Wichita Searchlight

THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT echn Delivered at Garfield Hall On September 22nd 1903 Gives His Views On Topics of the Day HYEAR. Capt. Fis ech Delivered On September Gives His Topics o listening to the beautiful by that little girl, so young, restrained to remark, were Capt. J. B. Fishback. dose these services at this point, without adding one more evidence of the phenomina progress made by the Negroance that memorable document of emancipation was signed commulgated by the immortal, forty-one years ago today, and go to our homes feeling further evidence is needed establish the fact that freedom chance were all you wanted. Is there a class of people unbroad canopy of Heaven, could have climbed from abject to the highest plane of citi in so short a time? Rock the oracle of slavery; dangling long of ignorance for want of opportunity, of education development, during the dark savedom, is it not fitting we wonder at their progress? men and young women, me! You have heard and much of the trials and strug- gled your race during that dark if you have heard of those rebins dotted here and there, the plantations in the South; have been told of the heartless er and the lash; you have of the auction block, that im- sured bark of hell to seperate, or on earth, father, mother and but, listen! God rules and shall all be gathered together in the sunshine of the blessed er, where the sound of blood is supplemented by the mu- HOUCK hardware Store The place to buy Good Cook Stoves and Heat ing Stoves at the Lowest Cash Prices. 116 East Douglas Ave. sie of angeles sweet as the retreating echoes echoes from slumbering harp-strings; the crack of the crack of the lash is as the accompaniment to "Nearer my God to Thee" and the voice of the auctioneer is transformed into songs of praise to God from whom all blessings flow. Yes, my young friends, I remark again, you will never know the trials and struggles of slavery. I see here and there in this great audience those who do know. Their furrowed cheeks and locks, whitened by age and care, are in evidence of those trials. If you would know the truth, go to them, for they, and they only can tell you. Let us turn now for a little while from the old to the new era. As we look into your faces tonight, we see sunshine and happiness. Yes, the clouds have parted and the sunshine of freedom illumines your very souls. You have been given the opportunity to develop and you have taken the opportunity. Today you shine out as a beacon light set upon a hill, lighting other nations on to civilization and happiness. W. S. HENRION DRUGGIST 501 N. Main St. Wichita, Kans. keep up the good work; stand more closely together than you have done; fraternize one wite the other. If one of your number falls, reach out and lift him or he up, whisper words of good cheer in their ears and endeavor to reform rather than to pull down. If one of your number is in business, patronize him; if you have a doctor, call him. Did you ever stop to think that by a united concentration of your patron age, you could maintain stores of your own? Try it. Let me turn now to another matter, which I think is not out of place on this day, when you are celebrating your independence. Patriotism and love of country permeate your very natures. You proved it in the Civil war and placed the capstone upon your loyalty at San Juan, where that little band of colored soldiers saved the day; you have proven it by your loyalty to the grand old Republican party, by helping to elect men who have given this nation the best laws for the people tha ever any country had. Sometimes we meet one who thinks'the Negro should'not mix in politics. Pure politics is alright. Learn the best and follow it. Your loyalty to old Glory, your achiev- WICHITA. KANSAS. OCT 3 1903. HAMS 7cper pound At the Packing House Meat Meat Market. Remember the place--Market at the Gate of the Dold Packing House. --- ments in the fight for the preservation and maintenance of this government give you not only the right but it is your duty to take a part as American citizens in the politics of the nation. Before going further however on this line I want to say that I am not here to advise. It is your inherent right to choose for yourselves, but choose wisely. Each and every individual is responsible only for himself. As for me, I am a Republican and have no apologies for being a Republican. However, perfection on earth has never been attained except, in one instance. All parties make mistakes. The Republican party is no exception; yet, though such leaders as Lincoln, Grant, Garfield, McKinley, our own fearless young Pres. Roosevelt and that matchless statesman, Mark Hanna and many others, no country on earth has upon her statutes more wholesome laws than our own America. We have no Clarks in our ranks, who are predicting financial and social ruin, but such men as old Nice Furnished ROOMS By the night or week Mark Hanna upon his feet to denounce all such expressions as out of place and criminal in intent. God speed the time when he may be the chosen one of this nation as its chief magistrate, under whose cure, capital, labor and individual rights, regardless of race, color or previous condition of servitude, will be absolutely safe. My time is up and I must hasten, but before closing, I want to refer to the Civil War as it stood towards freeing the Negro. You have heard the politicians, not Statesmen, emphasizing from the rostrum how they fought, bled and died to free the Negro — well maybe they did—but they sure did not know it. Had freeing the Negro been put forward as the main is sue the South would not have furnished so many soldiers for the Union Army. But as I said before, God rules, and as he sent Moses to lead the children of Israel out of the wilderness—so did he raise up the immortal Lincoln to burst asunder the schackles from four millions of human slaves and set them free to tread the quiet walks of life possessing their souls in peace. But my time is up and I must hasten to a close—I close with this injunction—Parents teach your children civility—its the best paying investment in life. Turn the deaf ear to fanatical talks on the subject of race troubles and there be none—once more stand together and you will prosper, So long as the public is willing to pay to see a vanquished pugilist on the theatrical stage, there is consolation in defeat. Commander Peary is going to make another dash for the pole. Mrs. Peary will stay at home. Some men are mighty ingenious. Like the baby reaching for the soap, Sir Thomas Lipton won't be happy till he gets it. And the baby's chance for happiness is small. When a girl is sitting on a dark plaza with a man she always has an idea he thinks her eyes glow like stars.