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THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT Can the Solve Negro P An Able Discuss important Su Can the South Solve the Negro Problem? An Able Discussion Of This Important Subject By Hon. Carl Schurz A Recognized Authority PART I. A Recognized Authority PART I. om McClure's Magazine. This discussien of the Negro Question by Hon. Carl Schurz is the highest permanent value. Mr. Schurz has had an active here in settling each successive phase of this great question, since the repeal of the Missouri Compromise. He was one of the founders of the Republican party; he helped elect Abraham Lincoln to the Presidency of the United States; he fought through the Civil war; studied the condition of the South on the ground after hostilities had ceased, and was influencial in ending military rule in 1872 here is probably no man living who has a more intimate knowledge the Negro Question than Mr. Schurz. This discussien of the Negro is the highest permanent value. Here in settling each successive year the repeal of the Missouri Compromises of the Republican party; he hath the Presidency of the United States; studied the condition of the les had ceased, and was influencere is probably no man living with the Negro Question than Mr. S In the recent public discussions the race problem in the United States, occasional reference is been made to a report submitted by me to President Johnn in 1865. At the request of resident I had visited the states South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana at the purpose of studying their condition and of laying the rets of my observations before on. It may be profitable at the present moment to recall that condition, inasmuch as thus some that may be shed upon the origin and purpose of the so-called construction measures, to which the gravest of the difficulties preling in the southern country is now attributed. When I set out on that tour of investigation, only three months and eapsed since the close of the civil War. The Confederate solvers had but recently returned their homes. They found those homes, wherever touched by milly operations, more or less dested, and, in almost every instance, in a greatly neglected if dilapidated state. During the civil War the resources of the south had wholly been devoted the support of the Confederate Government and its armies, and therefore, economically speak, wasted. The Confederate moi in the hands of the Southern people was absolutely worthless and misery stared them in the face. Their sustenance for the time being, depended on the crops to be raised that summer. Until then, the plantations had been cultivated by slave labor. at the slaves had been declared e. During the war a large num- er of Negroes had still remain- on the plantations doing their customed work. But the com- te discomfiture of the South- armies made the decree of opinion effective everywhere gro slavery had come to a sud- h, and thus the whole agricul- labor system of the South, 5TH YEAR. Question by Hon. Carl Schurz is Mr. Schurz has had an active phase of this great question, since omise. He was one of the found-helped elect Abraham Lincoln totes; he fought through the Civil South on the ground after hostilial in ending military rule in 1872 who has a more intimate knowledge Schurz. the only labor system known and believed in by the Southern people, was entirely upset and made inoperative. It is not surprising that, mortified by their defeat and chafing under the urgent necessities of their situation, the white people of the South should have been in a desperate state of mind — a state of mind iminently unfited for calm and judicious reasoning, and especially for problems calling for equanimity and patience But for this excited state of mind they would perhaps at once recognized the fact that the emancipation of the slaves was irrevocable, and that the only sensible and profitable course open to the late master class was to accommodate themselves to the new order of things as best they could and to set the former slaves to work as free laborers, peaceably, in a friendly spirit and on fair terms. But two things stood in the way. One was a traditional and stubborn prejudice. Where ever on my tour of investigation I tried to discuss with Southern men the immediate problem to be solved, which I did every day, I was constantly met by the assertion: "You cannot make the Negro work without physical compulsion." In the language of my report, "I heard this hundreds of times, heard it wherevsr I went, heard it in nearly the same words from so many different persons that at last I came to the conclusion that this was the prevailing sentiment among the Southern people. There were exceptions to this rule, but far from enough to effect the rule. In the accompanying documents you will find an abundance of proof in support of this statement. There is hardly a paper relative to the Negro question annexed to this report which does not in some direct or indirect way, coroborate it. Unfortunately, the disorders necessarily growing out of the transition state continually --- WICHITA, KANSAS, JAN. 16, 1904. HAMS furnish food for argument. I found but few people who were willing to make due allowance for the adverse influence of exceptional circumstances. By a large majority of those I came in contact with, and they mostly belonged to the more intelligent class, every irregularity that occurred was directl charged against the system of free labor, if negroes walked away from the plantations, it was conclusive proof of the incorrigible instability of the negro and the impracticibility of free labor. If some individual negro violated the terms of his contract, it proved unanswerable that no negro had or ever would have a just conception of the binding force of a contract, and this system of free negro labor was bound to be a failure. If some negroes shirked or did not perform their task with sufficient alacrity, it was produced as irrefutable to show that physical compulsion was absolutely indispensible to make the negro work. If negro idlers or refugees crawling about the town applied to the authorities for subsistance, it was quoted as incontestably establishing the point that the negro was too improvident to take care of himself and must necessarily be consigned to the care of a master. I heard a Georgia planter argue most seriously that one of his negroes had shown himself certainly unfit for freedom because he impudently refused to submit to a whipping. I frequently went into an argument with those putting forth such general assertions, quoting instances in which negro laborers were working faithfully and to the entire satisfaction of their employers, as their employers themselves informed me. In a majority of cases the reply was that that we Northern people did not understand the negro, but that they (the Southerners) did; that as to the particular instance I quoted, I was probably mistaken; that I had not closely investigated the cases, or had been deceived by my informants; that they knew the negro would not work without compulsion, and that no one could make them believe he would. Arguments like these generally finished such discussions. It, frequently struck me that persons who conversed about every other subject calmly and sensibly would lose their temper as soon as the negro question was touched." Of course, the natural impulse of people, entertaining such sentiments, and exasperated by their immediate necessities, was to resort to that "physical compulsion" without which, in their opinion' the negro would not work. For this they found, unfortunately, not infrequent occasion in the conduct of a certain number of negroes. In one respect the behavior of the negroes immediately after their emancipation was remarkable. It is probable that some of them had suffered cruel punishments or other harsh treatment while in the condition of slavery; but not one act of vengeance on the part of a negro after emancipation is on record. On the contrary there were many instances of singularly laithful and self-sacrificing attachment of negroes to their former masters and their families. Neither could they at that period be charged with many criminal excesses beyond pig and chicken stealing. But their ideas as to what use they might or should make of their newly won freedom were rather dim and confused. A good many of them probably indeed, a very large majority, remained on the plantations and continued their work under some sort of contract arrangement with their masters. But other colored people, a not inconsiderable number, followed the natural impulse of testing the quality of their freedom by walking away from the places on which they had been held to labor, and by wandering to the nearest town or military post "to have a good time" for a while. Still others made contracts with the planters and then broke them with or without cause. All this and much more of the same sort would under the circumstances, not have appeared surprising to cool and unprejudiced minds, but rather as the inevitable concomitant of so great a revolution as was the sudden liberation from slavery of several millions of human beings There were comparatively slight disorders which, if kindly and prudently, would in a great measure soon have been righted. But against these irregular movements, "physical compulsion," without which, in the Southerner's opinion, the negroes would not work at all, was fiercely put in action. Some planters held back their former slaves on their plantations by brute force. Armed bands of white men patrolled the country roads to drive back the negroes wandering about. Dead bodies of murdered negroes were found on and near the highways and by paths. Gruesome reports came from the hospitals—reports of colored men and women whose ears had been cut off, whose skulls had been broken by blows, whose bodies had been slashed with knives or lacerated with scourges. A number of such cases I had occasion to examine myself. A veritable reign of terror prevailed in many parts of the South. The negro found scant justice in the local courts against the white man. He could look for protection only to the military forces of the United States still garrisoning the "States lately in rebellion" and to the Freedman's Bureau—that Freedman's Bureau, the original purpose of which was to act as an intermediary between the planters and the emancipated slaves, the white and the black, to aid them in the making of equitable contract arrangements. and, generally, in organizing the new free labor system for the benefit of both. It would have been an institution of the greatest value under competent leadership, had not its organization been to some extent invaded by mentally and morally unfit persons. That this unfit organization and the corresponding failures in its conduct prevented it in so large a measure from accomplishing its object prevented it in so large a measure from accomplishing its object. cannot be too much deplored. For