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SUPPLEMENT TO THE SEARCHLIGHT. Wichita, Kansas, Saturday, April 25, 2003 KANSAS COMMENT. HORSES FOR EUROPE.—Eastern horses buyers in the past six weeks have shipped nine carioides of horses from Saline county for English markets. Kansas horses command higher prices than for years in London and Liverpool. GRISTEAD HAS RECOVERED.—Frank Warner, the negro who attacked Pool Grinstead, the editor of the Wathena Times, a few weeks ago, has been convicted of assault with intent to kill. Sentence has not been pronounced. Mr. Grinstead has recovered. The negro was intoxicated and attacked Grinstead with a razor. HEREFORDS AND SHORTTHORNS.—Another large pure-bred Hereford and Shorthorn cattle sale has been held at Manhattan. The highest priced Hereford bull brought $340. The entire herd of 46 head brought $5,000. Most of the buyers were Kansas men, and the stock will remain principally in Wabaunsee, Riley and Geary counties. FOR THE KINGSEBURYS.—Judge B. L. Kingsbury, of Burlington, has been notified that he was willed $10,000 by his brother, George L. Kingsbury, who died at Scranton, Pa., March 31. Mrs. Lucy Hampshire, of Sedgwick, a daughter of Mr. Kingsbury, is given $3,000. Mr. Kingsbury's sister's son, George Fisher, is given $10,000, and a daughter, Emily Fisher, gets what is left. SHOT HER FOOT.—While the excursionists to Lindsborg to hear the "Messiah" were boarding their train for McPherson a man on the train fired a shot from a car window. The bullet struck a woman in one foot. She was one of the students at the college, Bertha Oison. An attempt was made to arrest the shooter on the arrival of the train at McPherson, but he could not be found in the crowded train. IRRIGATION ASSOCIATION.—Fifty delegates met at Garden City and organized the Western Kansas Irrigation association, with I. L. Diesem as president; J. C. Starr, of Scott county, vice president; John Hall, of Syracuse, treasurer; C. A Loucks, of Lakin, secretary; C. T. Johnson, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, addressed the convention. Other addresses were made by Victor Murdock, Charles F. Clyne and John Hall. The meeting was enthusiastic. ARRESTED FOR EMBREZZING. —Samuel D. Pollock, representative in the legislature from the fifty-fifth district, has been arrested for embezzling $064 from the United States government. The theft was committed when Pollock was assistant postmaster in the Arkansas City office and was done by tampering with money orders and records. Pollock confessed and exonerated every one else connected with the office. The thefts were committed between May 25 and July 9, 1962. ROUND HOUSE BURNED.—The storage room of the Rock Island round house at Herington caught fire and in an hour's time both building and contents were destroyed. A lamp was knocked over into a pile of combustibles. The fire began inside upstairs. Only a few of the available men could be used and these were deterred by the heat and seclusion of the flames. The office, which is next to the ware-room, was completely flooded with water, but almost everything in this room was saved. The total loss is estimated at about $13,000. There were nearly $12,000 worth of storage and the damage to the building was about $1,000. PENITIENTIARY FARM.—Warden Jewett raises enough potatoes by convict labor on the penitentiary grounds to supply his 1,000 boarders the year round. Now he is clearing ground to raise enough corn to fatten a sufficient number of hogs to keep the prison supplied with all the hog meat consumed. RATES FOR CASH.—Money is being loaned in Vermont at 6 per cent. In Kansas the loan agents can get but five per cent. Kansas money is seeking mortgage investments in the eastern states. MEMORIAL WINDOW.—The services of the dedication of the memorial window in honor of the late George T. Fairchild, a former president of the State Agricultural college, were held at the Congregational church of Manhattan. The window, which is of a beautiful design, was given by Mrs. Fairchild and a number of friends. PRIZES FOR LAWNS.—The Hutchinson water company is offering prizes ranging from $50 to $75 each for the best lawns of various sizes developed this season. NEW TELEPHONE COMPANY.—A new telephone company known as the Dewey-Wareham Telephone company, has been organized to operate in Central Kansas, and has taken a charter. Its capital stock is $50,000, the greater part of which is held by C. P. Dewey, of Chicago, and H. P. Wareham, of Manhattan, Kas. THIRTY ACRES EACH.—There are only a little over 6,000 people in Rush county, and there are 185,000 acres planted to wheat. That county will have wheat to spare sure. FELL FROM TRAIN.—W. H. Coad, agent for the Missouri Pacific railway at Clearwater, fell from a moving train near that place while returning from a trip to Wichita. His left foot was mashed so that amputation was necessary just below the knee and the first three toes on his right foot were cut off. Mr. Coad had his arms full of bundles at the time of the accident and was standing on the platform of one of the cars a short time before the train reached Clearwater. KANSAS BANK DEPOSITS.—The bank deposits of Kansas now amount to $3,000,000 more than any previous high water mark according to the quarterly statement of Kansas banking institutions, issued by Bank Commissioner Albaugh. High water mark in the state's bank deposits heretofore was on September 30, 1901, when they aggregated $87,181.194.14. The deposits are now more than $90,000,000, over $60 for every man, woman and child in the state. A DISCOURAGED STUDENT.—Discouraged after three years' effort to work his way through Northwestern Medical school, of Chicago, -S. B. Houry, of Halstead, Kansas, attempted to end his life by jumping into the lake. Houry went to Chicago three years ago and has paid his expenses in college by delivering papers. For three months he has been studying hard and putting in long hours preparing for examinations. FARMERS INVESTING.—There is much activity in Saline county real estate. Within the last few weeks several big sales have been made. One of the largest was the sale of the Watson ranch to D. S. Sales and David H. Dalkers, of Marshall county for $20,000. The ranch comprises 824 acres of very fine land. Five Marshall county farmers have invested in Salina and Saline county property lately. THREE POLLOCKS.—S. D. Pollock, the representative in the last legislature, who is now in trouble over defaulation, or embezzlement of funds of the Arkansas City postoffice, is not a relative of Judge J. C. Pollock, of the supreme court. There is another Pollock who is mayor of Winfield, and there is no relationship connecting any two of the three men, though they are all citizens of Sumner county. MULVANE RESIGNS.—John R. Mulvane has resigned the presidency of the Missouri & Kansas Telephone company. When he became president of the company 20 years ago it was a comparatively small affair; now it has 28,204 miles of toll wire, principally copper, reaching 893 cities and towns in its territory. Its gross revenue for the year ending in January, 1903, reached $1,228,436.58. C. A. BARR, NOTARY.—It seems from inquiries received by the secretary of state that land swindles of more or less magnitude have been perpetrated in Western Kansas by means of conveyances which pretended to be acknowledged by C. A. Barr, a notary public of Ellsworth county. An examination of the records shows that there is no such person holding a notarial commission. GEO. W. WATSON HURT.