Wichita Searchlight

THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT 5TH YEAR. BRIEF M Some Good M Political P -- At The H Sedgwick REPUB during the past few weeks the emms of the Searchlight have open for all those who asstir political preferment at lands of the Sedgwick coun- publicans. In presenting claim of each gentleman to people we have acted fairly and treated all with the degree of consideration. who have closely read our emms during the period have reason to err in making a secon for a candidate for the active offices. In this issue give a general summary of who are aspirants. The of offices and the candidates each are as follows: PRICT JUDGE- gn. Thos. C. Wilson will be unanimous choice of Sedgge county republicans for the age of district judge. There is an in Sedgwick county who more loyal friends than has are Thos. C. Wilson. During last campaign Judge Wilson the whole ticket in this counsid all predict that he will do same this year. Judge Wilwill be nominated by accla- for this office Mr. Geo. A. is the present able clerk will candidate to succeed him Mr. Clark will have no opent for the nomination which mean his re-election. Since ming district clerk Mr. Clark made a splendid officer and kept the work of his office tly up-to-date. All those have had occasion to do buswith that office agree that Clark has made an ideal. Ha will be re-nominated alamation. UNTY ATTORNEY. G. Eckstein, Sedgwick brilliant county attorney, renominated by acclama to succeed himself. Mr. Stein has made a worthy and de county attorney and has a record in that office of the may well be proud. he E. E. Enoch is the prescumbent of this office by mentent and is a candidate nomination. Judge Enoch had years of experience in office and is very well qual-to fill it. He has hosts of in friends and his name on republican ticket will add length to it. Judge Enoch be nominated by acclama-NTY TREASURER—for this office there are two mentent gentlemen who aspire to nomination. Either of whom would fill it with credit. Mr. L. A. Wilson, who has had eight years actual experience in the office under our present treasurer, Mr. Dan Boone, and one former treasurer, Mr. Loyd. He is capable and s ask the nomination. Mr. E. Webb, one of Sedgwick county's most prominent farmers and stock raisers. is a candidate also for the nomination. Mr. Web's only elective office was teat of commissioner which he filled with great credit. COUNTY CLERK— There are three candidates for this office, Messrs. Frank J. Ford and A. C. Richards of the Third ward, and city clerk Jesse L. Leland of the First ward. We have already placed the claim of each before you. REGISTER OF DEEDS— The present incumbent Mr. W. L. Appling is a candidate. SHERIFF— There are two prominent candidates for this office, Park Massey and J. H. McPherson. COMMISSIONER— For this nomination Mr. S. B. Kernan is the most prominent. STATE SENATOR— Tor this office the claims of Mr. J. H. Stewart and Mr. Jno. D. Davis have been presented. CORONER— Mr E. Phillip and the present coroner M. M. McCollister are candidates. W. M. Dunson Painter All Kinds of Fine The Only Colored Painter the City. Work Guaranteed—Price Reasonable Office 703 N. Main Phone 936 When Mr. Schwab's 9,993 $1,000-bonds were exhibited to the court, the participants in the trial sat about a long green table. How very appropriate! Let us hesitate before we rashly go against such a formidable military array as Generals Ortiz, Uribe-Uribe, Bustamente—especially this fellow—and Novo. The number of horses eaten by Parisians has grown from 10,000 in 1900 to more than 30,000 a year. The passing of the horse in Paris is by way of the abattoir. When a woman finally thinks of a place to put her money where nobody would ever think of looking for it, it is very trying indeed for her to forget where it is herself. It appears that the late Henry D. Lloyd left an estate of $250,000. And yet there have been few men who cared less for wealth, for wealth's sake, than Mr. Lloyd. So many children were named for Ruth Cleveland that it is interesting to know that she herself was named for Ruth Tappan, a classmate of Mrs Cleveland at Wells college. WICHITA, KANSAS, FEB. 20, 1904. And That World's Fair Job Luling Did Not Refuse to Give a Colored Man a Job-The Real Facts. It was recently heard on the street that some colored men charged Chas. H. Luling, one of the Kansas World's Fair Commissioners, and a resident of Wichita, with having refused a colored man a job as guard at the World's Fair. These men charged that Mr. Luling made the statement that the job of guard was a "white man's job," and that he flatly turned this colored applicant "down." For this alleged statement these men of much "flooence" were trying to "rib up a fight" on Mr. Luling. When these statements came to the knowledge the Searchlight we at once made up our mind to investigate this matter and see what there was to it, and set the thing right one way or the other. It was not from any alarm over any proposed "fight" on Mr. Luling by these "flooential" gents or any harm which they might do him in the minds of the colored people, but as we have always asserted Mr. Luling's friendship to the colored people, and especially those of the Second ward, we felt that in justice to our contention it was our right to see if at last Chas. H. Luling had deserted the colored man. We investigated this matter and found that not a word of this statement was true. The facts of the matter are that Mr. James Oldham, one of Wichita's colored gent'elem made application in writing to Mr. Luling for the position as guard at the World's Fair. At that time Mr. Luling informed Mr. Oldham that he had no authority to appoint guards at the fair, but the matter was solely in the hands of Col. A. E. Goodwin, commandant of the Jefferson Guards at the World's Fair, and that he (Mr. Luling) would file Mr. Oldham's application with Col. Goodwin. Mr. Luling did so and Col. Goodwin sent Mr. Oldham one of his circulars which set forth the requirements which are identical with those of the U. S. army. Whether Mr. Oldham complied or not, he did not say. In this connection it is not amiss to say that no recommendation is of any avail in securing one of these positions and is under the sole management of Col. Goodwln. Mr. Luling did all in his power for Mr. Oldham, and the statement to the courtry is not only misleading bnt false. No man would be prouder to see some colored men from Wichita secure positions as guards at the World's Fair more so than Chas. H. Luling, and it is a rank injustice to him to have such false statements circulated. —TRY THE— BLUE SEAL CIGAR SOLD EVERYWHERE SHERIFF SCHAD QUITS. It is announced on good authority that Sheriff Henry Schad has withdrawn his name as a candidate for re-nomination at the county convention to be held Feb. 27th. This apparently ends one of the most bitter factional fights ever waged in Sedgwick county republican politics. This was a wise move on the part of Mr. Schad as it was evident that he was up against certain defeat either at the convention or at the polls. While Mr. Schad is like all other men, great and small, he has his faults—yet on a whole Mr. Schad has some fine points which may well be commended. We foretold in our last issue that Mr Schad was "doomed to defeat," that was the handwriting on the wall as we saw it and the turn of affairs since shaw that we were not mistaken, and by withdrawing from the race Mr Schad shows that he saw the same condition of agairs that we did. The Popular Candidate for Coun The candidacy of Bert Richards for County Clerk is meeting with popular favor with the voters of this county. He is receiving the endorsement of a large number of loyal Republicans from his own warp—the Third—and is meeting with hearty support from the other wards of the city and from the county. There seems to be a unanimity of sentiment among the leaders of his party to promote the interests of Mr. Richards at this time for favor at the hands of the county convention next week. He has in the years past rendered valuable aid in support of the republican ticket, working zealously and faithfully for the success of Republican nominees. He has never swerved from fealty to party, nor failed to respond to calls in support of the republican ticket Loyal to party, true to frienps, tireless in his efforts to perpetuate Republican principles he is deserving of the honor of nomination and election to the office of county clerk by the republicans of this county. Bert Richards is most especially fitted to the duties of this office to which he aspires, and will no doubt, be nominated by an overwhelming majority by the Republican convention next week. Senator Jas. W Tapp has finally decided not to ask for nomination for any office at this time. This comes as a great surprise to many of Senator Tapp's friends among the laboring people and the colored people in whose behalf he has always been very active. Senator Tapp can always feel assured that though he retires from political office at this time, yet he still has hosts of warm friends in Wichita and Sedgwick county. ```markdown ``` 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. Senator Mark A. Hanna of Ohio died Monday night at his home in Springfield, Ohio. In the death of Senator Hanna the nation feels the loss Senator Hanna was indeed a great man. We bow in reverence at the loss of so great and grand a man as Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna. Not only will Ohio miss nim but the nation as well The Second ward is advocating that councilman W. F Schell be nominated as commissioner from the 2nd commissioner district. Mr. Schell has not announced himself as a candidate for any office this fall, but his friends in the Second ward desire that he be given that place. They argue that as the Second ward will have only one candidate before the convention that sne is entitled to the commissioner nomination and has selected Mr. Schell for that place. We do not know what Mr. Schell will have to say but this is the state of mind in the Second ward. In making a choice for a candidate to support for sheriff we would warn the colored people to be on their guard, remember, that "all that glitters is not gold." Sometimes in order to make a future calculation it is good to look over past records, which, at least, will aid one in making a fair estimate on which to base future actions. The Searchlight will not support any man for the high office whom it does not think is a friend to the colored people and a review of our past files will review our advice. Be on your guard and keep your eye open, "sweet talk" and "no do" is not the thing. BEST SERVICE to 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. NO 39 As a business man's proposition the choice of Frank J. Ford for County Clerk by the Republican convention Feb. 27th, is the proper thing to do. No business man employs inexperienced labor, and pays the same wages that would secure help thoroughly competent in his special line of business, and few if any would place a man in full control of their private affairs, who knew not the slightest detail of the business, but most be a mere figured until he can learn what he is expected to know from the men he must employ to help him. Let every voter, who is interested in the county's best interests be at the primary and see that the choice of your delegates are tax payers and