Wichita Searchlight

THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT 5TH YEAR. The Searchlight is making extensive arrangements for the celebration of its Fifth Anniversary which will be held in the old Fellows' hall 517 N Main Thursday night, May 26th, During the five years which this paper has been published it come out regularly on time and has never missed one issue. From the many words of encouragement which it is receiving in preliminary work of preparation for this grand demonstration May 26th, it is certain that shall will be crowded on that event. From every source, colored and white, from preachers and church goers, saint and sinner, comes hearty congratulations and a desire to help make it event on May 26th at Odd Hollows' hall 517 N. Main St. one hour to be remembered. The program for the evening which being mapped out by the parish is one to which every man brings his wife and children and one which will meet the approval of the most devout church member. It is the object of the archlight to make this occasion of renewing our friendship with our friends. On our parcel everyone is our friend. The archlight holds no enmity to any human being. Arrangements have been completed hereby the spacious hall at 517 N. Main will be amply and fully suited to its fullest capacity—as for all. Aside from the fact that the record of the archlight breaks all previous kinds of publication of a color newspaper in Sedgwick course, other fact needs attention that is, it is the first time in history of Kansas or the west at a Negro newspaper celebrated its fifth anniversary in a hall which is under the sole management of colored men as the Old Fellows' hall is. Another surprising feature is the amount interest which all are displaying in the early purchase of ticke—one colored man came up if bought tickets for his whole family, and others from two up, as is a wise idea. Buy your sets early and avoid the rush the door that night. Tickets now selling fast, get your ticket now. Tickets can be bought at Olden's drug store, O. Main, Kiner's restaurant, S. N. Main, or at the Search-tite office 110 N. Main St. the latest census of Tuskegee initiate shows an enrollment of 200 students, 1002 boys and 518 girls. There are 144 members of the faculty. On the campus are 21 brick buildings, nursing large and small, 41 lime buildings, 6 barns and a number of other buildings, a toof 107. The school owns 16 images not on the campus, a and total of 123 buildings own- by the school. Dr. Bowen, of Atlanta, Ga., Probably Lucky Man. METHODIST CONFERENCE. Los ANGELES-If a colored bishop is to be named by the present conference it now seems that the man will be Dr. J. W. E Bowen, professor of systematic theology in the Gammon theological seminary of Atlanta, Ga. The colored delegates of the conference, of whom there are 79, in addition to three white delegates representing colored conferences, have met in caucuses and by what amounted to an unanimous vote agreed to concentrate their strength upon a single candidate to be Dr. Bowen. The selection of the colored candidate by their own people meets with the approval of a majority of the white delegates who favor the selection of a colored bishop. Dr. Bowen, who is 48 years of age, graduated with high honor from the Boston school of All Sciences and school of theology, and has held important pastoral positions in Boston, Newark and Washington. OPERA HOUSE FOR COLOR- ED PEOLE. Birmingham, Ala., has a Negro opera house and attractions for and by colored citizens will be put on from week to week. Lane's auditorium, a building in the northwestern part of the city, has been leased by H Greenstone who will conduct the same as a regular theatre. He will set aside the first three rows of the parquet to the white people who might want to patronize the establishment. Greenstone believes that an establishment for colored people, with melodramas, farce comedies, ragtime operas, musical comedies and other thing dramatically and musically by and for colored people will be a paying investment. Nothing of this kind has ever been attempted in Birmingham before except at an open air park, near East Birmingham, and it was then a paying affair. Greenstone asserts that if the scheme works out in Birmingham it is not improbable that efforts will be made to get houses in other southern cities where there are numbers of colored people theatrically inclined. It is not believed that there is going to be much trouble in getting the attractions for the new theatre. It is intended by Greenstone and his backers to organize some colored minstrel troops and start them on the road playing small towns until the development and then making larger places. The scheme is novel and may prove very profitable. According to one of the magazines there is a doctor for every 350 persons in this country. Wont somebody give us the statistics of the undertaking business? WICHITA, KANSAS, MAY 14, 1904. The SEARCHLIGHT offers $5.00 Cash, in Prizes to the Colored persons who buy the largest amount of goods from the merchants who advertise in this paper during May June and July, 1904. Read below: 1st. Prize $3.00 CASH To the colored person who brings the largest in Cash Slips or Receipts for goods bought from firms who advertise in this paper during May, June or July 1904, we will give $3.00 in cash. To the colored person holding the Second Largest Amount in Cash Slips or Receipts, as above we will give $2.00 in cash. TRADE WITH the merchants who advertise in the Searchlight IT PAYS No Cash Slips will be credited from any firm that does not advertise in the this paper during May, June or July,1904 and must be dated also have the firm name theren. WORDS OF WISDOM. A laugh is worth a hundred groans in any market. A sure way to beat the professional gambler—don't play. What a good world this would be if all me did what they boast of. It is natural that the man who gives himself away should feel cheap. A postponed task more toil begets, and borrowed money pays no debts. It takes one to make a mind two to make a bargain, three to make a marriage. $5.00 CASH The SEARCHL Cash, in Prizes to sons who buy the of goods from the advertise in this p June and July, 19 1st. Prize $3.00 CASH 2nd Prize, $2.00 CASH To the colored person holding Cash Slips or Receipts, as above v TRADE WITH in the Se IT F No Cash slips will any firm that does in the this paper or July, 1904 and so have the firm Knack and the world knoeks with you, Boost and you boost alone. This bad old earth is a foe to mith. And has a ham as large as your own If there is any chance to boom business, boom it. Don't pull a long face and look as though you had a sour stomach. Hold up your head, smile and look for better things. Hide your little hammer. When a stranger drops in jolly him. Tell him this is the greatest temperance town on earth and it is. Lead him to believe he has at last struck a place where good people live. And don't forget to tell him you have the best colored newspaper on earth He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper, but he is more excellent who can suit his temper to any circumstances. " UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL. " Never advertise your troubles. If you have bow-legs don't wear striped trousers. Some people get credit for broken hearts when they have simply lost their nerve. The hotel which advertises home comforts does not always specify the kind of home. Many a true word is spoken in jest, and many a false statement is made in deadly earnest. The man who fights to preserve the peace may be inconsistent, but he is sometimes effective. A jackass is not generally credited with too much wisdom, but he can make a tremendous noise with his mouth. BATH IN PRIZE RIGHT offers $5.00 to the Colored per- largest amount of merchants who paper during May 04. Read below: ings the largest in Cash Slips or arms who advertise in this paper we will give $3.00 in cash. the Second Largest Amount in we will give $2.00 in cash. If the merchants who advertise Marchlight PAYS will be credited from es not advertise during May, June must be dated al-name theren. TRY THE BLUE SEAL CIGAR SOLD EVERYWHERE W. S. HENRION DRUGGIST 501 N. Main St. Wichita, Kans. W. M. Dunson Painter All Kinds of Fine ARTISTIC PAINTING The Only Colored Painter the City Work Guaranteed—Price Reasonable Office 703 N. Main Phone 936 Remember the place-Market at the gate of DOLD'S Packing House. NEGRO ENTERPRISE. EDITOR SEARCHLIGHT; I know of no subject, that should be more generally kept before the attention of 'the race' than the one 1 am now about to write upon, "Negro Enterprise" No class of people, have had more said about them, good, bad and indifferent, than has the Negro. I do not think there is a single day, out of the 365 given us, to make up the calander year but what some newspaper discusses the "Negro Problem" (?). Some of these discussions, the we do not see them all, are teeming with sayings wise, and otherwise The Negro as a whole must have his attention called to the importance of business enterprises especially so in the North, East and Western part of the country The South, with her vast population of Negroes, with her 'James Crow cars', and seperate depot compartments for the use of Negro travelers, some of which are not as clean as our stables, has instilled into the Negroes of that part of the country an enthusiasm for business that does not exist elsewhere. The advantages given the Negro here, and elsewhere sedms to make him careless and unconcerned so far as telates to business and of a busy life. Wichita has a fine number of Negro men and women, old and young, but very little business tact among them. It is gratifying to see a Negro drug store here with a lady pharmacist behind the counter a graduate of one of our very best pharmaceutical colleges, but she is a Texan, and more she is a Negro and as such should inspire some of our own young ladies, to spend ess money for false hair and ribbons and feathers, and flowers to put on top of their heads, and more money to put something inside of their heads, and ahus strive to become more practicle and less ornamental and silly. The Negroes of Georgia have their own industrial insurance companies, in Alabama they have their banks and many other enterprises, ril of the Southern states abound with excellent business houses of every kind, wholesa e and retail. Jacksonville, Fla, has a fine lot