Wichita Searchlight

THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT outhern Black Men and Crime 5TH YEAR. for more than a quarter of a jury there has been a con- tray to blacken the character the southern black man by the tern white people. The blacking of his character has been he to render him odious to the ite people of the north. And is rendering him odious at the th to better to undo the work reconstruction, the better to drive him of the right to vote. southern newspapers and south agents of the associated press he dished up every morning for only a generation sensational parts of his misdeeds, of things which he has only been accus- He has been hunted down by us on suspicion only and done he! He has been shot, he been hung, he has been tor- he has been burned to death account of crimes imputed to merely, but not proven. over the south he does not live under a government of its but of mobs, who hate him no other race was ever hated on the face of the earth. has been killed on suspicion of being a white man's horse, for ing imputent to white people, attempting to shield the honif his wife and daughter, for ing to hold office under the national government, teaching a red school, for stealing bibles asserting his rights as a citizen of the United States. he has been represented as a good-for-nothing vagabond, occupied his days basking in not southern sun, and nights hine chicken roosts, as a 'burpurate' who puts in jeopardy honor of southern woe, who goes about the land in he is not stealing chickens, ing white women and chil- and committing on their per the 'usual crime'. Nothing been too bad to do for him. try lie which has been told in and on earth has been told the yellpw journals of the try against him. And where is concerned ne earlly all the spapers of the land are yel-journals: ere is a real case of calling a bad name and killing him. used of so many atrociouses never committed by him, wonderful that this poored man should now and then mit some of the very crimes which he has been accused? e and cry, a wicked, an inal false and wicked hue and has been raised against him the despoiler of white women children, is it uneer the cirstances surprising that oceally some white woman or does actually fall a victim? No such hue and cry were against him before the war during that long period is a single instance of such a recorded against him. No hue and cry is raised against by the white women of the teach among his homes, let who can point to a solitary tuple of one of those white hers from the north who has been criminally assaulted by him, or who has been insulted by so much as an indecent proposal from him. Is it a matter for exclamations of surprise and horror that this much malinned black man of the south, whose house is in constant danger from white libertines, whose wives and daughters are the objects of constant obscene and lascivious proposals on the part of the white rakes who marry white women and yet live in open concubinage with black ones at the same time. it is matter for exclamation of surprise and horror, we ask, that this weak and ignorant black man should occasionally take it into his head to imitate the vices of white men by discovering occasionally a "coveted desire for the white woman" of the south? Be fair, white men, if history is philosophy teaching by example, what then is crime in our every day life? What, pray, is the social evil of the south among woite men teaching to black men? Do you really wish, white women of the south, to protect your homes from the lusts of black men, then, do what? in you lies to render the homes of black women safe from the immoral invasion of your father, brothers, your husbands and sons. When the homes of the black women of the south are secure from the attack of the great majority of white men, the homes of the white women of the south will be equally secure from the attacks of an insignificant minority of the black men. Remember that the danger to your homes arises from the unbridled lust of not more than 5-100 of the black men of the south, whereas the homes of black women are threatened by the unbridled lust of about 95-100 of the white men of the south. Get under control this large and dangerous class of white men who have a "coveted desire" for black women, and you will get under control very easily the small and dangerous class of black men who have a "covetei desire" for white women.—The Guardian, Boston, Mass. SEARCHLIGHT $1. Per Year Send in your subscription today. Country Place Is Gold. Country Place is GOLD. Cyrus W. Field's country place, Ardsley, overlooking the Hudson river, has been sold for $75,000. Many of the most distinguished men of the nation have been entertained there. President Ellot declares that women should never attempt to put the shot. He is wasting time. The need of the hour is a warning against throwing the hammer. Shaft to First Volunteer. A statue of Col. Josias R. King of St. Paul, said to be the first volunteer in the civil war, surmounts the monument in Summit park, St. Paul. Average American Wealth. The average wealth for the general population of the United States is $1,236; that of the Osage Indians is $11,500 per capita. WICHITA, KANSAS, JAN. 9, 1904. --- Remember the place--Market at the Gate of Dold's Packing House. TO BUILD UP YOUR LOCAL PATER. Give public spirit to it. Take it home with you. Tell your friends about it. Bring your job work to it. Remember it is your paper. Bring your news items to it. Try to induce others to take it. When strangers come to town welcome them to it. Don't call your own paper old, fraud and imposter. Assiet your paper in doing the most good for the most people. Build up your papers, churches and your schools. Look ahead of self when the interest of your paper is involved. Again, don't forget your local paper which is ever striving for the betterment of the town and its people. KILLED BY A HORSE.—The five-year-old son of Ed Carlisle, of Arkansas City, was kicked to death by the family horse. The horse kicked at a dog, the full force of the blow striking the boy's head, causing instant death. WELLINGTON BONDS.—A city election at Wellington upon issuing $134,000 in bonds brought out 524 votes for the bonds and 133 against. They are for three purposes: one of $15,000 for prospecting for gas, one of $30,000 for an electric light plant, and $89,000 for water service. NEW TELEPHONE.—The Missouri & Kansas Telephone company are stringing a new copper circuit from Wellington to Harper to be used as a through circuit for their toll lines in Western Kansas and Oklahoma. KANSAR GIRLS TAERE.—Jennie Colladay wrote to her father in Hutchinson that she would attend the fatal matinee at the Iroquois theater with Bertha and Nellie Flodine, also of Hutchinson. Telegrams to the three girls, who were attending school in Chicago, brought no responses. FOUR IN JAIL.—Walter Jones is confined in jail at El Dorado pending an investigation of the mysterious murder of his brother William near Leon. This makes four persons that are being held in connection with the murder. CO-OPERATIVE LAUNDRY.—A Topeka laundry has just paid its employees the regular annual dividend, amounting this year to about six weeks' full pay. ABATED TAXES.—The total amount of the abatement of taxes for Shawnee county on account of the flood was $1,473. These are the figures which were given out by the county clerk. INSANE MOVED.—Shawnee county is removing the insane from the Bedwell private asylum. The county has been paying $3 per week while the state allows the county $2 for their care. CUT THEM OUT. The following is a list of people you want to miss: The man who "buts in." The man who "knocks." The man who always growls. The man with the "hot air." The man with an ax to grind. The man with a woe to spring. The man with a fault to find. The man with a song to sing. The man who forever Brags. The man who is all self made. The man with an ancient joke. The man with the brightest kip. The man who can do it better. The man who never advertises. The man who never reads the newspapers. The man who says advertising don't pay. - Checcta Enquirer. Farming Mexico. About 20 per cent of the agricultural implements and tools used in Mexico are modern; the other 80 per cent are on the crudest and most primitive type. Only the large farmers or haciendados employ modern agricultural implements, and those only within comparatively recent years. 775 ENGINEES.—Seven hundred and seventy-five engines were handled at the Missouri Pacific yards in Wiehita during December. The employees are kept on the run continuously at the yards. Sixty-sixth REPORT.—The state printer has completed the sixty-sixth Kansas supreme court report. The volume begins with the January session 1903, and includes the record of all cases decided prior to the May session, 1903, and not heretofore reported. WITH A LOCAL CIRCUIT.—The Missouri & Kansas Telephone company has connected the Ninnescah Valley Telephone company's system with their toll line at Belle Plaine. The Ninnescah Valley Telephone company have rural lines to Peck and Riverdale. BOYS ATTEMPT MURDER.—Joe Thompson and Frank Harris, two young Hutchinson men, are in jail charged with aotempting to kill Simon Nusbaum, nine miles south of town. The boys went hunting and shot some of Nusbaum's chickens, and when he remonstrated with them they shot at him with a shotgun, barely missing him. PRISONERS' PRESENTS.—Of the 1,040 prisoners in the federal prison at Leavenworth, 1,000 of them received Christmas presents by mail. Sixty YEARS MARRIED—Mr. and Mrs. John Lester, of Ottawa, have celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary. The couple were married in Eastern New York on December 28, 1843, and have been residents of Ottawa for thirty-five years. Mr. Lester has been an active member of the Masonic lodge for more than sixty years and is the oldest Mason in Franklin county. B. & L. MEETING.—There will be a meeting of local building and loan secretaries and others interested in that line, at Topeka January 28, 1904. OUR WORLD'S FAIR OFFER. Elswhere in our paper we offer a free trip to the big World's Fair which will be held in St. Louis, Mo., this year. Thir contest is open to any and all who may wish to enter. We are prompted to open this Worlds Fair contest in order to select someone to send to the Fair and at the close of this contest we will carry out to the very letter terms of our agreement. To the one sending in the most paid up yearly subscribers (not less than 75) we will pay their way to St. Louis. Mr., and return and their board and lodging for one week and admission to the fair, once each day. From the time the winner leaves his or her home to the time they return from the Fair his or her railroad fare, board and lodging will be paid by the Searchlight. The railroad tickets will be good for fifteen (15) days. The first seven (7) days of the fifteen will at our expense, but the person going can remain another week if they so desire. As any one can easily see the whole fair in good shape in one week, our offer only covers one week. This is a chance for some one to see the greatest Fair and the greatest world's exhibits ever collected by man. It is agreed by all that the present generation of humanity will never witness again such a stupendous undertaking by the hand of man as the one that can be seen at St-Louis this year. It will be worth a life of study and travel to witness the many marvelous and progressive exhibits from all parts of the world as will be shown in St, Louis at this greatest of great fairs. Realizing that many would like to have an opportunity to see this great exposition we have made it possible for some energetic girl or boy, man or woman to see this wonderful display for practically nothing. By a little work on your part the prize is easily won. Just think of what an easy offer we make you—only seventy-five of your neighbors and friends to help you will do the work. We are not making this offer from a point of profit, but simply to select a representative. We intend to see to it