nothing was more needed at that time than an authority standing between the late master and the late slave, commanding and possessing the confidence and respect of both, to aid the emancipated black mgn in making the best possible use of his aceustomed freedom, and to aid the white man, to whom free negro labor was a well-nigh inconceivable idea, in meeting the difficulties which partly existed in reality and were partly conjured up by the white man's prejudice and inflamed imagination. That the Freedman's Bureau actually did much valuable service in this direction cannot be denied. It did protect many freedmen against violence and prevailed on many others to abstain from breaking their contracts with white men, and to stay at work. It helped in developing the work of education among the blacks which had been started by benevolent Northern people with admirable energy and se'f-sacrifice during the civil war wherever the national army controlled any district of country largely peopled by blacks. But (Continued in our next) —TRY THE— BLUE SEAL CIGAR SOLD EVERYWHERE ' UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL. NO 34 Fireman Sam Isler The accompanying cut is an excellent likeness of fireman Samu- P. M. MEMBER No. 3 HOSE COMPANY, Wichita. el Isler, a member of Hose Company No. 3, 18th and Topeka ave. This company is composed of colored men, except the foreman. Mr. Isler was one of the first colored men appointed when a colored fire company was established; and is recognized as one of the most conservative and competent men in the department. Mr. Isler has a host of warm friends. During his long service on the fire department he has gained the confidence and good will of all with whom he has come in contact. By his mild manner and aimable disposition he has made firm friends; Our subject, Samuel Isler. was born in Tiptonville, Obine county, Tenn., March 5th 1860; he remained in his native city till he was 17 years old when he moved to Memphis where he lived till he moved to Wichita in 1892. Since coming to Wichita he has proved himself energetic and industrious and by his work he has accumulated a very comfortable and cosy home at 1431 Sherwood ave. Mr. Isler was married in Memphis, Tenn., in 1880 and has a grown son, a married daughter, Mrs. Geo. W. Weymes, and three younger children. SEARCHLIGHT $1. Per Year Send in your subscription today. A Chicago girl with an absolutely perfect figure has been discovered, but as she calls herself Mayme, it is evident that her beauty is wholly physical and does not extend to her mind. It will be observed that the championship in women's golf is still in the possession of the young unmarried ladies. Place aux demoiselles! 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NEWTON ITEMS Rv, J. W. Gordon, pastor of the 2nd Baptist church is able to be out ag in afar several weeks illness Peter Coleman while lifting a stove Saturday accidently let it fall on his right foot. He sustained quite a painful bruise. Mr.: Ike Slaughter is still sick. The Leap Year Social was a grand success last Friday night. And the young ladies were very generous with their money; they gave the great men an idea how to treat and spend their money. The Social was given by the 2nd Baptist church. The ladies of the N. U. G. club most charmingly entertained their husbands at the residence of Mrs. John Anderson on Jan. 5th 1904. The parlor and dining room was charmingly decorated with potted plants and palms and club colors, pink and white, Little Cornelia Coleman stood near the door and the guests entered she presented each with a four leaf elver tied with pink and white ribbon. Miss Eunice Coleman card for the guests wraps. A very enjoyable evening was spent listening to a fine program consisting of: Music by Miss Callie Anderson who is credited with being the best piano player, of her age, in Kansas. A very interesting paper was read by the president, Mr. Aquilla Coleman Song by the Club A well appreciated paper was read by Mr. H. Reevly. All the gentlemen present made remarks that were much appreciated. The guests spent an hour in a guessing contest in which Mrs. Reevly won first prize. At a late hour all went home feeling happy with having spent so delightful an evening. Read our World's Fair contest . f e Farming in Mexico. About 20 per cent of the agricultural implements and tools used in Mexico are modern; the other 80 per cent are or the crudest and most primitive type. Only the large farmers or haciendados employ modern agricultural implements, and those only within comparatively recent years. JUDGE T. C. WILSON ON THE BENCH. At noon last Monday Judge D. M. Dale (dem) stopped down from the bench of the district court and Judge Thos. C Wilson (rep) assumes his duties as judge of the 8th judicial district. The services which market the change of judicial officials were grand in every respect. The bar and county officials presented the retiring judge with a handsome clock, and each of the other retiring court officials were nicely remembered. The presentation speeches were made by Judge Wilson and County Attorney Eckstein. C D. Fazel is the new court stenographer and W D. Curtis is court bailiff. Judge Wilson received a handsome basket of flowers the gift of Mrs. M. M. Murdock. ARE PLEASED. After four weeks of patience nursing a bad burn Mrs. W. N. Miller is proud that she is about able to once more have the use of her two arms. She was quite seriously burned and it is due to the careful and skillful treatment of Dr. J. E. Farmer that she is able to get out so soon. Both Mr. and Mrs. Miller feel highly pleased with the skill which Dr. Farmer displayed in so successfully treating this ugly burn. A PLEASANT SURPRISE One of the elite social events of the season was the swell surprise party given by Mr. J. B. H. Fray at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Madison, 15th and Waco, Thursday night. A merry crowd of surpriser were present and the evening was spent in games and amusements. A fine lunch with wine was served. Those present were:— Meredemes Madison, Fray and Williams, Misses Susie and Ethel Williams, Corine Miller, Mary Owens and Alberta Fray. Messers J. B. H, Fray, G. C. Smith, F. Madson, G. A, Fray, W. N. Miller. Master Armento Fray and Miss Madison. At a reasonable hour all went home feeling fine. ARE PLEASED WITH THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT Newton, Kan., Jan. 13, '04 W. N. Miller. Dear Editor. It is with pleasure that I send you 25c in stamps on behalf of the ladies of the N. U. G. Club, of this city. We send this as a small token of our appreciation of your very newsy and valuable paper and for the kindness which you have shown our club in publishing our club news. We highly appreciate it and shall not forget your kindness and shall always have a good word to say for The Wichita Searchlight. Respectfully. President N. U. G. Club. We most graciously accept the above and are indeed pleased to know that the Searchlight has made so valuable friends as the ladies of the N. U. G. Club. —Editor Wm. Bady who was shot a few days ago is improving nicely under the skillful care of Wichita's eminent colored surgeon, Dr. J. B. Farmer. P. A. McCrary, of Holena, Ark., is in the city to spend a few days visiting among relatives and friends Mr. McCray, is a brother of Mrs. H. Masey and Mrs. J. H. Phelps, and a half-brother of S. W. Fleming. It had been fourteen years since Mr. McCrary had seen any of his relatives who live in this city. J. E. ALLEN, Successor to A. M. Richards, MONEY TO LOAN ON CHATTELS 151 N. MAIN WICHITA Locals and Personals Lining Section Clearance A special purchase of five hundred Fringed Damask Towels plain white and colored borders. Towels worth 20c and 25c each. Take your choice at.....15c Boston Store 103.105.107 109 E. DOUGLAS AVE. WALLENSTEIN & COMM. G. L. Scott is reported ill at 501 N. Water. Betty May Hall is on the sick this week. Rev P. D. Yocum has begun a series of revivals at the A. M. E. church. The revival opened Wednesday night. Rev J. W. Braxton, presiding elder arrived in the city Thursday morning to conduct a quarterly meeting at the A. M. E. church Sunday. Arkansas Valley lodge No. 21, A. F. & A. M. will meet next Tuesday night A full attendance is expected. Our World's Fair prize is one of the wonders of the age, and everyone who expects to visit the Fair should be interested. The Merchants who appreciate the trade of the colored people ADVERTISE IN THIS PAPER. PATRONIZE THEM. The B. T. W. club met with Miss Addie Hackley on North Water St. Wednesday afternoon. Quite an interesting meeting was had. After routine business refreshments were served by the hostess. The club will meet next Wednesday with Mrs Lawson Eines 9th and Mosley. It makes us feel like our people are appreciating our work to hear he many kind words which they avidly bestow on us, and the promptness with which each pay us what they owe us proves it. We have had little need for a collector lately as the people meet us on the street and come to our office and pay up. It only proves our assertion made so many times that all the people want is to be dealt with fairly and they will reciprocate. Everyone seems pleased with the Searchlight and this fact spurs us on to give them a better paper each week. Our people here are making us prouder of them every day. OUR SICK LIST Miss Blanch Alexander is quite ill at her home 839 N. Water st. G. L. Scott is sick at his residence 501 N. Water. Joe Bowman is reported as being quite sick again and is said to be quite serious at this writing. Mrs. Lawson Fines is on sick list Mrs. Barton was painfully burned last Sunday. Miss Ethel Simpson on sick list. Miss Mabel Cox is on sick list. Little Vera Isler is recovering. Mrs. James Hodge is on sick list Lining Section One lot 36 inch colored percales ass- sorted colors and qualities, worth 15c, 18c and 20c a yard, January Clearing sale price 10c Four-yard bolt good quality Velve- teen skirt binding, worth 20c a bolt at 8c 500 Damask T A special purchase of five hun- plain white and colored bor- 20c and 25c each. Take yo- Twenty bolts 16 inch unbleached Crash, worth 7½c e yard. Janu- ary clearance sale Price 5c Five hundred yards light fancy Ox ford Waistings fleece lined worth 10c a yard at 6c Twenty dozen Extra Size Un- bleached Turkish towels, size 45x24 incher, worth 29c each. Clearance Price 19c Boston 103.105.107.105 WALLENST A series of meetings are in progress at the New Hope Baptist chureh. Ike J. Poeter has had a fine fence placed around his home at 1449 Sherwood. Ike is coming to the front. The colored people have done some very substantial building in Wichita this season. Mr. and Mrs. Pat Durfrey's new house 811 N. Wichita is now finished and is a fine one. Credits to them both. E. E. Enoch assumed his duties probate judge Mo day. His clerks are Capt J. B. Fishback and W. M. Ballinger. Both competent for the positions they are to fill. BORN:— To Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Payne, 316 E. 16th, a fine $11\frac{1}{2}$ lbs baby girl. Dr. J. E. Farmer attended. Mother and daughter well. A FINE DINNER. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Sanford served a fine dinner last Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock to a number of their friends. The table was laden with all the latest and choicest tables the market could afford. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. M. E. McKelly, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Anderson. Mrs. Marion Brown daughter of Joplin, Mo., Miss Lizzie Phelps. W. S. HENRION DRUGGIST 501 N. Main St. Wichita, Kans. A FINE BOY. On January 6th, 1904, a fine, bouncing 12-pound baby boy arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A Jones, 1115 north Moley, He is a fine young fellow. Mother a d son are both doing well and the proud father is happy. Mi s Lula Coleman returned Thursday of last week from Arkansas City where sh spent several weeks visiting among friends and relatives. She had a very enjoyable time. BUSY MARRIED MAN Chas. H. Gordon the most recently married member of house company No. 3 is the busiest of bray men; Wednesday of this week his mind was bent on house furnishing and he purchased an entire new outfit and will soon be keeping house. When he says "my wife," so and so, he has a broad smile on his face so very new is the use of this very a propriate name. Charles is wide awake and destined to make a great married man—some day. Clearance 2 ,000 yards Brush and Velveteen shir. binding, worth 5ca yard. In this January clearance sale 20 Five yard bolt Star Alpaca dress Braid, assorted colors worth 10e at 5c Towels at 15c Hurdred Fringed Damask Towels riders. Towels worth our choice at.....15c Thirty dozen fine all linen bleached Huck Towels size 16x22 inches, worth 10c at.....6c 500 Huck Crash Remnants, length up to ½ yard each Clearance sale price at.....4c Twentyfive dozen Turkish towel Remnants, bleached and un- bleached, Clearance sale.....4c Store E. DOUCLAS AVE. WICHITA. ATOMISON KAN. LAWRENCE KAN. OTT AWAK, KAN. STERLING, KAN. PASSING, KAN. FREE TRIP St. Louis, Mo. 1904 Beginning with this issue of THE HOLIGHT, January 2nd 1904, we open a Sub on Contest and to the Winner in this st we will furnish FREE TRANSPOR- ON to St. Louis, Mo., and return, FREE MISSION to the Big World's Fair and two Boards and Lodging--ABSOLUTELY FREE!! 1904 Beginning with this issue of SEARCHLIGHT, January 2nd 1904, we open a description Contest and to the Winner in Contest we will furnish FREE TRANSPORTATION to St. Louis, Mo., and return, FRE ADMISSION to the Big World's Fair and (2) days Board and Lodging-ABSOLUTELY FRE Beginning with this issue of THE SEARCHLIGHT, January 2nd 1904, we open a Subscript 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- Easy Conditions The conditions of the test are easy and great and small can enter this Contest. 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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. 243 $ \frac{1}{3} $ 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 N'S ERIAL FLOUR AND PUEBLO ITEMS. Rev. W. R. Hardy returned last Monday from Canon City. Mrs. Hattie Gringe has gone to the mines above Colorado Springs where her husband is at work, for an indefinite period. The Viol et Art circle met at the residence of Miss J Huddlestow last Friday eve, an excellent time was enjoyed by all present. The Mission Circle met at the residence of Mrs. J. A. Jones. The missionary work was discussed by different ones of the circle, a good many plans being laid out for the future. Elder Sailes who has been working in the mines above Colorado Springs is in the city for a few days. Mrs. A. Williams of 1605 Rutt ave is able to be out again after a few days illness. Mr and Mrs. Berry New Years day entertained Mr. Hicks at dinner. Miss Vera Trailer is able to be out again after an attack of sore throat. The pulpit of the 8th is much improved in appearance by the new pulpit set, carpet and table purchased by the ladies of the Mission Circle of the church. The set contains three large chairs and pulpit, ne bible, collection table and carpet. Elder Jefferson preached a strong Sunday morning and evening sermon. Mrs Swaggerty of 1404 Bragdon cave, is contemplating a trip to California soon. Mr. Alonzo Williams is on the sick list this week with tonsilitis. NEW RESTAURANT. Ed D. Miller has opened a first-class restaurant and short order at 346 north Main at the People's Restaurant stand. Mr. Miller has made many needed improvements and will conduct the restauant in an up-to-date manner. He will serve three meals each day and short orders at all hours. He cordially invites all his frends to call and see him. He also sells cigars and tobacco. PRONOUNCED INSANE. In the probate court last Wednesday morning a jury composed of Messrs. Miles Parker, D. V. Donnelly, L. M. Cox and Dr. St. John pronounced Thomas Jackson (insane. The complaint on which Jackson was tried was filled against him before Judge Enoch by John E. Lewis. The complaint is a result of certain acts which it is charged were performed by Jackson at New Hope Baptist church last Sunday. On all matters except that of religion Jackson seemed perfectly sane and while he acts queer yet there are many who ae of the opinion that he is not fully insane. CHURCH DIRECTORY St. Paul A. M. E. 521 N. Water St. 11 am preaching. 4 pm Sunday school, 7 pm Song Service, 8 pm Preaching. Rev. P. D. Yochnm, Pastor, Residence 521 N. Water. New Hope Baptist, North Mead ave. 11 am Preaching. 1 pm Sunday School. 8 pm Preaching. Rev H. F. Frazier, Pastor 239 New York ave. Second Baptist, 521 N. Wichita. 11 am Preaching, 3 pm Sunday School, 8 pm Preaching, Rev. S. M. Hall, Pastor Tabernacle Baptist. 884 N. Water, 11 am Preaching, 1 pm Sunday School. 8 pm Preaching. Rev. A. H. Mayo, Pastor PERSONAL MENTION. C. C. Hi kerson has purchased a home at 2 North Mead ave, and is coming to the front. Hurrah for "Bud." Let others follow. Rev. S. M. Hall is conducting a series of meetings at the Second Baptist church. He is meeting with nice success and wishes everyone to come out and attend. Mrs. Ike J. Porter has returned from Kansas City where she spent about six weeks visiting relatives and friends. During her absence she visited in St. Joe, Leavenworth and Lansing. She reports having had a royal time. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gibbs are contemplating making some vary substantial improvements on their valuable pieces of property in the near future. Mrs. Thomas Banks, after spending several weeks in our city returned to her home in Arkansas City. Her friends regretted to see her take her leave. Mrs. Sid Hickerson has returned from Topeka where she spent several months visiting among friend- and relatives. Mrs. Harriet Lewis, of Pulaski Tenn., has arrived in our city to live with her sister Mrs Mary Park. She reports the old state as fine yet. Read our World's Fair offer. It is a chance of a life time. Enter the contest now while the opportunities are great. You may be the winner—who can tell. Enter now send your name to our office. G. L. Scott returned Monday morning from Camd n. Ark., where he went Christmas day to spend a while visiting with his parents Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Scott of that city. G. L. reports having had a fine time and enjoyed his trip in the highest degree. WINFIELD, KANS, Andy Shaw of Muskogee, I. T., is in town looking after his property here. Mrs. Carrie Banks and sister Miss Daisy Dody returned from Newkirk last Sunday where they visited their parents for a week. J. W. Walker and S. S. Bindy went to Pratt last Monday to visit home folks for a week. Charley Edwards a race horse man, better known as Black Prince was in the city last week. Mrs. A. R. Simpson was in Ark. City last week. Mrs. Helen Owens who has been visiting in the city last week for her home in Chanute. Rev. Garnet preached at the 2nd Baptist church last Sunday. Mrs. S. P. Miller prest. of the Home Mission of Ark. City held a meeting and a very interesting program at the S. B. church last Sunday at 3 o'clock. Brave Postmistress Sets an Example to the Firemen of San Rafael. Had it not been for the promptness and heroism of Miss Melrose Tuttle, assistant postmistress of San Rafael, Cal., fire would have destroyed the Alta stables and much adjoining property the other evening. The fire broke out early in the evening, and as the alarm was sounded, men and boys rushed into the stables and loosened some thirty maddened and suffacing horses. It looked as though the blaze would be communicated to the adjoining buildings, chief of which is the postoffice, which had been closed for the night. Miss Melrose Tuttle, the assistant postmistress, was one of the first on the scene, and through a shower of sparks and dense smoke made her way to the rear of the postoffice. She had to break and climb through a window, as the keys were in possession of the postmaster. With great effort she reached and turned a hydrant, which flooded the threatened portions of the structure. Almost as quickly the volunteer fire departant reached the stables and were able to save all the vehicles and harness and to extinguish the flames, after about $2,000 damage had been done to the building. Real Estate & Imigration Agts Homes Sold On Installment Plan. Easy Terms. Western Lands and Ranges A Specialty. Dealers in Kansas, Oklahoma and Colorado Farms and Ranch Lands. 