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THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT Sedgwick County REPUBLICANS k Your Choice. All Good Men More To Follow TH YEAR. BRIEF M Some Good M Political P -- At The H Sedgwick REPUB k Your Choice More To which interested is being cen- tled in the candidates for the active county officers who be nominated by the coun- vention to be held Feb. 27, going to there being an early mention the interest is becom- more heated each day. For benefit of our readers in the active wards in Wichita and county in general we paesent in the names of several men who are aspirants for nation for some county or office. OR STATE SENATOR. Mr. J. H. Stewart. many friends of Mr. J. H. art of the Fourth ward will d to learn of his consenting come a candidate for the of- State Senator from Sedg- county. Stewart has been a resi- fied Sedgwick county about years and has been at all an active and consistent ulican. He is one of our active business men, and an in Wichita has worked for the city's than he has. business men of this city are pleased to know of willingness to become a can- for the position. candidacy will be specially among our colored citi- because of his friendship em, and his steadfast in- in their welfare. COUNTY CLERK Richards is a candidate office of county clerk from ward where he has beeniment factor in Republican is for a number of years. Richards has been very allied with politics for time he has never held any office. He is the son of M. Richards, one of the chest republicans in Kan-Young Richards is the He is well and favorably in Wichita and Sedgwick where he has lived for a ter of years. If nominated will win at the polls. Jessie L. Leland, the very city clerk of Wichita, is an ent for the nomination as County Clerk. Mr. Leland hails from the first ward and is a recognized republican warrior. He has made a clean, clear-cut and strictly business like city clerk, and beyond all question would make an ideal county clerk. If nominated success is sure. Mr. Frank J. Ford is third ward candidate for county clerk. Mr. Ford has had a wide and very valuable experience in the office of the county clerk, and it is acknowledged that no man in the whole county is better acquainted with that office than is Frank J. Ford. Mr. Ford is a very pleasant gentleman and has a host of warm enthusiastic friends all over the county. He is well liked by all who know him and would make a winning race if given the nomination. FOR COMMISSIONER. Mr. S. B. Kernan, councilman from the First ward, is an aspirant for the nomination as commissioner for the 2nd district. Mr. Kernan needs no introduction to the people of the First, Second and Third wards, which comprise his diftrict. Mr. Kernan has made a faithful and careful councilman and would make a good commissioner. He is a successful business man and one in whom the people can have the utmost faith If nominated Mr. Kernan will make a winning race. J. W. Tapp, Commissioner Senator Jas. W. Tapp has been prevailed upon by his friends to become the Second ward candidate for the nomination as Commissioner and has consented to make the race. Every one is satisfied that he would make a winning race if nominated by the convention. Braitsch's 120 E. Douglas Avenue. FOOTWEAR Is Up-to-the-Minute WICHITA. KANSAS, JAN. 30, 1904. HAMS 7c Per Pound Buy your Fresh Meat at the Packing House Meat Market and Save Money. Remember the place--Market at the Gate of Dold's Packing House. Why are We Not Respected. In spite of the Negro's marvelous progress in material things and intellectual advancement, known and read by all men, the American Negro is less respected and admired by self-respecting races the world over than any other people. This is no secret. It is self-evident wherever the Negro goes—in America, Europe Asia and Africa; and is keenly felt by every intelligent, sensitive Negro throughout the world. This is not as is often said, altogether on account of the black man's color, nor does it rest wholly on the ground that at one time the Negro was the slave of the white race, although tamely submitting to live contented in that state breeds for the Negro much contempt, which it will take years for him to outlive. Nor do we believe it is, as some say, on account of the Negro's cowardice. Strictly speaking, the Negro is no ceward. He is the noblest and bravest defender the American flag has to-day, and in spite of the fact that this flag does not protect him either at home or abroad, he is ever ready to shoulder his musket and go to the front and bare his breast to the enemy's bullets for his country. But still he is ostracised and shunned at home and despised and scorned abroad. It is all because of that apparent inborn spirit of contentment under adverse circumstances and unfair treatment—the one feature of his life that un-Americanizes him—and his readiness to concede his inferiority in the presence of other peoples. The Negro will fight, but not for himself; he will spill the last drop of his blood in protecting women ond homes of other races and stand by complacently and see his own women insulted, debauched and outraged by men of other races. His civil and political enemies will openly declare at the Negro's very door that the Negro citizen should not be allowed to exercise the rights of An.erican citizenship and the leaders among the Negroes, instead of resenting the insult will endorse it and advise their people to play into the enemy's hand by voluntarily giving up their dearest American rights and turn their attention to getting property which must be taxed without representation. There is not a single abridgment of the Negro's civil and political rights, from the kitchen table in a cheap eating house to the stealing of franchisement, that a number of our leading Negroes haven't publicly condoned and indorsed as a matter of placating and jollying the white man. This is taken advantage of by our political enemies and published throughout the world; and when our treatment becomes unbearable and we complain nobody pities us—everybody says, "They are served right!" If the Negro would contend and fight to the death for his rights, for his home and for his people several might gel killed as a result, but those left living would be admired and respected at home and abroad. The Negroes need brave, manly American spirited men to the front. Flunkies are ruining the race. The long lost high school algebra written by the late Mohammed Ben Musa al Khowarizmi, has been found among some old manuscripts at Columbia university. We shall expect now to learn the age of Ann. If England, France and Germany get mixed up in the Asiatic war the sultan will hardly neglect the opportunity to dispose of the rest of the Christians that he happens to have available for massacreing purposes. About the time that New York shepherd dog was sheltering a crippled squirrel a little messenger boy was refused the cheap privilege of warming himself in one of Chicago's palatial residences. Sometimes the most careful classifications of the naturalists seem to be faulty. Although the New York boy who fell off Mr. Carnegie's fence received a check for $500 from Mr. Carnegie as a balm for his injuries, it has not been noticed that there has since been any great throng of people trying to throw themselves from any of the fences belonging to your Uncle Russell Sage. The action of those Georgia men who forced a bull terrier and a wildcat to fight to the death is almost enough to make us change our views on the efficacy of the whipping-post. Down in Ohio they are talking about passing a law to prevent a man or woman marrying after the second divorce. Pshaw! Why depart from the time-honored "three and out?" In San Domingo they go to sleep under one administration, awaken under another and have to hurry some if they beat the third to breakfast. Bologna's leaning tower, built in 1110, has just been sold for $2,000, although a brand new one could have been built for much less money. BECKHAM ON RACE QUESTION. FRANKFORT, KY., Jan 5.—The message of Governor Becknam which was read to the legislature when he was inaugurated defends the state from the allegations of lawlessness made in sensational reports to newspapers and recommends the law to hold accountable the men who write and publish such falsehoods affecting the reputation of the state. Referring to state aid to normal and industrial institute for the colored people, he said the so-called race problem will be solved by the colored people themselves if they would understand that the white people were their friends and not their enemies, and that they must not allow race prejudice to be stirred up in every political contest. Their most intelligent men recognize the absurdity of social equality and give their attention to the practical improvement of the race. RELICS FOR WORLD'S FAIR. Mrs. R. M. King of Oak Mills Kans. has a collection of relics that will likely be exhibited at the world's fair by the Kansas commission. One of the relics which she has tenderly and zealously preserved is an Eli Terry clock made in 1792, being one of the first wooden wheel clocks ever manufactured. It is still in fairly good condition and with little adjustment will run and keep the time pretty accurately. She also has a csper kettle 112 years old, in which she still make apple butter, and an old fashioned stove kettle which was used in the old mission house at Kickapoo in the early days. A dictionary 132 years old, and many other articles which date back to an equally remote period, comprise a collection which any antiquarian would like to possess. Alexander Campbell, the founder of the Campbellite church used to preach in a barn belonging to Mrs. King's grandfather in Virginia and she has many interesting relics of those early days events. BEST SERVICE Omaha, Lincoln, Fairbury, Salina, Ft. Worth, Dallas, Houston, Rock Island, Kansas City and Chicago. Through cars to all above points Direct connection at El Reno for Little Rock and Hot Springs. Three Routes to California Send for new book about Texas Rock Island System C. E. BASCOME, C. P. A. -TRY THE- BLUE SEAL CIGAR SOLD EVERYWHERE Negro Children From Alton, Ill., Debarred from Attending School. The famous Alton school case in which the Negro children of Alton are seeking admission to the schools with the white children, was decided in favor of the city of Alton and against the Negro children in the Madison county circuit court. The case had been on trial for two days. After the decision was announced J. J. Brenholt, formerly senator from the 47th Ill. district attorney for the Negro children, filed a notice of an appeal to the supreme court of Illinois. The Alton school case is said to be the most famous of its kind in the courts today. The case has been both to the Appellate and the Supreme courts, where at each time it has been reversed and remanded upon various points. In the suit Scott Dibb and other Negroes of Alton are praying for a writ of mandamus against the mayor, the city council and the board of education, which is appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the council, to compel them to permit their children to attend schoo. with the white children. The board of education built a magnificent school building for the Negro children, and made a ruling that all of them should attend it. Bibb's children attempted to attend a school for the white children, and the superintendent refused to permit them to enter. The suit for a mandamus followed and has been in the courts ever since. The suit has had some of the best legal talent connected with it, the late General John M. Palmer being one of the attorneys for the plaintiff. The costs have been enormous, and it is said that the Negroes of Chicago and other cities have formed an organization to supply the necessary funds for the prosecution of the suit in order to make it a test case. —Chicago Conservator. 