that whoever may represent the Searchlight at the World's Fair in St. Louis will not have to take the back seat for any—ths best of everything that money can buy. We want to see who really would like to see this unparalleled wonderful Fair free of any cost for one solid week. Send in your name and begin to work to-day. The contest will be a heated and very interesting one in every respect the prize is worthy of the attempt to win. MARCH 8TH. It has been decided to hold the Republic in Congress 1 Convention a Wichita on March 8th Congressman Victor Murdock is endorsed for re-nomination. " UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL. " NO 33 Rev. Robert Collyer's reasons for his long life omits the principal one: Get yourself born healthy. If you drink liquor on the isthmus you will not live a year; if you drink water you may survive for two weeks. Booker Washington advises his race not to wear gaudy clothes. But isn't Mr. Washington getting rather exacting? Nobody has yet suggested to boil the beer in the hope of heading off the germs that lurk in the stuff we drink. Sir Thomas Lipton continues to talk about "the adorable American girl." But why doesn't Sir Thomas "make good?" A whole week gone by and no massacres or elopements among Austrian royalty. But it is nearly the dead of winter. The life prisoner who committed suicide down in Maine adopted the most effective means of shortening his sentence. A Frenchman may pronounce "rut" "root" in Beirut, but you will never get any considerable number of Americans to do it. In selecting cigars for your husband, fair reader, remember that the better the cigar the better it will keep bugs off the plants. The world is overloaded with people who were just going to do something when somebody else got in ahead of them. The star in "The Best of Friends" is suing her husband for divorce. In this case the play and not the name must be the thing. Entomologists say that the boll weevil can jump twenty yards. It seems to be a sort of cross between the grasshopper and the flea. If the novelists had any real spirit they would write a novel in which the heroine was named Abby Spruggs, instead of Violet Tremaine. Cotton raisers of Texas are to hold another boll weevil convention. The boll weevils have held theirs and express a strong hope of carrying the state. As Maine editors and fishermen always tell the truth, it is an established fact that a cod caught off Kittery Point had a six-pound flatiron in its midst. The estimated population of the world is 1,547,423,000, and yet you occasionally hear a young man say that there's only one girl in the world for him. It is stated that John Wanamaker "began life without a dollar in his pocket." There is also ground for the belief John began life without even a pocket. The irritated and exasperated Japanese are now calling Russia "rokoku" and one doesn't need to know Japanese to see that it doesn't mean "you old darling." Budd Doble says Lou Dillon will trot in 1:55 or less next season. If Oliver Wendell Holmes were still alive he would probably say Budd is talking through his nose. The Toronto World warns Uncle Sam that in time Canada may think seriously of forbicly annexing territory stolen from her by the United States. This is alarming. Marie Corelli has been awarded damages of half a cent in her libel suit against an English editor. As a matter of simple fairness Marie ought to use the money for advertising purposes. Prof. Langley wants the world to understand that he hasn't been crushed, either by his bad luck with his aerodrome or by the newspapers. Here's hoping that he'll fly—by proxy—this time. The thoughtful Burlington Hawkeye counsels its Sunday readers to "avoid pessimism in prayer." No matter how down-hearted you may be, don't give the Almighty any inking of your real feelings. THE SEARCHLIGHT, Entered at the Post Office at Wiehlta, Kansas, as Second-Class Mall Matter. Published Every Saturday at No. 110 NORTH MAIN St. One Year [ by mail ] ..... $1.00 Six months [ by mail ] ..... 75c Three months [ by mail ] ..... 50c ONE MONTH ..... 15c. Advertising Rates Made Known On Appi cation. NOTICE!! - All matters addressed to THE SEARCHLIGHT for public tion must be signed by the part or parties writing. All matters for publication must reach this office not later than TUESDAY to reach publication in the current issue. RULES OF THE OFFICE. 1st. All Subscriptions must be paid in advance strictly. Agents take notice 2nd. Communications received after Wednesday soon will appear in the week. 3rd. In asking to change your paper from one office or one address to another always give both, the old and new. 4th Send Us all the news from your section of the City, County, State or Counts We publish it FREE OF CHARGE. Write plain and on one side of the paper only. 5th No Name will be placed on our books without the money. So agents will send the money with subscriber's name. 6th Address all communications to "The Wichita Searchlight" Wichita, Kansas. Tth Any erroneous reflection upon the character, standing or reputation of any per son which may appear in this paper, will be gladly corrected if brought to the Editor. "To Live and Let Live," is OUR Motto. Secret Societies. In this era of the twentieth century it seems that we have, in a manner, lost sight of the main purposes for which secret societies were created among men. From the foundation of the world down to the present era secret societies had for their main object the solidifying of the mystic tie which bound man to man. In societies men were placed on an equal footing. Kings princes and potentates have only such rights and privileges as any other within the fold of secrecy—that is true today, if not wholly placed into practice. In those days a member of secrecy was bound to his brother even unto death. In them it was a fraternal and brotherly consideration and a man in secrecy was protected. There was no such thing as a political combination in societies and spite work to carry out the evil designs of any one or two men, but all was in harmony within the realm of brotherhood, and may we add that it is just as impossible to nake a success of a secret society today where one or two men dominate for malice and spite work as it was in the days of old. Every secret society that may hope to rise above the wave of clamor and distrust must eradicate this 20th century evil—the "society boss" and the "spite worker." It may seem at first that all is in brightest sunshine, but the cloud of unrest will rise, and destruction is the result. Politics and personalities have no place within te sacred walls of a secret society and whenever and wherever it is tolerated prosperity cannot long linger. Such a society must turn back and read the rules which bear inspection but no alteration. Persecutions of mankind belong to the vile and unitiated, bul not to those whose lessons are otherwise taught. Here and there you find the remnant of society scattered and torn and when the real facts are learned, the cause is found to be politics, persecutions, malice and spite work have stealthily crept it. In this century societies are to be judged as individuals—by its misdeeds and by its good deeds for humanity. Next Monday morning at 9 a.m. Judge Thos. C. Wilson will become district judge, taking the place to be made vacant by the expiration of the term of Judge D. M. Dale. AT REST JOHN WESLEY HALL IS DEAD BE DIED THURSDAY AFTERNOON After lingering for more than two weeks in intense pain at the Wichita Hospital suffering almost death itself, John W. Hall died on Thursday afternoon at about 1 o'c. He had stood the dreadful and heart-sendering ordeal manfully; and many times since he had received the fatal injury the loving ones who eagerly watched at his bedside caught the move of every muse, and hoped that each move was a sign of some improvement. But alas!—fate had decreed that he should not get well and fate won. Time went on and as it flew, so did the eventuated life of that son, husband, father, brother and friend, John Wesley Hall, ebbing away soon to rest among those whom sorrow is unknown. Could we convey to th mind of others the worth of this one man as it was, then we should be satisfied, but we, alas! find words pen, pencil or ink inadequate to properly convey. He was a man, full of friendship, true as steel and worthy the same of friend. Shall we see him more, let us hope. Truly has it been said "man born of woman is of few days and full of trouble; he springeth up like a flower and is soon cut down." In the fullness of his manhood, yes, in the day when seemed it was brightest, with the thought of a dear wife and sweet children and multitude of warm friends to cherish his mind and spur him on to higher and nobler aims in life—what! see the ghasly monster FATE as she plucks him and ere long he is no more. Manhood lost, wife, children and friends are left to mourn and wonder how soon he went. It seems but yesterday when his pleasing voice and familiar smile mingled with ours and his friends. Can it be true? Were we to write, write, write, we could more write of this friend who was like a brother. With more than 22 years of close and intimate acquaintance who knew him better than we? who admired him more? None! but he is gone. We can but extend to the bereaved wife, children, brothers and relatives our most sincere and certainly our heartfelt sympathies. We feel with them their loss. BIOGRAPHICAL. John Wesley Halt was born in Giles county, Tenn., March 5th, 1865. He lived there till about 22 years of age when he moved to Ft. Scott, Bourbon county, Kansas. In Ft. Scott he built up a large acquaintance where he was well known and liked by all, white and black. Feb. 26, 1890, he was married to Miss Sabie Parks by Rev. James W. Wilson in Ft. Scott. In 1892 he began work for the Missouri Pacific railway and remained its their employ till the time of his death. He leaves a wife, three children Bette, May, Mahon and three brothers and hosts of relatives and friends. His body was taken to Ft. Scott, Friday, New Year day, by his dear wife and his brother Andrew Hall where it was tenderly land in its astre place. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Jas. W. Wilson at Ft. Scott in the same church where Rev. Wilson married them Feb. 26, 1890. CARD OF THANKS I wish to very appreciatively thank the many friends who so willingly assisted me during the recent illness and death of my beloved husband I further wish to thank those who so kindly gave floral offerings Thanking all, I am Mrs. Jno. W. Hall. Locals and Personals Leap Year Party The ladies' Auxiliary Board of the A. M. E. church will give a leap year party at the residence of Mrs. Emma Jones, 522 North Water st., on next Tuesday night, Jan 12th. Any lady bringing her own husband will be fined ten cents. An interesting program will be rendered. Mrs. Fannie Baker, Pres. Mrs. Josie Hathman, Sec. TRY THE BLUE SEAL CIGAR SOLD EVERYWHERE INSTALLED OFFICERS. Home of the West lodge No. 2609 held their quarterly installation of officers last Tuesday evening. The following officers were installed: L. H. White, N. G. Thos. Glover, N. F. Arthur Webster, P. N. F. Isaac Knox, Guardian. Geo. Wallace, E. S. Jas. L Harper, P. S. Dan Furguson, V. G. J. Williams Chaplain. E. F. Thomas, Treas. Robt. Braden, Advocate. Wm. Harvey, Warden. Dan Pryor, R, S. V. G. D. Scottemeyer, R. S. N. G. The Merchants who appreciate the trade of the colored people ADVERTISE IN THIS PAPER. PATRONIZE THEM. Messrs. E. Thaddeus Summytt and Monroe Street left the city on Monday. Mr. Street goes to St. Louis where he has a position as cook under his brother who is chef at one of the large St Louis hotels, while Mr. Summytt went to Kansas City where he will spend several days visiting. The boys miss both. Mr. Summytt will return in a few days. Read about our big World's Fair offer. Now is the time to enter the contest. The contest is an easy one and will be hotly contested. Sehd in your name. Arkansas Valley lodge No. 21, A. F. & A. M. met Tuesday night with Warshipful Joseph Fines presiding. There