—Mr. Watson, of Kinsley, and widely known throughout Kansas, was seriously, perhaps fatally injured in a runaway near Dodge City. His jaw was broken and it was feared that his skull is fractured at the base of the brain. He was on his way to attend the irrigation convention at Garden City. FOR GOOD ROADS.—Four delegates to the National Good Roads association, which meets at St. Louis April 27 and 29, have been selected. They are: D. C. Congdon, Grant Nornaday, Andrew J. Sherman and W. Warr, all of Fort Scott. Other Delegates to this meeting will be appointed later. NEW ELECTRIC CONNECTION.—A Sumner county farmer has his mail box electrically connected with his house. When the carrier leaves mail he presses a button, and the ringing of a bell in the house apprises the family of his visit. COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS.—Heretofore these officers received no pay in addition to their salaries for visiting schools. The law requires them to visit each school at least once a year. The new law allows the superintendent $1 for each school visited. PROF. WARD SUES—Prof. J. H. Ward, of Johnson county, Ia., has filed suit in the United States circuit court of Topeka against the regents of the Kansas Agricultural college for $12,065. Of this amount $2,055 is alleged to be for back salary and $10,000 for damages. Prof. Ward alleges that he was discharged from the faculty of the college for political reasons only. REDUCED RATES.—Last week in the Kansas papers the Santa Fe called attention to seventeen chances to make trips at reduced rates. CO-OPERATIVE ENTERPRISES.—There are two of them in Reno county. One is a creamy company, with $25,000 capital, at Yoder, with 100 stockholders; the other is a large department store at Hutchinson, in operation on the profit sharing plan. Two THOUSAND EXPECTED.—Over that number are expected to attend the Y. M. C. A. international conference in Topeká on April 30 to May 3. A special train on the Santa Fe will come from Chicago for the accommodation of the delegates. FIREMEN'S RELIEF FUND.—The disbursement of the firemen's relief fund to the various cities of the state which have the requisite fire protection to enable them to come under the law, was made by the superintendent of insurance. According to law the insurance companies are required to pay a two per cent tax into this fund. The total for this year is $24,204.47, which is $1,500 more than last year. There were only four more new towns added during the last year, Caney, Jewell City, Hoisington and Washington. There are now 116 towns which share in the distribution. BINDING TWINE PRICES.—Warden Jewett has announced that the pen-tentative twine plant will this year sell twine at ten cents a pound in lots of 5,000 pounds, and at nine and a half cents in lots of greater amount. This is a reduction of one cent a pound in last years' prices. The twine trust has announced that it will sell twine for 10 and one-half cents per pound for less than carlots and ten and one-fourth cents for carlots with freight added from Chicago. ARBOR DAY.—The immense campus of Friends' university in Wichita, was planted on Arbor day to trees of such varieties as are known to do well in Kansas. A year ago James M. Davis, who purchased the building and gave it to the Friends' church, had his landscape gardener in New York prepare a plan for decorating the campus and making it into a veritable garden and this plan is now being carried out. UTOPIA ASSOCIATIONS.—Those in the state of Kansas will probably go out of business as the result of a decision handed down in the supreme court. It was held that the association was formed simply to evade the prohibitory law and Justice Green, who wrote the opinion of the court, gave the men who organized the association a hot roast. TWO ABILENE CITIZENS.—D. Trott, the well known breeder of Duroc-Jerseys, died at his stock farm north of Abilene, aged 61 years. He was a contributor to leading agricultural papers on farm topics. Hiram Thayer, aged 80 years, died at his home in the city; both on the same day. HAND AND FOOT CRUSHED.—While playing on a trestle in the Santa Fe yards at Coffeyville the six-year-old son of Thomas Edmiston was struck by freight cars which were being switched. His left hand and left foot were crushed and have been amputated. A DEPOT BURNED.—The Union Pacific depot at Belleville is burned down. The fire is supposed to have started, from a spark from an engine. Nearly all the freight in the depot was saved. FOUR FIRES IN THREE HOURS.—That was the record in Leavenworth the other day. A barn with a valuable horse came first; followed by the burning of three residences. To See Roosevelt.—Excursion rates are offered to those who desire to see President Roosevelt at many of the places where his train will stop while passing through Kansas. TRICHINA POISONING.—A farmer's wife and two daughters of Saline county have died from trichina caused by eating pork which was not sufficiently cooked. WORK OF LIGHTNING.—Barkmeyer's elevator at Sedgwick was struck by lightning but no serious damage was done; also a barn was struck and burned. TWAS EVER THUS.—Sterling merchants complain that they get the credit orders and the cash trade goes to Hutchinson. SAVES TWO PER CENT.—The Pratt county commissioners have refunded $27,000 of 6 per cent bonds at 4 per cent. STATE S. S. CONVENTION.—The program of the annual State Sunday school convention to be held at Parsons May 12-14, has been completed by State Secretary Eng'e. Preparations are being made for the attendance of 800 delegates and the work of the convention will be interesting throughout. WAS GOING HOME.—W. L. Stewart started from Cherryvale to visit his parents in Missouri, and was killed by a train near Fort Scott. A letter was found showing that he had been called home as his parents were sick. JEWELL COUNTY GETS ONE.—Congressman Reeder, it is understood, is practically sure of having the government put down one of the three wells promised the Sixth district in Jewell county. YATES CENTER ALSO.—The city council has let the contract for six oil and gas wells in that region. This territory has never been developed, but recently in a well that is being sunk by some of the citizens oil was struck in good quantities and now the field is attracting capitalists. WAS CAPTAIN IN THE 20TH—George N. Watson, who was captain of Company L, Twentieth Kansas, is now a corporal at Fort Apache, Ariz. Since returning from the, Phillppines he has been in South Africa taking part in the warfare there, but a year ago came back and re-enlisted in the United States army. A SOCIALIST COLLEGE.—A socialist college will be opened at Wichita on May 6, bearing the name of "American Socialist college." It will be the first of its kind in the United States. Kansas City. NATIVE STEERS..... $ 4 00 @ $ 5 25 HOG3—Choices to heavy..... $ 7 67 @ $ 7 15 WHSAST—No. 2 hard..... $ 67 @ $ 68 CORN—No. 2 Mixed..... $ 36% @ $ 38% OATS—No. 2 Mixed..... $ 36% @ $ 38 HAY—Choice Timothy..... $ 12 50 @ $ 9 00 Choice Prairie..... $ 9 00 BUTTER..... $ 20 @ $ 23 EGGS..... $ 12% Chicago Live Stock. GOOD TO PRIME..... $ 5 10 @ $ 5 50 STOCKERS & F3 STERS..... $ 2 00 @ $ 4 75 TEXAS FED STEERS..... $ 4 00 @ $ 5 00 ROGS..... $ 7 15 @ $ 7 51 Chicago Grain. WHEAT No. 2 Hard..... $ 71 @ $ 75 CORN—No. 2..... $ 44% OATS—No. 2..... $ 32 @ $ 32% St. Louis Live Stock. BEEVES..... $ 4 00 @ $ 5 40 STOCKERS & FEEDERS..... $ 3 40 @ $ 4 80 TEXAS STEERS..... $ 3 63 @ $ 4 75 Cotton. Middlings LIVERPOOL..... 