heads of families who have other interests than that of self alone. It appears that our exports to Scot- land are growing and in a few years we will be sending golf clubs and kilts to the land o' cakes. A Utzen man has been arrested and lined for snoring in church. People who can't sleep noiselessly should stay at home on Sunday. A Berlin laundryman offers to buy shirts for his customers if they will let him do their washing. That Ber- liner must be a yankee. In Detroit a boarding house lodger secured hot water by waving a re- volver around his head; and then he got into it, for he was arrested. It looks now as if the United States would beat the rest of the world in the production of radium, as it does in most other things industrial. "No friendly intervention" say the Jap and the bear. Each has had enough of it—the bear after whipping the Turk and the Jap in the Chinese affair. A pretender to the throne of Corea is hiding in this country. He's foolish. He might pretend just as well in some dime museum and get a good big salary for R. The New England milk producers' union is to be capitalized for $1,000,000. The capital stock would have been larger, but the syringes have been low this winter. President Loubet of France attributes his good health to taking long walks every morning between 6 and 8 o'clock. But some people would rather have poor health. Men representing four billions of dollars inspected the New York subway recently. It it had caved in, the life insurance companies might have had to go out of business. While it is proper that churches should conform with the law in the matter of exits, most ministers find their greatest difficulty in getting men to patronize the entrances. Entered at the Post Office at Wiehita, Kansas, as Second-Class Mail Matter. Published Every Saturday at No. 110 NORTH MAIN ST. One Year [ by mail ] ..... $1.0C Six months [ by mail ] ..... 75c Three months [ by mail ] ..... 50c ONE MONTH ..... 150. Advertising Rates Made Known On Applica- tion. 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 THIS 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. 7th Any erroneous reflection upon the character, standing or reputation of any person which may appear in this paper, will be gladly corrected if brought to the Editor. "To Live and Let Live," is OUR Motto. 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, Coron r. E. H. Hamps, Coronel T. 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, 1944. E. Phillip 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. Frank J. Ford. E. E. Enoch, Probate 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 Richards, 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. McCollister, Coroner. 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. McCollister. J. L. Leland, County Clerk I hereby announce myself a candidate for the nomination as County Clerk, subject to the republicau county convention Feb. 27th Jesse L. Leiand. 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 republicau county con- vention Feb. 27. W. L. Appling. J. H Stewart, State Senator I hereby announce myself *u* candidate for the nomination as State Senator. Subject to he republican county convention Feb. 27th. S. B. Kernan, Commissioner I hereby announce mysel 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- L. A. Wilson. Made Quite Plain. 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. H usey. 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. WEBB. At this time of great political excitement and star, it behooves the Negro to be well on his guard; at this time when unrests of great moment are pressing hard upon the people the Negro mus be on the alert that his and her interests are not lost sight of. A mistake madnow will be almost irripairable and the wrong move now will be irretracable. The Negro and his interests are now on the scales and as to what his weight will be in shaping his nature destiny and that of his positivity—time alone can tell. The acts of the Negro to-day must be the crit rion by whiche the Negro of tomorrow must and will be judged. The race holds its own destiny and that of its posterity. What will that destiny be? In shaping the race's present and future actin it must be done by men and women of the own integrity and sound judgment. Men and women in whom the race can rely and feel safe in relying on them. There is no other one race that has sad a more bitter experience with unreliable and untrustrust-worthy leaders who have pushed themselves on the race than has the Negro race. With most other races the few are judged by the majority but with the Negro race the majority is judged by the few. With most other races they have a fair representation through the press, but not so with the Negro. He must rely on his own journals, as a rule, for praise, and is the constant prayer of the major part of the white press for condemnation. With the white press, as a general rule, including sentiment against the race, with the white orators, as a rule scattering the seed of discord and hatred toward them, we say indeed, that the race occupies a most unpleasant position. With the idea of "white supremacy" and "Negro appression" and "Negro depression" on the ascendency all over America, who is it that would venture to say that we are indeed untimely and premature in our observations? Our contention is, however, that little or, indeed, nothing can be gained by a wonton and reckless abuse by the negro his press or orators of his white neighbors. The negro is here and here to stay and so are the whites. The present conditions exists not of the volition, act or will of the Negro and the Negro alone is unable to solve it successfully. Our position is that the Negro must work earnestly, patiently and ceaselessly to obliterate the condition as they are and not add frenzy to an already furious conspition by any act of vio ence or unwise act. Then we conclude the Negro must put forth and maintain the best foremost, most reliable end trustworthy men and women in properly solving this very momentous and important quest on which is now before them and the American people. Locals and Personals At the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Fray Tuesday evening Feb. 16. a very quiet wedding was solemnized by Rev. S. M. Hall, Mr. G. A. Fray, of Wichita, Kans., to Miss Selonia Street of Topeka, Kansas. It was a very quiet affair with a few presents. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. J. B. H. Fray. Mr. and Mrs. J Robinson, Mrs. E Hatemon Miss Lizzie Phelps, Mr. J Street, Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Miller, Mr. Pete Coleman and Miss Nora Sever. The bride and groom looked very grand as they walked out with the maid of honor and best man in advance. The best man and maid of honor were Mr. Pete Coleman and Miss Nora Sve e. The bride was dressed very sweetly in plain white and she is the daughter of Rev. and Mrs. J. S. Street of Topeka, Mr. and Mrs. Fray will remain in Wichita for a short time then they expect to visit the bride's parents in Topeka, and then will visit her brother in Kansas City. They are now at home to their friends at 518 N. Wichita St. The Merchants who ap preciate the trade of he colored people ADVERTISE IN THIS PAPER. PATRON IZE TUEN. TERARY. The Tusout la Overture Literary of the Tabernacle Baptist church meets every Wednesday night at the church. Every meeting there is some subject of discussion and the literary is fast growing in interest. The subject for discussion Wednesday night Feb. 24, is "Resolved, that rocks the cradle rules the world." Affirmative, Miss Ella Lambert and James Oldham. Negative, Mrs. J. Turner and H. W. Marshall. FULL FLEDGED DOCTOR Dr. C. P. Washington went to Topeka last week and succeeded in passing the examination of the Kanss State Board of Medicine and was granted a licence to practice in Kansas. Dr. Washington made a very high grade in each study and is said to have stood at the head of the list. This proves that he is highly capable to practice medicine Dr. Washington will locate in Wichita and will open up an office soon. DIAMONDS and HEARTS Comedy Drama in Three Acts to be Presented by Wichitans in the Near Future.; The people of Wichita are obe givn a rare treat in the near future when a company of player under the management of Mr. W. A. Wright will present Effie W. Merriam-popular play "Diamonds and Hearts.' The company is composed of some of Wichita's best talent and all may look for a treat when the play is presented. Among the amusing features is the part of "Abraham Berns," the diamond the rough, 40 and not married by Edward Landrum. Everyone who has seen or heard of Ed Landrum in comedy agree that he is a "mister at the art". W. A. Wright has the part of "Dwight Bradl," the vilian and fortune hunter. Mr. Wright plays his part so natural that one is captivated by his act. The leading role, that of "Bernice Halstead," is played by Mrs. Lank C. Hilber. In the selection of Mrs. Hi bert for this part good judgment was shown on the par of those who are promoting the play, as she is indeed well adapted to her part. In the near future we will give a detailed statement of other members of this company and the part which they play. The show will be given in the near future and pro wbven to charity. Bishop B. W Arnett of the A. M. E. church recently paid $80 for a Pullman sleeper from Cincinnati Mobie, Ala., rather than ride in the "Jim cow" care. This is a shame to American intelligence. The infant of Mrs. July Robinson is on the mend. Mrs. Mary Clark who has been very ill is convalescing. Rev. P. L. Yocum has been in bed for the past few days. Mrs. Ellen Thsmpson has been indisposed or several days. Miss Grace Baker was indisposed the first part of the wee. Mrs. Jesse Crouch, 707 N. Allen ave is suffn with the grip this wee Callie Anderson of Newton spent Sunday in the city the guest of Pearl Hackley. Rev. S. S. Washington filled the pulpit at the A. M. E. church on Sunday morning. Rev. S. M. Hall preached to a large crowd at the Second Baptist church Sunday night. The ladies sewing circle of the Baptist church met Monday afternoon with Mrs. L. Bowers. MRev. S. M. Hall has returned from Kingfisher where he has been assisting in revival meetings. La grip has fastened its clutches on Miss Winnie Ray and holds her at her home unable to be out. Rev. J. E. Fletcher filled the pulpit at the A. M. E. church Sunday night. Rev. Fletcher a wonderful sermon. Arkansas Valley lodge No. 21, A. F. & A M. met Tuesday night with Worshipful Fines preeiding. A large number were present. Miss M. C. Hannibal at 135 N. Main has a first class line of milli- ry at reasonable prices. She will give you bargains in spring millinery goods. J. E Walker, a former Wichita- tan, who has been in Kansas City for some this, has returned to our city to make this city his future home. Mrs. G, W. Bsady, of Hutchinson, is in the city paying a visit to Mrs. H. W Harding 724 North Main. Mrs. Brady an co. be- ing were former schoolmates. a Rev. Hall will presch a special sermon next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. It is desire that all who can make it convenient to be present will do so. Remember Sunday morning at 11 o'clock at the 2nd Baptist. The republican primaries will be held nxt Thursd y Fb 25th. The county convention Saturday, Feb. 27th. Mrs W. S. Whitted rdturned Monday f. N. M., where she has been the past two months to regain her health which is greatly improved. Her family and many friends are pleased to have her back again. Capt. J. B. Fishback, deputy probate judge is the proud father of an 8 pound baby boy. Captain Fishback has named the new comer Mark Hanna Fishback. In making purchases of your spring hats remember Glauberg's millinery store 407 East Douglas ave. You can always find the latest styles at modern prices. W. S. HENRION DRUGGIST 501 N. Main St. Wichita, Kans. FREE TRIP TO THE WORLD'S FA IN ST. LOUIS, MO. Beginning with this issue of The Searchlight, January 2nd 1904, we open a Subscription Contest and to the Winner in this Contest we will furnish FREE TRANSPORTATION to St. Louis, Mo., and return, FREE ADMISSION to the Big World's Fair and two (2) days Board and Lodging ABSOLUTELY FREE. -The Chance Of A Lifetime- Easy Conditions The conditions of the test are easy and great and small can enter this Contest. 