—New York Press. Longfellow's "Hiawatha" may be a higher grade of literature, but it looks as if the other fellow's "Hiawatha" would make more money. It must be gratifying to the crown prince of Saxony to note that he is identified for general purposes as the husband of Princess Louise. Automobile runs to the arctic circle are the latest strenuous fad. Now we know the north pole is in danger of something worse than discovery. Russia agrees to leave Manchuria it China will undertake to keep the territory from other powers—presumably until she wants to occupy it again. There has been a cut of $1 a ton in the price of pig iron, but somehow or other this doesn't seem to offset the rise of 25 cents a ton in the price of coal. The coffee drinking habit was first established 617 years ago by an Arabian dervish named Hadji Omar, but the cure for it has not been discovered even yet. There are four approved spellings of Beirut—Beirut, Beirout, Beiroot and Beyroot. With all this latitude, even a stenographer would have hard work to spell it wrong. The postmasters will devise some plan by which the man who "is sure there must be a letter in the office" for him can always be supplied with the letter he wants. One thing which should restrain the Turks and Bulgarians from war is that no matter who wins neither will have much to say about the terms of peace. The "disinterested" powers will attend to that. The Boers are not yet subdued. An emissary from South Africa is quietly buying rams in Ohio and shipping them home. DEPORTATION SCHEMES --- The remarks of Governor Northern of Georgia on the Negroes are sensible and enlightened. They seem to have been called out by the suggestion of Mr. John Temple Graves an Atlanta editor, thai the only solution of the race problem at the South is to get rid of the Nigroes by their concentration in some Territory or insular possession of the Untted States. At any rate, Govern or Northern calls all iuch schemes of Negro deportation absurd and impossible Every sensible man at the South knows that the Governor is right in that opinion, and his expressed preference for Negro labor also represents the general Southern feeling. "I have spent all my life among Negroes," said Governor Northern, "and I want to live in no country where there are none" At the bottom of their hearts the great mass of Southerner, especially the "old school," are of the same sentiment. On the other side, among the great body of Negroes the response to that feeling is also a preference for the South and for South erners They understand each other, respect and affectionately regard each other. Violence against the Negro is as painful to the white humanity of the South as it is to the tenderest susceptibilities in the North—yes even more painful. No one can live among the Negroes, as Governor Northern has done, without acquiring a strong liking for them, in spite of their race weaknesses. The absurdity and impossibility of any scheme for the deportation for the deportation of the Negroes are shown in these comparative statistics of the two races in the eleven States which were banded together in the old secession Confederacy: State Whites Negroes Alabama 1,001,152 827,807 Arkansas 944,580 366,856 Florida 297,333 280,730 Georgia 1,181,294 1,034,813 Louisiana 729,611 650,804 Mississippi 641,200 907,639 N. Carolina 1,263,603 624,469 S. Carolina 557,807 728,821 Tennessee 1,540,186 480,243 Texas 2,426,669 620,722 Virginia 1,191,855 660,722 That is, in those states in 1900 there were 7,132,617 Negroes to 11, 776,291 whites. How would it be possible to get rid of those Negroes without disrupting every industry in the whole region? They furnish a great bulk of the labor. They are an integral part of the Southern society, and are essential to it. Are they laborers full of short-comings? Very likely; yet to the marvelous development of the South in the last twenty years their labor has been a prime contribution. Southern agriculture depends on them. Would there be a $ 6 0 0 00, 000.00 cotton crop this year if Negroes were not pretty good agricul New York Sun tural laborers? How can the South be very badly off for labor when it is becoming the most prosperous part of the Union? Governor Northern expresses the sentiment of the reasonable and enlightened South concerning the Negroes, and it is a sentiment which will protect them against injustice and assure them every right as a part of the community needful for a part of its prosperous development. The South get rid of its Negroes! Start a movement to do it Mr. John Temple Graves and see what hap pens as soon as you have got it well under way. The South wants the Negroes not merely because it needs their labor, but also because it likes them, prefers them to any other kind of labor. In the process of time Southern conditions will be changed by the diversion thither of con siderable streams of immigration; but the revolution in labor will be slow, and Southerners will always look back with pleasant memories to the days when Negroes almost exclusively tilled their fields and were for them servants. If the Negroes are to be deported all of them must go, those at the North no less than those at the South, for there is the same objection to them in both sections, and at the North there is not the liking for them which Governor Northern so truthfully says exists at the South. If the Negroes go at all, they will have to go as a whole. Alabama Refuses To Appropriate $1500.00 To TUSKEGEE The Present Legislature of Alabama Is ' Ag'in' Nigger Edicachun" Last week there was intruced in the Alabama legislature a resolution or bill proposing the elimination of the appropriation of $1, 500.00 of the Agricultural Fund to the Tuskegee Institute. This proposition was dis cussed quite at length before the committee on education, to which it was referred by the legislature, and a decision was unanimously reached to so report. Braitsch's 120 E. Douglas Avenue FOOTWEAR Is Up-to-the-Minute ```markdown ``` NO 19 Entered at the Post Office at Wiehita, Kansas, as Second - Class Mail Matter. Published Every Saturday at No. 110 NORTH MAIN ST. -RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION- STRICTLY IN ADVANCE. One Year [ by mail ] ..... $1.00 Six months [ by mail ] ..... 