of business enterprises owned and maintain d by Negroes prominent among them ar two Negro banks doin an excellent business, two ind strial insurance compani s and one of the finest electric railway plants owned, operated and controlled by Negroes. Negro motormen and Negro conductors, and such cars as Wichita NO 51 line never had no run over their teacks. Their churches are supplied with fine pipe organs and organists many of whom are grasu-oes of the Boston Conservatory of Music. Graduates ceeming out of their schoo's find something to do. Negro enterprises are opening doors for them and now from the South, the land of oppression, comes Negroes to fil places for us. Because our people are so free to rag an flouce that they are unprepared for business interest and have little aspirations for operating and maintaining the same. We have a few graduates in this city who have gotten thru the high school, and then what? WHAT DOES IT MEAN? The Searchlight looks with some alarm upon thr present political status of the colored man in Wichita politics. It seems that as a political factor the colored man is fast losing his hold. The stength of the colored voter in this community is of much importance and should demand far greater consideration than it does at present. If this line of retrogression is continued a blind man can plainly read the inevitable annihilation of the colored vote from the political arena. On every hand anyone acquainted with the past and present politics of this community can plainly see that politicians who once were warmly interested, seemingly, in the colored man's interest, partially, they are now either entirely reversed or are intensely luke warm. From the recent jolts given the colored men here it seems that thos white politicians who have hi keeping have dropped him a one would drop, a hot iron. There is some cause for this. We say that in a large measure the colored men are responsible. The continual factionisms which has been uppermost amongst them during the past two or three years has much to do in bringing about this result. Now all they can do is to stand around with their thumb in their mouth, with eyes wide open and wonder "what is next." For five years we have preached "unity" and the people see it and are willing to heed and do heed, but there are are a few who would keep up the factions. Why should the colored men not come together and demand and get what is their due? We trust that the race will awake from its sleep and see the demand of the hour. THE SEARCHLIGHT. ——_ WeoHITa, - 8 - - KANS ape ‘W. N. MILLER, Editor. Entered at the Post Offiee at Wichita Kansas, as Second - Class Mail Matter. Pablished Every Saturday at No |) 110 NonrayMatw Ss. — ae TRATES QF SUBSCRIPTION. @@ STRICTLY IN ADVAKCE. One Year [ by mail ] ...... $1.0: Six months [dy mail }...... 75 Three months [ by mail }...50 ONE MONTH occ. 180 Advertising Rates Made Kaown On Appl cation, NOTICE! — All matters addresser to Tue Szancuuicur for public tion must be signed by the part or parties writing. 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Tth Any.erroneous reflection upon th character, standing or reputation of any pe: on which may appear in this paper, will b Gladly corrected if brought to the Editor. “To Live and Let Live,” is OUR Motto ee 0009 000006060000000000OO+ WHAT IT MEANS TO THE COL. ORED PEOPLE The colored people enn-titute a large portion of the yopulation of this es ntry, no thing cin be of benefit to th country without ben- efitting the colored pe: ple The price of | bor is advanced, Tie price of all produe's is advanced, and money is much more pl ntifal taan afew years ogo. Land and att property is advancing in price, ‘This prozress, this advancing in prices f ¢ everything wil mean in- ceased opportunitics, icrevs d wealtb, incr-ased h ppin ss to th thinking co'ored man and decreased opportunities, decreased wealth (povertv) and decreased happiness (soffering) ‘0 the unthinking col- ored man. Phe thinking man will be wide awake, an wilt see »nd take in the situation. He will save a part of what he et ns and invest it wisely Ho will at» ¢- procure a home ii ho bas none, He will keep reading the best jowrnals of bis race and keeping abreast with th times As the e ty and th- count y move for- ward and wh. tever:o.d ta re will be at the end he will be there, In, the cool ¢ iligh! of the evening he will be able to sit in the ple-sant lamp-light of bis ‘eautifu' home and reap the tarthly reward of th: thonghtttl and d ligent. In work—work ainly of intus- tes] charact :—i at will rend r tinus fal in the oununity io which he ‘ives, »i'l the Negro fiid his chiof s.ur-e of protevtion aud develo, m +t, +++ GENERAL MUSIC DEALERS ——Pianos and Organs—— Watch our windows for the latest Sheet Music Tuning and Repairing a Specially Phone 981 §. W. Cor. Douglas & Emporia ie ee e May 26ch, NOT BIASED. ‘The Search ight wishes to em- phatically impress all that in the nutter of publishing news this pa- per is Lot bias as to any. Itis the a-ws we priat and not any individ- 1a]. Th Searchlight does not care rap abou: personalities in its weekly round of news. When it ¢ mes to news matters we lay aside ll personal feeling and give our ead re tne pure unadult rated aews, We trust this wiil not be ueces-ary td'repeat. See eee eee ee Is AT REST. ERK LS KLEE SKK EEE E nenry Lovewce Thompson, svn of Mrs. Eilen Thorp-un, died at che residences of his mother 1102 N. Santa Fe Sunday night of consump- on. Henry had grown up in Wichita and bad by his very gen- tleman:, manners made friends ot avery person with whim he had become acquainted. He took a wrip avout one year ago and visiting many poiuts of the west returning to Wick? ain November last. At one timefhe was a trusted cullector ofthe Searchlight, The decased vas born in Greeuville, Ala. July 12, 1886, and was therefore 17 years, 9 mis.and G days old at the time of hi: dea b. He profesed esristiznity and as baptised last Sunday afternoon. He leaves a motner, four sisters, hree brottiers and a host of warm friends. Funeral was held Sunday tft-rnoon at A, M, B, church, CARD OF THANKS. ° We wisu to most siucerely thank the many frieuds who so kind’y as- sisted us during the r cent illness and death of our beloved and brother Henry Lovelace Thompson, M s, Ellen Thompson, Miss Alice Thompson, Miss Lula Thompson, Mr, and Mrs. J. W. Thompson Osear ‘Thompson, J. F. Thompson, ‘Mr. and Mrs. L, B. Simpson, NOTICE DsUGHTERS, RURAAUARUENERRRTRARE RRR Wich ta Tebernacle No. 84 will meet at Odd Fellows’ hall, 517 N. Main st., on Thursday afternoon, May 19, at 2:30, All daughters are r quested to be present. By order of Mre, W. N. Miller, H. P. Mr, ©, K. Smith the welt known restauront and hote) man kas tak- en charge of the Centropolis hotel 605 N Muin and ia the future will he ve charge of that hostelry. Mr. Smith needs no introdu:tion to the peopje as his reputation as a hotel nd restaurant man is £0 well estab- lished that he bas tuken charge of the Centropolis is a guarantee of it. He invites all’ who may desire u lfirse cla-s meal, room and board or ‘in sh cto call and see him at 605 N. Main St. There are come peanut headed per ple in this world who think that they are “at of it.” We knownot what others may think, but for us we say tuatitthyy are “all of it” the “ail” 1s not much. Mrs Estol a Patton returned last Fr.day from Culifornia woere she has becn yisiting at tho bedside «f asick aunt, Sh» reports having g:en some beutiful seenery whil: on her trip. Miss Etta Pitts has returaed from Wellington wh re she spent a few days visiting with ner brother Mr. Rubertrou of twat place, She re- ports having had a most enjoyable time dari: g her sojourn in Wel.ing top, Z.The Literary Association of the Pberuuele ch «eu is doing a.c-ly thak ou, and is becoming quite a retreat fr she young people who hove lite wy tuste. De Couutee’s lecture | st Wedaocsday nighs was provounced a rae treat, Meeting evay W.dnesduy night. Al} ure welcome. ‘The program to be rendered at the Ssare}..ut anniversary wil ep. ea. iu th issue of Muy 2let. Lvok for it, Locals and Personals Rmember May 26th, 1904. Mrs, Rosa Reed of Cherryvale is , yery siek, Remomber May 26 at 517 North Main St. Mrs, Wm. Harris left Wednes- day ona business trip to Oklaho- 1a, Dame Rumor says: Listen for wedding belison tue 16th of this month, Mir. 8. E. Paitoa, who has been im Californi» the past two months, bas ebume dj Congressman Victor Murdock and wife have returned bome from Washington, D. C. Do not forget our prizes offered dayirg May, June and July, Remember the $5.00 prizs whic? we offer during May, Juae and July. It's worth working to win. Glauberg the milliner at 407 B. Douglas continues his closing out sule of fine ladies skirts. These are bergains. Three funerals among tha Ne- geoes of Wiebita this week was an Unoommon occurrence asd caused censiderable comment, Mrs. T. W, Fine entertained Mr. and Mrs. B. E, Pembyeton and Mra. Lawson Fines in sucial repast Wednesday evening, Keep the Secareblight annive:— sary at 517 N. Main, on Thursday. May 26,in mind. Get your t.ck- “ early and ayvid the rush. | Ony program ou May 26 will be ca culated to please ull from the prachers down. Come out and bring your family, 517 N. Main. The ladies of the Wichita Taber- nacle No. 34 bad a very succeesfal s cial at the residence of Mr. aud Mrs. Stewart Waters 223 W, 3rd. The entertainment given Tues- day evenivg by the lauis sewing cireleof the A, M. E, church at Odd Fellows’s hall was quite a euc- cos, Miss Mary Ellen Simmons, s‘ep- dauguter of Jas Maur.ce, bas been quite sick fur the past week at the home of her parents 1902 N. To- peke, Miss M. C. Hunnibal is prepared to accommodate thy ladies in the Jate-t mil nery styles at her sture 135 N. Main st. A vitit there wil conviuce you, Ack for cash slips when yor make a purovase and be sure te puicbase irom one of our adver.is- ers in order to gt a chance at our $5.00 oash prize offer. The annual sermon of the Odd Fellows wis te have b en preached 2. last Sunday at the 2ud Baptist ehurch was po tponed until the-4tn Sunday in this mo..th. The little brown men of Japan have been making #t quite warm tor the biz men of Russia. We bet H. W. Harding, ——-TEACHER OF —— SHORT-HAND and TYPEWRITING Lessons Given At A Very Low vain Hours 7 to 9p. M. 724 North Main St. $$$ — Rev.ember May 26t:,, 1904. Mrs. E. K. Knox will leave Sua day over the Frisco for Cherryvale, ‘Kas., where she will visit Mre, O. L. Young who is lying very ill. Mre. Knox will be gone about two weeks. The B, T. W. clab met Wedne:- day afternoon with Mrs, T.