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. Vochnm, Pastor, Residence 521 N. Water. New Hope Baptist, North Mead ave. 11 am Preaching. 1 pm Sunday School. 8 pm Preaching. Rev. H. P. Frazier, Pastor 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. 894 N. Water. 11 am Preaching, 1 pm Sunday School. 8 pm Preaching. Rev. A. H. Mayo, Pastor. THE SEARCHLIGHT, —__ WROHITA, - - - KANS EEEEEEnEEaEeeeeeeee W. N. MILLER, Editor. Entered at the Post Office at Wiehits Kansas, as Second -Class Mai) Matter, Pablished Every Saturday at Ne 110 Norrs Mary S2. “HATES OF SUBSCRIPTION @& STRICTLY IN ADVANCE. “One Year [ by mail ] ...... $1.0 Six months [ by mail ]...... 7 Three months[ by mail }... 5 ONE MONTH os... 180 Advertising Rates Made Known On Appl cation, NOTICE!! - All matters addresse to Taz Szarcuiienr for public tion must be signed by the par or parties writing. All matters for publication mu reach this office not later th: TUESDAY to reach publicatic fm the current issue, RULES OF TEs OFFICE. tat, AM Subscriptions must be paid advance strictly, Agents take notice Sad. 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I hereby announce myself asa candidate ‘or the nomination as Coroner of Sedgwick county subject to the Republican county conventiou to be held Feb, 27th, 1904. E. Phillip. Frark J. Ford, © unty Olerk, Thereby anuounce myself as’ candidate for the neminatiouasCeunty Clerk of Sedg- vick eounty subject tothe Republican con~ vention to be held Feb. 27, 1904. Frank J, Ford. E. E. Enoch, P-obate Ju ge. Bhereby ar- cvself as a candidate for the non 1 ft%em ma robatc Judge, sub- ject tototh Repwbli n convention to be held Feb, 27, 1yv,. * Best P erarde, County Clerk, Thereby announce myself as a candidate fer the nomination of Couuty Clerk, sub jectto the Republican county convention to be held Feb, 27, 1904. Bert Richards. M. M. MoOollieter, Coron: r, Thereby annouuce myself as a candidate for re-nomination for the office ef Coroner, subject to the decision of my friends and the Republican. county convention to be held Feb. 27, 1904. M, M. McCollister. J, L. Leland, County Clerk Thereby announce myselfa candidate for the nomination as County Clerk, subject to the republicau couaty convention Feb. 27th Jesse L. Leiand. W.L. Appling, Register of D eds Thereby anvounce myself a candidate fer renomination for the office of Register of Deeds, subject to the republican county con vention Feb. 27. ‘W. L, Appling. J. H Ste ar’, State Senator Thereby announce myself a candidate for the nomination as State Senator, Subject to the republicae county convention Feb. 27th. J. H. STEWART J.W. Tapp, C mmissioner Thereby announce myself as a candidate for the nomination as Qommissioner from the2ud District. Subject to the republican convention. JW. Tapp. 8. B, Kernan, C mmissi ner Thereby announce mysel as a candidate for the nomination Commissicner for the 2d Commissioner District. Subject to the 2n¢ ‘Commissioner, Republican convestion Feb. 2th S. B. Kernan, NOTICE. We hereby notify our patrons in Eldorado, Eureka, Iola Ft, Seett, Pittsburg, Galena, Columbus, Win- fied and Buxter Springs, that our azeut and coll: ctor will make them a cail during the month of Febru- ary, Pieate be ready to pay. Any agsistance you mag give him in se- curing new rames will be highly appreciated by us. W. N. Miller, Editor Sear light. USSU Es. AN UU. In Tojeka sev ral of the promi- nent business aed profesional men bave organized a Cosmopolitan Club with the fo lowing officers: Jas H Gy, presicent, Fred Roundtree, yieo pres. F. W. F. Stafford, soy. E, Redley treas The clab has s+ veral departments ‘hich have fox their object the ad- vancenents a ong their respective ine It promises some great re- sults in the nrar future, MR HENRY JOHNSON, OF PAXICO. KAS. Among the prominent, progres: sive and up-to-date colored men of Kansas is Mr. Henry Johnson, vf Paxico. Mr, Johnson is at pres- ont aclerk in the hardware store of the Muckentyler Hardware Co, of Paxico, He is held in the high. ast steem by + is employers. P e- vio.s to his present employ he was for 15 years with the Bolten ros. of Paxico After this firm vent out of business hy went to Pepeka where he worked 2 years or Keebler & Co and remained vith that firm until it sold out At which time he was offered his present position in Paxico across che street from the former store o f Bolton Kros, He is coming to the tront ranks who all was at the Biack Patti stow? Begin at the youngest | ke pon tili you huve named the hie-t—all there, ‘y our friend Judge A.J. Lee at Pittsburg, . Suceess to them. Mand Mrs. Walter Gibbs are on.) ting moking some vary substantiel im:provements on their valuab e piveex of property in th wer fatur-, ARKANSAS GIFY,) KANS. Miss «ddie Work is home from Deowr, Col. Mr Henry Marshall spent S un- day in the city with re atives, Preiding Eder Rantom held quarterly service at A.M. E. chureh tu D vid Btei d James Gibbs uf Wichita are visiting in the city, Rev. Adams of Newkirk spent Sundin the city. The W. P. V. olub met with Miss Nelia Keller Wednesday afternoun- Mrs, Roxy Work entertsined | bout usts at cinner Snnuduy. All report a pleaswnt time. Mrs. Mc@ nnis is improving af- ter aseri: us iliness, Born to Ry, and Mrs Garnett a fine boy, muther and chiid doing well, A party of young people enjoyed the afternoon skatu g on the! ke atGeuda Springs. 99 J. E. ALLEN, | MONEY = TO =LOAN | CHATTELS. : 1 N. Man Wichira | Becht hh ac ean es aad oe ¥ Locals and Personals On Saturday 12:45 p.m. Mrs Ida| Tbe Black Patti show B. Hedge, thé beloved wife of |8 crowded hovse at the James H. Hodge, after an illness of | Tuerday night, It is nc bout three we-ks, departed. t i-| of the b st shows of its k life. She had lived'a christian life|Toad and was highly | from childhood, She was true to| Wichitans. hor religion and her God, ajways : living a peaceful existance in the| Rev. B..P Rossof E different churches of weich she war| "HO has been assisting ammb:r, Sbe wasa true friend |i his revival meeting, to havevand know. She was a true|**legram from Lis wife loving and devoted wife. With the (*Ming him home xt one passing of her life a true and beauti | Thursday afteraoon. Th fal soul was numbered among the| 5° atte the cause for engéls in heaven. summons but we bope i Fuucral services were held Tue:- serious, duy Jan. 26th, irom S . John’s A. M. E cburoh north Water et, Rev.| * fe'd A. Fray left P. D. Yocbum officiating. maaaliy caver Uneia GRYs The Merchants who ap- preciate the trade of he col ored people ADVA@RTISE IN THIS PAPER. PATRON IZETV3TX. Wichita Tabernacle No. 34 will meet next Thur-day afternoon at the Odd Fellow’s hall. Mrs JT. Sanford and Mirs Bli- zaboth Phelp were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. B. McKelly on the west side. Thay had ar yal time. Lewis Strenge of Wellington wes in the city Wednesday. Mrs. Ceeil Watts is abl« to be cub aga n after a short iluces, Mrs. P. H. Brown who had been in our city since New Year visiting with Mrs, Lee Andeoson, returned to her home ia Joplin Thursday. Mrs. Lee Anderson ‘eft Thursday for a few days y.sitin Kansas City and Topeka, W. M. Brown of Newton was in the city Buesday. Quite a number of young people metaithe residence of Mre: Lee Anderson Monday night and tendey- +e grand curprise on Mrs. Pearl Brown of Joplin, The party was led by Hon, Phos! Anderesn and Prof. Frauk Street. All had afine time. The G. L, A. club will meet. at the res dence of Mrs. W, A, Wright 609 N. Muic next Tuesday afternoon Ed Hathman, foreman for the street cur company, bas been mu bh indieposed ducing the first part of this week. Arkansas Valley lodge No, 21 will moet Tuesday uight Feb. 2nd, Mx. and Mrs. W.M. Dent pa‘d Mr,and M. E. McKelly a visit on the we-t side recently, They en- joyed themselves nieely. | ‘The elosing srgument of county attorney O, G. Eckstein in the Bain murd-r cage was a nasterpiece of eloquence. Ail sgree that Mr Eckstein made a ep'endid case with the material whieh he had to work with in this case, Rev. W, 8, Blake who is eon- ductiig a ceries of mectings at New Hope Baptist church, made a trip tohis home in Emporia Saturdey night, Rev, J, L. Dudley bas returned tobishome in Ft. Scott, Bev, Dadley a-sisted in a series of meet- | ings at New Hope Baptist ehurob, A GARD OF THANKS, We extend our heartfelt thanks and gratitude to the public and those wh.s0 nobly actisted us in our bereave ent in tne lors of our desr and deperted wite, sister and @ ghter-in-law. dom William T. Biggers, MillieA. Hudge. W. 3. MENRION S01 XN. Main St, ; Wichita, Kans. | The Black Patti show played to acrowded hovee at the Crawford Tuerday night, It is no doubt ene of the b st showsof its kind on the road and was highly received by Wichitans. - Rev. B. P Ross of Hutchinson’ who has been assisting Rev. Yucuw in his revival meeting, received a telegram from Lis wife Thursday calling him home at onee. He left Thursday afteracon. The teteg‘am not atute the cause for the hasty summons but we hope it is nothing a Ga fie'd A. Fray left Thursday nizht on @ thirty days trip over Kaneas in the interest of the Searchiigbt as generad traveling agent. Ms. Fray isa bustier and great results are looked for frow him. His trip will inelade the principal towns in Kansas. Rey. P. D. Yooum. Rev. Chas, Woods and Rev. B. R, Ress were the gu:ets of Mr, aud Mra. W, N Milizr at dinuer Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gibbs set a most delicious dinner Sunday and us for the.r guest Mrs. W. 