75c Three months [ by mail ] ..... 50c ONE M.ONTH ..... 150. Advertising Rates Made Known On Appli- cation. 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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. Charles H. Luling There is no man in all Sedgwick county who has stood by the colored people more and proved his friendship to them better, than has Charles H. Luling, Councilman, from the Second ward of this city. The time has never been seen in all of Mr. Luling's official or private career, when he was not a colored man's friend. He is not their friend simply during some campaign, but is their friend every year and every day of the year. Since becoming a member of the city council he has never let an opportunity pass to speak some good word or do some good deed for the colored people. At this time when true friends is the one thing needed by the colored people, such men as Chas. H. Luling are highly appreciated by them. He needs no introduction to the colored people of this city, a mong whom and for whom he has labored for many years. The colored people are alway for Chas, H. Luling. Those Flood Sufferers As time passes and as winter draws closer at hand, the citizens and property owners in the north-west part of Wichita and along the Big and Little Arkansas rivers are asking each other "What is the city officials going to do to protect this part of the city from a repritition of the very damaging and devastating high waters of las' spring?" During the high waters and after the high water had receded, the enraged populace of the north - west part of the city were premised immediate relief, but as the exite-ment of the high water abated, so, seemingly has any and all move-ment looking toward the future protection of the homes of the residents of that part of the city from being again exposed to the annual rise of the two rivers mentioned. There is no part of Wichita that is growing faster and has more comfortable homes, than is that part of the city which suffer from these annual rises of the two streams mentioned. While it is a fact that the city is doing good work making needed repairs and improvements in other parts of the city—the people of the annually flood striken part of the city join in commending them there for. The people of that part of the city have the utmost confidence in their very able councilmen and the gentlemen who comprise the present city officials. But they are indeed, and of right, anxious to see some measures taken to in some way protect them from the very sickening scene witnessed in that section of the city last spring. The property owners there are willing—every man of them—to pay for the things they get; but they truly and surely want the relief here asked. Installation Amid great pomp, amid sweet, soul stirring anthems, amid devout prayers, amid eloquent and learned sermons, amid sincere and well delivered welcome addresses, amid a swelled collection contribution, Rev Samuel Mansfield Hall was duly installed as pastor of the Second Baptist church, of Wichita. The installation services were, indeed, grand and they marked the beginning of a new pastorate, they likewise marked the beginning of a new err for that church. The services began at 3 pm prompt and were opened by a song by the splendid church choir, followed by invocation. Rev. G. W. Cassidy, pastor of the First Baptist church, was then in produced and in an elequent and learned sermon, delivered the installation sermon. After the sermon Rev. Cassidy called for the installation collection and assisted by Rev. John W. Gordon of Newton, Kas. raised the neat sum of $25. Rev. Cassidy was followed by Rev. J. W. Gordon of Newton, who preached the "charge to the church." the manner in which Rev. Gordon handled the subject proved him to be a scholar. The next number was the charge to the pastor by Rev. J. W. Rainey of Hutchinson, Kas. Rev. Rainey handled his subject in a highly commendable way. Following the number was the first welcome address which was that of Mr. John E. Lewis, who read a "welcome on the part of other churches." Mr. Lewis received many high compliments for the excellency of his paper, which was indeed nice. Rev. P. D. Yocum, pastor of the A. M. E. o rch delivered the welcome address in behalf of the A. M. E. church. Rev. Yocum's address was fine in every way. This concluded the afternoon program and the remainder was executed, at the evening ing service at 8 p. m. China has decided not to open the Manchurian ports owing to the fact that Russia has them all guarded by soldiers. China's decision is almost as wise as it is painful. One Yale student lived a year on $100, while another spent $11,000 in the same time. It is a pretty safe bet that the former has a fuller mind and the latter a bigger head. In Mt. Vernon, N. Y., the skull of a boy suffering from lockjaw was opened and antitoxine was injected into the brain. The operation was successful—but the boy died. It is possible to telegraph to China now for a dollar a word, but it won't break us. We can telegraph all the Chinese words we know and still have enough to buy a glass of iceed tea with. King Peter is threatened with a cabinet crisis. One or two people who didn't help to assassinate Alexander are still in the cabinet, and a crisis seems to be the only thing that will move them. Locals and Personals The October term of the District court will convene next Monday at 9 am. There is a very large docket on hand for this term and one of largest, if not the largest, criminal docket that has been before that court for many terms. This means much work for County Attorney Eck stien. Since the last term of court the entire court house has undergone a thorough and complete re—novating and cleansing from the garrett to the cellar. In the district court room the Commissioners have provided a brand new carpet Under the direction of Mr. J. H. Rutter, the County Custodian, the county court house presents a very nice appearance. Mr. Rutter has received many compliments for the excellent condition of the whole building W. M. Dunson Painter All Kinds of Fine TheOnly Colored Painter the City. Work Guaranteed—Price