Wichita Searchlight

THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT 6TH YEAR. Negro's Flag Ament the Negro flag, the Star Fan wisely says: "flag for Negroes" in this country is characteristic of the black man in the United States who has ever stood ready and going to die for his country's life. The recent appeal of Mr.nett for a race flag has set the gruses of gossips to wagging. The Negro press comes in for share and the discussion grows creeping apace. While several our papers seem to look with our upon the suggestion, to owe it appears uncalled for, fetched and ridiculous. Of these the American Negro would have a flag. It is conceded that some sort of banner lift-high on a pole—for an instance, an old rag tied to a corn- serves to inspire the most militant and benighte citizen man ardent and uncontrollable protest. You say the black man has no country, no native land, sacred names, no soul-stirringury and no heritage of sacri- A pariah, an out cast, an in- us, he seec the white, the yel- the brown, the green, the men's flags wave in martial color; and lo, his poor, envi- art, perchance, will burst, to his feeble hand no friend- affis placed. but my brother. Don't be so sultly perturbed, a flag you have, and soon. No black er shall bar its hopefulbeau- crimson streaks of cowards shall shame its loyal wave, keeping willow shall suffer royal folds to trail in wrtched for a lovelier emblem it ibe, and truer. the American Negro has a flag at the blood of Attucks ran, at the arms of Salem bared, at the tongue of the immortal gas moved and for it brave they fought. Negro has a flafi; the bri reat from a thousand corn cotton fields proclaim, the that bleach upon the hills Maine to Texas attest, and the flood of loyal gore that fed the idees of Wagner, that beneath the sandc of Pillow that dyed the rugged steeps Juan declares. Negro has a flag, the facile Jefferson wrote. The Negro has a flag let Sumner's voice out. The Negro has a flag, he dares deny it must face the feeding form of martyred him strong in death. The Negro's flag is striped with white and red all over its broad and ample field. The Negro's flag is marked by a sky of truest blue on which the stars of virgin white lie blossomed, as if in safe repose. The Negro's flag, a staff of towering pine or sturdy oak shall bear and all the world will know our fealty. "We'll wrap round 'Old Glory patriots we are, and free. We have won our place beneath our nation's flag and there we'll wait and fight, and win and die, until life's battle is o'er and every right to us has been assured. NEGROES IN COTTON MILLS The failure of the only cotton mill in the south employing Negro labor is significant of nothing except the unwisdom of an attempt to launch a business under adverse conditions with inexperienced management and untrained labor. The qualities which have generally excluded the Negro from the cotton mills have relation to his general unfitness for a menotonious occupation which demand's patient industry and steady application. The difficulty with an experiment of that character is that had it been successfel it would of done vastly more harm than good to the Negroes of the south. Indeed its failure is a cause for congratulation, since it will avert the misfortune to the most thrifty Negroes of unprofitable investments in mills with little or no chance of success. WHY? Is it that Negroes are so divided? We have no dry goods store, grocery store, or meat market in our city? A certain colored barbershop don't have the race newspaper for their customers? Our people don't stop paying high rent for somewhere to live, purchase a lot, take that same rent money, build and pay for it? That young boys and girls are allowed to hang around joints, houses of ill-fame, thereby becoming educated in all of the ways of the confirmed criminal? A Chicago woman was driven insanse by the odor of whiskey on her husband's breath. They do have some fearful whiskey in Chicago. Whether or hot the democratic party is safe and sane, the country is; which insures four more years of republicanism. A certain young man told a certain young lady that he intended to kiss her upon leaving her home. She commanded him to leave at once. See the point? We live this life but once. We should avoid worry and vexation as much as possible and look on the bright side of life. WICHITA, KANSAS. AUG 20,1904. DYNAMITED : NEGROES From the time of the first settlement the town of Holdenville, Okla. has been opposed to the mixing of Negroes and whites in the buileing of the town, and no Negroes were allowed to purchase real estate and no white man would sell them lots on which to build dwellings, nor would any white man sell them any houses in which to live. Since the Negroes in the settlement east of Holdenville, most of whom are Creek freedmen, have come into possession of money, the business men of Holdenville concluded that this money was as good as the white man and rather encouraged the idea of building a Negro hotel in the town. When this building was completed some one or some organization dynamited it. ABOLITIONIST James Ashley has been nominated as a candidate for congress by republicans of a mountain district in Georgia. Long years ago "Old Jim Ashley," then a resident of Toledo, O., was one of the most rabid ebolitionists in America and acted as director general of the underground railroad He is a man of gigantic frame, standing about 6 ft. 6 in. in his stockings. His timber and mining claims in Dowson and adjacent counties in Georgia amount to 35,000 acres. His headquarters is thirty miles from any railroad and his constituents are Moonshiners and the only possible hope of his election is to get the active support of this element of votes one of whose members he saved from being lynched last year. LARGEST WATCH The largest watch in the world haa just been made at the Waltham watch factory and shipped to England. The case is of aluminum finished with gold, and is five feet in diameter. The two dials, one on either side of the watch, are each four feet in diameter. The numerals on the dials are in Roman on one side and on the other Arabic. The fact that most of the bloody brawls in Kansas City and Chicago between the packing house strikers and strike breaker involve mostly colored men as the strike breakers does not alter the fact that they are crimes against law and order and a disgrace to those cities. If the labor leaders can prevent this kind of thing it is their duty as citizens and labor leaders to do so; if they cannot or will not, then it is the duty of the officers of the law to step in and put a stop to them. Boarding House Get a Searchlight, if you want the new \ NOW FOR THE MASONS Prince Hall Grand Lodge A. F. & A. M., Kansas Jusisdiction Will Convene in Wichita Aug. 24-25-26—The Auxilaries Will Meet On Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 22-3 There Will Be A Large Attendance At This Session Every One Be Ready. Next week, beginning with Monday morning, the Masons of Kansas Jurisdiction will hold the fort in Wichita. The first two days in the week will be occupied with sessions by the Grand Chapter, Comma andery and Royal Arch and on Wednesday morning, Aug. 24th, Prince Hall Grand Lodge will be called to order in Garfield hall at 10 o'clock by Grand Master Solomon G. Watkins, of Topeka, Kansag. The Grand Lodge will hold sessions Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. The committee of the local lodge have prepared to entertain their guests and the public at Garfield hall, Wednesday night with the play "Diamonds and Hearts" a spectacular, tragedial, comic, melodrama play in three acts, under the direction of Mr. W. A. Wright. This play has a strong cast and each player is selected with an especial fitness for the part play ed and there is no doubt they highly please all who attend. On Thursday night, Aug. 25th, there will be a Grand Ball given au Odd Fellow hall, 517 N. Main (opposite the court house) by some Wichitans for the delight of those who are fond of the light fantastic touch. This promises to be a swell affair. On Friday morning the election of officers and their installation will take place in the Grand Lodge and in the afternoon the big Masonic parade will form and headed by a band end the various Commanderies will proceed to South Riverside park where a game of base ball between the Odd Fellows and Masons will be one of the attractions. Everyone is about ready for the big event. At the behest of Mr. Davis the democratic nominee for vice president, the white man's plank was omitted from the platform of the West Virginia Democrats lest it should antaganize the Negroes in the doubtful states. So the democrats are catering after Negro votes too. But the Negro knows the democratic party-he knows that it simply wants his vote. No man is too poor to take a colored newspaper says an exchange, and it is false economy to get elong without it. Hardly a week passes that sometimes does not appear in its columns that will be a financial benefit to the subscriber, and by the end of the year he has made or saved from one to 20 times its subscription price. ```markdown ``` Remember the place-Market at the gate of DOLD Packing House. The white papers do not take the place of the colored paper, although some people seem to think so. The white papers are alrigh in their way, but they do take up, generally, those things that are of special interest to the average colored person—they don't give you what you most de sire-your race news. You cannot learn from them when and where public meetings are to be held; who died or has married during the week; who are moving in and moving out of your city; who gaae a party or went a calling; and other important items which your race paper makes a specialty. If you can afford but one paper by all means take one that is published by your own race. Ex. Those of us who aren't in the least alarmed by the reports of counterfeit $100 notes begin to prick up our cars when we read that bogus quarters and half-dollars are in circulation. The American Domestic League claims that it turns out fine cooks. Send their addresses along. This is not one of those cases where you should "hide your light under a bushel." It is just beginning to dawn on Korea that the Japanese are like other philanthropists—willing that the Koreans should have what is left of their own country after Japan has had what it wants. The Chicago bridegroom who at the altar said "No!" and then fled will probably find a variation in his case of the old proverb, that he who courts and runs away will go to court some other day. Brazil and Peru threaten to settle a dispute by war. They had better wait until Japan settles her controversy with Russia. If they start up their performance now they will play to empty benches. Gabriele d'Annunzio, the Italian dramatist, replies to all requests for his autograph that he will be delighted to furnish it, but only upon a copy of his works. Sig. d'Annunzio clearly possesses more than one kind of genius. The new Duchess of Roxburghe is reported to be winning golden opinions in England on account of her contributions to charities. Evidently she has found that purchasing a dukelet is not enough to get one into the choicest circle of society. This little difference of opinion between Great Britain and Russia may yet inspire Rudyard Kipling to hand out another hot one which will permit the