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THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT BRUTAL COWARDLY urs says The Nashville American of the white Fiends who Burned Negroes. Disgrace to Civilization and a Dishonor to the Human Race 5TH YEAR. BRUTAL Curs Says The Man of the Wh Burned Disgrace to Dishonor to th The Nashville, Tenn., Ameri- commenting on the recent us of Gov. Vardaman, the latest official Negro hater in country, to prevent lynch- in his state. says: Not long ago Gov Vardaman succeeded in preventing the marching of a Negro in Mississippi. But there was a lynching that state that for fiendish cruelty has not yet been surpassed, even when the victims are roasted at the stake. It occurred at Doddsville recently, and these are the circumstances related by local newspapers: other Holbert, a Negro, had a barrel with a white man and, allowing the usual Mississippi method, they exchanged shots, the Negro escaping and the white man being killed. The Negro owing the penalty for killing white man in that section, fled course, accompanied by his life who had no part in the barrel. They were captured by a mob and this is what was due to them, according to the document of an eye witness in Tieksburg Herald: When the two Negroes were captured they were tied to trees and while the funeral pyres are being prepared they were needed to suffer the most fiendish injuries. The blacks were forced to hold out their hands while the finger at a time was chopped. The fingers were distributes softenirs. The ears of the murderers were cut off. Holt was severely beaten, his nail was fractured and one eyes knocked out with a stick, by a shred from the socket. Either the man nor womangged for mercy, nor made a can or plea. When the execomers came forward to lop fingers, Holbert extended his hand without being asked. The best excruciating form of punishment consisted in the use of a large corkscrew in the hands of the mob. This instrument was bored into the flesh of the man and the woman, in the arms, legs and body, and then dled out, the spiral tearing out pieces of raw, quivering fish every time it was withdrawn. after these tortures the muti- ed bodies were burned. Had his Negro outraged a white woon? Oh no, he had merely led a white man who was noting at him. His wife had unmitted no crime but simply died with her husband. Yet she was made to share his fate, and him made to suffer the most shel and brutal tortures the wilish ingenuity of the de- graded savages could devise. The Vicksburg Herald truly says "If there is any hell, and if it is the abode of devils, they must have turned green with envy of the genius of their brethren on earth." "White men" the members of this mob called themselves. They were brutal, cowardly curs, who are a disgrace to civilization, a dishonor to the human race. These miserable savages doubtless regard themselves as respectable citizens in their community. Perhaps they are. Then what a community it must be! Think of any state in the community in this twentieth century containing a community of white men capable of producing such brutes, such barbarians, such savages as these. The red Indians, whom we disposed of this country, in all the bloody history of cruelty and torture, were never guilty of more savage cruelty than this. The Negroes in their most beastial state of voodooism could be guilty of nothling more savage and brutal. The white man is given to much boasting, but in many instances he is but a thinly veneered savage who shows his capacity and his disposition to descend to savagery. The conduct of the mobs show this. The more frequent the mob the more brutal its excesses, the nearer the general approach to anarchy and bar barism. It would seem that even men of dull and muddy minds men who have no high thoughts or worthy conceptions, who read little and think less, could see this and appreciate the fact that in observance of law lies safety to individuals and to society. The mob feeds upon its own brutal instincts. Yesterday it sought only to hang Negro ravishers of white women, and organized society, moved by intensity of sentiment rather than guided by clear, cold judgment, raher winked at it. To-day the mob mutilates, dismembers, hack to pieces, bore into their bodies with cork screws and burn the bodies of Negroes for offenses which, in most cases, do not amount to a misdemeanor. In this instance the Negro man had killed a white man in a fight and the Negro woman had done nothing except to stand or flee with her husband. It is high time for thoughtful, decent people to ask. Where is this thing to end? ' UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL. WICHITA, KANSAS, APRIL 9, 1904. Fresh Pork Trimmings 2c Per Pound Buy your Fresh and Salted Meats at the Packing House Market - and save money. Remember the place-Market at the gate of DOLD'S Packing House. In bringing ourselves into the broad sphere of usefulness in life we often neglect the necessary elements and cultivations that are essential to every great and good achievement. Mere attempt is nothing. To be master of a ny procedure, to b r i n g forth any product worthy of note and reach the goal of success, we mus t spend many days of toil, many nights of weariness, months of vigilant efforts and hardships. What we shall encounter in our endeavors should not deter us, but rather stimulate. Should one's task at first prove irksome or seemingly impossible, is it made brighter or is there any more accomplished by becom indolent and negligent? Will such pay? If we would succeed in any pursuit, if we would gain the sympathy and "vavor of others we must summons all our faculties and look difficulties in the face with an iron will, press on and count them stepping stones by which the goal is reached, for it is only the persevering labor and the unrelenting toil which build, construct and accomplish whatever is great, good and valuable. "Run the race with patience; he conquers who endures." Men of success and achievements to-day owe more to perseverance thau to their natural powers. We must persevere with lion-hearted purpose. Never close the struggle until the longed-for-result has been obtained, and this is only by perseverance. - EXC. According to the last census taken in China by imperial order in view of reassessing taxes, the total number of inhibitants amounted to 426,447,325. The eighteen Chinese provinces proper had 3,354,000; Manchuria, 8,500, 000; Mongolia, 3,354,000; Tibet, 6,430,000, and Chinese Turkestan, 426,000 inhabitants. Carnes young men not to strive to obtain more than a competence. He will not have to plead very hard with the majority of them to get their consent. An Illinois girl wrote her name and address on an egg and put it in a cray with others to be shipped east. She is still waiting for a matrimonial proposition to hatch out. The prospect of having American college yells at Oxford seems to diswoman and proved that though marriage may be a lottery there are no blanks for the man with a will. TRY THE BLUE SEAL CIGAR SOLD EVERYWHERE Young Father Barry, of the Paulist Fathers has made himself popular with the young women of New York in and out of his parish by declaring that every able bodied young man who did not have special obligations to his parents should be married or kicked or forced to pay a tax. Father Barry is less than 30 himself, but he is old in experience. He has made a study of young men, both married and single and he says that the young married man is altogether a better citizen and a better Christian than his bachelor brother. The married man learns the lessons of usefulness; he acquires new dignity with his responsibilities; he feels more a part of the general scheme of life and not a detached atom; he drinks less, gambles less and saves more money. Then, besides he does his part in perpetuating the human race, which is considered importadt. THANKS I wish to very cordially thank all those who donated so liberally and those who worked so earnestly to make the Easter rally a success at the 2nd Baptist church. One hundred tons of cats' tails were recently sold in London in one lot. They are intended as ornamentation for ladies' wearing apparel. Each tail weighed an average of two ounces, and this means that about 1,792,000 cats were slaughtered to complete the consignment. W. M. Dunson Painter All Kinds of Fine ARTISTIC PAINTING The Only Colored Painter the City Work Guaranteed—Price Reasonable Office 703 N. Maiu Phone 936 COLONIST ONE WAY RATES to CALIFORNIA $25.00 every day till April 30. Round Trip $44.00 April 23d to May 1st Rock Island System $8.00 one way, $15 round trip to Texas March 15th. C. E. BASCOME, C. P. A. 501 N. Main St. Wichita, Kans. There is nr question or problem wh ich occupies the same degree of prominence before the Americ people to-day as the "Negro question" or the "Negro problem" as it better known. The American Negro of to-day is on dress parade, he is, whether conscious or unconscious of the fact, being inspected Every point is being marked whether good or bad. The Negro race in America to-day is at the forks of the road. There is no guide at this juncture who is willing to steer the Negro on the proper road and the Negro is left to be his own judge, on which road he shall turn. Once he has selected the wron road, woe to the race. At this time it calls for the best brain, the irnest heart and the bravo to lead the race to lead the race to the right. Thoss who aspire to the leadership of the race could be not only good men but true. On every hand we find that the other races of this country are closely and minutely studying and discussing this greatest of all great problems. Why? From the White House to the slum in the school room, in the church, in the street cars, on the streets on the public roads and on the railroad cars, in the daily and weekly papers everywhere, the doctor, the preacher, the teacher, all of them are in some way engaged in the study of this problem. The Negro of to-day has no Chas. Summers, no Lloyd Garrisons, no Levejoys, no Abraham Lincoln, and the many other white men who became martyrs for his sake, he has none of these today. He must seek his