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Fill out the above Coupon and bring or send it Beginning with this issue of THE SEARCHLIGHT, January 2nd 1904, we open a Subscription Contest and to the Winner in this Contest we will furnish FREE TRANSPORTATION to St. Louis, Mo., and return, FREE ADMISSION to the Big World's Fair and two (2) days Board and Lodging ABSOLUTELY FREE!! -The Chance Of A Lifetime- Easy Conditions The conditions of this Contest are easy and everyone great and small can enter this Contest. A positive GO. The one securing the greatest number of Paid Up Subscribers ( not less than 75 ) to The Great Wichita Searchlight will be furnished this extraordinary offer. These condition are maintain in Wichita, Sedgwick county and within a radius of 100 miles of Wichita. Outside of a radius of 100 miles and within a radius of 300 miles, we offer the same conditions only not less than 100 June 15th. 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Hannibal, FINE MILLINERY We solicit trabe on the basis of Quality at the Lowest Prices. 135 N. Main St Wichita, Ks urist Rates HE---- SOUTH COLORED BAND. Prof. G. E. Edwards, Fred Wakefield, will Smith, all musicians and composing an orchestra, are in the city and contemplates making this city their home for a while. Prof. Edwards is a musician of much ability, he teaches band and orchestra and piano music, and will try to organize a colored band in Wichita. He will give Wichita a co-ored band of which all may be proud, if the men will come forth. We have often advocated the organization of a good colored band in Wichita andsuch a move will meet with the hearty cooperation of the Searchlight. Wichita is the only first-class city in Kansas that has not a colored band and the colored men who are musicaly inclined owe it to themselves and the people to promote the organization of a good colored band in Wichita. We extend thanks and greatful appreciation for the kindness, help and sympathy given us by friends and neighbors during our recent sorrow and bereavement through the death of our beloved baby and grandson, Russell Underwood. Mrs. John Underwood, Mrs Elizabeth Neely, And relatives. Mr. and Mrs. M. E. McKelly have convinced the residents of the west side that colored neighbors are all right. There are no families more refined than the McKelly's. KINGMAN ITEMS. Charles H. Floyd arrived in the city last Wednesday to visit home folks a short time. Lewis and Joseph Banks killed several large hogs last week for their own use, that is better than buying meat and laid this time of the year. The weather has been quite cold the past week, this requires lots of coal to burn. The thermometer dropped to zero Tuesday night. Chas. H. Floyd visited a couple of days in the country the latter part of the week and returned to Wichita Saturday morning. Mrs. Sy Porter is on the sick list The Musicale given at Garfield hall Wednesday night by the Eureka Club wss a success, when the inclemency of the weather is considered. All day and night there was a slow drizzling rain which froze as fast as it fell making the sidewalks and streets slippery and dangerous, ye. there was a fair size crowd present Mr. Samuel Walker read an original poem on "Kan- New 1904 W NOW on DISPLAY Novel and Stylish Wash ent from former season open weave materials, fects, the new loose we the new Voiles and E Wash Suitings is comple lections. Belfast Linen ale, Bolle Linens, Dur Homespuns, Undercliff Knob Etamines, Adiro Etamines and s host of effects are especially pl The New I Novel and Stylish Wash Fabrics, entirely different from former season's styles—especially the open weave materials, Bourette and Scotch effects, the new loose weave Linen Suitings and the new Voiles and Etamines. Our stock of Wash Suitings is complete. We advise early selections. Belfast Linen Suitings, Voile Nationale, Bolle Linens, Dundee Linens, Hampton Homespuns, Undercliffe Suitings, Nubbed Voiles Knob Etamines, Adirondack Voiles, Brocaded Etamines and s host of others. The gunmetal effects are especially pleasing. The New Dress Goods Every day new styles arrive and are placed on our counter—the choicest productions of both foreign and domestic looms; the new and handsome French Voiles, the refined and elegant Crepes, and the serviceable Mixed Suitings, Mohair, Novelties, Etan.ines, Eoliennes and others Boston 103.105.107.109 WALLENST Boston Store 103.105 107 109 E. DOUGLAS AVE. WALLENSTEIN & COKY. --- sas." Dr. C. P. Washington made a very interesting address on "Education;" Mr. John Edgerton sang a bass solo whico was gne, and the program closed with an address by Mr. R. Hodge. After which Mr. J. B H. Fray took charge of the floor. Everybody had a nice time. BILENE ITEMS Mr. D. Simpson came ome from Concordia to see his family. Little Helen Harrison, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Harrison, has been on the sick list this week. Rev. W. F. Warder has gone on a lecture, tour. There was an assusing valentine party at the home of Miss Bessie Hampton last Saturday. Rev. R. Cox pastor of Mt. Zion Baptist church of this city left Saturday for Wichita. Rev. Wm. Hamptou filled the Baptist church last Sunday eve. The A. M. E. church had an amusing ragged muffin social last Wednesday which was very enjoyable to all who was present. WINFIELD, KANS, Arthur Nichols has resigned his position at the Brettun hotel and accepted the position as porter at the St. James. Rev. Garnett came up from Ark. City last Friday eve and held his monthly business meeting and spoke at the 2nd Baptist chutch Sunday. Miss Lena Fleming gave a family dance at his residence on south Manning st last Thursday to a very pleasant evening was spent. At the literary meeting last Friday. The question for dute was which was the most destructive to man fire or water. Jary Will and Allen Brown handle the fire and Wm. Fowler, Geo. Amble water the judge decided in favor of the fire. J. W. Walker who handled the paper made quite a hit for the first time. Mrs. A. B. Smith is visiting her friends in Topeka. --- The wedding bells will soon ring out for Mr. J. J. and Miss A. F. J. E. ALLEN, Successor to A. M. Richards, MONEY TO LOAN ON CHATTELS 151 N. MAIN WICHITA Wash Goods Fabrics, entirely differen- t's styles—especially the Bourette and Sotch ef- leave Linen Suitings and lamines. Our stock of store. We advise early se- Suitings, Voile Nation- ddee Linens, Hampton Suitings, Nubbed Voiles undack Voiles, Brocaded others. The gunmetal leasing. Dress Goods Store E DOUCLAS AVE WICHITA ATOMICON KAN. LAWRENCE KAN. OTT AWMA, KAN. EVERGREEN KAN. PARSONS, KAN. We trade Ranches, Farms, City Property and Merchandise Real Estate & Imigration Agts Homes Sold On Installment Plan. Easy Terms. Western Lands and Ranges A Specialty. Dealers in Kansas, Oklahoma and Colorado Farms and Ranch Larges. Patronage Solicited- Office 110 N. Main, wichita, Kansas. SHOES NICE Patent Leather For Men and Women Only $2.50 See Our Ladies' Slippers. E twin Clay Shoes for men $5.00 Boys Shoes $1, $1.50, and $2. Coombs-Moore 110 North Main Street COAL ALL KINDS ALL KINDS Low Prices Good Weights J. H. TURNER H. TURNER J. H. TURNER, 533-543 W. Douglas Phon Hot Springs, ot Springs, A Hot Springs, Ark. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY Leaving Wichita at 11:30 a.m. passengers for Hot Springs can make Hot Springs on the following morning. This service was established Jan. over at Ft. Smith, Ark., which was a Rate from Wichita to Hot Springs good for 30 days, $25.90. The Missouri Pacific with this direct route to this famous health u For descriptive book, and Hot S. E. E. BLECKLEY, T. P. A. W At Wichita at 11:30 a.m. on Missouri [Pacific] for Hot Springs can make through connection in the following morning at 9:45 a.m. The office was established Jan. 11th, and does away with Ark., which was the case before this day in Wichita to Hot Springs, one way, $15.30. Days, $25.90 Missouri Pacific with this new service, is the short of this famous health resort. Scriptive book, and Hot Springs literature, call- BLECKLEY, I. R. SHH T. P. A. Wichita, Ks. 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. This service was established Jan. 11th, and does away with the lay over at Ft. Smith, Ark., which was the case before this date. Rate from Wichita to Hot Springs, one way, $15.30, and round trip good for 30 days, $25.90 The Missouri Pacific with this new service, is the shortest and most direct route to this famous health resort. For descriptive book, and Hot Springs literature, call on ar write- The reception in honor of groom and bride at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. H Fray Thursday eve, Feb. 18, was a grand success. With lovely music furnished by the Wichita colored orchestra, which is the best that can be had in town, the refreshments were served in six courses which every one seemed to enjoy and the last but best of all was an address by Mr. Samuel Walker. The groom and bride seem very happy with the muny well wishes and congratulations were --- --- INDS RNER, Phone 496 ngs, Ark. on Missouri [Pacific train No. 49] are through connections, arriving at ing at 9:45 a.m. in 11th, and does away with the lay the case before this date. tags, one way, $15.30, and round trip new service, is the shortest and most eort. springs literature, call on ar write— I. R. SHERWIN, Juchita, Ks. P. and T. A. showered upon them. Those present were Mr. and Mr. J. H. P. Fray, J. Robinson, G. A. Fray Messr. F. Wakefield, G. Edwards. C. Smith. H. Floyd, R. Floyd, J. Bell, G. C. Smith, F. Street, 8. Walker; Missa Lizzie Pheps, M. Owens, N. Severe. At a reasonable hour all retired feeling happy. Rev. A E Lyde will preach at the A M E chu ch next Sunday m raining from the subject, " The Need of the Heu: " --- AGRICULTURE Care of Manure. To make good manure we must feed good food. Manure made from feeding straw alone is barely worth the handling, said James McFadyean at a meeting of Ontario farmers. A leading authority tells us it is worth only from 70 to 75 cents to the ton of straw fed, while that from a ton of timothy hay is worth $2.50. That from clover hay is worth $4; from pea meal, $5.40; from bran, $6; and from oil meal, $10. Now, we have the maintaining of the fertility of our land in view. We must feed our hay and coarse grain on the farm, and convert them into money through the medium of butter, cheese and meat, and leave the manure heap so much the richer. If we sell a ton of cheese, say at 9 per pound, we