atmosphere to clarify while those in authority are explaining that he certainly must have meant some one else. A restaurant keeper recently decreed that the girls waiting on his tables should dispense with their pompadours. In twenty minutes there was not a pompadour in the establishment. There wasn't a girl there, either NO 13 Colombia's new national anthem: "I don't want to play in your yard." The last new thing in words is "syzzyg." Sounds like a Hungarian melody. Very likely a flying machine that cost only $10 would fly just as well as any other kind. Perhaps we have all been unjust to Uncle Russell Sage. Maybe he can't afford to take a vacation. Also be it remembered that the Yale-Harvard teams are not by any means the pick of our college athletes. No tears will be shed over the wounds of those Spanards who were hurt while goading a bull and a tiger to fight. The czar doesn't play poker anyway, but even if he did, you couldn't persuade him that four of a kind beats one heir. That New York woman who swore that her husband had beaten her 1,040 times certainly has a striking talent for figures. The Savannah Press says that "he who plants a tree plants love." Love unfortunately happens to be a plant of slow growth. Heinze, the Montana copper king, has been sued for $5,750,000. Even the well-to-do are not exempt from petty annoyances. New York is to have a liquor show. Evidently that town has given up all hopes of ever being able to capture a prohibition convention. Even if Oom Paul Kruger did leave a fortune of $5,000,000 to the lucky Elfoff family, he was nevertheless an object for universal sympathy. How time flies! In a month or so all the little George Dewey Smiths and George Dewey Brownis will be celebrating their sixth birthdays. A freak of fashion has made calico gowns the popular thing; but a lot of pessimistic married men fear that the situation is too satisfactory to last. That Eastern professor who says we all eat too much doubtless has an assured income and a good appetite. Or perhaps he's keeping his wife's folks. In three months the railroads of the United States have killed nearly 1,000 persons. Traveling is becoming almost as dangerous as celebrating the Fourth. A new invention known as the telexcriptograph reproduces in print conversations over the telephone. A good many of 'em will have to be barred from the mails. Kuroki and Kuropatkin may be merely holding off the big battle till they can find some place with a wholly new and unpronounceable name to fight it in. The people who hoped for a national theater are disappointed to discover that Mr. Carnegie is not out on a feverish chase for any project that is susceptible of endowment. The evangelists who are laboring for the moral and spiritual advancement of New York city point hopefully to the circumstances that the 400 have been reduced to 200. THE SEARCHLIGHT. WICHITA, KANS. W. N. MILLER, Editor. Entered at the Post Office at Wiehita, Kansas, as Second - Class Mail Matter. Published Every Saturday at No. 110 NORTH MAIN St. One Year [ by mail ] ..... $1.00 Six months [ by mail ] ..... 75c Three months [ by mail ] ..... 50c ONE M. OTHH ..... 15c. 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So agents will send the money with subscriber's name. 6th Address all communications to "The Witch's Searchlight" Wichita, Kanaa. 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 July 30th 1904 SEMATE CONGURRENT RESOLUTION No. 20 Proposed Amendment to the Constitution of the State of Kansas, Relating to the Election of STATE PRINTER Be it resolved by the Legislature of the state of Kansas, two—third of the members elected to each house concurring therein: SECTION 1. The following proposition to amend the constitution of the state of Kansas is hereby submitted to the qualified electors of the state for their approval or rejection. Section 4, article 15, of the constitution to be amended so as to lead as follows; "All public printing to be done by the state printer who shall be elected by the people at the election held for state officers in November, 1906, and every two years thereafter, at the election held for state of officers, and shall hold his office for two years and until his successor shall be elected and qualified. Sec. 2. This proposition shall be submit—ted to the electors of the state at the general election of representatives to the Legislature in the year A. D. 1904, for their approval or rejection. The amendment hereby proposed shall be designated on the official ballot: "An amendment relating to the election of a state printer." And shall be voted for or, against, as provided by law under state statutes, Sec. 3. This resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the statute—book. Pessed the Senate February 12, 1903. Passed the House February 19, 1903 I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of original Senate concurrent resolution No. 20, now on file in my office. J. K. BURROW, secretary of state. ASKS FOR PLACE. The colored voters os Sedgwick county feel that they are entitled to a place in the county clerk's offices and have taken a stand for that place. They have a right to ask and receive this appointment in the event of the election of the Republican nominee. New Hope Baptist church had a grand time at their entertiadment. Their rally on July 14 netted the church a neat sumr From the festival $14.31, Sunday collection $22.55; total $825.06, which is very good. Mrs. Addie Adams presented Mrs Alex Moore of Kansas City with a beautiful vase as a token of friend- That Was The Time. Eighty-two of the joistest people Wichita affords answered the call of Rev. S. S. Washington and accompanied him to Newton on his big excursion last Sunday to attend the big rally of the H. M. E. church at that place. Every one went to help out and have a sociable good time and Wichita was "it." The people of Newton caught the spirit of the day and left no stone unturned to make it pleasant for their Wichita visitors. The train bearing the Wichita delegation heaped by G. S. Washington left the Santa Fe depot at 11.05 a.m. and was soon in Newton. The delegation was mer in Newton by H. Revely and Mr. Hall and were directed to the district court room where the morning services were held. As soon as these were over all went to the beautiful city park where a most toolhsome dinner was served. Did the Wichitans eat any? Well—we won't say anything just ask R.v. P. D. Yochum and J. T. Chinneth, troy of course led. After the eating was over the remainder of the day was spent in "taking in the town." In the evening at 7 p. m. the evening services were begun in the district court room, and the services were opened by Mr. M. J. Danny and at 8 p. m. Rev. Washington filled the stand, and preached a grand sermon. The rally netted $28.44. The Wichstans made their return at 11:30 Sunday night. All declared that they had a splendid fine time. FIRST ANNUAL SERMON The Women Mission and Supplement society of the Second Baptist church will hold their annual sermon at that church next Sunday afternoon. Rev. S. M. Hall will preach the sermon. This is the Women Auxiliary of the 2ad Baptist church and since they were organized they have proved very profitable and helpful to the echurch. Instead of being considered as one of the branches of the church, so industriously have the members of the society worked for the church and so much good have they done—that they are now considered as one of the main pillars of the church—and they are. Go out Sunday to hear. FEAST OF DAYS is the name of an entertainment to be given by the ladies of the A. M. E church at Gbd Fellow hall Tuesday night Ang. 28d. Bli are very cordially invited to attend. --- Nxt Sunday will witness a grand rally at the A. M. E. churchh. Rev. Yeehum extends an invitation to the pastors and congregations of the other churches in the city to attend these services. Rev: J P. Howard of Emporia will be Present. Rev. S. S. Washington dastor of the A. M. E. church in Newton will be present in the morning to assist in the services. Services will be held at 11:30 a.m., 3:30 p.m., and 8:30 p.m. Come out everyone and assist in the rally. BADLY HUBY. Mrs. B. G. Clark was quite sever-hurt by the street cars Sunday eve. Mrs. Clark was getting off the car at Douglas and Emporia when the motorman started his car before she was off and throw her to the ground with a hard jolt. She was picked up and taken to her home where medical aid was summoned. Mrs. W. M. Dent, Mrs. G. Lambreta, Mrs. F. P. Bateman and Mrs. Jones left Thursday morning for Neosho Falls, Kan., to attend the general western camp meeting of the Holiness church. They will be gone about ten days. Do not fog it the big bell at Odd Fellow Hall, Thursday night Aug. 25; Come out sure. Locals and Personals Read the great Searchlight Jas. Jackson is in the city. Miss Lula Paul spent Thursday in Arkansas City. Miss Edith Johnson spent Thursday in Arkansas City. Watch for our collector, he is still making his rounds. I. J. Porter left for Topeka Monday where he will spend ten days. Miss Hattie Buford spent Sunday in Newton. She reports a fine time. BROWN=AGEN N U P T I A L Society folks were treated to real surprise when it was learned that Mrs. Chas. Agen, of this city and Dr. D. J. Brown, of Dayton, C were united in marriage on Wednesday, Aug. 10th, at the Agen hem 903 N. Mead. The wedding was a quiet one and only intimate friend were present. Mrs. Agen, now Mrs. Brown, is one of Wichita's progressive colored ladies while Dr. Brown is a well-recommended spirit spirit. Mrs. Lowles of Enid, Okla. spent a feb days last week with Mrs. Lula Coleman. Rev. W. H. Tillman left Tuesday for Kansas City to attend the association. Remember the big ball at Odd Fellow hall Thursday night Aug-25th, 1604. Deceens Phil Hyde and John E. Lewis left Sunday to attend the Baptist association. Miss Mamie Coleman spent a few days in Arkansas City. She reports a fine time. Dr. D. J. Brown, Spirit Evange list has opened his office at his residence, 903 North Mead. Rev. J. J. Jefferson left Sunday for Kansas City to attend the Baptist State Association. Miss Lula Coleman left Tuesday for St. Louis where she will spend ten days visiting and seeing the fair. The Grand Ball to be given at Odd Fellow Hall on Thursday nigh Aug. 25th will eclipse all others. Come and meet the visitors. Mr. and Mrs. Syl Anderson are having their house raised and a foundation placed under it and are making other permanent improvements to add to the beauty of their home. Miss Mmma Ross returned to her home in Alabama after spending several days visiting her uncles Messrs Napoleon and Wellington Starnes. She had an enjoyable time while here. W. M. Dent is contemplating a trip to West Virginia to visit his mother. It has been 17 years since since Mr. Dent was at his home. There is no question that he would enjoy the trip. Rev. P. D. Yochum, pastor of the A. M. H. church has opened a contest for a gold watch with the following contestants: Stewart Waters, C. C. (Bud) Hickerson, Mrs. Rebt Braden and Ben Yembleten. The contest will be concluded on Sunday, Sept. 18. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gibbs are adding a new room to their home 219 west 8th et. They are keeping abreast of the times. Mr. and Mrs. Thes. Glover and Mrs. A. T. Glover and baby have returned from St: Louis where they took in the big world's fair. They report a fine time. Miss Ethel Patton and Irm Clarke 524 North Water gavs a pleasant surprise party on the Misses Edna, Rosa Mae and Corinne Tillman Friday afternoon August 12th, the following were present: Miss Edna Tillman, Rosa Mae Billman, Corsiana Tillman, Helen McAdoe, Floria Thomas, Tessie Edmondson, Emily Johnson, Fiona Phelps, Lizzie Whitted, Myotle Fleming, Viola Rath, Mary Yeehum Zelia Batley, Izene Bettis, Corinne Bettie, Bettie Mae Hall, Laura Thomas, Vors James, Mr. Harold Fleming, Asa Hodges, Ford Clark, Glen White, Ulmer Johnson. ```markdown ``` BROWN=AGEN N U P T I A L Society folks were treated to a real surprise when it was learned that Mrs. Chas. Agen, of this city and Dr. D. J. Brown, of Dayton, O. were united in marriage on Wednesday, Aug. 10th, at the Agen home 903 N. Mead. The wedding was a quiet one and only intimate friends were present. Mrs. Agen, now Mrs. Brown, is one of Wichita's progressive colored ladies while Dr. Brown is a well recommended young spirit evangelist who has been in our city about a month. Dr. Brown comes to Wichita well and highly recommended and will make this city his future home. On Friday night, Aug. 12th. Dr and Mrs. Brown spreaded one of the swellest feasts of the season to their close friends. The Searchlight wishes for Dr. and Mrs. Brown a long, prosperous married life. CONCERT MONDAY NIGHT. J. Q. Makson, a former member of the 10th Cayalry U. S. army, give a lecture at the 2nd Baptist church Monday night, August 22. This young man is in a bad shape both legs are drawn up from the Spanish fever which he had. He was one of the boys of the famous 10th colored soldiers, who saved the day at San Juan Hill, Cuba. He was in the charge on the Spanish block house with our present President Roosevelt and his rough riders. Go out to hear him Monday night Aug. 22nd at the 2nd Baptist church. Mr. and Mrs. Abernathy arrived in Denver Saturday. Sunday they went over Georgetown loop accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Sam Abernathy, Jr. and Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Simpson. They passed through Golden and Idaho Springs. They went to Ft. Logan Monday and also had the opportunity of going through the state house. Mr. and Mrs. Abernathy will leave Denver for Colorado Springs Thursday They will leave Pueblo Saturday morning on a sightseeing trip in the mountains. They will visit Cheyenne Canyon, Denver, Pikes Peak and Georgetown Loop. Miss Lillie Orr will accompany them. Mrs. W. M. Haneock left Wednesday night for Springfield, Mo., in answer to a telegram that her father was at the point of death. The talk of the town is the big event at Odd Fellow hall on Thursday night Aug. 25th. Mrs. Rebt Braden is out again after a severe seige of sickness. Mrs. Jas. Maurice left Sunday for Chikaska, I. T., where she will spend ten days visiting relatives. MINGMAN ITEMS. Our sixth annual cattle men's picate commencing August 30th and closing Sept. 2. Harnest Porter is spending his summer vacation in Paris, Mo. Mrs. Eli Martin has been quite sick the past week. Last Saturday Erod and Peast Banks went down to the Ninnescah river and succeeded in catching 81 carp averaging from two to three pounds. They and their neighbors sure had a feast while the lasted. Mr. Lewis Banks thrashed his crop of wheat which averaged 18 bushels to the acre. Mrs. W. A. Wright who has been quite sick since Aug. 4th is improving. An educational exercise was held at the A M E thursoh S day. COOKING OVEN rnhoff & M. Clees WHITE FRONT HARDWARE ERY THING IN DRUGS Prescriptions Filled With Care Warnhoff EVERY THI Prescriptions Warnhoff & M. Clees WHITE FRONT HARDWARE. Call and see us. Once a customer always A CUSTOMER Salman Drug Co. 228 North Main Street SECOND TO NONE Salman Drug Co. 28 North Main Street. SECOND TO NONE Pleases All GOOD BREAD MAKERS It Is White As Snow. 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Please send paper when ordering. Write your name and address plainly to ONMOKED OX MARROW CO. 76 Wabask Ave., Chicago, Illinois. S. NAFT SGER, W. R. TUCKER, President Vice President J. M. MOORE, Cashier. The 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. Middlekauff B. F. McLean. A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS TRANSACTED Wichita Kansas. The peek-a-boo waists this year are simply peek-a-beauties. People at Port Arthur have almost forgotten what a quiet summer even- ing is like. There are better ways of taking vacation than getting sunstruck. Try some of the other ways. --- Southwestern Distributing Agent for Cribben & Sexton Co. Any style of stove at wholesale prices. OTTO WEIFS, Agent. In The Grocery Line Your wants need careful attention and our store is the place to get it. We handle the best of Fancy and Staples Groceries and our prices are right. Orders given prompt attention. Kernan & Co., 1102 E. Douglas 'Pone 357 801 N. Main St. Wichita, Kans. —TRY THE— BLUE SEAL CIGAR SOLD EVERYWHERE 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 FOR SALE—A first-class Singer Sewing Machine, all in good order. Call at 1102 N. Santa Fe ave. 2t Any kind of Second Hand Goods bought, sold exchanged or sold on commission. W. C. Neely, 406 N. Main St., 4w The same person Use a little more forethought, brother, and keep out of the rut of "penny wise and special fecilish." Just a little more of an ally for good, reliable plaster, cement brick, paint, roofing, etc., would insure the veryest and save tedious, expensive, going down in the pocket expenditures to ensure that could have been avoided. Buy workers and it's right. Estimates cheerfully furnished. BOTH PHONE J. H. TU 535 -- 537 W. I OLDEN'S D J. H. TURNER, 535--537 w. Douglas Ave. Prescriptions Filled with Care ...Drugs of all kinds, Your patronage solicited. Once Our store is Headquarters Drugs of all kinds, Cigars and Tobacco..... Your patronage solicited. Once a customer, always a customer Our store is Headquarters for the Colored people 615 North Main St. B. F. McLEAN. LUMBER = DEALER YARDS AT Phone 134 Nohita, Clearwater, Peck, and Cheney, Kansas. 408 W. Douglas MYRON A Groceries, Fruits and F 815 N- M Groceries, Fruits, Vegetables and Feed. HOUCK Hardware Store Insurance Gasoline Stoves Lawn Mowers Rubber Hose, etc. 116 East Douglas Ave. Best Laundry In The City Phone 232 SELOVER & SONS, Props. 345-247 North Market St Nice Furnished -ROOMS- By the night or week Transcribe a Specialty Mrs. R. Heck, Prop. 244 North Water St. Dr. J. E. Farmer, Physician and Surgeon of Women and children a Specialty. Office 703 N. Main St. Tel. 936. anner Mills + CUSTOM GRINDING + ..... A Specialty ..... BLINDS OF COAL & FEED PHOENISCH BROS, PROPS. N. Main St. Phone 500 EERLESS TEAM AUNDRY A man working on a saw. ES 497 URNER, Douglas Ave. RUG STORE Cigars and Tobacco..... a customer, always a customer for the Colored people DEALER Phone 184 A. DEAN Fruits, Vegetables Feed. MAIN ST 101-Both Phones - 101 Elite Cafe' 408 North Main St Best Short Order House In the City. OPEN ALL NIGHT Short Orders At All Hours Meals 20cts Cigars and Tobacco Chas. L. Kiner, Prop. The GEM Barber Shop. W. A. BETTIS, Prop, A Sanitary Shop, High Class Workmen Cleanliness and First Class Work Our Motto 332 N. Main St. GIVE US A TRIAL Plenty of Clean Towels always on hand. Red Front Racket The People's Economy Store. We have just received a large in voice of Men's Work Shoes, Men's Dress Shoes, Ladies and Misses Fine Dress Shoes, Oxford and Slippers, all styles and all kinds AT WHOLESALE PRICES You'll find an excellent line of "Colonials" the proper thing and latest fed, in our regular stock, at $2 TAPP BROTHERS & HANSHAW Phone 257. 255-257 N. Main The Merchants who appreciate the trade of the colored people ADVERTISE IN THIS PAPER. PATRONS USE THEM. 408 W. Douglas Hot and Cold Lunch Short - Orders CIGARS and TOBACCO Best of Service MRS. E. J, JEFFERSON, Prop. Mr. D. Mill has sold out his interest in the restaurant to Rev. Walker. Mr. and Mrs. Mergan, of K. C., was a visitor in Cherryvale last Sunday. Miss Florence Kemp came down from K. C. to see her mother last Sunday. Mrs. Ward and children arrived home last Monday. Mrs. Sanders is now coaching at Rev. Walker's restaurant. Mrs. Beasley came down from K C. last Sunday to visit her sister Mrs. Neal, Mrs. Andrew Walker is going to repaint his house on East 9th. Mr. Pratt was badly hurt by running a pick into his foot. Mr. H. C. Dixon came home from Wichita last Saturday. Mr. E. B. Kaox left last Tuesday for Sycamore on business. Robt Edding and wife will run a stand ont in Legan park during reunion. TOPEKA NEWS. Miss Nancy Crow of Hutchinson who has been in Kansas City visiting is in the city. Dr. O. A. Taylor has returned from Colorado after a fortnight visit and reports a fine time. Dr. A. O. Briseem, the popular dentist will spend two or three weeks in St. Louis, taking his departure Aug. 28. Mrs. Emma McNary left Mon ay to attend the grand lodge of the Good Samaritan being held in Kansas City. Hon, P. C. Thomas, chairman of the National Liberty party has opened h adquarters at 117 west 5th s. Anyone wishing to contribute for the services of the party will please remit at once. Chas. G. Lytle is in Colorado Springs for his health and some rest. It is said that Charles will have to return home for his health and rest, he is going toe fast gate Golorade. Mr, Andy Jordan, who so care-compounds your prescriptions when taken to E. L. Lea's, is planning a two weeks vacation. Andy cannot save until he gets a lot of medicine made ahead while no takes a vacation. Mrs. Wm Jackson is visiting in K. C. for a few days with friends. ARKANSAS CITY, KAS. The pastor of the A. M. E. church and members had a grand rally on last Sunday and raised $138,07. The Sunflower band played several pieces. Rev. W. H. Gaznott prescheed for Dev. Johnson Sunday. Mrs. Washington of Gurthrie is in the city visiting. J. W. Graves has opened up a repairing and upholstering establishment here. FOR CELEBRATE ICE CRY Call up New Factory located first block of BISSANTZ ICE "THIS IS THE WAKE FRIS SYS TO SAINT OF COURSE YOU Let us furnish you with literature rates, train service, etc. Ask C. W. STRAIN, DIVISION Wichita's Greatest Clothing Store THE F First Annual Sale Boys' Fun School days are coming. Coat least 25 per cent by taking advantage of our boys' department all this week patterns go first. Boys' all wool $2. Suits, age 4 Boys' all wool suits, age 4 to piece and Norfolk styles, work Boys' fine all wool suits, age 4 and three piece styles; made sted, blue serges, fancy Scotches, that have sold all seas Boys' all wool knee pants, f Youth's long pants suits, age neat patterns, odd lines that h Boys' $1. cordoroy knee pants Boys' blouse waists in blue and sailor collars and cuffs, age 3 Boys' percale and cheviot waist age 5 to 13, for Our new fall line of boys' and caps have arrived; prices always paign caps—Roosevelt and F. Davis—all colors, for... Don't Worry Watch Us Grow F. S. KANSAS STATE BUILDING WORLD'S FAIR ST. LOUIS. "THIS IS THE WAY OF THE WISE." FRISCO SYSTEM TO SAINT LOUIS. OF COURSE YOU ARE GOING! Let us furnish you with literature relative to the buildings, hotels, low rates, train service, etc. Ask your local agent or address C. W. STRAIN, DIVISION PASSENGER AGENT, WICHITA, KAN. School days are coming. Conservative mothers can save at least 25 per cent by taking advantage of the following prices in our boys' department all this week. Come early, for