5.14d NEW YORK..... 10.45% GALVESTON..... 10% Wichita Grain. Open High Low Close Today Close Yday WHEAT May..... $ 73% $ 78% $ 73% $ 78% $ 77% July..... $ 73% $ 73% $ 72% $ 72% $ 72% Sept..... $ 69% $ 69% $ 69% $ 69% $ 68% CORN- May..... $ 41% $ 44% $ 44% $ 44% July..... $ 44% $ 44% $ 44% $ 44% Sept..... $ 41% $ 44% $ 44% $ 44% OATS- May..... $ 34% $ 35% $ 34% $ 34% $ 34% July..... $ 31% $ 31% $ 31% $ 31% $ 31% Wichita Live Stock. HOG3..... $ 6 65 @ $ 6 00 CATTLE—STOCKERS..... $ 430 @ $ 430 OWA..... $ 825 @ $ 865 SHEEP..... $ 430 @ $ 5 00 STEERS..... $ 435 LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF. The Santa Fe has placed orders in Germany for 10,000 tons of 65-pound steel rails for delivery at San Francisco in May or June. The famine in Kwangsi province, China, is killing tens of thousands of persons, and women there are selling themselves into slavery to escape starvation. Enough applications are in Albany now for permission to build and operate power plants to take water from Niagara river to reduce the flow over the falls at least one fifth. The people of Chile are enthusiastic concerning the apparent approval which is given by the United States government to the proposed construction of the projected pan-American railroad. A table of Mr. Carnegie's gifts for libraries and educational purposes, just published, show the amount he has given in the United States is over $52,000,000 and in Great Britain about $15,000,000. The "Mother Lode" mine at Sutter Creek, Cal., may be closed on account of a strike. A formal notice was issued to the sheriff that if the non-union miners were not protected he would be held responsible for all damages. The Chicago drainage canal is carrying a great volume of water downwards towards the Mississippi, diverting it from the falls. The Canadian government is granting franchises to companies to use the water as fast as on this side. Judge Hook has appointed receivers for the Home Riverside coal mining company of Leavenworth, Kansas, upon application of the holders of the bonds of the company, who allege that the interest on its bonds and stocks stands unpaid. Union paper makers in the Fox river valley have declared a strike. Ten mills and 1,000 employees are idle. Print paper and fibre mills are the only ones affected. The men demand a 65-hour week and no Sunday night or Sunday work. The transport Sumner, Captain Lothrop, has sailed from San Francisco for a trip around the world. She goes first to Honolulu, thence to Manila, where she takes on the Fifth regiment and sails with them for New York through the Suoz canal. Rebels are still active about San Domingo City. Several fights have occurred within a few days and more are expected. There is not gained any important advantage for either side. The Missouri pacific railway is to construct feeders in Nebraska and to extend its main lines into the Dakota wheat fields and also to extend in a straight line to Denver through Grand Island. Missouri legislators are having a like experience with St. Louis aldermen. Many indictments are being found. Captain Pershing's troops who are operating against the Moros in Mindanao, have been attacked by cholera. The navy department has contracted with the Continental Creamery Co. of Topeka for 400,000 pounds of butter for warships, to be delivered at the New York navy yard. The price is 28 cents a pound. The Philippine government will expend half of the gift of $3,000,000 by congress in restocking farms. Two thousand carabos will be purchased and sold to planters at cost. The government is moving soldiers from the eastern stations to the west coast. The Missouri Pacific took three trainloads of soldiers from Kansas City to Pueblo, on April 18 and 18. 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Here it gets cold and continues so till spring—there are no disagreeable winds. In South Alberta it is some warmer—two to four inches of snow may fall and in a few hours a Chinook wind comes along, evaporating the entire snow, leaving terra firma perfectly dry; in fact, we did not believe this part until we came and saw for ourselves and we now know what we herein write to be just as we write it. There has not been a day this winter that I could not work out doors. Farmers here are calculating on starting the plow the first of March. "As to farm wages, we would not advise a man to come here with the expectation of living by his day's work, but all who do want a home I advise to have nerve enough to get up and come, for there never has been, and may never be again, such a grand opportunity for a man to get a home almost free. "As to the crops, I have been in the fields before harvest, saw the grass put up and the grain harvested, and I never saw such large yields. I saw oars near Edmonton over six feet tall that yielded 80 bushels per acre, and I talked to a farmer rear St. Albert who had a field year before last that averaged 110 bushels per acre and weighed 43 pounds to the bushel. All other crops would run in proportion—as to potatoes and vegetables, the turnout was enormous. I have such reports as the above from all sections that I have visited, and that has been every community between the Edmonton district and Raymond, in the Lethbridge district. "As to stock raising, I would advise a man to locate in this place, or any place, in South Alberta, but for mixed farming I would say go up farther north, say near Lacombe, Wetaskiwin or Edmonton, where it is not quite so dry and where there is some timber to be had. I will say that nowhere have I ever seen a better opportunity for a man, whether he has money or not, to obtain a home. Nowhere can be found a more productive soil, better water and a better governed country than Western Canada affords. Inducements to the home-seeker are unexcelled. I met two men near Ponoka on the C. & E. R. R., who borrowed the money to pay for their homestead, and in four years those two men sold their farms—one for $2,500, the other for $3,000. I met a man near Wetaskiwin who landed here with 25 cents six years ago. He is now worth $8,000. The advantages for ranching are excellent. In fact, I do not believe this section can be beat. Markets are good; as to living, a family can live as cheap here as they can in the States. The average yield of oats in this neighborhood last year was 70 bushels per acre; wheat averaged 35, barley 40, and the beet crop was good. In consequence of the successful cultivation of the beet a large beet sugar factory is being erected at Raymond, seven miles from here. "In conclusion I will say that N. W. T. from Manitoba to a long distance north of Edmonton produces most wonderful crops. Lakes and rivers abound with fish, and game is plentiful. And that this is unquestionably the country for a man to come to if he desires to better his condition in life. I would advise the prospective settler to look over the Lethbridge, Lacombe, Wetaskiwin and Edmonton districts before locating. "I will locate in the Edmonton district next fall and several families from the States will locate with me. In the meantime I will receive my mail here and will be pleased to give the interested all the information desired." For information as to railway rates, etc., apply to any agent of the Canadian Government, whose name appears elsewhere in this paper. Boldness of Kite Hawks. Kite hawks have become