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 Phone 196 J. W. MEE umber Co ( Successors to Deal & GENERAL LUMBER Main Street 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 Decen 1904, good to return up to a.d. rates FOR THE ROUND TH An open rate of fare and a thi ling rate of 50 cents and maxi e on sale December 24, 25 turn up to a ad including THE ROUND PRIP f fare and a third for the events 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 round 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; M. P. Pac, Passenger Station, Douglas and Wichita Sts 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. Bissant WICHITA - KANSAS FARM ORCHARD AND GARDEN [Mr. Wragg invites contributions of any new ideas that readers of this department may wish to present, and would be pleased to answer correspondence during information on subjects discussed. Address M. J. Wragg, Waukee, Iowa.] AN IDEAL FRUIT COUNTRY. One of the most interesting sections in this country to the horticulturist is the famous Ozark region. We recently visited this section and made a careful examination of many localities with reference to their adaptability to fruit growing, and everything points to the conclusion that the time will come when there will be almost a continuous orchard from near St. Louis, nearly the whole length of the Frisco system southwest into Oklahoma. Commencing near Cuba on the main line of the Frisco system, the experienced eye of the horticulturist sees in every direction ideal conditions for orcharding—good elevation, topography of the country rolling, favoring good air draining, healthy growth of timber, showing good soil for wood growth and that great index of fruit lands, "Red Clay," found everywhere. Upon analysis it is shown to contain a large proportion of iron, lime, soda, potash and other essential elements for perfect fruit production. Then, with all this is an equable temperature, abundant rain fall, 40 to 50 inches per year, well distributed through the growing season, almost perennial sunshine, painting the fruit with most beautiful tints. Transportation facilities are the very best, and the fame of this section is already widespread. It is no wonder that the Ozark region is regarded as the "Mecca of the Apple," and the "Home of the Peach," nor is it remarkable that the fruit growers of this region are all prosperous and happy. They have all made money, and not a failure has been recorded in many years. To the prospective homeseeker, coming more particularly from the prairie country, it is well to say this region is a wooded country. Almost every tract suitable for fruit growing has upon it enough of wood, post and other wood products to pay for the land. To men from the prairie country this section seems hilly, and has a good many small rocks on the surface, but for horticultural purposes all of these things are desired. The wood, besides being a profit, is a good index of the fertility of the soil—the rolling hills and perfect drainage, and the small rock containing a large proportion of pyrites of iron, gradually disintegrates and fertilizes and enriches the soil. The farmer who adopts a wise rotation of crops, who raises upon the farm the products for the support of his stock and his family, who seeks to increase his stock of manure from every available source, and applying it back to his land, will not likely complain of his farm running down. INSTITUTE WORKERS. At the American Association of Institute Workers in session at Toronto, Canada, Prof. W. C. Latta of Purdue, spoke on "Farmer's Institute Work" last Tuesday, in part as follows: "We must continue to look to the agricultural colleges and experiment stations as the fountain head of demonstrated truth concerning agriculture. There are now, and there will continue to be, millions of farmers who need the incentives to better farming and truer living which the farmers' institute affords. The farmers' institute must, therefore become an increasingly popular and powerful agency for agricultural betterment. "Granting, as we must, that the need for farmers' institutes will continue to exist, there should be early and adequate provision for extending the work throughout the entire country. Our legislative bodies should provide ample means for the organization and effective maintenance of the work, and all who are responsible for the management of farmers' institutes should not only seek to secure intelligent, well-balanced, thoroughly trained and effective speakers, but they should be ever ready to employ the most feasible and effective methods or projecting and conducting the institutes. For bitter rot in apples, destroy all decayed fruit this fall. Next spring begin to spray with Bordeaux mixture before the leaves appear. Spray again soon after the fruit sets, then two weeks later, and again six weeks afterward. This course of treatment has been found quite effective in checking the spread of the fungus. COW NOTES. A little feed will often save a good deal of trouble in milking a restless cow. A little grain with the pasture of the cows will greatly increase their butter yield. A good cow should always have her excellent qualities perpetuated by rearing her helper calves. The more uniform the fodder and feed of the cow the more uniform the milk in character. THREE VARIETIES OF BEES. The Cyprians are the greatest honey gatherers on record. Their honey has a watery appearance, which is caused by the cells being filled so full that the capping rests on the honey. They are easily offended and cannot be subdued without using a great quantity of smoke. The Cyprians are rejected on account of these faults by those who produce comb honey. Their symmetry and bright colors render their things of beauty, if not a toy forever. Italian bees were first introduced into the United States direct from Italy, early in 1860, by a purchasing agent of the commissioner of agriculture. They are liked better than other races, which though better honey gatherers, are not as easily subdued and handled. I think their golden yellow color has much to do with their popularity. Italian bees do not winter as well in a cold climate as the common black or brown bees, but they defend their hives better against moth or robber bees, and are more energetic in gathering honey. The smallest bees known are natives of the West Indies. They build in the open air, fastening a single comb to the branch of a small tree or shrub. This comb is no larger than a man's head and is very fragile and delicate. There are one hundred worker cells to the square inch of surface. The tiny workers' bodies are longer than house flies and more slender. They are blue-black in color with part of the abdomen a bright orange. These diminutive bees gather very little surplus honey, therefore their cultivation would not be profitable. The riding plow is very popular in the west and is becoming more so as improvements are added and its advantages become more apparent. With most of these plows the width of furrow is gauged automatically, and I have frequently heard it said that "if you get the first furrow straight every other furrow must be just like the first one." This is incorrect, because the variation of the ground and the irregular working of the team, particularly at the ends, will influence the run of the plow. If there are places that are a little harder or tougher than the rest of the ground, the plow will be drawn very slightly to land the next furrow a little more and so on. A plow with no landslide will thus "draw" much worse than one with a landslide. Ye city belles that stand and primp Before the glass each day, And try to put some color where The bloom has fled away, Behold your country cousin's charms And at her freshness bow, The morning kisses her lips red While riding father's plow. I saw her drive the team afield And mount the iron seat At her window laid down It springs with cushioned feet. The city miss with lazy yawn And marble face and brow Was sleeping off the last night's dance While Ceres rode the plow. The one is like the flower that grows Within a sunless room. The other drinks God's morning air That gives the richer bloom. The other the most brilliant keys And bellow like a cow. The other sings the World's bread-song The while she rides the plow. When fashion's glided race is run And time has left his scars On powdered beauty that once shone Like meteoric stars. Then who will press her painted lips The woman that tints with rosy blush While Summer tints with rosy blush The girl that rides the plow? —Eugene Secor. Do as you say you will by the young folks on the farm. I know a man who told his boy that he would pay him ten cents a cord for all the wood he would wheel into the shed and pile nicely. The little fellow tugged away for a long time faithfully, but do you suppose he ever got his pay? Not much! And there is no surer way to lose the confidence of the boys than to do just such things as that. You would not think of breaking faith with anyone else in that way. Why should you with one you love best of all? GROWING GRAPES. The grape is probably the oldest of the domesticated fruits. Doubtless, wine was made from it before it was even brought into cultivation, and we read that its product was in use in Noah's time. Its fruit is so easily grown throughout the west that every farmer should have a vineyard for his use. The best varieties are Moore's Early, Worden and Concord. Niagara and Empire State will also be found productive and satisfactory. Brighton and Wyoming also give satisfaction. Those who appreciate a grape of very fine flavor and have less regard for pounds produced will likely be pleased with the Delaware. If you are negligent in supplying your boy with books, pencils, paper, etc., when he goes to school you make him like the man who went out to plow—without any plow, without any horse, without any harness. POULTRY AND PLUMS. "One cannot live on a fruit farm are allow the chickens full range during the summer, for they are very destructive to grapes and the smaller fruits," writes M. E. Chandler. As one of our plum orchards extended quite close to the chicken house we decided to fence off one part of the orchard with six foot netting, with the following result: Plums have been almost a total failure with us for the past three years except within the part fenced off. Some trees within the chicken yard bore as high as five crates last, while all bore a good crop. The row just outside of the fence bore perhaps one-half of a good crop, while the next row and the remainder of the orchard bore from a few boxes to nothing at all. Trees within the yard this season are looking much brighter and made a far better growth than the remainder of the orchard, and the fruit is set much heavier. Now as to the reason, I can only say that chickens are great cultivators, scratching and enriching the soil. All the summer through the ground is kept moist and free from weeds. Some say the chickens eat the bugs and cause a great crop of fruit. There is nothing in that at all. It is very true a chicken will eat the curculio, but that does not cause the tree to set fruit. In conclusion, would say fence off your plum orchard for a chicken yard, and the heavy crops will more than pay the price of fencing. The west and the northwest are gradually orinating types and varieties of apples suited to their peculiar climatic conditions. There are two apples at least—one originated in Wisconsin, the Northwestern Greening, and one in Minnesota, the Wealthy—which bid fair to take the place in that territory filled by the Baldwin and the Rhode Island Greening in the eastern states FARM TRUTHS. If there is any surer sign of a tidy farmer than to see the fence corners all mowed out sleek and clean, I do not know what it is. Encourage the men to get the day's work done before dark. They will feel better about getting started early next morning and so will you. Manure piled up against the side of the barn never made a crop better in the world. Draw it out and spread it on the meadow, or on some fall crop, and see how it will work for you next season. Treat your stock, cows, horses, calves and sheep well, and they never will strike. In this respect the farmer is the most happy man imaginable. But look out that you do this. Stock is exacting. It will not bear tampering with. The farmers who find so few risks in their business that they feel an irrepressible desire to take risks in mining enterprises and on the board of trade are more numerous than one should expect in view of the prevalence of hail storms, hoppers, bugs, moths and trusts. POULTRY CHAT . Don't wait until spring opens to mate up the breeding pen and then kick yourself all summer because your chicks are late. Don't let your male birds run with the hens all winter, and then find fault because the eggs don't hatch well and produce strong chicks. Males should be confined by themselves during the winter and well fed and cared for, so they will be in the pink of condition when placed in the breeding pen. Don't put off ordering that setting of eggs till a day or two before you want them. The breeder from which you are buying may have a lot of orders ahead of yours, and every one in just as big a hurry. Many a stockman has the problem before him of feeding a ration that is short of corn. He is a wise man who will put up few to feed and make sure of fattening them. It is only the fat stock that will command high prices in the winter following a drouth. THE CURRANT WORM. One of our market gardeners enters complaint of the great loss of his currant crop last season from the effects of the worm that affects both fruit and foliage, and asks for a remedy. The above is very easily eradicated. As growth appears early in the spring give your currant bushes a dusting of powdered Hellabore and then as the blossoms just fall and the fruit forms another. This will insure perfect fruitage and will eradicate the disease completely. Try it. THE HORSE'S APPEAL To save my breath and flossy skin. Ride gently. Slowly. Downhill, downhill, forbear. When on the level you need not spare your shoes. Treat me as well as you are able. PEERLESS STEAM LAUNDRY Best Laundry In The City Phone 232 SELOVER & SONS, Props. 