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Main St. 000009000000000000000006 PERSONAL MENTION, Fe gs Or APTA Cs One Ohare em Soe eS ee It is ucknowledged that Miss Grace Buker is making a good mat- ron of Princess Chapter 12. Frank Street is one of or sccieZ ty boys up the minute, E, Thuddeus Sumuuitt is again in Wichita’s soo al circle after spend- ing ten days off visiting in K. and Toprka. He has the latest and wili seb the boys a pace, When you speak of cociety gent» do not forget Mr. Aazon Whalton the valu.bl- attache of th: Hub slothing company. Al look forward for rome future developments f m Samuel Walker ‘He bas tne talent and will ye how it. _ W.M, Phillips, head waiter st the Manhattan, is ther pository o the lavest in social fads, Ben Pembleton has introduce his bride to Wichita society anc | now the two sre pari thereof, | Mr. Thomas‘ Ancercon till bo'd his own as one of Wivhita’s lead 4, ~ @iety young men. The Soarchl'get ie getting a litt impatient waiting for someuody io “have the knot twd.” Wake rr young ladies this is your y ex, Cau’t you propose? Miss S. Steeet. of Topeka, is s new addifon o Wienita apeiety Ste comes well recommended ano was rceived wtth great honor. She is a iste t> Mfassra Fr amk and Monroe Street. A little bird whis>ered a warning not to the Searetil ght society ecriv- ler and ne is waiting and watch- iog with altfuur tyes and soon i@ may beable to turprise the ema t set with a latge “.nnounce.” Li:- ict awhile. Prince Phillips is one of our pro- gre-siye yoang men aad is in sovie~ by tow, Walter Gr y has been on the sick 1 st for quite a numb: r of days, He is able to do his work but does so under much ai:confort, He’s im> peoving. 0. C. ickerson has purchased a home at 1055 N, Mead. “Bud” ao he is brst known 1s one of unr most ‘en.rgetic young colosed men, ‘There is some talk of a colored gtueery st re and co ored drug store: im Wiciita, With the best wishes to tut gentiemen who are said to ‘be at the head of this movement we trust that the «movement will go fur hes tusm mere talk. IVs time, are. MAKE YOUR SELECTION HOW fo ad c i29) ae Select your rauL and winrER , = SUIT, OvBROOATS and TROUSERS at Se Cy the PEERLESS TAILOR’s. A Se) ) Our stock comprises the latest iY nove ties in FOREIGN and DoMEstrc H Woo'ens. I i Seo me before placing your order. IN The Peerless Taito t — 08H. Donglas Ave... ., o) ] (4 Pree ee eee ; / EVERY THING IN DRUGS ) eas 2 " Prescriptions Filled With Care Call and see us, Once a customer always : A CUSTOMER ) Salman Drug Co. 228 North Main Street. eeeseeeeeeeresererrreee rer crrl Pleases All GOOD BREAD MAKERS It Is White As Snow. TRY IT OTTO WEISS --- B. F. 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McLean, A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS TRANSACTED Wichita Kansas. Thompson's Barber Shop Your Patronage Solicited Jeff Thompson, Prop. 2431 North Main St. We solicit trabe on the basis of Quality at the Lowest Prices. 135 N. Main St Wichita, Ks Emporia News Rev. J. C. Howard, pastor of the A. M. E. church has been conducting a series of revival meetings at his church since Chri-tmas, and reports several additions. Rev. Howard also feels favo-ably impressed and encouraged with the meetings. Mrs. Frank Evans recently received word from her husband who is visiting relatives and friends in his old native state of Alabama. He reports a very pleasant time and also that he doesn't intend co m i g home till the latter part of Feb. James Helm has recently accepted a position as train porter from Newton west on the Santa Fe By. Lieut. A. M. Booker and sister, Mrs. Dollie Taylor, have recently opened a first-class r restaurant and dining hall at 314 Commercial st. The patrons report perfect satisfaction and Mr. Booker reports good business. The Doreus Enoblier Art club entertained at the home of Mrs. T. Allen on Cottonwood st Friday evening. A pleasant time reported. Mrs. D. F. Tipton is reported on the sick list this week. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Turnes of Newton are visiting parents. Miss Emma Carter has been appointed one of the clorke in the register of deed's office. Mrs. Martha Lyle and Mr. Leslie Harrison are reported sick. Mrs. Carrie (Wicks) Duncan returned to her home in Colo. Sprngs after an extended visit here. A. G. Ray has recently opened a first class barber shop on E. 6th st. Mrs. R. Brewer is sick this week Mr. Bridges of Dunlop transacted business in our city this week. Miss Iva Williams is home from Topeka visiting. Mrs. Dollie Carter passed thru' our city en route to Seattle, Wash. The services at the St. James Bapist church were well attended on last Sunday night notwit standing the sudden cold change of the weather. The pastor, Rev. W. S. Blake returned from Wichita Saturday night where he is engaged at present in a stirring revival and reports the Wichita meeting at the point of success. His text Sunday night was Luke xiii.29 Subjt. "The Heavenly home gathering" In the afternoon as usual came the Sunday School which was largely attended and very successfully conducted under the very watchful supervision of its honored and beloved Superintendent brother Peroy F. Lewis who is now closing his second term of office. We are proud to say, although having been elected during the crisis two years ago, brother Lewis has wonderfully brought the Sunday School to the front; and it is still in a very progressive condition. The average attendance is ninety and these are seven classes viz:— Young Ladies' Class No. 1. Dr. W. N. Coleman, teacher, who is indeed a good one with a large class. Young Men's Class No. 2. sister W. S Blake, teacher, with whom the young men are well pleased. Class No. 3, sister Minnie Douglass, teacher, and an earnest hard worker. Class No. 4, sister Carrie Davidson, teacher, a good add faithful teacher Class No. 5, sister Joseph Brown, teacher, and S. S. choir leader. Class No. 6, sis er Montez Booker, teacher a young lady who is nicely bringing the little primary class out. The Bible Class No. 7, Rev. W. S. Blake teacher Officers of Sunday School Brother P, F. Lewis, Supt. Miss Nanie Allen, Secretary. J. L Brown, Treasurer Misses Sadie Phillips, Nellie Evans, and Ollie Collier, organists. Mrs. J. L Brown, choir leader Miss Mary Patterson and Roy Evans, librarians. Last fall Rev. Blake and brother Lewis organized a Literary Society under the auspices of the Sunday School which is progressing nicely and some very good literary *work is being done under the management of the f allowing officers;-- J. C. Winston, President Miss Nellie Ellis, S. cr-tary M. G. Hooker, Treasurer Wm. St. Clair, Chaplain Chas Dupress, Secretary of Arms Chas, Douglas, Sargeant-at-Arms Meets at the church every Friday Next is the B. Y. P. U. whi o h meets every Sunday evening at 7 p. m. and in the great work much in interest is manifested and the work nicely carried on by its faithful officers and members. Officers: Miss Mary Helm, President Frank Taylor, Secretary Deacon Calvin Woods, Chaplin Mtss C. Woods, Treasurer The meeting was well attended last Sunday. Miss Nellie Evans fed with the subject "What if Jesus came to our town" During the evening we had the pleasure of listening to an ably delivered discourse by Rev. D. S. Topp, of Osawatamie, Kas, on the subject "What will you do with Jesus?" With the continuing of the ever faithful truce board; the four recently organized clubs; the ladies' home and for eign mission society the above mentione auxiliaries and its be oved pastor, Rev. W. S. Blake, the St. James Baptist church is determined to reach the top and we earnestly solicit your prayers. Yours for Christ and the work Th. St. James Baptist Church Rev. W. S. Blk., Pastor PUEBLO ITEMS. The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fife of 1405 VanBuren is better. Mrs. Emma Maloney is very ill at her home on 6th street. The concert given by Miss Beulah Phillips at St. Johns A. M. E. church last Thursday night was a grand success. One worthy special mention was the dialogue of four characters as follows: Misses, Robina Holland, Sleeping Beauty, Willie Benjamin, Cindere la, Susie Lallas prince, and Florence Freeman, Bed Riding Hood. The Violet Art club met at the residence of Mrs. Marshall, an excellent time was enjoyed by all. The A heenian club met at the residence of Mrs. Fife. A paper was read by Miss Elliott on the making of a good name. The meeting adjourned to meet at Mrs. Watson's 1101 Palmer Monday. Mrs. Molly Jones is very ill at her home cor. 5 and Greenwood. The ladies department of the A. F. & M. gave a grand entertainment at the 6th st. hall last Monday eve. Mr. B. Williams is able to be out again after a few weeks illness. J. P. Watson is on mission as riding elder of colored district He is in Durango. The ministers and deacons association held their meeting in Canon City last Thursday, at which time Mr. A. G. Wilkerson was ordained as minister of the colored Baptist church of that city. Rev. Ford of Zion church of Den er preached the ordination sermon. The seconn snow in Pueblo this winter greeted the citizens when they awoke Monday morning the thermometer dropped 10 below. The B. T. W. club was very pleasantly entertained by Mrs. James on Wednesday afternoon. Many topics of interest was discussed by the ladies after which the program was rendered. The recitation "The voice in the Multitude" was very creditably rendered by Mrs. James. The paper on Education read by Mrs. Harding was very interesting and produced many good thoughts. The mainder of the evening was spent in social conversation, vocal and instrumental music, after which the hostess served a dainty luncheon. The club adjourned to meet with Mrs Ida Martin on next Wednesday afternoon. We trade Ranches, Farms, (it) Property and Merchandise Western Lands and Ranges A Specialty. Dealers in Kansas, Oklahoma and Colorado Farms and Ranch Larges. Patronage Solicited Office 110 N. Main, wichita, Kansas. Good Things to Eat Bread 306East Douglas J. W. Lumber ( Successors to GENERAL LU 421 North Main Street CO ALL K East Douglas Phone Phone 196 J. W. METZ Lumber Company ( Successors to Deal & Trent ) GENERAL LUMBER DEALERS North Main Street Wichita, K COAL ALL KINDS Low Prices Good Weights J. H. TU 533-543 W Hot Spr H. TURNER 533-543 W. Douglas Phon t Springs, A J. H. TURNER, 533-543 W. Douglas Hot Springs, Ark. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY Leaving Wichita at 11:30 a.m. passengers for Hot Springs can me Hot Springs on the follo ing moo. This service was established a der at Ft. Smith, Ark., which was Rate from Wichita to Hot Spring for 30 days, $25 90 The Missouri Pacific with this direct route to this fam us health For descriptive book, and Hot Wichita at 11:30 a. m. on Missouri Pacific Hot Springs can make through connection the following morning at 9:45 a. m. He was established Jan. 11th, and does away with Ark., which was the case before this day. Wichita to Hot Springs, one way, $15.30. $25 90 Ori Pacific with this new service, is the show this fam us in health resort. Active book, and Hot Springs literature, call Leaving Wichita at 11:30 a.m. on Missouri Pacific train No. 49 passengers for Hot Springs can make through connections, arriving at Hot Springs on the following morning at 9:45 a.m. Rate from Wichita to Hot Springs, one way, $15.30, and round trip good for 30 days, $25 90 Homemade Bread, Pies, Cakes and all kinds of Pastries. Our Home made Candies cannot be equalled anywhere. They are made fresh every day. Bissant EMILIA KANSAS Phone 196 METZ Company To Deal & Trent ) NUMBER DEALERS Wichita, Kansas AL KINDS JRNER. V. Douglas Phone 496 ings, Ark. in. on Missouri Pacific train No. 4. Take through connections, arriving morning at 9:45 a.m. Jan. 11th, and does away with the last in the case before this date. Springs, one way, $15.30. and round trip a new service, is the shortest and most resort. Springs literature, call on ar write- POULTRY Corn as a Poultry Feed. Corn as a Poultry Feed. While we have for years done all in our power to check the too free use of corn in the poultry ration, we yet regard it as one of the most important feeds for poultry. Fed for six months at a time and as a single ration it is almost always used at a disadvantage. Corn is badly over-balanced on the carbohydrate side, and its constant feeding not only injures the internal organs of the bird receiving it, but it is to a considerable extent washed, as the fowls can digest only about so much of this kind of matter anyway. The balance must go through in a partly digested state. This may be the cause of the intestinal disturbances that are sometimes the result of its continuous feeding. The man that feeds corn alone is putting into each fowl each year a good deal more money than is necessary. In some cases this may amount to as much as 25 cents per bird per year—wasted, and worse. On a flock of 100 fowls this is quite an item. But feed corn in conjunction with other things and all will be well. Fowls vary greatly in the effects upon them of the corn fed. The young and growing birds, especially those that exercise a great deal, show less effects of its use than the older birds. This is largely because the fowls in exercising burn up more of the carbon contained in the food by means of the chemical action going on in their lungs. The old hens are less active and cannot use the carbon in such great quantities. The result is that they lay up unnecessary fat and in time get too fat to lay well. This is a condition hard to cure. The writer once bought a dozen Plymouth Rocks to add to his flock. To his surprise they did not lay an egg till the winter was about half over. He surmised that the birds had been fed on nothing but corn for a long time before the purchase was made. He asked the former owner about it and found that this was true. These hens were all old birds; that is, more than 18 months old each. When a fowl is to be fattened for market—for the American market, at least—corn is the proper food for her. If kept somewhat closely confined she will put on weight very rapidly. Such a bird might not do for the foreign market, where they want flesh rather than fat. But the American buyer is not particular. He says that a very fat bird is a tender bird, so he buys the bird that is fat and throws the surplus fat away. The fat bird sells the best, and the city retailer never complains if the birds are fat. The country producer therefore has no alternative but to make all the birds he sells as fat as the market demands, and corn is his great ally in doing this. When corn is to be extensively fed we believe it is better to feed much of it in the form of corn meal and made into a pudding at that. The moisture content of such a mess is worth considering. It takes a great deal of water to carry the food through the intestines, and when dry corn is fed, it must frequently be the case that not enough water is taken to properly do this work. If the fowl fills up on corn before going to roost there is no opportunity to drink before morning. This must frequently result in a disarrangement of the digestive organs. This view of it would rather favor the position of those poultrymen that say that the soft mash should be fed at night and the whole corn in the morning. The matter is certainly worth thought and investigation. Cost of Feeding Hens. From the Farmers' Review: During the last week in January of the year now drawing to a close I weighed all the grain and other kinds of feed my flock of 205 chickens consumed and estimated its value at what might have been obtained for it in the local market. Although the aggregate sum amounted to more than one who had never investigated the subject might have expected, yet for each individual it was surprisingly small. I selected this particular time because I was then feeding only mature stock and because there was then nothing to be obtained from outside sources. For these reasons I expected to be able to make a fair estimate of what it cost me to keep my poultry during the winter. The results quite agreed with those obtained from former estimates based upon similar investigations, and I felt justified in computing the entire year's cost therefrom. Of rye I fed 30 pounds, which was then worth 45 cents per bushel; of oats 76 pounds at 25 cents per bushel; wheat, 20 pounds at 60 cents per bushel; soft corn, one bushel worth 35 cents, and ground feed, 20 pounds, at $1.00 per 100 pounds. I also fed a generous quantity of ground bone and chopped vegetables, besides what skimmed milk they would drink every day, which I estimated at 10 cents per 100 pounds. Altogether the total cost for the week was about $1.65 for the 205 chickens, or about 4-5 of one cent for each individual or a little less than 4 cents a month, which, at the same rate would amount to something near 45 cents for an entire year. This estimate seems incredibly small, but in reality it is still too large; or during the summer months the flock obtained enough from the range to materially lessen the cost of their maintenance; yet, as little as it cost for one, it must have cost me for the 205 at least $80 for the salable strain they con- sumed. Besides this, they probably obtained about the stock yards and horse stables a considerable amount of scattered grain, but since this was not salable and much of it would otherwise have "gone to waste," it need not be reckoned here. During the week specified I gathered nine and one-half dozens of eggs, which I sold for $1.71, or G cents more than the value of what the flock consumed. Although this was quite a falling off from the number of eggs usually produced (owing, no doubt, to a protracted cold spell for a time previous) it was still in excess of what it cost to maintain the flock for the same time. From the above investigations and consequent estimates I have drawn this conclusion: That from twelve to fifteen eggs daily the year round will maintain a farm flock of from 150 to 200 hens; all above this should represent the profit obtained. Actually, I believed that the average farmer's family consumes eggs and poultry enough to compensate for the cost of keeping their flock, and that all that is sold usually represents no more than the real profit accruing from the investment. Certainly one is not justified in basing the estimate of an entire year's rations upon the amount consumed in any one week, yet the results obtained in this instance were not far wrong, which fact I have ascertained in other ways—for this and other years. Therefore the conclusions drawn therefrom are undoubtedly correct.—Nellie Honaker, Vernon County, Wisconsin. Destruction of Weeds. Much interest has been shown at a number of the agricultural experiment stations in the possibility of weed destruction by means of chemicals. As long ago as 1855 it was found at the Vermont Station that the orange hawkweed, a serious pest in pastures and meadows, could be destroyed without injury to the grass by sowing salt over the land at the rate of 3,000 pounds per acre. Many experiments have since been conducted at the same station with other chemicals for the eradication of weeds in walks, drives, courts, etc. Among the chemicals tested were salt, copper sulphate, kerosene, Hiver-of-sulphur, carbolic acid, arsenic and salsoda, arsenate of soda, and two commercial weed killers, the active principle of which apparently was arsenic. The weeds which it was sought to destroy were plantains, dandelion, chicory, ragweed, knotweed and various grasses. All the chemicals were applied in solution except the salt. As in the case of the hawkweed experiments, salt was found efficient in destroying all the weeds when applied dry and in large quantity. When salt is used for this purpose adjacent lawns should be protected against washing, or they may be injured. Crude carbolic acid, 1 pint in 4 pints of water, applied at the rate of 8 gallons per square rod, was very efficient. The various arsenical preparations proved valuable as weed destroyers, and choice between them was largely a matter of expense. All things considered, the arsenate of soda and the carbolic acid solutions proved the most valuable chemicals for weed destruction under the conditions of these experiments. Swine at Ontario Station. A report of the Ontario station says: Our swine comprise representatives of the Yorkshire, Tamworth and Berkshire breeds. This is quite as many breeds as we can handle to advantage. Representatives of the Chester White, Duroc Jersey and Poland China breeds have been fed in the experimental piggery. Feeding Swine—Breeding sows are fed sparingly on a mixed meal ration consisting generally of ground oats, barley and peas, the oats constituting about half the mixture. In addition, they receive a fairly liberal allowance of pulped roots, which is decreased as farrowing time approaches. Before feeding, they are given a drink of water, and then the meal is fed on top of the pulped roots. Sometimes the meal and pulped roots are mixed a day in advance of feeding, but either plan seems to work well. Growing pigs, four months old and over, receive the same meal mixture as the sows, but in the place of roots, they are fed the refuse from the college kitchen. The meal is fed dry to these also. Small pigs are fed about equal parts of finely ground oats and middlings, together with skim milk when such is available. In this case the meal is moistened with the milk. They are also accustomed to eating roots, mangels preferred. Our sows are turned into a large shed adjoining the piggery, for a few hours every afternoon. A very little whole grain of some sort is scattered broadcast over the floor of the shed to induce the sows to take exercise. Lime as Acid Neutralizer The use of lime on land has not been largely encouraged by scientists in the past, though it has been used to a considerable extent in isolated localities. It was at first considered from the standpoint of plant food, and as such of course could not receive a very enthusiastic support from men that had found out by various tests that there was already in the soil more lime than the plants could use. But when the soils of the various states came to be examined for acid it was found that many of them were so strongly acid that some of our most important plants would not grow on them satisfactorily. In the soil surveys carried on during the past three years in Illinois it has been found that one-third of the soils of the state are so strongly acid that they will not grow red clover and other legumes successfully until treated with lime. Of the other two-thirds of the state, some of the soils are slightly acid and would be improved by an application of lime. THE DAIRY Instruction by Judges of Dairy Products. We are glad to note that at many of the dairy conventions being held this winter, at which exhibits of butter and cheese are made, one feature on the program