was a good attendance. The city hall is undergoing a complete repainting and remodeling. The work is under the direction of officers A. M. Sutton and Lew Aspey. When completed it will present a new and strictly up-to-date appearance. Mr. Sutton is an expert painter and has that part of the work in charge. The January term of the District Court will convene Monday morning at 9 a.m. Judge Thomas C. Wilson will begin his term as judge filling the place of Judge D. M. Dale who retires from the bench after eight years incumbency. Judge Dale leaves the bench with the whole bar of Sedgwick county as his stunch friend. The whole bar and court attaches had become much attached to Judge Dale and wish him abundant prosperity and a long and happy life. J. E. ALLEN, Successor to A. M. Richards, MONEY TO LOAN ON CHATTELS 151 N. MAIN WICHITA --- E. E. Enoch assumes the office of probate judge Monday morning. Captain J. B. Fishback and Ralph Millspaugh go in as deputies to Judge Enoch. Wm. Thomas returned last week from the country where he did muen work. A revival meeting has been begun at the 2nd Baptist church. W. S. HENRION DRUGGIST 501 N. Main St. Wichita, Kans. The leap-year party to be given at Mrs. Emma Jones Tuesday night promises to be an event of events. The cake-walk at Dnnbas ball Monday night was a grand success. The first prize was won by Mr. Bethel Gibson and Miss Midge Allen and the second prize was won by Geo. Starnes and Miss Grace Johnson. Mrs. J. McDougal is still bothered with a slight neryous fright which she received some weeks ago. Mrs. Mattie Hill has been somewhat indisposed since Sunday. J. S. Turner made a grip to Newton Satin day to visit his friend Geo Payne. He had a royal time and returned Monday morning feeling much refreshed by his trip. Read our offer for a trip to the big St. Louis World's Fair. Enter early in the race, Mrs. Masian Brown of Joplin, Mo., is in the city the guest of Mrs. Lee Anderson. She will spend a few days visiting here. Mrs. Lee Anderson spent the holidays in Joplin, Mo. Little Malon Hall is quite sick at his home 518 Water st. suffering f.om bronchitis. SHOT IN A DIVE A big shooting scrape took place in the notorious dive run by some colored men at 338 N. Main street, Tuesday night of this week. When the smoke had cleared away it was found that Will Battey was quite seriously and probably fatally shot. Much mystery surrounds the shooting and the true facts have not yet been learned. Tom Davy is under arrest charged with the deed but facts as to this has not been learned. Since this dive was permitted to open a few weeks ago it said to have been the scene of numerous brawls and many fights; and it is said to have cropped out to be one of the most notorious dens in Kansas. Facts as to the cause of the shooting cannot be learned; all kinds of causes are assigned; some say it originated over a poker game, some say over a crap game, some say over a card game and others say over some woman so the real cause will probably have to be guessed at; however the cause might be the result is certainly bad. The colored people are justly wrought up over such a place being permitted in the main part of city as this den is. Read our World's Fair contest offer. FINE TRIP. Eugene Smith made a pleasure trip to Kansas City Saturday with his friend Cal Cox. He found everything moving in fine shape. He says the colored people are coming to the front in that city in the way of securing homes and transacting business. He had a jovial good time with the boys and returned home Monday. St. Louis, Mo. 1904 Beginning with this issue of T SEARCHLIGHT, January 2nd 1904, we open a S cription Contest and to the Winner in the Contest we will furnish FREE TRANSP TATION to St. Louis, Mo., and return, FRE ADMISSION to the Big World's Fair and (2) days Board and Lodging-ABSOLUTELY FRE With this issue of THE 1904, we open a Sub the Winner in this FREE TRANSPOR- , and return, FREE World's Fair and two g-ABSOLUTELY FREE!! Beginning with this issue of THE SEARCHLIGHT, January 2nd 1904, we open a Subscription Contest and to the Winner in this Contest we will furnish FREE TRANSPORTATION to St. Louis, Mo., and return, FREE ADMISSION to the Big World's Fair and two (2) days Board and Lodging ABSOLUTELY FREE!! -The Chance Of A Lifetime- The conditions of this Contest are easy and everyone Contest. A positive GO. number of Paid Up Sub-Great Wichita Searchlight may offer. Wichita, Sedgwick county miles of Wichita. 10 miles and within a les, we offer the same less than 100 on) is the date and time this greatest of Contests Wichita to St. Louis will Should the winner live the fare to Wichita. Help You Win Must Register Coupon is one of the World's les. and bring or send it to US. great and small can enter this Contest. A position The one securing the greatest number of Paid scribers (not less than 75) to The Great Wichita will be furnished this extraordinary offer. 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Main USE IMBODEN 1MP USE IMBODEN'S IMPERIAL FLOUR AND BREAKFAST FOOD —and you will Love good eating.— AT YOUR GROCER3 IMBODEN MILLING CO. OTTO WEISS, Agent. DEALER Phone 134 408 W. Douglas A. DEAN tis, Vegetables eed. MAIN ST 101-Both Phones - 101 ILLINOIS MEAT MARKET Fresh Salt Meats J. T. FITZSIMONS. Prop. Phone 1091 612 E. Douglas L, S. NAFTSGER, W. R. TUCKER, President Vice President J. M. MOORE, Cashier. The Fourth National Bank, Capital $200,000.00 Surplus $25,000.00 UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY DIRECTORS: W. R. Tucker, J. M. Moore, S. B. Amidon, R. L. Holmes, W. E. Jett, L. S. Naftsger, O. Z. Smith, C. W. Brown, B. F. McLean. A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS TRANSACTED Wichita Kansas Thompson's Barber Shop First Class Hair Cut and Shave Your Patronage Solicited, Jeff Thompson, Prop. 2431 North Main St. Miss M. C. Hannibal, ÷FINE÷ MILLINERY We solicit trabe on the basis of Quality at the Lowest Prices. 135 N. Main St Wichita, Ks MEN'S ERIAL FLOUR AND Mrs. W. E. Jones has returned home from her visit to Salina, Kas.. she reports a fine time. The W. T. V. club gave a swell entertainment last Wednesday evening, all report a swell time. Mr. Tolbert of Ossawatomie is visiting in the city. Mrs. W. Keller and daughter Nola have returned home from their visit to Ft. Scott. Mrs. Blackwell is visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Andrew. Mr. Harry Jones is home from Wichita. WINFIELD, KANS, Mr. and Mrs. James Payne, son of Aron Payne arrived last Monday night from Benton county, Mississippi. They will live in the future. Burel Dorsey, of Chanute, was in the city enroute home from Gurthrle where he spent the holiday. S. S. Bandy was in Arkansas City last Thursday. J. O. Fowler and wife spent several days in Arkansas City. Mrs Carrie Banks and sister Miss Miss Daisy Dodge are visiting their parents in Newkirk, Oklahoma. Geo. Williams is in Arkansas City visiting home folks. John Lenox, one of Cowley county's prosperous farmers is in Arkansas City on a visit. Sol North, the popular porter at the Boo Ton hotel was in the south part of the county last week. The X-Ray club consisting of about five ladies entertained fifty guests at Aubright hall on Dec. 28. It was one of the swellest affairs ever witnessed here. The program was begun with a grand march after which a fine lunch was served. Thos Reeves and wife who spent the holidays with Mr. Reeves parents have returned to the city. Miss Gertrude Noth is now a subscriber to The Searchlight. All the Winfield people welcome the Searchlight to their homes. KINGMAN ITEMS. M. E. Wood and daughter, Vera, [left Wednesday for Coff yville. Misses Nellie and Florence Bank returned Saurday from Wichit, where they visited friends. They report having had a fine time. L. Works and Mrs. Pettel, who have been visiting C. E. Floyd, returned to their home in Wellington Tuesday morning Mr. Floyd accompanied them to Wichita. Mrs. Eli Martin and daughters who have been visiting in Prast, returned home Tuesday morning. Mrs. M. E. Wood and son Fley and Minnie Floyd went hunting last Thursday. They report a fine time. Geo. Floyd went to Pratt and spent a few days he returned Tuesday morning. Fred Banks sold a bunch of fat hogs last week. PUEBLO ITEMS Ink has been discovered to be an effective relief in cases of burns. Such being the case of an Austrian girl who got fast and between a pipe of a radiator and wall at Union depot last week. The home of Rey, and Mrs. W. R. Hardy was made happy over the arrival of a fine baby girl, Tuesday, Dec. 28tn. '03. Mother and laughter are both doing well and the proud father is happy. Miss Nellie Baker returned to the city last Thursday. Mrs. Crocket is sick this week. Little Robt North is recovering from an attack of tonsilitis. The home of Mrz. H. Rodgers was broken into by burglars one light last week. The ent-rtainment given by the Masonic lodge at Board of Trade hall w a grand success. Miss Breckenridge who received a severe tail at the Board of Trade hall last Thursday is recovering. The business meeting of the Mission Circle met at the parsonage of the 8 h e t Bapt st church. John Harvey died Thursday at his late residence on N. Mead of quick consumption. 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. Yochn, Pastor, Residence 521 N. Water. New Hope Baptist, North Mead ave. 11 am Preaching. 1 pm Sunday School. 8 pm Preaching. Rev M. F. Frazier, Pastor 239 New York ave. Second Baptist, 521 N. Wichita. 11 am Preaching, 3 pm Sunday School, 8 pm Preaching. Rev. 8. M. Hall, Pastor Tabernacle Baptist. 834 N. Water. 11 am Preaching, 1 pm Sunday School. 8 pm Preaching. Rev. A. II. Mayo, Pastor M. J. Starnes and Thomas Anderson feel greatly lost since their chums Messrs, E. Thoddeus Summytt and Monroe Street left the city. They have consolation in the fact that Mr. Summytt will soon eturn. W. A. Wright leeks forward with great expectations for Feb. 29, 1904, when he will have his first birt day in eight years. They come seldon so they are highly appreciated by him. His birthday next month ill be the sixth which he has had since his birth in 1876. Porter Berry received $7 worth of Christmas presents and $3 in money in his friends. Joseph Fines received a fine gold watch and chain from his employer as a Xmas present, solid gold at that. Miss Alice Thompson has recovered. S. S. Turner left Wednesday for Newton where he will make his future. Four couple were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Pembleton Tuesday day eve among whom were: Mrs. Ida Gordon, Miss Madge Tochum and Mr. Kimberly. A fine time was had. Mrs. Mary Perry, mother of Porter Perry will be in the city the latter part of this month to pay her son a pleasant visit. Mrs. Perry lives at Lynnville, Tenn. Richard Fitzpatrick will leave soon for Colorado where he will make his home. Mr. and Mrs. L. H. White, of 1454 Washington ave., presented their son Elmer with a fine up-to-date piano as a Xmas present. This very appreciable present is given Master White for the very nice progress which he has made in school. It is needless to say that Master Elmer feels proud. The poultry show has been in progress all the week at 253 N. Many. Many fine fowls are on exhibition among them is several pens of extra fine cockre's, hens and pullets of Mr. O to Weiss. The show is quite a success. MARCH 9TH. The Republican state committee met in Topeka Tuesday and decided to hold the Republican State Convention in Wichita on March 9th. This will be a big affair. J. F. Bellew & Co., 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 Lakes. Patronage Solicited- Office 110 N. Main, wichita, Kansas. Good Things to Eat Bread 306East Douglas J. W. Lumber ( Successors GENERAL LU 421 North Main Street Special Rates Christmas and N First Douglas Phone 196 J. W. MEE Lumber Co ( Successors to Deal & GENERAL LUMBER L Main Street Rates on A as and New Y J. W. METZ Lumber Company ( Successors to Deal & Trent ) GENERAL LUMBER DEALERS Special Rates on Account of Christmas and New Year Holidays MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY Tickets