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THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT Sedgwick County REPUBLICANS Pick Your Choice. All Good Men More To Follow 5TH YEAR. BRIEF M Of Some Good M Political P -- At The H Sedgwick REPUB Pick Your Choice More To PARK MASSEY Park Massey is a candidate for the nomination as sheriff of Edgwick county. Mr. Massey will make a clean winning campaign if nominated. He is a branch Republican and is a tried friend of the colored man. The publicans look forward to his M. B. PARK MASSEY Very Formidable Candidate For the Nomination as Sheriff of Sedgwick County middley with great favor as they realize that if Park Massey nominated the party will be able to elect him and his name in the republican ticket will not a weight about the neck of every other candidate whose name might be on the ballot. He has record as a good conscientiouser and one who treats all men fairly. He is gifted at making cards and the ability to hold them. Park Massey has been a member of the Wichita police force for a number of years and very one speaks in the very finest terms of him both as a man and as an officer. The relicans further realize that the position will center their main office on the office of sheriff and a week man is given the nomination as was done two years it will mean the loss of that person to the party. In the candidacy of Park Massey the party have a candidate for sheriff strong in personality, ability in political following as anyerman on the ticket. Theored people will find that if Park Massey is elected they will given a greater representation an ever before in the history the county. It is to the interest of the colored voters at the time to tie to a man who win at the polls and not to who if nominated is doomed certain defeat at the hands of people. Park Massey if nomited will be elected. --- Mr. E. Webb is before the people as a candidate for the nomination as county treasurer. Mr. Webb is a life long republican and has been an active worker in the republican ranks for more than a quarter of a century. No matter what the prospects were for the party he has remained loyal to its cause. He has never held any electivd office, but has always helped his friends both personally and financially. He is one of the most successful farmers and stok raisers in Sedgwick county, and is conceded by all to be a sound business man and financier. If given the nomination Mr. Webb will make a successful campaign and will add stredgth to the ticket. His friends are numbered by the hundreds in Sedgwick county and extend beyond the boundary line of party affiliation. With the name of E. Webb on the republican ticket it will add additional strength to the party ticket. John D. Davis is a candidate for State Senator at the primaries to be held on the 25th of this month. Mr. Davis is well enough known in this city and county without making any comments at this time. His experience in legislative matters is such that in the event that he should be nominated the commercial and industrial interests of the city and county will be well taken care of. TRY THE BLUE SEAL CIGAR SOLD EVERYWHERE 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. WICHITA, KANSAS, FEB. 13, 1904. Frank J. Ford THE LOGICAL AND PROPER CANDIDATE FOR COUNTY CLERK Frank J. Ford, the third ward candidate for County Clerk, need no introduction to the business men of this county, who demand that this very important office shall be filled by a man of steady habits and known ability. Experiments in the County Clerk's office would prove disastrous to the county's best interests. With Mr. Ford's years of experience in the office, he is not presumptuous in his claim that he is well informed as to the duties of the office, as he would be, if he knew not the slightest detail of the business. He has voted the Republican ticket for 22 years and never yet been polled "doubtful." He has never changed his residence for political reasons, but has lived in the third ward continuously for ten years, whose choice he will be in the convention February 27th 1904. Bill to Prevent Color Discrimination All Colored People Should Insist that be Passed. Bill is Now in Hands Interstate and Foreign Commerce Commerce Committee—Names There is now a bill before the House of Representatives designed to prevent discrimination on railroad cars on account of race, color or previous condition of servitude, and it is the duty of every colored man with a spark of race pride, to see to it that this bill becomes a law. The bill was introduced by Hon. Edward Morrell of Pennsylvania, Nov. 1, 1903, and is now in the hands of the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. If this matter is agitated there is no reason why this bill should not become a law. The thing to do now, however, is to beseige the committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce with letters and requests asking it to cail up the bill. The following is the personnel of the committee and the members can be addressed, House of Representatives, D. C. Write your congressman as once and insist that House Bill number 4508 be called up. Republicans—Wm. P. Hepburn of Iowa, James S. Sherman, of New York' Irving P, Wanger of Pennsylvania; Jss. R. Mann, of Illinois; William C. Lovering, of Massachusetts; Fred C. Stevens, of Minuesota; Charles H. Burke, of South Dakota. John J. Esch, of Wisconsin; Francis W. Cushman, of Washington; Thomas B. Kyle, of Ohio; Charles E. Townsend of Michigan. Democrats—Robt C. Davey of Louisiana; William C. Adamson, of Georgia; Dorsey W. Shackle- ```markdown ``` It was announced last Sunday that Bishop C. T. Shaffer had moved Rev. P. D. Yocum as pastor of St. Paul A. M. E. church, of this city, and had appointed Rev. F. G. Barr, of Ottawa, Ks. to fill the vacancy. An effort was made to find out the cause, but the only thing which could be learned was that great dissatisfaction existed among the members of the church with their pastor, Rev. Yocum, which finally led to his removal by the Bishop. On Tuesday night Rev. Yocum preached his farewell sermon and announced his intention to leave Wednesday for his new charge --- ford, of Missouri; Wm. H. Ryan, of New York, William Richardson of Alabama; William B. Lamar of Florida.—Colored American. An Interesting Deduction The colored people generally have great reasons to rejoice. The growth of the race has been phenomenal; in history there is no parallel. The Negro has reasons to content himself. A tidal wave of industry sweeps over this country of ours, and there is no reason why the Negro soould crawl among the eddies while he may swim in the channels of this stream. The demand of the hour is for home builders among us; farmers with better crops and more acreage; banks with large depositors; lawyers having the respect of the courts, and educated ministers for rural towns and villages. The preachers who are educated and know how to inculcate the doctrine of right living and correct ethics delight to abide in populous cities so they may have people to "draw on," as they term it. The majority of the Negroes of America live in the south, and the majority of the southern Negroes live in the rural districts, and as long as the educated Negro preachers object to living among the people of the country, just so long will the people of the rural districts live in perpetual ignorance of sorrect ethics and right living! The north has done much for the Negro, and we take unto ourself the liberty to say the south has done the same. True the southern white man opposes the Negro politically tnd does it because the Negro opposes him politically If the Negro is human the southern white man is not less. When we take into consideration the fact that the war annihilated the southerners' home. disordered their plantations, freed slaves and set their financial, commercial and manufacturing interests back a hundred years, put yourself in his stead, remembering that he is human, and tell me truly, could you under any similar circumstances, have done better by a people emancipated from your control than he has done by you? Every man among you who answers yes has lied! The Negro who wants the north to interfere in the south is a dangerous factor in the race and does not deserve a following, relegate him to the rear to let him follow, but never lead. I love the north, the living and the dead; I appreciate all it has done for my people and thank the north for what it is still doing, but I have thanks for the white south, which has done so much for him that the major part of his (the Negro's) wealth approximating a billion has been accumulated on southern soil. If the southern white man is not the Negro's best friend he is one of his best friends which makes him his best friends, which makes him his best world.—Exchange. An Evening music, songs, recitations, speeches, mirth and frolic. A sure cure for the Blues. Given by the Eureka Social Club 1 Music 6 Rec Miss Tessie Edmonson 2 Address “ Education ” 7 Bass Solo John Edgerton Dr. C. P. Washington 4 Original Paper " Kansas " 9 Vocal Solo Mrs Robt. Braden Samuel Walker Admission 25c ```markdown ``` CHURCH STIRRED 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. 