° W. Fine. Qnite an elaberate lunch- eou was served, The club ad- journed to meet with Mrs. 9. C. Col:ins 811 Wichita st. {iTbhe Sundsy school obildren of the Tabernacle Baptist church are prepareiug for Children’s Day ex- ereises June 123 p. m. The chil- dr.n of the New Hope Baptist church will waite with them. All are invited. Mr. C, K. Smith will hold open door at tne Ceniropolis hotel next Sunday night He wt be prew pared to serve fried chicken, tried fivb, iuneh and ice cream. All are invited to attend. Prof. Edwin L. Moson and wife of Indianapolte, Ind. are in the city. Prof. Mason is a violinist and his wifeis a pianist. They furnish all kinds of high grade, classics] music. From present indications the 5th anniverssry celebration of the week Scarchlight will be the grandest affair ever witnessed in Wiebita, A commi:tee of ladies ‘have volunteered and will see to it tnat the hall at 517 N. Main is) beautifully decorated for this ocea sion. Every one s:ems to be t2hing a wide int restin this anniversary, aaananananaaanaaaaaananaaa THEY WILL BE THERE. Two eolixed men chanced to ‘meet in front of Olden’s drug store ‘the other day, and after shaking handf and passing the hour of day one suid. “Say, Bill, have you heard about the big time which the Searchlight 1s going to have at Odd Fellows’ hall on May 269” + Yes,” said the other, “I read about it in the Searchlight.” “Well,” continued the first speak- er. “that Seurebiight has made a most remarkable record in Wichi'a, an: one which, E think, should re- ceive the approval of every co!ored person in Kangas and cspecially Sedgwick county, what do you say?” “f'think you are right, besides I tbink that at the anniversary on May 2618 as good atime as sny other for the people to turn ont and show their appreviation. I just met lady up the street. who wa: elling tickets so I just bought sis tickets, one for myself and my wnole family and gon can just ,be we are going to be there, have you bought your ticket yo.?” | ©Ob, yes, I bought tnree that wil take my whole family, yon know I nave only three in fami y.”” “But, don’t you know said,” said the firss man, “that there is going to be agreas crowd there on May 26th Y” “Yes, I believe there will be,” said his friend. “as the Searchlight deserves it.” The T. O.S. club was entertain- ed last Monday night by Mr. M. J. Statnes at the residence of Mrs. b, Landrum 119 West Pine. The evening was spent in playing soc- ial ganes and other amusing tricks Pres. Samu:l Walker being absent Miss.Lizzie Phelps, vies pret. vc- cupied the ecbair. Bu-inves being transactad the members partovk Sof a dainty iuneh whizh Mrs Scarnes had prepared for them. Mr, Will Grimes visited the club Monday night at which time bis name wa: pr sented and accepted as a mm ber, after which the members de- parted pr. claimin Mr. M. J, Starus an ideal host, Tne club will me-t next Monday night with Mr. R bt Floyd 437 N, mater at which time all m-mbers are requested to be present. eee eee e ttle eet: =a | ; el) { lo ale PISPISIAS ALI 8I006 | (ide | Southwestern Distributing q Te) Agent for Cribben & Sexton (o, ] f(a Any style of stove at wholesale! eres” peices, ey "| FER EEE EERE EES ES vy 4) f : : ( ; a : : ‘ : 6M : AR : SIC ON U : : SETBTTISTSSTTTTVTTATTTTTTT Leeeeeeeccccccccecessss,.| Read the great Searchlight The Race’s Standard Bear AHS LS SAHA LAA KAAS SARAH AAA ISH WINTER RATES Toten SUNNY SOUTH ‘Tickets on sale daily until April 0th, 1904, tothe principal Winter WResortss of Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, Florila, Tennessee, $i Carolina, Louisiana and Texas, | Return limit June 1, 1904, For deta Is apply to (le ’ ¥ tt C.W.STRAIN, j Eg BT Div. Pes, Agt., Wichita, Kav OO00O66OO0O0060666660000 6 006060000000060000' A BIG DISCOUNT We will for the next 30 days sell all our Spring and Summer Suitings and Trousers at a discount of 20 per cent less than the regular price. Call and see our line before ordering your clothes. Old Phone 620: ——:— :New Phone 589 The PEERLESS TAILOR 508 East Douglas Ave Eph Gad 0s RN eee cee ee AS Sear hlight’s Annivers@ : L, 8. NAFTSGER, W. R. TUCKER, President Vice President J. M. MOORE, Cashier. ve FOurth National Bank, Capital $200,000.00 Surplus $50,000.00 UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY DIRECTORS: W. R. Tucker, J. M. Moore, S. B, Amidon, R. L. Holmes, W. E. Jett, L. S, Naftsger, O. Z. Smith, E, H. Middlekauft B. F. McLean, A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS, TRANSACTED Wichita : 7 - . Kansas. C. P. Wshington, M. D. Physician and Surgeon 605 N. Main Si. In The Grocery J.ine Your wants need careful at- tention and our store is the place to get it. 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Groceries, Fruits, Vegetables and Feed. 101-Both Phones - 101 ERY THING IN DRUGS Prescriptions Filled With Care ERY THING IN DRUGS Prescriptions Filled With Care Call and see us. Once a customer always A CUSTOMER Salman Drug Co. 228 North Main Street rug Co. ain Street. The celebrated Hart-Schaffner-Marx clothing—all the fussy colors and swell patterns—ideals of fiit, style and finish—no the price won't startle you—in fact you can multiply it by two and get the same result from the tailor. A short story which directs fair minded buyers to a little lesson in economy—and the one place in Wichita where benefit awaits you is The Novelty Concert Company consisting of Kwilke Sakkan, the African Hottentot and assisted by Mr. Elmer Jackson, after spend ing the winter in Oklahoma and the Indian Territory are back in city again and will give an exhibition at the A. M. E. church, Tuesday night, May 17th Admission 10e and 15c Stop At The CENTROPOLIS HOTEL 605 N. Main Wichita, Kansas. Newly refurnished and now Under the Management of C. K. SMITH First-Class Meals and Lodging. C. K. Smith, Prop. Ask for cash slips. Be sure and trade with our advertisers. Miss Etta Kelley is contemplating a trip in the near future to Omaha. Arkansas Valley lodge No. 21 held a very interesting meeting Wednesday night. The home of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Gunes puts forth a fine appearance with its new porch and other improvements Mr. Geo. A. Clark, clerk of the district court, is comfortably located in his recently purchased home on Gove street. Mrs. Robinson went to Baxter Springs to attend the funeral of her brother-in-law Mr. Patterson and returned home Monday. Mr. H. C. Johnson, of McPheron, was in the city Sunday and Monday and while here he was the guest of Mrs. Mille Leuverth. J. B. H. Fray will give a grand ball at Ood Fellows' hall 517 N. Main next Thursday night May 19. Everyone is invited to attend. The New Hope Baptist church will hold their installation exercises Sunday May 22, this being the third Sunday. Fine program. Ephriam Dunn aged 49 died Thursday morning at 10 o'clock at the family residence 1115 North Washington avenue after a lingering illness. The funeral services was held Friday afternon at 2:30 at New Hoperup is church. Editor of the Searchlight. Dear Sir—Please permit me to say through the pages of your valuable paper that the A. M. E. church at the elite little town of Newton, Kas, is first gaining ground. Though when we attempted to organize the church we met with opposition on the part of one of the lead n_(?) colored men of the town. He wont so far as to publish through the newspapers that he didn't think there was enough people in the town to support three churches and urged the people of that city not to lend us a helping hand. This is the talk of one of our race leaders (?) Let me say right h' re we do not want such men as the head of our race, we shall weigh him very soon and if found wanting he must get to the rear. For leaders we must have men of broad mind and sound brain, we want men who will look to the interest of the race everywhere, in any crowd, in any city, any town, any church—anywhere. We shall wait now till this gentleman is weighed, and if he is found waning we will let the world know who is. We ate in Newton for peace and peace we must have. Pernit me to say further, we have a fine class of people in our church in Newton and they are doing everything in their power to build up the church. We have set the 29th of May as our Grand Baby Day and the proceeds are to go for the purpose of buying and building a church. We very sincere ask all who love the cause of Christ to help us in our effort. We further extend a coral invitation to the pastor members and friends of the Wichita churches to join with us on May 29th in our rally. Pespectfully, S. S. Washington Pastor. Rev. Thomas of Coff yville filled the pulpit at the Second Baptist church Sunday. There will be a grand entertainment given at the A. M. E church Thursday evening. Mrs. A die Works visited the Territory last Sunday. A merry crowd of young ladies will attend the carnival at Wichita next week. Misses Eva Smothers, Minnie Johnson and Jeanie Booker visited in Newhark Sunday. The lairs of the mission circle of the 2nd Baptist church are preparing for a moonlight picnic in the near future, a grand time is expected Grandma Brown died Wednesday of last week and was buried Thursday. IUEBLO UEMS. The revival at the 8th Street Baptist church closed last Friday night, and key. Senning who helped Eder J. Jefferson conduct the meeting last for Denver Monday. Mrs. J. Lowe, J Bur ie are very ill at St. Mary's hospital. Mrs. Nettie Washington while on her way to church one evening last week tell over a big rock at the corp of 6th and Court street and sustained internal injury from which she is suffering a great deal. Mrs. W. R Hardy is feeling very bad from a severe cold which she contracted last week. The three night fair at Elder Hardy's church was quite a success. Quite a nice time was enjoyed by all present at the social given by the sewing circle of 8th St. Methodi t church last Friday night at the residence of Mr. C. W. Meloney 07 Rce street. The Violet Art club met at the residence of Miss Jessie Smith last Thursday night. Mrs. C. L. Smith is able to be out again after a few weeks illness. Miss Amy Cassidy is very ill at her home 418 East River st. Mrs. Laura Johnson is on the sick list. Rey. J fferson is indisposed this week Colorado generally was visited by a heavy rain and snow storm as week and was very much needed in some portions. It was the heaviest in 25 years. The Athenian club was entertained at the residence of Mrs. J P. Watson last Monday night. Quite a number was present at the concert given by Miss Beulah Phillips at 8 h St. Methodist church last Monday. The应急ency if the weather prevented more from being present. M. W. A. Gatewood has returned from a visit to his family in Eastonville Col. The little boy of Mrs. Pugh's is able to owe us again after a few weeks illness. The Merchants who appreciate the trade of the colored people ADVERTISE IN THIS PAPER. PATRONIZE THEM. ATTEND OUR Great Closing Out Sale of Tailor-Made Skirts. Hauberg's 407 EAST DOU SHO NICE Patent For Men and Only $2.5 Edwin Clapp Shoes for Boys Shoes $1, $ Coombs- 407 EAST DOUGLAS AVE. SHOES Patent Leather for Men and Wom Only $2.50 See Ladies dwin Clapp Shoes for men$5.00 Boys Shoes $1, $1.50, and $2.. Coombs-Moore 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.. 