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THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT HOSE COMPANY No 3 of the Best Companies Attached to the Wichita Fire Department - - - None Excel It. here Is Five Colored Men As Firemen In This Company. Each A Brave Fireman. FIRE DEPARTMENT THYEAR. HOSE one of the Best ita Fire De here Is Five Co Company HOSE HOUSE NO. 3. this time we believe it not amiss for a few words concerning Hose No. 3, one of the best houses the Wichita Fire Department. this house is at the south west of 18th street and Lawrence and is 28x83 feet in measure- is electrically fitted and has the latest most modern and up-to- equipments now used in houses fed for firemen. They have a ```markdown ``` where electrical alarm system, asst floor, latest slide poles and the activated Armstrong patent harness blitching. The house is fitted with bath tubs and cold water, sleeping apartments, closets, carpenter shop and rear room. The hose wagon is of the latest design and is equipped with the famous Babcock fire extinguishers, with a feet of new hose. The engine is the latest metropolitan make with capacity of 1,300 gallons per minute and to be the finest west of the Mississippi. The harnesses are all made to order and to fit the apparatus at that house. The horses are selected for their special fitness for this peculiar work. The company is prepared to keep four teams of water going at the same rate. Cost. We cite below the figures of Chie --- 1 house of which five (5) are colored and one white as follows, in the order of their position. Harley McCall, foreman (W) G. W. Robinson, ass't foreman (C.) Sam Isler, Lineman (C) W. H. Jones, Lineman (C) John Hockett, Wagon Driver (C) Frank Hill, Engine Driver (C) Below we give a short sketch of each of these gentlemen. HARLEY M'CALL. Foreman of Hose House No. 3. The subject of these remarks is one of the most experienced men on the Wichita fire department; he having entered the fire department in 1890 as one of the first members of the West Side hose house. He remained at this house till transferred WICHITA, KANSAS DEC 24 1904 to No. 1. as assistant foreman and later as foreman of No. 2. In Oct. 1902, he was transferred to his present position as foreman of No. 3. Besides being foreman of No. 3, Mr. McCall also has charge of the fine engine at this place. Harley McCall was born in Petersburg, Va., Oct. 6, 1870 and lived in his native town till about 15 years of age when he took the western notion and came to Kansas, locating in Wichita where he has since made his home. He is a jolly, jovial good natured fellow and 1. has the aptitude of making many and lasting friends which accounts for his very wide acquaintance in this city and vicinity. As foreman of No. 3 he is well liked by the other members of the company and under his management No. 3 is one of the best houses in the whole of Wichita's big fire departments. In January, 1903, Mr. McCall was married. G. WALTER ROBINSON Assistant Foreman of Hose House No better choice could have been made for the position of assistant foreman than Mr. G. Walter Robinson, the gentleman in whose behalf we write these lines. Mr. Robinson is one of the best experienced colored firemen in Wichita, he having first entered the department as a member of the old hose house No. 3, at 13th MERRY CHRISTMAS many readers a Merry Xmas. street and St. Francis on Nov. 16, 1896 under former Mayor L. M. Cox. He remained a member till former Mayor Finley Ross was elected who abolished the house in 1897. At this house Mr. Robinson held the position of foreman, a place which he filled with much credit to himself and entire satisfaction to his company and his superior officers. When the present house was established he was one of the first men named to man it. He is a man of even temperature and has a host of friends both white and black. When the time arrived to appoint an assistant foreman he was given that place and is giving entire satisfaction to all concerned. George Walter Robinson was born in Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 22, 1872, and at the age of about one year his parents moved with him to this city, where he has lived ever since. On July 22, 1902, Mr. Robinson was married. SAMUEL ISLER Lineman Hose House No. 3. To say that Samuel Isler is an ideal fireman is to tell the plain facts as they are—as a fireman of wide experience Mr. Isler gives perfect satisfaction. He was a member of the first hose company established with colored men in Wichita and held his position till the house was closed. When the present house was opened he was named as a member and is recognized as one of the best men in the department. Samuel Isler was born in Tiptonville, Tenn., March 1850, and lived there till 15 years of age when he moved to Memphis, Tenn., where he lived for 15 years. From Memphis he moved to this city where he has since resided. He is a man of a pleasing and quiet disposition and one who makes friends easy and has a disposition to hold them. On Sept. 13, 1880, he was married in Memphis, Tenn., and six children survive. He owns a nice home on Sherwood avenue. WILLIAM H. JONES Lineman Hose House No. 3. When William Henry Jones was appointed as a member of hose company No. 3 on June 1, 1903 all agreed that a good man had been added to the department. As a sober, industrious and conservative man. Mr. Jones makes an ideal and splendid fireman. Although this is his first experience as a fireman yet he easily learned the duties involved and today is considered as safe a man as there is in the service. William H. Jones is a Virginian, by birth, having been born in Sussex county, Va., April 15, 1859. He lived in his native clime till 21 years old when he moved to West Virginia, where he lived three years. During his residence in that state he was employed as a cook for Dr. Randolph a railroad contractor. He came to Kansas from West Virginia in 1884 and located in El Dorado later moving to Anthony and thence to Wichita which latter place he has made his home. As already stated Mr. Jones was appointed as a member of hose company No. 3 on June 1, 1904. He was married in 1894. He owns a nice home at 522 North Water street in this city and one which does credit to himself and wife. JOHN HOCKETT. Driver Hose Wagon No. 3. On December 27, 1902, a splendid addition was made to hose company No. 3 when John Hockett was commissioned as a member of that house. Since his appointment he has acquitted himself in a very creditable manner and has given full satisfaction. He went on the department December 27, 1902, as a young man, inexperienced but by close application he has worked himself up to the standard of one of the best men there. John Hackett is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bartley Hockett, two of Wichita's most respected citizens. He was born in Columbus, Kansas, Dec. 8,1880, and when one year old his parents moved with him to Nashville, Tenn., where he lived till nine years of age when his parents moved to Wichita with him where he has since resided. On December 8, 1903, he was married to Miss Lillian Overstreet of this city. FRANK HILL. Driver of Engine No. 3. Although the latest appointee at hose house No. 3, Frank Hill is proving to be a very valuable and handy man as fireman. He has charge of the lines of the three big horses that pull the big fire engine and with Frank in the seat a trusty man is in charge. Having been appointed a member of hose company No. 3 on Sept. 12, 1904, he has gained for himself the confidence of his superior officers and the other members of the company. Benjamin Franklin Hill was born in Cooper county, Missouri. May 9, 1876, and lived there till he was 11 years old, when with his parents, he moved to Valley Center, Kansas, where he resided till moving to Wichita in April, 1904. Frank is the only unmarried member of the company and the other members of the company are all voluntarily making themselves a committee of one to find a better half for their unfortunate. in this regard, brother fireman. J. B. H. FRAY One Of Wichita's Prominen Citizens The subject of this sketch, Mr. James Henry Bagby Fray, is one of Wichita's very popular gentlemen. For some months Mr. Fray has been the recognized authority of dancers and dancing. Among society people Mr. Fray holds a key of his own which opens the doors to all elite social functions of our metropolis. This gentleman is a Missouri by [Picture of a man in a suit with a tie]. J. B. H. FRAY. birth, having been born in Sheridan county, Missouri, April 15, 1864, and lived there for 22 years. From his home county he went to Kansas City Mo., where he followed his trade, that of an iron moulder and for eight years was employed by the Keystone Iron Works, run by Bullene, Moore & Smith. He later moved to Dover, Oklahoma,where he engaged in farming which occupation he followed for four years and until the unfortunate loss of his right hand in harvest time prevented him further continuing in that capacity. He came later to Wichita and has been engaged for several years as head porter at the Hamilton hotel. Since coming to this city he was married to Mrs. Bailey by Rev. Jas. Tipps. He is doing nicely and is one of Wichita's most respected citizens. Braitsch's 120 E. Douglas Avenue. FOOTWEAR Is Up-to-the-Minute A Pennsylvania girl killed a ten-foot snake with a hatpin. Highball, or hard cider? The Czar lost 34,250 men at the battle of the River Shakhe. That's enough to make him shake. CURRENT KANSAS FACTS. BRIEF MENTION OF INTERESTING EVENTS OF THE WEEK. KANSAS COMMENT Malignant Scarlet Fever. — Cheyenne county has been having a serious time with an epidemic of malignant scarlet fever. All the public schools at Bird City have been closed and no public meetings are allowed by the authorities. In one day four children of John Shrader, living south of Bird City, died from the disease. First White Child.—The funeral of the late Colonel A. S. Johnson, the first white child born in Kansas, took place at the residence of his old friend, George M. Noble in Topeka. All of the state officers attended in a body. Most of the prominent men of Topeka were also there. The body was interred in a local cemetery. Offered Position at Baker. — The trustees of Baker university have offered the place of financial secretary of the institution to Rev. C. S. Nusbaum, now presiding elder of the Methodist district at Independence and secretary of the Ottawa Chautauqua assembly. Rev. Mr. Nusbaum has not decided whether or not he will accept. Permanent Injunction.—As the result of a permanent injunction, issued by Judge Flannelly, all the saloons and joints are closed at Independence. The injunction includes only four joints, but the saloons closed for fear of an action. Independence has been an open town for ten years and contempt proceedings are pending against several jointists now. Youngest in the World.—Powhatten has one of the youngest chauffeurs in the world. His name is Grant Bredahl and he is but four years old. He started out for a ride in his father's automobile the other day but was covered by some neighbors, who, after much argument, finally persuaded him to take the machine back to the barn. They couldn't run the thing Land Is Advancing. — Ford county has been covered with a six-inch blanket of snow, which melted and puts the ground and wheat crop in fine condition. It is covered again with about seven inches of snow. This practically puts the wheat in fine condition to go through the winter. Farmers are jovial and a great many claim that it assures a wheat crop. Land seekers are numerous and land is rapidly advancing in price. Pressing Old Claims.—J. C. Nicholson, of Newton, is at Washington pressing some old claims which the state holds against the federal government for property destroyed during the year. These claims amount to a big sum and Judge Nicholson is handling the proposition on a percentage basis. He has worked for several months to get the claims in shape for presentation to congress, and he hopes to secure appropriation covering them. Membership Increasing. - The secretary's report at the thirty-third annual meeting of the Kansas State Grange states that eight new granges have been organized the last year, increasing the membership 540. A resolution favoring the reorganization of the Grange life insurance was adopted. A resolution in favor of a county inspector to visit each grange at least once a year was also passed. Reports of the secretary on the fire insurance department showed an increase of 40 per cent in the business. Want Oil and Gas.—A large and enthusiastic meeting of citizens of Perry and vicinity, looking to the development of oil and gas in this locality, was held in the opera house this afternoon and a committee on organizations was appointed. There are many favorable indications that oil and gas exist here and much interest is being taken in the matter. Prize Potatoes. — J. P. Brown of Atchison, sent nine potatoes to relatives in New Jersey, which weighed collectively thirty pounds, and completely filled a half bushel basket. Hundreds of Jackrabbits.—A wagon load of jackrabbits was sold at Wichita last week. The load contained 631 rabbits, the result of a hunt by the Anti-Horse Thief Association at Andover in a competitive shoot. Another wagon load of 638 rabbits killed in a similar way near Greenwich was shipped to New York. Out of Montgomery. — The Kansas Natural Gas Company today finished the work of laying its gas line out of Montgomery county. There is some talk that at an unguarded moment it will be torn up. Oversee Model Road.—All the road overseers of Sumner and Cowley counties in Kansas, and Kay county, Oklahoma, have been invited to Arkansas City as guests of the town December 31, to see the government model road builders at work with their machinery. Leg Broken in Fall.—E. H. Hitchcock, president of the school board and superintendent of the Reform school of Kansas, was thrown from his buggy at Cherokee. His right leg was broken and he was otherwise seriously injured. Encourage Big Families.—In order to encourage the raising of big families the commissioners of Shawnee county propose to increase the salary of every clerk in the court house $5 per month for each new baby born in his family. "In placing a premium on babies," said W. E. Sterne, one of the commissioners, "we are simply carrying out the Republican policy of encouragement to infant industries and the Roosevelt idea of big families." In case of twins the clerk will get a raise of $10 a month and if triplets, $15. "The county board has no way of offering a bounty to the people generally as an inducement to raise big families," said Mr. Sterne, "but it can reach clerks employed by the county through salary increase and we propose to do it." Should Regulate Use. — Governor Bailey has received a letter from Governor Durbin, of Indiana, on the gas question. Governor Durbin says that Kansas should adopt the Indiana laws in regard to the control of natural gas. Indiana doesn't try to prohibit the piping of gas out of the state, but it throws strong regulations around the handling of gas. Governor Durbin says that the piping out of gas doesn't count so much as the waste of it. Governor Bailey says that it is ridiculous to think of preventing the piping of gas out of Kansas. Testing Water Pressure. — The Spring River Power Company, composed of Chicago men, has completed a large cement dam across Spring river at Galena, and a test of the water pressure is being made. A 5,500 horse-power electrical plant will be generated and will be used in the mining plants of this district. The improvements made by the company amount to more than a half million dollars. Cheney Is Confirmed. — The appointment of O. A. Cheney as postmaster at Fort Scott has been confirmed by the United States senate. Cheney's appointment was demanded by Senator Burton in return for work done for him. Congressman Bower-sock compromised the matter by dividing the term between Eldon Lowe, who was an applicant for reappointment and Mr. Cheney. Gas Symptoms.