5 Music 10 Address Robt Hodges in Ottowo where he had been assigned. On Thursday morning, however, the news spread over the city that the Bishop had revoked his order removing Rev. Yocum and would permit Rev. Yocum to remain in Wichita. W. M. Dunson Painter All Kinds of Fine ARTISTIC PAINTING The Only Colored Painter the City. Work Guaranteed—Price Reasonable Office 703 N, Main Phone 936 W. N. MILLER, Editor Entered at the Post Office at Wiehita, Kansas, as Second - Class Mail Matter. Published Every Saturday at No. 110 NORTH MAIN ST. -RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION STRICTLY IN ADVANCE. One Year [ by mail ] ..... $1.00 Six months [ by mail ] ..... 75c Three months [ by mail ] ..... 50c ONE MONTH ..... 150. Advertising Rates Made Known On Appli cation. NOTICE!! - All matters addressed to THE SEARCHLIGHT for public tion must be signed by the part or parties writing. All matters for publication must reach this office not later than TUESDAY to reach publication in the current issue. RULES OF THE OFFICE. 1st. All Subscriptions must be paid in advance strictly. Agents take notice 2nd. Communications received after Wednesday noon will appear in the week. 3rd. In asking to change your paper from one office or one address to another always, give both, the old and new. 4th. Send Us all the news from your section of the City, County, State or County. We publish it FREE OF CHARGE. Write it plain and on one side of the paper only. 5th. No Name will be placed on our books without the money. So agents will send the money with subscriber's name. 6th Address all communications to "The Wichita Searchlight" Wichita, Kansas. Th Any erroneous reflection upon the character, standing or reputation of any person which may appear in this paper, will be gladly corrected if brought to the Editor. "To Live and Let Live," is OUR Motto. Announcements. W. R. Kessler, County Surveyor. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for re nomination for the office of County Surveyor subject to the Republican county convention to be held Feb. 27th, 1904. W. R. Kessler. E. Phillips, Coroner. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the nomination as Coroner of Sedgwick county subject to the Republican county convention to be held Feb. 27th, 1904. E. Phillip. nk J. Ford, County Clerk. hereby announce myself as candidate for the nomination as County Clerk of Sedgwick county subject to the Republican convention to be held Feb. 27, 1904. E. E. Encch, Prostate Judge. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the nomination as Probate Judge, subject to to the Republican convention to be held Feb. 27, 1904. Bert R. chards, County Clerk. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the nomination of County Clerk, subject to the Republican county convention to be held Feb. 27, 1904. M. M. McColliner, Coroner I. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for re-nomination for the office of Coroner, subject to the decision of my friends and the Republican county convention to be held Feb. 27, 1904. M. M. McColliner. J, L. Leland, County Clerk I hereby announce myself a candidate for the nomination as County Clerk, subject to the republican county convention Feb. 27th Jesse L. Leland. W. L. Appling, Register of Deeds W. L. Appling, Register of Deeds I hereby announce myself a candidate for re nomination for the office of Register of Deeds, subject to the republican county convention Feb. 27. W. L. Appling. J. H Stewart, State Senator I hereby announce myself a candidate for the nomination as State Senator, Subject to the republican county convention Feb. 27th. S. B. Kernan, Commissioner I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the nomination Commissioner for the 2d Commissioner District, Subject to the 2nd Commissioner, Republican convention Feb. 27th S. B. Kernan, L. A. Wilson, County Treasurer. I wish to inform my friends that I am a candidate for the nomination as County Treasurer subject to the republican conven- Feb. 27, 1904. L. A. Wilson. Don't forget to come to Garfield Hall,Wednesday night, Feb. 17th. The grandest time of the season. Jno. W. Adams Representative. I hereby announce myself a candidate far re-nomination for the office of Representative from the 72nd district subject to republican representative convention Feb. 27, 1904. A. C. Husey, Representative. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office as representative from the 71st district subject to republican representative convention. A. C. Husey. Park Massey, Sheriff. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for sheriff subject to the decision of the republican convention. Park Massey. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the nomination as county treasurer, subject to the decision of the republican county convention to be held Feb. 27. E WEBR THE SAME STAND The Searchlight still maintains its stand that the colored voters of our county should be given a fair representation, in appointments, at the hands of their chosen party when that party meets with success at the polls. But the Searchlight also maintains that it will not advocate the cause of white men for election or colored men for appointment who as soon as they are elected or appointed forget their friends who worked for his election or appointment. The day has passed for the ungrateful man in Kansas politics. If the Searchlight is good enough to fight the cause of men for election or appointment it ought, at least, be given some friendship after election. The trouble has been and is now, that some men have no further need of their friends after election or appointment. This should a nd must be stopped. Men who aspire for political preferment will some day learn to stop chasing after visionary rainbows and will learn that it will pay to stand by his friends. They must learn to protect the bridge that carries them over safely. As a republican exponent we view with alarm the present political outlook for our party in this state and county. The party seems to be torn asunder and it will call for heroic measures and calm, deliberate judgment to bring victory out of the present chaotic condition. The party can save itself only be the nomination of strong men for the various offices. If any man now holding office has not come up to to the average in his past campaign it would be folly on the part of the party to again venture before the people with his or their name again on the party ticket. Should the party do so defeat will be their portion We only speak from a motive of good will for the success of the ticket. When a human being gives up personal ambition, it is either through laziness or benevolence declares the Baltimore American. The two causes are antipodal in the scale of ethics, but to nothing between them may the renunciation be ascribed. It must be the one or the other. J. E. ALLEN, Successor to A. M. Richards, MONEY TO LOAN ON CHATTELS 151 N. MAIN WICHITA "UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL." Mrs. S. E. Patton is on the sick list this week. Mr. Wm. Wright has been on the sick list for several. The infant of Mr. and Mrs. Underwood died Monday. W. H. Hubble of Kan. City was in Wichita Wednesday Mrs. Richard Watson met with the misfortune of having a splinter stuck in her finger Miss Catie Anderson of Garden Plain was in the city last week en route to Richmond, Ind. Walter Gray is back to his former good health and is as lively as ever. He looks much better. Mrs. Allen Austin met with quite a painful accident Monday by unfortunately having a splinter stuck in her finger. A. W Harris, of Top-ka, who has been in the city the past two weeks in the interest of the Knights and Ladies of Protection, left Monday evening. One of the grandest affairs of the season will be the Grand Musicale at Gri field Hall Wednesday night, Feb. 17. Come out bring your family, have a fine time. The ladies of the G. L. A. club met Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. S. W. Jones. A pleasant time was spent in needle work after which a nice June con was served. Chief of Police Frank S. Burt returned Thursday from Chicago where he spent several days visiting with his brother. Chief Burt says that the weather is very cold in Chicago. Frank Gardenhire says he is out of polit cs. However, the boys look with a little suspicion at such a declaration from Frank. He is too useful a man to be permitted to keep such a mind. After five years constant laboring the Searchlight has finally convinced the colored people that it is with em when they are right—because they are right—and is with them when they are wrong, to get them right, so the Searchlight is always with the colored people. The Merchants who apreciate the trade of the colored people ADVERTISE IN THIS PAPER. PATRON LIZ TYM. The B T. W. met Wednesday with Mrs. Lawson Fines Quite an interesting program was rendered. The paper on "Silent People" by Mrs. L. Fines deserves special mention, also the recitation of Mrs. Morris and solo by Mrs. Tom Fines was grand. Refreshments were served. The club adjourned to meet Wednesday with Mrs. Massey on north water st. Mr. Geo. A. Clark has made a most painstaking and careful district clerk. He has watched with energy every interest