own defense, he must be his own refuge. In the halls of Congress there are no national characters who would to day dare to arise in his place and speak and defend the cause of the Negro. But the Negro is being assailed, who will defend? There is no dispute that the progress which the American Negro has made since emancipation. It is also true that no other race in whole history of the world, ancient, medieval or modern, has made the progress in the like space of time which the American Negro has made, but the race cannot hope to advance to-norrow on the progress of yesterday. The race must not sit idle and glort over the progress of the past. It must be up and doing. Beyond all question the Negro race is the greatest race which has ever lived, and with true, learned and noble charact red leaders it is truly beyond comprehension to say what its achievements of the future shall be. NEWTON ITEMS. The Easter program rendered at the 2nd Baptist church last Snday was somethin grand and ente taining. Masters Floyd, Gray and Ocran Rickman favored the congregation with a trio on their horns which they used while in the band. The Kughts and Ladies of Protection gave a social in the Odd Fellow's hall last night in order to build up their treasury. The numbers of Mission circle are going to give a rally at the 2nd Baptist church on the 9th Sunday in this month. NO 46 Every dog has his day, but he ought to cut his nights out. People need sleep. Admiral Togo's official report is fully as emotional as the multiplication table. Colombia has reduced its army from 11,000 to 5,000. Probably the privates were all discharged. The president of Uruguay died a natural death the other day, probably much to his surprise. Now is the time for spring poets to send in their achievements—to other papers than this. Andrew Carnegie may also have had grave doubts as to whether the American drama is worth endowing. Radium is now quoted at $12,600,000 per pound, with few bidders. The sales reported are all of small lots. Man needs but little here below. A half pound of radium, for instance, ought to make almost any one happy. Shamrock I. is in process of demolition to be sold as old junk. For it is jolly good junk, which nobody can deny. The Red Cross society is probably the only important organization in the world that is sincerely anxious to lose its job. Don't spend one moment hating an enemy; takes just that much time from the profitable occupation of loving a friend. Degenerate old England! They are issuing insurance policies against twins over there. Here we give premiums on 'em. Bacteria cannot live very long on gold coin. But this fact does not insure absolute immunity from disease for most of us. Jan Kubelik has been mobbed by students. It is unfortunate for Jan that he isn't over here now to get the benefit of the advertising. These jiu-jitsu pictures are very pleasant to look at, but isn't the other fellow ever to do anything but let us twist him out of shape? They can talk more fight and do less fighting in the Balkans than in any place on earth, not excepting the headquarters of a pugilist. King Edward is spending more money on household expenses than his mother did; still, everybody knows how the price of beefsteak has gone up. One of the college professors claims that people who eat apples are virtuous. Has anybody ever noticed what a debasing effect peanuts have upon man? Perhaps the Texas couple that were married on the roof of a skyscraper merely wished to emphasize their belief that their marriage was made in heaven. Having demonstrated to its own satisfaction that apples will cure the liquor habit, science will now turn its attention to finding a cure for the slave to apples. Some day perhaps some scientific sharp will walk up to the legislature with a proposition to cross the gypsy moth and the silk worm and make the moth pest useful. A recent set of quadruplets in Kentucky has been named for Grover Cleveland, William J. Bryan, Mark Hanna and TheodoreRoosevelt. There's a combination for you. On account of the high prices of tour, restaurant-keepers are slicing the ham in the sandwiches a little finner than usual, impossible as that may seem.—Washington Post. Let the Japs take warning. Old Gen. Killemoff, the celebrated Col. Dragemoff and the redoubtable Maj. Blowemhighskyski are on their way to the front, with blood in their eyes. Always lay your money on the girls' basketball team that has a girl for referee. In case of extremity, she can resort to weeping, and the mere man officiating for the other side is helpless. THE SEARCHLIGHT. WEOHITA, KANS. W. N. MILLER, Editor. Entered at the Post Office at Wiehlite, Kansas, as Second Class Mail Matter. 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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 per son which may appear in this paper, will be gladly corrected if brought to the Editor. "To Live and Let Live," is OUR Motto. (First Publication April 9th 1904) GUARDIAN'S NOTICE In the matter of the estate of R. Hodges, an insause person. NOTICE is hereby given that: Letters of Guardianship have been granted the undersigned on the estate of R. Hodges, an insaune person, a resident of Sedgwick County, Kansas, by the Probate Court of the County and State aforesaid dated the 22nd day of March 1904. Now all persons having claims against said estate are notified that they must present the same for allowance to the undersigned within one year from the date of said Letters or they may be precluded from any benefits of such estate, and if not exhibited within three years after the date of such letters they shall be forever barred. John T. Chinneth, Guardian of the person and estate of R. Hodges, an insaune person. The Fulton --- The Fussiest Shirts in Town And the gretest varieties. Every kind of Shirt Plain Nogligee, Fancy Madres, Plain Linen, Pongers, All Wool, etc. Latest and Newest patterns and colorings 50c to $3.00 Each Come to the Fulton for all kinds of furnishings-largest stock Lowest Prices OLDEN'S DRUG STORE, Owned and controled by Colored men. The only store in southern Kansas run by members of the Colored race. DRUGS of all kinds. Cigars, Tobacco. Your Patronage Solicited James Older, Prop. 615 N. Main st. From the way things look now the next legislature which will convene in 1904 will be called upon to select a successor to J. Ralph Burton. Senator Burton was convicted in St. Louis and sentenced to serve 6 months in jail and pay a fine of $2,500. If the superior court upholds this verdict, Senator Burton losses his seat in the senate. At last the Republicans have redeemed Kansas City, Mo. Let harmony prevail and they may be able to hold the fort The colored Masons of Kansas City, Mo., have raised more than $3,000.00 with which to begin the purchase of ground on which to direct a Masonic Mempte. This is a grand movement and we wish every city in the Union would take the same step. --- The interior of the 2ad Baptist church loomed up in great style on Easter day. With the new papering new painting, new pulpit furnishings, new carpets, new electric chandeliers, flowers, birds and a large and attentive audience — the Easter services were grand in every way. Rev. Hail and his members may well feel proud of their work. A collection of $120.10 raised. AT REST. Thursday afternoon March 31st, Jas, W. Turner died at his late residence 817 N. Wichita. James or "Jim" as he was better known by his hundreds of friends and acquaintances, had lived in Wichita for more than 30 years and was well and favorably known. He had friends by the scores. Jas, W. Turner was born in Lawrence, Ks., Dec. 21, 1870, and died in Wichita March 31, 1904. He was therefore 33 years, 3 months and 10 days old at the time of his death. He leaves a mother, a sister and a host of friends behind. Funeral services were held at the A. M. E. church Saturday, April 2nd at 2:30, interment in Elmwood cemetery. The colored men of Leavenworth Kas, turned on en masse and prevented the lynching of two colored men in that city on Wednesday night March 30th, 1904. The colored people of Illinois have formed a new political party under the name of the National Civil Liberty party and proposes to nominate a colored man for president of the United States. A national convention has been called for July 6th at St. Louis. Tax movement is pushed by W. T. Scott of East. St. Louis. At La Crosse, Wis., a mob of white men made several attempts to lynch Charles Powers (white) who is in jail at that place charged with rape on little 10 year old Inez Drake. BIRTHDAY PARTY Mrs. Anderson Griggs get up a very nice surprise party in honor of the 50th birthday of Mrs. John Rawls 519 N. Wichita. The pretty was given at the home of Mrs. Pawles last Thursday night. Those present were: Mrs. A. Griggs, Mrs. V. N. Miller, Mrs. E. Porter, Mrs. E. McCune, Mrs. B. Brown, Mrs. C. Crouch, Mrs. W. Gibbs, Mrs. M. Milleer, Mrs. S. Griggs, Mrs. S. C. Collins, Mrs. Guthrie. The whole Republican ticket was elected on Tuesday. Born—To Mr. and Mrs. Yancy a bouncing baby last Sunday afternoon. Both mother and child are doing well. Do not forget to pay your subscription to the Searchlight Look for our collector at any time. The Merchants who appreciate the trade of the colored people ADVERTISE IN THIS PAPER. PATRONIZE THEM. Locals and Personals When you waat anything look over our columns and buy at from one who "ads" with us. Mr. Geo. Brown and Mr. W. A. Wright contemplate giving a chazity entertainment in the near future. County Clerk Jno. M. Chain is able to be out again. Arkansas Valley lodg No. 21 mst Tuesday night. The hall was filled to overflowing. E. Thaddeus Summytt began his duties as railway mail clerk April 1. His first run is between Wichita and Kiowa. Rev. J. H. Vanlen is spending a few days in the city. Rev. W. W. Stewart of Rock Island, Ill., preached at the Second Baptist church Thursday night. The weather turned to be quite chilly Thursday, overcoat and fires felt good. Mrs. Elizabeth Howard the woman evangelist closed a series of three weeks meeting at the A. M. E. church Wednesday night. Sandy Patton states that his wife who is in San Francisco, Cal., is in good health. New