would receive $180, and how much of the fertility of the farm have we sold? Say it takes ten pounds of milk to make a pound of cheese; and the same authority tells us there is 96 cents' worth of fertility to the soil in a ton of milk, and there will be $9.60 in ten tons, and if the whey be fed on the farm its fertility is worth $3.50. The net amount of plant food sold would be worth $6.10. Now suppose we sold clover hay. It would take thirty tons at $6 to bring us $180, and as clover hay, after being stock to be sold worth $4 to a fertilizer, we have sold $120 worth of plant food from our farm. And this is only another proof of what observation tells us, that the farmers who are carefully and judiciously feeding their hay and coarse grain are the men who are maintaining the fertility of their land, and making some money also. Now, I think it is an acknowledged fact that stable manure spread over the barnyard and exposed to the action of the snow, rain and sun, becomes reduced in weight and value. The very essence of plant food is leached out if it goes where it is least needed. As it is taken from the stables, byres and pig pens it should be mixed and kept under cover, or, second best, piled up in heaps. Manure is capital we have to invest that does not improve with age nor increase in value with handling, and the sooner it is bearing interest the better for ourselves. Oat Crop of 1903. Below we give by states and territories the yield of oats in 1903, as compiled by the United States Department of Agriculture: States and Territories. Acreage. Yield per acre. Production. Bush 20.5 47,338,20.5 Bush 20.5 47,348,48.5 12,053 81.1 3,080,605 12,053 81.1 3,080,605 79,326 88.2 316,891 1,688 28.1 17,433 10,283 31.2 44,584 New Jersey 1,311,318 34.0 1,620,037 New Jersey 63,781 25.4 1,620,037 1,209,191 28.6 787,904 12,224 22.4 1,620,037 Maryland 28,840 20.6 2,470,494 North Carolina 206,529 13.8 2,470,494 South Carolina 26,710 11.4 2,470,494 Florida 256,003 13.6 3,482,865 Florida 83,227 13.2 438,596 Alabama 214,986 15.8 3,396,779 Mississippi 110,374 15.0 1,655,610 Mississippi 12,137 15.9 3,470,494 Texas 914,506 35.5 32,475,613 Arkansas 227,178 18.6 4,225,511 Tennessee 169,322 18.5 3,122,512 Kentucky 84,758 21.7 1,350,249 New Virginia 220,862 20.1 4,640,326 Ohio 1,004,981 20.6 30,762,419 Michigan 970,590 20.5 29,602,995 Indiana 1,207,289 24.4 29,457,705 Illinois 3,236,767 29,895,770 Wisconsin 2,429,538 32.8 79,688,846 Minnesota 2,130,815 32.3 68,609,174 Iowa 3,505,541 24.0 84,133,944 Missouri 727,911 27.2 17,417,753 Kansas 201,815 26.2 28,011,753 Alaska 2,014,463 29.5 59,425,638 South Dakota 706,404 38.6 27,267,194 North Dakota 797,263 27.4 21,845,006 Montana 362,387 40.4 7,832,457 Wyoming 37,988 29.4 1,116,847 Colorado 137,942 33.3 4,593,469 New Mexico 15,272 22.6 44,147 Arizona 1,5 The Hyslop Crab. This is an old and well known variety of American origin. Vigorous grower, forming a well rounded and open head. Limbs and trunk stocky. Trunk measures at base $25\frac{1}{2}$ inches in circumference, at head 20 inches. This variety has thus far been free from disease. Light bloom and a few ill formed fruits noted in 1892. First crop worth noting was produced in 1895. Trees bore a crop in 1897, a fair crop in 1899 and a full crop in 1901. Fruit of large size, beautiful deep red color, and excellent quality. Season early for a crab—fruit ripening in August and September. On the whole, one of the best of the crab apples. Recommended for general planting.—Bulletin 132, Virginia Station. Corn Whole on Ground. For a period of seven years the Wisconsin experiment station carried on feeding tests with hogs to determine whether corn whole or ground was most utilized by hogs. In this test 220 hogs and pigs were used, being divided into 12 herds. In the case of nine of these herds there was a saving of corn by grinding it, while in three there was a loss. The highest saving was 17.6 per cent, and the lowest 3 per cent. The highest loss was 9 per cent and the lowest 1 per cent. The average saving in the nine herds was 9 per cent. The average loss in the three herds was 4 per cent. Averaging up all the herds we find an average gain for the 12 herds of about 6 per cent. POULTRY Meat for Poultry. We are sure that few poultry raisers properly appreciate the value of meat as a ration for poultry. We believe that were it fed more freely, especially to young and growing chicks, it would result in a distinct saving in many ways. There is some value in meat to poultry above that shown by the protein and carbohydrate content. It has a much more extensive effect than has yet been found a reason for. This has been demonstrated both by private poultry raisers and the experiment stations. At one of the eastern stations two flocks of geese were experimented on in this matter. One flock had a partial ration of meat from the time the goslings were born till they arrived at maturity. The other flock was deprived of all meat, but the birds were fed a balanced ration of grains and vegetables. The results were truly surprising. The ones that had meat showed great vigor from the beginning and grew with great rapidity. They were also able to throw off disease, and when they reached maturity hardly any of the birds had succumbed to disease. Not so the other flock. The birds in that grew about as rapidly as do most of the geese raised on the farm. They were only ordinarily vigorous and had no particular ability to resist disease. They were subject to the same conditions as the geese in the other flock, but now and then a goose died from various diseases and troubles to which geese are subject. When they reached maturity the geese in this flock were hardly half the number they were when they came out of the shell. The station authorities regarded the showing so remarkable that they had photographs taken of the two flocks and the same were published and widely circulated. Birds have a greater need of meat than do our cattle, horses, sheep and swine, for the reason that they have always been accustomed to the use of meat in some form. When it is remembered that for countless generations before man domesticated them fowls fed largely on insects and worms it can well be understood that this habit cannot be eradicated, even in a few centuries. It would take thousands of years yet to change the hen into a true vegetarian, that is, preferring vegetables to meat. Our horses, sheep and cattle have been vegetarian for unnumbered myriads of years before the appearance of man in the world. Fed for months on a vegetarian diet our birds experience a great lack of something and that unsupplied need results in lowering the stamina of the fowls. How great the craving for meat is may be guessed at by the excitement of the fowls when meat is brought to them after a long period of purely vegetable food. Cheap meat in many forms can be obtained from the butchers and it can frequently be saved on the farm when it would be otherwise thrown away. Ground bones, especially if fresh, help supply the deficiency. We know of one man that sometimes kills an old horse and salts down his flesh for the poultry. This meat is cooked before feeding. In many localities fish that are not marketable can be had at a low price or for nothing and this forms another source of meat supply for the fowls. Poultry Feeding Machine We illustrate herewith a machine used a: the Ontario Agricultural College for forcing feed into the crops of fowls being fattened for market. A food reservoir at the top contains a porridge made of various kinds of ground grain. To the bottom of, this is attached a small force pump moved by a lever and treadle worked by the A B C E O foot of the operator. Communicating with the pump is a nozzle, through which the food passes to the bird. This machine can be used profitably only in the fitting of fancy birds for market, and to prevent loss the birds must sell for at least one cent more a pound than those fed naturally. Geese in Germany. The United States consul at Leip sic, Germany, says that the goose is the most popular domestic fowl in Germany. Yet the number raised is only about 4,000,000, and the number is annually decreasing. On the other hand the imports are increasing, and for the last three years were: (1900) 6,220,055; (1901) 6,431,247; (1902) 7, 254,145. Five-sixths of these are from Russia, and most of them are raised in the vicinity of the Black Sea. Poultry products are easy to market and can be taken to town with other things. In this the farm fowl has the advantage of the farm cow. PUEBLO ITEMS. Miss Hattie Trailer is able to be out again after an illness of a few days. Mr. R. T. Banks is able to be out again. Mrs. Low continues ill. Bro. Car'ton is again able to be out after a slight attack of pneumonia. Mrs. Chand'er was taken seriously ill last Sunday. The Athenian club met at the res deuce of Mrs. J A. Jones last Monday eve, quite a crowd was present. A paper was read by M. C. Holmes on the country of Thibet. History lesson discussed was the state of Georgia. The club will meet at Mrs. J. C. C. Owens in the parsonage of the A. M. E. church, 8 h and Elizabeth next Moudiv. A leap year entertainment was given ut St John's A. M. E. chuch last Monday eve by Mrs. M. Neely, an interesting program was rendered. Those taking part were Miss B. Phillips, Mr. Jesse Banks, Mrs. Neely, Mr. Ransom and Mrs. L. Hall. Mr. Hargrove is able to be out again after an attack of grip and muscular rhenmatism. Rev. W. R Hardy went to Chandler last week, in his absence Sunday Bro. Kearney fil ed the pulpit. The sewing circle of the 8th st. church met at the residence of Mrs Alcaxandr last Friday afternoon. They will meet with Mrs. Reeces next Fridsy. An interesting lecture was delivered by Miss Chase of Carlyle school at the mothers club last Wednesday afternoon. The ladies of the missionary circle of the 8th Baptist church are preparing a grand leap year entertainment for Feb. 25, each and every lady are cordially invited to come and bring a gentleman, admission 10c. An excellent program will be rendered. Miss Jennie Vest returned to her home in Colorado Springs last week Mrs. Mary Guy is ill at her home suffering from heart trouble. Mrs. Mattie Johnson is very ill at her home on east 8th street. Lincoln's birthday was celebrated at the Odo Fellow's hall on Santa Fe ave Feb. 12. An excellent toas was responded to by Attorney W. B. Townsend; the proclamation of emancipation was read by Mrs. L. H. Lincoln; an excellent supper was served and a nice time was enjoyed by all. Mrs. Lee Anderson has returned to the city from an extended trip to Kansas City and Topeka. Corea is about the size of Kansas. Well, then, what's the matter with Corea? The United States is not afraid of Gen. Uribe-Uribe. Shafter is as big as both of him. Somebody has written a book entitled "How to Sleep." That's easy. Get an alarm clock. It really looks as if Russell Sage has retired at the age of 87. Are our young men getting indolent? One man has served the Massachusetts senate 25 years as chaplain and still has a faint religious glow left. A woman's idea of a becoming Hat is something that looks like a flying machine that has been struck by lightning. The whalebone trust has advanced prices 20 per cent. This is a palpable conspiracy to squeeze the consumer. The dove of peace can scarcely be expected to nest in either the Russian whiskers or the stewpan hat of the wily Jap. The fact that a composer has gone crazy while trying to write a popular song may have saved the sanity of other people. Whitaker Wright was an example of that kind of "success" which the young man would do well to study carefully before emulating. 