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Prices Reasonable Ave. Wichita COPYRIGHT 306 East Douglas Ave. —Both Phones 98— 306 East Douglas Ave. -Both Phones 98- DAIRY Shall we feed the cows before on after milking or during the process of milking. Other things being equal, we would say feed the cow after milking for several reasons. In the first place it is inconvenient to have the cow eating while the process of milk drawing is going on. Every milker knows that the constant movement of the cow is very annoying to the milker and that in the case of roughage being fed on open floors, the constant stretching of the cows in reaching for the hay pushed away from them is still more of an objection. The hay or straw fed often has in it a great deal of dust and this dust is drawn by the currents of air over the milkers and gets into the pails. It not infrequently happens that undesirable ferments thus come into contact with the milk and later are found in the cream, butter or cheese. If the cows are fed before milking there is much dust remaining when the feeds are largely of dry forage, and this dust has not bad time to settle before milking begins, unless that act is put off for a considerable time. If a long time intervenes, the flavors of turnips and cabbage, if any have been fed frequently, show themselves in the milk, but when the cows are fed after milking there can be no particular factor that will disturb the milker except that sometimes the cows will become a little restless on account of the near approach of feeding time. We would like to know what the experiences of our readers are in this matter. The Dry Cow. In some of our exchanges we notice wise advice on how long a cow should go dry and the benefits of a rest period of six weeks to two months. Now cows differ so enormously in that regard that what may be a good rest period for one cow would not be needed by another. It is doubtless true that a cow should have from one to two months rest from milk giving. At the same time we know that there are some cows of exceptional vigor that cannot be induced to go dry at all. The writer has seen cows that could not be dried up and that were at the same time large milkers and gave milk that carried a very good percentage of fat. It is altogether probable that, as we develop the milk giving tendency in our cows, we destroy the tendency to go dry for a considerable period. If that is true, and it seems to be, the time will come when the perpetual milkler will be the rule among our best cows, whether we desire it or not. We would like to bear from our readers their experiences of the dry seasons of the best cows they ever owned. These experiences should make interesting reading. How Feed Ground Grain. The manner of feeding ground grain is a question that from time to time receives much attention from the agriculturalists of the country. It would seem that the matter is not easily settled or it would not be forever recurring. Some men feed their ground grain dry and some wet. The general practice is probably to feed it wet, especially in winter time and where hot water is easily obtainable for mixing it. There has been a belief among our farmers that a partly cooked food was more easily digested than an uncooked one. Others have believed that the cows liked the hot mess better than a cold one or a dry one and that, as a matter of increasing the comfort of the animals, it was better to feed the ground grain wet. But men that have looked into the matter a good deal think and say that it is better to feed it dry, as the cow then has to spend more time in eating it, and so it is more thoroughly mixed with the saliva. What are the opinions of our readers on this matter? Reckless Feeding of Grain. Some men never feed grain to their cows and some go to the other extreme and feed too much, thus wasting a high-priced feed material. Only the man that is to some extent an experimenter can tell exactly where the dividing line between profitable and unprofitable feeding of grain is. It is now pretty well established that the men that have been feeding from fifteen to twenty pounds of grain per day to their cows have been wasting a good deal of money. When the roughage is good hay and silage, from five to ten pounds of grain per day is sufficient for all needs in winter, and half of that quantity will do in summer. The feeding of too much grain induces many intestinal diseases and troubles in cows, just as overfeeding a human being would do. Who Adds the Formalin? Talking recently with Professor Eaton of the Illinois Pure Food Commission, a representative of the Farmers' Review was told that the farmers that produce the milk are not the ones that, as a general thing, add the formalin. The farmer keeps the milk but a short time after it is drawn, and during that short time it will not sour, it is the man that keeps it longest that has the most occasion for adding preservatives to it. This may in some cases be the buyer and in others the peddler. Occasionally the consumer is guilty of the same act, thinking that it is a harmless way of keeping his milk sweet. It would be interesting to have a thorough investigation made of the use of preservatives by farmers supplying milk to Chicago, POULTRY Green Food for Poultry. To be kept in a healthy condition poultry must have a constant supply of green food. In the winter this is not always done nor is it frequently done, and when the spring comes there is all the more reason why green food should be supplied. On the farms where the fowls are given the run of the fields in the spring and early summer, there is no particular need to provide for a supply of green food, but on thousands of farms the hens are kept up, especially during the season of garden planting and the early periods of growth of the vegetables. As farmers are coming more and more to growing fruits and vegetables and raising flowers this is necessary; for hens and gardens do not work well together. Too often the hens are shut into a yard and are given no systematic attention in this regard. The yard may have had green grass in it at the time the fowls were put in, but in a few weeks not a green thing is to be found there. This in itself shows the great craving the fowls have for green food. A little system in this matter will supply the fowls with the things they desire in the way of green food. In the first place the yard should be divided into two parts by a cross fence. There will have to be two places through which the fowls can enter the house, so that the two yards may be readily used. Then keep the fowls in one of the yards while green stuff is being grown in the other. Rape is one of the best things to put into such a yard and it has the advantage over some other things that the ground will not have to be prepared for it—provided the grass has been eaten down to the roots by the fowls. The rape seed is quite large in size and the sprouts readily take hold of the ground. In a couple of months a good crop should be growing. It is best not to turn the fowls in before the rape has become twelve or more inches high. Then they may be turned in and will quickly convince anyone that they have a fondness for rape. They will strip off all the thin parts of the leaves leaving only the midveins. This may take them a month to do. But in the meanwhile the rape goes right on growing, and when the hens are taken out of the yard, the plants grow again from the midveins. This produces a second growth more quickly than the first. In the same yard should also be sown lettuce, of which the fowls are very fond if they can pick it themselves. Fowls never seem to care much about green stuff if it is cut for them. Doubtless this is because they find a blade of grass or the like too difficult to eat. When it is growing on its own roots they pick off just the amount they can swallow at a time, while if it is cut for them they cannot easily divide it. Oats are sometimes sown for poultry, but the writer has not generally found that the fowls cared for the oat plant. However, at the North Carolina experiment station we saw oats growing in the poultry yards, and the superintendent of the poultry declared that the fowls ate them readily. Of any single green feed we are more pleased with rape than anything else, which is both easily grown and readily eaten by the fowls. Profits in Guinea Hena The guinea, which is so despised by so many people, I think is one of the most interesting and profitable fowls that we have on the farm. They are great foragers in summer time when insects and weed seeds are plentiful. They will make their own living on the two articles named above, either or both of which are a pest to the farmer. You can trust them in your garden. They will not bother anything that you want. When the weather gets warm in spring you can count on one egg from each hen every day, rain or shine. While eggs are not as large as some eggs, if you want to sell them they will bring the same price as other eggs. If you want to eat them you can't find a finer flavored egg. If you want to eat the guinea the young ones are just splendid. I don't think they can be beat by any fowl. I think white guineas are best, as their flesh is whiter and their skin is more yellow, and they are not so wild as the colored ones. The white guineas will usually lay where the chicken hens lay, especially if they have been raised by chicken hens, which I think is the best way to raise them. I expect