so bold about the garrison in Burma that they swoop down on the mess tables and seize food from the soldiers' plates. New Process Means Great Saving. A new process for extracting oil from olives by a centrifugal machine, such as is used in sugar refineries, will effect an enormous saving to the olive growers of California. Visitors to Spain Must Register. The Spanish Government has revived the regulation requiring all foreigners resident in or visiting Spain to register their names at their consulates. House Fly a Rapid Traveler: The house fly is very rapid in flight, its wings making 800 beats a second, in which time it goes twenty-five feet. When alarmed the rate is increased to that of fifty feet a second. New Trouble for Venice. Venice has a new source of anxiety. it has happened repeatedly of late that when the tide went out it left all the canals empty; and as there are no horses, all traffic was suspended for hours. Blue Color Due to Oxygen. A German scientific periodical says that, according to recent experiments by Dr. Spring of Lutich, the blue color of the atmosphere is due to the oxygen it contains, and not, as heretofore believed, to the effect of fine particles of dust. An Honored Servant Sho Masuda, a female servant of Niwagori, Japan, has had a green riband conferred upon her by the Japanese Bureau of Decorations, for remarkable fidelity to the family who employed her. She is said to be the first domestic servant who has ever been decorated by a government Trees Without Leaves There are great forests of leafless trees in Australia. They are acacias, or wattles, as some people call them, and their being leafless is simply an adaptation to the dry climate. They have leaves while growing, but when their growth is complete they shed the leaves and breathe through the little stem that remains, because moisture is too precious to them for the free evaporation that leaves always cause. They "Walted" and "Saw." Warren's Corners, N. Y., April 20th. —"Wait and see—you're better now, of course, but the cure won't last." This was what the doctors said to Mr. A. B. Smith of this place. These doctors had been treating him for years and he got no better. They thought that nothing could permanently cure him. He says: "My kidneys seemed to be so large that there wasn't room for them, and at times it seemed as if ten thousand needles were running through them. I could not sleep on my left side for years, the pain was so great in that position. I had to get up many times to urinate, and my urine was sometimes clear and white as spring water, and again it would be high-colored and would stain my linen. The pain across my back was awful. I was ravenously hungry all the time. "After I had taken Dodd's Kidney Pills for four days my kidneys pained me so bad I could hardly sit down. On the morning of the fifth day I felt some better, and the improvement continued until I was completely cured. "This is months ago, and as I have had no symptom of a return of my old trouble I am sure I am permanently cured." Power of Niagara Falls At Niagara Falls 35,000 horsepower is used in twenty different electrical processes for producing metals and chemicals. Sympathy Between Twins. Within half an hour of the death of one of a pair of twin boys, at Leicester, England, the other one died through, the doctor said, a certain curious sympathy which exists between twins. California Prunes. The first prune tree was planted in California in 1870 by a Frenchman, who brought the tree to this country from France. The first orchard—of ten acres—began to yield in 1875. In 1901 the state produced 150,000,000 pounds of prunes and the total crop of 1902 will be considerably larger. The center of the industry is the Santa Clara valley, which contains 3,567,140 bearing trees. Cures Drunkenness. A traveler has made the observation that coffee-drinking people are very seldom given to drunkenness. In Brazil, for instance, where coffee is grown extensively, and all the inhabitants drink it many times a day, intoxication is rarely seen. The foreigner who settles there, though possessed of ever such a passion for strong drink, gradually loses his liking for alcohol as he acquires the coffee-drinking habit of the Brazilian. BUILT OVER. Food That Rebuilt a Man's Body and Built It Right. By food alone, with a knowledge of what food to use, disease can be warded off and health maintained, also many even chronic diseases can be cured. It is manifestly best and safest to depend upon food to cure rather than too much drugging. A case in point will illustrate. A well known man of Reading, Pa., Treas. of a certain club there, says: "I have never written a testimonial letter, but I have been using Grape-Nuts about a year and have recovered my health, and feel that I would like to write you about it for the case is extraordinary. "For five years I was a sufferer from a dreadful condition of the bowels; the trouble was most obscure." Here follows a detailed description and the condition certainly was distressing enough (details can be given by mail). "Nothing in the way of treatment of drugs benefited me in the least and an operation was seriously considered. In May, 1901, I commenced using Grape-Nuts as a food and with no idea that it would in any way help my condition. In two or three weeks' time I noticed an improvement and there was a steady gain from that time on until now I am practically well. I don't know how to explain the healing value of the food but for some reason, although it has taken nearly a year, I have recovered my health and the change is entirely attributable to Grape-Nuts food, for I long ago quit medicine. I eat only Grape Nuts for breakfast and lunch, but at my night dinner I have an assorted meal." Name furnished by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Same Methods Used Everywhere, But the Members Are Differently Named. "Have you ever noticed," inquired the observing man who had just returned from a hurried trip to England, "that there is little difference in street mendicants the world over, except in name?" Being assured that the auditor had not, the observing man continued his exposition. "I took occasion, while on my trip to make some investigation of the street 'beggars,' as we call them in Chicago, as they appear in other cities. I never realized before just how gullible people in general are until I made this investigation. In every city I was struck' on the street by two or more beggars, and I found their hard luck stories agreeing in all essential details with those put forward by the Chicago members of the tribe. From the well-addressed individual who professes acquaintanceship with you and asks for the loan of a dollar or a sovereign, as the case may be, to the plain out and beggar who whines out a three lays' fast, their methods are identical, "The only difference I could discover is in the names given to these gentry by the people of the different cities where they operate. Here in Chicago we go to the root of the matter and call the whole class 'street beggars'. In New York, on the other hand, people differentiate between mendicants who appear at the back door with a basket and ask for assistance and those who meet one on the street with a more or less plausible tale of distress. These latter are known as 'graffers' in the East. That term is unknown in London. There they are called 'tapsters'. A 'tapster' is on the whole more ambitious than a 'grafter' or a 'street beggar'. The latter will never strike you for more than a couple of Dollars under any pretext, but the London 'tapster' of the 'swell' class makes no bones of asking for the loan of a sovereign. "It is somewhat flattering for a stranger to judge by your outward appearance that you carry such suns about with you that the matter of a sovereign or two makes no difference to you, but otherwise it seems to me the English members of the craft carry the matter too far. Neither are their schemes so well differentiated as those used by their American brethren, and it is very easy to detect them when one of them accosts you. No American ought ever to be taken in by one. Their work is too coarse."