—D. H. Shepherd, representing the Hanson Milling company, of southern Kansas, is in Atchison, consulting with Nicholas Brenner, Thomas Langan and others, about prospecting for oil, gas or coal in Doniphan county. Shepherd wants to lease ten thousand acres, and under certain conditions, will give a guarantee to begin active operations at once. Should Be Encouraged.—W. R. Carter, superintendent of the Topeka Industrial school, colored, wants the legislature to give his school $5,000 this time. It has been giving it $1,000. He says that the institution is trying to make useful citizens of the colored youth by teaching them how to do things with their hands and that it should be encouraged in this work. Auditorium Dedicated.—The $50,000 auditorium at the state agricultural college was dedicated with appropriate exercises. Regent F. T. Fairchild, of Ellsworth, made the address of welcome. President E. R. Nichols followed with address on aims and needs of the college. President A. B. Storms, of State college at Ames, la., made the dedication speech. Child Lost in Cold.—The 5-year-old son of George Lewis of Jamestown, near Concordia, wandered away from home and could not be found for 24 hours. He had wandered all day and night in a corn field north of town with the thermometer 10 degrees above zero. He had waded the creek in the night and his hands and feet were badly frozen. Mules Burn to Death.—At Pittsburgh fire of unknown origin was discovered in the mule stables of No. 8 mine of the Mount Carmel Coal Company and before it could be extinguished fifteen mules were suffocated by the smoke and a number of others so badly affected that they will die. The stables are, as is customary in deep coal mines, located in the mine. They contained sixty head of mules. All of these were more or less affected by the smoke, but none of them was burned to any great extent. Gasoline Stove Exploded.—Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Myers were badly burned by a gasoline explosion at their home in Topeka. While preparing breakfast the stove exploded and set Mrs. Myers' clothing on fire. Her husband succeeded in putting out the flames, but both were badly burned about the hands and arms. Increased Population. — Sedan claims 2,500 inhabitants. This is an increase of about 1,000 over last year's population, and due to the oil and gas development in Chautauqua county. Implement Men Meet.—Implement and hardware dealers from all over Kansas and Oklahoma, as well as manufacturers from other parts of the United States, are in Wichita to attend the fifth annual convention of the Southern Kansas and Oklahoma Hardware and Implement Dealers' association. Dropped Dead in Field.—E. E. Cannady, a farmer in Jefferson county, near Dunavant, dropped dead of heart disease in a corn field while husking corn. His body was not found for several hours, and was frozen stiff. Killed by Train.—When the southbound passenger train on the Santa Fe arrived at Augusta Saturday night the rim of a buggy wheel with one spoke in it was found on the pilot of the engine, and a side curtain on the steam box. The train proceeded on its wry and men were sent out up the track on a handcar. They found a man at the crossing nine miles south of Eldorado, lying by the side of the track, terribly mangled and unconscious and tangled up in the running gear of a buggy. The buggy was smashed into splinters but the team was not hurt. He was mangled beyond recognition, but papers and letters in his pockets identified him as F. O. Rucker, a liveryman of Augusta, who was on his way home from Eldorado. $7 a Bushel.—The Stout boys are doing business in the vicinity of Manchester. Speaking of the yield of seed, the boys say their jobs so far have hulled out fairly well. They charge $1.50 per bushel for hulling. The present price of alfalfa seed is about $7 per bushel. Mr. Seeley had 33 bushels of seed from 30 acres of the plant, and this is said to be about an average yield in this section. Catholic Priest Dies. — The Rev. Francis J. Watron, for thirty years pastor of the Catholic church at Fort Scott, is dead. He was 71 years old and was one of the best known priests in Kansas and Missouri. For several years physical infirmities have prevented him from doing active work. He was held in high esteem by his fellow priests and venerated by the people. Conductor Robbed.—Conductor Carter, of the Santa Fe cast-bound freight train, was held up and robbed of $47 at North Ottawa junction. Carter was in the act of signaling his train out when the men held him up. The highwaymen had their faces covered with handkerchiefs. They are believed to have gone west. Carter took his train out after the robbers let him go. Lost Her Suit. — At Leavenworth after being out just twenty minutes the jury in the $10,000 damage suit of Mrs. Sarah Gish versus the Kansas City-Leavenworth road for injuries she alleged she received by being shoved from a Fifth avenue car by a conductor, returned to the court room with the verdict finding that the plaintiff was not entitled to any damages. Change Town's Name. — The station of Sage on the C., K. & W. railroad, six miles west of Larned, has been renamed Frizell in honor of Mayor E. E. Frizell, of Larned, who is the owner of the Fort Larned Stock ranch, containing 3,000 acres, and upon which land the station is situated. Two Prisoners Escape. — Two unidentified prisoners escaped from the jail at Osawatomie. An accomplice on the outside filled the lock with nitroglycerin and touched it off. Not a fragment of the lock was left. The men had been arrested for selling what was supposed to be stolen goods. Ritchey Leaves Wichita.—The Rev. J. D. Ritchey has accepted the call extended a week ago to the rectorship of St. Paul's Episcopal church at Kansas City. It is expected that he will assume charge of the parish about January 1. The Rev. Mr. Ritchey has been rector of the church at Wichita for nearly five years. Osage City Boy Honored. — Raymond Oweson of Osage City, Kan., a well known football player, was chosen first marshal for the Harvard college class at Cambridge, Mass. Wanted in Kansas.—James Smith, arrested for disturbing the peace at South McAlester, was identified as James Hardistone, wanted at Scammon, Kansas, on the charge of killing Jerry Stephens in June, 1900, and was taken there by Sheriff Reins of Cherokee county. Hardistone has lived in Arkansas and Indian Territory since the killing. Civil Service Examination.—A civil service examination will be held January 10 for the position of clerks and letter carriers in the postoffice at Junction City. Killed 412 Rabbits. — Four hundred and twelve rabbits were killed in a hunting contest between citizens of Newman and vicinity, divided into two sides. An oyster supper will be given by the losing side. The rabbits filled a wagon and were marketed at Perry, Kansas. Stock at Premium.—Stock in the Atchison coal mine is now at a premium. Atchison people have taken $200,000 worth of stock in the coal mine voluntarily. Almost every bit of the stock in the mine is owned by Atchison people. Heaviest Man in State. — J. I. Williams, believed to be the heaviest man in Kansas, died at his home in Paola, after a week's illness. He was about 60 years old. He was born in Kentucky, but came to Paola from Kansas City, Kas., about sixteen years ago. He weighed about 450 pounds. Wanted in Topeka. — George Reynolds, wanted in Topeka on a charge of grand larceny, was arrested at Wichita and turned over to the sheriff of Shawnee county. He is the fifth man caught here for outside officers within, the last two weeks. Much Suffering Experienced by The Japanese Soldiers. DESERTERS ARRIVING DAILY. Many Chinese Bandits Are Leaving For Mongolia, Which Has a Tendency to Indicate a Shortage of Ready Money. Mukden, Dec. 22.—Deserters from the Japanese army are arriving here daily. They report that there is much suffering from hunger, but more from coid, among the Japanese troops. Many Chinese bandits in the service of the Japanese are going to Mongolia, which fact is regarded as indicating that they are not being paid. The Japanese are changing the arrangement of their brigades, regiments and divisions, which makes it more difficult to utilize information brought to the Russian headquarters by prisoners and deserters, but the strength of the Japanese remains about the same. Excellent coal is being supplied for the use of the troops. There was only occasional cannonading on the front today. St. Petersburg.-Mobilization of the reserves has been announced in seven military districts. This is the third and most extensive mobilization of the war and will add about 200,000 men to the army in the Far East. It is thought that the whole force can be placed in the field by spring, when the problem of food and fuel will be easier met and the transportation of the troops will create less strain upon the trans-Siberian railway. It will bring General Kuropatkin's effective force, roughly estimated, to 680,000. Ten. Punils. Drowned. New York, Dec. 21.—A tornado has caused serious damage in the city and harbor of Rio Janeiro, Brazil, according to a Herald dispatch from that city. A wall of the college of San Vincente de Paula collapsed. One Sister of Charity and one pupil were killed and ten pupils were drowned. ORIENTAL WEDDING. Japanese Maiden Marries a German Diplomat. Tokio, Dec. 21.—Hannah, daughter of Viscount Aoki, formerly Japanese minister to Germany, and Count Alexander Von Hatzfeldt-Trachenberg, an attache of the German legation here, were married in the Catholic cathedral, which was crowded with prominent Japanese and members of the diplomatic corps. The Japanese ceremony and the German civil marriage, which latter was performed by the German minister, Count Von Arso-Valley, preceded the religious ceremony in the cathedral. FERRYBOAT CAPSIZES. A Most Disastrous Storm On the Coast of Portugal. Lisbon, Dec. 22. — A disastrous storm which suddenly burst on the southern coast of Portugal has caused great loss of life. From reports already received eighteen fishermen were drowned at Figueiro da Fez, and 600 others have been rendered destitute. A ferryboat plying at the mouth of the Mondego river was capsized and fourteen persons were drowned. CAUGHT IN THE RUINS. Twelve Persons Are Missing And Are Belloved to Have Been Killed. Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 21.—The east wall of the O. H. Peck building, which was destroyed by fire fell, crushing the Crocker hotel. Twelve inmates of the hotel have not been seen since the wall fell and it is believed they are buried in the ruins. The wrecked building took fire probably from gas-lights and is now burning. Four bodies have already been taken from the ruins of the hotel, in three of which life is extinct and a fourth, an unknown woman, is barely breathing. The latter was taken immediately to the hospital and the three dead removed to the morgue. The fire in the hotel is slowly being drowned out, and the firemen are working underneath the fallen wall trying to extricate the people known to have been in the hotel. Many Millions in Property. London. Dec. 19.—A dispatch to a news agency from Paris says that a large part of the Mustapha suburb of Algiers, having a population of about 38,000 persons, is in flames. The whole garrison has been turned out to fight the fire. Damage to the extent of many millions has already been done. Crew was Saved. Halifax, Dec. 20.—The masted schooner Harry Troop, for Shelbourne, is a total wreck at Shelbourne, light. The crew was saved. SMOOT CASE EVIDENCE IN. All Hearings Have Been Adjourned Until January 10. Washington, Dec. 22. — The Reed Smoot hearing reached that period where counsel for the protestants have concluded the examination of all persons who could be reached by subpoena issued by the senate committee. Senator Taylor announced that he was ready to rest the case, except for the introduction of documentary evidence and the examination later of some persons on whom it has been impossible to get service. The case of the respondent will be opened January 10, to which date the hearings have been adjourned. Just before adjournment of the committee, opposing counsel engaged in a controversy over the admissibility of certain references wanted as evidence of the doctrines of the Mormon faith. No agreement could be reached, and after heated arguments Mr. Tayler recalled Apostle Penrose to identify certain reference books. JIMMY BRITT WINS. The End of The 20th Round Finds Both Men on Their Feet. Mechanics' Pavilion, San Francisco, Dec. 22.—At the end of the twentieth round Jimmy Britt of San Francisco and "Battling" Nelson of Chicago, fighting like a pair of bull dogs, the gong sounded the end of the contest, and Referee Roche unhesitatingly placed his hand on the California boy as the winner of the contest. In the closing round the California boy was punching the Chicago boy all over the ring, but his blows lacked the sufficient force to put a quietus on his opponent. The fight was an exemplification of how much punishment a human being can endure and not succumb. At several stages of the fight Nelson was badly punished, but he always kept gamely coming up to the firing line and all through the twenty rounds he forced the fighting. In one or two instances he had the local boy in distress, but Britt's excellent generalship and the advice of his seconds saved him from going too close to the danger point. NAN PATTERSON BEFORE JURY. After a Hard Day She Went to Her Cell Tired But Happy. New York, Dec. 22.—After a day of torment facing the merciless cross-examination of Prosecutor Rand, Nan Patterson, the former show girl, went to her cell in the Tombs tired but happy. For several hours she sat under the galling cross-fire of the assistant district attorney, who probed the events of her life from the day she met Caesar Young, for the killing of whom she is being tried, till the moment of his tragic death. No detail was so trivial as to escape the attention of the state's attorney, but with scarcely an exception the accused actress proved a marvel of self-control. Only once did Mr. Rand confuse her greatly. In going over the conversation between her and Young at the Gravesend track, Miss Patterson testified that Young gave as a reason for sailing for Europe that fact that he was afraid Mrs. Young might harm him or the prisoner. Miss Patterson finally admitted that she recalled only an incident which had happened in San Francisco. At times she parried the sharp questions of her inquisitor, but when he pinned her down to a definite question her answer was frankness itself. Miss Patterson talked in a low, clear voice, unctuating her evidence here and there with expressions of much spirit. In the course of one of her answers she exclaimed in a voice ringing with sincerity: "I have always tried to be truthful and honorable." Wood Alcohol Poison Ashland, Ky., Dec. 21.