to have white guineas while I have chickens. Feeding Meat We have raised poultry for years, and have fed meat in various ways; have tried many experiments; and after all our work we really cannot say that meat food is a valuable egg producer, or that it increases the fertility of the eggs. Where fowls are confined in pens, meat food is more necessary than where they have a large range; and we think crushed green bone is the best form of meat food. Where fowls have range they do not suffer for meat food. Pure water in abundance, grain and green food are needed to make poultry pay. A variety of grains and green or succulent foods are far more important than meat. Mrs. Nellie Bullock. The value of manure depends on the feed from which it was made. FARM MISCELLANY The men that buy and sell cows at the Union Stockyards, Chicago, are frequently charged with practices that are far from humane. A story we recently heard illustrates the point. A lady living in the outskirts of Chicago visited the stockyards to purchase a milk cow. She happened upon a cow with very fine development of udder and milk veins. As it happened the cow had not been milked that morning, and the dealer at once had a man attend to that important function, in the presence of the lady. The milk yield of the cow was very great and the dealer assured her that he got the same amount of milk each time he milked the cow. The lady paid the price asked for the cow and took her away. In a few days she returned, saying that the cow gave only a moderate—very moderate—amount of milk, and wanted her money back for the cow, as she claimed deception had been used in selling the animal. The dealer told her he could not give her back the money, but that no deception had been practiced. "Madam," said he, "how often do you milk that cow?" "Why," replied the lady, "I milk her twice a day, as everyone else does that milks a cow." "Ah, madam," said the dealer, "that accounts for it; I only milked her twice a week." Milking With Wet Hands Milking With Wet Hands. In milking, the hands do not need to be wet. The habit of wetting them should be abandoned, as it is practically impossible to keep the hands moist without using the foam on the milk as a source of moisture. The milkier may imagine that by merely touching his fingers to the top of the foam no injury comes to the milk, but the habit had better be abandoned in the interest of cleanliness. We think however that some of our writers overdraw the matter when they talk of milkers dipping their fingers into the milk. The inference is that the fingers of the milkers reach the solid milk. The writer has never seen a case of this kind. According to the writers referred to, the milkers dip their fingers into the milk and convey to the teats of the cow so much of the milk that the latter drips from the teats into the pail and oozes out from between the fingers in milking. Who ever saw a case of this kind? But even at its best, the habit of moistening the teats with milk is not one that should be perpetuated. If the hands were to be moistened at all, pure water would have to be kept near for that purpose. This is impracticable. Therefore let us put aside the practice of moistening the teats at all and milk with dry hands. The Jersey-Holstein Rivalry. The Jersey-Holstein Rivalry. Many, no doubt, have heard of the Holstein and Jersey breeders' tests for their respective breeds. A Holstein breeder was boasting about the rich milk that his cows were giving. The Jersey man said: "Friend, are you sure that your cows are full-blooded Holsteins? I have a sure test for determining Holstein cows." The Holstein man wanted to know what his test was. He said: "When you begin to milk, put a silver dollar in the pail. If the milk is thin enough so that you can see the dollar when the pail is full of milk, you may be sure that you have a Holstein cow". The Holstein breeder replied that he had a test that never failed to detect a Jersey. When asked for an explanation he said: "Put a silver dollar in the milk pail when you begin to milk, and if the milk does not cover the dollar when you are through you can be sure that you have a Jersey cow."—Prof. G. L. McKay. Cow-Pea Hay Cow-pea hay as a feed for all hay-eating animals has not been fully appreciated. It is very much superior to timothy and other hays made from the true grasses, the difference in favor of first quality cow-pea hay not infrequently being double the feeding value of the ordinary grass hays usually found on the market. As compared with alfalfa and fledcower hays, cow-pea hay is superior in composition and at least in digestibility. A ton of cow-pea hay is equal in feeding value to a ton of wheat bran, the proportions and quantities of digestible food elements being practically the same in the two feeds, yet on the local market cow-pea hay sells for from twelve to fourteen dollars per ton and wheat bran from eighteen to twenty dollars per ton. An equal quantity of the two feeds will produce practically the same amount of milk, energy, or growth.—C. L. Newman. Sawdust as Mulch. Sawdust makes a good mulch for various kinds of fruits, especially for strawberries. Many of our readers doubtless live near saw mills where sawdust can be obtained at a very low cost. This will save the strawberries from becoming dirty and will prevent the loss of moisture between the rows. It also makes a good mulch for gooseberries and currants. In the case of tree fruits it is also useful, but should not be permitted to pack too closely around the trees. Perhaps it is most useful where it is not turned under. Some men are of the opinion that pine sawdust is rather harmful to the soil, but it would be difficult to demonstrate this. A smooth wire fence of any kind is more desirable than a barb wire cue. HOUCK Hardware Store Insurance Gasoline Stoves Lawn Mowers Rubber Hose, etc. 116 East Douglas Ave. HARDING'S RESTAURANT First-Class MEALS hort Orders Soft Drinks Lunch Ice Cream G. W. Harding, Prop. 003 East Douglas Wichita. PEERLESS STEAM LAUNDRY Best Laundry In The City Phone 232 SELOVER & SONS, Props. 245-247 North Market St Banner Mills + CUSTOM GRINDING + ..... A Specialty ..... ALL KINDS OF COAL & FEED PHOENISCH BROS, PROPS. 622 N. Main St. Phone 530 ROWLEE Hardware Store 823 N. Main St. Cheapest Hardware and Stove house in Wichita; because we pay no rent and have light expenses SEE!! 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A recent duel in Gay Paree lasted two hours and fifteen minutes. People ought not to get as gay as all that. There is only one hat that approaches that worn in Korea in grace, and that is the plug hat of the Caucasians. A Cleveland baby was crushed to death by a whisky keg the other day. It isn't the first case of the kind on record. The hero of a new novel is worth $490,000,000. It wouldn't be safe to bet that the author is worth more than $399.98. Nordica's divorced husband wants to get her back. Evidently he wasn't wise enough to save anything out of his allowance. The growing popularity of American "quick lunch" in England should shoot a gleam of joy over old Kruger's declining days. A New York paper describes J. P. Morgan as "the man who was." But considerable of what was that belonged to him still "is." If a young man doesn't get out of patience when he is trying to explain a baseball game to a girl it is a good sign that he really loves her. Sea serpents have been sighted at Avalon already this season, but it will be remembered that prohibition does not obtain there to any great extent. The sorrow expressed in Japan over the death of the brave Makaroff shows that, human hearts beat under brown skins. A man's a man for a' that. A Phoenix man dropped dead when invited to have a drink, but no strict moral can be pointed from this, as the man would doubtless have died sometime anyway. Former President Jiminez of Santo Domingo has arrived in New York. He has not announced whether he will establish a fruit stand or become a St. Louis fair attraction. If a merchant could subtract from the sales of any day of the year the business brought to him through advertising, that day would be easily the dullest day of the year. The Trenton man who claims he hasn't slept a wink for ten years would have made his story more interesting if he had claimed also that his home was in Philadelphia. High on the roll of heroes goes the name of Gunner's Mate Monson of the Missouri, who saved the good ship's crew by leaping into a hole of death and pulling the door shut after him. The Emperor of Abyssinia is said to have 100,000 pounds of gold bullion in his vaults. His royal highness seems to have been overlooked somehow in the world's great diplomatic grab game. The New York woman who says flirting is as necessary as it is pleasant will please pardon us for assuming that she speaks from experience and is not gladdening us with mere theoretical guff. A minister in New Jersey delivered his Easter sermon in verse, and his parishioners have no other recourse than to deny him a vacation and force him to remain in the state through the mosquito season. Young John D. recently said to his Bible class: "A man who is proud and puffed up is sure to fall." True. And a man who climbs too high on a slender pole is likely to break it off and run it into himself. An erudite contemporary says that 27 per cent of the public school teachers in this country are men. It is probable that the average pupil would by the addition of the little letter "a," make them out "mean." Smokers will read with regret the story of the fire that burned $300,000 worth of tobacco and fine cigars in the factories at West Tampa. But Aunt Hannah will say grimly that that's the only way that tobacco ought ever to be burned. The negro who killed Andrew H. Green in New York says he has an agreement with the devil, who will stand by him, and that he is going to kill two more prominent men as soon as he gets out of jail, which makes it look as if he wouldn't A Heed Nature's warnings! Pain tells of lurking disease. Backache is kidney pain—a warning of kidney ills. Urinary troubles, too, come to tell you the kidneys are sick. Constant weariness, headaches, dizzy spells, days of pain, nights of unrest are danger signals warning you to cure the kidneys. 