Hope Baptist church have called Rev. W. H. Tillmen of Chataanooga, Tenn., as their pastor. Rev. Tillman is quite an educator and comes to Wichita highly recommended as a minister. ELECTED OFFICERS The ladies of Wichita Tabernacle No. 34, held a very interesting and well attended meeting at the residence of Mrs. W. N. Miller, 'Thursday afternoon. After routine of business the following officers were elected for the ensuing year. Treas. , Mary Parks Hespers—Dt. Maria Whitted, chrm Sadie McFarlan, Sadie Grayson. Cyrenes—Dt. Gregg, chrm., Mary Alexander, Mary Grayson. Mr. and Mrs. William T. Southard have erected a nice cottage on their lots on 13th and Lewellen and will move into it sometime next week. That's the way we like to see our people come to the front. ATTENTION. Wait for the Big Event—What is It? Wichita Dramatic Club assisted by the Juvenile Minstrel Co who will give a benefit for Mr. Joe Bowman and Henry Thompson. Come one. come all, come help those that are in need. Date and place later. Watch for posters. CARD OF THANKS. We wish to thank those who so kindly assisted us during the illness and death of our beloved son and brother J. W. Turner, also the floral contributions. Mrs. Hattie E. Turner and Daughter. LIBARAL DONOR There are few men in our city who are freer in their donations to the colored people than is M.: W. F. Schell, councilman from the 2nd ward. Every colored church in Wichita can testify of his liberality. Every worthy cause that has ever appealed to Mr. Schell has never yet been denied. Thus it is that Mr. Schell has a friend in every colored man in Wichita. Keep a little change on hand to pay the Searchlight man when he calls on you. Rev. S. Scott of Topeka is spending a few days in Wichita the gues of Rey. J. H. Vanleu. J. H Phelps has returned to the city from St. Louis where he has been for the past few months. BIG SOCIAL The ladies of Wichita Tabernaele No. 34 will give a Social at the residence of Mrs. Milla Kelly, 419 N. Wichita st. next Thursday eve April 14th. Supper served 15c Mrs. M. Kelly, Chairman Mrs. S. Hall, Secretary. Mr. J. B. Fleming, of Horton, Kansas, spent Thursday and Friday in our city. Mr. Fleming is one of the leading colored men of Kansas and is going over the state looking after his interests in the gas and oil regions. He left for Iola. Cooper -- Weyl Hardware Co Now Established at 352 N. Main Everything in the Hardware line. Pumps a Specially Satisfaction Guaranteed Phone 1337 WANTED Special Representative in this county and anjoining territories, to represented advertise to old established business house of solid financial standing. Salary $21 weekly with Expenses paid each Monday by check direct from headquarters. Expenses advanced; position permanent. We furnish everything Address The Celumbia, 630 Mono Bidg, Chicago, Ill. The ladies of the A. M. E. church deserve much credit for the very nice manner in which they had the interior of the church re-papered for Easter. Their election of paper was fine. The ladies are alright. Mrs. Elizabeth Howard, the evangelist, was tendered a grand reception Wednesday afternoon by Mesdames E. Landrum and Chas. Anderson at the home of Mrs. Landrum. An elegant luncheon was served and a pleasant social time was enjoyed by the large number of guests who were present. Mrs. Pauline S. M. Johnson, the colored lady pharma'st, arrived in the city Sunday and took her place in Olden's drug store Monday morning. The democrat state delegate convention convened in Wichita Apr 17th. Rev. J. R. Ransom of the Omaha district, dreaded Tuesday evening at the A. M. E. church The G. L. A. club met with Mrs Harper Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Martha Poe'ps is on the sick list this week. Mrs. Ellen Thompson has been ill for several days. Mrs. W. H. Jones 522 N. Water is slowly improving. New Hope Baptist church has called Rev. Tillman as their pastor and he is expected in Wichita Sunday. There are two things which generally bring rain—a circus and a democratic convention. Rev. John Mitchem was confined to his bed the first of this week withe gri , but he is able to be out now among hts friends. H & M. Clees WHITE FRONT HARDWARE Warnhoff & M.Clees WHITE FRONT HARDWARE WONDERFUL DISCOVERY Curly Hair Made Straight By at Searchlight ce's Standard Bearer Tourist Rates TO THE NY SOUTH until April 30th, 1904, to the principal Winter Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, Sout s. 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Friday and Saturday will be great days here, if these bargains are fully appreciated. Listen- New Dress Hats n um b e r of original-styles —some of all - over lace in white and black; others of exquisite chiffon, hand folded; all trimmed with importe roses or dainty w r e a t h flowers; worth double our Price Each $5.00 naturally fresh styles, have not ever been shown before. Each $2.50 $3. $5.00 $3.50 to --- Wichita Headquarter s For Fine Millinery OTTO WEISS, Agent. DEALER Phone 134 408 W. Douglas City Property and Merchandise New & Co., Immigration Agts Used On Easy Terms. Specialty. Dealers in Kansas, Arms and Ranch Lakes. Solicited- in, wichita, Kansas. A. DEAN tis, Vegetables Feed. MAIN ST 101-Both Phones - 101 G IN DRUGS Called With Care Drug Co. Main Street. Maulberg Working Harder T ranging. Our designers are thinking hundreds of new ideas are being sen sursday will be great days here, if t ted. Listen— Wire frames Black and white, fifty different shapes Each 19c Straw Braids Imitation horsehair, black and white. Per yard 50 for=get Me Wots Colors, light blue, pink and white, 36 in bunch. ea.2 5c Black Silk Roses, 6 in a bunch. each 25c The Easter services at the A. M. E. church were grand and imposing. Services were held all day the principal exercises being held at the Sabba h School in the afternoon the Song Service in the evening and the Senior choir exercises at night. All he exercises were grand, but all agree that the night program by the Senior choir, under the direction of Mr. Geo. W. White, chorister, was the grandest of them all. They presented "The Resserretion" in three symbols-with musical and literary inter-pieces. Mrs. J. W. Newlin of Maize was in the city Sunday attending Easter services at the churches. ELECTED OFFICERS The Ladies' Court, H of J. elec- ted their officers for the ensuing year last Wednesday afternoon. The following officers were elected: M. A. M, Winnifred Ray S. M. Jena Phillips C. S. Lottie Anderson C. T. Nancy Neely M. W. J. Jednie Jackson I. G. K. Mary Gaines O. G. K. Addie Adams J. A. Georgia Hyde S. A. Hattie Alexander D. 1. Mollie Miller 2. Minnie Bowman 3. Elizabeth Neely J. W. Newlin, of Maize, was in the city Tuesday attanding lodge. Ye editor and wife dined with Mr and Mrs. W. Gibbs, 219 w 8th Sunday for Easter dinner. PUEBLO ITEMS.. Easter was celebrated at St. John A. M. E. church Sunday. A grod crowd wras present. The week ending Easter Sunday was a week of fest vals at St John's. The church gave a Fair four nights to raise money for the new church. Mrs. H. Rogers was taken seriously ill Thursday night. Father Samuel Nelson died at his late home 712 w 4th Tuesday; he was buried Thursday. He was 57 years old and belonged to the Odd Fellows. The Odd Fellows and Household Ruth both turned out in full uniform. Mrs. Geo. Mitchell is still ill. Mrs. Lula Fleming is sick. Mrs. Sadie Vest went to Colorado Springs, Saturday. Mrs. Doe Lee went to Denver last week. Mrs. E. W. Buckner returned to her home in Colo. Springs last week after visiting in Pueblo with Rev. and Mrs. S. P. Watson On account of the Fair given last week at the Methodist church the 407 East Douglas Ave han Ever g up new fashions and nt us from leading makers these bargains are fully Follage Comes in green only, 27 leaves in a bunch. each 29c. For Boys and Girls Straw Sailors, trimmed in silk ribbens, 50 different patterns $2. and $2.50 values Each $1.39 Hauberg's Violet Art Club postponed the eir meeting and met with Miss Vera Trailor Thursday. A RUNAWAY CAPTURED. There was great excitement Sunday afternoon when one of Steffen & Bretch's ice cream delivery teams came north on Main street at a rattling speed. There had been several attempts made to capture the running animal but all had proven in vain until John Street, better known as Frank, one of the leading society young men of the town and is well liked by those that know him, ran out into the street in front of Olden's drug store and tried to capture the running animal by throwing up his hands but it was a vain attempt. Mr. Street seeing that his attempt was vain stepped to one side and let the horse glide by. Just as the hind end of the wagon started by he caught hold of of the side and gave a quick leap and was soon in the wagon. Mr. Street being a young man of good muscle soon had the animal under control. There were many who witnessed the affair and all congratulated Mr. Street with clapping of hands for his brave act. Charley Floyd also had a hand in the deal as he was in the wagon soon after it was captured. Mr. Street said that he felt somewhat stiff Monday morning from the jar he got when he landed in the wagon. Street was asked if he was hurt and replied No, not hurt but frightened se I will be sick afterward. Street's friends all agreed that he had done act and should be rewarded for his trouble. Our Cats Talk THE WILLIAMSON HAFFNER ENGRAVING CO. 1023 19 ANAPAHDE ST. DENVER A 26-year-old woman in New York has had thirteen children. She has gone insane. If the czar ever does conclude to go to the front he will not have any trouble in finding it. Of all the birds of spring, however, the most welcome song is the lay of the early pullet. Judging from the increase in prices the country is up against a peanut famine—or the peanut trust. There are points of resemblance between the czar's flying squadron and Prof. Langley's flying machine. It is generally some one who does not have to live on fifteen cents a day who figures out how it can be done. How we envy the man who can handle kerosene with one hand and violets with the other, and be happy! Women may not sing in church any more, but they'll hold fairs to raise the money to pay the