he "ads" with us. Wichita, Kaua. HOUCK Hardware Store Building Hsrdware, Garland and Quick Meal St el Ranges Garland Cook Stoves at the very low est prices. Banner Mills ROWLEE Hardware Store Cheapest Hardware and Stove house in Wichita; because we pay no rent and have light expenses SEE!! PEERLESS STEAM LAUNDRY Best Laundry In The City Cor. 1st. & Market, Phone 232 SELOVER & SONS. Props. Clothes Cleaned, Pressed and Repaired. Ladies' Work A Specialty. New and Second Hand Clothing Bought and Sold. Satisfaction Guranteed A nouveau riche recently attended a picture sale in this city. A friend who had noticed him at the sale asked afterward: "Did you pick up anything at that picture sale, Jorkins?" and the other responded: "Oh, yes, a couple of landscapes; one of 'em was a basket of fruit and the other a storm at sea."—Boston Commercial Bulletin. Red Front Racket The People's Economy Store. We have just received a large in voice 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 B.F.McLean. Wichita, Kansas. Wichita, Kaz., Clearwater, Kaz., Pech Kaz., Cheney, Kaz. RAILROAD TIME TABLE Corrected up to May 25th 1902. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY. Leaves Dail El Dorado, Eureka, Yates Center, Kansas City and St. Louis 9.25 am 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 7.85 am Geneseo, Salina, Puablo, Denver 5.00 pm For Anthony and Kiowa, 6.10 pm For Anthony and Kiowa, 7.40 am Arrives Daily Kiowa, Anthony, Conway Springs, and Clearwater 9.20 am Little Rock, Conway Springs, Coffeyville 4.50 pm From St. Louis 2.35 pm From Kan, City and St. Louis 7.05 am From Denver, Pneblo, Salina, and Geneseo 11.25 am From Hutchinson 4.00 pm From Hutchinson and Geneseo 9.25 pm From Anthony, Conway Springs 4.40 pm Kansas City, St. Louis, Yates Center and El Dorado 5.50 pm From Kiowa, Anthony and Con- way Springs 9.05 pm WICHITA and WESTERN No. 472, Pratt and Kingman Pas No. 474, Pratt and Kingman accommodation, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday 1.20 am No. 471, Kingman and Pratt Passenger, except Sunday 5.15 pm No. 478, Kingman and Pratt accommodation, Monday, Wednesday and Friday 9.15 am CHICAGO, ROCK - ISLAND & PACIFI R. 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Sun. 7.45 am In the course of a speech in the House one day recently a congressman had a good deal to say about purity of motives, honesty, etc. Col. "Ike" Hill, democratic whip of the house, heard the speech and later fell into philosophic mood while discussing the oration. Here are some gems of wisdom which fell from the colonel's lips in the course of a brief monologue: "When a man makes a parade in the daytime of how honest he is I always suspect that he does second-story work on dark nights. The difference between a man who takes a $10 bribe and the man who takes a $100,000 bribe is that the $10 man gets his. When a free and untrammeled American citizen has a vote to sell he generally stands in the market place. There never was a politician who dast be honest with himself." AGENTS WANTED We allow agents a big commission for their work. Write to-day for terms. Agents wanted in every town and city in the U. S. Send 2c stamp for Sample Copy. 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