the choice patterns go first. love and esteem of all who knew her. The Violet Art Club of which Miss Muddleton was president, was out in full to pay their last tribute of respect to loved one. The floral decorations were beautiful, being violet and white, the club colors --- --- The Rouch Riders Club was successful in raising the most money for the rally at the A. M. E. church N: H. Cooper will represent the Masonic lodge in Wichita. Subscribe for—— The Searchlight. Mrs. H. Hansbero, 1902 S. Water has been quite ill for several days. Presiding Elder J. W. Braxton was in the city Wednesday and held quarterly meeting at A M E church Ed Landrum and Geo. Daniels left Saturday for Vinita, I. T. on a business trip. Pref. Bledseaux gave a Song Recital at Odd Fellow hall Thursday of last week that was highly appreciated. He wishes to extend his thanks to the ladies who sang in the chorus and other friends. Mrs. Matilda Stewart has return ed to her home in Topeka. Mrs. Luella Smith and children of Gurthrie, Okte., are visiting in the city the guest of Mrs. J. B. H. Fray, 518 N. Wichita street. The ladies aewing circle of the 2nd Baptist church met Monday with Mrs. Geo. Daniels. Miss Maria Stevenson of Val'e Center was a visitor in the city this week. NEWTON ITEMS. Mrs. Ella Knox who has been very ill is improving fast. Mrs. U. S. Riekman left Monday to visit in Colorado. The Rally given by the A. M. E. church Sunday was a grand success. A large crowd came up from Wichita and spent the day in the city. Everyone had a delightful time. We appreciated the presence of the Wichitans and hope they will call again. Messers Campbeil and Flynn of Okla. were the guests of Mrs. F. R. Jordan. Miss Mary Gray, Mrs. Garrett, son and daughter left Wednesday for Denver, Colo. Dr. Washington of Wichita is in the city for a few days. Miss Maude Harvey and brother, Charles, who have been visiting is the city for the past two months eft Sunday for their home in Ratan, New Mexico. The Social that was given at the Odd Fellow hall by the Sewing circle of the 2nd Baptist church was very successful. PUEBLO, COLO., NEWS The Misses Ida and Maud Mish- er who have been visiting Mrs, Mc Gill, 852 east Abriendo returned to their homes in Great Bend Monday. James Saunders and Harry Johnson of Great Bend are visiting in the city this week. Mrs. L. Cook has returned to her home in Denver. The Daddighters of the Tabernacle gave a grand picnic at Fairmount park on the 12th and an entertainment at Bessemer hall at night. Mrs. W. R. Hardy has returned from Watsonburg, Cole. L. J. Jones and Percy Lawrence made a trip to Colorado Springs. The remains of Miss Jane Huddleton who lost her life in the terrible disaster of Aug. 7th was found Monday about 16 miles below the city. Owing to the decomposed condition of the body it was brought only as far as the Riverview cemetery; where her many friends met the remains. A simple ceremony was conducted at the grave. Miss Huddleton was a member of the 8h Street Baptist church and won the To make room for our large stock of FALL GOODS we hae begun our Gigantio Clearance Sale of Top and Summer Shoe BRAITSCH'S 120 E. Douglas OR Bissal WICHITA CELEBRATED ICE CREAM Call up New Phone 1893 Old Phone 1893 located first block on South Rock Island BISSANTZ ICE CREAM CO., "THIS IS THE WAY OF THE WISE." FRISCO SYSTEM SAINT LOUIS OF COURSE YOU ARE GOING! In your with literature relative to the building train service, etc. Ask your local agent or a C. W. STRAIN, DIVISION PASSENGER AGENT, WICHITA, KAN. THE FULTON Annual Sale of Boys' Furnishings days are coming. Conservative mother nt by taking advantage of the follow- ment all this week. Come early, for wool $2. Suits, age 4 to 15 years for. wool suits, age 4 to 16 years, made in the Norfolk styles, worth $3, for.... all wool suits, age 4 to 16 years, in piece styles; made of fine black clay serges, fancy Scotch mixture and c hat have sold all season for $4. and $4. wool knee pants, for.... long pants suits, age 12 to 20 years, all ers, odd lines that have sold for $8, $1 cordoroy knee pants for.... use waists in blue and red percales, l ears and cuffs, age 3 to 8 for.... oale and cheviot waists with seperate 3, for.... fall line of boys' and children's hats arrived; prices always the lowest; —Roosevelt and Fairbanks, Parker colors, for..... orry Us Grow F. S. HUNT, M. FOR Bissant WICHITA KANSAS Boys' all wool $2. Suits, age 4 to 15 years for .....1.48 Boys' all wool suits, age 4 to 16 years, made in two-piece and Norfolk styles, worth $3, for .....1.98 Boys' fine all wool suits, age 4 to 16 years, in two and three piece styles; made of fine black clay worsted, blue serges, fancy Scotch mixture and cassimexes, that have sold all season for $4, and $4.50 ...2.98 Boys' all wool knee pants, for .....25c Youth's long pants suits, age 12 to 20 years, all wool neat patters, odd lines that have sold for $8, $10 .....3.95 Boys' percale and cheviot waists with seperate belt, age 5 to 13, for ..... 21c Our new fall line of boys' and children's hats and caps have arrived; prices always the lowest; campaign caps—Roosevelt and Fairbanks, Parker and Davis—all colors, for ..... 10c Don't Worry Watch Us Grow F. S. HUNT, Mgr. Farm horses may as well quit shy at the automobile and settle down to the fact that it is here to stay. For a time, at least, the Nordicas will be obliged to resort to the stage as a means of entertaining the public. The use of eucaine, the new anasthetic, fixes you so that, although perfectly conscious, eucaine't feel a thing. Several new books on Napoleon have just been brought out, but none of them appears to fully cover the subject. --- Wiehita's Greatest Clothing Store Summer Shoes H'S 120 E. Douglas. Bissant WICHITA KANSAS ATED REAM New Phone 1893 Old Phone No. 3 in South Rock Island ave. CREAM CO., WORLD'S FAIR ST. LOUIS. LOUIS. YOU ARE GOING! relative to the buildings, hotels, low your local agent or address PASSENGER AGENT, KAN. BULTON Mail Orders Promptly Filled Sale of Furnishings conservative mothers can save at vintage of the following prices in k. Come early, for the choice 1 to 15 years for ...1.48 16 years, made in two- th $3, for ...1.98 1 to 16 years, in two of fine black clay wor- th mixture and cassi- son for $4. and $4.50 ...2.98 or ...25c 12 to 20 years, all wool save sold for $8, $10 ...3.95 sts for ...65c red red percales, large to 8 for ...21c ists with seperate belt, ...21c children's hats and days the lowest; cam- airbanks, Parker and ...10c HUNT, Mgr. Memorial services in her honor will be held at the 8th Street Baptist church first Sunday in September. Chas Muse of Colo. Springs was in the city Sunday. J. E. ALLEN, Successor to A. M. Richards, MONEY • TO • LOAN ON CHATTELS 151 N. MAIN WICHITA --- Mail Oraers Promptly Filled LIVE STOCK Our Draft Horses. The Americans can raise the best draft horses in the world if they care to do so. In the first place they have the foundation stock, having been buying and importing for many years the best draft blood that Europe produces. The men on this side of the water will, however, be compelled to change their methods of feeding as to composition of the ration. It is true that a goodly number of horse breeders have already done this, but they are after all but a very small per cent of the whole number of American draft horse breeders. We have been tempted by the "Goddess of Corn" and have fallen into the habit of thinking that that is the only kind of grain that it will pay us to feed. The result is a good-sized frame, but lack of quality in bone and muscle, with a tendency to too much fatness. Our draft horses should lead the world in quality, but it is a fact that, with the exception of the horses under the control of our noted breeders or horses that have been sold by them our draft horses are very uncertain in quality. We buy fine animals from the Europeans, import them, feed their offspring on corn for a number of generations and when we send some of their progeny back to the old country we are told that the price paid for them will be less than for the ones reared there because our horses lack stamina. In other words, the Europeans have determined that our horses have been deteriorated by the way they have been fed. Isn't it time to change the manner of feeding them? Size of the Horse. It is not unreasonable to suppose that our horses will undergo something of the same experience as have our beeves in the matter of popularity as to size. We once wanted a beef animal that weighed two thousand pounds. We now want one that weighs nearer 1,500 pounds. Yet in the matter of size for our draft horses we try to get them to weigh a ton or more. According to reports from abroad the Americans are about the only people in the world that want heavy draft horses. It is said that the French are breeding their Percherons to a 1,700-pound standard, and that the larger ones they are producing are being produced for the especial benefit of Americans. If we are the only people that are buying these very heavy horses it is evident that the day is not far distant when we will not be buying them. The tendency of the day is toward things of a medium size. We are learning that bigness is not quality, and that the animal that is big may be of very little use even in the city market. For use on the farm our agriculturists long ago found out that the excessively big horses are not the best nor the cheapest. At the present time there is a good market for heavy horses in our big cities, but we do not know how long the demand of our great brewing and wholesale companies will be for horses weighing a ton and more. It is safe to breed for a good weight, but not for the maximum weight. Rising Price of Beef. Gradually from year to year there is a gradual increase in the price of beef, though the average rise is so small for any one year that our buyers do not notice it. With the exhaustion of the area of public range and the increase of population there is steadily approaching a time when beef will be high all the year round. While this is a matter for the buyers to look upon with misgivings it is one that should stimulate the producer of beef to put more thought into his business. The high priced beef of the future will not be made alone on our western ranges, but in all parts of the country. The farms in the older states carry few beeves because they cannot compete with the cheap grass on the western ranges, but that day is slowly but surely passing. The millions and millions of people that are coming to our shores are swelling the number of the beef eaters, and there is also among us a steady increase of the native population. We hope to see beef steers on every farm. There are very few farmers that cannot raise one or two beeves without much extra expense, especially if they have pastures that are of good size and which are seeded to good combinations of grasses. Lambs in the Stockyards. Lambs do not receive very much consideration in the stockyards, whether they be intended for slaughter or for reshipping to farmers that are to feed them. The men that do the handling at the stockyards are not the most tender that can be found, and the kind of attention given is not what the lambs have been accustomed to, if they have been under the care of an intelligent shepherd. The careless dipping of sheep and lambs has resulted repeatedly in the loss of many of the lambs, and sometimes as many as