choirs just the same. Japan claims to have all the money she wants. Mr. Rockefeller will be likely to consider the Japs weak-minded. A man of the name of Castor has been elected to Congress from Philadelphia. He is reported to be smooth, but not oily. Eliza, the oldest hen in New York state, is dead at Middletown, at the age of 17 years. She was born one year after Ann. Great gunning in far eastern waters when they toss projectiles seven and one-half miles and pink the enemy, at frequent intervals. Newark schoolboys are said to be "crazy to learn to sew." Well, they may not be crazy, but for boys they certainly are peculiar. The fashion writers say that perfumes are coming in again. When perfumes come in most of us feel a strong desire to go out. Braitsch's 120 E. Douglas Avenue. FOOTWEAR Is Up-to-the-Minute SHOES NICE Patent Leather For Men and Women Only $2.50 See Our Ladies' Slippers Edwin Clapp Shoes for men$5.00 Boys Shoes $1, $1.50, and $2. Coombs-Moore 110 North Main Street R Happy Is The Man who is on the road to success the most successful men today are those who know how to SAVE a little each week from their earnings. The fuel question is often troublesome and unless the fuel is bought right it generally costs too much money—We sell only reliable, clean coal at a reasonable price that is bound to save you money BOTH PHONES 497 J. H. TURNER, 535 -- 537 W. Douglas Ave., 1904 STYLES We have just received two car loads of Pianos from our Cincinnatta and Chicago factories which comprises the latest designs for the present season. The same high quality has been maintained in construction and quality of tone while the designs and handsomely figured veneers we have must be seen to be appreciated. We cordially invite inspection whether you are considering purchasing or not. Terms to suit purchasers. THE McKinney Music Co., 411 East Douglas Ave. J. H. TURNER, 535--537 W. Douglas Ave., 1904 STYLES 1904 STYLES We have just received two car loads of Pianos from our Cincinnatta and Chicago factories which comprises the latest designs for the present season. The same high quality has been maintained in construction and quality of tone while the designs and handsomely figured veneers we have must be seen to be appreciated. We cordially invite inspection whether you are considering purchasing or not. Terms to suit purchasers. THE McKinney Music Co., 411 East Douglas Ave. 50-inch Brilliantine, 59c Two pieces each 50-inch Black and Blue Brilliantine, good weight, worth 75c a yard. Monday and Tuesday 59c per yard. Two pieces each 50-inch Black and Blue Brilliantine, good weight, worth 75c a yard. Monday and Tuesday 59c per yard. New Black Nub Voiles Another shipment of those much wanted Nub Voiles in wool These are solid black, with large and small nub stripes three grades, 44 inches wide, at $1.. $1.25 $1.50 Another shipment of those much wanted Nub Voiles in wool These are solid black, with large and small nub stripes three grades, 44 inches wide, at $1.. $1.25 $1.50 Small Figured Mohair, 49c Five pieces 38-inch Mohair; grounds of black and blue, with small white figures; cool, dust proof and serviceable; besides they are one of the favored fabrics this season, yard 49c Five pieces 38-inch Mohair; grounds of black and blue, with small white figures; cool, dust proof and serviceable; besides they are one of the favored fabrics this season, yard 49c White Striped Brilliantines That is hardly the name, either, because it is White Brilliatine, with alternating stripes of white crystal woven mohair, with a narrow hair-line stripe of blue or brown pretty for shirt waist suits or waists; 45 inches wide. Per Yard..... 98c Boston Store 103.105 107 109 E DOUGLAS AVE WALLENSTEIN & COWK That is hardly the name, either, because it is White Brilliatine, with alternating stripes of white crystal woven mohair, with a narrow hair-line stripe of blue or brown pretty for shirt waist suits or waists; 45 inches 98c wide. Per Yard. Boston Store 103.105 107.109 E DOUGLAS AVE WALLENSTEIN & COXM WICHITA. ATDIMS DAN KAN, A MEMBERE KAN, OTT AWK KAN, EPIRINA KAN, MARGINES KAN. TICKLE GRASS BY BYRON WILLIAMS Mary. When Mary spanks t' butter in th' spring-house by th' crick. She looks almighty lovely—twirl t' as purty an' as slick As she winks t' th' city with their funny, struttn' walk. An' I hang crougn an' putter, jest t' hear Miss Mary talk. She has eyes that haunt a feiler in the middle o' th' night; Eyes that sort a' makes t' villets hide their petals out o' sight. Wishes she could gip courage jest t' ask her life. Fer with Mary spankin' butter—well I guess that would be life! Mary's arms are round and rosy and her cheeks is blushin' red; Jest t' gaze upon her featur' sort a goes right t' yer head! The son of hers her butter mad-like, sez: "Git th' out you th' thin!" Keeps on spinnin' and a hummin' like th' water in the spring. I sneak away a laughin' jest t' hide th' love I feel. Go out yander t' th' orchard with my senses in a reel! When Mary t' thy spankin' of her butter by the spring. Seems like Heaven is some nigher, and th' stars, an' everything! A REMOVING THE STAIN. Tobacco stains can be removed from the front of a man's linen shirt by pouring hot water over the spots. It is not necessary to remove the man first. In fact, better results are secured if the man is inside when the pouring takes place. 5 5 5 Building the Barn Little Willie had been helping Mart Sweet build a barn that day. It was an event in the neighborhood and when night came Willie was weary from lugging refractory shingles and bringing the workmen water to drink. He said his "Now I lay me down to sleep" with a laxity that almed his good mama, and was fast asleep almost before he had tumbled into his comfortable little bed in "the boy's room." Along about midnight Willie's papa and mamma were awakened by a half-stiffed cali. Rushing to the room of their beloved offspring, they found him writhing in his sleep, muttering imploring catreaties and gesticulating wildly with his arms. "Willie!" shrieked his mother, making a rush for him and folding him in her arms; "Willie, what if the matter?" "Oh! Oh!" shrieked Willie, who only partially awake, was fine now that the goblins had him. "What is it, dear?" from an excited and over-sensitive mother. "What's the matter, lad?" from a more practical, but intensely interested father. "Go 'way,' demanded Willie, and then his eyes opening slightly, he recognized his mother. "Oh, mama," he cried, snuggling up close to her. "Mart Sweet's been here. He was awful. He was jes' goin' t kill me 'cause I couldn't build as big a barn as he could." The next day Mart Sweet worked on his building without the help of Little Willie, the lad's mother reasoning that carpenter work was altogether too exciting for a boy of seven summers. 'BR-R-R!' 'WAL BY HECK! THARS THE FUST RODIN O'TH' YEAR! The birds are a bursting; the fond heart is a throbbin'. Who then will report for the small country? The first plump plaint of the first little ```markdown ``` "The are lamps in the street have a real pole-light look." Thus wrote the funny man on the Philadelphia Bulletin. Then he blew for the night before the proofreader could send down word to give no quarter. ```markdown ``` A New York man suicided rather than submit to operation for appendicitis—and yet the doctors will scarcely admit there are some things worse than death that may happen a man. Special one way Second Class Rates to California and the Northwest Tickets on Sale March 1 to April 30 inclusive. VIA MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY San Francisco ..... $25 0 Los Angeles. ..... 25 0 San Diego ..... 25 0 Salt Lake ..... 20 0 Ogden ..... 20 0 Butte ..... 20 0 Helena ..... 20 0 Also to many ether places in C For rates to points not quoted at entire routes, call on or address the E. E. BLECKLEY, T. P. A. W San Francisco ..... $25 00 Portland ..... ' $20 00 Los Angeles. ..... 25 00 Tacoma ..... 25 00 San Diego ..... 25 00 Seattle ..... 25 00 Salt Lake ..... 20 00 Spokane ..... 22 50 Ogden ..... 20 00 Wenathee ..... 5 Butte ..... 20 00 Ellensburg ..... 22 50 Helena ..... 20 00 Bossland, B. C ..... 22 50 Also to many ether places in California and the Northwest. For rates to points not quoted above and full information in regard to entire routes, call on or address the undersigned. E. E. BLECKLEY, I. R. SHERWIN. T. P. A. Wichita Ks. P. and T. A. Confucius on Women's Duties. "Women's business," says Confucius, "is simply the preparation and the supplying of wine and food—she may take no step of her own motion, and may come to no conclusion in her own mind. Beyond the threshold of her own apartment, she should not be known either for evil or for good." Work of Bible Society The first foreign venture of the British Bible Society was to have part of the New Testament translated into Mohawk by a chief with the extraordinary name of Tyonehenkawara, but who finally reduced it to Nelson and became a British officer and fought this country in the war of 1812. Have No State Debts Ohio having paid the last of her debts, there are now six states without outstanding obligations. They are Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, New Jersey, West Virginia and Ohio. The debts of Delaware, Kansas, Michigan, Nevada, South Dakota and Wyoming are only nominal. Rule Is Reversed. In all the lower orders of life it is the male who develops special adornments, such as gay feathers and gaudy hues, to attract the female. The reversal of the process among humans seems to indicate that woman has got into a false position somehow. Heavy Trade in Wood Oil. Hankan, China, exported nearly two million dollars' worth of wood oil last year. It is used for making varnishes and soaps. Satisfactory experiments in growing the oil tree from seed have been made in California. Arthur Paintor is Dead. Duesseldorf newspapers announce the death of an armless painter named Siepen, who became quite noted for his genre pictures. He painted with his left foot. Many of his pictures are in England. Rains Destroy Animal Life A British naturalist suggests that the destruction of animal life by heavy rains has received too little attention. The mortality among insects and all small animals is certainly very great. Clock's Marvelous Record Rouen's great clock has been measuring the time and striking the hours and quarters for over 500 years, running all this time without interruption. It keeps excellent time. Few Declare War. A Berlin newspaper finds that out of 120 wars, waged between the years 1700 and 1870, 110 were begun without the formality of a declaration of war. Don't Be Too Observing Don't Be Too Observing. If a man observes carefully he will discover many reasons for doing one thing, and as many for doing something else. Financial Surveyor A money lender's clerk, asked in a London court what his occupation was, said: "I am a financial surveyor." Amid so much discussion of the rights of women we forget there are some rights which she hasn't got. She has no right to be homely; she has no right to be cranky when she's tired; she has no right to make a row when dinner isn't ready on time. These are masculine rights.