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Commercial Misnomers Kid gloves are made of sheep or lamb skin, while rice paper is not made of rice or any part of the rice plant, and German silver is not silver at all, nor is it of German origin. Mastery of the Appetite The Collis P. Huntington prided himself on his perfect mastery of his appetite. When he invited a friend to luncheon with him he gave him one of his apples and a slice of old fashioned bread and butter. Austrian Tobacco Monopoly. The manufacture and sale of tobacco is a state monopoly in Austria which nets the national treasury over $27,000,000 a year. The government purchases the raw material, manufactures it into cigars, cigarettes, smoking tobacco and snuff, and sells to the consumer through licensed agents, who receive a fixed commission, averaging about 10 per cent. on the proceeds of their sales. Jews in the World. Prof. Haman o. Basel has recently taken a rough census of the Jews of the world, and comes to the conclusion that they now number nearly 11,000,000. Of these a good two-thirds are found in Europe. Russia comes first with 5,500,000 (40,000 in Asatic Russia), then Austria-Hungary with 1,860,000, Germany with 568,000, Roumania with 300,000, Great Britain 200,000, Turkey 120,000, Holland 97,000, France 77,000, Italy 59,000. IN AN OLD TRUNK. Baby Finds a Bottle of Carbolic Acid and Drinks It. While the mother was unpacking an old trunk a little 18 months' old baby got hold of a bottle of carbolic acid while playing on the floor and his stomach was so badly burned it was feared he would not live for he could not eat ordinary foods. The mother says in telling of the case: "It was all two doctors could do to save him as it burnt his throat and stomach so bad that for two months after he took the poison nothing would lay on his stomach. Finally I took him into the country and tried new milk and that was no better for him. His Grandma finally suggested Grape-Nuts and I am thankful I adopted the food for he commenced to get better right away and would not eat anything else. He commenced to get fleshy and his cheeks like red roses and now he is entirely well. "I took him to Matamoras on a visit and every place we went to stay to eat he called for Grape-Nuts and I would have to explain how he came to call for it as it was his main food. "The names of the physicians who attended the baby are Dr. Eddy of this town and Dr. Geo. Gale of Newport, O., and any one can write to me or to them and learn what Grape-Nuts food will do for children and grown-ups too." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Look in each pkg. for the famous little break. "The Read to Wellville." M. J. BISHOP MERRILL The thirty-third quadrennial general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in progress at Los Angeles, is composed of delegates from the regular conference divisions of the church, and during the session laws for the government of the church are enacted, bishops are elected, and the larger affairs of the great organization pertaining to the educational institutions supported by the church and its policy upon public questions are adjusted for another four years. The largest educational project in which the Methodist church is interested is the American university, now in course of construction at Washington. The institution as originally projected was to have an endowment of $5,000,000, and an agreement was reached at a former general conference that the university should not be opened until this money was in hand. About $2,500,000 has been collected and several large buildings erected. Many Methodists now oppose the idea of letting this property stand idle for an indefinite period, and this question of rescinding or affirming the action of a former conference regarding the university will therefore be one of the most important to be settled by the present conference. Another important duty before the conference is the election of bishops, three to fill vacancies and three or four to take the places of bishops who have reached the age which incapacitates them for further active duty. One of the vacancies to be filled was caused by the resignation of Bishop Merrill of Chicago, who, after nearly sixty years of active service in the church, asked to be placed on the retired or superannuate list. CAT WITH ONLY TWO LEGS Remarkable Animal the Pride of Eng- lish Hotelkeeper. Insey, the pride of the Forest Hill hotel, near London, is a cat with no forelegs. She was born so at Bedford three years ago. Beneath her fur where her front legs should be are two bony projections. On these she rests as she pushes herself across the room with alternate wide straddling strides of her back legs, which stretch out like a hare's in ungainly fashion on either side. Before she sets out on her painful-looking journeys from point to point she sits up, kangaroo style, and gazes for signs of danger. She can climb upstairs as quickly as a man can walk, once she gets going on her two legs. She enjoys a great local reputation as a high jumper. Before she "takes off" she rears up and down and waves herself queerly from side to side, but alights upon the spot at which she aims clearly and neatly—Philadelphia Telegraph. British Poet Has a "Pull." Austin Dobson draws pensions from the British treasury amounting to the tidy sum of $3,615. Mr. Dobson's service to the state and to letters consists of rather successful efforts in doing vers de societe. He is quite a dabster at that sort of thing. Mr. Balfour defended this pension on the ground that the ward was discretionary and as justifiable in the case of Dobson as in that of Matthew Arnold. It seems that Dobson, composer of pretty trifles, draws in pensions $250 more than the poet laureate himself, and the same sum as Justin McCarthy and the indefatigable lexicographer, Dr. James A. Murray. Had Mania for Litigation The life of Miss Jenner, who died in Wales recently, afforded a curious parallel with that of Miss Flite in "Bleak House." Miss Flite was constantly seen in the courts while the interminable case of Jardycey vs. Jarndyce was "on," and Miss Jenner had as strong a mania for litigation. She spent some forty years of her life in an endeavor to prove a right to the Wenvoe castle estates. Another hobby of hers was to petition the home secretary on behalf of women sentenced to death. Bishop Merrill is the senior bishop of his church and has spent fifty-nine of his seventy-nine years of life in active service as minister, editor and bishop. As early as 1868 Bishop Merrill had made his mark in the general conferences. His mental equipoise and mastery of constitutional principles made him editor of the Western Christian Advocate in 1868, and made him bishop in 1872. He has been from that time the law giver or constitutional interpreter of the Methodist church, and his retirement means much to Methodism. When Bishop Merrill entered upon his ministry, nearly sixty years ago, the Methodist Episcopal church had 1,171,000 members. It has now 3,000,000. There were then 4,282 preachers in the field; there are now nearly 18,000. In the thirty-two years of Bishop Merrill's episcopacy the church has doubled its membership and has greatly increased its influence. Of the eight bishops consecrated in 1872, Harris, Wiley, Peck, Gilbert Haven and Foster are dead. Bishop Bowman was declared noneffective in 1896. Bishops Merrill and Andrews, born in the same year, remained longest in active service, and this meant, in spite of age, the highest degree of effectiveness. A great wave of religious enthusiasm swept over the city of Los Angeles on Sunday. The pulpits of all the churches of Los Angeles and the surrounding country were occupied by the prominent preachers of the conference. Great audiences filled all the churches, many of them to overflowing. STRANGE METAL OF MONTANA. Scientific Men Making Study of the Substance Known as Radiumite. Experts are making investigations at Butte to determine in what quantities the strange curative mineral used by the miners as a "charm," known as radiumite, which was discovered recently by Dr. G. D. Bryant, can be obtained. Further tests of its quality are being made. Herman von Miltz, a German scientist, is investigating the discovery under the directions of his government and says that his tests have thus far been confirmatory of the report made by Dr. Bryant. Samples of the mineral were sent to Paris to be tested by M. and Mme. Curie, the discoverers of radium, and they reported that the substance could not be classified, as the mineral was unknown to science. They added that it was highly probable that it contained radium to some extent.—New York Sun. Chinese Ambassador Witty. Sir Chentung, the Chinese ambassador, cannot be induced to make a direct reference to the war, but that it occupies a prominent place in his mind was shown at a recent banquet in New York. Several speakers had lauded the ability that Chentung had shown while at college in this country, at baseball and football. One of the ambassador's neighbors, overcome by the occasion, shouted: "Rah, rah, rah for the three balls—baseball, football and highball!" "Make it four," answered the Chinese minister, his eyes narrowing in two long lines of grim suggestiveness; "add a fourth—cannon ball." Expect Distinguished Writer Bjornstjerne Bjornson, the Norwegian author, may attend the unveiling of the statue in his honor at Fargo, N. D. May 17. The committee in charge of the celebration is now in communication with him. The statue to be unveiled is of stone imported from Scandinavia. The unveiling will be made more noteworthy by taking place on May 17. the Norwegian "Fourth of July." It is expected that not less than 8,000 Scandinavians from Minnesota and the Dakotas will attend the celebration. AN ILLINOIS FARMER IN WEST- ERN CANADA. A recent issue of the Shelbyville, Illinois, Democrat contains a long and interesting letter from Mr. Elias Kost, formerly a prosperous farmer of that state, who recently emigrated to Western Canada, taking up a claim for himself and for each of his three sons. From Mr. Kost's letter, which was written Feb. 3, 1904, we publish the following, believing it will prove of great interest to those who have contemplated settling in the Canadian Northwest: "I had in August, 1902, secured a claim for myself, and filed on three quarter sections for my sons. My claim is on-half mile south of the Edmonton and Lake St. Anne trail "Coming so late in the season we had little opportunity to break and to prepare ground for a first year's crop, still we raised over 100 bushels