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 PHOENISON BROS, PROPS. 622 N. Main St. Phone 580 When in need of Groceries to not forget that you can always get the Best at the Lowest prices at KERNAN'S (102 E. Donelson 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!! CALL AT The ELITE Restaurant When You Want AGOOD MEAL Always The Best, and Cooked Well — MEALS 15cts — C. L. KINER, Prop. 408 N. Main St. Wichita, Kas. Dr. J. E. Farmer, Physician and Surgeon Diseases of Women and Children a Specialty. Office 703 N. Main St. Tel. 936. GO ISRAEL BROS. For Real Estate. F.ID. Israel. 1234567890 Wichita. Nice Furnished -ROOMS- By the night or week Transient a Specialty Mrs. P. Hack, Prop. 244 North Water St. C, P. Johnsou, W. R. Johnson Pres. Sec. & Treas. C P. Johnson Co., Live Stock Commission Merchants Money Always On Hand To Loan To Responsible Parties Your Business Solicited Wichita Stock Yards Phone 466 Get a Searchlight, if you want the new \ YOUR JOB PRINTING We Print ANYTHING LETTER HEADS NOTE HEADS ENVELOPES BUSINESS CARDS CALLING CARDS STATEMENTS BILL HEADS HAND BILLS POSTERS MINUTES CIRCULARS TRY US. FINE WORK OUR JOB ROOM We Are Now Prepared To Kinds Of Fancy, Up To 10 Job Work. We Invite A Tri- We Guarantee To Please You In Work And Price. 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Wichita, Kansas, Saturday Feb. 20, 2004 Russia may take a notion to inquire If Great Britain is hunting bears in Tibet. Do you realize that there are 40, 000,000 Japanesers? Apparently the czar does. The very best thing is the bridge whist face. If you have it, your social position is assured. If Hall Calne is suffering from insomnia, why doesn't he try reading some of his own books? However, Dr. Harper's dictum that bright students are lazy does not imply that all lazy students are bright. With the defeat of Gen. Jiminez, the Santo Domingo revolution for last week may be considered a closed incident. How disappointed the late Mr. Gladstone would be if he knew that they are felling trees by electricity nowadays. What if a Milwaukee chemist has discovered that there are 96,000,000 germs on an old $1 bill? Who's afraid? The principle of the anti-profanity society seems to be that in trying circumstances you mustn't say what you think. Doubtless if the children were consulted they would also think that more intelligence might be shown in raising them. Russia continues to regard Japan with the same sort of dislike that some people instinctively feel toward orcocious children. Little Chile is congratulating her self that she succeeded in working a couple of warships off on Japan when the boom was on. There are indications that Germany expects, in case Russia and Japan fight, to be able to carry off two or three of the best bones. The king of Sweden is 75 years old. Evidently Sweden doesn't share in the belief that a man is "a dead one" after he has passed the age of 35. They say that the very name of Gen. Mayoclius Gonzales strikes terror to the hearts of the Uruguay tevo lutionists. We don't wonder. Society leaders have decreed that none but vulgar people shall wear jewels in public. It does not appear that many of the 400 are affected by this. It is pathetic to see the hopeless persistence with which five or six papers in the United States are trying to popularize the spellings "altho" and "thru." Cables from Paris and Berlin indicate a highly unanimous willingness to direct the concert of Europe into harmonious melody on the stage of the far east. One of the sad things about it is that, when we tell hereafter of the steady and severe cold of the winter of 1904, the younger generation will think we're fibbing. Reports from Servia indicate that King Peter excites about as much enthusiasm when he appears in the streets of his capitel as an Orangeman would at a Fenian picnic. The Duke of Manchester has acquired another Irish estate and an 80 horsepower automobile. Mr. Zimmer man of Cincinnati must be glad he has only one noble son-in-law. At Paterson, N. J., a young man and his "best" have made arrangements to be married in a lion's cage. Perhaps each of them desires to find out right at the start what it is going to be. When a woman slips down on an ankle sidewalk she goes down in a heap but a man always executes a program of nirouettes and contortions and their sprawls all over a space ten fee square. Grand Duke Alexis broke the bank at Monte Carlo by winning only $50,000. That bank seems to be as light draught as some of these rural depositories which the bank robbers blow up occasionally. News comes from England that Alfred Austin is going to lecture on "The Growing Distaste on the Part of Many for the Higher Kinds of Poetry." All the funny things in England do not come across in Punch. The Kentucky writer who committed suicide because his writings were sharply criticised was never designed by nature to work on a daily paper with an up-to-date and active business manager down stairs. Boston is greatly delighted because a New York literary man says that the Hub is the conscience of the country, while New York is only the stomach. And yet a good many medical men will tell you that the state of the conscience depends very largely on the condition of the stomach. Something to Think Over. Perhaps the woman who persists in retaining her hat on her head in church, thereby hiding the preacher from the person—and perhaps several persons—behind her, may be serving the Lord, but she is subjecting the temper of the preacher as well as that of the person behind her to a terrible strain—Los Angeles Times. Peculiar Text. Little Elmer had accompanied his father to church one morning, and the minister discoursed from the text: "Why halt ye between two opinions?" Upon returning home his mother asked if he remembered the text. "I can't remember the exact words," replied Elmer, "but it was something about a hawk between two pigeons." American Cars for Germany. The Bavarian railway has just completed an American palace railway carriage from material imported for this purpose two years ago from the Pullman factories in Pullman, Ill. This is the first railway car of the kind to be introduced into Germany and will no doubt be the forerunner of a regular system of railway carriages of this kind on German railways. Three Doctors' Opinions Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 15th.—Physicians have accepted Dodd's Kidney Pills as the standard remedy for diseases of the Kidneys and kindred complaints. R. H. Dunaway, M. D., of Benton, Ill., says: "Dodd's Kidney Pills cured me of Diabetes after everything else had failed and I was given up to die. I have since prescribed them in my regular practice for every form of Kidney Trouble and have never as yet known them to fail." Jesse L. Limes, M. D., St. John, Kansas, says: "I prescribed Dodd's Kidney Pills for the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. McBride of this place who suffered from Epileptic fits following Scarletina; results were miraculous; I have never seen anything like it." Leland Williamson, M. D., Yorktown, Ark., says: "Dodd's Kidney Pills are the best medicine I know of for all forms of Kidney Disease. I believe in using the remedy that relieves and cures my patients, whether ethical or not and I always prescribe Dodd's Kidney Pills and can testify that they invariably accomplish a permanent and perfect cure of all Kidney Complaints." Lawyers have no excuse for going hungry, as the statutes have lots of provisions in them. Do Your Clothes Look Yellow? Then use Defiance Starch, it will keep them white—16 oz. for 10 cents. Every man may have his price, but every woman wants a bargain. FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervousness after first day use of Dr. H. Kidney's nerve Restorers. Send for F. R. H. Kidney, 522, 001 oral body and crease, Dr. R. H. Kidney, LNK, 523, 031 arc Street, Philadelphia, Pa. It's the worldly people who want the earth. Defiance Starch should be in every household, none so good, besides 4 oz. more for 10 cents than any other brand of cold water starch. It is hard for the man who is flat on his back to face the world. Stops the Cough and Works Off the Cold Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Price 25c. Economy as practiced by the average man seldom saves him any money. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children, teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, curbs wind colic. Sca a bottle. Lots of men tire themselves to death looking for an easy job. I do not believe Pice's Cure for Consumption has an equal for coughs and colds—JOHN F BOYER, Trinity Springs, Ind., Feb. 5, 1900. A straight ticket is one with the upholked candidates left off. YELLOW CLOTHES ARE UNSIGHTLY. Keep them white with Red Cross Ball Blue. All grocers sell large 2 oz. package, 5 cents. The scissors sharpener knows all about the daily grind. When You Buy Starch buy Defiance and get the best, 16 oz. for 10 cents. Once used, always used. Children put grown people to shame when it comes to telling the truth. Money refunded for each package of PUTNAM FADELESS DYES if unsatisfactory. Some people remember the Sabbath to keep it wholly for themselves. $100 Reward. $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is cancer. Cancer now known to the medical fraternity. Cataract is a very painful and painful international treatment. Hall's Cataract Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the eye, and is found to cure of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have in the past given their approval to One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Send for list of CO., Toledo, O. Sold by all Druggesis, 5. Take Hall's Family Plans for constipation. Very often the hardest things to keep are promises. 80 Btu. Macaroni Wheat Per A. Involved by the U. S. D.