—Chicago Chronicle. The Aztec Calendar. One of the curiosities of all ages is built in the wall of the cathedral in the City of Mexico. It is the Aztec calendar, carved in 1512. While being carted to its destination it broke down a bridge and fell to the bottom of the lake in which the city was built, killing priests and people. With great difficulty it was raised out of the water. With other objects of heathen worship it was afterward buried in a marsh, as the best way to get rid of it, and there it lay hidden for two centuries. In 1790 the Spanish Viceroy allowed it to be built into the cathedral on condition that it should be preserved and exposed always in a public place. It is now, however, held as the property of the National Museum. The Aztec calendar is a solid piece of stone, twelve feet in diameter. It divides time into cycles, year and days. Fifty-two years constitute a cycle; the year had 365 days, with five intercalary days wholly devoted to human sacrifices. Each year had eighteen months of twenty days each, and each month four weeks of five days each. The days had such names as "Sea Animal," "Small Bird." "Monkey," "Rain," etc., and each of the twenty days had a different name. The points of the compass were named "Reed," "House," "Flint" and "Rabbit," instead of east, west, north and south. When an Aztec said, "I am going House on Sea Animal," he meant that he was starting west on Monday. The month of March was called "Victims Flayed Alive," while July's title was "Garlands of Corn on the Necks of Idols."—New York Press. Copies of Patents. By direction of the Commissioner of Patents a change has been made in the practice of the Patent Office with regard to the furnishing of copies of patents to inventors, attorneys and others. The appropriation for making copies of patents has permitted the office to print only seventy-five copies for distribution, allowing for a small reserve fund to be paid for printing copies that are used in court. It has been found that persons apply for large numbers of these copies and that the supply is exhausted. Hereafter only a limited number of copies will be supplied to each person making application. The Commissioner has also ordered that the practice be so changed as to make it necessary for a person desiring to have patents reproduced to specify the reasons therefor and file them with the chief clerk of the Patent Office. Reproductions will be made only under these circumstances.—Philadelphia Record. Longevity of Editors. Are editors long lived? In the obituary notes of Fourth Estate seven deaths are recorded, five of old men. They are: Henry H. Hayes, one of the oldest and best known Congressional reporters, seventy-four years old; William H. B. Currier, fifty-five years the publisher of the Amesbury (Mass.) Villager; James W. Clarke, at one time the publisher of the Williamsport (Pa.) Gazette, seventy-three years old; Albert Patrick, one of the first editors of the Louisville Courier-Journal, eighty years old; C. M. Nichols, a former editor of the Springfield (O.) Republican, seventy-four years old. — Nashville American. An Interesting Letter Concerning Peruna. MISS DELLA. JANVEAU Miss Della Janueau, Globe Hotel, Ottawa, Ont., is from one of the oldest and best known French Canadian families in Canada. In a recent letter to The Peruna Medicine Co., of Columbus, Ohio, she says: "Last spring my blood seemed clogged up, my digestion poor, my head ached and I felt languid and tired all the time. My physician prescribed for me, but a friend advised me to try Peruna. I tried it and am pleased to state that I found it a wonderful cleanser and purifier of the system. In three weeks I was like a new woman, my appetite had increased, I felt buoyant, light and happy and without an ache or pain. Peruna is a reliable family medicine." Adia Brittain, of Sekitan, O., writes: "After using your wonderful Peruna three months I have had great relief. I had continual heaviness in my stomach, was bilious, and had fainting spells, but they all have left me since using Peruna." —Adia Brittain. 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 graits. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio. You can’t make a horse fast by starving him. PUTNAM FADELESS DYES produce the brightest and fastest colors. The deaf mute is generally handy with his talk. The well earned reputation and increasing popularity of the Lewis' "Single Binder," straight 5c cigar, is due to the maintained high quality and appreciation of the smoker. In the crisis of a divorce suit a woman is apt to be unmanned. TRY ONE PACKAGE If "Defiance Starch" does not please you, return it to your dealer. If it does you get one-third more for the same money. It will give you satisfaction, and will not stick to the iron. If your constitution needs amending, the proper draught is Hires Rootbeer The Nation's Temperance Beverage. A package makes 5 gallons. Sold everywhere, or sent for 25 cents. Brewers' imitations. CHARLES E. HURES CO., Halverton, Pa. GREAT STUFF! Honest, now, isn't it? We knew you would like it and now we want you to keep a bottle in the house and when you go away put one in your grip. Every time you get bilious or constipated and whenever you have a sick headache or a touch of indigestion—take a teaspoonful of Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Try it on the baby too—it will cry for more. Hon. Thos. F. Tipton, Bloomington, IL., writes: "When in Monticello last spring try a law suit, Mr. Hots, a friend of mine, sold me of Syrup Pepsin and addicted to try it. I did so and used a bottle and have used several bottles since. It has given me great relief, and I would not be without a bottle at hand, as I think that is the absolute preparation for the stomach, and have no objections to your using my name as an endorsement of this, what I regard a great remedy for stomach trouble. I had tried many doctors and about every lady that was interested in my friends, and must say that Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin has done me more good than all I have ever tried." Your Money Back If It Don't Benefit You PEPSIN SYRUP CO., Monticello, IL factory results from the use of Perma, 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. The oil sack with his look of comfort and satisfaction in his suit of Fish Brand Waterproof Old Clothing is shining of the time when he was a boy and took to be turned by the whirlwind clean and reliable Tower's old clothing where he sat him he would tell you that black or yellow waterproof coat, skirt, and hat with a coat of red cotton were whether on the sea or blood could be bad of reliable dealers everywhere and that the sign everywhere given hung the days of the TOWER'S Park is guaranteed to give satisfaction. A J. TOWER CO. BOSTON, MA. TOWER MANAGEMENT CORPORATION. If afflicted with sore eyes, use Thompson's Eye Water WEAR the best rubber collar; the M & M; liberal terms; exclusive territory. Send samp for catalog. M. & M. MFG. CO. 11 street, Springfield, Mass. The Granary of the World. "The Land of Sunshine and Rain" under erop in 1902 . . . 