twenty dead lambs have been found in a single car after that ordeal. It is supposed that chilling resulted. It may be too that some of the dips are too strong for tender lambs. The farmers that have lambs to ship will do well to see to it that the lambs receive the best of attention at this trying time. FARM MISCELLANY Pasturage Not Enough for Fattening Sheep. Pasturage Not Enough for Fattening Sheep. The attempt has a good many times been made of giving sheep nothing but pastureage when they were being prepared for market. If this is ever successful it is under exceptional conditions. The well-finished sheep has to have something more than half dry grass on which to build up juicy flesh. This is the more the case as this fattening has to be done in the fall of the year when pastures are not at their best. At the South Dakota station an experiment was made to determine to what extent the sheep would improve on pasturage in the fall of the year. The time of pasturing was from September 6 to November 2. Sixty ewes were used in the experiment, and these were divided into lots of ten ewes each. Each lot was allowed to run on two acres of native prairie grass, but it was in unusually good condition, as it had not been pastured for the entire season, nor had it been cut for hay. Of the six lots only one was fed entirely on this native pasturage. The other lots had some kind of grain in addition. The trial would indicate what we have said above that it is unadvisable to attempt to fatten sheep without grain. The lot that had no grain not only did not increase in weight, but lost over five pounds each in weight, the loss for the ten being 52 pounds. All the other lots made substantial gains. This trial was only another proof that it does not pay to try to get something for nothing. This pasture, it may be noted, was much better than is the average pasture on our farms, as the sheep were really put onto a pasture where they could eat in two months the pastureage that is generally available during six. Yleld of Barley. The Department of Agriculture gives the following as the yield of barley in the United States last year: Maine 251,160 New Hampshire 31,700 Vermont 393,382 New York 2,915,786 Pennsylvania 189,059 Maryland 39,990 Virginia 64,123 Texas 121,024 Tennessee 29,252 Kentucky 18,361 Ohio 686,977 Michigan 945,529 Indiana 243,344 Illinois 653,056 Wisconsin 13,393,975 Minnesota 27,783,170 Iowa 11,294,923 Missouri 33,306 Kansas 4,387,845 Nebraska 1,704,262 South Dakota 10,656,428 North Dakota 12,468,384 Montana 732,886 Wyoming 25,091 Colorado 724,521 New Mexico 20,282 Arizona 555,107 Utah 314,288 Nevada 247,944 Idaho 1,440,706 Washington 6,158,257 Oregon 2,048,473 California 30,878,242 Oklahoma 410,548 Total ..... 131,861,391 The average yield was 26.4 bushels per acre. Montana had the largest per acre yield, 40.2 bushels, and Missouri, the smallest, 18.3 bushels. Sweet Clover for Mulch. We believe that sweet clover might be used profitably as a mulch in our gardens and among our small fruits. This plant is now growing abundantly in all parts of Illinois nearly and in some counties the roadside are almost solid with it, and it rises to a height of five and six feet. At this time of the year, when it is desired to protect the bare ground between the rows of fruit bearing canes from the hot sun, the sweet clover might be mown and so used. The plant rots quickly, but this will be no objection to it, as it is rich in nitrogen, which its root tubercles have gathered from the air. The bacteria that works on its roots are the same that work on the roots of alfalfa, and it is therefore a great improver of the soil. In addition, it is very easy to cut, as its stem is soft and juicy. It will pack solidly and the wind will not be able to blow it away. The application of mulch is desirable in numerous places on the farm and we know of nothing that should give better results than this. The Modern Hog. The modern hog is the product of hundreds of swine generations of selection and high feeding. Much has been gained in the quality of hog meat and in the ability of the hogs to make the most out of the feed they receive. While this has been gained, something has been lost, and that something is stamina. The problem is now presenting itself how to so feed and select breeding animals as to restore the old stamina that was in the hog when it roamed over the mountains and through the woods and dug its food from the ground or gathered it from the growing herbage. The breeder of the modern hog has found that he is producing an animal too weak in bone and that this must be remedied. But that this can and will be cured is certain. The modern hog, with all of his good qualities, could have been produced without the loss of the desirable qualities that have been parted with if the right course of feeding had been followed. COLORADO TOURIS The Santa Fe will sell round-trip tickets to Pueblo Colorado Springs, and Denver for $17,50, daily June 1st to September 30, 1904, inclusive. Limit October 31st, 1904. Stop-overs in Colorado will be allowed as heretofore. THREE TRAINS DAILY "The Colorado Flyer", ( in service June 19, ) connecting with through sleeper leaves Wichita 10:20 p. m. "The Colorado Express" connecting train leaves Wichita 2:55 p. m. and No. 7, connecting train leaves 5:10 p. m. provide the means of reaching the resorts quickly and comfortably. Illustrated Literature of route FREE L. R. DLLANEY, Agent. Low Rates to World's Fair St. Louis, Mo. WORLD'S FAIR ROUTE MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY ST.LOUIS 1904 SEASON EXCURSION TICKETS Dates of Sale—Daily from April Final limit—December 15, 19 Sixty-Day Excursion Tickets— Dates of Sale—April 25 to No. to be good to leave St. Louis Fifteen Day Excursion Tickets— Date of Sale—Daily from April Limit—Tickets to be good to days from date of sale, but not THE MISSOURI PACIFIC RAIL daily for St. Louis, and is the sh the World's Fair. Through Pall ing chair cars: are operated from change. For full information call E E. BLECKLEY T. P. A. Missouri Pacific Station Cor. I JOB WORK IS SEASON EXCURSION TICKETS—$21.45 Round Trip Dates of Sale—Daily from April 15 to Nov. 15, inclusive Final limit—December 15, 1904 Missouri Pacific Station Cor. Douglas ave and Wichita street. JOB WORK IS OUR HOBBY. Almost Equal To A Trip Around The World will be a visit to the ST. LOUIS FAIR it's an there but Russia A good line to use is the Rock Island their new line runs along the entire length of the exposition ground and all trains stop at main entrance station before reaching Union Depot. C. F. BASCOM, C. R. A C. E. BASCOM, C. P. A. Our Cuts Talk THE WILLIAMSON HAFFNEP ENGRAVING CO. 1033 39 ARAPAHGE ST. DENVER ROWLEE Hardware Store S23 N. Main St. Cheapest Hardware and Stove house in Wichita; because we pay no rent and have light expenses SEED * UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL, Colombia's new national anthem: "I don't want to play in your yard." The last new thing in words is "szyzygy." Sounds like a Hungarian melody. Very likely a flying machine that cost only $10 would fly just as well as any other kind. Rock Island System It's all there but Russia ITS—$21.45 Round Trip April 15 to Nov. 15, inclusive 1904 $17.90 Round Trip Nov. 20, 1904 Final limit—Tickets within sixty days from sale date $16.00 Round Trip. April 27 to Nov. 30, inclusive. Final leave St. Louis within fifteen st later than December 5th 1904. MILWAY now has three trains shortest and most direct route to man sleepers and elegant reclin Wichita to St Louis without on or address the undersgned I. R. SHERWIN, P. & T. A. Douglas ave and Wichita street. OUR HOBBY. When in need of Groceries do not forget that you can always get the Best at the Lowest prices at KERNAN'S 102 E. Douglas Ave. Phone 857 A Pennsylvania man who inherited $35,000 has received no less than 300 offers of marriage. Money must be uncommonly scarce or women uncommonly plenty up there. The theme chosen for her commencement essay by one of Chicago's sweet girl graduates was the "Psychology of the Pig." The subject has the true stock yards flavor. According to the Department of Agriculture, peanuts contain "about four ounces of protein and 2,767 calories of energy." We know now why these circus men are all so "strong." An imminent agricultural authority informs us that "hogs are said to cut their throats when they swim." The trouble with the sort of hogs we have around here is that they can't be induced to swim enough. Judge Brewer recently declared that in forty years' experience on the bench he had never heard but one lawyer tell a lie in court. This is the first time that we knew that the judge was as deaf as all that. The brilliant Washington Post quotes a current magazine as putting this soul-searching question: "Is America Developing an Aristocracy?" If we are, it is certainly one of the worst cases of "arrested development" on record. Two Philadelphia society men fought twenty rounds with hard gloves and one finally knocked the other out. Philadelphia as a whole may be slow and sleepy, but there are parts of Philadelphia which are as alert and modern as the Bowery. A statue of Dr. Benjamin Rush, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, was unveiled in Washington last week. Considering the length of time the good doctor has been dead, his admiring countrymen have certainly been in no "rush" to honor his memory. -VIA- 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? SUBSCRIBE TO - DAY --- Buy your Fresh Meat at the Packing House Meat Market and Save Money. Wichita, Kansas, Saturday Aug. 20, '64 Thus far the war has cost the Japanese 576,000,000 yen and 9,000 men. For neutral powers another correct definition of war is that it is a nuk sance. Inventor Holland should go to some reliable medium and call up the late Darius Green. The man who shot himself because he couldn't get a drink could only have been "half shot." The New York woman who was tickled under the chin wasn't tickled a bit, and she had the fellow arrested. A granddaughter of Jefferson Davis is to be married to a relative of General Grant. Let us have some more peace. As a boll weevil exterminator the Guatemalan ant is a failure. The boll weevil is proof against both ants and cussin's. It seems that they really have "society journals" in Japan. Those people have not advanced so much as we imagined. Pugilist O'Brien made the mistake of trying to knock Pugilist Fitzsimons out by hitting him on his invincible mouth. There is a boy in Boston who has mastered nine of the dead languages, but he can't look at a statue of Venus without swooning. The divorce industry is the only one where an increased number of partnership dissolutions marks an increase in the volume of business. The sweet girl graduate can never hope to put anything better into her "commencement paper" than she always put into her curl paper. A recent writer wants to know "how far away are the stars?" The theatrical sort are generally to be found in close proximity to the front row. There's no denying that Col. Young-husband will be able to write a very interesting book, if he reaches Lhassa and then gets safely out of Tibet. You can hear a fly walk by the use of the microphone. In the absence of this instrument his presence may be detected by the possession of a bald head. Col. Younghusband's column took an icy pass in Tibet the other day. It appears that