245-247 North Market St Banner Mills + CUSTOM GRINDING + ..... A Specialty ..... ALL KINDS OF COAL & FEED PHOENISCH BROS, PROPS. 622 N. Main St. Phone 530 When in need of Groceries do not forget that you can always get the Best at the Lowest prices at KERNAN'S 1102 E.Douglas Ave. Phone 357 ROWLEE Hardware Store 823 N. Main St. Cheapest Hardware and Stove house in Wichita; because we pay no rent and have light expenses SEE!! CALL AT The ELITE When You Want AGOOD MEAL Always The Best, and Cooked Well — MEALS 15cts — C. L. KINER, Prop. 408 N. Main St. Wichita, Kas. Dr. J. E. Farmer, Physician and Surgeon Diseases of Women and Children a Specialty. Office 703 N. Main St. Tel. 936. Go To ISRAEL BROS. For Real Estate. F. I. D. Israel, 127 N. Market Wichita. Nice Furnished -ROOMS- By the night or week Transient a Specialty Mrs. R. Hock, Prop. 244 North Water St. 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 Sollicited Wichita Stock Yards Phone 406 YOUR JOB PRINTING We Print ANYTHING LETTER HEADS NOTE HEADS ENVELOPES BUSINESS CARDS CALLING CARDS STATEMENTS BILL HEADS HAND BILLS POSTERS MINUTES CIRCULARS TRY US. FINE WORK OUR JOB ROOM. It Your Work Is DONE BY US We Do It RIGHT We Are Now Prepared To Do All Kinds Of Fancy, Up to Date Job Work. We Invite A Trial. We Guarantee To Please You, Both In Work And Price. You Will Find Us At The Old Reliable Stand At 110 North Main St. Bring Us Your Next Job. WE INVITE YOU TO CALL Our Prices ARE AS LOW AS THE LOWEST OUR Work IS AS GOOD AS THE BEST IF NOT, WHY NOT? IT IS ONLY $1.00. FOR A WHOLE YEAR Delivered. Pumps, Pipe, Hose, Windmill When you need a new Pump, or your old one need pairing, don't forget to give me a call 118 South Main St. Phone 643 JOB WORK IS OUR HOBBY. SUPPLEMENT TO THE SEARCHLIGHT. Wichita, Kansas, Saturday Jan. 16, '04 Spain has a surplus of $60,000,000 in her treasury. Poor old grafterless Spain! The man who first called it the Sublime Porte must have had a keen sense of humor. Sir Thomas Lipton announces that he still has a liberal supply of Sham-rocks in the till. Every criminal is entitled to a fair trial. And should have it, whether he wants it or not. Panama is now a full-fledged nation. Great Britain and Holland have just loaded a debt upon the new republic. New York still laughs at the Reuben who buys gold bricks, although it is full of able financiers who invested in Steel. The crown prince of Germany experiences the lot of most other bad boys. When he disobeys orders, papa spanks him. Every woman thinks in her secret heart that if she were dressed like the star in the play she would be much more attractive. The strike of the Chicago hearse drivers afforded one instance where those who do the riding will not be in any position to kick. Budd Doble says that Lou Dillon will trot in 1:55 or less next season, and nobody is in a position to contradict him with authority. The name of the new minister of the navy in Greece, M. Spiro Comounduros, is naturally suggested by the naval title commodore. Probably a Santo Domingo politician who is not threatened with assassination occasionally feels that he is being snubbed for a purpose. The Birmingham Age-Herald says Chicago has a no-bathing fad. Still, most of them have to stop and wash the soot off every day or two. M. Bertillon's new system for photographing criminals reduces the chance of error in identification from 70 per cent to 1 per cent. Now be good! Monte Carlo has made a profit of $7,000,000 during the past year. But that will not keep other people from thinking they can go there and beat the game. Andrew Carnegie's piper, Angus Macpherson, has arrived in New York. Mr. McPherson is said to be capable of producing a drone of 1,000,000 mosquito power. A roundup in one Missouri county last week resulted in bagging 1,600 rabbits. The bunch was sold for $$0, or about half the price of one good Missouri mule. It has become necessary to cut prices in order to get people to hear Pattii. But as long as she continues to get her $7,000 a night she may safely be said to fare well. So Capt. Dreyfus is to re-enter the French army, promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel and assigned to the command of a regiment. If Zola were only alive to see it! King Peter of Servia is having such good luck in dodging his subjects that he hopes to be able to get a life insurance policy if he can keep up his record a while longer. One of our consuls in Germany, who seems to have discovered an unusually attractive field of investigation, reports that the German corsets are inferior to those of American make. Prof. Langley's perseverance may yet be rewarded with success. He has discovered and corrected so many weak places in his airship that there can not be many more of them left. The fight over the great Plant estate is not confined to the heirs altogether. Two states where taxes on inheritances come high are deeply involved in it. It is rich pickings all around. The Yale Daily News, a students' paper, has a $10,000 libel suit on its hands. The young men editing it should understand that scurrilous personalities are a poor substitute for arguments. The new serum for consumption appears to be an absolute specific, but as it kills the patient, it is not thought that the medical fraternity will have recourse to it save in the most desperate cases. Wu Ting Fang wants Minister Conger to tell the Empress Dowager that something is going to happen in Korea. The dowager sleeps late, but never too late to catch a reformer. Wars are a small matter in comparison. And now a Boston doctor claims that the scarlet fever germ lurks in strawberries. When there is anything particularly good to eat or drink depend upon the officious scientist to find a baleful germ of some kind or other in it. THREE YEARS AFTER. Eugene E. Lario, of 751 Twentyth avenue, ticket seller in the Union Sta A Denver, Col., says: "You are at liberty to repeat what I first stated through our Denver papers about Doan's Kidney Pills in the summer of 1899, for I have had no reason in the interim to change my opinion of the remedy. I was subject to severe attacks of backache, always aggravated if I sat long at a desk. Doan's Kidney Pills absolutely stopped my backache. I have never had a pain or twinge since." Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale by all druggists, price 50 cents per box. Soon the baseball germ will get in its work on the rooter. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, curbs wind colic. Sca a bottle. When a man is in love he imagines that he neither eats nor sleeps. Economy is the road to wealth. PUTNAM FADELESS DYE is the road to economy. Those versed in woodcraft can tell a dogwood tree by its bark. YELLOW CLOTHES ARE UNSIGHTLY. Keep them white with Red Cross Ball Blue. All grocers sell large 2 oz. package, 5 cents. Pride goes before a fall—and it goes much quicker after one. Feet Comfortable Since. "I suffered for years with my feet. A friend recommended ALLEN'S FOOT-EOEASE. I used two boxes of the powder, and my feet he had been collectable ever since. ALLEN'S FOOT-EOEASE is certainly a good send to me. Wm. L. Swormstedt, Washington, D. C." Sold by all Druggists, $3c. It's all right to forge ahead so long as you don't forge another man's name. Teosinte and Billion Dollar Grass Tessence and Billion Dollar Grass. The two greatest fodder plants on earth, one good for 14 tons hay and the other 80 tons green fodder per acre. Grows everywhere, so does Victoria Rape, yielding 40,000 lbs. sheep and food supply per acre. JUST SEND 10c IN STAMPS TO THE John A. Salzer Seed Co. La Crosse, Wis., and receive in return their big catalog and lots of farm seed samples. (W. N. U.) If wishes were horses beggars would want automobiles. When You Buy Starch buy Defiance and get the best, 16 oz. for 10 cents. Once used, always used. The feminine ambition begins with dolls and ends with dollars. Philippine Coast Guard A coast guard fleet in the Philippines includes twenty vessels, each 140 feet in length, which cost $1,000,000, manned by Filipino crews and American engineers. These boats carry the malls between the islands and enforce customs laws. Strong Chins. The strong chin of self-control is rather broad and square, and announces great constitutional strength and unlimited will-power. The woman with this chin, unless her other features are singularly weak and inefficient, will accomplish anything she makes up her mind to do. Uniforms for Army Electricians The master electricians and the electrician sergeants of the newly created corps of the army will be designated by a symbol of white metal resembling forked lightning incosed within a wreath of gilt metal. The uniform trousers of these officers will show a scarlet stripe. Water Clears the Atmosphere. One of the best disinfectants in the sick room is a basin of fresh water. Water is a great absorbent of noxious gases. Water that has stood open in the bedroom soon gathers impurities and is unfit to drink. A wide-mouthed vessel of pure water will do more to bring refreshing sleep to a nervous patient than will an opiate. This is not a story, but experience. GIVES "GO" Food That Carries One Along. It's nice to know of food that not only tastes delicious but that puts the snap and go into one and supplies staying power for the day. A woman says: "I have taken enough medicine in my time to furnish a drug store, but in later and wiser years I have taken none but have depended, for the health I now enjoy, on suitable and sustaining food of which I keep on hand a tested variety, plain but nourishing. "Of these my main dependence is Grape-Nuts, especially if I have before me a day of unusual effort either mental or physical. In this case I fortify myself the first thing in the morning with about 4 teaspoonfuls of Grape-Nuts moistened with cream and not much else for breakfast and the amount of work I can then carry through successfully without fatigue or exhaustion is a wonder to those about me and even to myself. "Grape-Nuts food is certainly a wonderful strengthener and is not a stimulant, for there is no reaction afterwards, but it is sustaining and strengthening, as I have proved by long experience." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. There's a reason four teaspoonfuls of Grape-Nuts and cream will add more strength and carry one further than a plateful of coarse heavy food that is nearly all waste. Grape-Nuts food is condensed, pre-digested and delicious. It contains the parts of the Wheat and Barley grains that supply the rebuilding parts for Brain and Nervo Centers. Look in each package for a copy of the famous little book, "The Road to Wellyville." The German press in commenting on the sewing machine trade in Japan, points out that the importation of American sewing machines into Japan has increased elevenfold over that of Germany since 1893, although the American machines command much higher prices than those made in Germany. National Guardsmen in the State of New York have ample reason for pride in the excellence of their marksmanship. They have better records than the target experts in other States. Their example should inspire more thorough practice with the rifle and greater devotion to this most important branch of military service. Mme. Melba says she has no further use for advertising and does not care what the newspapers say about her, observes the Commoner. If the newspapers should take the fair lady at her word it wouldn't be a year ere she would add a note or two to her register by frantic efforts to attract the attention and favorable comments of the newspapers. A fine old aristocrat, who has never been anything else, and whose forbears have not been anything else for a millennium or so, has some of the attractive qualities of an ancient vintage or of exceptionally ripe old cheese, says a writer in the Independent. Brand-new aristocrats are not pleasing. They still smell of machine oil and paint. Would-be aristocrats who have a measure of blue blood in their veins, but who are doomed to live in a democratic society, are in no wise attractive, but they are unobjectionable when they don't talk too much. When they talk they get foolish. Last year there were 538 people killed on the streets of New York by some kind of street accident. From November 9 to November 23 there were 125 people killed and injured on New York's battlefield streets. Other figures that have been collected show that some wars are peaceful and harmless compared with the crowded streets of New York City, declares the New York American. At three Broadway crossings, Fulton, Twenty-third and Thirty-fourth streets, 75,000 people, by actual count, crossed over in one hour, without mentioning wagons, automobiles, cabs, etc. One man in the world is bold enough to come out openly and denounce soap as an evil instead of a blessing. But he does it from a safe distance—Cape Town—and through the London Times. He says: "In my opinion the excessive use of soap on children as well as older people has more to do with the destruction of health than people are aware of. The Almighty has given us a natural oil on the body to protect our skins, and man gives us stuff to remove it, and so expose the body to rheumatism, chills and diseases of all kinds. Soap opens the pores of the skin, disease and dirt get in, and the body gets inoculated with any vile matter flying about." Commissioner Jones, of the Indian Bureau, has ideas about the aboriginal man and brother, says the Boston Transcript. "Practical education is what he most requires," says Jones, "the knowledge of how to make a living, even under adverse circumstances. The first step is the acquirement of the English language. Without it he is powerless to transact intelligently the ordinary affairs of life, to dispose of the produce of his farm or the increase of his herds. Indian schools are therefore limited in textbook instruction to the ordinary common school branches. Higher mathematics; geometry and astronomy have no place in the curriculum of schools supported by the Government for Indian children." The efforts made last summer to break the monotony of life in the city's charitable institutions by providing entertainment for the inmates had one result which surprised the authorities. It has been noticed that the attendants at the City Home for the Aged and Infirm developed a greater consideration for the unfortunates under their care after the musical entertainments than they had shown before. The good effects of the band concerts were not only in the direct pleasure afforded to the inmates, but existed afterward in the practical details of their daily lives. An innovation introduced in the department was a series of excursions in one of the department boats for the inmates of the Home, by means of which 600 men and women were treated to a sail about the Sound, the bay and the North River. These excursions were enjoyed thoroughly by the inmates, and they exercised a very beneficial effect on the institution, according to the authorities. THE OLDEST MAN IN AMERICA Tells How He Escaped the Terrors of Many Winters by Using Pe-ru-na. Mr. Brock's Age is 115 Years. MR. ISAAC BROCK, BORN IN BUNCOMBE CO., N. C., MARCH 1, 1788. His age is 115 years, vouched for by authentic record. He says: "I attribute my extreme age to the use of Peruna. MR. ISAAC BROCK, BORN IN BUNCOMBE CO., N. C., MARCH 1, 1788. His age is 115 years, vouched for by authentic record. He says: "I attribute my extreme age to the use of Peruna. RED GROSS BALL BLUE used every washday will make your clothes white as snow and as beautiful as when new. The most competent housekeepers in the country use Red Cross Ball Blue and no other. Just try it once and you will see the difference. All grocers sell it. Large package 5c. Born before the United States was formed. Saw 72 Presidents elected. Pe-ru-na has protected him from all sudden changes. Veteran of four years. Shod a horse when 99 years old. Always conquered the grip with Pe-ru-na. Witness in a land suit at the age of 110 years. Believes Pe-ru-na the greatest remedy of the age for catarrh diseases. SAAC BROCK, a citizen of McLennan county, Texas, has lived for 115 years. For many years he resided at Rosque Falls, eighteen miles west of Waco, but lives with his son-in-law at Valley View. RED GR used every washday will make your clothes country use Red Cross Ball Blue and no ot Some men waste a lot of time in explaining that it wasn't their fault. Earliest Green Opium. The John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., always have something new, something valuable. This year they offer among their new money making vegetables, an Earliest Green Eating Onion. It is a winner, Mr. Farmer and Gardener, and gives notice and 16c, and they will send you their big 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. In all over 10,000 plants—this great offer is made to get you to test their warranted vegetable seeds and ALL FOR BIT 16C POSTAGE, providing you will return this notice, and if you will send them 20c in postage, they will add to the above a package of the famous Berlin Cauliflower. (W. N. U.) The lazy man may lie abed until noon and then try to lie out of it. What Did the Doctor Ask You? If you have never used Mull's Grape Tonic, and will send us the following coupon properly filled out we will imme- diately have a full size 500 bottle of the remedy delivered to you. This is our free gift to you. Take the free bottle. After you have used its contents you can do as you like about continuing the treat- ment. Send name to-day. This Coupon Will Get You a 50c. Bottle of Mull's Grape Tonic. Fill out this coupon and send to the Lightning Medicine Co., 148 Third Ave., Rock Island, Ill. for a full size 50c. bottle of Mull's Grape Tonic. I have never taken Mull's Grape Tonic, but if you will supply me with a 50c. bottle free, I will take it as directed. Name Street No. City GIVE FULL ADDRESS AND WRITE PLAINLY. 50c. and $1.00 a bottle at all druggists. For Rheumatism Lumbaço Frost Bites use Mexican Mustang Liniment Best Remedy For Piles No matter what your preferences are about a rifle, some one of the eight different Winchester models will suit you. Winchester Rifles are made in calibers suitable for shooting any game, from rabbits to grizzly bears, and in many styles and weights. Whichever model you select, you can count on its being well made and finished, reliable in action and a strong, accurate shooter. A short time ago, by request, Uncle Isaac came to Waco, and sat for his picture. In his hand he held a stick cut from the grave of General Andrew Jackson, which has been carried by him ever since. Mr. Brock is a dignified old gentleman, showing few signs of deceptive. His family Bible is still preserved, and it shows that the date of his birth was written 115 years ago. Surely a few words from this remarkable old gentleman, who has had 115 years of experience to draw from, would be interesting as well as profitable. A lengthy biographical sketch is given of this remarkable old man in the Waco Times-Herald, December 4, 1888. A still more protactious biography of this the author, with double column portrait, was given the readers of the Dallas Morning News, dated December 11, 1888, and also the Chicago Times-Herald of same date. white as snow and as beautiful as when new ner. Just try it once and you will see the diffe For Rheumatism Lun use M Mustang Best Remed WINCHE REPEAT No matter what your prefere some one of the eight differe will suit you. Winchester R ble for shooting any game, and in many styles and we select, you can count on its reliable in action and a strong FREE: Our 160-pi WINCHESTER REPEATING A The FREE Homestead LANDS OF FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE Millions of acres of magnificent Grain and Grazing lands to be hnd as a free gift, or by purchase from Railway Companies, Land Corporations, etc. THE GREAT ATTRACTIONS Good Crops, delightful climate, splendid school system, perfect social conditions, exceptional railway advantages, and wealth and affluence acquired easily. The population of Western Canada increased 128,000 by immigration during the past year, over 50,000 being Americans. Write to nearest authorized Canadian Government Agent for Canada Atlas and other information—or address Supt. of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada—J. S. Crawford, No. 125 W. Ninth Street, Kansas