117,839,395 and 117,839,395. HOMESTEAD LANDS OF 160 ACRES FREE, the only charm for which it is 810 for making entry. 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CONSUMPTION THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT outh Aflame Over The Negro Question ld feeling on the Subject is Revived as a Result of Fear of Democrats That They May Lose Control--Many Elements at Work. 4TH YEAR. outh Aflame The Ne ld feeling on th vived as a Res Democrats T Lose Contro ments a NEW ORLEANS, La, April 21.—(cial)—Not since the days ini- tately following the reconstruc- her has the Negro question under discussion with so much and passion throughout the has at the present moment ver mnan are thrown together the one topic which inevitably is to the front. thin five days here In New ans the two leading morning spokes, the Times Democrat the Picayune, have devoted in way and another from twelve to ten columns to the subject. In Missippi where a senatorial and dernatorial canvass are in pro- ject, it is one of the hot issues of campaign. Its starting point is regarding the distribution the education fund among the tes and the blacks. From that at of departure the whole quest of the Negro as a political fac- and as a threat to existing social lutions radiates in all directions with varying degrees of heat, proportion to the temperament the orator and the audience. this sudden outburst in the South a matter of a few months' de-ment. In states where, by institutional provision, the Negro tactically disfranchised, it was intents and purposes a dead. It was so dead an issue, in that in manufacturing com-prises and in parts of the South are the industrial development greatest, there was more or uneasiness among the old line officers as to the ability of that army to hold the party together longer as the compact politi-mit it had been in the past. the elements of political disinter- ention in the Southern states were by at work. Those of the South's less men who brought them to vote for Mr. Bryan at all, so with repugnance and with conviction that he would be de- ded any way no matter how they he. Many others voted directly Mr. McKinley, still more did vote at all. STUDENT TURN TO REPUBLICANISM. In South Carolina the editor of of the well-known papers there no longer ago than last fall had been right up to the at of putting "Republican" up in the head of his editorial page. I knew there would be a howl," said. "I knew I would come in a lot of abuse. I also knew that a great deal of the talk would were wind and that I would on-opsely doing what a large number of the best people in the community wanted in their hearts --- to do I was tired of being a political hypocrite, of nominally supporting a party when in reality I was against nearly everything in national matters which that party stood for." The time was near at hand in a word when the great mass of conservative business men in the rapidly developing Southern states would be rife to break away from old political traditions and prejudices. One more Chicago or Kansas City platform, and one more Bryan, or semblance of Bryan, would have done the business. There would have been a uniting conserviven South and North. There would have been a Southern as well as a Northern wing of the Republican party repreenting the same elements both in the South and in the North. NEGRO AGAIN BURNING ISSUE. There was just one thing that would surely and inevitably prevent such a result in the near future. The one hope of holding the South together are the old ominous, threatening, solid South, always a socialism and demagogery, to business interests both South and North the one thing that beyond peradventure, wold keep up this old danger line, was something that would set the southern states aflame again on the Negro question. On that point the Souls was raw to the quick. After her years of wading out of the muck and mire of reconstruction, whatever suggested that dark era would instantly well the disintegrating elements into one solid mass again. That thing essential to continued Democratic solidity in the South was supplied, and now, when in the course of events, the Negro as an acute irritant would have been nearly eliminated this spring of 1903 finds him again an issue burning in all the southern states as he was in 1874. The entire Negro question, with all its useless controversies, its bitt rnces, and its damaging consequences to the Negro himself—all this is reopen afresb. "The clock has been put back for 15 years," said today a former resident of this city whose home now is in New York. "I knew in a general way before I left New York what the state of feeling must be in the South where I was born and raised, but I must say I was not prepared to see how completely the people are stirred up, how deeply they are moved. It is a most deplorable thing—deplorable both to the whites and the Negroes." This fairly represents the feeling of thousands of the South's represen- WICHITA. KANSAS. APRIL 24. 1903. A ride over Wichita and a visit to the homes of the industrious colored people here, will convince anyone that they're keeping abreast with the prosperity of our city. They are building remodeling,repairing and beau tifying their homes in every part of the city. Let the good work continue. Keep it up tative men. Under t anger at the incidents which right this change about there is. ill deeper sentiment of sadness and regret. THE NEGROE'S DRAWBACK. Rabbi Sanifield, of Milwaukee in discussing the Negro question, says in part that, "If I were asked to criticise the conditions of the Negroes, instead or stating what I know to be a fact, that they are making good progress toward better and higher civilization, I could say that one of the greatest drawbacks, in my opinion, to the progress and development of the Negro is the fact that they are not blessed with the best kind of preachers. They are not always of the high character which should be a part of men connected with church work. They lack digity, as well as education, and are poorly paid A ride over Wid to the homes of colored people vince anyone th ing abreast with of our city. The remodeling, rep tifying their h part of the city. work continue. RACIAL PROGRESS IN VIR GINIA. The colored people of Virginia are ste dily progressing, desp te the action of the Negro haters in trying to hinder their onward march to material and industrial prosperity. The report of the auditor of public accounts of the state of Virginia, Hon. Morton Marye for the year ending September 30th, 1902, shows t at this much maligned people own 1.143.681 acres of and. This is an increase of 1.141 acres in two years. The total value of the land, town lots and buildings owned by the colored people of this state is $13, 281,889. The value of the personal property is $4298.501. This the total value of the property, both real and personal, owned by the colored people of Virginia, $17,580, 390. This makes the increase in the value of property in two years, $17,723,820 the total value of their property both real and personal in 1900 being $15,856,570. If this is not a fine r cord for a people working