Reasonable Office 703 N, Main Phone 986 Andrew Hall, brother of John W. Hall, 518 N. Water, arrived in the city last Friday to spend a few days with his brother, see Wichita's big Fair and incidently to attend to a little personal business. Mr. Hall is depot master for the Mo. Pac. Rwy. at Fort Scott, Kansas and has now held that position for twelve years. He is an old time friend—of twenty years standing—of W. N. Miller. Their meeting was indeed a grand one, Mr. Hall left Tuesday for Salina on business and returned Wednesday, leaving Wednesday night for his post of duty in Ft. Scott. Come again, Mr. Hall. Miss Delta Ratoliff will leave this week for Topeka where she will enter the musical department of the Topeka Industrial School. Miss Radeliff is the daughter of Mrs. Cora Radeliff and granddaughter of Mr. Cephas Richey and is a great student in music. Mrs. Sam C. Collins was taken quite ill last Friday noon with a light touch of typhoid fever. She is reposted better at this writing. Mrs. Ella Harper of Arkansas City arrived in the city Monday to spend Carnival Week as the guest of Mrs. Carnie Barker, 601 Elm. George Gibbs came up from Wellington Monday to attend the Fair and to visit his father, Mr. Walter Gibbs. Glauberg, the popular priced milliner, 407 East Douglas, does both wholesale and retail. He has one of the largest and most complete stock of millinery goods, at lowest prices. C. W. Flewellen of Arkansas City spent Fair week here. Rev. P. D. Yocum began his second year work as pastor of St. Paul A. M. E. church, last Sunday. We wish him much success. Longfellow's "Hiawatha" may be a higher grade of literature, but it looks as if the other fellow's "Hiawatha" would make more money. It must be gratifying to the crown prince of Saxony to note that he is identified for general purposes as the husband of Princess Louise. Automobile runs to the arctic circle are the latest strenuous fad. Now we know the north pole is in danger of something worse than discovery. Russia agrees to leave Manchuria if China will undertake to keep the territory from other powers—presumably until she wants to occupy it again. Hair Goods, Braids, Switches, etc., etc. All Orders Promptly Delivered. 509 North Water St. Mrs. Cora Radliff returned from Hutchinson last week. Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Wood of King man, arrived in the city Wednesday to spend a few days as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. John T. Chinneth, 580 Waco: Joe Horton of Wellington was a Wichita guest this week. W. B. Brown, of Arkansas City, was among the guests of the city Fair week. SOCIAL EQUALITY. From The Southern Point of VIEW New York Age. Southern white writers and platform and rostrum ranters insist, in all their ouigiyims, that they will have none of this social equality business, although they have carried it so far clandestinely and infamously that their vaporings amount to little; and a lot of half educated Afro-Americans, who should be plowing corn instead of laying down ethics of race government, a gr ee with the Southerners. But when this principle of human intercourse is given away there is little left that is worth living and striving for Civil and political rights are tied up with social privileges, and denial of the one will carry denial of the other. Goldwin Smith, the ablest thinker on the North American Centenear, in his "Commonwealth or Empire," says, "Where intermarriage is out of the question, social equality cannot exist; without social equality political equality is impossible, and a Republic in the true sense can hardly be." Nobody understands this doctrine better than Southern white men, who have multiplied laws making marriage between the races criminal and encouraging libertinism, concubinage and bastardy. The black man who honorably marries a white woman in the Southern States is sent to the penitentiary; the white man who lives in open adultery with a black woman and gives her a lot of bastards to support is sent to the Federal Senate. This thing is called civilization; but it is barbarism, pure and simple. The wise men of the race who say they do not want social equality should study more with their heads. J. Pierpont Morgan has started suit for $500 against a steamboat that damaged his yacht. He must need the money. Roland B. Molineux will get even with the cold, unfeeling world sooner or later. Now he is going to publish a novel. "Some men," said Uncle Eben, "sleeps soun' because dey's got a clear conscience an' some because dey's got uone at all." So long as the public is willing to pay to see a vanquished pugilist on the theatrical stage, there is consolation in defeat. Commander Peary is going to make another dash for the pole. Mrs. Peary will stay at home. Some men are mighty ingenious. Like the baby reaching for the soap, Sir Thomas Lipton won't be happy till he gets it. And the baby's chance for happiness is small. When a girl is sitting on a dark piazza with a man she always has an idea he thinks her eyes glow like stars.—New York Press. --- The largest stock of Fall and Winter Clothing for men, boys and children. The largest stock of Hats, Shoes, and Furnishing Goods in the State with lowest prices. ONE PRICE TO ALL Wichita's Greatest Clothing Store Your Dollar's Worth or Your Money Back ```markdown ``` E. Francis & Co. Wallpaper, Paints and tearns Paint The P ```markdown ``` J. L. Fran Wallpaper, P Stearns J. L. Francis & Co. Wallpaper, Paints and Oils, Stearns Paint The Paint that Holds. 