the icy pass was the only thing which could be taken at the time. If published figures are not at fault, the consumption of beer in Germany has fallen off during the last twenty-two years nearly 40 per cent. Vat der matter is? The annual reports of hailstones as large as hens' eggs are at hand from several sections of the country. As yet, none are reported as small as roasts of beef. A California surgeon operated on a patient while the house in which they were was burning. It's simply impossible to stop some surgeons when they get their patients down. Those Newport society girls who have taken up the habit of playing leapfrog on the beach will, of course, be seriously shocked when they see their pictures in the papers. Hetty Green recently moved because her rent was raised $2 a month. It's certainly very unwomanly in the old lady to keep on trying to butt into the Russell Sage class in that way. Inventor Holland says men will soon be able for $10 apiece to buy a set of wings with which it will be possible to fly 100 miles an hour. Get in your order early and avoid provoking delays. King Edward says he takes no physical exercise. Evidently he is one of those people who would like to know what would be the use of occupying a throne if it were necessary to work. Still more advice as to the carp: When you catch one don't throw it back into the water. Chloroform it. This will give the respectable fishes a better chance to live. And there will be one less carp. Now comes another expert who says the Panama canal excavation cannot be finished before 1950. The beauty of a prophecy of this kind is that it may take at least six or seven years to prove its falsity. John L. Sullivan is to become the manager of a New York hotel. Owing to the fact that there will be a bar attachment, people who wish to see Mr. Sullivan will always know where to find him, without wasting valuable time. The Hartford Courant urges that teaching swimming should be a part of the work of every public school. The Courant's reform is a long way off. Too many mothers still have the idea that their boys are safer if they don't know how to swim. WORLD'S FAIR FAR BEYOND EXPECTATIONS THE MUSEUM OF THE HISTORY OF INDIA LOUISIANA PURCHASE MONUME NT AND PALACE OF VARIED INDUSTRIES The World's Fair at St. Louis is now in the midst of its splendid season. Colossal, complete, cosmopolitan, it commands the attention of the world as no other enterprise of the present year. From all nations there are pilgrims coming to this shrine, and from all our states and territories there is a constantly growing throng of visitors. United States Senators, Governors of States, men eminent in science, art and letters—all express unqualified admiration for the Exposition and free acquiescence in the oft-repeated statement that this is by far the greatest and best universal exposition ever held. During July a well-known magazine and newspaper writer from New York, Mr. Addison Steele, spent a week at the World's Fair, inspecting the grounds, buildings and various attractions as thoroughly as was possible in that limited period. Returning home, Mr. Steele published in Brooklyn Life the following appreciative comments on the Exposition: In the expressive language of the cay, St. Louis "has the goods." I had expected much of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, for I had kept in touch with the making of it from its very inception, five years ago; but after nearly a week of journeying through this new wonderland I must confess that in every essential particular it is far beyond my expectations. The biggest and best it was meant to be and the biggest and best LOUISIANA PURCHA it is. The exposition, rumors notwithstanding, is quite finished. One of the greatest, and certainly one of the most agreeable, of my many surprises was the extreme beauty of the main group of buildings. For the simple reason that the camera does not exist which could take in the vast picture as the eye sees it, the early views of the group—a bit here and a bit there—gave a scant idea of the scheme as a whole. Nor did the early views of the ten individual buildings which make up its compo- HAS FAD FOR PHOTOGRAPHS. Thousands of Negatives Made For Millionaire August Belmont Among rich Americans perhaps none is so fond of being photographed as August Belmont, James R. Keene being a close second. One New York photographer, whose patrons are mostly wealthy men, has made thousands of negatives for Mr. Belmont in the last few years. One of the largest single orders for prints from old negatives ever received by this photographer came from Mr. Belmont himself after the death of his wife. It included a good print from every negative in which Mrs. Belmont appeared. The photographer never guessed how many photographs he had taken for Belmont till then; he found that they numbered nearly a thousand. Why Birds Live Long. Why do birds live so much longer than mammals, which are often a hundred times their size? Possibly, among other things, because they have beaks instead of teeth. All carnivorous beasts become weak and liable to starvation, as their teeth drop out or break. Neither are the herbivorous animals in much better case. Old horses would probably die of starvation if wild, for their teeth would fall them; indeed, in some stony countries old horses have to be killed because their teeth are worn away by cropping grass close to the rock. Rodents constantly die from injuries to teeth. But a bird's beak neither wears out nor drops off, and as it constantly swallows fresh grit to aid in grinding food in the gizzard that needs no repairing either. --- ent parts do justice to their nobility of architecture and general grandeur. Then again in the ground plans and bird's-eye sketches—the only possible manner of showing it—the fan-shaped arrangement of this group looked stiff and unsatisfying. Far from that, it is quite as remarkable in its way as the famous Court of Honor of the Columbian Exposition. In one respect it is even more notable, for instead of two grand vistas it offers a dozen. The main vista is, of course, the one looking up the Plaza of St. Louis—whose crowning feature is the great Louisiana Purchase Monument—and across the Grand Basin to the Cascade Gardens. On the right are the Varied Industries and Electricity buildings and on the left Manufacturers and Education, these—with Transportation and Machinery still further to the right and Liberal Arts and Mines beyond at the left—making up the body of the fan. For its handle the fan has the Cascade Gardens—rising in a grand terrace to a height of sixty-five feet above the floor level of the buildings mentioned and crowned by the great Festival Hall, the Terrace of States and the East and West Pavilions—and the Fine Arts building directly behind. The Pike has in the Tyrolean Alps the finest concession that I have ever seen. There is a great square with many quaint buildings, a little village street, and above the snow-clad mountains—which look very real as the GE MONUME NT AND PALACE OF V evening falls. The best scenic railroad yet devised affords several fine glimpses of the Alps and there is a very graphic exposition of the Oberammergau passion play in the little church. The Cliff Dwellers' concession also looks very realistic at nightfall. It is elaborate in arrangement and the courting, snake and other dances by the Southwestern Indians make it another of the Pike shows which should be taken in by all. In Seville there is an amusing marionette theater and some genuine Spanish dancing. For the rest the Pike offers How the Walter Lost a Tip At one of the Kansas City hotels where the colored waiters give especially good service, but always expect adequate remuneration for the same from the guests, a waiter was especially officious the other day in serving a man from whom he expected a liberal tip. When the meal had been served and he was standing off at one side, eagerly looking for an opportunity to be of service, he said to the guest: "Didn't yo' have a brothah heah last week, sah?" "No," said the one addressed, "I believe not." "Well," continued the waiter, "theh was a gem'man heah at mah table what looked ve'y much like you, and he was so well pleased with the service that he gave me 50 cents when he left." The guest had by this time finished his meal, and as he arose he said to the expectant servitor: "Come to think of it, Sam, that was my brother that was here, and I guess he paid you for the whole family. He may be back again in a week or two." —Kansas City Journal. Church and School for Indians Mother Katherine Drexel of Philadelphia, founder and head of the Order of the Blessed Sacrament, composed of nuns who devote their lives to the uplifting of the Indian and negro, has offered $500,000 of her own private fortune with which* to build a church and school for the Indians of the Winnebago, Neb., reservation. The only condition is that the Indians consent, and this Father Schell of Homer, Neb., has obtained. infinitive variety, and as a rule the full money's worth is given. The enormous Jerusalem and Boer War concessions are not on the Pike. It is a case of dine at the German Pavilion and die at the exposition. In a beautiful Moderne Kunst building adjoining Das Deutsche Haus the best food and the highest prices on the grounds are to be found, the table d'hote lunch and dinner costing two and three dollars, respectively. There is also a la carte service. Everything considered, the prices are not excessive, and at least one meal should be taken there for the experience. Another should be taken at the Tyrolean Alps, either outdoors or in the gorgeous dining-room in the mountainside. The best French restaurant is at Paris, on the Pike. Lower in prices and in every way admirable are the two restaurants conducted by Mrs. Rorer in the pavilions of Cascade Gardens. The east one has waitresses and no beer and the west one waiters and beer. For a bit of lunch Germany, France and England all offer delicious pastry in the Agricultural building. These are not free ads, but time-saving tips for the traveler. There are no end of restaurants to fit all purses on the grounds. I tried nine of them and nowhere found the prices more than they ought to be. As a matter of fact, for neither food nor lodging no one need pay any more at St Louis than he feels that he can ARIED INDUSTRIES. afford, and yet be well fed and housed, if he will use ordinary common sense in making a selection out of the abundance offered. Hot? Yes, but on the two hottest days of the summer at St. Louis I suffered no more from the heat than in New York before leaving and after returning. Every day of the seven there was a breeze at the fair grounds and it was always possible to find a shady spot. The nights were cool and comfortable. ADDISON STEELE. SET THEM ON EACH OTHER. Belligerent Callers Fooled by Quick- Witted Newsman Map Representative Brownlow of Tennessee tells that once he was running a country paper during campaign times and was printing "fighting" language every week. One day, just after the paper was out, a big man, armed with a club, walked into the sanctum and fiercely inquired if the editor was in. The frightened Brownlow had wit enough to answer that he was not, but that he would go out and hunt him up. He started for the street and at the foot of the stairs met another irate fellow, who asked: "Will I find the editor of