for starvation wag s and subject to all the hardrances of oppression, what is it? You have here the cause of the agitation against the Negro. The laboring white elements are not slow to recognize the march to events and hope to secure by legis- This fact is a detracting influence as one of the moral agencies in the upbuilding of the cooled race. There are of course, a few honorable exceptions and the few dignified and good charactered preachers perform their work in an excellent manner. "The Negroes," while largely emotional, are intensely religious, and an effort should be made to direct them in right channels. This is one phase of the problem, which, if it commanded the attention of right thinking element, and was taken in hand by the progressive thought of the South, would help matters wonderfully. "Industrial y the Negro is making great progress, and his adaptability to mechanical art is long since a demonstrated fact." SEARCHLIGHT SI DO Per Year chita and a visit of the industrious here, will con that they're keep in the prosperity they are building fairing and beau omes in every Let the good Keep it up lation what they have failed to effect by their labor unions. They no longer make any pretense of making war upon the Negro loafer. They are bitterly opposing the Negro laboring elements. With these evidences of thrift, who will claim that education has done nothing for the black man of the south? These people were penniless at the close of the war, and had just emerged from the most galling slavery ever known in the history of the world. These accumulations are the direct result of thrift and industry. The colored brother has never learned the quicker way of the speculator. It is evident to our mind that praise should take place of abuse and that the nation should readily acknowledge the capability and capacity of one of the most remarkable classes of people on the face of the globe.—Planet, Richard, Va. "The next time Jim Tillman will probably be caresl not lo kill a white man. He feels that he is being put to con-id-rable unnecessary inconvenience."—Washington Post We don't just understand why Jim Tillman didn't vent his spite and hate against Gonzales by killing one or two "niggers." This as adriably suggested by the Po't, would have been the droper thing, Tillman ought to known that it is sl ghtly bad form to kill a white man. The "nugger" is the southern white man's lawful prev. NO COLOR LINE It has finally been decided that no special colored exhibit will be coerced exhibit will be acceptable to the management of the Louisma Purchase exposition, which is to be held in St. Louis next year. This is the first time since the big fairs have been in vogue that opportunity has not been given the Negro to stow to the world something of his progress. We are not ready to assert that that the St. Louis people have turned down the proposition to give the Negroes especial floor space on account of any particular prejudice they hold toward bim as a man. We do not regard the Negro's of the country as radically different from any other American citizens and see no particular reason why they should be picked out and set apart from the rest of their country men, any more than that our German, Irish, Italian and Hungarian people should be. The truth is, the commissioners probable knew that part of the Negro people favor a separate exhibit and that a great silent majority do not care to be constantly set up as a foreign colony in the land of their birth. If any Negro has anything worth showing let it be offered to the exposition management on its merit. If the picture of the great Negro painter, Tanner, could be hung on the walls of the art gallery, we are quite certain that they would attract as much attention as the contributions of any other American painter. These pictures would be admired not because their creator is a Neg but because he is an artist.—Charleson Advocate. Of the hundreds of thousands of dol ars spent by the Negroes la t week for new shoes, hats and clothing, how many of these goods were manufactured and sold by Negro men and women? The shake up, investigation, and uncovering of official rascality in the Post office Department at Washington, again show the weakness and frailty of human nature, and absolute necessity of frequent changes in government officials. The word applauds success. The wo ld has not the time, nor does it care by w at quest onable methods success may come. If you want the app'ause of the world you must succeed. You must succeed at all hazards. You must succeed if you have to labor all day a d work all night. You must succeed althouh you have to still conscience, admantine your heart, turn your back on friends, smite your brother, kill your father, and turn the milk of human kindness into gall. Do this, succeed and the world appla ds, fawns, truckles, calls incompetency greatness, amd magnifies the pi my into a giant. But, after all, the success purchased at such a cost, acknowledged under such circumstances, is but the mter flashing with dazzling effigence across the heavens, the wonder of all eyes—but soon forgtten, contemptuously forgotten. "The little dogs, Blanche, Tray and Sweet eart, are all barking at Bryan, now." NO 48 Man and His Shoes *How much a man is like his shoes! For instance, both a sole may lose; Both have been tanned; both are made tight. By cobblers both get lef and right. And both are made to go on feet. They both need heeling, oft are sold. And both in time will turn to mold. With shoes the last is first: with men The first shall be last, when The shoes weea out they're mended new, When men wear out the are men dead, too! They both are trod upon and both Will tread on others nothing loath, Both have their ties and both inbline, When polished in the world to shine And both peg out. Now would you choose To be a man or be its shoes?"] MORE PROMPT THAN WHITES. NORFOLK, Va.,—Tax collectors of the nearby counties report that the Afro-American residents are more prompt in paying 'axes' than the whites. They do not question the assessments and their prosperity and desire to support the government is indicated by their promptness. In Halifax county all but a few Afro-American residents have paid, while hundreds of the whites are in the delinquent class. NEW ORLEANS, La.—The whites of Jasper county, Miss., are stirred up by the appointment of a Negro postmaster at Leonta, five miles south of Paulding, the county east. The office had been held until a short time ago by a white man who has moved away. All of the white citizens of that part of the country have recently moved away with the exception of one or two who did not care to take the postoffice and who aked that it be discontinued. The region is thickly populated with Negroes, who have a church and school near the postoffice and they sent in a petition asking that Heard, a Negro school teacher, be appointed, which was done. PROF SMALLWOOD ON NEGRO SOCIAL EQUALITY. "The solution of the Negro problem lies with the Negro hins-If. It can be brougnt about by his acquiring land, saving maney and educating his sons. There is nothing in the cry about social equality. The Negro does not want it and does not expect it," This statement was made at Bethel church in Chicago by J. J. Smaflywood, president of the Temperance Industrial Collegiate institute, a Negro institution at Claremont, Va. "At the close of the civil war," Professor Smallwood said, "the Negro had nothing. Since