will be on sale December 24, 25 1904, good to return up to a.d. including rates FOR THE ROUND TRIP An open rate of fare and a third for the ing rate of 50 cents and maximum selling e on sale December 24, 25 turn up to a d including THE ROUND TRIP if fare and a third for the cents and maximum selling Tickets will be on sale December 24, 25, and 31 1903, and January 4, 1904, good to return up to and including January 4 1904, at the following rates FOR THE ROUND FRIP An open rate of fare and a third for the round trip, with minimum selling rate of 50 cents and maximum selling rate of $3.50, between points within a distance of 100 miles. Rate of one fare plus 50c, for the sound trip outside of the 100 miles radius and within 200 miles radius. E. E. BLECKLEY, T. P. A. I. R. SHERWIN, P. & T. A. Wichita, Kansas; Mo. Pac. Passenger Station, Douglas and Wichita Ste COAL ALL KINDS Low Prices Good Weights J. H. TURNER, 533-543 W. Douglas Phone 496 Homemade Bread, Pies, Cakes and all kinds of Pastries. Our Home made Candies cannot be equalled anywhere. They are made fresh every day. Bissants WICHTA KANSAS is 4 hig i-¢ = Cao = EINK # b Van _ AN AGICUEFER! How Mustard Robs Wheat. The plant foods found in the sof! consists of certain salts or mincrals as common table salt, saltpeter, etc. Certain of these salts are abundant enough in the soil at any one time to feed the erop for a season or many seasons. Others, such as salt- peter (nitric acid) are liberated, be come available to the plant, or ,arc rendered soluble, oly gradually—that is, there may be enough of the salt- Peter in the soil to Jast a crop only a few weeks. As it is used, however, more of this food is renfered soluble S80 that it can be used by the plant. We have this process going on in we sojl during the growing season; the numus or vegetable substance con- stantly yields a certain quantity of the saltpeter and the growing plants are at the same time using a portion of this, When the growing crop con- tains weeds there are two classes of plants drawing on this food substance. Nearly all of the weeds begin flower ing and ripening seeds long before the wheat or flax or corn begins ma- turing its seeds. Now, a plant that is flowering and ripening seeds draws a greater amount of nutriment or food from the soil, proportionately, than does a plant that is merely putting forth green leaves. The demands of the mustard or French Weed upon the soil during June and a part of July is* greater and more insistent than an equal amount of wheat or other crop and its demands must be first supplied. In other words, the French Weed or mustard is taking up the excess of saltpeter as rapidly as it is formed, leaving no surplus food to be drawn upon by the wheat or flax when its time comes to blossom and produce seed. The case is some- what similar to a farmer drawing heavily on his moderate bank account for a pleasure trip just before he needs the money to harvest his crop. ‘The weeds draw on the bank account in the soil for plant food that should be saved for the whect or other crop. —L. R Weldros. Transpiration of Sap. The leaves gives out not only the oxygen derived from the éecomposi- tion of carbonic acid gas taken from the air and carbonic acid gas pro- duced in breathing, but also great quantities of water vapor, says Git- ford Pinchot im a government bulletin. The amount of water taken up by the roots is very much larger than is required to be combined with carbon and the earthy constituents in the leaves. In order that fresh supplies of earthy constituents in solution may reach tho leaves rapidly the water al- réady in them must be got out of the way. This is effected by transpira- téen, which is the evaporation of water from all parts of the tree above ground, but principally from the deaves, Even where the bark is very Mick, 28 on the trunks of old oaks and chestnuts, transpiration goes on through the lenticels in the bottoms of the deep cracks. It sometimes hap- pens, especially in spring before the Ieaves come out, that transpiration gan not get rid of the water from the roots as fast as it rises and that it falis in drops from the buds, or later on even from the leaves themselves, Millet. Of the two distinct types of millets, the foxtails and the cattails, the for mer is most generally grown because ‘of the better quality of hay secured. To the foxtails belons the German, Common, Hungarian, Japanese and others, all of which make fair yields wherever corn can be profitably ‘town. Light solfs are to be preferred ‘ng tho drainage should be good, as tip, thillets aro easily affected by cold and damp conditions. They should be planted after all danger of frost, either in drills or broadcast, preferably the former method. The usual methods of cultivating corn will answer for the millots. The German variety of the foxtails is the popular variety for heavy soils and the common for light soils in Texas. The cattail millets un- der favorable conditions make a much langer yield per acre than the foxtails, but where such conditions exist it 1s a problem to save the crop.—B. C. Pittuck. Sndsae Thtiy Gatteré: From Farmers’ Review: The lily requires somewhat different treat- ment from the narcissus and tulip. It will have two sets of roots under proper culture—one from the base of the bulb and one from the stalk above the bulb. In order to provide for the latter, set the bulbs low in the pot. That is, fill it to about a third its depth with soll, and then put in your bulbs, using three ordinary sized ones to an eight Inch pot. Then just cover —no more—after which set the pot away in dark room. When you bring i to the light, ‘after base roots ve formed, as the stalk reaches upward, fill in about it with earth un- til the pot is full, thus providing for the proper development and support of the stalk roots. This is an import- ‘ant item in Ifly culture. If the ‘aphis or green plant louse attacks your bulbs, as he often will, get some sulpho-tobacco soap—any dealer in plants or bulbs can furnish it—and use as directed on the can or wrapper. One or two applications ‘will put the aphides to rout—Eben E. Rexford. Bo sure of the effect before wasting your time In searching for the cause, D Ver MnP (AAD ee Starved Orchards. Where trees are growing on goof, strong soil, and receiye good cultiva- tion, they will produce good crops of fruit for several years, perhaps with- out the application of very much in the way of fertilizer; but on light and loamy soils they very scon show lack of vigor and become stunted. There are many orchards today that are starving. When we consider that-or- chards are seldom planied on a virgin soll, but In nearly all cases on a soil that has been crepped to grain, and from which a large part of the potash and phosphoric acid has been exhaust- ed, and that the tree requires materia! to build up wood tissue and an annual crop of follage, and, later, of fruit, we see the necessity of providing food for the needs of the'iree, Nitrogen is re- quired for the wood growth, potash for {rnit, and phosphoric acid for seed. The most economical way to supply these elements is by plowing in clover for nitrogen, and by supplying the oth- er material by the application of hard wood ashes. Where the trees are large, sowing occasionally with rape and pasturing it off with sheep will help wonderfully in enriching the soll. Large trees will not be injured by sheep. When clover is grown for fertilizing purposes, never cut it for hay, but plow it all in when about half in blossom, for you need humus in the orchard, and lots of it, Old chip yards and the cleanings from wood sheds make a good material for this purpose, and old rotten pea straw, or anything that will furnish a humus will be of benefit. Where ashes can- not be got, potash in some other form should be applied, and the phosphoric acid by means of ground bone, but these two elements are supplied most cheaply in the form of ashes. Goad unleached, hard wood ashes are cheap for this purpose at from 15 cents to 20 cents per busbel. Forty bushels to an acre, once in two years, for bearing trees, with a crop of clover plowed In once in two years, would be far better treatment than the best of them are getting now, and will give on ordinary soils very good results, Stable ma- nure is all right, providing you cam get it, but as a rule the orchards get very little —G. C, Castov. The Development of Spraying. One may explore our literature up to 1870 in fruitless search of even the mention of spraying or spraying ma- chinery, and the nearest that he will come thereto will be an occasional mention of the dusting cf plants with paris green or arsenic mixed with flour, lime or ashes. The oldest patent on record for a machine to apply liquid poisons on a large scale, was the John- son Spray Machine, patented Decem- ber 16, 1873, by Judge Jehu W. John- son of Columbus, Texas. This was simply a tank mounted on a cart, with a double acting force pump attached to the top of the tank. It was about this time that Mr. Gross of Ripon, Wis., invented an instrument for spraying potato vines with a mixture of paris green and water to destroy the potato beetle. It was not until five years later that much was accom- Plished, and not till 1880 that the mat- ter of spraying with arsenical poisons began to attract general attention, and ever then largely as against tho cot- ton worm and Colorado potato beetle, and not as against orchard pests, ex- cept, perhaps, the canker worm. In 1875, Mr. J. N. Dixon of Oskaloosa, Towa, in spraying his orchard to de- stroy canker worms, found in the fall ‘that whore he had applied a solution ‘of arsenic there was no injury from codlin moth, and we had the first intl- mation of what could be accomplished in poisoning the larvae of that insect. ‘The matter was not generally brought to public attention, however, until 1882, in @ prize essay presented at the meeting of the Iowa State Horticul- tural Society for that year. It was about this time that agricultural ex- periment stations were established, and this gave opportunity for investi- gation and experimentation, which in turn directed the attention of manu- facturers of pumps to this new de- mand for particular machinery. Then followed the improvement of spraying machinery and nozzles, and here the French have helped us out greatly with their Bordeaux mixture and Ver- morel nozzle.—Prof. F. M. Webster. High Breeding Pays. From the Farmers’ Review: I read with great pleasure your article in the November 25 issue on “Dairy Bulls.” That article struck the right spot with me. In choosing a herd bull I selected a grandson of Exile of St. Lambert, but not till I had milked and tested some of his get. The re- sults are that I have some of the best things in the world. I have put the price of service by this bull low enough so that we have obtained some good calves in this neighbor- hood. Now, it is no trouble to get a good price for his service. The World’s Fair committee selected one of my cows for the $0-day test, and the committee said: “Ragsdale, you have as fine a herd, especially of young things, as there is in the world.” That is the result of select: ing a good dairy bull. That article headed “Dairy Bulls” is worth money to any man with a dairy herd.