of the tax payers and the patrons of his office. All who have had occasion to have dealings with the district erk's office agree that Mr. Clark is an id al clerk. He will receive renomination by acclamation. Mr. E Thaddeus Summytt, the very competent mailing clerk in the Wichita postoffice, is one of our most energetic young men. He is up-to-date in every regard and is destined to become one of the very prominent leaders of Kansas. W. S. HENRION DRUGGIST 801 N. Main St. Wichita, Kans. CARD OF THANKS. J. R Dunson wishes to express his sincere thanks for the many expressions of heartfelt sympathy and tender floral ofe inges durig the sickness and death of his niece Miss Celia Dunson. PERSONAL MENTION. The ball giveu by the Manhattan boys at Garfield hall on the 9th was a success. The Manhattan boys led by Messis. W. M, Phillips, P. J. Coleman and F. B. Buford, are worthy the consideration of all. The main topic among the society is the Grand Musicale which will be giveu by the Eureka Club at Garfield hall on Feb. 17th. A fine program about the race will be rendered between 8 and 9:30 pm Say, have you seen Prince Phillips? If not be at Garfield hall on Wednesday night, Feb. 17. Yes, he'll be there. J. B. H. Fray, the favorite, will be much in evidence on Wednesday night Feb. 17. His host of friends will be there to meet him. Themas Anderson still holds his own a long Wichita's society. He is all right and way. Pete J. Coleman is still invincible. Mrs. Birdie Waters spent last week in Hutchinson. Misses Grace Baker and Madge Yocum spent Saturday and Sunday in Newton. Remember the big musicale at Garfield Hall Wednesday night, Feb. 17th. Miss Cecia Dunson, neice of Joe R. Danson, died at the residence of her uncle 1151 north Ohio last Saturday afternoon. Funeral services were held Monday at 3 p.m. Rev. J. H. Vanue, state missionary, arrived in the city Monday from an extended visit over the state. Rev. will spend several days in the city taking a much needed rest. Rev. E A. Lyde, wife and two sons of Ottawa, are in the city and will make this city their future home. Rev. Lyde contemplates engaging in some kind of business in the near future. In Alabama recently Adam Green colored, was awarded $1,500 damages against "Bud" Robinson, a white man, for illegally restraining Green of his liberty on Robinson's Island in the Tennessee river in that state. This is the close of another of the peonage cases. The Trustees of the Tuskegee Institute have just received $20,000 from a lady in New York, who will permit the use of her name, to be added to the Endowment Fund of the institution. Four thousand dollars from another source for the same purpose has also been received from a Boston friend. Bishop Abraham Grant of the A. M. E. church was the victim of the ice and snow recently in Detroit, Mch, where he fell and fractured his knee; he is imprving nicely. The Negroes of Nashville, Tenn., have certainly started a bank. It is actually opened, and doing business It was opened on Jan. 16th. and took in on that day over $6,000.00. Its officers are: Rev. R. Boyd, D. D President; J. W. Bostiek, Vice President; J. C. Napier, Cessier. The Baptist Publishing House at Nashville does a business of $75000 per year. They do everything there is done in any other publishing house anywhere. They set the type stereotype the forms, do the press work, the binding the lettering and embossing. They have a lineotype machine, and buy their paper by the ear load. It is under the charge of Dr. Boyd. FREE TRIP TO THE WORLD'S FAIR IN..... St. Louis, Mo, 1904 Beginning with this issue of The SEARCHLIGHT, January 2nd 1904, we open a Su- cription Contest and to the Winner in this Contest we will furnish FREE TRANSPOR- TATION to St. Louis, Mo., and return, FREE ADMISSION to the Big World's Fair and two (2) days Board and Lodging ABSOLUTELY FREE FAIR Mo, Issue of THE to open a Sub inner in this RANSPOR- turn, FREE fair and two UTELY FREE!! 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Hannibal, ——__. +FINE+ MILLINERY {We solicit trabe ov the bass ot | Qeality at the Lowest Prices. 135 N. Main St Wichita, Ks 0SOO9 OO O9O 050994994 9OSH9GE Political Talk Judge Phos, C. Wilson is mak'ng an ideal record as District Judge. He is falfilling every claim which hus so often been made for him by his friends touching his judicial a~ bilities. The lion and the jsmb are sleep- ing serenely together in colored po: litical circles, there days. However, both sleep sondiy with one eye o- pen, All huve * “fersed up” to fol- low the Searchlight to succe:s, Everyone praise County Attcrney Otto G. Eckstien for the very able manner in whieb he has conducted the busiuess of his office, Jim McPherson says he is in the race to win the nom:nation as sher- iff, Jim says the fourth is with bin Sr a ee I ARKANSAS CITY NEWS. Rev. Garnett presehed quite an able sermon at the Secnd Baptist chureh dust Sunday. Mr. Wm. Logun who has been s riousty ill is rap.diy improving. Mr. Wm. Brown who has been very s ck with inflemmatory rhc u- matism is convale:e.ng. ; Mr, and Mr>. Clay Walliams of Newkirk spent Sunday in the city with friends. Miss Laws ef Eldvrado is in the city visiting. Quite a numb-r of friends met at the residence of Rev. and Mrs. Gar- nett on last Wedmesday eve and gave them a grand curpri-e. Mr, Ben Thompson of north 4th st. was robbed of abont, $25 ou last Sunday night. There is no clue te the robbers. The W, T, U. club met hst Wed- nesday afternoon with Miss Jenn « Hopper. many topics of interest viseuss-d by the ladies and a grand program was rendered, after whict the hist ss served a dainty tunch- eon. The elib adjourned to meet next Wedne-doy with Miss Jones. | FORT SCOTT, KS. ITEMS Mis. 8 J. Moore is organizing « Colored Y. M. C. A. in the city. She bas secured 17 members adr 0 ad ¥ and apromise from as many move Rey. J. L. Dudiey, the very able pastor of Shiloh Baptist church. is On the sick list this we k. E, Gordon is on the aick list and has b-en quite id. Maj. Geo. W. Ford whe has been leca*ed in this eity for the past ten years ag ke~per of the national eem- etery has been transferred tw Loni- siuna. | h~ oitizem+ of Bourbon coun ty r gardless to race or ourty regret to have Maj. Ford leave. ‘Pue people of this city haye or ganized a orpban’s home for the colored of ibis vity and surrounding town, andthe children out to the home are having a very nice time CHURCH DIRECTORY St. Paul A. M. EB, 521 X. Water St, 11 am preaching. 4 pm Sunday school, 7 pm Song Service, 8 pm Preaching, Rey, P. D. Yochnm, Pastor, Residence 51 N, Water, New Hope Buptist, North Mead ave, 11 am Preaching. 1pm Sunday School, 8 pm Preaching. Second Baptist, 521 N, Wichita. 41 am Preaching, 8 pm Sunday School, 8 pm Preaching, Rev. S. M. Hall, Pastor ‘Tabernacle Baptist. 834 .N. Water, di am Preaching, 1 pm Sunday School. 8 pm Preaching, Rev. A, H. Mayo, Pastor Dr.C P Washington spent this weck in Topeka to attend the State Medicai Booid examination. He bas our wish for success. Se eae ee ee ; : : IF You CAN’T CALL ; : _ _ Personally, send us your mail orders, : J Silk Musline, all colors, used for Rosettes, 15¢., Te, ‘ : Satin Taffety Ribbons No. 80, all colors 25c yd, : New Spring Millinery, New Spring Skirts ‘ : No Gold Bricks, But Good Valuus : ; 5 Va Od ® % 2 * % — s reece BPE K ES KE reer KKK KE KK SK PUEBLO ITEMS. The Athenivn club met at the residence vf Mrs, © atson’s 1101 Palmer ave. Quite a crowd was present a nice t:me-enjoyed by all, ‘Tue subject diecu-s:d was “Can the | South solve the Negro problem.” | The three nights bazaar at St. Paul's mission last we:k was af geaud snecess, The piliow was won by Mrs. Mary Brock. She had $4,95 more than Miss Payne her coutestant, The cake was cut in half and balf was sold te the andi- ence the rest was divided between Mics T, Anderson and another lady who had been runnir g for it. And quite a picce of battenburg reds on display, the work of Mrs, Alberta, it was a center pieve valued at $25. ‘The concert given by the ladies mission ¢ rele wus gocd owing to so many things going on quite a crowd Was present, a ne.t sum was real- zed. ‘There was a grand concert given at the 6tu street ball last Wednes- day eve. The prize for the best looking gent eman, a diamend ring, was awaided to Samuel Coleman of Pueb'o. Great preparation is being made for Lincoln's birthday celebration at the Odd Fei ow’s hell 2ud and Saata Fe, Friday. | The funeral of Mr. Fred Grady was beld a Betblenem Baptist church Sunday Jan. 3ist at 2o'clk ‘The service w s very impressive and showed the lifeef the deceased as christian. He suecumb:d to pnea: mouia, bis illness lasted only five days, He leaves a wife and six children to mourn his death, was a member of good standing in, the K. of P. The members of the same and the dau hters or Calauths turned out fn full to pay the last respec’ to tiveir deceas-d friend and brother. Mr Grady was hdd in hiSh esteem Ly ail those who knew hiw. He was onee an officer of the law and filled his position with credit, His oldest J-sse’ was in Chicago and dida’t get here for his faneral. Rev, W.R. Hardy con- ducted the: service. A leap yrar social waz given at | Bethl-b. m Bapti-t ehusch Monday eve Heb. 1, shelladies predominat- ed, The infnt