then he has accumulated $300,000,000 worth of property. He has built up ninety-six institutions of learning, and the race has furnished 27,000 school teachers. He has turned his attention to buying land, and this will eventually result in the solution of the race problem. "I have no objection to a law requiring Negroes to ride in a separate coach on the railways. What I do mant is a division of the coach so that we would not have to mingle with the element in our race that is shunned by the educated whites in the rs." Get a Searchlight, if you want the news. YOUR JOB PRINTING We Print ANYTHING LETTER HEADS NOTE HEADS ENVELOPES BUSINESS CARDS CALLING CARDS STATEMENTS BILL HEADS HAND BILLS POSTERS MINUTES CIRCULARS TRY US. FINE WORK OUR J If Your Work Is DONE BY US We Do It RIGHT We Are Kind Job Work We Guard In Work Us At The Brit The PRINTER Our Prices ARE OUR Work ARE A Subscr SEARG IF NOT, IT IS $1.00 SUBS & RI Gus A. Mi DEAR WALL PAPER. WIN MOUL OUR JOB ROOM We Are Now Prepared To Kinds Of Fancy, Up to Job Work. We Invite A Trick 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 rices ARE AS LOW AS THE LOWEST UR Work IS AS GOOD AS THE BEST ARE YOU? Subscriber to HARGHLIGHT NOT, WHY NOW? It Is Only $1.00. FC WHOL Deli Scribeto - DA A. Miller A DEALER, IN PER. WINDOW SHA MOULDINGS 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. FCR A WHOLE YEAR Delivered. SUBScriBETO-DAY Gus A. Miller Art Co WALL PAPER. WINDOW SHADESAN MOULDINGS. Sign and Banner Work a Specialty 52 Noreh Main St. PEERLESS STEAM LAUNDRY B.F.Mc Lumber Best Laundry In The City Car. 1st. & Market, Phone 232 SELOVER & SONS, Props. Yards at Wichita, Kas., Kas.,Che PEERLESS STEAM LAUNDRY Silks and Dress Goods We cannot say enough about the showing in the to departments. Think of what you will you are pretty sure to find it here. Boston Store 103.105.107.109 E. DOUCLAS AVE. WALLENSTEIN & CONN. WICHITA. A VENUE OF KAN. L AWRENCE KAN. GTTWA KAN. CITY OF KAN. PARSONS KAN. --- COUNCIL MEETING. At the council meeting Monday night there was a large crowd of enthusiasts who were drawn there to witness the beginning of the second term of Mayor Ben F. McLean and the other city officers elected and re-elected. The old council did some routine business and then Mayor McLean rose at his station and addressed the council. He thanked the members of the old council for the very courteous treatment which he had received at their hands and thanking his friends of Wichita who so nicely and lovingly supported him during the recent campaign. His speech completed he called for the report of the retiring city attorney, Mr. A. E. Helm. Mr. Helm read his report which was a very int resting document, full of facts and figures. At the conclusion of his report he introduced his successor, Mr Earl Blake. In a very neat address Mr. Blake assumed the dutti's ef cty attorney of Wichita. In the absence of Mr. J. Gtes Smith (dem), who was the only retiring member of the old council, Councilman W. S. Pierce, of the 3d ward, introduced his future colleague and the successor of Mr. Smith, in the person of Mr. H. F Freeman. In a few very appropriate remarks Mr. Freeman became a full fleeced councilman from the 3rd ward. The officers elected having been inducted into their respective offices Mayor McLean made the folowing appointments: Mr. W. M. Phillips, the very capable head waiter at the Manhattan hotel has made pnite a decided hit in the social circles of Wichita. Mr. Phillips is a young man who deserves the respect of all. The Peerless Steam Laundry, Selover & Sons props, will move into their new location 235-237 N. Market, Saturday, April 25th. They invite you to call and see their new plant. W. S. HENRION DRUGGIST 501 N. Main St. Wichita, Kans. ABLENE, KAS. The Mt. Z on Baptist church had another candidate baptised Sunday. Miss Bossie Allen is home from Plainsville. Mr. M. F. King and mother have moved into the city. Mr. Gibson took his departure for the Phillippines last Fri ay night. INQUIRY. I wish to learn the whereabouts of my half brother Chas. S. Sander or Chas. Sanders. When la heard from he was in the Indian Territory He is from Bedford county, Virgin a. Anyone having any information will kindly write W. M. Dent, 1053 N. Main, Wichita, Kansas. See our prices on job work. Silks and We cannot say enough ab ments. Think of what you wi here. 27 inch Taffeta Silks in black and all colors, yard $1.00 Pride of the Leom Taffeta, Silk and it justifies the name, 24 inches wide black lustrious finish $1.00 Black Silk Grenadines in fancy tripe and iron frame from $8c to $3.00 22-ince Polka Dott China Wash silks for waists, red, blue and black duts on white, yaad 50c Black and white Sneerdher checked Taffeta silks for waists and snits up from 50c Boston 103.105.107.10 WALLEN Our job department is one of the best owned by coloead people in the state of Kansas. First-class work and low prices always. The oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Irwin died Wednesday. Funeral Friday. Syl Griggs and Miss Harvey were united in marriage Wednesday. Fred Wright and a party of friends came up from Winfield Wednesday to visit his brother, W. A. Wright, of 609 N. Main. Fred is one of Win field's most prominent young men and will ent quite a figure in Wichita society. We welcome him. Investigate our prices on all kind of job work before letting your work. Phillip Hyde has opened a carpet room over 115 N. Market st. Rev. B Morris is now at his post of duty after a slight attack of sickness. Fred Andrews will leave in a few days for Salt Lake City to resume his duties. There are many nice buildings going up in Wichttat this time. The Calai thians pad a very nice time a their entertainment at Hartman Hall last Monday night. A good size crowd was present. Chas Luing returned to Topeka Tuesday morning. There will be a special meeting of the city council Monday night. Warden E. B. Jewett was in the city Wednesday. Mr. Henry Bronson is on the sick list. Although he keeps up yet he is far from being well. Mr. G H. Young is improving. He is yet at his home. Miss Henrietta Vinton Davis and Mr. Albert Young left Monday for Guthrie, O. T., where they will play an engagement. Rev P. D. Yochum, Rev. J. W. Braxton and Mr. and Mrs. Lee Anders n were the guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Miller Monday at 2 p.m. Gardening is now the main topic of conversation. OUR PRICES and OUR WORK are both as good any other. Give us a trial. Alonzo Miller received the appointment as janitor of the City Building. Officer Jeff Thompson is making some very valuable improvements on the home which he has bought at 539 N. Wichita st. We do not ask you to pay for a job that we do, if our work is not satisfactory. Give us a trial order. 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Eureka Springs AND Monte Né TIME OF TRAINS AT WICHITO EAST BOUND St. Louis Mail and Express — Leaves Wichita 1:30 p Arrives St. Louis 7:20 p Arrives at Memphis 8:00 p St. Louis and Fort Smith Express — Leaves Wichita 8:15 p Arrives St. Louis 7:00 p Arrives Fort Smith 2:30 p WEST.BOUND Kansas City and Colorado Mailand Exp Leaves St. Louis 8.35 Leaves Memphis 8.35 Arrives Wichita 8.10 Through Parlor Coaches and Reciting Chair Cars, also Pullman Pallace Sleeper between Wichita and St. Louis without change. For reliable information as to rates, outes, time, etc. apply to any Frisco agent th. 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 M. ST. LOUIS, MO.