—Four more deaths from wood alcohol poisoning have been reported.at the mouth of the Beaver river, making a total of ten deaths. Two more are said to be dying. Granted a Pardon. St. Paul, Dec. 22.—The state board of pardons granted a pardon to Colonel Ames, brother of former Mayor Ames of Minneapolis. Colonel Ames was chief of police and was convicted of "graft" during his brother's administration. Russian Ambassador III. Washington, Dec. 22.—Count Cassini, Russian ambassador, is not at all well, and has been confined to his room for several days. Are Eligible to Membership Richmond, Ind., Dec. 16.—Charles E. Shiveley of this city, supreme chancellor of the Knights of Pythians of the world, ruled that Assyrians do not belong to the negro race and are eligible to membership in the order. Bank Robber Identified Peoria, Ill., Dec. 15.—The smaller of the two Peoria National bank robbers has been identified as Colonel Brockway, recently released from the state penitentiary for horse stealing. Brockway gave the name of Percy Warner and his age as 27. For Health and Economy use use Calumet Baking Powder "Best by Test" Used in Millions of Homes WIFE'S CHANGE OF NAME. Custom of Assuming Her Husband Is Lost in Obacurity. The custom which makes it proper for the wife to assume the name of her husband at marriage is involved in much obscurity. A recent authority advances the opinion that it originated from a Roman custom and became common after the Roman occupation of England. Thus, Julia and Octavia, married to Pompey and Cirec, were called by the Romans Julia of Pompey and Octavia of Cicero, and in later times the married women of most European countries signed their names in the same way, but omitted the "of." In spite of this theory it is a fact that as late as the sixteenth century a Catherine Parr signed her name without any change, though she had been twice married. We also hear of Lady Jane Grey, not Dudley, and Arabella Stuart, not Seymour, etc. Some think that the custom originated with the Scriptural idea that the husband and wife are one. This was the rule of law as far back as 1268, and it was decided in the case of Bon versus Smith, in the reign of Elizabeth, that a woman by marriage loses her former name and legally receives the name of her husband. Doing Great Work. Florisant, Mo., Dec. 19th.—(Special) —That Dodd's Kidney Pills are doing a great work in curing the more terrible forms of Kidney Disease, such as Bright's Disease, Dropsy and Diabetes everybody knows. But it must also be noted that they are doing a still greater work in wiping out thousands of cases of the earlier stages of Kidney Disease. Take for instance, Mrs Peter Barteau of this place. She says:— "I have been subject to pain in my back and knees for about three years, but since I have been taking Dodd's Kidney Pills I have been entirely cured." Others here tell similar stories. In fact, in this part of Missouri there are scores of people who have cured the early symptoms of Kidney Disease with Dodd's Kidney Pills. The use of the Great American Kidney Remedy thus saved not only the lives of Kidney Disease victims, but thousands of other Americans from years of sufferings. Woman's Inconsistency. Many of those women who say that beautifying is foolish are living contradictions of their own statements. Do Your Clothes Look Yellow? Then use Defiance Starch, it will keep them white—16 oz. for 10 cents. Either you like a girl because she is nicer than the other girls or the other girls aren't as nice as she is. A GUARANTEED CURE FOR FILES I looked at Blending or Protruding Piles, last drugstores will refund money if PAZO OINTMENT falls to care you in 6 to 14 days, so. How much a man does for his wife depends on how much she does do for herself. When You Buy Starch buy Defiance and get the best. 16 oz. for 10 cents. Once used, always used. You could never make a woman believe that all the angels don't have nice crinkly hair. All there is to some celebrations, you hustle to get there, and hustle to get back. Defiance Starch is put up 16 ounces in a package, 10 cents. One-third more starch for the same money. The pessimist never expects anything to turn out right for fear he will be fooled. The Best Results in Starching can be obtained only by using Defiance Starch, besides getting 4 oz. more for same money—no cooking required. Many men work overtime trying to fix up schemes to avoid work. 1 For Boys, Girls and Misses All Kinds of Good Shoes BUY YOUR SHOES AT BRAITSCH,S 120 E. Douglas Ave. JOB WORK IS OU Let us try you Edward V JEWEL our Christmas Stock is co We carry the largest stock of W ware in the State and also have fine China and Art Goods — all goods all guaranteed. IS OUR HOL let us try your next order ward Vail & JEWELER Christmas Stock is complete in every dept the largest stock of Watches, Jewelery, Clock the State and also have complete lines of CUT ma and Art Goods — all best quality, — prices guaranteed. Let us try your next order our Christmas Stock is complete in every department. We carry the largest stock of Watches, Jewelery, Clocks, Silverware in the State and also have complete lines of CUT GLASS fine China and Art Goods - all best quality, - prices low - goods all guaranteed. Edward Vail and Co., HOLLY MISTLETOE Pepperberry Cumquots Tongerienes Grapefruit Fine Grapes Fancy A Pine Ca Cucumbers, Tomatoes, S Candies from good to th to see our store during t A. M. WEIN JOB WORK IS Danger in "B" HOLLY HISTLETOE Upperberry Cumquots Tongerienes Grapefruit Fine Grapes Fancy Apples Pine Apples Cauliflower Shell Oysters Lobsters Mexican Cee Nuts of a Cucumbers, Tomatoes, Stuffed Figs, Stuffed andies from good to the Best. Don't fail at see our store during the holidays. A. M. WEINSCHEN WORK IS OUR HOBBIE in "Big" Sho Cucumbers, Tomatoes, Stuffed Figs, Stuffed Dates Candies from good to the Best. Don't fail at least to see our store during the holidays. --- The disturbing element in hunting elephant or seladang or rhino has been always, to me at least, the feeling of uncertainty as to whether or not I could stop the animal if I wounded it and it charged me, as it did on an average of once in three times. Based on my experience, therefore, I should place the elephant first and the rhino third after the seladang, which is fully as formidable as the Cape buffalo, and is miscalled the bison all over India. Each of these animals is dangerous on different and individual grounds; the elephant, though less likely to charge than any of the others, is terrifying because of his enormous strength, which stops at no obstacle, and the extreme difficulty of reaching a vital spot, especially if, with trunk tightly coiled, he is coming your way. know of no sensation more awesome than standing ankle deep in elonging mud in dense cover, with the jungle's crashing around you as though the entire forest was toppling as the TOE Apples Apples Cauliflower Shell Oysters Lobsters Mexican Celery Nuts of all kinds Stuffed Figs, Stuffed Dates the Best. Don't fail at least the holidays. NSCHENK OUR HOBBY. Big" Shooting elephant you have wounded comes sungish his way in your direction. sunning his way in your direction. The seladang is dangerous, partly because of the thick jungle he seeks when wounded, but more especially because of his tremendous vitality and his usual, though not invariable, habit of awaiting the hunter on his tracks, and charging suddenly, swiftly and viciously. It requires close and hard shooting to bring down ane of these six-foot specimens of Oriental cattle. The danger of the tiger and of the lion is in their lightning activity and ferocious strength; but you have the shoulder in addition to the nead shot, if broadside; or if coming on, the chest, all sure to stop if well placed. The reason the rhino is so formidable is because its vulnerable spots are so hard to reach. Its brain is as small in proportion as that of the elephant, and may be reached through the eye, if head on, or about three inches below and just in front of or just behind the base of the car, according to your position for a shot.—Cuing. JEWLEELS. LATE MARKET REPORT. NATIVE STEERS..... $ 3 00 @ 6 50 HOGG—Rover..... 4 00 @ 6 70 WHEAT—No. 2 hard..... 1 04 @ 1 67 CORN—No. 2 red..... 1 07 @ 1 67 CORN—No. mixed..... 41 @ 414 OATS—No. 2 mixed..... — @ 31 HAY—Choose Timothy..... 9 75 Prairie..... 7 75 @ 8 00 BUTTER..... 21 @ 20 EGGS..... — @ 22 ## Chicago Live Stock. GOOD TO PRIME STEERS $ 6 00 @ 7 00 STOCKERS & FEEDERS 2 00 @ 4 12 HEIFERS 1 47 @ 7 75 HOGS 4 50 @ 4 60 ## Chicago Cash Grain. WHEAT—No. 2 Red $ 1 15% @ 1 16% No. 2 Hard $ 1 11% @ 1 16% CORN—No. 2 43% @ 43% OATS—No. 2 30 ## St. Louis Live Stock. REEF STEERS $ 3 00 @ 6 50 COWS & HEIFERS 2 25 @ 4 50 TEXAS STEERS 2 25 @ 4 50 ## Cotton. LIVERPOOL 4 084 NEW YORK 7 960 GALVESTON 7 7-106 ## Chicago Futures. WHEAT Dec. 111 113% 111 113% May 110% 112% 109% 111% July 98% 98% 91% 91% COIN- Dec. 45% 47% 45% 46% 46% May 45% 45% 45% 45% 45% July 45% 45% 45% 45% 45% OATS- Dec. — — — 20 May — 31% 31% 31% 31% 31% July — 31% 31% 31% 31% 31% ## Wichita Live Stock. HOGG — $ 4 45 @ $ 4 50 HOG—Rover — — @ 2 50 STOCKERS — 2 55 @ 2 50 HEIFERS — 3 50 @ 3 75 STEERS — 2 90 @ 3 70 CALVES — — @ 3 75 LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF. The contract for the sale of the property owned by the World's Fair company to a Chicago wrecking company for $450,000 was signed. It is learned here that the sum allotted to Luther Burbank by the Carnegie institution for use in the study and development of botanical life is $100,000 to be drawn in annual payments of $10,000 each year. At Lima, Peru, the senate at a secret session sanctioned broadly the government's project for a loan, which, it is said, will be negotiated in the United States, for the purchase of war vessels and armament. The Frigate Constigilation, the oldest ship in the American navy, after having been thoroughly overhauled, was re-commissioned at the navy yard in Brooklyn. She will be used as a receiving ship at Newport. A communication from Secretary Hay recommending the establishment of a corps of student interpreters in Japan and Korea—five to be provided for the former country and three for the latter—was forwarded to the house. In London Eleanor Robson's farewell performance in "Merely Mary Ann" at the Duke of York's theater was the occasion of a remarkable ovation to the American actress. The audience refused to be satisfied without a speech. Charley Van Dusen, the american jockey, stands second in the list of jockeys in Germany for 1904. He rode 57 winners during this, his first season, on the German turf. Warne, the veteran English jockey, was first, with 72 victories. A bluejacket belonging to the Russian cruiser Askold brutally murdered a harmless Chinaman on the Bund at Shanghai while disputing payment for the hire of a jinricksha. The murderer was arrested after a desperate struggle with the police. A telegram from Port Arthur states that General Stoessel has opened negotiations with General Nogi looking to the protection of hospitals within the fortress. He has furnished Nogi with a plan of the fortification indicating the position of the hospitals. The contents of Lieutenant General Stoessel's dispatches to Emperor Nicholas, received have not yet been communicated to the public. While particulars are unobtainable, it is understood that the report is not coached in a despairing tone. At Madrid Premier Ascararaga presented to King Alfonso for his approval a decree proproguing parliament sine die. In St. Petersburg orders have been issued for the mobilization of the second Volga regiment and the Terek cossacks. Moritz Shultz, the German sculptor whose works are well known in Berlin and Italy, is dead, aged 79 years. At Paris the Acadamic Beaux Arts has elected Stanhope Alexander Forbes to membership in place of George Frederick Watts, who died recently. Leo Forst, who had been playing a leading role in the first production of Oscar Wilde's "Duchess of Padua," went mad on the stage of the Hamburg theater. He was sent to an asylum. A bill was introduced by Representative Morrell of Pennsylvania providing for the re-establishment of the canteen at army posts. The foreign bishops now in Rome are so numerous that it would take weeks for the Pope to receive them singly, and he has decided to give them a collective audience. Berlin has passed the 2,000,000 mark in the population of the city proper. The police register shows 2,001,500 inhabitants. The adjoining suburbs have a population of nearly 750,000 persons. In The Your wants need careful attention and our store is the place to get it. We handle the best of Fancy and Staple Groceries and our prices are right. Orders given prompt attention. Kernan & Co., 1102 E. Douglas Pone 357 HOUCK Hardware store Insurance Gasoline Stoves Lawn Mowers Rubber Hose, etc. 116 East Douglas Ave. Why Buy New Clothes When you can have your old clothes cleaned, dyed and pressed and made just like new and very cheap too, at the DAIRY NOTES In making tests for butter-fat the pipette has been generally used for the purpose of measuring the sulphuric acid and the milk that was to be tested. Some time ago the legislature of Iowa tried to pass a law that would prevent cheating in making the test. At that time it was brought out that many of the pipettes in use were very far from the correct size. At any rate the law as passed prohibited the further use of the pipette in the measuring of milk for tests. The creameries that were buying cream from the farmers kept on using the pipette, believing that the law referred only to milk and not to cream. But the attorney-general of the state thinks otherwise and has given the dairy and food commissioner an official opinion to the effect that it is even unlawful to use the pipette in the measuring of cream. The commissioner has therefore sent out notice to all the creameries of the state warning them against the further use of the pipette. The penalty for its use is a fine of $300 or confinement in the county jail for six months. The law provides that for the purpose of making tests all milk or cream must be weighed in scales or balances.—Farmers' Review. For a Hard Milker. An experienced dairyman recommends the following for a cow that is tough to milk: "Make a plug of slippery elm, two inches long and the thickness of a match at the thinnest end. Let the other end have a head on it similar to that on a horseshoe nail. Tie a piece of silk thread around the head, slip the plug on the teat which milks hard and let it stay until next milking. That teat will give a full, easy stream, but if at any future time it should milk hard then give it another application. The elm plug swells in the teat. The large head at one end is to hinder further entrance into the teat, as it might by accident get out of sight, in which case the silk thread will be handy to take hold of for withdrawal of plug." Profitable Cows Only. Hundreds of cows kept for dairy purposes do not yield sufficient to pay for the feed they consume. They consume as much feed as do the profitable ones and require as much time and care in milking. There was a time when a dairy cow was not expected to give milk for more than six months in the year, but with the present high prices for labor and feed this condition of affairs can no longer profitably exist. The lactation period should be at least nine months in length. The amount of milk a cow should produce to be profitable is variously given at from 5,000 to 6,000 pounds annually, or sufficient to yield from 200 to 240 pounds of butter fat. This would vary of course with the locality, price of labor, feed, etc. Skim milk in Chicken Fattening. It is rather difficult to place an exact monetary value on skim milk for fattening chickens, but there can be no doubt that it can be so used with advantage, both as to gains in weight and in producing a white, juicy and tender meat. Two years ago experiments conducted at the Experimental Farm, Ottawa, demonstrated beyond any question the high feeding value of this by-product, both in the crate and in the pen. By its use, gains were more rapidly made, the cost per pound of increase reduced, and the character of the dressed fowl improved. Used judiciously with meal (as finely ground oats) and, say, one-tenth of the ration of meat meal, should be well worth thirty cents per hundred-weight. Trunks and Traveling Bags Best Line of goods in the city Give Us a Trial 507 E. Douglas Phone 267 We will send for your trunks for repair Wichita, Kansas Cafe in connection. Stricly first-class in every respect RATES $1.00 Per Day Special rate for room and board by the week Rooms large, plenty light and heat. Transient a Specialty. . . . Drugs of all kinds, Cigars and Tobacco . . . Your patronage solicited. + Once a customer, always a customer. Our store is Headquaters for Colored people. 