daughter of Mr. Cul- pepper died Suuday, the fanera} washedat St. John A, M. E. church. ‘ho interment at River- view cemetery Monday. Miss E W, Buckser of Celorudo Spring: is in the city for an indefi— nite period. ‘Bho Athenian club met at the res. ideace ot Mrs. B. F. Grigsby tast Monday eve. quitea mumber were present; a pape was read on China by Miss Beulat Phillips. Miss Hattie Trailer is on the sick list this week suffering from a s2- vere culd. ‘The Violet Art club met at the residence of Ms Rosa Bowers last ac yancictshi oe ae Gio Wan obe Fe ge ee rere ; IB" Wo trade Ranches, Farme, Cite P operty and Mer ‘haidise é Oe ee | J. F. Bellew & Co. Real Estate & Imigration agts HF OF te Et Et SSE EE EF FT tt : Homes Sold On 7 Installment Pian. Easy Terms. : | Western cauds aud RaugesA Spreially” D alsin ham 620 Oklahoma and Colo:ado Farm? and Ranch Ler 3s. Patronage Solicited- . Office 110 N. Main, wichita, Kansas, 99000 000$00940900006090500 600906005505000O4abAEA MS ise ete ee Saal Ge ante eR EET RT gee arene : SHOES 7 Ixice Patent Leather For Menand Women | . > Only $2 50 uss. | > Edwin Clapp Shoes for men $5,00 ‘ : Boys Shoes $1, $1.50, and $2, CaaS EES uae) a eS COAL of ALL KINGS | Low Prices | Good Weights — JH. TURNER, } 533-543 W. Douglas Phone 496 | naan Hot Springs, Ark. ; Mssoe Bar) iad cal Leaying Wichita at 11:30 a,.m. on Missouri {Pacific train No. 49 passengers for Hot Springs can make throug connections, arriving at Hot Springs on the followiag morning at 9:45 a. m. This setvice was established Jan. 11th, and does away with the lay over at Ft. Smith, Ark,, which was the case before this date. Rate from Wi -hit» to Hot Springs, one way, $15.30, and round trip good for 80 daye, $25.90 The Missouri P=cific with this new service, is the shortest’ and . most direct route to this famous health rerort. For descriptive book, and Hot Springs literature, call on ar write— E, E. BLECKLEY, I, RB. SHERWIN, ae TPA Wichita, Ka. fi P. and. A, THE DAIRY Feeding Economically. It is impossible to feed economically while one kind of element is being given in such proportion that only a part of it can be utilized. If a cow can use in a day only two pounds of protein and 11 pounds of carbohydrates, it will be a great waste for us to feed her two pounds of protein and twenty pounds of carbohydrates. In that case, nine pounds of digestible carbohydrates will pass through the digestive system unutilized, and will be cast out into the manure heap. There are yet thousands of cow feeders that say they care nothing about the knowledge of balanced rations, but such men are certainly wasting good feed without knowing it. It is impossible to balance our foods perfectly, but we can balance them approximately. It is true that we have just begun to learn how to feed economically. There is little doubt that if the carbohydrates and protein feeds fed to the cows in the United States could be properly proportioned we would get at least twenty-five per cent more products of all kinds from them than we do at the present time. Now, sometimes it is the protein that is wasted and sometimes it is the carbohydrates, but both come in for a large share of the wastage. As yet dairy feeds are not sold according to their relative value, but according to the supply and demand. One kind of feed may be worth, say ten per cent less than another kind of feed, but if it becomes scarce it will pass the other in price. it will thus be seen that the economical feeder cannot take prices as a criterion by which to determine his feeding operations. In some parts of the country we find timothy hay selling for a greater price than clover and alfalfa, and cow keepers buying the timothy in preference to the other kind. In such cases the feeding is the opposite of economical. The Iowa Battle With Oleo. In Iowa the battle with oleo has been severe and long drawn out. Year after year the sellers of oleo have had to fight for existence in the state courts, and the butter-makers have been almost uniformly successful. The dairy commissioners of Iowa have been men that have not hesitated to use the full power of their office to make the dealers in oleo conform to the state law. The result has been that in recent years very little oleo has been sold in Iowa. Recently the commissioner, H. R. Wright, has won four cases, and an appeal for a new trial in the last one has just been refused, and a fine of $200 imposed. The last battle was won over the use of the word "yellow" in the Iowa law, with makers of the oleo declaring that their product could not be thus designated. The court, however, held otherwise. The fact seems to be that the oleo in question was only slightly yellower than is white butter as made at this time of year. But the practical result was that it was difficult for the buyers to tell it from winter made butter. Goats for Dairying. It seems likely that in the not distant future we will have to welcome the goat to the number of our dairy animals. The goat has long been an important factor in the dairying in foreign countries, but has never attained such distinction in this country. About the only place in which the goat has ever received any distinction of this kind in the United States is in some of the poorer portions of our large cities, where the nanny goat may be seen here and there trying to pick a living from among the piles of rubbish and tomato cans on the vacant lots. We understand that the United States Department of Agriculture is about to send an agent to Europe to study the milk goat there and the methods of caring for them and handling their milk. As all know, some of the most famed of the foreign cheese is made from the milk of the goat. The milk and cheese making industry in some of our European countries hangs largely on the milk-giving powers of the goat. The Hard Milking Cow. Every farmer has had trouble with hard-milking cows. Generally the difficulty comes from the smallness of the teats. The cow with very small teats with small orifices is doubly hard to handle in this respect. Nevertheless, some of these animals are good mothers and give a large mess of fairly rich milk. This fact has kept many such a cow alive when she would otherwise have been sent to the butcher. One of the best ways to utilize cows of this description is to make them foster mothers. The calves of the easy milking cows can be given to these to nurse for the first four weeks of their lives, or until other calves are ready to take their places. This is the practice with some dairymen and general farmers. It would be more generally practiced if the cows on our farms came in fresh in all the different months of the year instead of nearly all of them in the spring. As it is, the nurse cow finds herself without a calf to milk her by midsummer, and the hired man has to undertake the job. King Is Motorist. King Victor Emmanuel, who will open the international exhibition of automobiles in Turin next February, is an enthusiastic motorist. ARKANSAS' CITY. KANS. Surprise—Last Wednesday evening at a stair hour when all was quiet within at 714 north 4th street the inmates Rev. W. H. Garnett and family were suddenly aroused by the sound of many voices singing "Open and let us in." On complying with the request, when the door was opened, a grat tain of friends married in with filled arms and loaded baskets, and was made welcome by the inmates. After sponding a pleasant hour in conversation, the company detailed Mr. N. Cooper and Miss Bird Jones to present their gifts which they did with very appropriate remarks. The response of acceptance was made by Rev. Garnett with words of gratitude and prayer. When the company retired the donors was found to be Mr. N. Cooper, Mr. Allen Oldham, Mrs. Hooker, Misses Jennie Hopper, Jennie Hooker, Cappie Jones, Kittie Jones, Birdie Jones, Murt Delano, Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter, W. M. Hooker, W. E. Jones, Mrs. Fred Hopper, Mrs. R. Works, Mrs. E. Miller, Mrs. S. A. Evans Mrs. E. Delano and Mrs. Press Brown. The hearts of the recipients were overjoyed, and a cordial invitation was extended to all to come again. There was a glorious meeting at the Second Bpist church all day last Sunday. The Lord was surely among the branches, in his vineyard. Mrs. E Howard, evangelist from Missouri is expected at the A. M. E. church this week. The mission circle of the Second Baptist church have held prayer and mission meetings at the homes of sore al. Many are praying and looking for a great refreshing from the Lord. Let us hope that "Citizen" Train has gone where he will be better understood. This is leap year, but the girls are as yet showing no disposition to take the offensive. Louisville has begun a hot crusade for pure milk. Watered milk spoils the punch, you know. Secretary Shaw says the boy is "the most valuable thing on earth." Still there's the girl, too. Mr. Wu's admirers in America are glad to see that even in China it is hard to keep a good man down. If radium will accomplish such wonders in combating cancer why not turn it loose on the pneumonia germ? The length of the days has increased twenty minutes, and twenty minutes under some circumstances is a good while. If you want to know how Corea feels, just try to imagine