is a conference between the judges and the makers of butter and cheese, as to reasons for their scorings. Hitherto judges have rendered their decisions and this has been the end of their work. The exhibitors and the spectators could guess as to the reasons for the low scores and the high scores. The men that got the low scores went home and made the same old blunders that had resulted in their butter entered for prizes not getting any. It has long been believed by progressive dairymen that the exhibits of dairy products should be made more instructive by the judges explaining to the exhibitors and audience generally why they made their decisions. Of course this is not an altogether pleasant thing for the judges to do, as it opens them to more criticisms than otherwise. For if all the exhibitors know on just what points the judges made their decision many of them are bound to disagree with them, and this will give rise to numerous criticisms. But we believe it is the right thing to do, even though it is hard on the judges. They must be willing to sacrifice themselves to public good. The exhibitors themselves must not be too exacting in this matter. They must remember that all such decisions are a matter of judgment largely, and that fixed standards are impossible. The maker of butter may use an amount of salt that will please himself, but the butter judge must mark the saltness up or down as it corresponds to the requirement of the market in which he has received his experience. We know that different cities of the world have very different standards in this respect. So it goes as to color, flavor and so forth. But there are some things on which there is considerable agreement. Among these is the presence of weedy flavors or flavors resulting from the butter having been exposed before or after churning to smells of various kinds. Where these are detectable at all in the butter they of course are just cause for marking off the exhibit. Men differ very greatly in the keenness of their senses of taste and smell. The farmer that has made the butter, being accustomed to the smells of the barnyard, the weeds in the pastures, and a multitude of smells of vegetables and grasses, may not be able to detect such in the butter, while those not accustomed to them detect them at once. The butter and cheese judge must be keen in such matters. These conferences of the judges with the makers of butter and cheese are sure to be helpful to both. A New Danger from Milk. Just how many troubles of the cow can be transmitted to man we do not know. Many persons are about settled on the point of the transmissibility of tuberculosis from cows to man. We know absolutely that cow pox is transmissible, as well as some other troubles. Many of the English papers are now publishing reports of an epidemic of sore throat that has broken out in one locality, which has been almost conclusively traced to the milk of dairy sows supplying the people of that locality. One common milk supply provided two milkmen with the material for their trade. About 100 cases of sore throat broke out in the community, and of these 76 of the patients had been using milk from this one source. The circumstantial evidence was so strongly in favor of the milk being the conveyor of the disease, that the medical officers started an investigation. This showed that some of the cows were yielding milk abnormal in character. It contained a substance resembling the pus of an abscess. The microscope showed this pus to consist of organisms similar in character to the organisms in the pus in the sore throats of the people affected. The evidence would seem to be about conclusive. It is strange that cows so affected should be milked and the product sold. The owners should have enough humanity to decline to sell milk so affected, knowing that it carries with it much danger to the users. The case in England should prove a lesson to American producers of milk. Coal Tar Colors Prohibited. The food commissioner of North Dakota has sent out a circular prohibiting the use in that state of butter colors founded on coal tar dyes. Some of these dyes are called analine, but it matters not what the name given them, be they will not be allowed to be used in food articles, if the state can prevent it. There is really no necessity for the use of these dyes, which are generally regarded as in a measure harmful to the human system when used in food. There are vegetable colors that are just as good, but which have been driven out of the market to some extent by the cheaper dyes manufactured from coal tar. This law goes into effect on April 1, 1904. A similar ruling went into effect in Minnesota on January 1st. We may expect to see a similar rule put into effect in all of the states having dairy and food commissions. There is something fine in the idea of love at first sight. 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Wichita, Kansas, Saturday Jan. 30, 704 If there is a war, which are you going to bet on, Russia or Japan? London had 205 rainy days last year. No wonder the toper's black list failed to keep the town dry. What Russia is anxious to do is to emigrate to a warm country. She's to big to pen up in her snowdrifts. Bradstreet's states that 30 per cent of those who fall in business are those who do not advertise. Enough said. And it is in the year 1904 that the niece of the great Napoleon dies, easily is a century of history spanned The soaring price of wheat indicates that the dove of peace is having some difficulty in finding an olive branch. Canada talks of buying Greenland and thus wisely elects to do her panding along the line of leastistance. Dr. Parkhurst declies New Year resolutions. Still, as baim for the Katzenjammer conscience they certainly help some. When the Russian battle ship Osiliia meets the Japanese Shikishima I deadly combat it will be a troublesome day for the proof readers. Is there anybody more exasperating than the man who asks you for your opinion about something and the doesn't stop to listen to it? The extravagance of a woman who spends a quarter for chocolate bombs makes the man who smokes 50 cent cigars a terrible pessimist. Why should the London Times wish its readers a happy new year and then start in by publishing a new piece of verse by Alfred Austin? It's a satisfactory working arrangement where a husband gives his wife some judicious flattery and the wife give her husband some judicious cookery. A Columbus clergyman says the source of man's power is his ability to keep a secret. We trust this is not intended as a reflection upon the women. The way for a girl to have a nice rosy complexion is for her to try to climb a fence and get caught with half of her on one side and half on the other. It is not to be wondered at that an applicant for a marriage license did not know his name. Just at that stage of the game a man is in that frame of mind. If the author of "Builders of the Beautiful" is right in saying that the body is the dramatization of the soul, how unlovely a good many people's souls must be! The London Lancet declares that the plum pudding has no nutritive value. Still, as a completely satisfying and vacuum filling viand there is nothing like it. If Czar Nicholas could have foreseen that Poet Laureate Austin was going to write a poem about him surely he never would have let the situation reach such a crisis. Although this is leap year, miss, you cannot ask him to sit up and watch for the eclipse of the moon, for there aren't going to be any eclipses of the moon this year. An frate Nova Scotia member of parliament announces his desire and ability to thrash any citizen of the United States. But did he ever see our Mr. Jeffries in action? The man who breathes through his nose, keeps his feet dry, avoids drafts and liquor, and observes ordinary rules of hygiene has comparatively little to fear from pneumonia. A man who was supposed to be a pauper died in Omaha the other day with $25,000 concealed under the linings of his clothes. He came just as near as any one can come to taking it with him. The startling news comes that "out of 2,000 convicts in the Ohio penitentiary not one could repeat the ten commandments." But, by the way, can you rattle off the entire ten yourself without a stumble? Tsi An, the doughty dowager empress of China, is delighted with her new automobile, and the next time that war brings foreign troops to the city's walls she will be able to beat the Chinese record out of Pekin. Speaker Cannon complains that he has been swindled by a book agent. And the worst of it is that the agent who came it over your Uncle Joe wasn't a sweet maiden who was bravely supporting an invalid mother. Abe Hummel, the New York lawyer, says that there are from 500 to 1,000 women in his city who never speak to their husbands, although they live in the same houses with them. This shortage of talk is made up for by some wifes who don't do much else. SOUNDING THE ALARM. GERMAN PRESS WAKE UP !!! WE MUST RESIST THIS YANKEE INVASION GERMANY --- TELLS PLAIN TRUTH. CHAMBERLAIN'S POWERFUL ADDRESS AT CARDIFF. Upon the Consuming Capacity of Their Own People All Producing Countries Must Mainly Depend for General and Permanent Prosperity. Among the speeches delivered by Joseph Chamberlin in his vigorous campaign for protection in Great Britain, that of Nov. 20 at Cardiff is one of the ablest and most interesting. His main endeavor was to enforce the proposition that it is upon its own home market that a country must safely depend for substantial and enduring prosperity. In this he succeeded thoroughly. He told the Cardiff coal operators that it was of far more value to them to sell their coal for use at home than to export it to foreign countries, and that they would suffer from any condition that should work against the industries of Great Britain as a whole. The story of the trade in tin plate must have made a strong impression upon the Welshmen who had lost it. In 1892, Mr. Chamberlain told them, they exported 450,000 tons, and the United States was their principal market. Last year they sold only 65,000 tons to the United States. The McKinley tariff of 1891 was what brought about the change. As the United States now produces 400,000 tons of tin plate yearly and employs 50,000 wage earners in that industry. He warned the Welshmen that they could not hope to hold even the trade of 65,000 tons, for the United States will soon make all of the tin plate which it requires. Just at this point Mr. Chamberlain made a curious slip. He declared that in 1890, if Great Britain had had a protective tariff as a basis for comparion on the tin plate could have been prevented. Said he: "What special interest had the United States of America in keeping a trade which only amounted to 550 tons of tin plate, if we had been able to go to them and say, 'If you will leave tin plates to us, we will in return give you something;' or even if we had said, 'If you will leave tin plates to us, there is something we will take from you.' And in either of these cases if we had dealt with business men, as business men