615 North Main st. WESTERN UNIVERSITY The Great Educational Institution for Kansas and the West..... NITS: Theoiogical, College, Normal, Su- Industrial. Classical, College, Preparatory, Nor- Musical, [ Instrumental and Vocal ], organ and harmony, Drawing [ Fine al], Carpentry, Printing snd Book Course, Stenography and Typewriting, making and Plain Sewing, Cooking, ing and Gardening. N: Splendid Location, Healthful Cllm and Thorough Teachers. N: For terms, prices and all inducem ate to Am T. 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Almost Anything You Would Care To Listen To Sold On Easy Payments Eberhardt & Hays -Corner Douglas and Emporia Avenues- We want you to come down to the Singer Sewing Machines at and get one of those new 20th Century Machines that can be had for $3.00 a month. They will save you $2.00 a month THE SEARCHLIGHT. W. N. MILLER, Editor. Entered at the Post Office at Wiehita, Kansas, as Second-Class Mail Matter. Published Every Saturday at No. 110 NORTH MAIN ST. -RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION- STRICTLY IN ADVANCE. One Year [ by mail ] ..... $1.00 Six months [ by mail ] ..... 75c Three months [ by mail ] ..... 50c ONE M.ONTH ..... 150. Advertising Rates Made Known On Appli cation. NOTICE!! - All matters addressed to THE SEARCHLIGHT for publication must be signed by the part ar parties writing. All matters for publication must reach this office not later than TUESDAY to reach publication in the current issue. RULES OF THIS OFFICE. 5t. All Subscriptions must be paid in advance strictly. Agents take notice 2nd. Communications received after Wednesday noon will appear in that week. 3rd. In asking to change your paper from one office or one address to another always give both, the old and new. 4th Send Us all the news from your station of the City, County, State or County. We publish it FREE OF CHARGE. Write plain, and on one side of the paper only. 5th No Name will be placed on our books without the money. So agents will send the money with subscriber's name. 6th Address all communications to "The Wichita Searchlight" Wichita, Kansas. 7th Any erroneous reflection upon the character, standing or reputation of any person which may appear in this paper, will be gladly corrected if bought to the Editor. * To Live and Let Live. "Is OUR Motto THE VINDICATOR. We find on our desk this week Vol. 1 No. 1 of the "The Vindicator" of Coffeyville, Kansas, a spicy little sheet published by our friends A. W. Harris as editor and Dr. J. T. Whittaker as manager. On the front page appears the likeness of the two promoters. It looks up well and we wish them success. REGARD IT AS ATHREAT. Southern Leaders Believe There Is no Intention of Reducing Their Representation—New View. Washington, D. C.—Leading southern Democrats in congress have come to the conclusion that the project for a reduction of the representation in the house from those states which discourage or have disfranchised the negro voters is a Republican plan designed to be held over congressmen from the states to be affected in order that they may be prevented from opposing the administration's plans for several important legislative enactments. Leading democrats of both branches of congress regard the whole proposition entirely in the light of a threat, with no serious intention of the real leaders of the house and senate to actually force legislation. WILL NEVER SHARE EIGNTY WITH NEGROES. Gov. Vardaman of Mississippi Reveals Real Intention of White South as to Colored Citizens. Jackson, Miss.—Governor Vardaman made the opening speech at the Cotton and Corn carnival. In touching on the attitude that southern representatives should assume in their fight against the reduction of southern representation, the governor said: "And instead of going to the congress of the United States and saying that there is no distinction made in Mississippi because of color or previous condition of servitude, tell the truth and say this: 'We tried for many years to live in Mississippi and share sovereignty and dominion with the negro and we saw our institutions crumbling, we saw the civilization that our forefathers had fought for passing away; and the law of self-preservation being the first law, we observed it. We rose in the majesty and highest type of Anglo-Saxon manhood and took the reigns of government out of the hands of the carpet-bagger and the negro, and so help us God, from now on, we will never share any sovereignty or dominion with him again.' Washington.—Argument was begun in the supreme court of the United States last Saturday in the peonage case of Samuel Clyatt, of Georgia, vs. the United States. Clyatt, in 1902, was sentenced to four years imprisonment at hard labor on the charge of having held two negro men in peonage on account of debt, in violation of section 5526 of the Revised statutes. Attorney General Moody has filed a brief, in which he says, speaking of the importance of the case: "Immediately upon the certification of this case to the supreme court several oft the district judges in the fifth circuit in which numerous prosecutions for violations of this statute were pending, refused to try any of the cases and postponed the same to await the decision of the court in this case. It is therefore quite evident that the executive arm of the law, so far at least as the enforcement of this statute is concerned, is practically paralyzed, even in the most typical and flagrant cases. We think we may truthfully say that upon the decision of this case hangs the liberty of thousands of persons mostly colored, it is true, who are now being held in a condition of involuntary servitude in many cases worse than slavery itself, by the unlawful acts of individuals, not only in violation of the 13th amendment to the constitution but in violation of the law which we have here under consideration. DAVID WOOD. Second Waiter Carey Hotel. The above is a likeness of Mr. Dave Wood the popular second waiter at the Carey Hotel in this city. Although a young man Mr. Wood is a tax payer and owns a nice home at 1604 Tremont avenue. He is one of those young men who believe laying aside for a rainy day and so he has provided himself. INTERSTATE LITERARY ASSOCIATION Wichita Kans To the Editor of the S archlight Dear Sir;— At the meeting of the Executive Cammitee in Nov. it was decided that the Interstate Literary Association would convene a tTopeka Kans., December 27- 28 & 29-- 1904. Sallie Rawles Cor. Sec. of I. L. A Wichita Kans. --- Big New Years Ball at Odd Fellows Hall Monday Night Jan 2nd 1905. PATENTS promptly procured, OR NO FEE. Send model, sketch, or photo for free report on patentability. Book *How to Obtain U.S. and Foreign Patents and Trade Marks FREE. Fairest terms ever offered to inventors. PATENT LAWYERS OF 26 YEARS' PRACTICE 20,000 PATENTS PROCURED THROUGH THEM ALL Nationwide. Sound advice. Faithful service. Moderate charges. Write to C. A. SNOW & CO. PATENT LAWYERS, Opp. U. S. Patent Office. WASHINGTON, D. C. Locals and Personals ```markdown ``` Elsewhere, Consult us for your Christmas Candies, Fruit and Fancy Groceries Every thing inthe Grocery line, Choicest and Best and prices are low and our Goods Fresh Fresh meat-Turkeys and Chickens live or dressed ATTENTION EVERYBODY. Odd Fellows — K. of P's and Masons! The ladies of the O. E. S. will give a chittlin supper at Odd Fellows hall on N. Main st Tuesday Dec. 27th. Every body is cordially invited to come out and have a good time and fill up on chittlens. Mrs. W. L. Herman is slowing mending from her sickness—she is a ow able to sit up at home. Tee ladies of the Order of Eastern Star will serve a chitt rling supper at Odd Fellows hall on Tuesday night Dec. 27. Go out and help them. CHRISTMAS WEEK Christmas is with us once more and Santa Clause will make the hearts of the little ones and many os the older ones glad — this is all ways a glorious time— a time of merrimeut. A time of fearing and buying and spending. Wichita will not fall short of her share—she is all ready and prepared and like at all other times she will be open handed and free. At the various churches som e commemoration of the event wi be fittingly made— while festivities galore will be had. There will be no oscassion for any one to not find plenty to eat and plenty places to go. And as the old saying goes "Christmas comes but once each year, let every one have his share." From the many preparations which Mr. Porter is making this will no doubt be a most elaborate and swell affair. RAISED MUCH MONEY The Sewing Guild of the A. M. E. church under the presidency of Mrs. Addie Adams done quite nicely since organizing about one month ago they have cleared more than $31.00 which is doing fine. PROMOTED TO CHEF. Sib Hickerson has been promoted to the position as Chef of the Mahaatten hotel! He took charge of the Manhatten kitchen Sunday morning. Sid has the reputation of being a fine cook and we predict for him success in his new position. W. L. Herman who was injured sometime ago by a rail wrs out Monday walking about! Hn is slowly improving from the injuries which the sustained. All were proud to see him out. Mr. and Mrs. Sam C. Collins has purchased a fine four room house in the south part of the city. They did not buy this property for a residence but simply for an investment. The house rents for $10.00 per month. Palace Restaurant. Meals Filled Best the Market Can Afford Open at All Hours of The Night Mrs. L Freeman, Prop. 903 East Douglas Ave BEFORE GOING GO TO GRANT'S CIGAR and SHINE PAROR 334 North Main Street For Cigars, Tobacco and Shines W. H. H. GRANT, Prop CHRIRTMAS BALL. There will be a big Christmas Ball at Odd Fellows Hall on Monday night Dec 26th. Leonard Biggers and his son-in-law were in Wichita Wednesday on business from Clearwater Kan. G L Scott recieved an invitation to attend the wedding of Rev. J. H. Shackleford's of Colo on the 21st or Dec. W. S. MENRION DRUGGIST S01 N. Main St. Wichita, Kans. ARE GREATFUL. Again ten million Negroes are gratefuldeep down in their heart to the man, who, by his firmness has, who by his tenacity is and by his exalted sense of justice will, as far as in his power lies will keep open the door of hope to all men alike. No President has ever been as near into the heart of every Negro as MrRoose velt. This is a fret not because the Negro is black, nor because Mr. Roosevelt is President alone but because he is President of the whole people. Brown county is thinking seriously to force the hen to make the Poor farm a paying proposition. That looks like an easy matter with eggs at their present altitude. Why is it teat some people can always see the faults of others and never see their own, they are either color blind, or they have an overdose of selfishness. We are proud to say that we have no race prejudice, but we some race pride, if we do help each other then to whom shall we look for help- The Negro ought to learn to respect his race, and himself more, and he will be respected in proportion. English woman and has two children, a boy and a girl. The latter is a blond with blue eyes and flaxen hair. your Christmas Candies, Fruit line, Choicest and Best and dads Fresh Chickens live or dressed ash Grocery 258 North Main Street ```markdown ``` ```markdown ``` Warnhoff WHIT EVERY THIN Prescriptions Warnhoff & M.Clees WHITE FRONT HARDWARE Call and see us. Once a customer always A CUSTOMER Salman 228 North The Greater OF Best Meats Best Rib Roast 10c lb Fish, Turkeys, Ducks, Geese, Ch at Lowest Cash Prices. Salman Drug Co. 228 North Main Street. Best Rib Roast 10c lb Best Plate and Flank Boil 5c Fish, Turkeys, Ducks, Geese, Chickens, Veal, Mutton and Lan at Lowest Cash Prices. WHITLOCK BROS. 222 East Douglas Ave., Phone 2 MYRON A Groceries, Fru and I 815 N. ```markdown ``` MYRON A. DEAN Groceries, Fruits, Vegetables and Feed. ```markdown ``` HEALTHIEST CITIES. The mortality tables complied by the census bureau show that about seventeen out of every 1,000 of the population of the United States die each year. If these figures are correct then the United is one of the healthiest countries on the globe, being excelled in this respect only in Denmark, Sweden and Norway. The most healthful part of the United States seems to lie in the Central West and in the Northern region of the Mississippi valley and its tribvtaries. The signifigauge of the deathates in the larger cities, as complied by the census statisticians it is to a considerable extent destroyed on account of two interfering sacs. The Negroes in the South and itinerant consumptives in the West both aae victims of a high mortality, which gives an excessive increase to the death rates of the plaae where they reside. For example according the census Pueblo is the most uahealthful place in the United place. But no one believes that death lnrks in the pure and invigorating atmaspheae of Pueblo. Its death rate of 32 per 1,000 is due to the mortality among striken consumptives who o there in search of health h. In an equal degree the high death rate among the Negroes affect s STOVES AT WHOLESALE You pay us the same price dealers pay the manufacturers for RELIABLE STOVES We are Distributing Agents for the Cribbe n - Sexton Stove Co Chicago. Investigate this H & M. Clees WHITE FRONT HARDWARE HING IN DRUGS ons Filled With Care ian Drug Co. rth Main Street. test Variety OF THE ats In the City Best Plate and Flank Boil se, Chickens, Veal, Mutton and L N A. DEAN Fruits, Vegetables and Feed. MAIN ST (01)-Both Phones - (01) --- appresrences in most all Southern cities. For example in Charleston S. C. the death rate among the whites is 25.6 while among the colored people it is 37.5. In New Orleans it if 23.8 among the whites and 28.9 among the Negroes in Savanah 24.7 among the whites 34.3 among the colored population. This proportion prevails generally throughout all Southern cities and gives them a reputation for unhealthfullness. It may be said that, other things being equal the healthiest cities are situated near a copious supply of water. St Joseph' South Omaha, St Paul Cedar Rapids and Minneapolis which all have mighty low dead afford conspicious examples of this fact. The Missori and Mississippi rivers are especially far from all taint and deadly germ. In spite of the large inland territory they drain innumerable communities situated along the banks their waters remain exceptionally pure, from source mouth. ```markdown ``` Races Under Russian Sway. The Russian empire holds the word of having under its sway simply separate and distinct racial groups. Minority in Political Control. The Magyars rule Austria-Hungary although they number but 6,000,000 of 7,000,000 in a total of 43,000,000. To Have Largest Cattle Ranch. The Astor family in New York has bought land in Mexico for the largest cattle ranch in the world. 