403 EastDouglas Ave Wichia, Kans CHILDREN CR Dou't let them cry, give the ICE CREAM. Its pure and dont cost any more than the Special Prices to Picnic MESS CHILDREN CRY FOR IT let them cry, give them all they want of B REAM. Its pure and wholesome—just r est any more than the ordinary kind. Prices to Picnics and Socials. MESSERVE'S Don't let them cry, give them all they want of BON-TON ICE CREAM. Its pure and wholesome—just right—and dont cost any more than the ordinary kind. Special Prices to Picnics and Socials. MESSERVE'S BON-TON BAKERY & KANDY KITCHEN Phone 152 USE IMBODEM IMP 52 140 N. E IMBODEN'S IMPERIA Phone 152 146 N. Main USE BREAKFAST FOOD and you will Love good eating. AT YOUR GROCER IMBODEN MILLI MAKE YOUR SELECT Select your Fall and Overcoats and Trousers less Tailor. Our stock is the latest novelties in Domestic Woolens. See me before placing The Peerless Tail 508 E. Douglas Everybody Then why The Co-Operative By OUR co-operative plan we that will lighten the burden of man each member a respectable burial one, and without imposing on friend Membership Derth Assessments...Adults 11 OFFICE J. J. Bleit 235 North M Everybody Must I Then why not Join Co-Operative Burial Associa OUR co-operative plan we are enabled to render assis- tion the burden of many a family and that will affer- ber a respectable burial without working a hardship o without imposing on friends for assistance. Membership Fee Only 16cts. assessments...Adults 11c, Children 6c J. J. Bleitz, Undertal 235 North Main St Everybody Must Die By OUR co-operative plan we are enabled to render assistance that will lighten the burden of many a family and that will afford to each member a respectable burial without working a hardship on any one, and without imposing on friends for assistance. Mrs. Eliza Douglas, sister of Mrs. W. H. Jones, is a very prominent member of Household Rush and the Eastern Star at her home in Sherman, Tex. She has been a member of Household Ruth for more than 20 years. Mrs. Douglas will make her home in this city in the future. We are authorized to announce that one of the grandest affairs ever --- J. L. FRANCIS J. H. BUTL ncis & Co. Paints and Oils, Paint The Paint that Holds. Wichia, Kans. RY FOR IT them all they want of BON-TON and wholesome—just right—and the ordinary kind. cies and Socials. ERVE'S 146 N. Main N'S PERIAL FLOUR AND IMBODEN MILLING CO. MAKE YOUR SELECTION NOW Select your Fall and Winter Suit Overcoats and Trousers at the Peerless Tailor. Our stock is comprised of the latest novelties in Foreign and Domestic Woolens. See me before placing your order. The Peerless Tailor. 308 E. Douglas Ave. . My Must Die may not Join Burial Association? we are enabled to render assistance my a family and that will afford to without working a hardship on any ends for assistance. Fee Only 10cts. 1c, Children 6c tz, Undertaker Main St W. M. DUNSON. AGENT. witnessed in Wichita will be given at Hartman Hall, Thanksgiving night. It will pay you to keep your eye on these columns. The number will be a new feature to those who attend. Rev, R. N. Countee left Thursday eve, for Kansas City. John Rawles is on the siok list this week. J. H. BUTI SELOVER & SONS, Props. 245-247 North Market St Banner Mills + CUSTOM GRINDING + ..... A Specialty ..... ALL KINDS OF COAL & FEED PHOENISCH BROS, PROPS. 622 N. Main St. Phone 530 When in need of Groceries do not forget that you can always get the Best at the lowest prices at KERNAN'S 1029 E Donglass Ave. Phone 857 ROWLEE Hardware Store 823 N. Main St. Cheapest Hardware and Stove house in Wichita; because we pay no rent and have light expenses SEE!! H. H. Hess & Co Bicycles, Guns, Ammunition, Fishing Tackle and General Sporting Goods. 209 N. Main Phone 444 Phone 444 CALL AT The ELITE Restaurant When You Want AGOOD MEAL Always The Best, and Cooked Well — MEALS 15cts — C. L. KINER, Prop. 408 N. Main St. Wichita, Kas. Notice to The Public When you are Tired and Worried and want a good night's sleep call at 113 Tremont Street. First door south of Carey Hotel. For Gentlemen Only W. M. Hallum, Prop. ISRAEL BROS. For Real Estate. P. ID. Israel. 127 N. Market Wichita. Dr. J. E. Farmer, Physician and Surgeon Diseases of Women and Children a Specialty. Office 703 N. Main St. Tel. 936. Braitsch's 120 E. Douglas Avenue FOOTWEAR Is Always Reliable Co-Operation in England. In England alone the volume of cooperative business has grown, in the last forty years, more than forty times as fast as England's international trade, one hundred times as fast as her manufactures and 130 times as fast as the population. 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Rate, One and One Third Fare For the Round Trip These tickets will be sold to points id the states of Indiana and Ohio, located on west of line drawn through Sandusky, Columbus, Wash ington, Wilmington, Cincinnati, Ohio, and to Louisville, Ky., and intermediate points. The tickets will be limited to return in 30 days from date of sale. For further information call on the undersigned, or write E. E. BLECKLEY, T. P. A. I R. Sherwin, P. and T. A. 101-Both Phones - 101 SECOND TO NONE SECOND TO NONE Pleases All GOOD BREAD MAKERS —— It Is White As Snow.—— TRY IT OTTO WEISS, Agent. Trade Ranches, Farms, City Property and M F. Bellew & Co Estate & Imigration City Property and Merchandise ew & Co., Imigration Agts We trade Ranches, Farms, City Property and Merchandise Real Estate & Imigration Agts Homes Sold On Installment Plan. Easy Terms. Western Lands and RangesA Specialty. Dealers in Kansas, Oklahoma and Colorado Farms and Ranch Lands. Patronage Solicited- Office 110 N. Main, wichita, Kansas. J. I GIVE My whole attention to Pianos, Organs, Sewing Machines, Music Boxes, Gramaphones, Piano players supplies, etc., etc. I can make better prices than ordinary dealers on anything. —WHOLESALE or RETAIL— THOS. SHAW, 132 North Main Street There has been a cut of $1 a ton in the price of pig iron, but somehow or other this doesn't seem to offset the rise of 25 cents a ton in the price of coal. The coffee drinking habit was first established 617 years ago by an Arabian dervish named Hadjil Omar, but the cure for it has not been discovered even yet. There are four approved spellings of Beirut—Beirut, Beirout, Beiroot and Beyroot. With all this latitude, even a stenographer would have hard work to spell it wrong. The postmasters will please devise some plan by which the man who "is sure there must be a letter in the office" for him can always be supplied with the letter he wants. One thing which should restrain the Turks and Bulgarians from war is that no matter who wins neither will have much to say about the terms of peace. The "disinterested" powers will attend to that. The Boers are not yet subdued. An emissary from South Africa is quietly buying rams in Ohio and shipping them home. The average ram is more to be dreaded in close fighting than the pompom. "Radiograms" is what wireless messages were called at the recent Berlin international conference. Radiograms include marconigrams, teslagrams, aerograms, etherograms, and all the other varieties of wireless grams. If we had Vesuvius in this country some enterprising show manager would have secured the necessary concessions long ago and had it fenced in with an assortment of