奉, of Arr. It is a tremendous cropper, yielding in good land 80 bu. per acre, and on dry, arid lands, such as are found in Mont. Idaho, the Dakotas, Colo., etc., it will yield from 40 to 60 bu. This Wheat and Spelt and Hanna Barley and Bromus Insects and Dollars Dooley grows it possible to grow and fatten hogs and cattle wherever soil is found. JUST SEND 100 AND THIS NOTICE to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crossie, Wis., and they will send you free a sample of this Wheat and other farm seeds, together with their great catalog, alone worth $1000 to any wide-awake farmer. (W. N. U.) There is nothing so valuable and yet so cheap as politeness. LIVE STOCK Facts in Cattle Feeding. John R. Fain of the Tennessee station draws the following conclusions from an experiment carried on at the station in the feeding of silage. With native cattle very satisfactory gains can be made, these gains varyin from 1.2 to 2.1 pounds per head per day. With six of the animals tested a gain of practically 1.5 pounds per day was made throughout the entire feeding period. The ration composed of silage, cottonseed meal and corn meal is the most satisfactory one in point of palatability and gain in live weight, and is probably better adapted for use on the average southern farm—in any other. It was found that cowpea hay may be quite advantageously substituted for cotton-seed meal, in some cases. It requires long feeding periods to finish cattle properly. Several of the groups showed an average gain of 1.5 to 2 pounds per day at the end of the 120 days' feeding, and still they were only in fair condition, indicating that a 150-day period would have been more satisfactory. Fifteen cattle fed on dry rations for 120 days made an average gain of 1.27 pounds. Fifteen cattle fed on succulent rations for the same time, with the same concentrates, made an average gain of 1.75 pounds. The average results of two years' trial on the university farm show that about 7.8 tons of corn silage and 7.2 tons of sorghum silage can be obtained per acre. The cost of corn silage is $17.08 and the sorghum silage $12.81 per acre. Silage from either source is equally satisfactory as a roughness for beef cattle, though owing to the fact that sorghum silage can be grown as a "second crop" it can be produced for some less than the corn silage. Stover is not as satisfactory a roughness as silage. A pound of gain with stover fed cattle cost 6.7 cents, whereas with silage-fed cattle a pound of gain under the same conditions cost 5.82 cents. Cotton seed brand fed either as a roughness by itself or when substituted for 48 percent of cotton seed meal and fed as a concentrate did not prove satisfactory. The farmer can produce his own roughness for less than he can buy it, and it will always be to his interest to buy the pure cotton seed meal. More Protein and Ash. It has been well demonstrated that, in the fattening of young hogs, a ration containing more protein and ash than does corn gives better results than does a sole corn ration. This is something new to most nog raisers. It has been quite generally recognized that in growing the frame of hogs mucu protein was needed, but most people have assumed that once the frame had reached a marketable size, a whole corn ration could be fed to advantage. Experiments made at the Iowa station apparently show the opposite. When one stops to consider the matter he is led to realize the fact that the natural activity of the hog must consume a very large amount of protein, even after the frame is built. The muscles that carry on the life work must be renewed constantly. Thus, the heart is always using up protein material, and the place of this wasted material can not be taken by the carbohydrates that so largely comprise the digestible nutrients of the corn ration. In fact, a too large amount of these fat-forming substances weakens all the muscles, including those that take part in the work of digestion. Good, healthy, strong internal muscles are necessary to enable the animal to change the carbohydrate food into fat. So we have the anomalous condition of some foods being so fatty as to actually prevent the animal laying on fat, after a certain duration of that process. If animals were able to put all their strength into laying on fat alone, even pure starch might be fed sometimes to advantage. A ration for fattening should contain a greater amount of carbohydrates than does the growing ration, but it should not exceed in fat-forming elements the other ration so much as we had supposed it should. Live Stock in Michigan. Fred M. Warner, secretary of State of Michigan, in the January report on live stock conditions says: The average condition of live stock in the state is reported as follows, comparison being with stock in good, healthy and thrifty condition: Horses, cattle, sheep and swine, each 96 per cent. The average price of fat cattle was $3.41 per cwt., of fat hogs $4.19 per cwt., and of dressed pork $5.53 per cwt. The average price of each class of horses was as follows: Under one year old, $33.24; between one and two years old, $52.75; between two and three years old, $78.06; three years old and over, $108.29. Milch cows were worth $34.32 per head. Cattle other than milch cows, under one year old, were worth, per head, $10.26; between one and two years old, $17.35; between two and three years old, $26.59, and three years old and over, $34.21. The average price of sheep under one year old was $2.82, and one year old and over, $3.43; hogs not fatted were worth $3.78 per cwt. The prices are for the state. The prices of farm crops are nearly the same as they were one year ago, except wheat, which is 11 cents per bushel higher. All grades of horses are higher than one year ago; on the other hand, cattle and hogs, both alive and dressed, are worth considerably less than in January, 1903. A Professional Nurse Tells Her Experience With Dean's Kidney Pills Montague, Mass. Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo, N. Y. Gentlemen—I heartily wish those who are suffering from backache and disturbed action of the kidneys would try Doan's Kidney Pills. As was the case with me, they will be more than surprised with the results. I had been troubled for years with my spine. I could not lie on either side. Spinal cramps would follow, and words could not explain the agony which I would endure. While in these cramps I could not speak or move, but by making a great effort after the cramp had left me I could begin to speak and move a little, but my whole back was so sore and lame that I could not even have the back bathed for some time. My nerves were in a terrible state. I would rather sit up at night than go to bed, dreading the cramps and the terrible backaches. I consulted physicians, but got only a little relief for the time being. Seeing your advertisement, my mother urged me to try Doan's Kidney Pills. After using one box I was better, and have ever since been on the gain. I have no backache and no cramps now and I feel like a new person. My nerves are better and I know my blood is purer. Words cannot express my thanks to you for what Doan's Kidney Pills have done for me. In my work as professional nurse I have a chance to recommend them; and they did me so much good that I will do so on every possible occasion. HATTIE BRIGHAM, Nurse. Doan's Kidney Pills are sold at 50 cents per box. Address Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y., for a free trial box. Liqueur Bottles as Bric-a-Brac. One of the most peculiar kinds of hobbies now in vogue is at present exercising quite a fascination over certain ladies in society. It is the collection of all kinds of empty liquer bottles for the decoration of drawing room whatnots and cabinets. The Dutch Delft ware, in which the liquer brandy of Holland is stored, is especially pretty and artistic.—Daily Chronicle. Newspaper Work In Russia. Newspaper work in Russia is not pleasant. The government spends more money on its press censors than on its schools. Last year eighty-three papers were suspended for various periods, and twenty-six were forbidden to accept all advertisements, while 259 editors were told they could have a short vacation in Siberia if they continued their methods of reviving various public questions. Dressed Just as Well. The lawyers were swapping yarns the other day during a recess in the district court. A lawyer whose wife is marked for her good dressing told how he had come to be such a good provider. Soon after he was married his wife met a girlhood friend. The friend said to her that she wasn't as well dressed as she used to be before marriage. "Oh, you are mistaken," said the wife. "I am wearing the same clothes I did then. SURE The Robust Physique Can Stand More Coffee Than a Weak One. A young Virginian says: "Having a naturally robust constitution far above tife average and not having a nervous temperament, my system was able to resist the inroads upon it by the use of coffee for some years but finally the strain began to tell. "For ten years I have been employed as telegraph operator and typewriter by a railroad in this section and until two years ago I had used coffee continually from the time I was eight years old, nearly 20 years. "The work of operating the telegraph key is a great strain upon the nerves and after the day's work was over I would feel nervous, irritable, run down and toward the last suffered greatly from insomnia and neuralgia. As I never indulged in intoxicating liquors, drugs or tobacco in any form I came to the conclusion that coffee and tea were causing the gradual break-down of my nervous system and having read an article in the Medical Magazine on the composition of coffee and its toxic effect upon the system, I was fully convinced that coffee was the cause of my trouble. "Seeing Postmum spoken of as not having any of the deteriorating effects of coffee I decided to give up the stimulant and give Postmum a trial. The result was agreeably surprising. After a time my nerves became wonderfully strong, I can do all my work at the telegraph key and typewriter with far greater ease than ever before. My weight has increased 25 pounds, my general health keeping pace with it, and I am a new man and a better one." Name given by Postmum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. There's a reason. Look in each pkg. for the famous little book, "The Road to Wellville." The DAIRY Keeping Power of Milk. "How long should milk keep?" is a question that is frequently asked. Milk has obtained a bad name in this respect, and it is usually believed that its keeping power is much less than it really is. Most people believe that milk will keep not longer than twenty-four hours in warm weather, unless nearly frozen. The fact is that the keeping quality of milk depends largely on the amount of dirt in various forms that is allowed to get into it after it is drawn. Even the students of bacteria in milk have been surprised at the length of time it will keep under the best of conditions, with no other element to keep it from souring than a moderate temperature and freedom from dirt. The longest time milk has kept under these conditions is forty-two days. But no such duration of keeping quality is needed in the ordinary milk trade. If milk will keep at the most for three days, or even for two days, the milk handlers and consumers will be satisfied. But, as commonly handled, milk will not always keep for even one day. Mr. Gurler sent milk from DeKalb, Ill., to Paris, France, and it was used there sweet. Milk drawn from cows in the environs of Paris, and brought to the same tables in that city, was sour before night. The only difference in the world was in the care of the milk. During the latter part of the December just passed milk sent into Chicago in the morning was sent back to the milk producers the same day because it was sour. It is altogether probable that it was simply milked and strained warm into cans that had never been washed and in which there was left enough sour milk to act as a starter. This shows the limit of carelessness in the handling of milk. One would think that after all that has been said about the necessity of putting clean milk into clean cans, experiences of this kind would be impossible. In very many cases these things not as the result of indifference the part of the owner of the cows, but on account of too much haste on the part of the men intrusted with the doing of the work. The cans come back to the farm with the dregs of the milk of the previous shipment still in them. The train was late or the wagon late in getting them to the farm and the new lot of milk must be gotten to the train in a hurry or it will miss connections in the city. The hired man either puts the milk into the cans without washing