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Shaw 182 North Main Street Winfield Kars. Dee. 19 1094 MORTAGE BURNED Senday the 18 h of Dee. at 3 0'= clock p, m, the miaisters of the city and their congregation met with the pastor W. H. Garnott and his people at the¥3econd Baptist charch building locst-d on South moin st to participate iu a special tervico and to witaass the burning of the mortage that bad solong hung aver the property of the charch, Mrs. Bell Wilson of Arkansas city spoke ‘the organization, ite e ghtven year ‘of stuggles and sorrows and paid a ‘beautifaztribute te the memory of the drparted ones. Rev. A. J. Fines of the First Baprist obureb preacb— ed tho sermon, he preached the old fashioned, gospel deuouncing sin without apology. he address of of Rev, S. W. Stophlete of tue Presbyterian ehureh on ‘Paying what we owe” was vory impressive Rev. Albert Nichols of the chr.stan chureh spoke on ,,Pree will offering and in course of his remarks s.éd there was no color line with Christ Jesus and there should none with his followers, ‘The remarks Rev. H. D, Harris ofthe A, M. &. church on “che Hest plans” were fought with wit and enthusiasm, Rev. W. L. Hia- shaw of the U B. 5hurch spoke ery acceptibly on the ‘Perfect model a de p spirtuality pervaded the whole service a the close of lwhich the pastor presented the mortage to S. Johnson and D. Mc- Neal trustees who burnt is in front of the Alter b fore the vast multr- tude. The church was organ zed in the Spring of 1886 and a beautiful Edifice contracted in the fall of the came yeor, Twelve members constituted the organization wito John Wilson John Taylor Henry Davis Mc Kelly and John Nichols first trustees, Of the orignal number there were oaly three present at burning services and orly one of them re- tain membea-bip with the ehurch at the piessnt time. Wo must say that the pastor bas been very eurnest ond putieot and his service puite helpful to the charch. NEWTON NEWS. left the city tor a few weeks yisit al Chicago and Zion City. | Mr and Mye Lee Anderson of Wichita were in the city Sanday Tae N. U, @ elub entertained at the home o. Mrs, Will Coleman in horor of Mrs Aquillo Coleman who left the city to mrke Topeka her heme for a while ‘the guest spen a lovely evening. Miss Callie Anderson entertained a few of her friends on Saturday eve fn ponor of Misses Eunice and Cornelia Co!eman who will make their home in Jopcka for a while Those present were Mixers Ophela Brown. Eunice and Cornelia Cole man Messrs Liogd Guy: Osran Rickmaa and G-urge Brown, All report a fine time. Misses Eunice and Cornelia Cole ‘man lett Suu tay for lopeko Kaus All regret.ed to see them erprcially Callie Andersed. The K. ights and Ladies of Pro- tection gave a concert at Odd Fel- lows ball Friday night which was very good, The sewing circle of the C. M. E ebureh gave a bersire Friday ev of which they had a very good suc- cess, 50 YEARS’ EXPERIENCE ‘Trave Marks Desicns: Copynicnts &c. oGhgresnahs guvchitnteecrbatier at Honuatrietly conden HANDBOOK on Patents pices Gate Mtnazs Wann gor vecve weg ‘entific Fin inthe Aken sceretgt reas. Wana gs Seats Tour moutha: $i. Sad by ali newedealers: MAUNH & Go,2eteresen. New York UNN & Co,36r8reecncr. New Yor Woman ts Home Body. “Mrs, Jason-Gause, a demure little Quaker lady of Lyon county,” says the Kansas City Journal, “certairly is un- rivaled in her record for staying at home. She has just r turned from a visit to a daughter in Texas. tt was her first ride on a rafircad train, It was the first time in nearly fifty years she had been outside of Lyon county. For twenty-three years she had passed but one night away from home. She is the mother of Prof. Gause, of the State Normal school.” Looked Like a Framed Painting. He had been standing for five min- utes in the lobby of one of the large hotels looking at the pretty cashier through her little office window. Fin- ally he turned to a man near by and said: “Gosh, zat’s sha pretty picture Wisht I cud paint like zat. Thought I saw th’ head move, but things allez move when I've had too much.” Then he walked slowly away.—Kansas City Times. Diamond Ink. So-called diamond ink for writing on glass is a compound of fluorie acid and barium. The latter has no effect, it being simply a white powder to give body to the acid, The ink can be used with a rubber hand stamp, and it should be allowed to remain fifteen minutes, when the barium will brash off, leaving the design on the glass. No Money in Apples. | This is the way a North Norway correspondent figures: Most of the farmers have sold their apples for one dollar, which really means ex-, changing one dollar for another: Thir- ty-cight cents for barrels, 12 conts for picking, 12 cents for packing, 12 cents tor hauling to market and board of the help—Lewiston (Me.) Journal. Railroad Through Cemetery. The Chineso of An-Sang recently sold to the East China railroad the franchise for running a branch of thelr railroad through the city cemetery, an almost unheard-of thing, as the Chi- nese have believed it the worst sacri- lege to permit a railroad near the burying places of their dead. Sibiae te tha Witsoe Gralla: The man who finds his wife smiling happily when he comes home at nights will be likely to stay there. If he should go out the memory of her smile will make him feel that she doesn’t care, and he will soon find himself wanting to go back home and make her care. Have Smaller Faces. The chief difference in the heads of men and of the lower animals is in the size of the face. Man. has a very large head and a very small face, and animals are more fierce and brutal ex- actly as the face is found large and the rest of the head small. The Middte Aces. In the middie ages at certain epochs the density of population was at times quite as great as in modern times. In spite of the density of population, of urban concentration, witness those ages as conspicuous instances of bar varity and insecurity. The Modest Professor. “I never become angry because 9 man does not think quite as I do,” re marked the professor; “for when ] find a man who disagrees with me 1 realize that it is probabiy with difficul- ty that he thinks at all.” ' Accusation. Somehow, when every woman catehes sight of herself and husband in a mirror, she is reminded of a Story she once read years ago called “Beauty and the Beast.”—Atchison Globe. Se Meaning of “M. C. B.” The initials, “M. C. B.,” seen on so ‘many freight cars, stand for “Master Car Builders,” and refer to standard measurements of the car and stand- ard appliances, such as couplers, ete. All Chinese Can Cook. A nation of cooks are the Chinese. ‘There is scarcely an individual in their vast community who is not more’ or less competent to cook himself a respectable dinner. Brown Sugar for Fighters. German army medical officers have learned that a few ounces of brown sugar added to the rations of a sol- dier improves his staying and discase resisting powers. Father of History. Herodotus, “the father of history,” declares that the inhabitants of the “lake dwellings” of Switzerland fed their horses and cattle on fish. Distance to the Moon. ‘The distance to the moon can be computed by astronomers in half a dozen different ways with almost ab- solute accuracy. Love and Happiness. To be beautiful is to be loved and to be loved is to be happy—or to think you are, which is exactly the same thing. The Power of Love. ‘The love of one good woman is a greater moral support than all the learned tatt!ings of the philosophers. Wives Cheap in Africa. In Africa wives have been sold fo. two packets of hairpins. (Er~.. oS )) ae 7: =r | eA2AD~ woseacnen EE TRESS _JEWELER ri Laas nit ae) Diamonds, Watches, ORAL Sa oe Clocks. Jewelery. EI f 120 North Main St & mY Ke AR) Poll Lino.of Xmas Fresems, SA BN . s | POSS SECSEESS STS R OUTS TTS Cee leeNlLNeRNNeLeNeL eT eF: : THE- UB 3 One Price Clothing House ‘ 114 North Main Street : - Our Unparalled Offer 7 A $3.50 John B. Stetson Hat or ; ; A $4.50 pair Crawford Shoe : FREE : With every Suit or Overcoat of ; $15.00 and up for 10 Days at | ihe Wie : oo gual FES a ee Re SS age oat ae hee ama EL, > sie ke ; i = Aa ae. eye ks eXmas Slippers _ i BEA Now is the time to buy your | ; Wg Wig ‘other, your sister or someone | ; Sa rd else’s sister a nice Slipper. ; ie We have them trimmed any ae color, from $1.00 up. , ; > P : 150 N. Main , Strictly Cash Bh all ala —. Novelty RICH, FANCY GOODS FOR HOLIDAYS We are full of bargains in China, Glassware, Toilet-Sets:- Parlor Lamps- Dinner Sets from $7.50 to $7500 Rich Cut Glass, Water Sets, ete Now Is The Time To Make Your Selc-_tion H, T. KRAMER 222 North Main Street ee ————————— eee zho Old Pirate’s Dreams As 2 man I write of the boyish dresies Of Fosternignt PY the. coastguard’s jane, when the sea-scarred sailor's war-plowed ‘seams— Suggesting tales of his lewless days— Lividly slowed Jn the Tog-fire gleams, nigiicsang this lay of lays: The flag was as red as blood, with @ hairy spot o° black, ‘Am the Spider bared her deadly fangs, n tise crawled on the windward tack! He warmed to bis story and clove the a With his long clay pipe as he led his men. Into the heart of the battle's blare; tO tie yelled his “Yo-ho:” once again. Tinie lbreke his “sword” on the arm of his chair, ‘With a stifled sob; and then— athe flag was as red ag Mood, Wwith a hairy spot o' tack, an ie spides bared her deadly fangs, ‘the crawied on the windward tack! sippy do your eyes shirie;"Boy?” said he, As be drained his mug and his Hps bq smacked Then ‘ho toldmefoféMorgan and Kio and Jones, ‘And rattled thelr deeds, their chains, and While the wind came moaning wp from ‘the sea, ‘And'the tune rose, faint, and cracked: ‘The flag was as red as blood, With a hairy spot o' black. An’ the Spider bared her deadity fanss ‘As she crawled on the windward ‘acl? He would chuckle # bit, then sort of ‘choke, “an, boy! T,could turn 'e vlek an’ pale wi fright an’ fire an’ booze an’ blood In the tropic calm an’ the reef-bern seud, For I ha’ trodden the red-pfaincd oak Under many an many a quese, weer all.” re vide ae asa St ne woutd ai er’ ‘The, flag was as red as blood, ‘With a hairy spot 0° black, An’ the Spider bared, her: deagty fangs AS she crawled on the wingward— Tra ale" wala. eck onsite ra fuck? pitied Bp Me ocin New mievk “Times. a Me GP Rese A RR AQyY SPEER) r = Sa RTO tea: Sa, 5 rs ee Gu aa w EAN CS ee ee OS | ete (Cy City VE a fe (Coy, Gee 2) ea WY Ye) a ey 22) Rec ete ie) a ae CRI (ypc LZ Pee col ioe WUSIC COMPOSED BK BASIL NARWOOD, MEAMUSDOC_{e | Sy O ee To the Dsbe oher“boscm ‘is Mary that sings, TRoudh lee SS | pg ta ee WW) || Cw na GO 3 \ | Ol, eee a stable, King art Thou of Kings. A ae = the | Oy ERR, BS Se oe ee © Jegteleteietle a le 7 Al Oe (4s SS SS ae Oe : By | Mo ther tad roekshee fo rest, who Saviour shalt be of the SG: as 3 pa Se ae &) 4 ===] i\ tie SS he lie gor é YP Aisle ii a Ble s 5) f lg — fog gd bs od tg he 2e— ie SS SS SSS SS (SS) fr ree, Andhah raiedup a lad der of mercy for me. Jaa | 2 TN ee | ee Za SSS Se GorXe é& ee qoRDS : fs elinselee ral, || al BE 3 ee | ae noryw ——— Se lee other of arcvthe quests of the Wing, ings are retracing the deserté long mites, 2S | cneseiion Besar n iar Recents ye mens seme a Son One om ea . eKicgs Rane eee oes gece |p | 5 Erhite memabe mes MURAD that ene of them brings” Pr’ He, looking ue. Gebsiee Kimectt crowned Le Dhese Kings #Ge Momoge plo Rt eaoiwan econ ne Rane we SE S Girough mcasureless Beseris their guide wos “The cross.1> on earth, on on carth if shail wy ca ie ew Goo bright for tHe aunahine to put our Iti light {Ga Chriee come again and oll gin shall have ceased: B ft” Which mode night es dey enfmade day oa night, JEiditearms orc os wide as the West fromme Eat, (LZ le tone Pit lgts <x Flame Fortyahoe 2 og TS em ke tH y, Sear? Me eer RR Ci i Zl ie DOT =e te re a SS > VFM LIEN Soh] SISO) °C BOS CD ire We SEN Ga Ft We CRO WR “And jo, the star which they saw in the east went before them,” whis- pered the boy, gazing upward at its faire while light in the hush of the ‘tly! Night, “But mankind,” said the old man, sadty, “has not followed. In all the Christmas eves since it looked on the shepherds in that field of Bethlehem, { has looked on men doing evil some- where to their fellows. Its light has Lopn dimmed by the lights from camp fires of armies and from flames of turning cities. { am old, and it is weary waiting for the fulfillment of the promise." ‘“@he star is beautiful and splendid,” said the boy with shining eyes. “Undimmed I shine,” said the Star. “And He in whose sight a thousand years are but a day sees mankind look «oward me every year with new in- teiligence and love. Ages have passed and other ages still must be before tse Word shall be fulfilled. But every Christmas eve I shine upon a world tat has moved forward step by step.” Greater grew the radiance of the Star, until the world sank away, and still end pure it shone over Jerusalem. Wuaoge “calm and faithful eyes are tzesedhat look toward it from a ceil? Stephen lies there, soon to be taken {> the elty wall and stoned to death. Again it shines upon the Holy City, surrounded now by a Roman army under. Titus. “Before another Christ- mas eve, Jerusalem shall be no more. The temple of the Most High shall he razed and Titus leave nothing on Mount Moriah save a little heap of ruins. ‘And again there is a Christmas eve. Six hundred ‘years have passed. The Christian world has fallen far away fom the Sermon on the Mount. Hatred and intolerance have dis- torted the cause of Christ into a cause for shedding of blood from Bethivhem to the far isles of Great Britain. Chiistmas ‘eve, 800 A. D., and Rome ts celebrating the Holy Night with ‘wonderful splendor. Princes and war- riors and priests throng its’ streets. Greatest prince of them ail, before ayhom even the mighty Charlemagne naws, is the Bishop of Rome, Leo Il. ‘his is a Christmas eve destined to 4a more than any other Christmas eve in many centuries that have been or “ tuat are‘to come, to change the his- tory. of the world. For to-night Char temagne attd his “magnificent court have agreed with the bishop that on Christmas: day. Charlemagne is to be crowned Augustus, Emperor of the West and Protector of Rome. The Holy Roman Empire has begun. Shining for the first time on Christ- mas inthe New World, in 1492, the Star sees Columbus and his crew turn toward it from their small craft as thoy roll in the great blue serges of the tropical ocean off the coast of Hayti. It, may be that there is tco much Christmas eve cheer aboard the gaunta Maris.. For before the Star has as SMe. SSS. STAR IN THE EAST Wondrous Story of the Centuries That It Told to the Boy Who Gazed at It. set. she is a hopeless wreck on the rocks of the beautifuleisland. ‘The Star is to see many cruel things in the New World after that. Its serene beam shines on Montezuma in 1519, a prisoner in the bloody hands of Cortez. It shines on Cortez again with his men in the next Christmas eve, lying before Tezcuco, which he is to enter and plunder before the end of the week. On the Christmas eve of 1529 