the sensations of a bone that two dogs are fighting over. A man should not give a lady a kiss unless he thinks she would enjoy it. except in the case of his wife and his mother-in-law. Their government has ordered all Koreans to wear dark blue clothing. That's the prevailing color, inside and out, over there, just now. A Chicago alderman has been sent to jail for buying votes. Heretofore it was not generally known that this was considered a crime in Chicago. Another gloomy feature of the situation in the Orient is the prospect of a new crop of "heroes" whose names no Anglo-Saxon can pronounce. Baths have been installed upon some of the regular railway trains in Russia. It will not be hard to keep the tramps from riding on those trains. Before we try to figure out the sprinting record of Lieutenant Governor Willard we should like to know the physical condition of the rabbit he chased. President Schurman is inclined to boast of the Cornell boys because they put in longer hours at their books than the co-eds. But perhaps the girls learn faster. In that latest train hold-up the robbers stole not only $80,000, but the iron safe which contained it. In their haste they overlooked the chance of taking the car also. "The women of to-day," says Dr. Morgan Dix of New York, "smoke, drink, swear and gamble." And—breathe it softly, gentle reader—they also talk, occasionally. Emporia News The Phillips cub, or better known as the M. B. O. C. cub composed of the following named ladies: Misses Sadie Philips, Enis Morgan, Bertha Tipton, M. B. Patterson, Hallie Ford, Cviene Smith, Lela Moore and Lucie e Johnson entertained in honor of Mr. Williams of Leavenworth last Monday evening. The following guests were present: Fred West, A. M. Booker, W. C. Phoenix, A. C. Helm, Fred Carter, A. G. Ray and P. F. Lewis. The evening was pleasantly spent in playing various games, singing and conversation. Mr. Oliv r Turner of Newton is here visiting his brother and friend this week. The four clubs of the St. James Baptist church re-dorted and turned in $57 la-t Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Landon Taylor are here visiting relatives and friends this week Owing to the transfer of Major G. W. Ford from the charge of the National cemetery near Fort Scott to Ft. Hudson, La, we are sorry to say causes us to lose from our midst a very intelligent entertaining young lady in the person of Miss Hallie Ford who has been Kansas State Normal for the last few seasons, and who left on Monday for Ft. Scott where she will join the family. We regret losing Miss Ford very much, nevertheless we wish to her and the rest of the family an unlimited success in their new place of abode. Rv. W. S. Blake began a series of revival meetings last Monday. P. E. Tipton and crew are busy moving buildings in Lyndon this week. The young people organized a dramatic club last Saturday evening of which Mr. C. E. Terry is president, Miss Sadie, Philips secy., and Miss Addie Poston, treas. They will meet next Friday eve with Miss Philips for the purpose of perfecting the society. Misses Edith and Virgil and Mr. Archie Knox are now living in their new home at 1024 Neosho st., and are attending school in the State Normal. NEWTON ITEMS The N. U. G. club met at home of Mrs. Silas Frame. Meeting was called to order by the president at 9 o'clock; after reading a few verses from the bible and prayer by the president Mrs. Childs presided at the piano while the club sang 'Leaving on the Everlasting Arm.' The subject of the lesson for the day, "History of America by expansion, by purchase and by conquest," by Mrs. U. S. Rickman. After top c, should we seek popularity after a lively discussion the meeting adjourned for a social half hour with the question unsettled, the ladies were invited in the dining room and were served to a wholesome two course unch. The C. M. E. church members are planning to give a C, social on Monday night Feb. 16 The social will be given in the Odd Fellow's hall. All are invited. Mrs. Irene Knoles is still on the sick list. Mr. Floyd Clmens the father of Mrs. James Gross united with the 2nd Baptist church last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Sank Dickerson united with the 2nd Baptist church Sunday night. Garfield Hall Wednsday night Feb.17th,will be one of the biggest Events of the Season. The place to buy Good Cook Stoves and Heating Stoves at the Lowest Cash Prices 116 East Douglas Ave. 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 PRONISCH BROS, PROPS. 622 N. Main St. Phone 580 When in need of Groceries do not forget that you can always get the Best at the Lowest prices at KERNAN'S (102 E.Douglas Ave. 'Phone 857 ROWLEE Hardware Store 823 N. Main St. Cheapest Hardware and Stove house in Wichita; because we pay no rent and have light expenses SEE!! The ELITE Restaurant When You Want AGOOD MEAL Always The Best, and Cooked Well — MEALS 15cts — C. L. KINER, Prop. 108 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.D. Israel. 127 N. Market Wichita. Nice Furnished -ROOMS- By the night or week Transient a Specialty Mrs. P. Hack, Prep. 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 Solicted Wichita Stock Yards Phone 466 Get a Searchlight, if you want the news. FINE WORK OUR JOB ROOM. If Your Work Is DONE BY US We Do It RIGHT We Are Now Prepared To Do All Kinds Of Fancy, Up to Date Job Work. We Invite A Trial. 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. W. G. McKee, (S. accessor to A. N. West) Pumps, Pipe, Hose, Windmills When you need a new Pump, or your old one need re pairing, don't forget to give me a call 118 South Main St. Phone 643 JOB WORK IS OUR HOBBY. SUPPLEMENT TO THE SEARCHLIGHT. Wichita, Kansas, Saturday Feb. 13, '04 In order to bring out all his really good points an eccentric man has to die. "Do Angora goats pay?" asks the Boston Advertiser. Don't know. Never sold them anything. Dr. Roux of the Pasteur institute at Paris says radium kills mice. Away with the traps at once! Wheeling put out 103,000,000 stogies in 1903, and strangely enough, doesn't seem to be ashamed of it. It is perhaps worthy of note that M. Santos Dumont came over from France by the old-fashioned route. Considering what he has done, it is hard to realize that Rudyard Kipling was only 38 on his birthday, Dec. 30. Government clerks ask for shorter hours. But at last accounts they had not gone on strike and tied up the service. This is a poor time to buy maps of the world. The accurate map of today may be all wrong before the year is ended. The only wonder is that living in New York does not result oftener in making men old and decrepit at the age of 23. Three real battles have been fought in Uruguay recently. Has the gentle art of bluffing failed to get a foothold in Uruguay? On one or two previous occasions the Japanese have shown that they can do something else besides raise chrysanthemums. Human nature is not so bad, after all. Ninety-nine people out of every hundred that you know would rather do you a favor than an injury. Gov. Dockery of Missouri says that he can't tell the color of one poker chip from another. After that, we refuse to play with Gov. Dockery. Wu-Ting-Fang has been promoted. But one trouble about being promoted in China is that it brings a man just that much nearer to the empress dow-ger. A minister has made a fortune by inverting a non-refillable bottle. But how did a minister come to recognize the importance of this means of grace? What Russia is saying of that Thibet expedition by the British, done behind her back while she is facing the Japs, would not look well in a diplomatic note. A man of the name of Chighizola was defeated for public office at Memphis, Tenn., a few days ago. It must have required a good deal of courage to scratch him. A Missouri scientist declares radium gives the hot springs of Arkansas their curative powers. Then the poker table and the roulette wheel are not absolute necessities. A forty-story sky-scraper is to be erected in New York. At this rate, light and air will soon be as thoroughly monopolized as are some other things in the big town. A San Francisco man has invented an automobile which runs perfectly by radium power. All the lucky public has to do now is to get its automobile first and then its radium. English women are rapidly breaking away from the habit of kissing one another. This being leap year, there is no reason why such a foolish habit should be popular anywhere. Mr. Schwab admits that he is now out of a job and unemployed, but as he still has several million dollars' worth of securities he may be able to get through the winter comfortably. It helps one to realize that his is not the only business that is overcrowded when he reads that there are more than 1,000 applicants for a vacant Brooklyn pastorate, salary $10,000. A gentleman who resides in Switzerland announces that he has invented an electrical contrivance which will kill off an army at a single shock. It won't do. Where would the heroes come in? One of the judges of election arrested in Denver on charges of violating the election laws is a woman. This slightly jars the confident assertion that when women get into politics corruption will cease. The California girl who went to Denver to meet her Kansas lover and to wed him did nothing so very far out of the way. She will probably have to meet him more than half way many times in order to keep peace in the family. A number of young girls in Hoboken, N. J., have been praying in church for husbands. Their prayers have not yet been answered, but some of their neighbors who have been out hustling in the meantime have been much more successful. CUPOLA SKETCHES BY BYRON WILLIAMS Mi'enosts My ma she reckons time by almanacs. 