—New York Times. The largest loaves of bread baked in the world are those of France and Italy. The "pipe" bread of Italy is baked in loaves two feet or three feet long, while in France the loaves are made in the shape of very long rolls, four feet or five feet in length, and in many cases six feet. It seldom makes a woman happy to have a gray-haired man come up to her at a party and greet her warmly as an old acquaintance and then start in on a pleasant reminiscent conversation about how he and she used to play together when they were boy and girl. Portugal is the most filibertate country in Europe; nearly 68 per cent of her population can not write. It initially the proportion of filibertates is 53 per cent; in Russia, 36 per cent; in Spain, 9 per cent, and in Britain, not quite 4 per cent. There is often to be seen in the streets of Cork a respectable looking man, accompanied by a tame goose, which follows him through the busiest thoroughfares. The bird is said to drink porter with much relish. The convolutions seen in the kernel of an English walnut much resemble those of the human brain; hence, when a man's brain is off center we say he is "nutty." Cheerfully submitted.—New York Press. Experiments have shown that a person speaking in the open air can be heard equally well at a distance of 100 feet in front, seventy-five at either side and thirty behind. Water Cures Ailing Cats. In the south of Ireland, near Inchgeeith, is the "Cats' Well," the waters of which are supposed to exert marvelous remedial effects upon alling tabbies. Britishers Grow in Height. Statistics show that in fifty years the average height of British men has risen an inch. The present average height for a man is 5 feet $8\frac{1}{2}$ inches. German Canaries the Best. The canaries of Germany excel all other canaries as singers. One has been known to continue a single trill for a minute and a quarter. Electric tramway cars in Rome are now fitted with postal boxes, the contents of which are collected every quarter of an hour Sarcasm. Long Loaves of Bread. Better Forget the Past. Portugal Is Illiterate. Odd Irish Chums. An Explanation. Volume of Speech. Water Cures Ailing Cats Street Car Mail Service HOUCK Hardware Store Insurance Gasoline Stoves Lawn Mowers Rubber Hose, etc. H6 East Douglas Ave. PEERLESS STEAM LAUNDRY Best Laundry In The City Phone 232 RELOVER & SONS, Props. 245-247 North Market St Banner Mills + CUSTOM GRINDING + ..... A Specialty ..... ALL KINDS OF COAL & FEED PHOENISCH BROS, PROPS. 622 N. Main St. Phone 530 When in need of Groceries to not forget that you can always get the Best at the lowest prices at KERNAN'S 102 E. Dowling 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. 108 N. Main St. Wichita, Kas. Dr. J. E. Farmer, Physician and Surgeon Diseases of Women and Children a Specialty. Office 703 N. Main St. Tel. 936. GO TO ISRAEL BROS. For Real Estate. F.U.D. Israel, 120 N. Market Ditchie Nice Furnished ROOMS By the night or week Mrs. P. Heck, Prop. 244 North Water St. C, P. Johnson, W. R. Johnson Press. 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 406 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. If Your Work Is DONE BY US We Do It RIGHT We Are Now Prepared To Do All Kinds Of Fancy, Up to Date Job Work. We Invite A Trial. We Guarantee To Please You, Both In Work And Price. You Will Find Us At The Old Reliable Stand At 110 North Main St. Bring Us Your Next Job. WE INVITE YOU TO CALL The PRINTERS who Can PRINT Our Prices ARE AS LOW AS THE LOWEST OUR Work IS AS GOOD AS THE BEST IF NOT, WHY NOT? IT IS ONLY $1.00. FOR A WHOLE YEAR Delivered. SUBSCRIBETO - DAY W. G. McKee, ( Successor to A. N. West ) Pumps, Pipe, Hose, Windmill When you need a new Pump, or your old one need pairing, don't forget to give me a call 118 South Main St. Phone 643 JOB WORK IS OUR HOBBY. ‘SUPPLEMENT TO Wichita, Kansas, Saturday April 9,704 ——— One hnndred and thirty thonsand goliars for a set of Dickens! Great geott! A 2G-year-old woman in New York nas had thirteen children. She has gone insane. If the czar ever does conclude to go to the front he will not have any trou- ble in finding it. of all the birds of spring, however, the most welcome song is the lay of the carly pullet. Jnéging from the increase in prices the country is up against a peanut famine—or the peanut trust. There are points of resemblance be- tween the ezar’s flying squadron and Prof. Langley’s flying machine. It is generally some one who does not have to live on fifteen cents a day who figures out how it can be done. How we envy ihe man who cen handie Kerosene with one hand and violets with the oiher, and be bappy! Women may not sing in church any mere, but they'll hold fairs to raise the money to pay the choirs just the same. Japan claims to have all the money she wants. Mr. Rockefeller will be Ikely to consider the Japs weak- minded, A man of the name of Castor has bo%a elected to Congress from Phila- delphia. He fs reported to be smooth, but not oily. Eliza, the oldest hen in New York state, is dead at Middletown, at the age of 17 years, She was born one year after Ann, Great gunning in far eastern waters when they toss projectiles seven and one-alf miles and pink the enemy, at frequent intervals, Newark schoolboys are said to be “crazy to learn to sew.” Well, they may not be crazy, but for boys they certainly are peculiar, ‘The fashion writers say that per- fumes are coming in again. When perfumes come im most of us feel a strong desire to go out. Let us merge,” exclaimed the trusts. “Thou shalt not merge,” re- marked the supreme court; anda very noiavle divorce was recorded. King Menelik is sending a howling hyena to President Roosevelt. ‘The president might add to the gayety of nations by turning it over to James J. Hin, The mikado’s household is to live strenuously while the war lasts, but we rather think the royal family can sil have chicken pie about any day it sees fit. Well, let’s allow the claim of the distinguished British athlete that the Britons can run faster than we can. ‘The glory thereof is ambiguous, to say the least. The New York elevated road con- ductor who drew $800 out of the bank to play poker with and admits having det $75 on a pair of fives evidently needs a guardian. Buffalo Bill, after being married searly forty years, wants a divorce. One difference between neasles and divoree is that as a rule only the young have measles. The empress dowager of China has ordered fifty more automobiles. She evidently intends to get even with the People who have been starting all these Tumors about ker being dead. St. Petersburg dispatches say that Admiral Makaroff's name is on every lp. t's easier to manage in that po- sition than some others—Col. Wnuchi- terinuyskiviteh, for instance. A preacher preached a violent ser mon recently to prove that there were to female angels in heaven, This is important if true. We had always un- derstood that heaven was inhabited. When a woman’s bank account Is cverdrawn and she has to make. {t up sho acts just the way she does when she says the grocer charges her for (tings she meyer bought—New York The maharajah of Jeypore, who is foming to the fair, wears $3,500,000 North of diamonds when in full dress. He-will be placed in the safety deposit ‘sult of that bank at the fair grounds every night. ,;. South Dakota woman was killed a Aw 838 ago by poisoned candy and a New York family has been stricken down by Poisoned sausage. Is it go- ing to be necessary for people to give “Pall the dainties in self defense? Mrs. Fannie Blackburn of Cleveland §s roveived fourteen offers of mar- P8se since she drove three burglars Gut of her house with a club. Evi (ewly there are a great many men oe want to get up every time it wife thi a the bute thinks she hears burglars in BY BYRON WILLIAMS An Hundred Years. The triumphs that we win to-day, ‘Though dearly bought An hundred years trom’ now removed WIN count as ‘naught. fhe corher that we made in wheat Won only gold. ‘Twas nothing to a world in need We bought or sold Would man rush on lke maddened beast With gain his plea, if always in his heart were true Philosophy? An hundred years and we will be Rewoved and. sped! Fhe strifes we won will be forgot, When we are dead! To-day, when we are strong and brave Tet's’ help along The weary and the burdened one Among the throng! Ifwe should miss a deal in corn ‘Allaying tears, ‘Fwould' be some better in the end— An hundred years! Se ee eT OSes She was a chic little woman, wit an air of style about her as she step ped gingerly along the wet pavements in the drizzling rain, minus an um brella. “I beg your pardon, miss,” interpos ed a young man dressed in the cos tume of a business man and with 2 certain leisurely way about him tha suggested he might just have com from his lunch on his way to the of fice, “I beg your pardon, but—permi me,” and ke walked alongside with hi: ambrella. Z “Really, sir,” gasped the young wom an, “I do not need it as I am going only around the corner.” “A pleasure I assure you,” he inter rupted hastily. “Beastly sloppy, isn’t it?” “But, sit"— “Oh, never mind, Miss ———er, I'l just walk along with you; going this way, anyhow.” Mentally the little woman sized up her newly