and for ten Christmas eves thereafter the Star looks on an American Odyssey. It is the Odyssey of Alvar Nunez and ‘his three companions, sole survivors ‘of the expedition of Pamfilo de Nar- vaez, wandering along the northern coast of Mexico, through Texas, to the Rocky Mountains, and thence to Mexico, trying to find a way to take them back to Spain. They spend ore Christmas eve in being worshiped as demigods by a tribe of Indians. They spend many others in working as slaves. ‘Twelve ycars later the Star shines on Heraando de Soto, lying in camp in the Chickasaw country. It is the second Christmes eve away from his wife, the beautifc: Dona Isabella, and he is never to see her again. The Star looks down upon him in 1541, near the Mississippi, with his great expedition scattered and all but de- stroyed, but the dauntless heart of him brave and unfearing. Chrismas eve, 1542, finds no such person as Her- nando de Soto, Captam-General of Cu- ba, Adelantado of Florida, on earth. In 1567 the Star sees a gathering in Antwerp. It is a terrible gathering that conceives a thought of inhuman wickedness and ferocity. Yet out of this Christmas meeting shall a great freedom be born. For it is that of the Spanish rulers in the Netherlands, and at it is adopted the decree of the Inquisition that condemns all the in- habitants of the Netherlands, with but few exceptions, to death. And the War of Liberation follows. It is the first to break the cruel and deadening power of Spain. In the New World the Star looks on the colonists of Jamestown stealing ‘out on Christmas eve, in 1607, to get corn*from the Indians by strategy. Two years later, Christmas eve sees them suffering grievously for food again. ‘Anno Domini 1620, and the Pilgrim Fathers rest from their labor of build. ing the settlement which they have begun that morning. | Christmas eve, 1675 and 1676, sees war in the New World. In the first year the New Englanders, instead of gathering around sociable fireplaces, are abroad, driving before them the remnants of the Wampanoag Indians, whom they have defeated in a great battle near Narragansett bay; and in 1676 the French are taking Cayenne in Giana, after a stubborn siege. In 1686 the Star shines on grim and moody faces in the town of New York. Sir Edmond Andross, the first royal governor and vice-regent of New Eng- jand, has just arrived and is making a roaring Christmas eve of it. Two years afterward the Star gleams on his royal master, James IL, spending his Christmas eve in the French court, a fugitive driven from his throne in England. Sitting with a few companions by a camp fire in the primeval wilderness of Pennsylvania, a young surveyor looks up at it in 1753. He is George Washington, nine days’ journey on his way home from Lake Erie, where he has been to carry a message to the commander of the French that will end finally in the French and Indian war, Indians are prowling on his path that night, but he looks as serenely at the Star of Bethlehem as if he were gazing at it from his home in Virginia. Fourteen years later, two other young surveyors pass @ similar Christ. mas eve in the wilderness. ‘They are not to become so famous personally as that other surveyor, but their names are destined to be linked for- | ever with a great cause. They are Mason and Dixon, sitting under the Star at the end of their trail. They have reached a warpath and the In- dians have forced them to stop thirty- six miles from their objective point. But they have practically run their line and they finish it on Dec. 26. Christmas eve, 1773, and there are bands and flying banners in Boston. Young and old, mechanics and royster- ers and citizens of substance, are marching together. Singing “God Save the King,” they head straight for the wharves, where two teaships are lying. Some of the chests go over- board, still to the accompaniment of the loyal tune. The others are left on the ships, but the vessels are forced to return home without unloading. Lieut. John Paul Jones, in his new uniform and clothed in his three-day- old dignity as member of the Corps of Naval Officers appointed by Con- gress, swaggers around proudly on Christmas eve in Philadelphia in 1775. ‘Anno Domini 1776 sees 24,000 men crossing the ice-covered Delaware. ‘And in 1777 the Star shines on Val. Jey Forge, where men sit around piti able fires in rags—penniless, hungry, freezing, but unfaltering. Christmas eve, 1783, George Wash- ington has surrendered his commis sion the day before. For the first time in seven years, he looks up ta the Star without heavy care. ; Holiday Jingle Cedars standin’ in de cotd. Trim dat Christmas t@e. Maple drops. a bunich 0 Bold, Trim. dat’ Christmas tre. Stars avshinin’ in de night, Stake Ge ‘snowflake. gllsten’ brighS, wine “to “hay it lookin’ right, ‘Trim dat Christinas tree. Rabbit's track_runa roun’ about, “Trim dat Christmas tree, “simmons fallin-hyua_me shout, Trim ant. Christmas tree. te my eves a-getin. alm? Wats dar nangia’ tum de lmbis Possum! “An Es prowd 0° hi! Trim dat Christmas tres! “Washington Star. in Holy Band. Bethlehem, the central spot of in. terest in Holy Land at Christmastide, is a Christian town set in the heart of Mahomedanism where once @ year the Greek church grantg the use of the Grotto of the Nativity to the Latin chureh. ‘The ceremonies begin on Dec. 24 by the image (or “Bambino” as it is termed in Italy) of the youth- fil Christ being carried from the Basilica of St. Helena to the sacred Grotto of the Nativity, where the traditional spot of Christ's birth is marked by a silver star set in the rocky pavement, ‘The service begins at ten o'clock In ‘the evening. It opens with the chant. ing of Psalms, without any musical ‘accompaniment. The Patriarch of Jerusalem is usually present and of I eee rue eS P=a ‘i —. e a ficiates, but on this occasion he 1s represented by the Latin bishop. The interior of the church is most pictur: esque, for there are only a few chairs provided for foreign visitors while the bulk of the congregation is made up of the Bethiehemite women in their blue dresses, with red frontlets, wearing peaked caps when married and flat caps when single, covered by white veils. ‘As they enter the church they at first kneel down and then sit upon the ground in true Oriental fashion. “In the dimly-lighted church,” says one who has seen the service, “these squatting vari-colored figures, with their beautiful faces lit up by fits and starts by flashes of the candles, intent on devotion, seem like so many modern Madonnas come to celebrate the glory of the first Madonna.” Precisely at midnight the pontifical high mass is celebrated, the Sgure of Christ is brought in a basket and de- posited upon the high altar, and the procession forms to accompany it to the erypt. As the long, chanting pro- cession winds through. the dimly- lighted church there is something weirdly solemn about the ceremony, and as the sacred image passes, vari- ous acts of worship are performed by the devout attendants. On the pro- cession moves through the rough- hewen, dimly-lit passages from the Latin church to the Grotto of the =. Nativity. When the procession of richly-robed ecclesiastics reaches the silver star set in the pavement they pause and stand in a group about the basket, which is deposited upon the star. "Around this star is the inserlp- tion, “Hic de virgine natus est,” for this is the spot upon which tradition places the actual birth’ of Jesus. ‘There the recital of the account of the birth of Jesus as found in the Gospels is slowly recited and when the passage (Luke ii, 7), “And she brought forth her firstborn son, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn,” is read the figure is reverently picked up from the star and carried over to the opposite side of the grotto, where it is put into a rock-cut manger. This concludes the service of Christmas ora | 2 ba Srastone Co ay fh By] Bmegnessterne sarsinstipeet AV Cy Bringiplly'n.osth mittetoe and Ke) GA gf And weave Sright wre ate, with " Sete rae By GUI Toten ye wslle ond gutand allie deme FY) el neocciaekopperemey Was Boone orm et ent angey (APG “ay De TEA Bind carole stir au heated we reetce pS ne Fi i ry Eociniowteacemenga ee LB Ot aime cheventer er Shen ss oy SetcnemstncatesgProciee” BRE Bod Se west sod assh cites Fas my FpEod The ange and themyoh a a) ag Shasta Ot eavmente ae) eo Sevestaten SS 3) i Wiest BOLT 2) LS Bi § AS 4 Ae aig PPO SURES Sun Worshipers’ Christmas. The United States Bureau of Ethnol- ogy has been making a special study of Christmas in America, and one sur- prising fact ascertained is that many of the aboriginal tribes on that con- tinent, long before Columbus landed, were accustomed to celebrate festivals corresponding to that of Yuletide. In- deed, they pursue the practice even to the present day, and among the Moki Indians of Arizona there is much mer- ry mumming at or about December 25, with exchange of gifts and masquerad- ing by persons who are got up in pic- turesque costumes to represent super: natural beings. The St. Nicholas of the Moki is the Sun god, and their Christmas festival is to celebrate the beginning of his return northward from the Land of Shadows that is supposed to be located in the far South. ‘On the top of the highest building in the town the priest of the Sun stands and looks toward the South- west, where the great San Francisco mountain uplifts its rocky mass out of the desert. One end of the mountain is prolonged in the Eldon Meso and by a series of foothilis and between the end of the Mesa and the second series of hills there is a peculiar notch. In this notch is supposed to be the Sun house—the place where the Sun god has his home. When the solar orb sinks at nightfall into that notch it has reached its most distant point on the horizon and the 21st day of December has arrived. Formal no- tice of the fact is given by the Sun priest and announcement is made of a general rejoicing. Various divinities dressed in strange costumes will ap- pear in the town and the occasion will be signalized by a mystery play sym- bolizing the struggle of the Sun god against the powerful spirits which try to prevent him from returning to the North, Eskimo Christmas. fA) ray Onan io ta Reo ahaa he ager ah hire ay Bae i ah cesar) SE os BN Ro eee oh eee tas s Be ee Tay ye BUR ig ivy i. fe Pe ai me Paiee sae) |, " eS 4 pads ae UZ A fe wai bol AT aes ee | OF fers FPF oH ‘The southern Eskimo keeps Christ- mas with gifts and light candies made of reindeer fat. satan uae: It is the desire and effort to con- tribute to the happiness of others that makes Christmas the most delightful of all our holidays. Children at first, perhaps, think most of the gifts that they may receive, but every wise par- ent teaches the child to be a giver as well as a receiver, and to find the deeper joy of the Christmas time in doing something for the pleasure of some one else. ‘The maxim, “It is more blessed to give than to receive,” is one of those beautiful statements that is easy to approve, but one never knows how true it is wntil one finds it verified in experience. We oftin make the mistake of thinking that “giving” consists in the bestowal of some ma: terial thing. But it really consists in devotion to another of what we have; it may be money, or time, or skill, of thoughtfulness, or patience. There is no one so poor that he cannot give another something. ‘That is the real Joy of Christmas time. If we carried the Christmas spirit into all the days of the year we would make life in finitely sweeter and happier. A Holiday Expression, Sas get > 2 oie ; nee me OA NZ q a S 7 . . ipo os é é A Ee ‘His face was wreathed in smiles. Al Casesnny Shite How to distritute the ans? large gathering always is £ yr.° At the proper moment Mother Father Goose appear and rat the surprise ple. Mother Goose the ple and out pops the goose The goose begins to vals tically about in mystic circies the company must form in Tine hind her. Suddenly the goose tates and comes to a full stop “She has found something” Father and Mother Goose, aay ten to explore the corner whey goose is pointing her beak. 4 ent for one of the company ig covered. The xoose proceeds, ant the march continues untit st gifts have been found. A comucopia of stiff paper, ty over the top of a broad. ‘Srinag hat, will make a head coverig aq able for Father Goose. The head-dress which yoy Goose wears, as shown in feu! ean be made from any sort of iq handkerchief, Gather the handkerchiet ah Mother Goose's head, as shor | figure 1, then gather together lower edges and pin them cow y hind the head, as in figure 2 Roa; the loose end of the handkereviet also shown in figure 2, and te 7 ee : J ends of this roll about the neck | in figure 2, and the head-dress is com plete. ‘The collars and cuffs for tea] Mother and Father Gooce ar» uals from stiff white paper. Figure 4 shows how to cut out the collar ant figure 6 shows the cuffs, ‘An ordinary cape can be thom around Mother Goose's shoulders. The buckles on her shoes are mate from silver paper. | Father Goose should wear a he cloak. If this is not obtainabie, a well draped blanket does very wel Bind a brightly colored sas armnd his waist and let him wear iow slp pers, preferably carpet slippers. ‘The surprise pie must be so large that the goose can be hidden any in it. If a large round basket can be found big enough for the purpose, t will do very well. If none is at baat, the pie must be made of a light frame work of sticks covered with paper. Of course, if the pie is made ot paper it cannot be carried in wit the goose inside of it by Mother al Father Goose, as it can be if it ita stout basket. So, if made of pape: and ‘ticks, it must be placed is ts room in advance, and must haves cover thrown over it, and Mother Goose can uncover it at the prop moment. ‘The crust of the surprise ple i made from a large sheet of masih paper, cut and lettered as in figures ‘The goose shown in figure J which is the real triumph of the casion, is not so difficult to put gether despite its fanatical appa ance. ‘The first essential fs a small ba with a temper good enough tom mit to being pinned and sewed att tucked into his outlandish costume ‘The neck of the goose is 4 bom stick. The tail is a feather duster ‘mas 88) + pM ma en ei ‘Costume and Pie Crust. ‘The back is an ordinary pillow. FF ure 9 shows the “skeleton Tie two sticks, one on each sie, of the broomstick, as illustrated ia SF ure 11. Bind several handfu!s of cottos of rags around the two sticks *be® they cross the broomstick, tus 2a ing the groundwork: for the head, # shown in figure 13. Make a cornucopia of raper, % the length of the smail stick used b figure 11, cutting it as shown i te ure & "Mark on it the nose #4 mouth as indicated. Gather pillow cases or bolster “08 ners around the boy's legs, 35 #20" in figure 12. When the pillow, feather domi and broomhandie have bees ranged, as shown in figure 9%, Eathe fa sheet around the boy, az sbo¥s figure 14; of course leaving a2 07% ing for his eyes and lees. Slip. a stocking over the head asf neck of the goose, and thea plat the bead made out of the coranconl over the sticks that are bound (¢ we broomhandle. : Sew the cornucopia to the stockist Paint two large exes on white part and sew these also to the stocking. ‘Throw a pillow case or table Come over the back of the goose for ¥/oe ‘and pin a large sheet of paper around the neck for a collar. HOPE FOR THE SICK. PERUMA THE BOTTLE OF EZONI MRS. HENRIETTA WARSH. VICTIM OF LA GRIPPE. Mrs. Henrietta A. S. Marsh, 769 W. St., Los Angeles, Cal., President of man's Benevolent Ass'n, writes: "I suffered with is gripe for seven cats, and nothing I could do or take me until I tried Peruna. I felt at once that I had at last, earned the right medicine and I kept easily improving. Within three books I was fully restored, and I am that I gave that truly great remedy a trial. I will never be without again." 