City, Mo. PISO SURE CURE FOR CORN WHEN ALL ELSE FAUS BEST SEEDS FOR GRAIN Use in time, Sold by druggists. CONSUMPTION This centenarian is an ardent friend of Feruna, having used it many years. In peaking of his good health and extreme old age, Mr. Brock says: "After a man has lived in the world as long as I have, he ought to have found out a great many things by experience. I think I have done so. "One of the things I have found out to my entire satisfaction is the proper thing for alliments that are due directly to the effects of the climate. For 115 years I have withstood the changeable climate of the United States. "I have always been a very healthy man, but of course subject to the little affections which are due to sudden changes in the climate and temperature. During my long life I have known a great many remedies for coughs, colds and diarrhea. "As for Dr. Hartman's remedy, Peruna, I have found it to be the best, if not the only, reliable remedy for these affections. It has been my standby for many years, and I attribute my good health and extreme old age to this remedy." "It exactly meets all my requirements. It protects me from the evil effects of sudden changes; it keeps me in good appetite; it gives me strength; it keeps my blood in good circulation. I have come to rely upon it almost entirely for the many little things for which I need more knowledge." "When epidemics of the la gripe first began to make their appearance in this country I was a sufferer from this disease." "I had several long sieges with the grip. At first I did not know that Peruna was a remedy for this disease. When I heard that the la gripe was epidemic catarrh, I tried Peruna for la gripe and found it to be just the thing." In a later letter dated January 31, 1903, Mr. Brock writes: "I am well and feeling as well as I have for years. The only thing that bother me is my sight. I could see better I could walk all over the farm and it would do me good. I would not be without Peruna." Yours truly. For a free book on catarrh, address The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, O. If you need assistance, continue. If you need assistance, give a satisfactory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case, and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio. LL BLUE The most competent housekeepers in the ence. All grocers sell it. Large package 5c. or Chicago Frost Bites Mexican Liniment ly For Piles HESTER NG RIFLES ences are about a rifle, not Winchester models rifles are made in calibers sulta- from rabbits to grizzly bears, rights. Whichever model you being well made and finished, g, accurate shooter. Image illustrated catalogue. RMS CO. NEW HAVEN, CONN. U.M.C. Aro "Crow Killers." Nitro Club and Arrow Shells are factory loaded with smokeless powder and reduce the amount of smoke, noise and recoil. Catalogue Free. THE UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE CO., BRIDGEPORT, CO. Agency, 313 Broadway, N. Y. BEGGS' CHERRY COUGH SYRUP cures coughs and colds. How's This? F J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, have been able in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by his firm. WALKER Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the patient. Price 12 cents per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. Blood will tell, but the more brains a man has the less he tells. Defiance Starch should be in every household, none so good, besides 4 oz. more for 10 cents than any other brand of cold water starch. It is better to waste a little sympathy occasionally than never to give any. Mother and Child Many women are denied the happiness of children through derangement of the generative organs. Mrs. Beyer advises women to use Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. "DEAR MRS. PINKHAM: — I suffered with stomach complaint for years. I got so bad that I could not carry my children but five months, then would have a miscarriage. The last time I became pregnant, my husband got me to take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. After taking the first bottle I was relieved of the sickness of stomach, and began to feel better in every way. I continued its use and was enabled to carry my baby to maturity. I now have a nice baby girl, and can work better than I ever could before. I am like a new woman." —MRS. FRANK BEYEN, 22 S. Second St., Meriden, Conn. — $5000 forfeit if original of letter proving genuineness cannot be produced. FREE MEDICAL ADVICE TO WOMAN. Don't hesitate to write to Mrs. Pinkham. She will understand your case perfectly, and will treat you with kindness. Her advice is free, and the address is Lynn, Mass. No woman ever regretted having written her, and she has helped thousands. CAPSICUM VASELINE (PUT UP IN COLLAPSIBLE TURNS) A substitute for and superior to mustard or any other plaster, and will not blister the most delicate skin. The pain-allevying and curative properties of colloidal gum stop the toothache at once, and relieve headache and sciatica. We recommend it to the best and safest external counter-irritant known, also as an external remedy for pains in the chest and abdomen. We recommend gouty complaints. A trial will prove what we claim for it, and it will be found to be invaluable in the household. Many people say it 'is the best remedy' for gouty cents, at all druists or other dealers, or by sending this amount to us in postage stamps we will send you a tube by mail. No article should be accepted, the public unless the same carrier label is used or genuine. CHEBROSWER MFG. CO. 17 State Street, NEW YORK CITY. 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? Do you feel that you must have rest and are unequal to your daily tasks and responsibilities? Does your body ache and pain all over from lack of circulation and proper nutrition? Does your system need to be built up and held there? If these and similar conditions exist, speedy relief and permanent cure are within your reach. EUPARILLA Is a Blood Purifier and Tonic without equal. It will increase vital activity. It will give you the buoyant and happy feeling of youth renewed and health restored. ADVICE FROM "HER FATHER." Not Calculated to Cheer the Would-Be Benedict. A friend of the writer, who married a woman with a temper of her own, tells an amusing story at her expense. They have been married for about two years, and as despite her imperiousness they have got along very well, she smiles when the story is repeated. After courting for some time the young man summoned up courage to put the momentous question. He was duly accepted, but a hint was thrown out that he should see her father. He readily agreed, and one evening called to talk the matter over with her parent. When the matter had been arranged the father said: "Well, young man, if you want to marry my daughter you must first get your life insured in her favor." "Certainly," answered the would-be benedict, pleased to find the father so solicitous for the girl's future. "Which company would you recommend?" "I would recommend none, sir," was the answer, "but," he added, as his daughter's bursts of temper came to his mind, "you had better choose some pay-all-claims company. They allow suicide." BIRDS IN "CAKE WALK." Naturistal Tells of Peculiar Antics of the Alhattross. In the Laysan islands of the Pacific the albatross is very tame and very abundant. A naturalist thus describes the so-called dance or "cake walk," as the sailors call it, of these interesting birds: "Two albatrosses approach each other bowing profoundly and stepping rather heavily. They circle around each other nodding solemnly all the time. Next they fence a little, crossing bills and whetting them together, pecking meanwhile, and dropping stiff little bows. Suddenly one lifts its closed wing and nibbles at the feathers underneath, or rarely if in a hurry merely turns its head and tucks its bill under its wing. The other bird during this short performance assumes a statuesque pose and either looks mechanically from side to side or snaps its bill loudly a few times. Then the first bird bows once and, pointing its head and beak straight upward, rises on its toes, puffs out its breast and utters a prolonged nasal groan, the other bird snapping its bill loudly and rapidly at the same time. When they have finished they begin bowing at each other again, almost always rapidly and alternately, and presently repeat the performance." Too Literal Obedience. Superintendent S. D. Smith of the Manhattan elevated lines illustrating to some employees who were up on complaints the use of intelligence in the carrying out of orders, told this story: "I was going through Washington street the other day when I saw a boy lug out a watering can and begin to sprinkle the pavement while the rain was coming down briskly. "What are you doing that for?" I asked the boy. "The boss told me always to sprinkle the pavement before sweeping it," replied the lad, who showed a most commendable spirit of obedience, but an utter lack of appreciation of the purpose of the sprinkling."—New York Times. An Unknown Angel. She walks unnoticed in the street; The casual eye Sees nothing in her fair or sweet, The world goes by Unconscious that an angel's feet Are passing nigh. She little has of beauty's wealth; Truth will allow Only her priceless youth and health, Hate and love her Yet grows she on the heart by stealth, I scarce know how. She does a thousand kindly things That an onion knew; A loving woman's heart she brings To human woes; And to her face the sunlight clings Where'er she goes. And so she walks her quiet ways With that content That only comes to sinless days And innocent; A life devoid of fame or praise, Yet nobly spent. —Pall Mall Gazette. Crushing. The youth had just left college, and his ambition, like his collar, was high. At home the all-engrrossing subject was the young man's future career, and he was discussing with his parents which of the professions stood most in need of his genius. The father's idea of his son's ability was disgustingly low. "I think," said the old man, "that you had better adorn one of the stools in my office." The young man drew himself up and the high collar grew tight as he strove to swallow his righteous anger. Folding his arms, he asked: "Is thy servant a dog?" "No, but you'll grow!" came the crushing response. Antiquity of False Teeth: The manufacture and use of false teeth are undoubtedly of great antiquity. The ancient Egyptians were no mean dentists. Jawbones of mummies have been found with false teeth in them, and some with teeth filled with gold. The ancient Greeks also knew how to fill teeth with gold and how to make false teeth. Legal Lore Just after the war, an old darkly came up to the governor and said: "Marster, kin you make me justice ob de peace?" "Well, Uncle Ned, in case of suicide what would you do?" Uncle Ned thought deeply, "Marster, I'd make him pay de costs of court and support of child—Lippincott's. Cotton Roll Weevit. The weevil, which is blasting the cotton bolls in Texas, traveled over two hundred miles across burning sands and desolate wastes from the nearest cotton fields south of the Rio Grande. One pair of cotton boll weevils will produce in a season 134,000-000 full-grown weevils, which must subsist exclusively on cotton. Peculiarities of Eyesight. When the average man or woman comes to be fitted with the first pair of glasses some curious discoveries are made. Seven out of ten have stronger sight in one eye than the other. In two cases out of five, one eye is out of line. Nearly one-half of the people are color-blind to some extent, and only one pair of eyes out of every fifteen are right in all respects. Snake Poison. Snake poison would kill the strongest man if the smallest possible drop of it were injected into his veins or laid on a cut finger or chapped lip. But the smallest child might drink a teaspoonful—probably a glassful—without suffering the least injury. The same is true of most of the poisons savages inject into their arrows, and you can suck the dangerous wound with impunity. What She Wanted At an army post less than a thousand miles from Governors island there is a non-commissioned officer of German birth whose wife is of even more pronounced German speech than he. Enjoying her privilege of trading at the post exchange, this lady called for talcum powder. "Oh, yes," made answer the attentive attendant. "Mennen's?" "Nein. Vimmen's."