the same or he pours in some cold water, sloshes it around and pours it out again and lets it go at that. The result is sour milk returned to the sender or sour in the hands of the consumer. Often such milk is by the milkman mixed with other and better milk, with resulting trouble all along his milk route. This has led to the extensive use of chemical milk preservers by both shippers and dealers in milk. The only way to avoid such accidents on the part of the shipper of milk for city trade is to have enough cans so that one lot can be sterilized while the other lot is in use. The attempt to make one set of cans do double duty results in bad milk before it gets to the customers. The keeping power of milk depends on the men that handle it. Under right conditions it will keep so well that no preservative of any kind will ever be needed. Necessity for Protein. The most expensive element in the feeding of dairy cows, at least in good crop years, is protein. This is the element that goes to make up the lean meat, tendons, hair, wool, and so on. In the milk it is in the form of casein and albumen. Without protein there can be no development of the frame, and when little protein is fed the animal produced will be overfat but not large. It is therefore absolutely necessary that the protein balance of the feed be maintained, that we may have well-built and strong animals. Since the advent of the Jersey cow in this country, it has been observed that her size has greatly increased. This has been due to the greater amount of protein obtainable here than was generally fed during the development of this race of cows on its native island. But as a usual thing in all countries, the tendency has been to feed too little protein and too much carbohydrate material. Fortunately, in the last decade of years, the clovers, soy beans, cow peas and other crops rich in protein have received an unusual amount of attention, with the result that there has been an improvement in feeding all along the line. Decreased Oleo Output. The manufacture of oleomargarine seems to be on the decrease, if we may judge by the figures recently published. A comparison of the last five months' output of the Chicago factories seems to show this. Chicago is said to manufacture two-fifths of all the oleo made in the country. From 1899 to 1903 the output of oleo by Chicago factories during July, August, September, October, November and December, in 50-pound tubs, was (1899), 483,977; (1900), 400,676; (1901), 483,417; (1902), 322,986; (1903), 199,884. The average monthly outputs for the six months of these years were: (1899), 80,663; (1900), 66,779; (1901), 77,067; (1902), 53,831; (1903), 33,214. During December, 1899, the output of oleo in Chicago was over 94,000 tubs, while in December, 1903, the output was a little in excess of 49,000 tubs. Butter is filling the place formerly occupied by oleomargarine. DR. COFFEE Discovers Mild Remedies That Restores Sight to Blind People. Dr. W. O. Coffee, a noted oculist, $30 Good Block, Des Moines, Iowa, has discovered mild modern medical goods and not his kind of sew home and cure Caracas, Seums, Granulated Lids, Ulcers on the Eyes, Weak Sore Eyes and any kind of eye trouble. He has patented 50,000 of his famous 80-pare book on Eye Diseases and wants to send a copy to every reader of this paper. This book tells how to care for the eyes and modern cross ball blue, the best Ball Blue, Large 2 oz. package only 5 cents. When a man is in love he doesn't know axle grease from butter. IF YOU USE BALL BLUE, Get Red Cross Ball Blue, the best Ball Blue, Large 2 oz. package only 5 cents. But for donkey's big ears he couldn't appreciate his own music. Wichita Business College SHOHRTHAND INSTITUTE Fazel, Adams, Hibarger & Price, Props. Wall Bldg., 114-116 N. Market St. WICHTTA, KANSAS. Fazel, Adams, Hibarger & Price, Props. Wall Bldg., 114-116 N. Market St. WICHTTA, KANSAS. sumers buying ALABASTINE and sending us before October 15, 1904, the closest estimates on the popular vote for the new Alabastine would be a dealer in Alabastine for the easy conditions imposed in this contest, which is open to all. ALABASTINE is the only sanitary wall coating. Anyone can apply it. Mix with cold water. Not a disease-breeding, out-of-date, hot-water, glue glazine. Sample Card Free. Menton this paper. ALABASTINE Grand Rapids, Mich. or 108 Water St. CAPSICUM VASELINE (PUT UP IN COLLAPSIBLE TUBES) A substitute for and superior to mustard or any other dressing agent, may be used to delicately 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 remedy for toothache and pain, as an external remedy for pain in the chest and stomach and all rheumatic, neurologic and gouty complaints. A trial will prove what we have learned that it is to be invaluable in the household. Many people say it is the best of all your preparations. Price 15 cents, at all drugstores or other dealers, or by sending this amount to us in postage stamps we will receive. It may be accepted by the public unless the same carries our label, as otherwise it is not genuine. CHESEBROUG MFG. CO., Largest growers of ONION and Vegetable Seeds in the World. LARGE RED GLOBE Our Prices range from 60 cents to $1.50 per pound, and no better seed is found on earth. How to grow 1,200 bushels Onions per acre with each ounce order. Catalog No. for postage. Pkg., 100. Oz. 200. John A. Salzer Seed Co., LA CROSSE. WIS. THREE CARDINAL POINTS BLOOD HEALTH HAPPINESS It is a fact that, with impoverished or unhealthy condition of the blood, suffering, ill health and unhappiness must result. Rich, Red, Radiant Blood means to the possessor splendid health, and health means happiness to the vast extent physical condition may exert its influence. Do you suffer from nervousness, weakness, brain fag, loss of energy, a sluggish, tired body, with little, if any, ambition and vitality? Do you feel that you must have rest and are unequal to your daily tasks and responsibilities? Does your body ache and pain all over from lack of circulation and proper nutrition? Does your system need to be built up and held there? If these and similar conditions exist, speedy relief and permanent cure are within your reach. EUPARILLA Is a Blood Purifier and Tonic without equal. It will increase vital activity. It will give you the buoyant and happy feeling of youth renewed and health restored. You can purchase at your Druggist's. The McPike Drug Co. BEGGS' CHERRY COUGH SYRUP cures coughs and colds. FOR THIRTY YEARS Congressman Meekison Suffered With Catarrh—Read His Endorsement of Pe-ru-na. CONGRESSMAN MEEKISON OF OHIO Hon. David Meckison is well known, not only in his own State but throughout America. He began his political career by serving four consecutive terms as Mayor of the town in which he lives, during which time he became widely known as the founder of the Meckison Bank of Napoleon, Ohio. He was elected to the Fifty-fifth Congress by a very large majority, and is the acknowledged leader of his party in his section of the State. Only one flaw marred the otherwise complete success of this rising statesman. Catarr with its insidious approach and tenacious grasp, was his only unconquered foe. For thirty years he waged unsuccessful warfare against this personal enemy. At last Peruna came to the rescue, and he dictated the following letter to Dr. Hartman as the result: "I have used several bottles of Peruna and I feel greatly benefited thereby from my catarrh of the head. I feel encouraged to believe that if I use it a short time longer I will be fully able to eradicate the disease of thirty years' standing." - David Meckison, ex-member of Congress. THE season of catching cold is upon us. The cough and the sneeze and nasal swang are to be heard on every hand. The origin of chronic catarrh, the most common and dreadful of diseases, is a cold. Mrs. A. Snedeker, Cartersville, Ga. writer: "I saw that your catarrh remedy, Peruna, was doing others so much good, that I thought I would try it and This is the way the chronic catarrh generally begins. A person catches cold, which hangs on longer than usual. The cold generally starts in the head and air passages which sensitize the air passages which inhale cold very easily. At last the person has a cold all the while seemingly, more or less discharge from the nose, hawking, spitting, frequent clearing of the throat, nostrils stopped up, full feeling in the head and sore, inflamed throat. The catarrh is at the very beginning. A bottle of Peruna properly used never fails to cure a common cold, thus preventing chronic catarrh. While many people have been cured of chronic catarrh by a single bottle of Peruna, yet, as a rule, when the catarrh becomes thoroughly fixed, more than one bottle is necessary to complete a cure. The catarrh is most severe in cases of catarrh of twenty years' standing. It is the best, if not the only internal remedy for chronic catarrh in existence. But prevention is far better than cure. Every person subject to catching cold should take Peruna at once at the slightest symptom of cold or sore throat at the onset of the year and thus prevent what is almost certain to end in chronic catarrh. MEXICAN Mustang Liniment cures Cuts, Burns, Bruises. DENSION JOHN W. MORRIS, Washington, B.C. Successfully Prosecutes Claims. Lake Michigan, Kalamazoo U. S. Penitentiary Bureau 3 yrs in civil war, 15 adjudicating claims, atty since GREGORY'S SEEDS Sold under 8 gramm- s. J. J. H. GREGORY & SON, Marblehead, Maas. AGENTS WANTED to sell monuments for most reliable firm. Write to stay for excavation, construction and termite. Good profits. Chas. G. Blake & Co., 766 Woman's Temple, Chicago, Ill. BAD BREATH Don't disgust your friends any longer. Your foul breath either comes from undigested and fermenting food in the stomach, or from a feverish condition, the result of Constipation. Dr. Caldwell's (LAXATIVE) Syrup Pepsin sweetens sour stomachs, cures Indigestion and Constipation. PISO'S CURE FOR CHEWS WHERE ALL ELSE FAULT. Best Cough Syrup. Taastes Good. Use in time. Sold by druggists. CONSUMPTION Mrs. A. Snedeker, Cartersville, Ga. writes: "I saw that your catarrh remedy, Petra, was doing others so much good, that I thought I would try it and see what it would do for me. My case is an old one and I have none of the symptoms now, because I have had the disease so long that I had none of the aches and pains, but a common condition of the whole body—sore nose and throat and stomach. I would try it and see what it would do for me. My case is an old one and I have none of the acute symptoms now, but I have had the disease so long that I had none of the aches and pains, but a general rundown condition of the whole body—sore nose and throat and stomach. I had a good appetite but my food did not nourish my system. I had come down from 140 to about 75 pounds in weight. I now feel that I am well of all my troubles."