'An' two years fr'm th' v-e-r-y day I tumme! Or else the next spring after slister died— E she figgers it all by curny' some! My pa he estermates th' facts by books. He's kep'a "dairy" now for thirty years. An' knew when things was so, an' sleh, an' thus 'an' thus 'than' dependin' on "I guess" er "It appears." Aunt Sue she 'members fr'm th' awful snow Of '88, er therecabouts somewhere! The day afore this moss' terrific storm, The bie warm sun was shinin' jest as fair. Grandma she skalkerlates 'at she can tell Fr'm when she married my own Grand- pa Pine! She sez th' birds was singin' jest as sweet As we awake back in '40! As now-away back there in '49! But my grandpa he figgers best of all! He counts fr'm when the ple-plant up an' froze!! "There want a gol darn pie-plant ple that spring!" **spring'** That that my grandpap **sez-an'** **grandpap kpwns'** 666 Mystery of the Universe. "I doan believe it!" snorted Ebenezer Lincoln Washington Bigfoot. "I doan believe it!" "It it done be de truf!" persisted Abraham Longstreet Whitehead, adjusting his eyeglasses wisely. "Dat de earth am upheld by Mr. Ach-Ach—" "By Achilles!" "By Mr. Achilly—an' Mr. Achilly he stan' on de back of a big—Oh lawsy me!—he stan' on de back of a big mud-tu'tle! Am dat a snat a dump'tu'tle!" "Snappin' mud-turtle!" "Yes, fo' de Lawd! An' Mr. Chilly —sauce he hol' on de earth an he stan' on de top of de mud-tu'tle shell an'—an'—an'-Say! M' Chai'man, what dat mud-tu'tle stan' on?" "Why, he doan stan' on nuffn'. He jes' swim along!" "Yah, yah! An'—an'-Say! de earth on top Chillysauce, Chillysauce on top of de mud-tu'tle, mud-tu'tle on top de watah, watah—Say! what dat watah, stan' on? On de bottom?" "Suttenly!" "Suttenly? An' say—earth, Chilly- WATTER "I DOAN BELIEVE IT!" sauce, mud-tu'tle, watah, bottom—er—what dat bottom stan' on?" "Bottom stan' on? Bottom stan' on? Why, bless you black nigger heart. Dat bottom doan stan' on nuffn! It jest sit down! Dis here ignance of yours gwine give me bell-duvia of de enpilizgls, fust thing I know!" 666 "I went oud home yesterday to spend mit a Sunday py my brudder Bill and der old folks! "Und Bill he tink it is better as we go in swimming py der leetle crick yet, chust like we did ofer by de years of our childhoods. "So I sez 'yah' to mine brudder and we went down py der leetle crick, und we took our clothes off py de sand, und chust as we vas vading into der vater, I noticed that my brudder Bill's neck was dirtier as mine, and I sez: "'Villiam', I sez, 'Villiam', I notice alreddy dat your neck which is py de undressing shown, is dirtier as mine! Vy is dot? "'Vy is dot?' asked my brudder Bill pack agin, Vy is dot? Vy, Loul, doan you forget dot I am tree years older as you are?" 555 "You would think a woman very immodest that elevated her feet as high as a man's back, wouldn't you?" asked Bings, his calf-skins resting on the top rim of the grocery-store stove. "Scandalous!" admitted the deacon clandestinely taking a bite of dried codfish when the grocer wasn't looking. "That's what I say," continued Bings, "but it's what a man gets these cold nights for pulling the covers!" 666 A farmer came to town To have him fainted; But when he learned the price, The reuben almost fainted! "Jest leave off all the frills 'Ant nait no use t' burnish! Now, mister, name yer price Ef I't paint l' furnish!" "Well, I'll be dogged," he drawled, "I guess that I ain't able Wouldn't be able to there Will paint my hull cow-stable!" Addera Intest Island The Prussian island of Ruegen, in the Baltic, is infested with adders. Last year 1,243 of these poisonous snakes were killed and bounty collected on them. Town Built Over Coal Mine. Many buildings in Motherwell, Scotland, look like the leaning tower of Pisa. The little town is built over the side of a coal mine. Some houses have collapsed, business is at a standstill, and the town will probably soon be deserted. What Ice Will Bear It is said that two-inch ice will sustain a man, or a regiment of properly spaced infantry; four-inch ice will carry a man on horseback, a squadron of cavalry, or light guns; six-inch ice, heavy field guns, such as eighty pounders; eight-inch ice, a battery of artillery, with carriages and horses, but not over one thousand pounds a square foot on sledges; ten-inch ice will sustain an army, while on fifteen-inch ice a railway can be built and operated. Gratitude Well Expressed. Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., Feb. 8th. Mr. C. L. Smith, painter and decorator, whose home is at 309 Anne street, this city, makes the following statement: "I was laid up with some kind of pains. Some said it was Lumbago, others Sclatica, and others again Rheumatism. A few of my friends suggested that it was lead poison, but whatever it was it gave me a great deal of pain, in fact, almost completely crippled me. I had to use two canes to walk about and even then it was a very painful task. "A friend advised me to try Dodd's Kidney Pills and I began the treatment. After I had used the first box I was able to throw away one of the canes and was considerably improved. The second box straightened me up so that I could go about free from pain without any assistance and very soon after I was completely cured, well and happy, without a pain or an ache. Dodd's Kidney Pills seemed to go right to the spot in my case and they will always have my greatest praise." The unwritten law of society considers every man guilty until he is proved innocent. Arld Lands Made Fruitful Those parched, dry, arid plains of Mont, Colo, Ariz, Idaho and other dry lands respond quickly and give a big yield when planted to Salzer's Speltz, Hanna Barley, Macaroni Wheat, 60-Day Earliest Oats, Billion Dollar Grass and Bromus Inermis. Above seem to flourish and laugh at droughts and arid soils. JUST SEND 100 IN STAMPS JUST SEND 100 IN STAMPS and this notice to John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wls., for their big catalog and farm seed samples. (W. N. U.) A Good Soldier Eyard, the flower of the French knighthood, the soldier without fear or reproach, never forgot his mother's parting words. She said to him: "My boy, serve God first; pray to Him night and morning; be kind and charitable to all; avoid envy, hatred and lying as vices unworthy of a Christian, and never neglect to comfort widows and orphans." Popular With the Ladies. There were few plainer men of his generation than the great Lord Brougham, and as few who took so little trouble to ingratiate themselves into the favor of women. Yet he might have picked and chosen among the fairest of society beauties. To a question where Lord Brougham was, the answer was once given, "Where the ladies are the thickest." By following this significant guide he was generally run to earth. Scared the Boys. A witty Englishman who sought to save a tract of woodland and shrubbery from the destructive attentions of the boys of the neighborhood put up a large board bearing the warning: "Any one trespassing in this plantation will be spiked according to the law." The result was very satisfactory, as the fear of spification, whatever it meant to them, deterred intruders from passing through the woods and the trees were unmolested. WELL POSTED. A California Doctor With 40 Years' Experience. "In my 40 years' experience as a teacher and practitioner along hygienic lines," says a Los Angeles physician "I have never found a food to compare with Grape-Nuts for the benefit of the general health of all classes of people. I have recommended Grape-Nuts for a number of years to patients with the greatest success and every year's experience makes me more enthusiastic regarding its use. "I make it a rule to always recommend Grape-Nuts and Postum Food Coffee in place of coffee when giving my patients instructions as to diet, for I know both Grape-Nuts and Postum can be digested by anyone. "As for myself, when engaged in much mental work my diet twice a day consists of Grape-Nuts and rich cream. I find it just the thing to build up gray matter and keep the brain in good working order. "In addition to its wonderful effects as a brain and nerve food Grape-Nuts always keeps the digestive organs in perfect, healthy tone. I carry it with me when I travel, otherwise I am almost certain to have trouble with my stomach." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Strong indorsements like the above from physicians all over the country have stamped Grape-Nuts the most scientific food in the world. There's a reason. Look in each pkg. for the famous little book. "The Road to Welville." LUMBER WHEAT FLOUR CORN NATURAL PRODUCTS OF CANADA EGGS CANADA ST LAWRENCE RIVER, N.Y. LUMBER NATURAL PRODUCTS OF THE UNITED STATES WHEAT FLOUR PORK EGGS BOATS AND GUOES HATS AND CAPS HARDWARE PIANOS TIN WARE GOODS MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES UNITED STATES Miss Canada—Then we can't trade. We want to build up our own industries. Panama route with all its risks to no tive wall, and even if the threadbare canal at all. argument that a tariff is not needed NEED OF THE CANAL. NEED OF THE CANAL. ENTIRE COUNTRY RECOGNIZES ITS NECESSITY. Obstructionists in the Senate Are in Opposition to Their Party Followers in Schming to Delay the Construction of the Panama Waterway. Senator Gorman's tactical maneuvers on the isthmian canal question have been successful only in uncovering the weak points in the Democratic line. Democratic Senators who originally favored the Panama route and who voted for the Spooner bill and to ratify the Hay-Herran canal treaty have no reason for opposing the present canal treaty. Democrats who held that the treaty with Colombia made too many concessions cannot logically oppose the present treaty, which makes no concessions inimical to the interests of the United States. Senators who formerly favored the Nicaragua route are right in the abstract. The Inter Ocean believed years ago and believes now that the Nicaragua route is preferable to the Panama route. The contention that there is greater risk and greater possibility of scandal in constructing a canal on the Panama route than on the Nicaragua still stands. As a canal on the Nicaragua route is impossible and as a canal on the Panama route can be constructed under more favorable circumstances than ever before, the real friends of an isthmian canal have accepted the situation, preferring a canal on the UNSATISFACTORY BASIS FOR LUMBER WHEAT FOUR A CORN NATURAL PRODUCTS OF CANADA PORK EGGS CANADA ST LAWRENCE RIVER UNIT Uncle Sam—You see, my dear La- to sell are precisely the things we so foolish a piece of business as to should certainly insist upon an open Miss Canada—Then we can't trade dustries. Panama route with all its risks to no canal at all. The Democratic senators honestly in favor of an isthmian canal accepted this view of the situation when they voted for the Spooner bill. They have not changed their views and are now objecting, not to a canal on a particular route, but to the means used to secure control of the route. This objection is personal or political and cannot stand in the court of final issue when the question is a canal on the Panama route or no canal at all. On this question no one doubts how the American people would vote. East and West, North and South, Democrats and Populists, as well as Republicans, they are in favor of an isthmian canal. Mr. Gorman's scheming to defeat the ratification of the canal treaty has developed the strength of the canal sentiment in the Democratic party. There is no opposition to the ratification in the Republican party. Why, then, treat the question as a party issue? Why not act upon it in its real character, as an American question, and put aside Mr. Gorman's theory that any question, no matter how vital to American progress, may be used as a football in the game of politics—Chicago Inter Ocean. MORGAN'S CHANGE OF HEART. Senator Would Now Annex the Isthmus of Panama. Senator Morgan has "recognized" the Panama canal. But the venerable assailant of the President's Panama policy will not recognize the new republic. Instead of recognizing it as an independent government he would grab it and annex it to the Union. If anybody in this country took Senator Morgan seriously on the isthmian canal question his bill for the annexation of Panama, introduced in the Senate, would be regarded as an alarming and unexpected manifestation of "imperialistic" tendencies on the part of the venerable statesman from Alabama. Senator Morgan has viciously lamponed the president for aiding the formation of the new republic and for recognizing its independence. He charged the president with having precipitated the revolution and denounced the Panama canal treaty as unlawful. But the venerable senator has executed an amazing flop. He no longer sits up nights with the Constitution and screams with frenzy as he contemplates the outrage perpetrated upon the sovereign state of Colombia by the people of Panama. Having made up his mind that nothing can prevent the building of the Pan- ama canal, Senator Morgan is not satisfied with a "canal strip" ten miles wide. He wants to an-ex the entire Isthmus, canal strip, Colon, Panama and all. His bill provides that all the rights and properties of the Republic of Panama of every description shall vest in the United States of America, without reserve, and shall be subject to their sovereign jurisdiction. it is true that Senator Morgan does not propose to take the Isthmus without some compensation. He would give for it $10,000,000, which he regards as a good price for territory that contains only 31,571 square miles. He does not neglect also to provide a balm for the bereaved Colombians in the shape of $15,000,000. The eloquent senator will be warmly welcomed to the ranks of the "imperialists." The important thing to the country, however, is the fact that Senator Morgan has finally admitted that the Panama canal is a probability. No Fooling With the Tariff The unsettled conditions from which the country has just commenced to recover do not admit of introducing any new uncertainties until the sky has materially cleared. Had the boom continued there might have been some grounds for the opponents of the tariff to argue that it was bringing too much prosperity, but now that the boom has had a check the danger that would follow the introduction of a further disarrangement of trade conditions could invite nothing but disaster. The Republicans have always stood for a tariff that would enable American industry to thrive. There is no occasion now to pull away any protec RECIPROCITY NEGOTIATIONS. NATURAL PRODUCTS IN THE UNITED STATES TIAMOS TIN WARE NAPKINERY GOODS MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES BOOTS AND SHOES HATS AND CAPS HARDWARE body of the Snows, the things you have have to sell. If we should consent to obtain farmers of their protection, we market for our manufactures. We want to build up our own in- tive wall, and even if the threadbare argument that a tariff is not needed to protect goods that can be made for the export trade had any weight at any time it has always been offset by the fact that if a tariff is not needed particularly on any specific line of manufacturing, it does no hurt to that industry. Even the Democrats in Congress see that this is no time to howl calamity or to jeopardize the interests of the country, and they would hardly be extremists if they could effect anything by it. The most of their noise will be for the benefit of the galleries.—Pittsburg Times. Farmers and Exports. Some of the Democratic orators would be pleased to make it out that the falling off of the exports, which was shown by the last reports, was caused by the present tariff laws, and that the decrease of the exports worked injury to the farmers. Some have gone so far as to say that the Dingley law is responsible for the falling off of the exports of farm products. It so happens that most of the products which have shown a decrease in export are on the free list. There has been no decrease in the production of farm products. No one has been complaining because his corn crop, or his wheat crop has been a failure. Prices also are good. If the exports have fallen off it means that instead of selling in a foreign market the farmers are selling at home. Everyone is employed and is a consumer. Home people are consuming home products. The farmer is feeding his neighbors in American commercial centers. But the farmers would not have had a chance to do this' were it not for the fact that the present tariff schedules make it possible for the factories to work night and day to make goods for the home and foreign markets. The farmer's prosperity is intimately linked with the prosperity of all the other classes of the country. Is the farmer satisfied? It is not likely that one who stops to consider will vote for a change.-Davenport Times. Wrong from First to Last With the tariff kept at the protective point American plants will be enlarged to do all the work necessary for this country. With the tariff taken off, with Democratic free trade, the European mills would hold that trade and gain more as this country grew, American steel and iron workers would then come into direct competition with foreign labor and wages would go down. The trust would not be crushed. There is nothing plainer than that the Democratic idea is wrong from first to last.-Lafayette (Ind.) Call. A WOMAN'S MISERY. A Woman Writing Mrs. Jol La Rue, 115 Pate son avenu Pater so N. J., say "Iwastro bled fo about nin years, an what I su fered nor will eve know. used about every known remedy that is said to be good for kidney complaint, but without deriving permanent relief. 