—Clar- ence: Ragsdale, Proprietor Magic City Stock Farm, Randolph County, Mis- sourl, ~ af Gi cess FEROS wae OMe | py ue . SMA Smee : eS eo es are enna eee From Farmers’ Review: The next convention of the Mlinois Dairymen’s Association will be interesting in that it will call attention to a dairy sec- tion of the state about which little is known over the state and country gen- erally. Dairying in southern Mlinois bas the incentive to encourage it that is found in a constantly growing and already very large demand of the St. Louis market for dairy products. This demand has built up the milk industry along all the lines of rail. road entering St. Louis from Ilinois. ‘There are three big condensaries in that section, many plants: engaged in shipping milk and cream and the but- termaking factories are rapidly grow- ing in number. Dairying has brought prosperity to that section where years of corn growing hed worn out the soil, and the success the farmers have experienced from dairying bas filled that section with interested dairymen who are anxious to improve their methods and increase their knowledge of dairying. Because there are so many inter- ested dairymen in that section who wish to learn, the state association de- cided to hold its next convention there and officers of the association have every assurance of a large and inter- esting convention. The meeting will be held in Greenville, Jan. 5, 6 and 7. Greenville is the county seat of Bond county, a county that has been espe- claily benefited by dairying, and the benefit is recognized by towns people as well as by the dairymen them- selves, Sessions of the convention will be held in the court house, and there will be a store room for the dis- play of dairy and creamety machines and supplies. The town has a combined creamery and condensery and a large conden- sery, the latter being one of the two Jarge plants in that section of the state of the Helvetia Milk Condensing Company. This plant, built to use 40,000 poynds of milk daily, got 70,000 peitnds In the flush last summer and is being enlarged to accommodate an expected supply of 125,000 daily next summer. The amount of milk re- ceived by this plant alone gives an idea of the amount of milk made in that section and of the importance of dairying as one of fts industries — George Caven, secretary Ilinots State Dairymen’s Association. Municipal Milk Supply. Conditions surrounding the milk trade in American cities are bad enough, but they appear to be still worse in England. Most of our cities have fairly effective laws against the adulteration of milk and the use of Preservatives in the same. But in England the dealers have been al- lowed to have their own way very largely, and the result is seen in in- creased mortality among infants. City after city in England has taken up the matter, especially regarding the sale of milk for infants’ food. Now, the city of Norwich is attempting to manage the entire trade in all kinds of milk. The infant mortality in the large English towns averages 144 per 1,000, which is considered high. But in Norwich the rate is 166 per 1,000. But the people of Norwich have a further grievance. They say that the men that have really done the work of distributing, the employes of the big milk selling companies, have been scandalously overworked and under- paid. This has resulted in poor serv- {ee to the consumers of milk, as well as in hardships to the families of the men actually doing the work. It is proposed to establish depots for the Pasteurizing of the milk, and the payment of living wages to the men that do the distributing. Many other cities of England have taken steps in the matter of either managing or con- trolling the milk supply. This ts justi- fled economfcally by the fact that milk Is more intimately connected with the health of the people than any other article of food. Russia as a Butter-Maker. ‘The Russian government is taking very decided action in regard to the buttermaking industry. If the author- ities named continue to push matters as eamestly as they are doing at present it will not be many years be- fore Denmark will find a powerful in- fluence at work in an attempt to oust her from the English butter market. Russia {s not hesitating to spend her money freely to gain her end. Begin- ning with next year the government will spend 90,500 roubles a year for extending the dairy interests of Euro- pean Russia. Siberia is to receive 72,500 roubles a year for the same purpose. Next year 7,000 roubles are to be spent in the organizing of butter- making societies in Western Siberia. The government is to establish this coming year special testing labora- tories for dairy work in European Russia, and for this work 5,000 rou- bies have already been appropriated. The government is taking the right course in the employing of special but- ter experts and instructors. These men, in addition to their other duties, are organizing special courses of in- struction in’ dairying. ‘The world is about to have an illustration of what a great nation can do when it sets Itself a commercial task of this kind. The Russians are evidently deter- mined to make the most of their great ‘areas of cheap grazing lands, Soils of light texture, especially if somewhat calcareous, suit all root crops, particularly those of rapid growth, like carrots. HOUCK Hardware Store ‘The place to buy Good Cook Stoves and Heat ing Stoves at the : Lowest Cash Prices 16 East Dongias Ave. eeevevececeveccoooonceooss PEERLESS STEAM LAUNDRY : Best Laundry In The City 7 gee Phone 232 SELOVER & SONS, Props. 245-247 North Market St vv ww YY Se san ESE TSE EO SN STS RII Ee RE BE Ey JOB PRINTING We Print i INEM Tee IN, G LETTER HEADS NOTE HEADS DNVELOPES BUSINESS CARDS CALLING CARDS STATEMENTS BILL HEADS ! HAND BILLS POSTERS MINUTES | CIRCULARS | TRY Us. Janner Mills ¢ A / Banner Mills + CUSTOM GRINDING + seseenes A Specialty ...ce00e- ALL KINDS OF COAL & FEED PHOENISCH BROS, PROPS. 622 N. Main St. Phone 580 When in us7 of Groceries to not forget that you can always get the Best at the Lowest prices t KERNAN‘S 6108 B.Dow~'e-- Aye. "Phone 357 ee a eer er i ——————____ We°Ate Now Prepared To Do All Your Kinds Of Fincy, Upto Date Work|| 0b Work. We Invite A Trial. es ‘We Guarantee To Please You, Both In Work And Prise. You Wil: Fing DON Bl! Us At The Ola Reliable Stand At BY US NO North Main St. qaitds Bring Us Your Next Job. RIGHT 3" WE INVITE YOU TO CALL eR a a’ Sk ee ee The PRINTERS who Can PRINT Disse: Deane ARBASEON. ROWLEE Hardware Store S23 N. Maia St. Cheapest Hardware and Stove honse in Wichita; because we pay no reat and have light expenses ——— SBEN SES ser — CALL AT — i The ELITE | Restaurant When You Want AGOODMEAL Always The Best, and Cooked Well — MEALS licts — ©. L. KINER, Prop. 408 N. Main St. Wichita, Kas: eee Ya _ ASubscriber to the SEARCHLIGHT? IF NOT, WHY NOT? IT Is ONLY Peacacon FORA cle 1.00, wore vers ; SEE cee Delivered. ~ SUSSCRIBETO-DAY Dr. J. E. Farmer, Physician and Surgeon Diseases of Women and Children a Specialty. aL Office 703 N. Main St. Tel. 936. ee eee eee 2: ISRAEL BROS. »., Real Estate. '3.se STSSTST TES FE SCS SESTS ETE TES Nice Furnished By the night or week Mrs. R. Heck, Prop. 244 North Water St. KEK LK LS KEK Fe C, P. Johnsou, W, R. Johnson Pres. Sec. & Treas, C P. Johnson Co., Live Stock Commission Merchants Money Always On Hand To Loan ‘To Responsible Parties Your Business Solicted Wichita Stock Yards Phone 466 i Get a Searchlight, if you want the news, % é Qe nen scan W.G. McKee, (8 ccesenr to A. N, West ) Pumps, Pipe, Hose, Windmills [37 When you need anew Pump, or your old one nted *| pairing, don’t forget to give me a call 118 South Main St. Phone 643 LALA LALA LEEPER EEE JOB WORK IS CUR HOBBY. SUPPLEMENT TO THE SEARCHLIGAT, Wichita, Kansas, Saturday Jan. 9,04 How does ft happen thst all the kicks on seg-egation come from the girls? The European prince or princess who is not the subject of a scandal must be lonesome. Rev. Robert Collyer’s reasons for his long life omits the principal one: Get yourself born healthy. If you drink liquor on the isthmus you will not live a year; if you drink water you may survive for two weeks. Booker Washington advises his raco not to wear gaudy clothes. But isn’t Mr. Washington getting rather exact- ing? Nobody has yet suggested to boll the beer in the hope of heading off the germs that lurk in the stuff we arink. Sir Thomas Lipton continues to talk avout “the adorable American girl.” But why doesn’t Sir Thomas “make good?” A whole week gone by and no mas- sacres or elopements among Austrian royalty. But it is nearly the dead of winter. ‘The Ife prisoner who committed suicide down in Maine adopted the most effective means of shortening his sentence, A Frenchman may pronounce “rut” “root” in Beirut, but you will never get any considerable number of Ameri- cans to do itt In selecting cigars for your husband, fair reader, remember that the better the cigar the better it will keep bugs off the plants. The world is overloaded with peo- ple who were just going to do some- thing when somebody else got in ahead of them, The star in “The Best of Friends” is suing her husband for divorce. In this case the play and not the name must be the thing. Entomologists say that the boll wee- vil can jump twenty yards. It seems to be a sort of cross between the grasshopper and the flea. If the novelists had any real spirit they would write a novel in which the heroine was named Abby Spruggs, instead of Violet Tremaine. Cotton raisers of Texas are to hold another boll weevil convention. The boll weevils have held theirs and ex- press a strong hope of carrying the state. As Maine editors and fishermen always tell the truth, it is an establish- ed fact that a cod caught off Kittery Point had a six-pound flatiron in its midst, The estimated population of the world is 1,547,423,000,. and. yet you oceasionally hear a Young man say that there’s only one girl in the world for him. It is stated that John Wanamaker “began life without a dollar in his pocket.” ‘There is also ground for the belief John began life without even a pocket, ‘The irritated and exasperated Jap- anese are now calling Russia “rokokn” and one doesn't need to know Japan- ese to see that it doesn’t mean “you old darling.” Budd Doble says Lou Dillon will trot in 1:55 pr less next season. If Oliver Wendell Holmes were still alive he would probably say Budd is talking through his nose. Tke Toronto World warns Uncle Sam that in time Canada may think seriously of forcibly annexing terri- tory stolen from her by the United States. This fs alarming. Marie Corelli has been awarded samages of half a cent in her lbel suit against an English editor. As a ‘matter of simple fairness Marie ought to use the morey for advertising pur- poses, Prof, Langley wants the world to vnderstand that he hasn't been crushed, either by his bad luck with his aerodrome or by the newspapers. llere’s hoping that he'll fly—by proxy ~this time. The thoughtful Burlington Hawk- eye counsels its Sunday readers to “avoid pessimism in prayer.” No mat- ‘er how down-hearted you may be, Gon't give the Almighty any inkling of your real feelings. The Chicago physician who de clares that we would be a healthier people if we bathed with ‘water less frequently apparently forgets that we are not all comic opera prima donnas ané can’t afford to bathe in milk. If the Dowager Queen of Italy has married an engineer she probably did it because she liked him and not be- cause he was the only fellow she could get. Her. fortune amounts to Several million dollars, and she might even have had an Englisl lord if she ‘had wanted one. uy aad mastitis “ie _— V4 ae of =a i ep ig z hy | if .. o ¥ ‘a BC yt : =. ow ~ Fire oe aca Al) a WHY THEY FAYOR IT DEMOCRATIC FONDNESS FOR COMPETITIVE RECIPROCITY. It Is Regarded 2s an Important Step in the Direction of Free Trade, a Half Loaf That Is Much Better Than No Bread. Democratic leaders in Congress and glsewhere are sitting up of nights to advance the cause of something of their own devising which they are Pleased to call “reciprgcity.” They Say it is the reciprocity mentioned as an economic possibility by McKinley and Blaine. In the first place no re- Dublican of weight has ever suggested reciprocity in any form that could interfere, in the slightest degree, with the protection of American wages, Which are much the highest in the world, or with fostering the wise de- velopment of industries on our own soll. No prominent republican has ever proposed reciprocity in any ex- cept non-competitive products, and not specifically in regard to those. None has ever touched on the subject save as a generalization worthy of thought, but secondary to republican protec: tion, giving to that beneficent policy the full party recognition it has always had, and always will have, un- less the party moves off its old founda- tions. But what sort of reciprocity are democratic managers