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Washington, Dec. 22.—The bill submitted as a basis of action to the house Indian committee to meet the exigencies which will arise in the Indian Territory upon the dissolution of the tribal governments of the Indians and the expiration of the lease of life of the Dawes commission, will probably be incorporated as a part of the Indian appropriation bill. Some of the provisions of the bill now being prepared are known. Several new offices are created by it. One is a superintendent of Indian affairs in the Indian Territory at a salary of $10,000 per annum, who shall have general charge of all territorial affairs under the interior department and succeed to all the duties, authority and responsibility previously assumed by the Dawes commission. Another officer whose appointment is provided for is an administrator for the Indian Territory, at a salary of $8,000 per annum, who shall have charge of the estates of all deceased and incompetent Indians, and who will be under the jurisdiction of the superintendent and the secretary of the interior. It seems probable that some legislation may be enacted at the present session of congress providing for the distribution of the trust fund and lands of the Osage Indians. The sub-committee charged with the preparation of the Indian appropriation bill will have a busy day tomorrow. All the officers of the Indian bureau, including the present and the future commissioners and the chiefs of the finance, educational and land divisions, will be called upon to go over various items in the proposed bill. Washington, Dec. 21. — Representative Stevens, of Texas, today introduced a bill authorizing the appeal of a test case from the court of the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations to the circuit court of appeals of the Eighth district of St. Louis, to determine the legal status of intermarried citizens and their descendants. The interior department has submitted to the house Indian committee the draft of a bill looking to the final settlement of the affairs of the five civilized tribes after the Dawes commission is dissolved next July. Judge Baker of the supreme court of New Mexico, who recently was removed from office by the president, has received by the president and the department of justice a full hearing, the result being a revocation of the order of removal. F. W. Elliott was indorsed by Representative Campbell, of Kansas, for appointment as postmaster at Edna, Kan., the office having been made presidential. The senate committee on privilege and elections developed nothing sensational in the Senator Smoot investigation. The president has sent the senate the following nominations of postmasters: Iowa—Eugene Stiles, Sidney; James Schroeder, Gutenberg; N. C. Ketchell, Mason City, Missouri—Godfrey Haldiman, California, Oklahoma—William T. Barrett, Carmon; Frank H. McCormick, Clinton; George S. Bailey, Snyder. The senate held a session of three minutes and adjourned until Wednesday. Mr. Perkins, of California, had been designated to preside by President Pro Tem Frye. There was a message from the president, a message from the house, and a motion to adjourn until Wednesday. All the motions prevailed. Washington, Dec. 20.—Mr. John F. Wallace, chief engineer of the Isthmian canal commission, has given the house committee on interstate and foreign commerce the benefit of his investigation so far as made regarding the engineering tasks to be performed in the construction of the Panama canal. The testimony was taken aboard the army transport Sumner in Colon harbor, on the occasion of the recent visit of the committee to the canal zone. It is to be printed for the use of congress. Before taking up in detail the four district canal propositions which are Jumped From Windows. Portsmouth. O.. Dec. 19.—One girl was killed, two fatally injured, and a score of others hurt by jumping from the second and third windows during an explosion which wrecked Lloyd. Adams & Simpson's top pistol factory here. 25 Indictments Returned. Pueblo, Col., Dec. 20.—A special grand jury empaneled several days ago has returned 25 indictments for election frauds. Special deputies were sworn in to serve the caplages. being considered by him, and on which he is to report to the canal commission, Mr. Wallace made this explanation of the general problem: "The isthmus is transversed by a mountain range, the summit of which is approximately twelve miles from the Pacific and thirty-five miles from the Caribbean. Originally a gorge evidently existed from the Caribbean near Colon to the vicinity of Gamboa and extended beyond that point in an easterly direction forming the upper basin of the Chagres river. Washington, Dec. 17.—The senate committee on territories by a vote of 6 to 4 authorized a favorable report on the statehood bill providing for the admission into the union of Oklahoma and Indian Territory to become the state of Oklahoma, and of Arizona and New Mexico to become the state of Arizona. The bill is the one originating in the house in the second session of the Fifty-eighth congress, but has been amended materially by the senate committee. The prohibition provision relative to Oklahoma is as follows: "That the sale, barter of giving away except for mechanical, medical or scientific purposes, of intoxicating liquors within that part of the state heretofore known as the Indian Territory or other Indian reservation within the state, be prohibited for a period of ten years from the date of admission of said state, and thereafter until the legislature of said state shall otherwise provide." Requiring that any lands sold for the support of the public schools in the state of Oklahoma be sold at public sale in 160 acre tracts or less. The provision giving preference to the lessee at the time of sale is stricken out. Requiring that all state officers of Arizona shall speak, read and write the English language. Among other amendments to the house bill are the following: Reducing the number of delegates from the territory of Oklahoma to the constitutional convention from 60 to 55 and increasing the number from the Indian Territory from 50 to 54; reducing the number from New Mexico from 70 to 66 and increasing the number from Arizona from 40 to 44. Including the university preparatory school and the colored agricultural normal school in the educational institutions to be benefited by land reservations on Oklahoma. Appropriating $25,000 for the improvement of Mount Rainer, National Park. The pure food bill was then taken up and Mr. McCumber again addressed the senate in its support. In the house the urgent deficiency bill and several other bills of a public nature were passed. Mr. Baker gave vent to his feelings on the subject of trusts and combinations in restraint of trade by moving an amendment to reduce from $25,000 to $24,000 the appropriation for testing coals and lignites. He stated that the attorney general has at his disposal an appropriation of $500,000 to investigate combinations in restraint of trade and yet, he said not a dollar of it has been expended profitably. By laying his resolution on the table, Mr. Baker declared that the Republican party stood as the defender of such combinations. Satisfied with his statement, he withdrew his amendment and the bill then passed. Other bills were passed as follows: Amending the act to extend the coal land laws to the district of Alaska; providing for the protection of wild animals and birds in the Wichita forest reserve, Oklahoma; authorizing the exploration and purchase of mines within the boundaries of private land claims; amending the revised statutes so as to give foreign authors the right in this country any time within twelve months after publication abroad; amending the revised statutes so as to restrict patents on drugs or medicines to the process of manufacture and not the product. The section has been eliminated which provided for the cessation of restrictions upon the alienation of allotted lands in Oklahoma and Indian Territory upon the admission of these territories as a state. The contest over the location of the circuit and district courts of the western district of Oklahoma was settled by providing for alternate sessions of the courts at Guthrie and Oklahoma City. The provision of the Oklahoma bill for the appropriation of $5,000,000 for the benefit of the common schools has been incorporated in the portion of the bill which admits New Mexico and Arizona as a state. Unions Favor Arbitration. Fall River, Mass., Dec. 22. - At meetings held five textile unions voted in favor of the proposition to submit the labor troubles involved in the long pending strike to arbitration. Railroad Official Changes. Bloomington, Ill., Dec. 21.—Joseph Blabbon, formerly fourth vice-president of the Great Northern at St. Paul, has been appointed freight traffic manager of the Chicago and Alton railroad, effective January 1. Reached Amicable Agreement. Montreal, Dec. 21.—The Canadian Pacific officials announce that they have come to an amicable agreement with the Order of Railway Telegraphers which desired certain charges in the schedule. HER CLAIM REJECTED HER CLAIM REJECTED Miss Helan Stone to Get Nothing For Her Adventure. NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN. High Officials Inform Miss Stone That They Doubt the Validity of the Claim—Ransom Paid and No Questions Asked. Washington, Dec. 21. — Neither President Roosevelt nor Secretary Hay will take action in the matter of Miss Ellen Stone's claim for indemnity against the Turkish government. The state department regards the claim as futile and therefore considers the question closed. Secretary Hay has so informed a close friend of Miss Stone's. There has been no official promulgation of this decision because it would not look well for the United States government to drop any claim against Turkey. However, intimate friends of Miss Stone have been told in confidence both by President Roosevelt and by Secretary Hay that it is useless to expect any further development. In fact, both have admitted that they personally doubt the validity of the indemnity claim. Not one of the missionary organizations, which have representatives in the district in which Miss Stone worked, has indorsed her petition. The American Board, which has its office in this city, has not. It is held by the administration that the Turkish government is in part justified in refusing to recognize any claim for indemnity; because the $80,000 ransom was paid and no questions asked. In addition, Turkey maintains that the abduction by the brigands took place on Bulgarian soil, and by Bulgarian subjects. Whatever may be the suspicions to the contrary, no power, not even Russia, could prove otherwise. Miss Stone was abducted three years ago, by Bulgarian brigands. She was held for ransom, which was raised by popular subscription. The money was paid rather against the advice of the Boston missionary leaders and many United States officials. CARGO NOT CONTRABAND. Vladistok Is Not Under Blockade and Steamer Is Released. Nagasaki, Dec. 22.—The British steamer Nigretia, which was seized by the Japanese cruiser Tsuhima off land yesterday has arrived at Sasebo for trial before the prize court. The Nigretia was proceeding to Vladivostok with a cargo of kerosene. It is stated that the crew of the Nigretia refused to leave Shanghai but were compelled by the consul, who held that her cargo was not contraband owing to the fact that the port of Vladivostok is not being blockaded by the Japanese. PLEADS "NOT GUILTY." Declined to Give Bail And Was Sent to Jail to Await Trial. Cleveland, Dec. 20.—Mrs. Chadwick was arraigned before Judge Wing of the United States district court and pleaded not guilty to every charge brought against her, declined to give bail and was remanded to jail to await trial. President Beckwith and Cashier Spear of the Citizens' National bank of Oberlin were arraigned at the same time and were allowed to depart after furnishing bonds, each of the amount of $25,000—an increase of $15,000 over the value of the bond they had previously given. It was deemed best to have the indicted persons called at a time when few people would be expecting to see them in court instead of at a regular session when a multitude of curious people would attempt to invade the court room. Not over thirty people were present when Judge Wing took his seat to preside for the arraignment only. Court was adjourned as soon as it was over, the entire session lasting not over fifteen minutes. Few persons were about the jail when Mrs. Chadwick entered the carriage to be taken to the court house. Neither were there any persons about the federal court building when the vehicle drew up in front of it. Oil Barge Blows Up. Atlantic City, N. J., Dec. 20.—Mantoloking lifesaving station reports an explosion in an oil barge off that place this afternoon. Pilot boat No. 5 is standing by and has probably rescued the crew. The barge is burning. London, Dec. 19.—General Stoessel, the Russian military commander at Port Arthur, according to a dispatch from Chefoo to the Daily Telegraph, has again been wounded, this time by a rifle bullet. The correspondent adds that the wound is not serious. Sterilized Milk at Cost. Munich now has a place where sterilized milk is provided at cost to families whose annual income does not exceed $500. Sensible Housekeepers will have Defiance Starch, not alone because they get one-third more for the same money, but also because of superior quality. 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UNITED STATES 160 ACRE FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE Importing Canadian wheat is now a fact. 160 ACRE FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE Importing Canadian wheat is now a fact. Get a Free Homestead in Western Canada, or buy some of the best wheat lands on the continent, and become a producer. The average yield of wheat this year will be about twenty bounties to the acre. The cut and barley crop will also yield abundantly. Splendid climate, good schools and churches, excellent marketing facilities. Apply for information to Superintendent of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or to authorized Growing Government, Ottawa, Canada, or Crawford, No. 12, Ninth Street, Kansas City, Missouri. Please say where you saw this advertisement. When Answering Advertisements Kindly Mention This Paper. W. N. U.