—New York Times. Facts About the Body. After many months' study a German specialist has discovered some curious facts about the human body. There are, he says, 7,00,000 pores in the skin of a grown-up man, and his blood vessels, if placed end to end, would extend for a distance of fifty-four kilometers. Moreover, he says that the hair on the head of the average woman of thirty years, if it were treated in the same manner as the blood vessels, would extend for a distance of 112 kilometers. A Physician's Statement. Yorktown, Ark., Jan. 11—Leland Williamson, M. D., one of our cleverest physicians, has made a statement, endorsing Dodd's Kidney Pills and saying that he uses them in his daily practice in preference to any other Kidney medicine. His statement has created a profound sensation, as it is somewhat unusual for a physician to publicly endorse anything in the shape of a patent medicine. Dr. Williamson says: "After twenty years' practice in a sickly and malarious country I have come to the conclusion that it is always best to use the remedy that will relieve and cure my patients, whether ethical or not. "I have used Dodd's Kidney Pills with uniform success in the various forms of Kidney Disease, Pain in the Back, Gout, Rheumatism, Inflammation and Congestion of the Kidneys and all kindred diseases; I always prescribe Dodd's Kidney Pills in such cases and can testify that they invariably restore the Kidneys to their normal state and thereby relieve the blood of accumulated poisons, producing prompt and effective cures." The Care of the Feet People who suffer from tired feet may not know that a good deal of their discomfort is caused by the fact that they wear stockings that do not fit. Indeed, the fit of stockings is almost as important as that of shoes, and in order that they may fit it's necessary that they shall have a right and left to the pair. I do not believe Piso's Cure for Consumption has an equal for coughs and colds—JOHN F BOYEN, Trinity Springs, Ind., Feb. 15, 1900. A good man isn't necessarily a desirable neighbor. IF YOU USE BALL BLUE, Get Red Cross Ball Blue, the best Ball Blue. Large 2 oz. package only 5 cents. Earthquakes may be classed either as real estate movements or ground rents. To Cure a Cold in One Day. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c. Some people find it easier to please others than to please themselves. Do Your Clothes Look Yellow? Then use Defiance Starch, it will keep them white—16 oz. for 10 cents. It's all right to strike while the iron is hot, but don't burn your fingers. Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurse in the Children's Home in New York, cure Constipation, Feverishness, BaA Stomach, Teaching Wordless moves and Legislate the Bowels and Destroy Worms. Over 50,000 testimonials. At all Druggists. 25c. Sample FREE. Address A.S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N.Y. The "dead sure thing" doesn't always come to life. The Wonderful Cream Separator Does its work in thirty minutes and leaves less than 1 per cent butter fat. Takes up about 10 per cent of to size to $2.75 to $6.00 each and when you have one you would not part therewith for fifty times its cost. JUST SEND THIS NOTICE. with 5c stamps for postage to the John A. Salzer Seed Co. La Crosse, Wis. scribbling this remarkable Cream Separator, and hundreds of other tools and farm seeds used by the (W.N. U.) Time in Various Countries Belgium and Holland use Greenwich tin. \t. In Germany, Austria, Denmark, Italy, Scandinavia and Switzerland, one hour before Greenwich time rules. LARGE WATER DRINKERS seldom have Rheumatism. It is claimed by many prominent physicians that copious draughts of pure water have proved the most certain means for effecting a cure of rheumatism. It cleanses and sets at liberty the uric acid in the system. The more drank the better the results, as it keeps the functions of the kidneys and skin active. Drinking water freely, accompanied by the daily use of Fire Station Equipment. Every fire station in Berlin has now been equipped with an oxygen apparatus to revive persons overcome by smoke or heat. Ordinary citizens may also have the loan of the apparatus in cases of urgent need. Magnetic Iron Sand. In the neighborhood of the town of Tijilatjap, on the coast of Java, extensive deposits of magnetic iron sand have been found. The sand lies on the surface, and is said to contain in some places as much as 80 per cent of iron. Globe-Trotting Record. The globe-trotting record is now held by James Willis Sayre, who made the circultous excursion in fifty-four days and nine hours. He says that he traveled about 19,500 miles, spent $819, used no special conveyances or privileges, carried no letters of introduction and used no courier. Never. Never cultivate second or third-rate folk, except for artistic purposes. Meet them, if you must; leave them when you can. You need expect nothing from them that they can consciously withhold, for they are after your goods, while keeping a strict and jealous watch upon their own. All you can get from them is material, never any spiritual, intellectual, wise, sane or moral or helpful messages. Reptiles as Delicacies. Reptiles are eaten with eagerness all over the world; neither want of beauty nor abundance of venom protects them from omnivorous man. Although they suggest to us by form and motion all that is false and unfair, hideous and horrid, even God's curse of the serpent does not shield it, and from the humble frog of the pond to the colossal crocodile of Egypt, they are all only so much food for man. The Phoenician Alphabet The Phoenician alphabet expelled the Hittite alphabet, some of whose characters, however, lived on by the side of the Phoenician to supplement its imperfections. No military force was at the back of the new alphabet. no priestly sanctions consecrated it. Nothing was in its favor but its simplicity and its convenience. It was propagated by a commercial people inhabiting a territory thirty miles long and a mile wide. It won on its merits. The True Life. It is a beautiful thing to see a life in which the faculties are well regulated and the soul is absolute master of the senses. It is only such a life that knows the meaning of freedom and of power, for there is no slavery so abject and feeblebling as subjection to one's own lower nature. The purest happiness and the most rational liberty are his alone whose spirit is "captain of his flesh."—Exchange. Statue to Indian Princess. The Sacajawea Statue Association of Portland, Multnomah county, Ore., whose object is to commemorate the services of Sacajawea to Lewis and Clark on their expedition to the Pacific coast, is to erect a bronze statue to the Indian princess who led the expedition through the ravines of the Eastern slope of the Rockies, safely past the retreats of the Blackfeet Indians. The statue will be of heroic size, and the entire cost is not to exceed $7,000. The Best Results in Starching can be obtained only by using Defiance Starch, besides getting 4 oz. more for same money—no cooking required. The young father of his first baby is familiar with the call to arms. Insist on Getting It. Some grocers say they don't keep Defiance Starch. This is because they have a stock on hand of other brands containing only 12 oz. in a package, which they won't be able to sell first, because Defiance contains 16 oz. for the same money. Do you want 16 oz. instead of 12 oz. for same money? Then buy Defiance Starch. Requires no cooking. It isn't so bad to be absent-minded if we can only forget our trouble. THOUSANDS HAVE KIDNEY TROUBLE AND DON'T KNOW IT Weak and unhealthy kidneys are responsible for more sickness and suffering than any other disease, therefore, when through neglect or other causes, kidney trouble is permitted to continue, fatal results are sure to follow. Your other organs may need attention—but your kidneys most, because they do most and need attention first. If you are sick or "feel badly," begin taking Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great kidney, liver and bladder remedy, because as soon as your kidneys begin to get better they will help all the other organs to health. A trial will convince anyone. NO MONEY TILL CURED. 25 YEARS ESTABLISHED. we Send FREE and nontpaid a 200 page treatise on Piles, Fistula and Diseases of the chest, lungs, liver, kidneys, and intestines, through the thousands. By our mild method, none paid a centill cure! we furnish their applications. DRS. THORNTON & MILOR, OR. 1030 Oak St, Kansas City, Mo. The mild aid immediate effect of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great kidney and bladder remedy, is soon realized. It stands the highest for its wonderful cures of the most distressing cases. Swamp-Root will set your whole system right, and the best proof of this is a trial. 14 EAST 120th ST., NEW YORK CITY. DEAR SIR: OCT. 15th, 1902 "I had been suffering severely from kidney trouble. All symptoms were on hand; my former doctor was very careful, and we tried drag myself alone. But my mental capacity was giving out, and often I wished to die. It was then I saw an advertisement of yours in a New York Swamp-Root for four different reasons: had it not promised a sworn guarantee with every bottle of your medicine, asserting that your Swamp-Root is purely vegetable, and does not contain any animal products. I had not old, and with a good conscience I can recommend Swamp-Root to all sufferers from kidney troubles. Four members of my family have been using Swamp-Root for the treatment kidney diseases, with the same good results." 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