merry-go-rounds, roller coasters and shoot-the-chutes devices. The sultan is promoting the people who were in the plot to murder that Russian consul a short time ago. In case the czar protests the sultan can set up the excuse that the promotions don't amount to anything because he never pays salaries anyway. WILL HELP THEM GET HOMES. We have always advocated that the colored people of this city should get homes. No man can feel fully independent unless he has a home for himself and family. With the growing tendency of the times to refuse to rent colored people houses only those that are delapidated or in most undesirable locations, is plain evidence that in order to get good houses for himself the colored man in Wichita must buy. The time is fast coming when the truth of our assertion will be more plainly seen. In order to carry out this statement and help our people get homes, the editor of this paper has made arrangements with Mr. J. F. Bellew, 110 N. Main, whereby colored people who may wish to get homes may do so on the small installment plan. We mean to help our people, that is, those who desire it, Call and see us. El Prado Cafe Royal Meals 15 cents Ice Cream Saturdays and Sundays WM. S. MILLER, Prop 339 North Main --- 407 E. Douglas Ave., W. G. M. ( Successor to Pumps, Pipe, H When you need a new pairing, don't forget t 118 South Main St. You Ca Get more for your money to provide yo W. G. McKee, ( Successor to A. N. West ) Pumps, Pipe, Hose, Windmills When you need a new Pump, or your old one need re- pairing, don't forget to give me a call 118 South Main St. Phone 643 --- Get more for your money than by using $3 25 of it to provide yourself with a PEERLESS TIRE Better than the rest, equal to the best. Made for and guaranteed by Schollenberger Bros. Good Bicycles Only Ph. ne 545 230 N. Main st CHURCH DIRECTORY St. Paul A. M. E. 521 N. Water St. 11 am preaching. 4 pm Sunday school. 7 pm Song Service, 8 pm Preaching. Rev, P. D. Yochnm, Pastor, Residence 521 N. Water. New Hope Baptist, North Mead ave. 11 am Preaching. 1 pm Sunday School. 8 pm Preaching. Rev H. P. Frazier, Pastor 230 New York ave. Rev. S. M. Hall, Pastor Tabernacle Baptist. 884 N. Water. 11 am Preaching, 1 pm Sunday School. 8 pm Preaching. Rev. A. H. Mayo, Pastor. " UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL. " This announcement that China has just succeeded in borrowing a large sum of money from Russia serves to throw a flood of light upon the origin of the solemn and beautiful friendship wherein Russia and China have settled their difficulties. An Ohio man who killed five wives is to be put to death legally in the electric chair, although it is generally thought that he must be insane. The Ohio court wisely concludes that it would be unsafe to give that kind of insanity the benefit of the doubt. Harry Lehr once had a monkey among his guests at luncheon, and Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish had a lion at her dinner. To eclipse this brilliant feat some members of the 400 should give a dinner in a menagerie. At a dinner given at Asbury park by a rich woman of New York the menu was printed on the back of $20 gold certificates, and each of the guests received one. It will be interesting to see whether the guests put the certificates into general circulation or cherish them as souvenirs. Marconigrams, according to the latest reports, can be sent without towers or tall masts for starting points. If so, the leading wonder of the new century has become more wonderful. Greece is now not quite sure whether she wants to go to war for the union of all Greek-speaking provinces or because she is not satisfied with the way currants are sold. A man with a bucketful of radium could bid defiance to the coal trust, the gas trust and several other trusts. --- Ph. ne 545 Second Baptist, 521 N. Wichita, 11 am Preaching, 8 pm Sunday School, 8 pm Preaching, Is our long suit. Our styles and prices Will tell you so. We are selling The street hats At Manufacturer's prices. Take a look at the Popular priced line of Skirts just received ERG'S, McKee, (A. N. West) rose, Windmills Pump, or your old one need re- o give me a call Phone 643 cannot than by using $3 25 of it yourself with a It begins to look as if the Reliance would fail to live up to its name. If the American navy gets the gout will that be a casus belli against Europe. The Prince of Wales is eager to see America. George has been talking to Heinrich. It is not a breakfast food ad. to say that the Hungarian diet disagrees with the premier. An Ann Arbor student has had twenty inches of frog skin grafted on his hand without croaking. "Scratch a Russian and you will find a Tartar," is saying Japan seems inclined to investigate. The Greek cabinet has thrown up its job and the names the gentlemen bear are really not printable. Col. Payne's Aphrodite crossed the Atlantic in ten days, but then Aphrodite always was a rather rapid proposition. A McKeesport (Pa.) policeman named his twentieth child Theodore Roosevelt. Needless to say, he lifted the cup. Those lockjaw statistics should be kept on file for reference about July 3 of next year if they are to be of real use. Probably the man who left home because he was tired of keeping a wife was not really keeping her to any great extent. President Castro of Venezuela is still busy fighting the revolutionists down there. Some presidents never get a vacation. The grown-up men in the Georgia legislature are evidently not to be numbered among the ones who have no use for children. New York has a man who does not know his own name. Really, New York should spend a little more money for educational purposes. One /trouble with Sir Thomas is that he always succeeds in building a new Shamrock that can just about beat our last year's boat. An automobile collided with a load of hay in Philadelphia the other day and was badly wrecked. Save your loads of hay. They may come in handy. There are few men so happily constituted that you can ask them for money without their being annoyed, and they are generally the fellows who have none. If there are microbes in every plate of ice cream, we know one brave girl who need not be afraid. So long as our salary holds out they will die from overcrowding. 