of very fine potatoes, and sowed a few acres of barley, but the season was too far advanced for the barley. However, we secured good feed from it, and on rented ground 18 miles east of us, raised a fine crop of oats, so that we will have plenty of feed for horses. We cut about 60 tons of hay and thus will have an abundance. We have all, fold, about 240 acres of hay meadow, which would yield the past year over three tons to the acre, and in an ordinary season the meadow would furnish 600 tons of hay. The grass is very nutritious, and cattle on the ranges become very fat without being fed a pound of grain. "On the upland the grass grows from eight to ten inches tall. This is called range grass, and is suitable for stock at any time, even in the winter when the ground is not covered too deep with snow. Horses subsist on it alone, at all times, provided they are native stock. The grass in the hay meadows here is called red-top, and grows from five to six feet in length, and when cut at the proper time yields an abundant crop of nutritious hay. "Our cattle have not cost us a cent since we came on our homestead, only the small outlay for salt and labor in putting up hay and shelter. All cattle have been doing well this winter, and feeding up to the first of January was unnecessary, as there was good range up to that time. "All the snows up to that date were followed by winds from the northwest that melts it very rapidly; these winds are called Chinook winds, and are always warm. In one night a Chinook wind may take away three or four inches of snow. "We have built on our claim a comfortable house of hewn logs, 20x20 feet, one and one-half stories in height, with a good cellar. During the latter part of June we rafted logs down the Sturgeon to a sawmill, about eight miles away, and thus secured 5,000 feet of good lumber which was needed for the house. Later in the season a shingle mill located six miles away. To this we hauled logs and had shingles cut for the roof. "We had an abundance of wild fruit the past season, consisting of gooseberries, strawberries, raspberries, eyebberries, blueberries, cherries and saskatoons. The latter are a fine looking berry, red, and quite pleasant to the taste, but not much to be desired in cookery. The strawberries are the same as those that grow wild in Illinois. Raspberries are red in color, large and equal to any of the tame varieties, and so are the gooseberries. The cranberries consist of the high and trailing varieties. The latter are most sought and contiguous to the swamps. The ground is literally covered with them as with a red carpet, but the best and most sought is the blueberry, so called by the Indians. This is the famous 'huckleberry' (whortleberry) of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Pennsylvania, and cannot be excelled for excellence by any fruit cultivated. It is found here both on the prairie and in the timber in immense quantities. "Game is very plentiful so far as prairie chickens, pheasants, ducks of all kinds, and geese are concerned. We have taken nearly 500 chickens and pheasants, also a great many ducks. "An occasional deer is seen, but are not plentiful, only one having been taken during the season in this settlement. "Fish are very plentiful at all seasons of the year. Fish wagons and sleds are passing almost daily along the trail with heavy loads of fish, destined for St. Albert and Edmonton. From the latter point they are shipped south on the Calgary and Edmonton railroad to points along the line, and also to Assinibioia, on the Canadian Pacific railroad." For further information apply to any authorized Canadian Government Agent whose address appears elsewhere in this paper. Pay of Bohemian Glass Blowers In the famous Bohemian glass factory region glass blowers receive $5 to $8 a week, working by the piece; cullers get $3 to $3.50 a week, engravers, $4 to $6, skilled painters and gilders $6 to $8. German Snail Gardens. Snail gardens are getting to be almost as common in Germany as in France. The snails are gathered in July, and fed till autumn, when they get their shells. The dealers pay for them at the rate of 20 to 25 cents per hundred, and a hundred make a meal. Investigate Pneumonia. An investigation of the cause of pneumonia by the bacteriological department of the Board of Health of New York shows that contagion is of comparatively little importance in the spread of the disease. The board is inclined, therefore, to attribute the excessive death rate from pneumonia to the cold of the last winter. You never hear any one complain about "Defiance Starch." There is none to equal it in quality and quantity, 16 ounces, 10 cents. Try it now and save your money. Russia's immense Egg Output. Russia sells more eggs in a year than any country in the world, her output being 150,000,000 dozen. EUPARILLA Euparilla TONIC STIMULANT ALTERATIVE APERIENT ANTI-LITHIC DIURETIC A REMEDY FOR DYSPEPSIA, CATARRH AND RHEUMATISM MANUFACTURED BY THE MCPIKE DRUG CO. ATCHISON, KANSAS. 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Most of the Aliments Peculiar to the Female Sex are Due to Catarrh of the Pelvic Organs. Rachael J. Kemball, M. D., 334 Virginia St., Buffalo, N. Y., is a graduate of the University of Buffalo, class 1884, and has been in the practice of medicine in that city since then. She writes as follows: "My conviction, supported by experience, is that Peruna is a valuable preparation for all catarrhal affections. I have taken one bottle of Peruna myself and just feel fine. I shall continue to take it."—Rachael J. Kemball, M. D. Peruna has cured thousands of cases of female weakness. As a rule, however, before Peruna is resorted to several other remedies have been tried in vain. A great many of the patients have taken local treatment, submitted themselves to surgical operations, and taken all sorts of doctor's stuff, without any result. The reason of so many failures is the fact that diseases peculiar to the female Female Trouble sex are not commonly recognized as being caused by catarrh. These organs are lined by mucous membranes. Any mucous membrane is subject to catarrh. Catarrh of one organ is exactly the same as catarrh of any other organ. What will cure catarrh of the head will also cure catarrh of the pelvic organs. Peruma cures these cases simply because it cures the catarrh. Most of the women afflicted with pel- The Sanitary Wall Coating rubs or scales. You can apply it—mix with cold water. Beautiful effects in white and cold water. Beautiful effects in white and cold water. Date hot water glue preparation. Buy Alabastine in 5-b. packages, properly labelled, of pain, hardware and drug artisans. Artist's Ideas free. ALABASTINE CO., Grand Rapids, Mn., 106 Water St., N. Y. WET WEATHER COMFORT There is no satisfaction keener than being dry and comfortable when out in the hardest storm. YOU ARE SURE OF THIS IF YOU WEAR TOWER'S FISH BRAND WATERPROOF OILED CLOTHING MADE IN BLACK OR YELLOW AND BACKED BY OUR GUARANTEE A.J. TOWER CO., BOSTON, MASS. 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The formula of a noted Boston physician, and used with great success as a Vaginal Wash, for Leucorrhea, Pelvic Catarrh, Nasal Catarrh, Sore Throat, Sore Eyes, Cuts, and all soreness of mucus membrane. In local treatment of female illness Paxline is invaluable. Used as a Vaginal Wash to challenge the world to produce its equal for Leucorrhea. It is also used for healing power; it kills all germs which cause inflammation and discharges. All leading druggists keep Paxine; price $0.00, a box; if yours does not, send to us for it. Don't take a substitute—there is nothing like Paxine. Write for the Free Box of Paxine to-day. R. PAXTON CO., 5 Pope Bldg., Boston, Mass. PISO'S CURE FOR CONES WEAK ALL CAUSE FAIL Best cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use in time. Sold by druggists. CONSUMPTION A woman is sitting in bed, looking up at a man standing behind her. The man is holding a bottle of wine. vic diseases have no idea that thei trouble is due to catarrh. The majority of the people think that catarrh is a disease confined to the head alone. This is not true. Catarrh is liable to attack any organ of the body; throat, bronchial tubes, lungs, stomach, kidn- neys and especially the pelvic organs. Many a woman has made this discovery after a long siege of useless treatment. She has made the discovery that her disease is catarrh, and that Peruna can be relied upon to cure catarrh wherever located. If you do not derive prompt and satis- factory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case, and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio. Manganese Mining The mining of manganese is becoming an important industry, $64,500,000 worth having been produced during 1903. And It's Usually True. When an old maid's sister has a baby boy, the ancient maiden frequently says: "His mother can't do a thing with him when I am around." — Atchison Globe. Friendly Island Natives The natives of the Friendly islands are noted for their good-humored faces and splendid physique. Their skin is a clear, light copper brown in color, while the hair is yellow and curly. 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 will send in the largest number of trade marks cut from a ten cent, 16-ounce 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 September 1st, 1904. October and November will be the best months to visit the Exposition. Remember that Defiance is the only starch put up in 16 oz (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 registered mail September 5th. Starch for sale by all dealers. There is often more true Christianity in silence than in a sermon. 