urging upon public attention, claining to have bor- rowed it from eminent republicans? It is a slash at all protection, an en- tering wedge to rip up the Dingley tariff in competitive or any other prod- uets. It is simply a renewal of the fight, on shifted ground, for democrat- ic free trade. Thus democrats in Congress are de- claring that the Cuban tariff conces- sion “is unquestionably a breach in the wall of protection,” and that demo- cratic votes will go to the measure for that reason. Representative Wil- liams, the Democratic leader in the house, insists that the Cuban bill is an example of reciprocity, and that reciprocity is a concession to the democratic demand for untrammeled trade relations.” A democratic paper remarks that while reciprocity is a quibble and an anomaly, it should be welcomed by Democrats as a step ‘toward a tariff for revenue only, and ‘on the ground that half a loaf is bet- ter than none. President Roosevelt recommended the Cuban concession as a “unique” provision to assist a new nation which this country created and over which this country holds a peculiar restraint. Few republicans think that the United states is still under fiscal obligations to Cuba, or that any point of honor is involved in the action of Congress yet to come. AS far as the democratic party is con- cerned, it is fighting protection, not trying to benefit Cuba. ‘Thomas B. Reed’s last magazine ar- ticle, published after his death, which occurred less than a year ago, was a powerful argument against reciprocity es far as it had been defined within his experience. “If you will examine reciprocity in detail,” he wrote, “you will find that, in nearly every case, the national revenue is sacrificed for the benefit of individuals.” Probably the Cuban bill, if if goes through, will work that way, no matter what senti- ment of supposed honor or generosity is felt by any of its advocates. Mr. Reed opposed the Cuban tariff redue- tion in these incisive words: “For the republicans to desert the beet sugar interest 18 to desert the farmer in the one conspicuous and clear case where his industry js fostered. Under the tariff as it now is all the sugar needed by this country can be made by the people of this country. That is in accord with our system. When we throw our markets open to the world in all things, then it will be time to do it for sugar.’ Mr. Reed was a statesman of long experience in Con- gress. Senator Allison, with similar training, said recently: “Reciprocity is a beautiful theory, but Iam convine- ed that it cannot be put into practice.” Reciprocity has grown a little more definite in one respect. It is demo- cratic ammunition, and seized by them with eagerness as a national campaign draws near and finds them without an issue. Republicans de cline to hand them an issue on a reci- procity free trade platter.—St. Louis Globe Democrat. Bad for Cuba, As for the Cubans themselves, it would almost be a crime against civ- re Cae ™ ilization to tempt them to continue their ruinous one-crop policy by spe- Ciat inaucemenis for tue aumpage of weir sugar. What Cuba needs is a diversification of products, whereby she may secure a varlety of customers. It will be no advantage to Cuba to make the American Sugar trust the sole customer for her principal prod- ucts. There is a deficiency in the world’s cotten supply, and all conti- nents are being ransacked for places where that staple can be profitably grown. There is evidence that there is no better place than Cuba... The mountainous districts of Cuba are most valuable grazing lands, whose owners are restocking them in the ex- pectation of profit, properly assured to them by the Cuban protective tar- if. ‘The proposed treaty admits American cattle into Cuba at 40 per cent reduction from tariff rates, Do the Cuban stockmen wish to thus buy a market for the Cuban sugar grow- ers? Let us stop our onslaught on Cuban and American industries for the benefit of the American Sugar trust and its friends who have bought sugar estates in Crba.—San Francisco Chronicle. WHY FARMERS OBJECT. Sound Reasons for Their Opposition to Free Trade in Agricultural Prod- ucts. It is casy to understand that Canada would be glad to enter into a reciproc- ity agreement with the United States that should include natural products only. Equally obvious is the reason why she should decline to swap trade privileges in manufactured products, Her natural products seek a nearby market, and it would be tremendously to her advantage if she could sell her surplus in the United States, instead of skipping it to Europe. But in ir- dustrial production she is only a be- ginner. She is.trying to develop her manufacturing industries, In the event of free trade in natural products Cana‘la would do all the selling and none of the buying, while free trade in manufacturers would swamp every one of her youthful industries. The American farmer objects to recipro- city restricted to natural products only, With good reason he objects to having all of Canada’s surplus of grain dumped on the American market. He knows that to remove the protective tarift from Canadian cereals would not only be disadvantageous to his inter- ests now but would in the near future help to build up a competition over- whelming in its magnitude. Canada’s grain-produeing possibili- ties are practically unlimited, The total acreage of the lands in Manitoba end thence west to the Rockies, and ranning 600 or 700 miles north of the woundary line is 2,230,000,000 acres. Of this about 25,000,000 acres are be- ing utilized or have been transferred Ly the crown to railways, for home: steads and other purposes of produe- fon. Of these 25,000,000 this year only 3,123,663 acres were under culti- vation. The actual yield of grain of all kinds this year was 110,060,000 over last year. ‘The wheat yield was 57,163,032 bushels, an increase of about 4,000,000. As rapidly as immigration can be in- duéed and lands placed under cultiva- tion these countless millions of acres are to be added to the wheat-produc- ing area of North America. It is the ream of Canada to become the great wheat-produeing country of the world. Reciprocity in natural products would sreatly hasten the realization of this dream. Already large numbers of farmers from the United States are moving over to the Canadian North- west and locating upon lands within reach of railroad transportation. There will be more railroads, more accessible lands, more farmers rushing over to take and till them, That is what Canada wants. It is not, how- ever, what the American farmer wants. He prefers to retain as long as possible the advantages which the present tariff gives him in the matter of a profitable market for his food stuffs, Hence his opposition to reci- procity in natural products. Is it unreasonable or unnatural that another great body of American farm- ers should be unwilling to relinquish the advantages which the Dingley tar- iff gives them, and to surrender to for- eign competitors the control of the immense market for thelr sugar cane, their sugar beets, their early fruits and vegetables, their oranges, lemons and pineapples, and their tobacco? Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.—Bacon, S aE — SAR) As ye ANG) > VETERARS BA Pe FW) ee BRR ORS Se). ES eater tee ea ta Medicated to the Kicker on Pensions.) It's Glory and fame that follow A fighting soldier's name— But you can't fill up on glory And you can’t exist on fame; Ad I may be peculiar, But I've said it oft before, That the man who risks his life for us Should have a dara sight more Phan ‘Thirteen dollars a month, And maybe you don't remember, Or memory fails to suit, How whe: re craft was on you went ANd furnisived 4 subsiitutel You Lome a-mah'n’ money And safe from ‘uliets and swords— He at the front with an. ofter— ‘he best that ile atforas— ‘Thirteen dollars a month, You call him a government pauper, With growls and grumbies and frets; And kick away like un old bay steer At the pension that he gets: Right here 1 want to tell you, And keep it wider your hat— You ought to get six months in Jail And twice a year at that, Without ‘Thirteen dollars a month. And you ought to live on hardtack And ket an ‘elegant tit Of the water the poor old fellow drank Down at Andersonville, And maybe, when your’ year was up The, lesson ‘you were taught Might show! you. why we. pension those Old veterans’ who fought for ‘Thirteen dollars a_ month. Harry 8. Chester. Charged by a Calf. Fe OnE eae ee ee Lincoln’s call for 75,000 men for three months’ service Thomas Gibson, Jr., began recruiting a company from Pittsburg. Jacob Colmer, the present postmaster at Avalon, was the first to place his name on the roll as a volunteer. Mr. Colmer, by his loyal service as a private, was advanced from one office to another until, when muster-out time came in ’65, his dis- charge read “Lieutenant Colmer.” Capt. Gazzam of Pittsburg also had organized a company, but neither he nor Capt. Gibson had succeeded in enrolling more than fifty men. Time after time they tried to enter the serv- ice, but, not having the full comple- ment of men, the companies were not accepted by the governor. Capt. Gibson’s company, nothing daunted, determined to equip them- selves and go as an independent or- ganization. While arrangements to that end were being made word was received that troops were needed in Wheeling, W. Va., to protect the threatened border. ‘The company proceeded by boat to that city, arriving at Camp Carlisle in May. Capts. Gazzam and Gibson came to an understarding by which the two companies were consolidated, and the following officers were elect- ed: Captain, Thomas Gibson; first Ieutenant, David Ecker; second lieu- tenant, David D. Barclay. They fur- nished themselves with a Zouave uni- form and Springfield muskets. Orders came that the company moye to Clarksburg. Bushwhackers had stopped several trains on that route previously, so several of the men (among them Mr. Colmer) rode on the coweatcher, under the head- light, so as to see and not be seen. ‘Arrived in Clarksburg, the company went into camp with companies Cand E to drill and prepare for active duty. They formed part of the Second Vir- ginia volunteer infantry, of which companies A, D, F and G came from Pittsburg. ‘This regiment was after- ward known as the Fifth West Vir- ginia cavalry. One night some of the men of com: pany D were out foreging. One of them eaptured @ good-sized calf and determined to take his prisoner back to camp immediately. On the road the captive became festive, and, being the stronger calf of the two, began pulling his captor along at a rather lively gait. Past the sentry they rushed, not stopping to answer his challenge. The guns were stacked and the companies were all asleep. ‘The calf, in its mad career, charged into the guns, one of which was dis- charged. Awakened from their sleep the men came tumbling out of their tents, half clothed, and hurriedly formed in line of battle. Company C had not received their guns, so they came armed with picks, shovels, axes and anything else that was handy. The bugler (he is now editor of a newspaper in Illinois) came to his captain, an ax on his shoulder. He was ready to fight, though his face was pale. In a quavering voice he said: “Captain, if I should fall in this con- flict, will you send word to my moth- er?” ‘When the real cause of the disturb- ance was discovered great was the uproar. Needless to say, Bugler Cyrus Hane never heard the last of his “first conflict.”