230 N. Main st POULTRY Ponds for Geese. From Farmers' Review: Not knowing just what is meant by the term ponds, I will treat the subject on the more general term, all waters for geese, whether ponds, running streams or pools of water. We have raised geese for twenty or more years on a farm where geese have access to all of these retreats. We must not forget that the geese is a water fowl, and water seems to be her chief source of pleasure. As to the benefits to be derived from a running stream, its chief benefit is in the early spring, when ponds and pools are frozen. They seek these retreats, and in their sportive exercise, frolicing and bathing, they are led to cohabit early in the year, so that our early eggs are just as fertile as the later ones. During the long and inactive winter these occasional outings produce a healthy and vigorous body, this being conducive to the fertility of their eggs. Of course these benefits accrue also from the pond after the season opens. Were I asked whether I considered the pond of much value in goose culture, I would say emphatically, yes. Our geese (true to goose nature) seek out these ponds and pool retreats, and have many times remained in and around them for several days at a time, when the season is warm and wet, and have remained several days without returning home, and then only to lay, and off again for these summer resorts of the goose family. Aside from the healthy exercise they obtain much nourishment in a variety of forms. While our geese are out thus foraging, some of our neighbors' geese, which are less fortunate, lounge around on the meadow or rest a considerable part of the time. I have also noticed that some of our neighbor's geese apparently wait until a shower furnishes a pool in order to make it convenient for them to cohabit. It is certainly true that a pond conduces much to the fertility of eggs, in stimulating their sexual organisms. We breed only the two buff varieties, and in keeping a careful record of eggs set, I find that from 50 to 100 per cent of eggs in setting have hatched. Of course not grain stuffed until abnormally fat. Had I no water, I would certainly have at least a large tub planted level with the ground always filled with water during the early spring and during the mating season. I have said nothing of benefits derived in growing geese, but for them from the point of rapid growth I think the pond very valuable after the gosling has grown its wing feathers, and even very young geese we have allowed to run to these places and they seemed to grow with that mushroom speed so peculiar to geese. If ponds are infested with turtles, no goslings will long survive if allowed to enter the pond.—J. H. Leatherman, Medina county, Ohio. Protect Fowls From Lice. From Farmers' Review: The protection of fowls from lice is one of the essential points in raising poultry, especially in getting show birds. I find by close observation during my recent years of experience along this line that there are two different families of these troublesome pests. The small mites that are found about and on the roosts and the large lice that breed on the fowls. The last mentioned are not very hard to get rid of if each fowl is dusted liberally with some good insect powder occasionally. A convenient time to apply this is after they have gone to roost. The first mentioned are the ones that take persistent effort to keep down. The following rules strictly adhered to are as good as I have been able to find: First, clean your house thoroughly of droppings, litter and cobwebs, etc., and burn plenty of brimstone in it. Then whitewash it, using plenty of carbolic acid in the mixture. Then, after scalding roosts with hot water, paint them with lice paint, and you have a clean house. Keep dropping boards clean every day and have roosts painted over every two or three weeks, and the victory is almost if not entirely won. If one uses an incubator he need not be bothered with lice on young chickens, but with hens the battle is on. These are my plans, which I find are very successful: Dust the hen when set thoroughly with insect powder, then again the third week, and then again when done catching, also all the little fellows, and put in a coop that you feel sure is free of lice. Cleanliness, first, last and all the time, is the prevention which is worth several pounds of cure.—P. B. Harshman, Moultrie county, Illinois. A Boy's Diplomacy. Carl, a youngster of ten summers, had been put to bed immediately after luncheon, and had been told that he must remain there all afternoon doing ponance for a misdemeanor of which he had been guilty. He is very fond of having his mother read to him when he is an exile of this sort, but the offense of which he had been guilty on this particular occasion was so grave that he hesitated about asking his mother to lessen the punishment by reading to him. Finally he called an older sister into the room and prevailed upon her to carry a card to their mother. On the card was written: Master Carl Blank At Home Wednesday, April 8th, three to six Mrs. Blank will Read. —Woman's Home Companion. LIVE STOCK Mixed Rations for Farm Horses. Many horse feeders regard oats as almost necessary, and it is doubtless true that in large regions of the United States the most common ration for horses consists of oats and hay, with an occasional bran mash. In the South and West corn seems to be the most common feed, especially in rural districts. Many experiments have been reported which support the theory that horses may be satisfactorily fed and reasonable combination of wholesome materials which supplies the required nutrients in due proportion. In other words, pretzel and energy are required by the animal body rather than any special feed. Believing that more horses should be raised and that an economic system of feeding would be an incentive to horse breeders, C. W. Burkett of the New Hampshire Station, recently studied the comparative value of a number of mixed rations with the station farm horses during a period of two years. The rations were so planned that an abundance of nutritive material was supplied by grain mixtures which were cheaper than oats. Throughout the greater part of the experimental period hay was fed with the grain. During a part of the time corn fodder was used. The comparative merits of the following five rations were studied in the first test: Hay 10 pounds, bran 2 pounds, corn 6 pounds, and gluten feed 6 pounds; hay 10, bran 2, corn 6, oats; hay 10, corn 8, and bran 7; hay 10, corn 8, linseed oil meal 