50,000 AMERICANS WERE WELCOME TO FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE Western Canada DURING LAST YEAR. They are settled and settling on the Grain and Grazing Lands, and are prosperous and satisfied. Sir Wilfred Laurier recently said: 'A new star has risen on the horizon, and it is toward it that every immigrant who leaves the land of his ancest- ers to come and seek a home for himself now turns his gaze'—Canada. There is Room for Millions. FREE Homesteads given away. Schools, Churches, Railways, Markets, Climate, everything to be desired. apply to Superintendent Immigration. Ottawa, Can- authorized Canadian Government Agent—J. S. Crawford, No. 125 W. Ninth Street, Kansas City, Mo. BEGGS' BLOOD PURIFIER CURES catarrh of the stomach. Monarch's Patience Gave Out. Frederick the Great employed architects to build him a library, but they fought with true professional etiquette over their designs. The monarch who had braved the might of Europe in arms was not to be defeated by a parcel of nagging professional men. "Confound you." said the king, "don't waste any more time; this cupboard opposite me is of a very good design; copy that." They did as they were ordered. Didn't Think Time Had Come Remember the old saying about creaky doors and long hinges. I had an aunt who was over seventy, and because she had some liver trouble she was continually praying out loud that she might never live long enough to be a nuisance to anybody. But I noticed one day when she got a sudden ache she upset her prayer stool in a rush to the medicine closet—"Joshua Larrabee in Boston Herald." Fish Put to Many Uses. In Gloucester, the "king town" of fish, the humble cod has been utilized with success for making leather for shoes and gloves. In Egypt men walk on sandals made from the skins of Red Sea fish. In Russia certain peasant costumes are beautifully trimmed with the skins of a fine food fish, the turbot. Bookbinders in Europe are binding books with eelskin. Cost of Tornedoes. Since the war began in the Orient and so much has been printed about torpedoes, many people have asked in amazement why those implements should cost so much. A good torpedo made to order comes as high as $5,000. Even ready made torpedoes are by no means cheap, as they cost $2,500 apiece at wholesale rates. Superstition in Korea. No Korean couple would think of marrying without consulting the sage. This he does simply by adding the bride's age to the bridegroom's, and, after determining which star rules the destiny of their united ages, he decrees that the wedding shall take place upon the day sacred to that star. Match Making in France. Eight hundred tons of sulphur were used in France last year in making matches. The daily consumption was three per head of the population. Match making is a monopoly of the French government to which it yields an annual revenue of $5,000,000. Japanese Servants. The Japanese women have no servant problem to solve, simply because they do not look down on servants as such. Visitors bow as low to servants as to their mistress, and if the mistress is away the servants serve tea and entertain the visitors. Government Pays Low Wages. The British government continues to be denounced by the workers' union for the low wages paid at government work shops, shipyards, arsenals and gun factories, but all denunciations and resolutions seem to have no effect. Swiss Law Little Observed The killing of birds is forbidden in the Swiss Canton of Tessin, and last year the rural police confiscated over 20,000 traps and nets. Nevertheless, the birds are offered for sale in the markets with impunity. Korean Houses. The average Korean lives in a thatched cottage having three rooms in a row. The kitchen fire is at one end and its chimney at the other, the flue passing under the rooms warms them. American Rice Consumption The per capita consumption of rice in the United States was three pounds in 1900, is five pounds now, and the Agricultural Department says that it will go to forty. Persian Date Palms. It is estimated that no fewer than ten millions of date palms are scattered from the mouth of the Persian Gulf to beyond the region of Bagdad. At Dresden a blind man crossing a street was struck on the head by a cart. It was then found that the shock has restored the man's sight. Walled City Missionaries Missionaries are at work in 247 of the walled, cities of China. There are still 1,500 walled cities without missionaries. For making 1,000 cigarettes in a Japanese factory a girl gets 8 sen, equal to 4 cents. Novel Writing in Japan Until a decade ago novel writing was not considered a respectable profession in Japan. Adopt American Methods The wholesale textile firms of Leip sic, Germany, have determined to have bargain sales on stated days of the year. Murder Common in Madrid. Five or six murders in one day are not an infrequent occurrence in Madrid. Use American Couplers. American self-acting couplers are to be used on Bavarian railways. A To be a successful bookkeeper it is necessary to first be a successful book borrower. Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infallible medicine for coughs and colds—N. W. SAMUEL, Ocean Grove, N. J., Feb. 17, 1900. The barber's idea of a miser is a man who shaves himself. FITS commonly used. 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The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science can cure. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive care now known to the medical community. Hall's Catarrh Cure is an international treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken in the surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient a natural nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer it to patients, and case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Miss M. Cartledge gives some helpful advice to young girls. Her letter is but one of thousands which prove that nothing is so helpful to young girls who are just arriving at the period of womanhood as Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Take Hall's Family Plus for constipation. In spite of the old adage many a man spends his time saving money. Try One Package. If "Defiance Starch" does not please you, return it to your dealer. If it does you get one-third more for the same money. It will give you satisfaction, and will not stick to the iron. "DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:—I cannot praise Lydia E. Pinkam's Vegetable Compound too highly, for it is the only medicine I ever tried which cured me. I suffered much from my first menstrual period, I felt so weak and dizzy at times I could not pursue my studies with the usual interest. My thoughts became sluggish, I had headaches, backaches and sinking spells, also pains in the back and lower limbs. In fact, I was sick all over. Korean Style in Hats "Finally, after many other remedies had been tried, we were advised to get Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and I am pleased to say that after taking it only two weeks, a wonderful change for the better took place, and in a short time I was in perfect health. I felt buoyant, full of life, and found all work a pastime. I am indeed glad to tell my experience with Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, for it made a different girl of me. Yours very truly, Miss M. CARTLEDGE, 533 Whitehall St., Atlanta, Ga." There is a language of hats in Korea, and the twenty or more styles have each a voice and meaning. If a man is in mourning sixteen square feet of matting is shaped in a pyramid two feet high for his head covering. At such a time, the grandest aid to nature is Lydla E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It prepares the young system for the necessary changes, and is the surest and most reliable cure for woman's ills of every nature. Mrs. Pinkham invites all young women who are ill to write her for free advice. Address, Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass. Medical Plants. A writer in the American Journal of Pharmacy declares that about three-fourths of all the medical plants used in the pharmacopoeia either grow wild or are cultivated in this country. Of the remaining fourth, he thinks that probably one-half could be grown in this country, leaving but a comparatively small number of plants that could not be economically grown. Mrs. Estes, of New York City, says: "DEAR MRS. PINKHAM: — I write to you because I believe all young girls ought to know how much good your medicine will do them. I did dressmaking for years before I was married, and if it had not been for Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, I do not believe I could have stood the strain. There is no other work that is such a strain on the system. Oh, how my back used to ache from the bending over! I would feel as though I would have to scream out from the pain, and the sitting still made me so terribly tired and weak, and my head throbbed like an engine. I never could eat after work, I was so worn out. Then I was irregular, and had such frightful cramps every month they would simply double me up with pain, and I would have to give up working and lie down. But Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound changed me into a strong, well woman. Vours very truly, Mrs. MARTHA ESTES, 513 West 125th N., N. Y. City." Adrared the Little Wheels Here is a Kafka story told in a recent book: "When the first wagon appeared the people of the kraals all turned out to see the new wonder—a hut which moved on wheels. Mile after mile the people clapped hands and cheered the little wheels, which seemed to form the center of attraction. On being asked what they saw in the small wheels to make them so excited they replied that they thought it was so plucky of them to be able to keep up with the large ones." No other female medicine in the world has received such widespread and unqualified endorsement. No other medicine has such a record of female troubles cured. Sold by druggists everywhere. Refuse all substitutions. Remember every woman is cordially invited to write to Mrs. Pinkham, if there is anything about her symptoms she does not understand. 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I experienced so much benefit from this that I kept on till I was cured completely. "I can do my own housework and can walk around as well as ever with perfect ease and strength. Just now I am helping to make garden. I feel like a new woman and I owe it all to Dodd's Kidney Pills." Perhaps two can live as cheaply as one, but most people would rather be the one. If you don't get the biggest and best it's your own fault. Defiance Starch is for sale everywhere and there is positively nothing to equal it in quality or quantity. Wiggle-Stick LAUNDRY BLUE Won't spill, break, freeze nor spot clothes. Costs 10 cents and equals 20 cents worth of an attorney's fee. If your grocer does not keep it sand 10c for sample to the Laundry Blue Co., 14 Michigan Street, Chicago. It takes money to voice the opinion of a lawyer. Defiance Starch is guaranteed biggest and best or money refunded. 16 ounces, 10 cents. Try it now. The shadow of suspicion always has something behind it.