—Pittsburg Dispatch. Fighting Hand to Hand, “I had some doubts,” said the ser- geant, “about hand-to-hand struggles during the first year of the war. Our regiment did good work at Shiloh, but didn't come to close quarters with the enemy. We made our mark at Perry- ville, but not at close range, and I wondered if any battle was fought in which men strove against each other within reach of bayonet or sword. At Stone river we charged at a ran against a rebel line. I expected the old thing to happen and the enemy to break, I shook from head to foot as I saw the rebels start on a run and at a charge bayonets to mect us. I could see the hair and eyes and facial expression of the rebels as they rame steadily and swiftly toward us. 1 remember one fellow wore a red neg ie A BO’ Zo eH BAA ar A BS comfort around his neck and that the ends were flapping in a very ridicu- lous way as he ran. “I eould see a short man making his legs do their best, and a long- legged fellow in advance. I felt this thing couldn't go on without bayonet striking bayonet, and without the lines crashing together. The crash came sooner than I expected, and not quite in the way I expected. About half of our men went through or over the rebel line, some of us coming down on our heads and others on their fect. It was undignified and confus- ing, and when we turned we found men in gray standing back to back fighting both ways. There was little or no shooting, but a giving and tak- ing of hard blows, and a good deal of rough-and-tumble scrapping. Finally one of the rebels shouted: “What's the use? Why in thunder don’t some body ask us to surrender? Thereupon all our fellows shouted ‘Surrender!’ and down went the muskets of the rebels caught between our lines. “There wasn’t an unbruised man fn our company, and we felt like birds when the rebels threw down their guns and shed their cartridge boxes and belts. They went to the rear, and we went slam-bang into another rebel line, which, yielding at first, rallied and drove us back. Then we rushed them and broke their line, and I never felt happier in my life than when I saw the men in gray scamper away into the cedars. At Chickamauga we waited for the rebs to charge, and they broke us all up. Some of our boys were so completely knocked out that they ran a mile like scared horses, in the belief that the whole army had been routed and that the only thing to do was to get off the field. Then they slowed up, came to their senses, turned and ran the other way, and, falling in anywhere, fought like wildcats to the end, crashing at odd times into the rebel lines with the devil-may-care insolence of football players in a tussle.’—Chicago Inter Ocean. Maine's Proud Record. In @ recent week more than $50,000 was paid in Bangor, Maine, and in towns tributary to Bangor, in pensions to survivors of the Civil War and to their immediate kindred, a larger sum, it is claimed, than is disbursed in pensions in any other community of equal population in the United States. Maine's war record is not surpassed Ly that of any other state. The old First Maine heavy artillery, which went out from Bangor as the Hight- eenth Maine infantry and which had nearly 1,900 men and officers, holds the record of having lost a larger per cent of men and officers in battle than any other regiment in the war; and the First Maine cavalry hes the 2ame of more engagements inscribed upon its flag than any other regiment in the service. All of the thirty-two regiments of infantry, the two regiments of cav- alry and ten batteries of light artil- lery and the big contingent of sailor- men who fouad service in the navy were in the front of battle; and as fast as the ranks were depleted by sickness or death, new recruits were hurried to the front, so the regimental lists were kept full for the more than four years of terrible conflict. After the fighting was over and the surviv- ors came back to resume their duties as private citizens, Maine's delegation in congress worked hard and long to sectire pensions for every deserving veteran, Episode of Kenesaw. “That confusion of horses at Kene saw,” said the Mississippi captain, (‘reminds me of a controversy over horses at the battle of Franklin, Gen, Pat Cleburne and Gen. John Adams of the Confederate army were both kilied at Franklin at the head of their commands and close to: the Union breastworks, One of them was killed on top of the works, just as his horse had plunged half over. Man and horse were shot there, and the body of the horse remained on top of the works, with fore feet extended to the Union side. It was said at the time that the officer killed on top of the works was Gen. Cleburne, and there was among our own men a dispute as to this. “It_was known that Gen. John Ad- ams of Loring’s division rode a bay horse and that Cleburne did not. The horse killed on top of the works in front of the Sixty-fifth Illinois was a bay, and Gen. Adams’ body was found at the base of the works, just below the horse. Cleburne’s body was found fifty or sixty yards from the works. Adams, according to the story of men of the Sixty-fifth Mlinois, rode his horse over the diteh and to the top of the parapet and tried to tear the flag from the hands of the color-bear- er, At that instant he was shot.” ius Mia Gwn Death Wareent. Capt. W. G. Watkins of Clinton, Mo., has in his possession his own death warrant, issued and signed by United States officers during the civil war. Capt. Watkins was sentenced to be shot for recruiting Confederate sol- diers inside the union lines. He es- caped from Gratiot prison in St. Louis, where he was confined, awaiting the death penalty, and was never recap- tured. Recently Capt. Watkins secur ed the warrant for his own death, He prizes the war relic highly. COMPLETELY RESTORED. Mrs. ¥. Brunzel, wife of P. Branzel, Stock dealer, residence 3111 Grand ave, Everett, Wash., says: “For fife teen years I suffered with terrible pain in my back. J did rot know what it was to enjoy a night's rest, and arose in the morn- ing feeling tired and unrefreshed. My suffering sometimes was simply inde- seribable. When I finished the first box of Doan's Kidney Pills 1 felt like a different woman. 1 Ee ee eee en with terrible pain fi ) in my back. J did BR rot know what it & was to enjoy a bee oe night's rest, and Deis arose in the morn- &%' tng feeling tired and Ege??? unrefreshed. My (@gNX>'>>4 suffering sometimes M*\\y's: was simply inde Bigp> eh sertbable. When I fatty \ "36 finished the first box [gg 2) a> of Doan's Kidney Pap\?,?\% oH Pills I felt ike a f Yop > apy > dillerent woman. 1 Was continued until I had taken five boxes. Doan’s Kidney Pills act very effec: tively, very promptly, relieve the ach- ing pains and all other annoying difi- culties.” Foster-Milburn Co,, Buffalo, N. ¥. For sale by all druggists, price 50 cents per box. Land Ships. Imitating the land ships now em- ployed in sailing on the sands of the Cailfornia and New Mexico deserts and successfully used for pleasure on the southern beaches and in many other parts of the United States, a London builder has made “sailing car riages” for use in the Egyptian des erts. (iat Bis Cinema A certain little 4-year-old who had been taught to use her mind, was left to play alone, as her elder sister had gone to school. She was urged to go next door and amuse herself with the small son belonging to that house. “Oh, no, mamma, I don't want to go there; Tommy can’t play nicely at all. Why, he digs a hole and don't call it anything!"—Brooklyn Life. 10,000 Fiants for 166. ‘This is a remarkable offer the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., makes. ‘They will send you their bie plant and seed catalog, together with enough seed to grow 1,000 fine, solid Cabbages. 2,000 delicious Carrots. 2/000 blanching, nutty Celery. 2,000 rich, buttery Lettuce. 1,000 splendid Onions. 1,000 rare, luscious Radishes. 1,000 gloriously brilliant Flowers. ‘This great offer {s made in order to induce you to try thelr warranted seeds ror when you once plant them you will grow no others, and ‘ALL For BUT 160 Posracr, providing you will return this ‘notice, And if you will send them 20c in post- age, they will add to the above a pack- age of the famous Berliner Caulitower. CW. N. UL) Uneducated Officers. "The reorganization of the military establishment found more than one- third of the officers of the army des- titute of any martial education except the empirical sort they had picked up in the field. New Rifle for Soldiers. Within three years the United States army and militia will be armed with the new Springfield magazine rifle. The hundreds of thousands of Krag-Jorgensen guns on hand will eventually have to be broken up as valueless. French Naval Program. The naval construction program of the French admiralty for 1904 com- prises seventy vessols. Of this huge total, fifty-nine are to be torpedo boats, which are to be constructed by private shipbuilding firms. Sixteen new submarine boats are to be built; one armored cruiser, of 13,644 tons and twenty-three knots speed, and two torpedo boat destroyers, with oa speed of thirty knots. Moorish Water Clocks, Among the curious features of To- ledo which unfortunately remain no longer, were water clocks, devised by a Moorish genius named Az-Zarcal, who placed them on the banks of the Tagus so that the people couid read the time, ‘They were run by water power, and were so famous that Daniel Merlac, an English astronomer, came all the way from Oxford in 1185 to study them. a Sere Doctor Was Fooled by His Own Case for a Time. It's easy to understand how ordi- nary people get fooled by coffee when doctors themselves sometimes forget the facts. A physician speaks of his own ex- perience: “{ had used coffee for years and really did not exactly believe it was injuring me although I had palpite- tion of the heart every day. “Finally one day a severe and al- most fatal attack of heart trouble frightened me and I gave up both tea and coffee, using Postum instead, and since that time I have had abso- lutely no heart palpitation except on one or two occasions when I tried a small quantity of coffee which caused severe irritation and proved to me I must let it alone. “When we began using Postum it seemed. weak—that was because we did not make it according to direc- tions—but now we put a little bit of butter in the pot when boiling and al- low the Postum to boil full 15 minutes which gives {t the proper rich flavor and the deep brown color. “I have advised a great many of my friends and patients to leave off coffee and drink Postum; in fact, 1 daily give this advice.” Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Many thousands of physicians use Postum in pldce of tea and coffee in their own homes and prescvtbe it to patients. “There's a reason.” A remarkable little book “The Road to Wellville” can be found in each package. 6; GOVERNOR OF OREGON Uses Pe-ru-na in His Family For Colds and Grip. CAPITOL BUILDING, SALEM, OREGON. Peruna is known from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Letters of congratulation and commendation testifying to the merits of Peruna as a catarrh remedy are pouring in from every State in the Union. Dr. Hartman is receiving hundreds of such letters daily. All classes write these letters, from the highest to the lowest. The outdoor laborer, the indoor artisan, the clerk, the editor, the statesman, the preacher—all agree that Peruna is the catarrh remedy of the age. The stage and rostrum, recognizing catarrh as their greatest enemy, are especially enthusiastic in their praise and testimony. Any man who wishes perfect health must be entirely free from catarrh. Catarrh is well nigh universal; almost omnipresent. Peruna is the only absolute safeguard known. A cold is the beginning of catarrh. To prevent colds, to cure colds, is to cheat catarrh out of its victims. Peruna not only cures catarrh, but prevents it. Every household should be supplied with this great remedy for coughs, colds and so forth. The Governor of Oregon is an ardent admirer of Peruna. He keeps it continu- Ask Your Druggist for a free Peruna Almanac for 1904. THREE CARDINAL POINTS BLOOD HEALTH HAPPINESS It is a fact that, with impoverished or unhealthy condition of the blood, suffering, ill health and unhappiness must result. Rich, Red, Radiant Blood means to the possessor splendid health, and health means happiness to the vast extent physical condition may exert its influence. Do you suffer from nervousness, weakness, brain fag, loss of energy, a sluggish, tired body, with little, if any, ambition and vitality? 