this dirty sheet upstairs?" "Yes," said Brownlow, "he's up there at his desk just itching for a fight." The second man went up and Brownlow disappeared. Which whipped the other is not related—and Brownlow didn't go back during the day to find out. Ancient Phases Corrupted. Ancient Picts in England were called by the Celtic word "pehta" or fighters. This was Latinized into Ptii. So, too, Barbary of the ancient maps is a monument to the miscalling of the Berber tribe by the Greek word signifying "barbarian." Even the legend of the victory of Guy of Waswick over the dun cow is assailed by ruthless etymologists, who insist upon its derivation from his conquest over the "Dena gau," or Danish settlement, at the champion's gates. The Celtic words "alt maen" are responsible for many "old man" crags upon sea coasts and among mountains. They mean, however, "high rock." Traps for Curiosity Hunters. Many of the local curiosity shops planted in the back streets of most county and country towns are simply kept up by large London firms, who, from a prolonged study of human nature, have discovered that people who are shy of buying old furniture or old silver in Bond street or Piceadilly are ready and eager purchasers of precisely the same objects, at a rather higher price, when they come upon them in the back streets of a country town. Executions in China. Before Chinese bandits are executed in Mukden they are suspended for a week or ten days by their thumbs and great toes, so that their knees just touch the ground. Just before the torture would kill them their hands are cut off. All this is done by the Chinese courts, to which the Cossacks turn over the bandits, or alleged bandits, after arrest. Novel Automobile Whistles A European inventor has converted the spokes of an automobile into whistles, which are operated by the air action. The whistles are controlled by a series of small rubber balls in connection with the seat, their release opening the valve in the spokes and producing a peculiar whistling noise easily heard above the sound of traffic. Custom of Roman Mothers A Roman mother of classic days hung a bulla about her baby's neck as soon as he could walk. Often this was just a disc of mental or lether, bearing the name of the child's family; but more often it was a hollow metal case, highly ornamented, which held charms against evil spirits. To Explore Australian Desert. The Australian government has organized an expedition under Capt. Barclay to explore the region, comprising 50,000 square miles, between Eyre lake and the western boundary of Queensland. It is a desert of the worst type, which has cost the lives of several explorers. Mimicry in Fishes. A remarkable instance of mimicry in fishes is described by Dr. A. Willey in Spolia Zeylanica. The Cingalese fishes known as sea bats have leaf snapped and leaf-colored bodies, and when in danger they sink gently and inertly to the bottom, just like a leaf Their Light Not Needed. Sir Oliver Lodge, an English naturalist, called attention to the curious fact "that during a thunderstorm a glow worm extinguishes its light for a second or a second and a half before each flash, relighting at an equal interval after the flash." Comparison of Wages. Wages in the United States, on the average, are more than twice those in Belgium, three times those of Denmark, France, Germany, Italy and Spain, and one and one-half those in England and Scotland. Reflections of a Spinster When a man loses his collar button under the bureau, and then kicks the cat and swears just horribly, his wife feels sure that she is only just beginning to know his true character.—Baltimore American. Elephant Power. In India the power given off by a motor is sometimes expressed in elephant equivalents, a twenty-two-horse motor, says Motoring Illustrated, being described as a three-elephant-power vehicle. American Travelers Good Spenders. It is estimated that about 4,500 travelers from the United States have visited Greece during each of the last four years, and have annually left about $1,500,000 in the kingdom. Little Extra Charge for Pomp. A Southwest London undertaker gives notice that he conducts funerals with economy and dispatch for thirty shillings; with pomp for forty shillings. Safety matches ignite on glass. Nearly all the safety matches which are safe against friction on sandpaper, stones, wood or brick, ignite readily from a quick rub on glass. While "cake-walking" at a Leeds (Eng.) music hall an elephant drove its hind legs through the stage, but was rescued without mishap. Wanted No Wedding Presents. Cards of invitation to an Edinburgh marriage, just issued, bear the printed words, "No presents, please." Yankee Souvenirs for Egypt. A Connecticut firm manufactures sacred scarabel for the Egyptian tourist trade. Loss Starvation in Britain. 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To have a notion of the point to which economy can be pushed one should learn the currency of Japan. The yen when not depreciated is worth $1, and now considerably less—perhaps a half. It is equal to 100 sen, equal to 10 rim, equal to 10 sho, equal to 10 kotshu. Women and the Stage. The year 1660 marks the entrance of woman upon the stage. At about the same time movable scenery was introduced and music and dancing followed. Women had been prohibited from appearing on the stage, perhaps because the female parts were not of a character for feminine presentation. At that time the standards of the theater were low, due to the era of license which the restoration of Charles II inaugurated. JUST ONE DAY Free From the Slugger Brought Out a Fant. "During the time I was a coffee drinker," says an Iowa woman. "I was nervous, had spells with my heart, smothering spells, headache, stomach trouble, liver and kidney trouble. I did not know for years what made me have those spells. 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"We had tried Postum but had not made it right and did not like it, but now I decided to give it another trial so I read the directions on the package carefully and made it after these directions and it was simply delicious, so we quit coffee for good and the results are wonderful. Before, I could not sleep but now I go to bed and sleep sound, am not a bit nervous now, but work hard and can walk miles. Nervous headaches are gone, my heart does not bother me any more like it did and I don't have any of the smothering spells and would you believe it? I am getting fat. We drink Postum now and nothing else and even my husband's headaches have disappeared; we both sleep sound and healthy now and that's a blessing." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Look for the book, "The Road to Welville" in each pkg. Poeta Tuneful to the Last. Tennyson, whose age was 83, was tuneful to the end, and in "Crossing the Bar," left behind him a swan song of rare beauty. Victor Hugo lived to the same age, and to witness his apotheosis in the France that has exiled him. To Explore Australian Desert The Australian government has organized an expedition under Captain Barclay to explore the region comprising 50,000 square miles, between Eyre lake and the western boundary of Queensland. It is a desert of the worst type, which has cost the lives of several explorers. Pigeon Came to Lunch. While two members of the British house of commons were lunching in the restaurant of that body the other day a pigeon flew in at the window and, after alighting on the floor, jumped on the table. It was evidently exhausted and hungry and eagerly took the food which was given it. Port of Hayre. The port of Havre consists of an outer harbor fifty acres in extent; there are also ten docks with a half-tide basin and ten locks, having a surface of 210 acres. There are 19,500 yards of quays and 143 acres of land for the stowing of merchandise, largely covered with excellent sheds. There are six drydocks, three of which are capable of taking in all but the largest mall steamers. Voice From Arkansas Cleveland, Ark., August 15 (Special).—Nearly every newspaper tells of some wonderful cure of some form of Kidney Disease by the Great American Remedy, Dodd's Kidney Pills, and this part of Arkansas is not without its share of evidence that no case is too deeply rooted for Dodd's Kidney Pills to cure. Mr. A. E. Carllle, well known and highly respected here, tells of his cure after nearly a quarter of a century's suffering. Mr. Carllle says: "I want to let the public know what I think of Dodd's Kidney Pills. I think they are the best remedy for sick kidneys ever made. "I had Kidney Trouble for 23 years and never found anything that did me so much good as Dodd's Kidney Pills, I recommend them to all sufferers." 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Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Bears the Signature of In Use For Over 30 Years, The Kirk You Hope Always Sought Work of Astronomers Astronomers are not usually classed among hard-working men, yet they often have to perform tasks requiring the severest toil and perseverance, such as observing a comet or planet for weeks, registering stars all night, making observations in the most in convenient attitudes, perhaps lying flat on the floor in an ice-cold atmosphere. IMMENSE TOBACCO PURCHASE. Forty-Eight Thousand Dollars Paid for a Fancy Lot of Tobacco. The biggest purchase of high grade tobacco ever made in the West by a cigar manufacturer was made last Wednesday by Frank P. Lewis, Poorla Ill., for his celebrated Single Binder cigar. A written guarantee was given that the entire amount was to be fany selected tobacco. This, no doubt, makes the Lewis factory the largest holder in the United States of tobacco of so high a grading.—Herald-Transcript, Dec. 21, 1902. Executions in China. Before Chinese bandits are executed in Mukden they are suspended for a week or ten days by their thumbs and great toes, so that their knees just touch the ground. Just before the torture would kill them their hands are cut off. All this is done by the Chinese courts, to which the Cossacks turn over the bandits, or alleged bandits, after arrest. The Best Results in Starching can be obtained only by using Defiance Starch, besides getting 4 oz. more for same money—no cooking required. Novel Automobile Whistles. A European inventor has converted the spokes of an automobile into whistles, which are operated by the air action. The whistles are controlled by a series of small rubber balls in connection with the seat, their release opening the valve in the spokes and producing a peculiar whistling noise easily heard above the sound of traffic. BEGGS' BLOOD PURIFIER CURES catarrh of the stomach. PISO'S CURE FOR JUICE WHERE ALL BLUE FAILS Best drug for urinary tract disease. Use in time. Sold by dragons. CONSUMPTION GROWLS OF A BACHELOR. Women believe in dreams, but look upon realities as nightmares. Lengthy courtships are liable to lead to sober second thought. I can tell the number of days in a week that a married man is out by his wife's "At Homes." When a spinster vents her opinion about bachelors she's a whole mass-meeting! Some women are highly secretive. I know of one who used to put sealing wax on a postal card. Next Monday ought to be a wedding day celebration. It is the second anniversary of my meershaum pipe. Nature is rather inconsistent in her bequests. Ever see a woman with a foot like Cinderella and a mouth big enough to put the foot in? I had a narrow escape once. I attended a sociable and left just before they started the kissing games. I think I bear a charmed life. Every time my friend Towler has a quarrel with his wife he comes around and borrows money from me. I'm going to give up being a board of arbitration. Talk about being led around by the nose easily. How about these native Abyssinians with curtain rings in their nostrils? They're built on the utilitarian plan! Landlady's bought me a new feather duster, and one of the women folk has sent up to me a new sofa tidy. I must either have had my feet on the sofa or else I must be getting popular. I can't tell which—New York Telegraph. POINTED PARAGRAPHS: Too often the price of liberty is prohibitive. Ill nature turns the wine of intellect into vinegar. Truth is certainly stranger than fiction to many people. Now you can get a square meal in the form of a round tablet. Some families keep boarders and some others are kept by them. Perhaps the plot of a play is allowed to thicken so it can't leak out. Many a man reaches his charitable limit when he dispenses free advice. A man often boasts of ancestors who would probably be ashamed to recognize him. Some men have a mania for shutting doors in summer and leaving them open in winter. It is difficult for some widows to keep up a sorrowful appearance long enough to collect the life insurance. A society woman never drinks beer of her own free will, but because the doctor ordered it, don't you know.