4; and hay 10, cottonseed meal 1, bran 2 and corn 8. Each of the five horses included in the investigation received one of the rations for one month, the rations being rotated, so that during the five months of the test each horse was fed all the rations. The following were some of the conclusions arrived at: Any food stuff or combination of food stuffs furnishing the desirable nutrient at least cost should be considered in preparing rations for horses. A mixture of bran and corn, half and half, is a good substitute for corn and oats for feeding work horses. Corn stover is a good substitute for timothy hay for winter feeding of horses because of its feeding value, the yield per acre and commercial value. A change from a grain mixture, consisting partially of linseed oil meal, slowly or abruptly, does not cause a decrease of weight in horses if a proper substitute ration is fed. The average total cost per year for actual food supply per horse was $74.32. The average-cost for food per hour's work done during two years was 3.4 cents. Care of Sheep. A Canadian shepherd says: The lamb crop, like any other, to be successful, must be prepared for before-hand; therefore, as the breeding season approaches the ewes ought to be getting in good condition, and it cannot be done easier than by giving them the run of the stubble-fields after the grain is stacked. Before the breeding season is over the winter will have set in, and the flock will be in their winter quarters. No elaborate building is necessary. A hay rack running round the inside, with a small door in the center, just large enough for one sheep to go in and out when the big door is shut. It must be dry and entirely free from drafts for the sheep to do well; 30x60 feet will be ample accommodation for a hundred good-sized ewes, until lambing time. The winter feed should be wild hay, oat straw or oat sheaves. They may be allowed to run at the oat stack, if care is taken to remove the overhanging portions as they eat it away from under, to prevent the chaff from getting into their wool. The hay is fed in the rack inside, and only what they will eat up clean. Always clean out the racks before the next feeding. I have often heard it said that sheep won't drink water, but that is a mistake; they will drink large quantities of water at the right time and place. They won't drink out of a water hole on a cold day, but watered in their pens and in troughs, a hundred head will drink almost two barrels a day. I think good water is most important. Keep salt where they can get it at all times, summer and winter. Raise More Pigs. When pigs are handled in a proper way they prove profitable to the farmer. There are ways of handling and feeding that will make them unprofitable and there are ways of handling that will make them profitable. The variety to be kept will often determine the results. When there is little pasture for them the number kept should be small, as pigs fed a ration of grain only cannot generally yield a profit. It is possible to have so many pigs that they will be unprofitable; but the trouble is generally the other way. Not enough pigs are being raised on American farms. The farmers are all too generally depending on one crop of pigs a year to give them a profit. The high cost of winter feed has stimulated this movement; but the process should be reversed. We must have more fall pigs and use our wits in getting cheap feed for them. The permanence of effect is one of the most valuable characteristics of farmyard manure, as, if once applied in a rotation, it benefits all the crops in the rotation. No man can hope to be happily married unless he is a good listener. We Want YOUR JOB PRINTING FINE WORK OUR JOB ROOM We Are Now Prepared To Kinds Of Fancy, Up to Job Work. We Invite A Tri- We Guarantee To Please You In Work And Price. You Wit- Us At The Old Reliable Sta- 110 North Main St Bring Us Your Next Jo- 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 ARGHLIG NOT, WHY NO It Is ONLY $1.00. FO WHOLE Deli Scribeteo - DA A'S BEST Rep OUR JOB ROOM. 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. 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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 am For Kans, City and St. Louis 9.50 pm Hutchinson, Lyons and Geneseo 7.35 am Geneseo, Salina, Puablo, Denver 5.00 pm For Anthony and Kiowa, 6.10 pm For Anthony and Kiowa, 7.40 pm 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 pm From Denver, Pneblo, Salina, and Geneseo 11.25 pm 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 ElDorado 5.50 pm From Kiowa, Anthony and Conway Springs 9.05 pm WICHITA AND WESTERN No. 472, Pratt and Kingman Pas No. 474, Pratt and Kingman ac- commodation, Tuesday, Thurs- day and Saturday 1.20 am No. 471, Kingman and Pratt Pass- senger, except Sunday 5.15 pm No. 473, Kingman and Pratt ac- commodation, Monday, Wednesday and Friday 9.15 am WEST BOUND Leave Daily No. 11 Texas Vestibulated Ex. 6.50 pm No. 13, Texas Fast Express 6.00 am No. 35, Daily, Except Sunday, 3.10 pm EAST BOUND No. 12, Chicago Vestibulated Ex. 9.50 am No. 14, K. 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Time of trainss WICHITA EAST-BOUND St. Louis Mail and Express Leaves Wichita 1:30 pm Arrives St. Louis 7:20 am Arrives at Memphis 8:00 am St. Louis and Fort Smith Express Leaves Wichita 8:15 pm Arrives St. Louis 6:45 pm Arrives Fort Smith 10:00 am WEST-BOUND Kansas City and Colorado Mail and Exp. Leaves St. Louis 8:35 pm Leaves Memphis 8:35 pm Arrives Wichita 3:07 pm Meteor Leaves St. Louis 2:00 pm Leaves Memphis 9:15 pm Arrives Wichita 8:15 am Through Parlor Coaches and Recruiting Chair Cars, also Pullman Pallooe Sleepers between Wichita and St. Louis without change. For reliable information as to rates, outes, time, etc. apply to any Frisco agree the undersigned. It is a pleasure for us to answer questions, B. F. DUNN Div. Passenger Agent, WICHITA. Dr. Abernethy, a man proverbially intolerant of mere fads and crochets, had yet a strong personal objection to sleeping in damp sheets. The Iron Duke (and it may be remarked in passing that Lord Roberts of our own day has a similar aversion) would grow quite uneasy if shut up in the same room with a mad dog. Sir Walter Raleigh had a marked objection to prison life; and Lord Barleigh, his great contemporary, never liked to slip off a curbstone with his tongue between his teeth.—London Punch.