ourselves, I believe we could have made an ar- SOUNDING rangement. It would have been better worth while for Mr. McKinley to have allowed tin plates to remain to us, provided, on his side, he had employment for American workmen to a larger extent in some other industry in which America was interested." We think Mr. Chamberlain is mistaken in supposing it possible to have made such a dicker with Mr. McKinley, just as we think he will experience great difficulty in persuading the colonies to refrain from industrial development along lines that conflict with British production. The tendency of live, progressive peoples of the Anglo-Saxon race is to make things for themselves, not to pay foreigners for making them. Mr. McKinley had the sagacity to see in tin plate the possibilities of a new and valuable industry if suitably safeguarded by a protective tariff, and it is idle to suppose that he could have been persuaded to side track his splendid project because of any trade dicker which Great Britain could possibly have proposed. Neither do we think that Canada and Australia will consent to stifle their own industrial development in return for the proffer of tariff preferences on their natural products. Mr. Chamberlain will undoubtedly succeed in displacing free trade and installing protection, but he has yet to learn what protection is not, and that the old plan of keeping the colonies in a state of industrial subjection and dependency will not work. The world is moving too fast for that. FREE-TRADE STALKING HORSE. Reciprocity Being Used as an Indirect Way of Surrendering the Home Market. The proposition to establish "closer trade relations with Canada" has been stirred up once more. The stirring up comes from the towns and cities in the United States located along the Canadian border. Such towns and cities, for their own benefit, would like to have free trade with Canada. As a result of such free-trade they would secure family supplies, such as butter, eggs, beef and pork, cheaper than at the present time. The hotels and caterers along the great St. Lawrence river if free trade were established, would buy their commissary supplies much cheaper than at the present time. The American camper along the St. Lawrence can steal over into shanties and buy a leg of mutton for about half the American price, and so can that that is a nice thing to be able to go. Everything is cheaper I mean than in the United States because there is a greater demand in the United States and more people to be fed. If our tariff laws were changed several millions of Americans living near the Canadian borders would be fed and fatten on the products of Canada. These are the issues as they are and not as they are made to appear to be at the so-called "reciprocity" conventions. The "reciprocity" sentiment comes from Minneapolis, where the mills are sighing for Canadian wheat; from Detroit, where the people would like to have the American wage system continued and also like to have the benefit of the low priced farm and family supplies from across the border in Canada. The Minneapolis mills are now owned by English capital and the Minneapolis newspapers announce that they are in favor of "reciprocity with Canada," which would include free wheat. A great many people in Boston are in favor of "reciprocity with Canada because they could buy beef and pork, butter and eggs cheaper from the Canadians than they can buy them now from the people of Iowa. By the way, how could a Canadian treaty be arranged? Are we to swap wheat for wheat, corn for corn, hogs for hogs, cattle for cattle, butter for butter, eggs for eggs? These are competitive articles. They are the staples of both countries. Blaine's idea of reciprocity was to swap northern products for tropical products. He never proposed to try to trade with the people that were in the same business as the people of our own country. Reciprocal treaties with Canada have been difficult and unsatisfactory because both people are in the same business. The Americans have the advantage of the Canadians because we have a great country and a great home market. They have a great country and no home market. Therefore they are talking gibly about "reciprocity" and suggesting that the American people are mean and "ungenerous" because they do not trade and buy more stuff from Canada. Some of our own people say that we ought to be good and THE ALARM. GERMAN PRESS WAKE UP !!! WE MUST RESIST THIS YANKEE INVASION GERMANY blow cur money into Canada. Reciprocity as a general proposition is now simply used as a means of giving up part of the American home market to the foreigner. Some people are attempting to do by reciprocity what they have been unable to do by free trade.—Des Moines Capital. Olive Milns. Protectionist. "I was driven out of England," says Olive Milns in a contribution to the American Economist. Why? Not for any crime, not because of any offense, or dereliction. Simply because, as a woman, she could not support herself in that free trade country. So she came to this protected country. With what result she tells most forebly and entertainingly. Denied the privilege of self-respecting self-support in the land of her birth, she "sailed for this glorious country," as she says, "where industries are protected from foreign competition, where a woman can be somebody and do something for herself." No American can read the story told by Miss Milns without a feeling of pride at the tribute which she pays to the superior conditions which prevail here in relation to woman's work. No fair mind can reject her conclusion that it is because of protection that women find in our country opportunities and possibilities such as are not to be had in free trade England. It is a potent plea for protection from a woman's point of view. A Food Tariff in England The fear has been expressed in some quarters that a food tax in England will lessen the market value of our exports of agriculture. Singularly enough this sort of opinion comes from those who have all their lives held that the consumer pays the tax. It cannot be denied that a British tax on food might have some effect on the price of our agricultural exports, but it would be because of a lowered consumption on account of higher British prices, and not because the Britsher can transfer his import tax to the American producer.—Kansas City Journal. T J. W. Walls, Super-intendent of Streets of Lebanon, Ky., says: "My nightly rest was broken, owing to irregularities of the kidneys. I suffered intensely from severe pains in the small of my back and through the kidneys and was annoyed by painful passages of abnormal secretions. Doctors failed to relieve me. I began taking Doan's kidney Pills and I experienced quick and lasting relief. Doan's kidney Pills will prove a blessing to all sufferers from kidney disorders who will give them a fair trial." Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y., proprietors. For sale by all druggists, price 50 cents per box. Some men never appreciate home until they are miles away from it. Try me just once and I am sure to come again. Defiance Starch. An argument isn't always worth the time it takes to call "it's your opponent. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colds. Zoo a bottle. No, Maude, dear; Indians do not always travel on scalers' tickets. Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infallible medicine for coughs and colds.—N. W. SAMUEL, Ocean Grove, N. J. Feb. 17, 1900. When the undertaker is busy he is rushed to death. PUTNAM FADELESS DYES are fast to light and washing. Temptation is the balance in which character is weighed. 10,000 Plants for 160. This is a remarkable offer the John A. Salzer Co. La Crosse, Wis. makes. They will send you their big plant and seed catalog, together with enough seed to grow 1,000 fine, solid Cabbages. 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 is made in order to reduce you to try their warranted seeds and then buy them without them you will grow no others, and ALL FOR BUT 16C POSTAGE. ALL FOR BUT 100 POSTAGE, 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 Cauliflower. (W. N. U.) Negro Authors. Daniel Murray, one of the workers in the Library of Congress, has prepared an exhibit of books and pamphlets by negro authors, showing 2,300 titles, beginning with Hiempsal, King of Numidia, in 120 B. C. United States Life Savers. So effective is the life-saving service of the United States that from disasters to 246 documented vessels on the coast during the year, having 3,862 persons on board, only twenty lives were lost, and of the $9,000,000 worth of property put in jeopardy, but a little more than $1,000,000 was lost. Corn in British Honduras. Corn, being the staple food of the population of British Honduras, occupies the largest area, and though the planting consists merely of making a hole in the ground and dropping the seed therein, the average return is over fifty bushels to the acre; yet the importation of corn for the last fiscal year was valued at $15,322. White Blood Corpuscles. Recent experiments in France show that the white blood corpuscles, or "leucocytes," besides absorbing foreign bodies, destroying worn-out cells, absorbing liquid poisons, and carrying food substances to the tissues, also fulfill a very important function in distributing medicinal drugs to all parts of the body and carrying them in particular to the location in which they will do the most good. DR. FED HIMSELF Found the Food that Saved Hia Life. A good old family physician with a lifetime experience in saving people finally found himself sick unto death. Medicines failed and — but let him tell his own story. "For the first time in my life of sixty-one years I am impelled to publicly testify to the value of a largely advertised article and I certainly would not pen these lines except that, what seems to me a direct act of Providence, saved my life and I am impressed that it is a bounden duty to make it known. "For 3 years I kept falling with stomach and liver disorders until I was reduced 70 lbs. from my normal weight. When I got too low to treat myself, 3 of my associate physicians advised me to 'put my house in order' for I would be quickly going the way of all mankind. Just about that time I was put on a diet of Grape-Nuts predigested food. Curiously enough it quickly began to build me up, appetite returned and in 15 days I gained 6 lbs. That started my return to health and really saved my life. "A physician is naturally prejudiced against writing such a letter, but in this case I am willing to declare it from the housetops that the multiplied thousands who are now suffering as I did can find relief and health as easily and promptly by Grape-Nuts. If they only knew what to do. Sincerely and Fraternally yours." Name of this prominent physician furnished by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Look in each package for a copy of the famous little book, "The Road to Wellville." MARKETS CORRECTED DAILY. Kansas City. NATIVE STEERS $ 3 75 @ $ 4 90 HOJ-4 - Choice to heavy 4 90 @ $ 5 69 WHEAT - No. 3 hard 