—Chicago News. When a girl is not afraid to have her hair knocked down it is a sign she has plenty of it. There's no more reason why a well-built girl shouldn't be proud of hers than a thin one ashamed of hers. Half the fun of being rich must be in not having to spend money you can't afford to make people think you are. Some girls are so crazy to have a man propose to them that you can get them to agree to let you off if you do. The nice thing about being married is that when a man has worked fourteen hours in his office he can go home and decide, after a long debate, whether the cook was insulting when she refused to make rice pudding after the family recipe—New York Press. BY THE MISOGYNIST. I sometimes judge of the shrewdness of a woman by the simplicity of her husband. I had a strange sensation once, and thought I was in love, but found my watch had stopped going. The best friend I have to-day is a 280-pound woman, noted for her common sense, whom I once referred to as "petite." A boiler explosion killed a married man one day and when they broke the news to his wife she said: "How provoking!" A perceptive woman once told me she could see through any man, and I congratulated her. Her husband was pretty thick. A mobile countenance in woman may hide a wealth of feature play. On one occasion I attended a wedding and they selected me to read off the messages of congratulation. When I got through every woman in the hall was crying.—New York Telegraph. Plantation Chill Cure is Guaranteed POULTRY Cross Breeding of Poultry. By cross breeding we mean the mating of two distinct breeds with the object of producing something better than the breeder can find in the established breeds. We will at the outset say that we do not advise any farmer to do this if he is looking for profit from the results. If a man wishes to play with nature to see what the result will be, there can be no objection to his cross breeding. The man that cross breeds with the idea of establishing a new and popular breed is almost certain to be disappointed. It is altogether unlikely that he will be able to produce anything superior to the breeds now existing. If he did it would be about impossible to make anyone else think so and it would cost a good deal of money to advertise the new breed. Then the sale of a few birds would virtually throw the breeding open to the world with little hope of financial profit to the originator of the breed. It takes at least ten years to produce a new breed by crossing. This was the case with the Orpingtons. Cross after cross had to be made to get shape and color, and then several more years had to be spent in fixing the qualities, so that the offspring would be fairly true to type. The man that tries to make a fortune out of the creation of a new breed is in the same category as the farmer that tries to produce a race horse that will become worth a fortune. In either case the prizes are so few as to be not worth considering. For practical purposes it is far better to stick to the established breeds and improve them than to attempt to create new breeds by crossing. Feeding Ducks. Ducks are not as good grazers as geese. We never saw a permanent pasture that ducks could get all their feed from. We make it a practice to sow rye very thick about Sept. 1st, for early fall feed. In the spring, early, they like it best until about 8 inches high. They eat it in large quantities. When it gets a little tough they take to white clover until rape comes. We think rake the best and cheapest green feed for ducks. It should be sown thick and often, say one crop each month from April until August for a succession. One or two crops of oats for a change early will do. Plant cheap kale seed about July 1st in rows two feet apart. This makes good feed after heavy freezing. Ducks will eat it well. This is about the last outdoor crop of the season. When any of the above crops become tough we disk it down and sow a new one. The same piece of ground can be made to produce several profitable crops during the season. We use the common two-foot poultry netting, to confine stock on any special crop. When we cannot get any of the above, alfalfa meal fills the bill, and solves the green food problem during the winter. As we breed for fancy breeders and exhibition stock, we never try to feed entirely on green crops, but they all help to keep down feed bills and make better breeders. For market birds this would not do at all. Bran as Poultry Feed. Bran enters largely into the feeding of the flocks of some poultrymen. Their method of using it is to put it in a box or long trough where the birds, both old and young, can get at it and pick at will. Of course not much will be eaten at one time, and this is what is desired. We have found that chicks especially do not like to make bran their sole diet, and too much of it leads to digestion troubles. One of the best ways to use bran is in conjunction with other ground feeds, making a mash of them for feeding either at morning or night. Both plans can be practiced at the same time. The effect of bran is just the opposite of that of whole corn. The corn when fed for a long time alone produces indigestion, while the bran has a loosening effect. Those that are opposed to the use of bran have tried it in too large quantities and have made it in too large a part of the whole feed. In some cases the poor results with bran have come from the fact that the bran contained a great deal of ground weed seeds, such as corn cockle. No man can tell what a laying fowl can do unless he keeps a strict account of the eggs she lays during the year and when she lays them. We have heard of poultry raisers who claimed that trap nests and records were unnecessary, as they can tell all about it without the help of records. Such opinions may be satisfactory to the men that hold them but will hardly satisfy the requirements of scientific poultry raising. In Constant Ease Demone The Tibetan is a martyr to folklore, conceiving, as he does, his spiritual life to be a struggle against demons, which are just as hard to conquer as the passes and deserts of his country. ACHED IN EVERY BONE. Chicago Society Woman Who Was so Sick She Could Not Sleep or Eat, Cured by Doan's Kidney Pills. Marion Knight, of 33 N. Ashland Ave., Chicago, Orator of the West Side Wednesday Club, says: 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 "This winter when I started to use Doan's Kidney Pills I ached in every bone and had intense pains in the kidneys and pelvic organs. The urine was thick and cloudy and I could barely eat enough to live. I felt a change for the better within a week. The second week I began eating heartily. I began to improve generally and before seven weeks had passed I was well. I had spent hundreds of dollars for medicine that did not help me, but $6 worth of Doan's Kidney Pills restored me to perfect health." 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The Imperial canal in China is the longest in the world and connects no fewer than forty-one cities in the course of its 800 miles. I am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved my life three years ago.—Mrs. THOS. ROBBINS, Maple Street, Norwich, N. W., Feb. 17, 1900. The One Thing Needed. Of the late G. F. Watts, the celebrated English artist, William T. Stead tells the following: "I was quoting to him my familiar saying that God Almighty had plenty of cash, and that all the millionaires were but His money-bags, when Mr. Watts dryly remarked: 'Then I wish He would add to His other duties the appointment of an auditor.'" 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 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 9th. Starch for sale by all dealers. Home of Jerked Beef. In the Brazilian state of Rie Grande do Sul about 400,000 cattle are annually slaughtered for jerked beef alone. 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The Japanese language contains no fewer than eighteen synonyms for the personal pronoun "I," one for each class of people; and etiquette makes it unlawful for a person belonging to one rank in society to make use of the pronoun pertaining to another. Really Impregnable Fortresses. Gibraltar and Cronstadt are the two most brilliant examples of elaborate permanent fortresses that have, so far, fully answered all expectations, neither of them since fortification having ever been captured, while most others have at one time or another violently changed hands. Field of Crystalized Salt. The great field of crystalized salt at Salton, Cal., in the middle of the Colorado desert, is 264 feet below the level of the sea and is more than a thousand acres in extent. Its surface is as white as snow, and when the sun is shining its brilliance is too dazzling for the eye. The field is constantly supplied by the many salt springs in the adjacent foot hills. Deep-level Mining. Great advance in deep level mining is the result of the advance in engineering science. Some years ago three thousand feet was considered a great depth, but this limit has been much exceeded. At Flenu, Belgium thirty-six hundred feet has been touched, while at Calumet, Hecla, and Tamarack, in the United States, mines from forty-four hundred to fifty-four hundred feet have been worked. The temperature is the great thing to be overcome. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that Contain Mercury. as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derange the whole system when it comes to the skin. The articles should never be used except on prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the damage they cause is not only to the skin but also to them from the skin. Hall's Catarine Cure is featured by F. J. Cheesy & Co., Toledo, O. contains no mercury and does not contain the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's Catarine Cure be sure you get the product from F. J. 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