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In a recent letter to Dr. Hartman, he says: STATE OF OREGON, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, O.: Dear Sirs—I have had occasion to use your Peruna medicine in my family for colds, and it proved to be an excellent remedy. I have not had occasion to use it for other ailments. Yours very truly, W. M. Lord. It will be noticed that the Governor says he has not had occasion to use Peruna for other ailments. The reason for this is, most other ailments begin with a cold. Using Peruna to promptly cure colds, he protects his family against other ailments. This is exactly what every other family in the United States should do. Keep Peruna in the house. Use it for coughs, colds, la gripe, and other climatic affections of winter, and there will be no other ailments in the house. Such families should provide themselves with a copy of Dr. Hartman's free book, entitled "Winter Catarrh." Address Dr. Hartman, Columbus Ohio. 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Some grocers say they don't keep Defiance Starch because they have a st elc in hand of 12 oz. brands, which they know cannot be sold to a customer who has once used the 16 oz. pkg. Defiance Starch for same money. Style doesn't count when it comes to the lining of a pocketbook. IMMENSE TOBACCO PURCHASE. Forty-Eight Thousand Dollars Paid for a Fancy Lot of Tobacco. The biggest purchase of high grade tobacco ever made in the West by a cigar manufacturer was made last Wednesday by Frank P. Lewis, Peoria Ill., for his celebrated Single Binder cigar. A written guarantee was given that the entire amount was to be fancy selected tobacco. This, no doubt, makes the Lewis factory the largest holder in the United States of tobacco of so high a grading—Herald-Transcript, Dec. 21, 1902. The milkman knows the full significance of a white lie. Salzer's New National Oats yielded in 1903 in Mich., 240 bu., in Mo., 255 bu., in N. D., 310 bu., and in 30 other states from 150 to 300 bu. per acre. Now this Oat if generally grown in 1904, will add millions of bushels to the yield, and millions of dollars to the farmer's purse. Try it for 1904. Largest Seed Potato and Alfalfa Clover growers in America. Salzer's Spelt, Beardless Barley, House-Builder Corn, Macaroni Wheat, Pea Oat, Billion Dollar Grass and Earliest Canes are money makers for you, Mr. Farmer. JUST SEND THIS NOTICE AND 10c in stamps to John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., and receive in return their big catalog and lots of farm seed samples. (W. N. U.) It takes a wise young man not to write a love letter. 50,000 AMERICANS WERE WELCOMED TO FARM ST. WESTERN CANADA FREE Western Canada DURING LAST YEAR. They are settled and settling on the Grain and Grazing Lands, and are prosperous and satisfied. Sir Wilfred Laurier recently said: "A new star has risen on the horizon, and it is toward it that every immigrant who leaves the land of his acces- sories to come and seek a home for himself now turns his gaze"—Canada. There is Room for Millions. FREE Homesteads given away. Schools, Churches, Railways, Markets, Climate, everything to be desired. For a descriptive Atlas and other information, apply to Superintendent Immigration. Ottawa, Canada, or authorized Canadian Government Agent— J. S. Cramford, No. L2S W. Ninth Street, Kanns City, Mo. Millions In Cars. KANSAS At St. Louis.-Kansas will get some good advertising out of the world's fair. Its state building is one of the most attractive on the grounds; its agricultural display will be larger than that of any other state; its mineral exhibit will equal that of any other state; its fruit display will rank next to Missouri's and its livestock display will have few equals. In addition to this a dozen or more palaces are built of Kansas cement. "Kansas will receive four times as much money for cement alone as its state exhibit building and all will cost it," said one of the building supervisors. WEATHER BY PHONE.—The farmers living around Hiawatha now get the government weather report every morning by telephone. The weather report reaches town about 10 a. m., and it is immediately telephoned to "central." The farmers on the many toll lines have only to step to their 'phones and be given the prediction for the next twenty-four hours. The plan is a most popular and successful one. GILLETT'S DEBTS.—A careful search of records in all the counties where Grant Gillett could have had mortgages recorded show that $600,000 will cover all his liabilities at the time of his disappearance. Some of these claims were partly pa'd when the creditors fought for the cattle and other assets Gillett left behind. SUES FOR HIS FARM.—R. B. Robinson, a Lyon county farmer, who has just returned from the insane asylum, has entered suit in the district court at Emporia to recover a farm that was sold while he was in the asylum. His wife sold the farm for $700 and he alleges that it was worth $1,600. :To HANDLE CATTLE.—Kansas stockmen are stirred up over the action of the Kansas City live stock exchange in joining the National live stock exchange, and have started a movement looking toward the organization of local associations to handle their own cattle. CAPTAIN ROWAN'S WIFE.—Mrs. Ida Rowan, of captain A. S. Rowan, is dead at Atchison. Captain Rowan is distinguished as "the man who carried the message to Garcia" in the wilds of Cuba at the outbreak of the Spanish-American war. HAS OIL LEASES.—J. O. Davidson of Wichita, has leases on thirty thousand acres of oil lands in Montgomery county alone, besides some valuable oil lands in other sections of the country. SUICIDE IN ASYLUM.—Daniel Rich committed suicide at the Topeka insane asylum by choking himself with a stocking. He was a patient from Emporia about 60 years old. A PIONEER GONE.—L. S. Herbert, a pioneer resident of Brown county and father of Ewing Herbert the well known Kansas editor, died at his home in Hiawatha aged 82 years. HER 100TH BIRTH DAY.—Mrs. Christiana Burkhart, of Gypsum City, was born on New Year's day, 1804. She died on New Year's eve, 1904. She had lived in Kansas 33 years. HE DIED.—John W. Hall, the Missouri Pacific porter who was injured at Yates Center some time ago by having his head crushed between two passenger coaches, is dead. 22 ELEVATORS.—C. Hoffman & Son, of Enterprise have bought 22 elevators of the A. J. Poor Co., for $75,000. The elevators are all in Kansas. FIRE AT WAVERLY.—Bartlett's restaurant and Stafford's restaurant at Waverly, Kane., are destroyed by the same fire. Loss $5,000. LEAVES KANSAS.—Ex-Senator W. A. Harris, of Kansas, is to leave Kansas and take up his residence, at least temporarily, in Chicago. PRIVATE SLAUGHTER HOUSE.—Four Shawnee county farmers are constructing a slaughter house near Topeka to supply local butchers with beef in opposition to the beef trust. They have been killing a little stuff around at their farms recently and selling it to the butchers. They cannot supply the demand for meats. Several local butchers have agreed to buy of them exclusively. SLEETY SNOW.—East Central Kansas was covered by an inch of sleety snow on January 2. HE GAVE HIS MITE.—Jaues Gushwa, a cripple who makes his living in Concordia by selling popcorn, remembered the golden rule on Christmas day. He sent twenty-five pounds of freshly popped and buttered corn to the inmates of the county infirmary and twenty pounds to the unfortunates in the county jail. INSULTED WHITE GIRL.—Eugene Dunn, a negro, was fined $500, the limit, by Judge Stanley of Wichita, for making insulting proposals to a 15-year old white girl. AN OPEN SWITCH.—A Rock Island train struck an open switch at Lawrence. The train was running at full speed as it does not stop there. Five cars, including the sleeper, left the track and bumped along on the ties for 1,200 feet. No one was seriously injured. 775 ENGINES.—Seven hundred and seventy-five engines were handled at the Missouri Pacific yards in Wichita during December. The employees are kept on the run continuously at the yards. HOLIDAY DECORATIONS Christmas Trees, Holly, Mistletoe and holiday decorations of all kinds, for home, hall or church, can be had in best quality at low prices from W. H. Culp & Co., Florists, Withita, Kana Send for special price list. Money sometimes makes the mare go in the also-ran class. A man's merit isn't always up to his reputation. Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of as a cough cure. J. W. O'Brien, 322 Third Ave. N. Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 6, 1900. Don't exchange single bliss for a matrimonial blister. ALL UP-TO-DATE HOUSEKEEPERS Use Red Gross Ball Blue. It makes clothes clean and sweet as when new. 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Cataract, Hall's Cataract Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Cataract is a serious but non-traumatic treatment. Hall's Cataract Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous membranes of the eye. It is based on the foundation of the disease, and gives the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting the patient in its curative powers, that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Address of F. J. CHENY & CO., Toledo, O Sold by druggers, 756.7 to the best. Give Thanks. Give thanks for something and you will find something to give thanks for. No one is so poor as not to be comparatively rich. Envy is the mother of poverty, charity the parent of wealth and contentment the open was to Heaven.—Universalist Leader. A Typical Duel. A typical duel is that reported from the town of Minsk, in Russia. Two old friends, lawyers had been to the theater together. Coming out, one accidentally knocked off the other hat. He apologized, but the other, very angry, called him names. The result was a duel in which one was killed. Neither had shot a pistol before. Western Reserve Divorces. One divorce to every eleven marriages is the statistical showing for the Western Reserve—a proportion greater than that of any state or nation on earth. This 6,250 square miles in northwestern Ohio was settled while a part of the Northwest Territory almost exclusively by Connecticut and Massachusetts folk, and its people are now the purest Puritan stock to be found west of the Hudson river. Good News From Minnesota Lakefield, Minn., Jan. 4.—Mr. William E. Gentry of this place is one of the best-known and most highly respected men in Jackson County. For 45 years he has suffered with Kidney Trouble and now at 77 years of age he has found a complete cure and is well. His cure is remarkable because of the length of time he had been suffering. Cases of 40 years' standing might be considered incurable, but the remedy that cured Mr. Gentry seems to know no limit to its curative power. Mr. Gentry says: "I have suffered with misery in my back tor about 45 years and had all the troublesome symptoms of Kidney and Urinary disease. I tried various kinds of remedies, but all to no effect until I tried Dodd's Kidney Pills. Now I have no pain in my back, and feel quite well in every way. "I am 77 years of age and I feel better than I have for the last 40 years. I attribute it all to Dodd's Kinney Pills." _____ Many a man rushes frantically to his uncle after he has said farewell to his ante. TRADE MARK. At The Post Up and doing, to live and help to live, the old reliable St. Jacobs Oil Is an universal benefactor in the cure of Hurts, Sprains and Bruises Price, 25c. and 50c. T. Mrs. Fairbanks tells how neglect of warning symptoms will soon prostrate a woman. She thinks woman's safeguard is Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. 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Defiance Starch is not only better t han any other Cold Water Starch, but contains 16 oz. to the package and sells for same money as 12 oz brands. Average Marriage Age. The average age for men to marry is highest in Sweden, thirty-one years, and the lowest in the United States, twenty-six and one-half years. --- --- When Answering Advertisements Kindly Mention This Paper. W. N. U.—WICHITA.—NO. 2, 1904 PISO'S CURE FOR CUREMEN ALL KINDS FAIL Best Cough Syrup, Tastes Good. Use in time. Sold by druggists. CONSUMPTION