acquired escort. “He Is a dear looking thing, anyhow,” she mused, “and perhaps he really means to be kind to me, but these city men are”— They had arrived at the door of the store wherein she intended shopping “I thank you so much,” she said with dignity. “I—" “This is your destination, is it?” looking down into her eyes presuming ly, and with a smirk. “And will you Cae |/ Be / | / De, ie / WES ea [Ke NR EL een “I SHALL BE GONE SOME TIME.” be gone long inside? If not it will de a pleasure to—” She shot one cold and scornful look at him and -etorted: “Sir, I shall be gono some time. I expect to meet my husband inside!” With some embarrassment, the man with the umbrella bowed his fare well. “And who knows,” she added to her- self, as her eyes danced merrily, “I may not in reality meet my husband here. One never can tell where one’s ‘deal is apt to be loitering.” &&& Not What He Meant. He was telling her of his recent visit to the city. Ma and pa, aiming to give the “young feller a chance,” had accommodatijngly gone off to bed. / “And are the ladies’ styles beauti- ful this spring?” she asked interested- ly. “Well, er—yes, I guess so—that is, I looked into the windows a good deal ‘and what I saw,” blushing, “seemed ‘to be beautiful.” Then, wishing to change the eubject vo one more familiar, he added: “But it does beat all what bustles there were in the city!” “gir!” she gasped. It took him eractly thirty minutes by the clock, to prove to her that he referred merely to the nolsy traffic of the metropolis. , Then they were friends again and ‘he held her hand indefinitely. e&& ‘Harbingers. Some days the dawn is crimson, "tore of. promise red. Some morns the shic# are shadowed With dark cloady overhead. Sometimes when brizht the morning, he evening ends in woes he ‘harbingers of sunrise Quite oft deceitful blow. So when the clowds are darkest, phe sun mey. shine overhead. Look up. and Net your spirit To what mas" come instead. GRE In Babylon, about five hundred years before Christ, the unmarried women were disposed of by auction. The prettiest was -sold first for the best offer. The uncomely and the de- formed were sold’ with a purse in their hands, the buyer naming the smallest sum aceeptable with each lien di ik NN eR ees 1S ed REACH THE SPOT. To cure an ack EET ing back, ping bel The pains of Pemeege| rheumatism, Maes The tired out S| feelings, Magee! §=You must reach Y oa the spot—get at GY the cause. In most cases tis the kidneys. PR 4 Doan's Kidney MEA Pills are for the Me) kidneys. : Chas. Bierbach, seeyies| stone contractor, living at 2625 eee ee ns Fr idee Wie es cy [i seine ae Pa., says: “For two years I had kid- ney trouble and tiere was such a severe pain through my loins and limbs that I could not stoop or straighten up without great pain, had difficulty in getting about and lwas unable to rest at night, arising in the morning tired and worn out. ‘The kidney secretions were irregular and deposited a heavy sediment. Doctors treated me for rheumatism, but failed to. help me. I lost all confidence in medicine and began to feel as if life were not worth living. Doan’s Kidney Pills, however, relieved me so quickly and so thoroughly that I gladly made a statement to that effect for publica- tion. This was in 1898, and during the six years which have elapsed I have never known Doan’s Kidney Pills to fail. They cured my wife of a severe ease of backache in the same thor- ough manner.” A FREE TRIAL of this great kla- ney medicine which agen Mr. Bier bach will be mailed on “kpplication to any part of the United States. Ad- dress Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale by all druggists, price 50 cents per box. Reform is all right; its the reformers who go wrong. Defiance Starch is put up 16 ounces tn a package, 10 cents. Onethird more starch for the same money. Boys fail to realize that some day hey will know as little as their par- ents, ‘Teosinte and Billion Dollar Grass. The two greatest fodder plants on earth, one good for 14 tons hay and the other 80 tons green fodder per acre. Grows everywhere, so does Victoria Rape, yielding 60,000 Ibs. sheep and swine food per acre. ‘sUST SEND 10c IN STAMPS TO THB John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, ‘Wis., and receive in return their big catalog and lots of farm seed samples, CW. N. Ud What Ig the Monroe Doctrine? At a recent examination of young men in England three of the answers to the question, “What is the Monroe doctrine?" were: “The religion of America taught by Dr. Monroe on the transmigration of souls.” “The doc- trine that people may be married sev- eral times.” “One that has to do with vaccination and smallpox; it was brought out by Prof. Monroe.” Seeks to Retrieve Fortune. This advertisement recently appear- ed in the London Times: “Will any rich lady or gentleman (perhaps with kin) make settlements upon, or be- quests to, the members of a family re- cently reduced in circumstances? Life- long references. If acceptable, patron could, in gratitude, be cared for in own home or in country house, lovely elevated spot, splendid views. Ad: dress Desperandum, ete.” Heavy Freight Charges. Owing to heavy port charges at Beirut and relatively high freight rates on the Lebanon Railway during the harvest, some 4,000 to 6,000 camels, each with a burden of 500 pounds of grain, daily pass between the interior of Syria and the sea via Nazareth. The camel driver, how- ever, claims half of the load as his reward, and tho farmer, after paying taxes, for seed, etc., has scant compen- sation for his labor. EMPTY Now. How One Woman Quit Medicine. “While a coffee user my stomach troubled me for years,” says a lady of Columbus, O., “and I had to take medi- cine all the time. I had what I thought was the best stomach medicine I could get, had to keep getting it filled all the time at 40 cents a bottle. I did not know what the cause of my trou- ble was but just dragged along from ‘day to day, suffering and taking medi- ‘cine all the time. “About six months ago I quit tea and coffee and began drinking Postum and I have not had my prescription filled since, which is a great surprise to me for it proves that coffee was the cause of all my trouble although I nev- er suspected it. “When my friends ask me how I feel since I have been taking Postum I say, ‘To tell the truth I don’t feel at all only that I get hungry and eat everything I want and lots of it and it never hurts me and I am happy and well and contented all the time’ “I could not get my family to drink Postum for a while until I mixed it in a little coffee and kept on reducing the amount of coffee until I got it ail Pos- tum. Now they all like it and they never belch it up like coffee. “We all know that Postum is a sun- shine maker. I fird it helps one great- ly for we do not have to think of aches and pains all the time and can use our minds for other things.” Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. The one who has to bother with coffee aches and pains is badly handi- capped in the race for fame and for- tune. Postum {s a wonderful rebuild- er. There's a reason. Look in each package for the fam- ‘ous little book, “The Road to Well- wille:*. % 2 ATRIFLE PREMATURE THE HON. CHARLES A. TOWNE’S DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM. Would Have His Party Commit Itself to. Many Strange Reforms—Consti- tutional Amendments and Somo Platitudes to Fiil In. i The Hon. Charles Arnette Towne, whose Democracy is by Silver Repub: licanism out of Republicanism, has written a platform for the St. Louis convention. Any sketch of this sort should be received kindly, but Mr. Towne’s proposal that the Democratic party guarantee ultimate statehood or independence to “colonies or depen- dencies” of the United States seems decidedly premature. He speaks of the “anomalous relation” of sich de- pendencies to the government. The “relation” of Alaska is “anomalous,” Dut nobody is excited about it. The Democrats have tried “reasserting the verity of the Declaration of Independ- ence,” as Mr. Towne says. The less they have to say about that smashed scarecrow of “imperialism” the better for them. “Independence” for the Philippines is out of the question, for the present at any rate. As for “ultimate” statehood, that 1s too far off. Americans are able to wait for the ultimate. The immediate is their business. What principles marked “imme: diate” has Mr, Towne? Revision of the tariff on a revenue basis. All right, if the Democratic protectionists are not too numerous. “Economy in public expenditures, honesty in ad ministration.” Ancient and fishlike; every party 1s for economy and hon esty, on paper. Mr. Towne would declare “against every form of special privilege and monopoly existing either by virtue, or TORPE DOED! won) Y =f) kes VAS Ms BENE MP En Ds eR gy ON ELTA KE SEER Vie Bf es BEN. ee 3 Ke eRe ni CE on vy FRB 2 Se ag RENE MP OA BY Xe a wa iy Lg 7 i RN aa) A Sree Sy ey s Es ao rn TK) i Wes eae cee an po Sess Se SS by permission, of the laws.” The patent laws, for example? Having reasserted the verity of the Declaration, Mr. Towne proceeds to reassert and repair the Constitution: “We should pledge ourselves to re- spect the limitations of the Constitu- tion and to restore the co-ordinate dig- nity of the Congress in our system.” “We should declare in favor of con- stitutional amendments authorizing the direct election of United States senators and the enactment of an in- come tax.” Respect the limitations of the Con- stitution by changing it. “Restore the co-ordinate dignity of the Congress"— whatever that means—by making the senate a six-year house. Mr. Towne wants to “restore the action of the Federal government to the principles of Washington and Jefferson,” which were not precisely the same, we be- lieve. At any rate, Washington and Jefferson were for representative gov- ernment according to the Constitution, a form not direct and popular enough for Mr. Towne. it would seem a little more Demo- cratic to propose that the several States should levy an income tax, if they choose, but Mr. Towne’s Democ: racy is liberal and composite. | Surely there must be plenty of Democrats who are willing 40 stlek to the constitution