74 @ $ 77 CORN - No.? White @ $ 41% OATES - No. 3 White 88 @ $ 90 HILLS Choice Timothy 9 00 @ $ 9 50 Prairie @ $ 7 21 BUTTER 19 @ $ 21 EOG-4 @ $ 27 Chicago Live Stock. GOOD TO MAIN STEERS $ 4 75 @ $ 5 75 NINES & PRESDEATS 2 95 @ $ 4 15 HEIFERS @ $ 4 50 EOG-4 @ $ 5 00 Chicago Grain. WHEAT - No. 2 Hard $ 80 @ $ 82 CORN - No. 2 @ $ 41% @ $ 41 OATES - No. 2 @ $ 38% @ $ 38 St. Louis Live Stock. BEEF STEERS $ 3 90 @ $ 5 70 COWS & HEIFERS 2 25 @ $ 4 85 TEXAS STEERS 3 40 @ $ 4 35 Cotton. MI 11 Classes LIVERPOOL 8,161 NEW YORK 13,419 GALVESTON 11,419 Chicago Futures. Open High Low Close Today Yield WHEAT- May 96% 93% 89% 89%20 July 81% 82% 81% 81%20 CORN- May 43% 50% 49% 49%20 July 43% 48% 49% 49% ATENS- May 43% 42% 41% 42%20 July 35% 37% 37% 37% Wichita Live Stock. HOGS $ 4 75 @ $ 4 92% CATTLE - STOCKER- @ $ 4 92% COWS 1 90 @ $ 2 85 HEIFERS @ $ 2 50 STEERS @ $ 3 40 LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF. A serious hurricane has swept over the Fiji islands. The Pecos Valley depot at Roswell is destroyed by fire. On January 15 there is in operation 21,006 rural delivery routes. The blizzard caught the Rock Island with a train load of California fruit. A gas explosion in a coal mine at Cheswick, Pa., killed nearly 180 men. The Mississippi legislature has reelected Senators McLaurin and Money. With the thermometer at 35 below zero a fire at Dawson, Alaska, caused a loss of $105,000. Chicago had sixty-three fires during the twenty-four hours ending Sunday night at 10 o'clock. Vice President Winchell, of the Rock Island says that his road is not going to build shops at Denver. Eleven election judges and clerks in Denver, have been arrested charged with violating the election laws. The amount of cement made in this country in 1903 was 25,753,504 barrels, valued at almost one dollar a barrel. George Francis Train's brain weighed fifty-three and eight-tenths ounces; or six ounces more than the average. The United States attorney general says that railroad companies have no right to confiscate coal consigned to private individuals. Franklin Union No. 2, of press feeders in Chicago, is in the hands of a receiver, for failing to satisfy a judgment due the state. Hartford, Ct., has had a $200,000 fire, which started in a four story block, destroying it and partly destroying an eight story block adjoining. Mrs. Ruth Brown Thompson, daughter of John Brown, "The Liberator," died at her home in Passadena, Cali, on January 15, aged 75 years. Heavy snow drifts on St. Louis street car tracks held hundreds of people over night at their places of business, they being unable to reach their homes. The estate of Winfield S. Stratton, the original Cripple Creek miner, has just been appraised at $6,325,000. The state will claim $300,000 as inheritance tax. The Kansas City Journal observes: Korea is about the size of Kansas. Fancy Kansas sitting quietly and allowing Russia and Japan to come in and slice up her real estate. The report circulated in the United States from The Hague that former President Kruger is so feeble that his friends are most anxious regarding him, is incorrect. Mr. Kruger is enjoying excellent health. Nearly 1,000 men were thrown out of employment in South Chicago by the closing of the Iroquois Furnace company's plant. Mayor J. M. May, inventor of farm machinery, is dead, aged 90 years. He once owned the best portion of that city but died in poverty. Last year 804,706 passengers were brought to the United States from foreign countries by the steamship lines and over two-thirds of this number came for the purpose of making their homes here. One-fifth of them were steerer passengers Ice at the mouth of the Des Moines river formed a gorge flooding the low lands and threatening the town of Alexandra. This Mississippi is held fast by ice causing a rising of water over the same territory flooded last summer. Three persons were burned to death, two were fatally hurt and ten were badly injured in a gas explosion that wrecked the Seltz hotel in Marion, Indiana. There were 12,000 home seekers on the special trains from Chicago, for points in Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico, in one day last week. The manuscript of Milton's "Paradise Lost" was offered for sale in London at auction, with a reserve price of $25,000, and the highest bid was $23,-750. The manuscript was not sold. A college education may pay, but all college graduates don't. ARE YOUR CLOTHES FADED? Use Red Cross Ball Blue and make them white again. Large 2 oz. package, 5 cents. When a girl doesn't know which way to turn she generally turns pale. If you don't get the biggest and best it's your own fault. Defiance Starch is for sale everywhere and there is positively nothing to equal it in quality or quantity. When love flies out of the window alimony walks in at the door. A CALENDAR WATCH. First One Cost $2,600.00—Made For Napoleon Bonaparte. A watch that tells the second, minute, hour, day of the week, day of month, and changes of moon, is a time-piece that until recently could be owned only by the nobility because of the high cost. The first one cost $2,600 and was made entirely by hand and consumed over two years time in construction. About 50 years later a Swiss concern placed on the market which could be sold in this country for about $200 each. This watch that has hitherto been sold at a price which only the well-to-do could afford has just been put on the market at a low price and it is a watch which fills a long felt want. If a watch tells us the hour and the minute of the day, why should not the same machine tell us the day of the week, day of the month, and month of the year? A prominent manufacturer has realized the usefulness, if not the actual necessity of such a time-piece, and by simplifying the mechanism and arranging to turn them out in large quantities, has, after several years of work and the expenditure of a large amount of money, succeeded in producing a watch thoroughly reliable in every way. This watch is a perpetual calendar as well as a time-piece, and what is of more interest to the public is sold at a price but a fraction above that of an ordinary watch of like grade. Contrary to the supposition of the uninitiated, it is not an intricate assembly of complicated parts, but is as simple as any regular time-piece. On the dial, in addition to the small second dial, it has three small dials of like character, one showing the days of the week, another the days of the month, while a third shows the month of the year. By an ingenious attachment to one of the wheels, when the hour and minute hands show midnight, the small hands indicating the days of the week and the days of the month, move forward automatically one day, thus saving the wearer the necessity of changing the calendar attachment, and in consequence the watch needs no care or attention after being once correctly set except to be wound regularly. The manufacturers have been quick to appreciate the certainty of a large demand for this article in this country and have arranged to market them through Dellhart Mnfrs. & Traders, Ltd., a prominent NEW YORK house who, as an introductory measure will furnish their direct to the public, An article that so completely fills a want has seldom been seen, and has hitherto been utterly disregarded by manufacturers. It can consistently be said that for usefulness and reliability this is one of the most attractive articles in the watch line. An advertisement setting forth the merits of this watch appears elsewhere in these columns. All the world loves a lover except the fellow who has been cut out. 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. 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. You can purchase at your Druggist's. The McPike Drug Co. PISO S CURE FOR CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use in time. Sold by druggists. CONSUMPTION NO MONEY TILL CURED. 25 YEARS ESTABLISHED. We send FREE and notpaid a 200 page treatise on Piles, Flatula and Diseases of the Rectum; also 100 page bills. Treatise on Diseases of Women. Of the thousands cured by our mild method, once paid a cent till cured—we furnish their names on application. DFS. THORNTON & MINOR, 10 10 Oak St., Kansas City, Mo. WINCHESTER 'NEW RIVAL" BLACK POWDER SHELLS. It's the thoroughly modern and scientific system of loading and the use of only the best materials which make Winchester Factory Loaded "New Rival" Shells give better pattern, penetration and more uniform results generally than any other shells. The special paper and the Winchester patent corrugated head used in making "New Rival" shells give them strength to withstand reloading. BE SURE TO GET WINCHESTER MAKE OF SHELLS. Wilma C. C. D. Miss Gannon, Secy's Detroit Amateur Art Association, tells young women what to do to avoid pain and suffering caused by female troubles. "DAR MRS. PINKHAM: I can concien tiously recommend Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to those of my sisters suffering with female weakness and the troubles which so often befell women. I suffered for months with general weakness, and felt so weary that I had hard work to keep up. I had shooting pains, and was utterly miserable. In my distress I was advised to use Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and it was a red letter day to me when I took the first dose, for at that time my restoration began. In six weeks I was a changed woman, perfectly well in every respect. I felt so clated and happy that I want all women who suffer to get well as I did." — MISS GULA GANNON, 359 Jones St., Detroit, Mich., Secretary Amateur Art Association. — $5000 for first of a dozen letter pressing geniusness cannot be produced. When one considers that Miss Gannon's letter is only one of the countless hundreds which we are continually publish in the newspapers of this country, the great virtue of Mrs. Pinkham's medicine must be admitted by all. Afflicted with sore eyes, Thompson's Eye Water MEXICAN Mustang Liniment cures Sprains and Strains. CAPSICUM VASELINE (PET TP IN COLLISION TUBES) A substitute for and superior to mustard or any other plaster, and will not blister the most delicate skin. The pain-allaying and curative qualities of this article are wonderful. It will stop the toothache at once, and relieve headache and sciatica. We recommend it as the best and safest external counter-critter known, also qualifying this article for the stomach and all rheumatic, neurasytic and scour complaints. A trial will prove what we claim for it, and could be inquireable in the household. Many want the best of all your preparations." Price 15 cents, at all druggists or other dealers, or by sending this amount to us in postage mail we would be pleased to accept by the public unless the same carries our label, as otherwise it is not genuine. CHESEBROUGH MFG. CO. 17 St State Street, New York City. Here Is a Sure Cure for Constipation. Constipation is a dangerous disease. It causes indigestion, dyspepsia, lung, liver and kidney disorders, makes bad blood and weakens constitution. Nothing will pull you down quicker than constipation. Neither pills nor any physic will cure and they are dangerous. You know this constipation will cause a strong failure to make a cure. It is not a physic. No watery and unsatisfactory stools that weaken and pull you down when you use them. Mull's Grape Tonic is a scotting remedy which exerts a strengthening and stimulating influence over the muscles and organs of the alimentary tube. Constipation is rotting and fermented the unjudged fiber of alimentary canal. From this feld marts there arises foul odors that find their way into the blood, causing bad health. Recovery will be well. Mull's Grape Tonic cures If you are constipated we want you to accept our free offer of a 50c bottle. W give it unconditionally to any person who wants it. We know Mull's Grape Tonic will cure you and are willing to give you the first bottle to prove At. Send your name on this coupon as it may not appear again. This Coupon Will Get You a 50c. Bottle of Mull's Grape Tonic Fill out this coneon and send to the Lightning Nation, 200 S. 34th St., N.Y., 10014, for a full size 80c, bottle of Nuity's Grape Tonic. I have never taken Nuity's Grape Tonic, but if you will supply me with a 50c, bottle free, I will take it as directed. Name Street No. City State. GIVE FULL ADDRESS AND WRITE PLAINLY. 