—WICHITA—No. 52, 1904 When Answering Advertisements Kindly Mention This Paper. A BOOKER WASHINGTON INCIDENT IN KANSAS From the New York Evening Sun. One weuld hardly expect the color line to be drawn in "Bleed-Kansas" by a Republican, but the unexpected has happened. Kansas Day is to be celebrated on January 30 by a banquet, to wich the Kansas Day Club has invited the leading Republicans of the state. An invitation was sent to President W. T. Vernon of Quindarc university, a Negro orator who did yaoman service for the Republicans during the recent campaign. Prof. Vernon is down on the program to reply to a toast Mr. C. W. Mesher an old resident of Kansas and a member of Ihe club, has written a letter of protest to President Valentine, in which he says: "If you, sir, and your committee desire to associate with Negroes, it is your privilege to do so, providing the Negroos do not object but I, with 99 per cent of the white people of Kansas, am not constructed that way, and, while they may not write you in an effort to make that fact pentrate your skull, depend upon it they will feel insulted when anyone tries to thus associate the name of the state with a function wherein the savage of Afrlca is recieved and mingles on term of social equality with all.' Mr. Mosher, as will be seen, is a man of violent antipanhies, and he must now regret that he elected to vote for President Roosevelt. He did so, he says, although awfully scandalized by the invitation to Booker Washington, be cause the president was right "on other questions". He fears the bars have been let down and one Negro takes part this time rush. "If one Negro takes par his time," says Mr. Mosher, who vows he will not go to the Kansas day banquet, "it opens the door to others. The next annual event will find more on the list of invited guests. The next thing you will know some crank of this kind will be bringing a Negro into a white man's parlor to a social gathering." The boom thrown by Mosher has failed to explode, howevea; the Kansas Republicans, as might really be expected from the history of the border state, are stanping by Professor Vernon, almost to a man. Judge Slonecker, of Topeka, says that if Vernon is good enough to make Republican tpeeches he is good enough to eat white Republicans and talk at a Republican banquet. A political and not a social event says Colonel N. H. Loomis, the Union Pacific general attorney, of the dinner, and he will be glad to sit down with the professor. Editor Tom McNeal, who never takes thing tragically, says he will be able to stand it if Vernon can. Judge W. R. Smith opines that the profesriors speech will "set better with the guests than the grub will"—a painful reflection on the Togeka hotels. "The Republicans" seys Judge R. R. Welch, "are the friends of the Negro, and are not ashamed to have them either eat or speak at a Republican banquet." If Mosher survived the attack apoplexy which these sentiments must have provoked, he is probably in the Democratic party by this time, for the charman of its state committee; who enjoys the picturesque name of Sapp—Colonel Bill Sapp—approves with gusto of Mosher's refusal to celebrate Kansas day at the annual banquet. "The Vernon affair" says the colonel, "is in keeping with Republican practices. No Nægro will ever eat or speak at a Democratic banquet if have anything to do with it. The Democratic party is the white man's party. Eliminate the Negro vote and the Democrats can carry Kansas hands down." Sapp made a sad business trying to carry Kansas at the late election. He was new at the business, but took hold with great enthusiasm After a strenuous campaign he rouhded up 94,800 votes for Parker. No wonder he sees a ray of hope amid the encirclinf gloom in any old issue. A New York policeman inadvertently arrested his wife for drunkenness. Trouble brewing. Andrew Carnegie is a sufferer from lumbago. Has he ever tried a poor man's plaster for it? The standing army of the Panama republic has been reduced to twenty-five men—all generals, of course. Those Turkish troops that are demanding their pay must seem to the sultan to be sadly lacking in patriotism. Cupid, after seeing the average married couple safely through the honeymoon, goes off on a long vacation. The minister who thought he would be "more useful" if he fasted forty days has now no utility at all. He is dead. Mme. Emma Eames is said to be as "coldly lovely" as ever. The description somehow reminds one of ice cream. That American heiress who refused to pay $70,000 for a count may have reasoned that this was an overcharge of $69,999.70. When a child with one twisted foot is thankful the other is straight, the grouchy pessimist should try to escape from himself. A slim attendance is reported for the New York horse show. The women couldn't have been a very attractive lot this time. The French sardine crop is a failure this year. No matter. It will cost no more to put a French label on the Maine sardines. The football season is ended for this year. Now if they will please quit raising the price of meat good cheer may be expected to prevail. That Pennsylvania man who married a widow after a platonic friendship of twenty-five years must now admit that the elder Weller was right. This sudden thrusting of the zemstvos into public notice is causing a great many busy people to drop everything and run to their cyclopedias. "Every mail brings Nan Patterson offers of marriage." And still there are people who affected not to believe in Max Nordau's theory of degeneration. From the revelations in the matter of the failure of a "women's broker" it would seem that the sucker that is born every minute has a dear little twin sister. The people of New York might pay off their public debt by holding court in Madison Square Garden and charging admission the next time a chorus girl is tried for murder. A scientist says that pumpkin pie is filled with microbes. That is better than having the microbes filled with pumpkin pie, for there wouldn't be any left for the rest of us. John W. Gates was in an automobile accident in New York the other day. The car upset and the chauffeur was seriously hurt. Nothing happened to Gates. Nothing ever does. CRUEL POVERTY AROUSES HIS PITY Robert Hunter Declares That Our Poor Will Soon Be Worse Off Than Are the Poor of Europe. HERE are 10,000,000 people in the United States steeped in poverty. Ten million men, women and children who are not adequately fed, clothed and house… Ten million of our $0,000,000, one-eighth of the population of the entire country, who are the victims of existing economical conditions, which, instead of improving, are becoming worse, so that if the necessary remedies are not soon applied the condition of our poor will be infinitely worse than that of the poor of Europe.” EVILS OF RECENT GROWTH. “Seventy-five years ago we had practically no poverty at all in this country, and there is no reason why our condition to-day should be what it is. We are not individually any worse off. Economically, however, we are much worse off. “Unquestionably there should be much higher wages paid to the workers, but that is only one of the reforms ne-ded. “Fortunately, it is in the power of the people to help themselves. I am not in favor of alms giving. That does Robert Hunter, the young worker in practical philanthropy, former head of the University Settlement, who a year ago married Miss Caroline Phelps Stokes, daughter of Millionaire Anson Phelps Stokes, and who, with his wife, has abandoned a home of luxury in Madison avenue for a modest, unpretentious dwelling in Grove street, New York City, made these startling statements in the parlor of his new home. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hunter modestly deny that they have any purpose of teaching by example a lesson to the poor of the city through the radical action which they have taken. But they have at their disposal a fortune of $10,000,000 and might command a Fifth avenue mansion, a country estate, a private yacht and many automobiles. They might fritter away their time at the opera and the Horse Show and be submerged in the world of fashion and frivolity into which they were born, but instead they have elected to live a life of simplicity and usefulness and continue together the philanthropic work in which they were separately engaged when blind Cupid entered a sordid tenement with them and conjured up a romance. LIVING NEAR THE POOR At No. 88 Grove street they have set up their household goods amid surroundings which, immediately adjoining, are quiet and refined, but which, not many blocks away, comprise some of the most hideous aspects of poverty in New York. There Mr. and Mrs. Hunter have determined to labor together to do their mite toward alleviating the conditions which Mr. Hunter so graphically described. "This is not a slum district," continued Mr. Hunter, reverting to the causes which had led him and his wife to move into Grove street. "We have decent and respectable people for our neighbors, many of them owning their own homes. But there are near by several districts with which I am entirely familiar in which poverty is rife, and neither Mrs. Hunter nor myself will evade any responsibilities which may fall upon us. "Slum' is a much ill-used word. No place is a slum where the residents are decent, respectable and hard working. My idea of a slum is a district where the people are wholly steeped in poverty and filth and are making no effort whatever to help themselves." Then, going back to his first statement, Mr. Hunter said: "Do you consider any country prosperous that has 10,000,000 of its population in poverty? When Charles Dickens visited America he said that 'A beggar in Boston would be like a flaming sword.' Forty years later one half of the people of the United States are propertyless, and about 10,000,000 persons now living will die of tuberculosis if the present conditions are kept up." CONDITIONS GROWING WORKS "When about 50,000 employees of the railroads, mostly young men just married, with wives and children depending upon them, are killed every year, and their families left helpless; when about 150,000 die every year from tuberculosis, resulting from malnutrition, and 1,700,000 little children are compelled to work in factories, sweat shops, mills and furnaces, I think we can expect that conditions will continue constantly to breed a growing poverty in this country, and if these conditions are not remedied, we will have poverty in a very few years that will exceed that of Europe." "What remedy would you suggest?" Mr. Hunter was asked. "First," he replied, "we have got to come to the point where we shall have Government insurance, such as Germany has, against sickness, old age and permanent injury. There industry is taxed to pay for all injuries received by the workers, who also pay a proportionate share into the fund. "In addition we must give greater attention to our tenement house laws, to the rules governing workshops, etc.; to the railroads and to child labor. The latter should be absolutely prohibited. I am aware that any one who advocates these reforms is apt to be regarded as a Socialist, but on the other hand, what do the workers think of the prevailing conditions?" "And what has brought about this condition of affairs?" "Unquestionably the economic organization of society at present is responsible for most of its stress." "Do you mean the trusts?" "I am not specifying, and I am not prepared offhand to discuss the relations of the trusts to the present economic conditions. I don't think, however, that the conditions are due to drink or any other ordinary cause. The causes are not personal, but social." EVILS OF RECENT GROWTH. "Seventy-five years ago we had practically no poverty at all in this country, and there is no reason why our condition to-day should be what it is. We are not individually any worse off. Economically, however, we are much worse off. "Unquestionably there should be much higher wages paid to the workers, but that is only one of the reforms ne-ded. "Fortunately, it is in the power of the people to help themselves. I am not in favor of alms giving. That does no permanent good. And there is another growing impression that ought to be corrected. It is that the rich are always good and the poor always bad. There is no question that this is false. If you will take 1000 rich men and 1000 poor, you will find that they average up about even." Mr. Hunter then took up his book on "Poverty," which has just been published by the Macmillans, and quoted the prediction of Charles Fourier, made 100 years ago, that "vast joint stock companies, designed to monopolize and control all branches of industry, commerce and finance, would establish an industrial or commercial feudalism that would control society by the power of capital, as did the old baronial or military 'feudalism by the power of the sword." "If we are going to have an economical feudalism in this country," concluded Mr. Hunter, "as strong as the old baronial feudalism, it will be because the people do not prevent it. They possess the power and the votes." A NUMERICAL MISTAKE. How a Political Candidate of Mississippi Made a Grievous Error. "Private" John Allen tells us of an old time politician of Mississippi who was making a personal canvass of his territory. "One day," relates Mr. Allen, "the statesman was doing the southern portion of the State. Suddenly he struck a community that appeared fairly a swarm with children. Never had he seen so many little ones in so small a place. Clustered about one doorway were some fourteen tots of various ages. In their midst stood an extremely good looking young woman. "Madam,' said the politician, with a gallant bow, 'you must permit me to kiss those charming little ones." "The woman merely smiled. "After he had affectionately saluted each of them, he asked, with a genial smile, 'All yours.'" "The statesman, with another bow, then said: 'I trust, madam, that I may further trespass upon your good nature by asking that you will be so good as to inform your husband that Colonel —, candidate for Congress from this district, called upon him this afternoon.' "Pardon me!' gasped the woman, 'but I have no husband.' "But these children, madam!' exclaimed the astonished statesman. 'You are not a widow?' "Oh, no, sir!" was the reply. 'This is an orphan asylum!"—Woman's Home Companion. Newspaper Women. Women are constantly demonstrating more clearly their capacity for success in newspaper work. Thousands of women hold positions on newspapers in this country. In fact the daily newspaper in the United States that has not a woman or women on its staff is a very rare exception. Many women are newspaper proprietors and show ability for business management as well as editorial and reportorial work. There are woman's press clubs in nearly every State and women newspaper workers are as enthusiastic devotees to their profession as men. They have contributed largely and variously to the success and popularity of the newspapers of this country and are now recognized as a great and growing factor in the profession. Women are not restricted to any one department of newspaper work. Women are employed not only as society reporters and correspondents, but as news reporters, news editors and editorial writers. In fact, a bright woman can make herself useful in almost every line of newspaper work and the retirement of women from journalism would be a great loss to the profession and to the public. He End His Orders. The visitor to London was seated at a table in one of the expensive restaurants in the West End, thinking of various things as he read over the bill of fare and observed the prices. "Hello!" he exclaimed to the waiter, "haven't you any conscience at all at this place?" "Beg pardon?" returned the haughty servitor. "Haven't you got any conscience? Don't you understand?" The waiter picked up the bill of fare and began looking it over. "I don't know if we have or not," he said. "If we have, it's on the bill; if we ain't, it's a extra. Them's the rules, sir." The largest continuous stairway in the world is that which leans to the tower of the Philadelphia City Hall. It has 598 steps. Newspaper Women. He End His Orders. 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