instead of trying Ne aalacter tt arith “axven dialer te: DEMOCRATS IN A SNARL. Internal Dissensions Wreck What Little Hope They Have. It is really too bad that the natural seaders of the national Democratic party cannot come together, save in the way of head end or rear énd col- lisfons. For more than forty years the yearnings of all true friends of the country for an intelligent and ener- getic Opposition have been disappoint- ed, if we except the two brief periods in which Grover Cleveland was appar- ently the leader of the Democracy. yen in these periods, however, the natural leaders of the party of Jeffer- son and Jackson. were divided, and when Mr. Cleveland retired from the Presidency for the last time at least one-half of those who should have ex- pressed regret made no effort to con- ceal their satisfaction. The country would be glad to see the natural leaders of one of our great moved only by an unselfish desire to restore its prestige, which it has lost partly through a combination of cir- cumstances over which it had no con- trol, but principally through the in- ability of those responsibie for its wel- fare to agree upon a line of policy which would recommend it to the kindly consideration of the people. There is not, to be sure, much of a chance for the Democratic party at present. The immediate outlook for Jeffersonian and Jacksonian democra- cy is dark. But the work of upbuild- ing might be commenced. Nobody can tell what may happen four years hence, and, if not then, eight years hence or twelve years hence. _ But what do we find? Discord every- where. Democrats in New England saying mean things about Arthur Pue Gorman, Democrats in the West utter- ing inexcusable things about Grover Cleveland, Democrats in Indiana form- ing factions on the sides of William Randolph Hearst’ and Thomas Taggart Democrats in Chicago calling the Hon. Carter H. Harrison a ‘little speckled breeches ingrate, traitor and outcast,” Democrats everywhere denoyncing other Democrats as no Republicans would denounce them even in the heat of a campaign. It seems next to impossible for any of the many really great men in the Democratic party to escape the fury of the factionists. It matters not “whether he comes from the North, the South, the Kast or the West, the mo- /ment the name of a natural leader is mentioned for the highest office within the gift of the American people, his party associates, who ought to. be throwing bouquets, begin to hurl abuse at him.—Chicago Inter Ocean. Men Who Predict All Sorts of Calami- ties as the Result of the Tariff. Nobody will take seriously the hys- terical calamity croak of Congressman Lovering of Massachusetts to the effect that our “boasted prosperity is fast coming to an end.” Intense devo- tion to a single idea has a tendency to warp the judgment and upset the equi- librium as to other matters. Mr. Lov- ering’s single idea is the passage of his bill to facilitate the payment of tarlif rebates. There was once a man who insisted that unless his theory concerning the procession of the cqui- eae were instantly and universally adopted there was great danger thet the world would wake up some morn: ing and find itself without any equt- noxes at ali. Congressman Lovering is equally in earnest about his draw- back bill.“ If that fails, look out for the burst of our great bubble of pros- perity. Not long ago Bourke Cockran, Tam- many’s appointee to a seat in Con- gress, made a speech in which he went even further than Mr. Lovering and declared that not only was the claiin of protection prosperity a wicked lle, but the country was at that moment on the brink of bank- ruptey solely because of the perni- cious operation of the Dingley tariff. eee great minds running in practi- cally the same channel. One foresha- dows fearful disaster because identif cation is required of imported mate- rials used in goods manufactured for export before a rebate is allowed; the other sees ruin already upon us be- cause the country has been doing too much of its own work and permitting Soreieners to do.too Iile of it. What Should Have Been Done. JL is regrettable that the House did not order an investigation of the en- tire Postoffice Department and let the country know just what the facts would show. There has been sufit- cient revealed to cause suspicion that there may be more that thus far has remained hidden. The Republican party cannot be hurt by exposing mis- conduct regardless of where it may have occurred.—Denver Republican. Jim Hill's Preference. ‘The Supreme Court decision against the trusts, it seems, is regarded. by the merger people as very satisfactory under the circumstances; nevertheless mr. 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Millions in Cut Flowers. In the growing of cut flowers the greatest advances have been made with roses, carnations and violets. There are now annually sold in this country $6,000,000 to $7,000,000 worth of cut roses. This represents some- thing like 100,000,000 or 125,000,000 nowers. The growing of roses as an industry has developed especially in the vicinity of our largest cities, such as New York, Cnicago and Philadel- phia.—World’s Work. nena Lowndes, Mo., April 4th—Mrs. H. ©. Harty of this place, says: “For years I was in yery bad health. Every spring I would get so low that I was unable to do my own work. I seemed to be worse in the spring than any other time of the year. I was very weak and miserable and had much pain in my back and head. I saw Dodd’s Kidney Pills advertised last spring and began treatment of them and they have certainly done me more good than anything I have ever used. “I was all right last spring and felt ‘setter than I have for over ten years. ee ees are Stein er today than I have beon for many years and I give Dodd's Kidney Pills credit for the wonderful improve- ment.” ‘The statement of Mrs. Harty is only one of a great many where Dodd's Kidney Pills have proven themselves to be the very best spring medicine. ‘They are unsurpassed as a tonic and are the only medicine used in thou- sands of families. If a man is able to collect his thonghts he can pull through, without borrowing trouble. It you don't get the blegest and best it's your own fault. Defiance Starch is for sale everywhere and there is positively nothing to equal it in quality or quantity. Too many nen spend their moncy before they get it. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. 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Free to Twenty-Five Ladies, ‘The Defiance Starch Co: will give 25 ladies a round trip ticket to the St. Louis Exposition, to five ladies in each of the following states: Illinois. Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri who willsend in the largest number of trade markseut from a ten cent, 16-onnce package of Defiance cold water laundry starch. This means from your own home, anywhere in the above named states. These trade marks must be mailed to and received by the Defiance Starch Co., Omaha, Nebr., before Sept ember 1st, 1904. October and Novem- ber will be the best months to visit the Exposition, Momember that Defiance is the only starch put up in 16 02 (a full pound) to the package. You get one- third more starch for the same money than of any other kind, and Defiance never sticks to the iron, The tickets to the Exposition will be Sent by reg- istered mail September sth. Starch for sal by all dealers. ‘A pessimist finds consolation in the Riek tekk Fa Was’ Howe an oaeeeniak eT ny Thompson's Eye Water NEW PENSION LAWS S325 Bey omnia sigma viene =e TET TE CNN cn FEWIS'SINGTE wv ERIDER SRNGIISECIGAR auways ceuiapuE KEATS AES. is wae wast od Sead [PIE Ge a Gare of hana Hens. = Sey et aOR RN Tee en Tea eee “some fowls are raised, but not enough to justify the owner jn purchasing and using an incubator. On such farms tue old hen must still be used for the “Purposes of incubation. It will be found that the amount of care that ts given the sitting hens will determine to a considerable extent the outcome "of the hatching operations. All poul- | try raisers must acknowledge that the sitting hens require a good deal of “attention, and often more than is -siven them. In a state of nature the hen at this period takes care of her- self. Let us not imagine, however, that she always does it successfully. In that state she laid more eggs than she could cover and naturally many of them spoiled, The wild things of the wood and the air preyed upon her nest and it was often despoiled. When born her chicks often fell into the clutches of rapacious animals and birds. Let us not suppose that the hen in her wild state led a life of “uninterrupted prosperity. If left to “her own iaclinstions the hen , would today prove a very unprofitable in- _vestment to her owner. ‘To make her [profitable man has had to surround her with safeguards that would pre- serve her extra eggs and her extra | progeny tor himself. The wild things still try to make her and her product their plunder and frequently succeed. The first care for thé sitting hen, then, is to see that she is undisturbed in her task of hovering the eggs for three weeks. It is needless to say that she should not be left to make her nest in the fence corners or the bushes, as is sometimes done. Her nest must be provided for her, and if it is an exposed place she must be shut in each night. On our farms a good many people follow the practice of turning down a barrel and setting the fowl in that. ‘The barrel is left in the door yard or any other place that comes handy. This is all right, iu the owner prefers it that way, bift in such a case the barrel should have & cover to it that will permit the entrance of air but not of animals of prey, such as skunks, coons and minks. Where brooding places are provided in the poultry houses the greatest danger is from mites, which frequent- ly kil the hens on their nests. One farmer told the writer his experience ‘in this matter. He said he had a flock of about fifty fowls and had pro- vided @ good house for them. His nests were specially arranzgd for sit- ting, so that the laying Birds could he Kept from the ones that were sitting. The nests opened on both sides, but at sitting time the