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It is impossible to balance our foods perfectly, but we can balance them approximately. It is true that we have just begun to learn how to feed economically. There is little doubt that if the carbohydrates and protein feeds fed to the cows in the United States could be properly proportioned we would get at least twenty-five per cent more products of all kinds from them than we do at the present time. Now, sometimes it is the protein that is wasted and sometimes it is the carbohydrates, but both come in for a large share of the wastage. As yet dairy feeds are not sold according to their relative value, but according to the supply and demand. One kind of feed may be worth, say ten per cent less than another kind of feed, but if it becomes scarce it will pass the other in price. It will thus be seen that the economical feeder cannot take prices as a criterion by which to determine his feeding operations. In some parts of the country we find timothy hay selling for a greater price than clover and alfalfa, and cow keepers buying the timothy in preference to the other kind. In such cases the feeding is the opposite of economical. The Iowa Battle With Oleo. In Iowa the battle with oleo has been severe and long drawn out. Year after year the sellers of oleo have had to fight for existence in the state courts, and the butter-makers have been almost uniformly successful. The dairy commissioners of Iowa have been men that have not hesitated to use the full power of their office to make the dealers in oleo conform to the state law. The result has been that in recent years very little oleo has been sold in Iowa. Recently the commissioner, H. R. Wright, has won four cases, and an appeal for a new trial in the last one has just been refused, and a fine of $200 imposed. The last battle was won over the use of the word "yellow" in the Iowa law, the makers of the oleo declaring that their product could not be thus designated. The court, however, held otherwise. The fact seems to be that the oleo in question was only slightly yellower than is white butter as made at this time of year. But the practical result was that it was difficult for the buyers to tell it from winter made butter. Goats for Dairying. It seems likely that in the not distant future we will have to welcome the goat to the number of our dairy animals. The goat has long been an important factor in the dairying in foreign countries, but has never attained such distinction in this country. About the only place in which the goat has ever received any distinction of this kind in the United States is in some of the poorer portions of our large cities, where the nanny goat may be seen here and there trying to pick a living from among the piles of rubbish and tomato cans on the vacant lots. We understand that the United States Department of Agriculture is about to send an agent to Europe to study the milk goat there and the methods of caring for them and handling their milk. As all know, some of the most famed of the foreign cheese is made from the milk of the goat. The milk and cheese making industry in some of our European countries hangs largely on the milk-giving powers of the goat. The Hard Milking Cow. Every farmer has had trouble with hard-milking cows. Generally the difficulty comes from the smallness of the teats. The cow with very small teats with small orifices is doubly hard to handle in this respect. Nevertheless, some of these animals are good mothers and give a large mess of fairly rich milk. This fact has kept many such a cow alive when she would otherwise have been sent to the butcher. One of the best ways to utilize cows of this description is to make them foster mothers. The calves of the easy milking cows can be given to these to nurse for the first four weeks of their lives, or until other calves are ready to take their places. This is the practice with some dairymen and general farmers. It would be more generally practiced if the cows on our farms came in fresh in all the different months of the year instead of nearly all of them in the spring. As it is, the nurse cow finds herself without a calf to milk her by midsummer, and the hired man has to undertake the job. King Is Motorist. King Victor Emmanuel, who will open the international exhibition of automobiles in Turin next February, is an enthusiastic motorist. CAUGHT BY THE GRIP. RELEASED BY PE-RU-NA. MRS FRED WEINBERGER. MR SUAS S LINCOLN. HON JAMES R. GUILL. MRS MAS DRESSLER. MRS JEAN COWGILL. JUDGE HONATHO J. GOSS. "The world of medicine recognizes Grip as epidemic catarrh."—Medical Talk. ```markdown ``` will work a great change in persons of constipated habits, who do not sleep well, feel dull, have little appetite, food tasteless and heavy on stomach. Especially it is good for elderly people and growing children. Served hot or cold. A toothsome delicacy. Dr. Price, the creator of Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder and Delicious Flavoring Extracts. A cook book containing 76 excellent receipts, for using the food mailed free to any address. FOR SALE BY LEADING GROCERS. LA GRIPPE is epidemic catarrh. It spares no class or nationality. The cultured and the ignorant, the aristocrat and the pauper, the masses and the classes are alike subject to la gripe. None are exempt—all are liable. Have you the grip? Or, rather, has the grip got you? Grip is well named. The original French term, la gripe, has been shortened by the busy American to read "grip." Without intending to do so a new word has been coined that exactly describes the case. As if some hideous giant with awful Grip had clutched us in its fatal clasp. Men, women, children. There are some people who would cheat at solitaire **ALL UP-TO-DATE HOUSEKEEPERS** Use Red Cross Ball Blue. It makes clothes clean and sweet as when new. All grocers. Silence is an excellent remedy for gossip. Insist on Getting It. Some grocers say they don't keep Defiance Starch because they have a stock in hand of 12 oz. brands, which they know cannot be sold to a customer who has once used the 16 oz. pkg. Defiance Starch for same money. Soldiers and safe robbers are obliged to do a lot of drilling. Earliest Green Onions. 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! JUST SEND THIS 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. 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 BUT 10c 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 Berliner Cauliflower. (W. N. U.) A man doesn't need a watchdog when the wolf is at the door. whole towns and cities are caught in the baneful grip of a terrible monster. The following letters speak for themselves as to the efficacy of Peruna in cases of la gripe or its after effects. Mrs. Fred Weinberger, Westerlo, Albany County, N. Y., writes: "Several years ago I had an attack of la gripe which left my nerves in a shock. I was told by another attack of la gripe which left me worse. I had tried three, good physicians but all in vain. I gave Peruna a trial. In a short time I was feeling better and now I am as well as anyone."—Mrs. Fred Weinberger. Hon. James R. Guill of Omaha. Hon. James R. Guill is one of the oldest and most esteemed men of Omaha. Neh He has done much to make it what it is, serving on public bands a number of times. He endorses Peruna in the following words: "I am 18 years old, am amble and hearty, and Peruna has helped me attain it. Two years ago I hid in a gripe—my life was despaired of. Peruna saved me"—J. R. Guill. A Relative of Abraham Lincoln. Mir. Siles S. Lincoln, who resides at 913 I Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., has the honor of being third cousin to Abraham Lincoln. He writes: "I had a gripe five times before using your medicine. Four years ago I began the use of Peruna, which that disease. I have now do as much work at my desk as I ever could in raylife. I have gained more than ten pounds in weight." S. S. Lincoln. Pe-ru-na Not Only Cured L Gripppe but Benefited the Whole System. Miss Alice M. Dressler, 1538 N. Bryant Ave, Minneapolis, Minn., writes; "Last spring I suffered from in gripe and was partially cured but the bad after effects remained through the summer and somehow I did not get strong as I was before. One of my college friends who was visiting me asked me to try Peruan and I did so and found it all and more than I had expected. It not only cured me of the cough but restored me to peruvian health but I never brought a happy feeling of buoyancy which I had not known for years."—Alice M. Dressler. An Actress' Testimony. Miss Jean Cowgill, Griswold Opera House, Troy, N.Y., is the leading lady with the Aubrey Stock Co. She writes the book. During the past winter of 1991, I suffered for several weeks from a severe attack of gripe, which left a serious catarral condition of the throat and head. Some one suggested Pompa. As a last resort, we wiped much time and moved medical physicians. I tried the remedy faithfully, and in a few weeks was as well as ever." - Jean Cowgill A Southern Judge Cured. Judge Horatio J. Goss, Hartwell, Ga. writes: "Some five or six years ago I had a very severe spell of gripe, which left me with systemic catarrh. A friend advised me to try your Peruna which I did, and was immediately benefited and cured. The third bottle completed the cure."—H. J. Goss. If you do not derive prompt and satisfactory results from the use of Peruna, once you have received full statement of your case and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice grants. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O.