50c. and $1.00 a bottle at all druggists. When Answering Advertisements Kindly Mention This Paper. PATENTS PATENT 314 t PILES NO MONEY We send FREE and mattapal Rectum; also 100 page citrus by our child medical care or CHORN WINCH 'NEW RIVAL' It's the thoroughly ing and the use of Winchester Factory L ter pattern, penetratio ally than any other sh chester patent corrug Rival" shells give t BE SURE TO GET W When Answering Advertisements Kindly Mention This Paper. --- You never hear any one complain about "Defiance Starch." There is none to equal it in quality and quantity, 16 ounces, 10 cents. Try it now and save your money. It's the love of the other fellow for your money that is the root of all evil. STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, 188. FRANK J. CHENY makes cash that he is senior partner of the firm of F. J. CHENY & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County, and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of $100,000 for each and over one case of CATARM that cannot be cured by the use of HALL'S CATARME CURR. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this six day of December, 1894. A. W. GLEASON, REAL NOTARY PUBLIC. Hall's Catarh Cure is taken internally and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send iq testimonial tree. Y. J. CHENEY & CO., Tiedo, O. Sold by all Drugs, 756. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. Students of ancient history are never up to date. A. Bare Good Thing. "Am using ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE, and can truly say I would not have been without it so long, had I known the relief it would give my aching feet. I think it a rare good thing for having sore or tired feet.—Mrs. Matilda Holtwart, Providence, R. I." Sold by all Dragists, 23c. Ask to-day. Bread is the staff of life but the payroll is the stuff. The U. S. Dept. of Agriculture Gives to Salzer's Oats its heartiest endorsement. Salzer's New National Oats yielded in 1903 from 150 to 300 bu. per acre in 20 different States, and you, Mr. Farmer, can be, this in 1904. If you still Salzer's seeds are pedigree seeds, bred up through careful selection to big yields. Per Acre. Salzer's Beardless Barley yielded 120 bu. Salzer's House Builder Corn. 80 bu. Speltz and Macaroni Wheat. 80 bu. Salzer's Victors, Rape. 60,000 kilos. Salzer's Teeslite, the quick. growing fodder wonder...100,000 lbs. Salzer's Billion Dollar Grass. 50,000 lbs. Salzer's Pedigree Potatoes... 1,000 bu. Now such yields pay and you can have them, Mr. Farmer, in 1904. exp. up to $1,000 and this notice to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crossie, Wits, and you will get their big catalog and lots of farm seed samples free. (W. N. U.) We are too apt to share our troubles and keep our joys to ourselves. Try One Package. If "Defiance Starch" does not please you, return it to your dealer. If it does you get one-third more for the same money. It will give you satisfaction, and will not stick to the iron. A dollar saved is often a dollar loaned. CALENDAR WATCH CALENDAR WATCH (Cut Full Size) Register the SECOND, MINUTE, HOUR. These changes are made AUTOMATICALLY at midnight. muscles Con- food mats mur way Re- Mull's ou to W. who you to you The movement is stemwind and set. Pieces run in jewelled holes (best grade) expansion balance; quick train; richly decorated porcelain dial; accurate and reliable. THIS IS A MOST WONDERFUL WATCH Made in Switzerland and nearly all by handwork. In the illustration you can see what the different types of jewels will want one of these novel and useful timespieces. YOUR MONEY REFUNDED if on examination, You do not find everything as represented. We are selling accounts for the DELLIHART WATCHES and we will sell only a limited number as the present price. PRICE $7.45 EACH. Quantities of two or more, $7.00 each. WE PREPAY express charges to any part of the United States on all orders accompanied with resistance in it. REFERENCES: Commercial Agencies, New York Banks, or any Express Company. ADDRESS DELLHART MANUFACTURERS & TRADERS, LTD., FREE BOOK ON PATENTS, TRADE-MARKS, ETC. 314 to 317 Junction Bld., Kansas City, Mo. KEY TILL CURED, 25 YEARS ESTABLISHED. nearest paid a 200 page treatise on Piles, Flies and Diseases of the ageulus. Treatise on Diseases of Women. Of the thousands cured, none paid a cent till cured—we furnish their names on application. BRENTON & MINOR, 1010 Oak St., Kansas City, Mo. HESTER "VAL" BLACK POWDER SHELLS. roughly modern and scientific system of load-use of only the best materials which make memory Loaded "New Rival" Shells give betetration and more uniform results generator shells. The special paper and the Wincorrugated head used in making "New give them strength to withstand reloading. NET WINCHESTER MAKE OF SHELLS. BEGGS' CHERRY COUGH SYRUP cures coughs and colds. FLOODS---ICE GORGES FLOODS---ICE GORGES Losses Run Into The Millions; Caused By Ice Gorges. CANADA ROADS SUFFER MUCH. the Rivers Concentrating There Western New York Got it. Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 25.—The gorges showed that the Allegheny now stood 29.6 feet, and was rising six-tenths of an inch an hour; the Monongahela at the wharf stood at 26.2, rising eight-tenths of a foot per hour; the Ohio at Davis Island dam at 25 and rising four-tenths foot per hour; all caused by ice gorges in the rives. A barge containing forty thousand bushels of coal has been sunk and the whole fleet, with nearly 275,000 bushels on board was in danger. At Now Castle the tin plate and steel mills are closed and the main thoroughfares are impassable. One river man estimates the losses from ice and water by railroads, manufactures and residents at a million dollars. Cleveland, O. The entire flood loss in this city is estimated at half a million dollars. The same amount is the estimate of losses at Loraine; some put it higher. Buffalo, N. Y.—With a continuous fall of rain for nearly 24 hours the immense quantity of snow throughout the western part of New York was rapidly turned into water which soon sent the rivers out of bounds, flooding portions of the city: demoralizing railroad traffic. Trains on the Grand Trunk and Canadian Pacific, were more than 12 hours behind time. A train is still stuck in the snow somewhere between Montreal an Toronto, and a train has been sent out to the rescue. Toronto.—Snow, sleet and rain have completely demoralized railroad traffic allover the province. The Chicago express arrived after spending 15 hours in a snow bank near St. Marys. No freight trains are moving, and some of the passenger trains were cancelled. Salvation Army Colony. Denver, Col., Jan. 28.—The Salvation Army colony at Amity, Colo., and the Home for Friendless, there, has been investigated by the State Board of Charities which endorses the management and results of the enterprise. The colony has about 300 members, and owns 2,000 acres of land, which, with improvements is valued at $100,-000. The colony is prosperous in every way. The board regards the Children's home as a marvel institution. Governor Peabody and the state school superintendent express the highest satisfaction with the institution. Scalded to Death. Manhattan, Kaus, Jan. 28.—Elmer Gardner, a student at the state agricultural college was scalded to death by falling in the pump pit which furnishes hot water for the college. He was standing near when the earth caved in carrying him down to his death. This puts the heating plant out of repair and closes the college for a time. Killed In The Sleeper. St. Louis, Jan. 28.—The Denver express on the main line of the Burlington railroad, was run into from the rear by a local accommodation passenger train while taking water. The rear of the Denver train was a sleeper. Most of those killed and seriously injured were in this car. Dnage By Ice Toledo, Jan. 26.—The ice in the Maumee river has caused more damage than this city has experienced from that cause since the flood of 1883. The gorge that formed at the city limits broke and the great mass of moving ice did considerable damage. Lived In Princely Style. London, Jan. 28.—The trial of Whitaker Wright ended in a tragedy. Within an hour after being found guilty and sentenced to seven years' penal servitude he was dead. Few millionaires lived in as princely style as Whitaker Wright. Mission College Destroyed. Erzerum, Armenia, Jan. 28. — The American mission college for girls here is destroyed by fire believed to be incendiary. An inquiry has been opened by authorities. The college was a fine modern building, completed in 1903. Extreme Cold Weather Chicago, Jan. 26. — Extreme cold weather is recorded in various sections of the North and West. The cold wave extends over the upper Mississippi and Missouri valleys and the western lake City Under Water. Wheeling, W. Va., Jan. 26.—The crest of the flood swell was reached when the stage was 44 feet 2 inches. One third of the homes in the city were inundated and the sharp fall in temperature caused much suffering. What Becomes of It If a man eats two pounds daily, near two pounds daily must in some way pass from his body, or disease and a premature death is a speedy and inevitable result. The food that is eaten must contain the elements necessary to supply nutriment to the system and free from all substances that bind the bowels. D. PRICE'S if eaten daily there will be a daily action of the bowels; waste removed, nutriment retained. It's Nature's food for man. Served hot or cold. Defiance Starch is put up 16 ounces in a package, 10 cents. One-third more starch for the same money. Money is the greatest trouble a man has when he hasn't any. To Curve a Cold in One day. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund money if it fails to curve 25c. 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