openings into the roosting part of the house were closed. He set two fine birds on some choice eggs and waited re- rults. In a few days he noticed that both birds were becoming pale around the combs and wattles and it was a puzzle to him to find the eause. They were apparently sick, and he went on doctoring, tut this did no good. One morning he found one of the sit- ters dead on the nest and the other nearly so. He examined the dead Dird 2nd found not a louse on her or anything that would give a hint of the couse of her death. She seemed Bloodless. He took the othtr hen off and gave her her freedom and she at onee began to recover. He found a well ben and put her on one sitting of eggs, and she began to get sick. Then he took the bird off and began to tear the nest to pleces, That solved the mystery. The bottom of the nest was a writhing mass of red mes. Every night they had climbed ‘onto the doomed birds and sucked so much of their blood that they had Killed one and nearly killed another. Up to that time this poultryman did not know that he had a mite in his poultry house. ‘This proves most con- ciusively that it never pays to set a hen and then forget her—Farmers’ Review. A Flock of Pekin Ducks. We have the Pekin ducks, and this year we have the most magnificent full-bred birds we ever saw, some of them weighing 10 to 12 pounds each. In raising them we have used various methods, and we are satisfied that the plans we now ute are the best for this rection. We have constructed a large artificial lake, which is fed by springs. Each duck yard is 50x150 leading out into this lake. In this way our birds get the advantage of actual living. Our houses are 10 by 20 fect, low sheds with raised floors of earth. ‘These floors we keep cov. ered with straw. We put 20 ducks anc four drakes in each yard and house, and in the laying season we keep our birds up till about 10 o'clock in the day. In this way we have no trouble in regard to finding the eggs. It is not absolutely necessary to have water for ducks. Yet we find they look much cleaner for haying water, and we really think it gives us the best resulis. The duck is a great money-making bird. It is easy enough to succeed with ducks if common sense is used in their care and man- agement. G. W. Erown, ‘ Ouachita Co., Ark. Poultry yards devoid of vegetation haye been common in the past, but more attention is now being paid to this matter. Our more progressive farmers are now growing green food in the perks for the use of the poul- try: when they are shut up in smm- per & a a et 5 And one of the most certain indications that the human machinery is in fine working order. 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This ventilating squad is relieved every half hour. The Real Comforter. To be a real comforter a person must have profound sympathies; but profound sympathies are always in as- sociation with keen sensibilities and keen sensibilities expose their pos- sessor to a depth of anguish utterly unintelligible to ordinary souls. | Fall of Meteorites. According to Prof. Berwerth of Vie enna, the number of meteorites actual- ly falling on the earth each year, not including, of course, shooting stars or meteors, is about 900, Two or three of these bodies fall, then, somewhere on the earth every twenty-four hours. State to Conduct Life Insurance. The Russian government has elab-, orated statutes on general life insur- ance by the state. The business is to be intrusted to the government -say- ings banks. All kinds of policies will be issued, and the insured will par ticipate in the profits of the bust- ness, Bictush and Bcttene Little Elmer is fond of Bible stortes, and often refers to them in unexpect- ed ways. One day, aiter absorbing a potash lozenge that had been given him for bis sore throat, he said: “Mamma, that fellow Esau was a chump to Hate his birthmark for a mess of thaf stuff!” “The Ancients” Are Not in It. Quoting the arcients, a local parson says that wisdom’s first step is the recognition of the existence of ignor- ance. Nope. Not now. We've got the ancients skinned a mile. Today wisdom’s first step is to get a bunch of money, put it in your wife's name and then cut loose—New York Telc- eka Rene Paristan Cabs. ‘There are in Parzs something like 1,900 co-operative cabs plying, sup- plied by sixteen to eighteen co-opera- tive cabyards, which are now in a flourishing condition, some of them very large and substantial undertak- ings. The men in this service uet on the average about 60 cents a day above the outside cabman’s rate of ‘compensation. Of the Same Opinion. Stil!. * They were speaking of the feminine friends of their youth. “I wonder what ever became of Jennie Smith,” said the corpulent one; “she used to believe that two could live as cheap 43 one.” “Yes,” sighed the thin one, “and she believes so yet.” “Indeed! What is she doing now?” “She's running our boarding house."—Phila- delphia Record. Defiance Starch is guaranteed big- gest and best or money refunded. 16 ounces, 10 cents. Try it now. Though the wind is invisible the same cannot be said of a sight draft. How’s This ? ‘Wo offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any gare, ofr Catarsh tint ‘eaauoy be cured by Hale Exar cure NSF J. CHENEY & CO. Toledo, 0. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. 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WURELY DE FEFmUFYA, ce eaaren Pe-ru-na is a Catarrhal Tonic a UO Especially Adapted to the De- he + eS "lining Powers of Old Age. | La i In old age the mucous membranes 4 ie become thickened and partly lose Yl i their function. i gC 8 This leads to partial loss of hear. /i/b\e Fie) ing, smell and taste, as well'as digest- ihe [eter i my | ive disturbances. HY 11 bod Peruna corrects all this by its spe- { i ates pl | cific operation on all the mucous # [iii WL Mare ain membranes of the body. fit Usd So One bottle will convince anyone. [WRI | accom ania, \ Once used and Perana becomes a | /ihy |x WS a4), lie-long stand-by with old and young. cat earl ee i ARM Siglo reby arieutes | <r he re, Ean NS oS" Hae LOO Sea A ae is LEON NNR, Beers yo ON SF Lean a ENN ar Corll | He Sse eae Parse: RQ cao aniiorn Ces Ga NESS aa Ree ai seated Ee IE SN ee fe fOOU as Le YS, (pees Sees) ost) Pea” ea 7, (a eS Oe AS Vie Ges KSA eo Zo SS ene N INA SG B/S) ta ese | hea Ee i eae Be SN 70 9 Si, BZ) Aig teat (6747 Ni, Sy Vi \ ges ae lif ic . i ON I ZB INEM SSS II 0 fe Zam NCW, Sane _ The spring is the best time to treat catarrh. Nature renews her» self every spring. The system is rejuvenated by spring weather. This renders medicines more effective. A short course of Perunzi, assisted by the balmy air of spring, will cure old, stubborn cases of catarrh that have resisted treatment for years. Everybody should have a copy of Dr. Hartman’s latest book on catarrh. Address Tho Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, Ghic. ———————————— NO MONEY Tic ED, 25 iene Briviseih Bi LES IO EM ek ee eee e Bes Ft rl ieee ie Rortass aio 0 pote these reat chicaesel Werte ci ce eoarie ered preet et cet ane eas ren cia nt anos DRS. THORNTON & MINOR, 1030 Oak Si, Kansas Cy. Mo. Mass SER TER SNS RE EM - - Phe ome Rana ee cata } incoln ainis. ingen ere ino oles) : thew Dre Wes touatien mud oarestagent, LINCOLN Para colon co. E Lincoln, Nebr ‘ A BI ATR PSP SE ee OAH BSS ON | fi FEE BAIS \ e777 Mer 4 BUN WZ AE (KarINRizker. 3 Strong and vigorous at the Age of Eighty-eight. Rev. J. N. Parker, Utica, N. Y., eles: Hp June 001 Test my dest of hearing entirely. My hearing had been somewhat impaired for several years, but not so much affected but that I could hold converse with my friends; but in June, 1991, my sense of hearing left me so that I could hear nee Raed bled with rheumatic pains in my limbs. I commenced taking Peruna and now my hearing is restored as ey eee one aa My rheumatic pains are all gone. [ IRQWERG THERE 15 NO scores SLICKER LIE. 21 m0 Forty yeors ago and after many years of use on the eastern coast, Tower's, |Woterproof Oiled Coats were introduced) lin the West. end were called Slickers by} ithe pioneers and cowboys. This graphic name has come into such general use thot it is frequently though wrongfully epplied ito many substitutes. You wont the gznuine 1g Look fer the Sign of the Fish and ‘hg rene Tower on the buttons, ADE RURLACK wo LOW AD” ‘SOLD By REPRESENTATIVE TRADE “THe WORLD OVER. iy “AS TOWER CO. BOSTON, MASS.U.S.A. en dite UD ce Fue | W. 3. U.—WICHITA.—NO. 15, 1904, il pl | ications that the human machinery ‘oved, become clear, hardy aad fir Ne eo ge gee eennot speak too: bighly of Pernns, and now when $8 years old can say {t has invigorated my whole system. } cannot but think, dear Dostor, that you must feel very thankful to the ali loving Father that you have been per. mitted to live, and by your skill be such a blessing as you have been to suffering humanity.”"—Rey. J. N, Parker A Bithon’s Letter, T. H. Lomax, D. D., Bishop 24 Dist, A, M. B., of Charlotte, N. C., writes: “I recommend your Petuna to all who want a stronathening toric and a very effective remedy for all eatarrhal con plaints."—T. 13. Lomax, i€ you do not receive prompt and satisfactory results from the use of Portna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving @ full statement of your cass and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Pe Nidies OE Hee an Presider ot /". Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, | Ohio, reat catarrh. Nature renews here rejuvenated by spring weather, sctive. A short course of Perusii, g, will cure ald, stubborn cases of ent for years. Everybody should st book on caterrh. Address The hice mane enero saan (LL CURED, 25 to Sruknn Hoy pans treat se om Pies, Fito! <0 Cisraser ct tbe fell oy ners of Westen = fet oe Se cred ds cat il cnvedmowe frat iets vaso ese FON & MINOR, 1030 Oak Si. Kansas fits. So. Ne REAR MRE TPE OMLY AUNTS move sey se mnniie dive won't eome ult they eam D roautiry yo huss white they proitel fe fr Uhewcather, Weitomefernaietnearostageat, sina go a special coor desig without Sot LINCOLN PAINT & COLOA CO. Lincoln, Nebre W. L. DOUGLAS 50 unin 53.22 883 SHOES 14 W. L. 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