—Mrs. A. Sedeker. Send for free book on catarrh, entitled "Winter Catarrh," by Dr. Hartman. "Health and Beauty sent free to women only. If you do not derive prompt and satisfactory results from the use of Peruna, write an email to me giving a full statement of your case and he will pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Colu'bus, O. If a man is satisfied with himself he is usually disappointed in other people. Wiggle-Stick LAUNDRY BLUE Won't spill, break, freeze nor spot clothes. Costs 10 cents and equals 20 cents worth of any other bluing. If your grocer does not keep it send 10c for sample to The Laundry Blu Co., 14 Michigan Street, Chicago. An honest dealer does all his buying and selling by the same scales. All Up to Date Housekeepers use Defiance Cold Water Starch, because it is better, and 4 oz. more of it for same money. The dreamer is often carried away by a train of thought. FRAUDS IN A BALE OF HAY. Frauds In Watch Cases. According to an article in the Cincinnati Commercial, a fifty-one pound stone was recently found in that city secreted in a bale of hay of eighty pounds. This is not as bad as finding a lump of lead and one-half the weight of the solid gold watch case secreted in the center of the case. Gold watch cases are sold by weight, and no one can see where this lead is secreted until the springs of the case are taken out and the lead will be found secreted behind them. These cases are made by companies who provide the honesty to furnish the means to the dishonest robber. The robber is not pleasant for anyone to find that he has lugged a lump of lead in his watch case. Another trick the makers of spurious solid gold watch cases is to stamp the case "U. S. Assay." The United States does not stamp any article made out of gold except coin, and the fakir, by using this stone, believes that the government had something to do with the stamping or guaranteeing the fineness of watch cases. Another trick of the watch fakir is to advertise a watch described as a solid gold filled watch with a twenty or twenty-five year guarantee. These watches are generally sent C. O. D., and if the purchaser has paid for the watch he finds that the Company which guaranteed the watch to wear is not in existence. These Hobam-Dew Watch Company of Canton, Ohio are usually posing these franks, will furnish the names of the manufacturers who are in this questionable business. ITEMS FROM ORIENT Some Of Them Confirmed And Others Denied. ANARCHY REPORTED IN KOREA. Japanese Meet Heavy Loss In An Engagement On Land, In Their First Battle Without Support Of Their Navy. London, Feb. 16.—The Daily Mail's Newchwang correspondent cables: According to official Port Arthur telegrams the Japanese landed a force at Pigeon Bay, west of Port Arthur. They were then attacked by troops and by the land batteries and were defeated ed with heavy loss. Seoul.—All mails are suspended. Korean malcontents are plundering the country widespread. The reported landing of the Japanese is false. Nagasaki.—At the engagement at Port Arthur twelve vessels were destroyed and eight captured. The emperor has congratulated Admiral Togo, commanding the fleet, for his splendid victory. It is considered significant that the rigid censorship regarding the movements of the Japanese fleet has been withdrawn. Chefoo. — Passengers who have arrived at Port Arthur say the Russian cruiser Askold was damaged in the battle in the roads outside of Port Arthur but was kept afloat all Saturday, when it sank in thirty fathoms. Shanghai. — It was credibly reported here that the Mongolia had been captured by the Japanese off the Shan Tung peninsula. Seoul. — The Japanese fleet which entered Chemulpo, escorting transports, captured one Russian volunteer warship and two steamers in open sea. Nagasaki. — Six Norwegian steamers chartered by a Russian naval contractor have been captured. Chefoo.—The steamer Chefoo arrived here from Port Arthur with a large number of refugees consisting mostly of Chinese, but also a few Europeans. The reported land fight between Dalyne and Port Arthur is not confirmed by those who came from Port Arthur. Will Admit As One State. Niles, Mich., Feb. 17.—Congressman Edward L. Hamilton of Niles, says that the committee on territories, of which he is chairman, will report a bill joining Oklahoma and Indian Territory as one state, and that such a bill will likely pass both houses. As to Arizona and New Mexico, he says the situation is not so certain, but he intimated that they would likewise be joined in one state. Greers Get Another One. Muskogee, I. T., Feb. 17.—Bert and Frank Greer have bought the Muskokogee Evening Times. The Greers already have a number of papers in Southern Kansas and Oklahoma, and all of them are republican in politics. It is int mated that the character of the Times will gradually be changed to a partisan paper. Ira L. Reeves, editor of the paper, will retire to enter the oil business. A Mormon Coley. Cheyenne, Wyo., Feb. 13.—A deal has been closed whereby the state land board sells 16,000 acres of land in the Big Horn country to Apostle Woodruff and a syndicate of Mormons. The Mormons propose to start big irrigation projects and settle the land with at least 20,000 Mormons. The colony already numbers about 8,000 settlers. France Preparing. Toulon, France, Feb. 17.—Orders have been issued for the mobilization of additional troops for service in Indo-China. Officials declare, however, that they do not apprehend an attack on French territory in the far east by the Japanese, but that it may be well to be prepared for all emergencies. Envious Blizzard. Provincetown, Mass., Feb. 18.—The entire Cape Cod section was swept by a furious blizzard, the worst since that of November, 1898. Traffic on land and water was seriously impeded. Does Not Prohibit St. Petersburg, Feb. 16.—The finance ministry, in denying the report that Russia has prohibited the exportation of grain, added that no such step was ever contemplated. Ohio Legislature: Columbus, Feb. 17.—The legislature will attend in a body, the funeral of Senator Hanna at Cleveland, on Friday. Neither Opposes. Berlin, Feb. 16.—The German government has been informed that neither Russia nor Japan opposes in principle Secretary Hay's proposal in regard to China. Germany Suspected. London, Feb. 16.—A St. Petersburg correspondent claims unimpeachable authority to declare that in the event of Russia being defeated in the far east Germany will make a diversion in her favor likely to have far reaching results. There is a way of trifling that costs a heap of money. Neglect Lumbago and Sciatica and it may put you on crutches, with loss of time and money. St. Jacobs Oil will cure surely, promptly. Price, 25c. and 50c. used every washday will make your clothes white as snow and as beautiful as when new. The most competent housekeepers in the country use Red Cross Ball Blue and no other. Just try it once and you will see the difference. All grocers sell it. Large package 5c. Austrian Spiders. The Austrian spiders of the genius desis live in the crevices of rocks between tide marks on the shore, and by spinning a closely woven sheet of silk over the entrance imprison air, in which they are able to live during floodtide. Prohibits Whaling. Henceforth whales are to be sacred to the Norwegian fisherman. The Norwegian parliament has passed a bill prohibiting the catching and landing of whales on the coast for the next ten years. Wife as Merchandise. A Russian peasant advertised in an Irkutsk journal that he wanted to sell his wife and two young pigs for twenty-five rubles the lot. It was supposed to be a joke, but was found to be a fact; nor did the wife seem to care much what became of her as long as she got away from him. Rats as Human Food. A successful rat show was held at Cheltenham, England, recently. There were sixty exhibits of black, gold, gray, white, plebald and tan rats. They are not yet part of the live stock of the farm, but as dormice were fattened by the ancient Romans a British farm journal thinks there is just a chance that rats might be bred for table use. Saloons in France. France has 464,556 saloons to supply the wants of 38,666,366 inhabitants. That is one saloon to eighty-three inhabitants, and this number is constantly increasing. During the last ten years the consumption of alcohol in France has increased in alarming proportions, while England and the United States have progressed toward temperance. Quiet Children. Watch the child carefully who is always quiet. This is quite an unnatural state of affairs, and shows that something is wrong. Those who go much among the schools of the very poor know that it often means lassitude from want of proper nourishment. If it occurs in the children of the better off it shows that vitality is low, and that for some reason or another the food is not giving the strength it should do.—Exchange. Kept His Word. A Sedalla man at a church meeting the other day said: "I never drink red liquor. I don't believe in it." The next day he was seen in a saloon by a man who heard him say it, just as he was ordering a drink. "I thought I heard you say you didn't touch red liquor," ventured the man. "You did," said the other man. Then, turning to the bartender, he said: "I'll take a little gin, please." Blunt Truth. An English writer has written some "confessions" in relation to his reading when a boy. Dickens he had no liking for until later years, but Browning, Macaulay, and Pepys interested him. He says that book lovers are few—a few thousands at most among the millions. If men would but dare to confess, he adds, it would be found that not one in a thousand has ever read Shakspeare.—Albany (N. Y.) Journal. The Best Results in Starching can be obtained only by using Defiance Starch, besides getting 4 oz. more for same money—no cooking required. It doesn't do much good to lend a hand unless there is something in it. 10 Wash China Silk Dresses. China silk dresses may be quite success- fully washed. Remove all spots with benz- zing between the hands, rinse through several waters. Use Ivory Soap and do not rub the soap on the dress. Wring as dry as possible, wrap in a sheet or clean cotton cloth and wash. ELEANOR R. PARKER. Virtue may be its own reward, but some people make a trademark of it. The Editor of the Rural New Yorker Than whom there is no better Potato Expert in the Country, says: "Salzer's Earliest Potato is the earliest of 38 earlier sorts, tried by me, yielding 464 bu per acre." Salzer's Early Wisconsin yielded for the Rural New Yorker 736 bu. per acre. Now Salzer has heavier yielding varieties than above. See Salzer's catalog. UST SEE 100 IN STAMPS and this one to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., and receive lots of farm seed samples and their big catalog, which is brim full of rare things for the gardener and farmer, easily worth $100.00 to every wide- awake farmer. It describes Salzer's Teosinte, yielding 160.000 lbs. per acre, of rich green fodder, Salzer's Victoria Rape, yielding 60.000 lbs. of sheep and hog food per acre, together with Salzer's Nogai national stock, which has a record of 300 bu. per acre in 30 states, so also full description of Alfalfa Clover, Giant Incarnat Clover, Alsike, Timothy and thousands of other fodder plants, Grasses, Wheat, Spelt, Barleys, etc. (W. N. U.) An elevator is at best a sort of hand me-down affair. A. Mrs. Haskell, Worthy Vice Templar, Independent Order Good Templars, of Silver Lake, Mass., tells of her cure by the use of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. "DEAR MRS. PINKHAM: Four years ago I was nearly dead with inflammation and ulceration. 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For a descriptive Atlas and other information, apply to Government Administration, Grant Agent, or authorized Canadian Government Agent- J. S. Crawford, No. 125 W. Ninth Street, Kansas City, Mo. W. N. U.—WICHITA.—NO. 8, 1904. When Answering Advertisements Kindly Mention This Paper.