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THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT YOU CAN SAVE MONEY BY TRADING WITH THE MERCHANTS WHO ADVERTISE IN THIS PAPER 6TH YEAR. Get Right Stay Right The Chronicle Kicker And The "Always Wrong" Color- ed Man Had Better Stop Kicking And ET RIGHT and STAY RIGHT HAS ONE MORE CHANCE Now is the time for all of the col- led voters to get into the "band wag- er." Hon. James H. Stewart is gooing be the Republican party's nominee and it is time to get right and keep it, if any of you were "ever" long. Mr. Stewart is a new clean candidate not affiliated with any of the soiled factions in the city and we would suggest that there is going to a chance for the colored man to be next two and possibly four years, he happens to start right and stays at way. There is nothing to be made to letting it be known that you started as a bolter for the past has seen a very dear teacher to some of colored people who have been misused by listening to kickers and disgruntled human beings. The man who gives there" is generally the man who has earned some recognition by his loyalty to the party and establishes his integrity. What can the colored people expect from the democratic parity? ONLY PROMISES, and that don't pay the bills or keep the wolf away from the door. There are only a few of the colored voters who have had reasons to feel that they were not treated right in times gone by. Let byegones be byegones and try it once more. There is a new clean straight citizen in the field now and it is a pretty good time to let it be known that you are right and intend to stay that way. The time is not far distant and it is dangerous to wait. WILL TRY AGAIN. The colored voters of the second ward will ask again for a candidate for membership of the school board. They are in earnest and will present the names of Mr. John T. Chinneh and Rev. J. H. Van Len and either gentleman will be satisfactory and both gentlemen are very nicely dressed for the place and will perform the duties in a most satisfactory manner. Give them this office and they will be satisfied. PROSPEROUS COLORED FARM Mr. John Fleming, a prosperous and well to do colored farmer, from Pratt county, Kansas, was in Wichita Wednesday Thursday and Friday to attend the big cattle horse, and hog sale of the Robison Bros. Mr. Fleming purchased a big Percheron stallion and sold the sum of $600 for him. The stallion is "Rouleau" and is full-blood. Mr. Fleming bought this fine animal for his stock farm in Pratt county. Mr. leming is one of the pioneers it county, having come to that county in 1884 and when he landed with his wife and two children he did not have a penny, but today he is the owner of 1,120 acres of good farm land and has it well stocked and fitted with the best and latest improved implements for farming. This is the most substantial solution of the much vexed race problem. While in Wichita he made our office a welcome visit and we write him to come again. Democrats Will Dine Will Be Invited To Break Bread With Them-And To Tell of the Many Lost Battles WILL "SAPP" IT ALONE "Democrats will hold a 'love' feast." Chairman Sapp says; It is to be A WHITE man's banquet. Kansas democrats will hold a feast or better named a democratic revival in Topeka, Feb. 22, the date of their second annual banquet. Billy Bryan is the principal attraction and the colored race is the topic. The dinner will be given under the management of the democratic State Central committee. So it it will be considered official and looked upon as it is intended. The annual gathering of the democratic moguls will be for mutual benefits so it is said. The committee met in Topeka Tuesday and decided there would be no negro precedent established. Chairman Sapp says he believes in giving the negro what education they can get, but to keep him where he belongs. He further says, according to the accounts published, that the negro should not expect to mingle with WHITE men on occasions like these. He objects to (what he terms it) the theory of social equality, except when the colored voter counts for what he does on election day. He says: I expect the democrats to profit by the mistakes made in the past 'adding insult to injury.' The democrats never did have any use for the negro, and it is small business to try and make political capital out of notoriety given prominence by advertising the fact that the Negro is not wanted only on election day. The Negro population throughout Kansas should remember this and resent the im tupioatnaatiucplr,ismdm m m m imputation, particularly when approached by the democratic ward heeler or the so-called tin-horn politician, who is seeking an election to office "for revenue only." The negro race are worthy of better treatment and can only expect it from those whom are willing to extend them justice and rights. The republicans have given them all they ever received and can be depended upon to do so in the future. There is "many a slip between the Cup and the Lip" and Sapp has made more of them than the democrats will be able to recover from. SEARCHLIGHT $1.00 per year Great Speech OF Prof. Vernon BEFORE THE Kansas Day Club Monday Night, Jan. 30 all people these new st which admixture by de through tortuous paths, i creed the glorious state common country. It is the tiny. Children of Him are The legacy of duty to t left with those who hav ties; and none can sit idly in vogue the law of str and sharpest claw for trul "The laws of changeless Oppressor with oppress Interest in the annual banquet of the Kansas Day club, which was held in the rotunda of the state house Monday night centered in the speech of Prof. W. T. Vernon, the negro orator. The invitation to Vernon to address the club not only established a precedent, but it aroused a storm of criticism. Divers and sundry persons made of it an occasion on which to expose the length of their ears. The nasty Mosier letter was inspired by it. The signal personal triumph achieved by Professor Vernon in his speech Monday night is, therefore, of more than passing interest. Vernon is black as midnight. The contour of his head and face are those of the pure blooded negro. He has none of that grace or charm of person that sometimes holds an audience. But Kansas has rarely, if ever, heard an orator of such power, Vernon's phraseology runs the gamut of good English. Behind a vocabulary which is as poetic as the dream of a lover and which swings full voiced and melodious from major to minor key with the ease and precision of a swiftly moving current he has sincerity of thought and that indefinable something which for want of a better name we call personal magnetism. No Kansas Day speaker in years has received such tremendous ovation at the end of his speech and no one has held the attention of his audience so closely. Vernon, with a colored skin hanging over him, won his spurs fairly Monday night and justified the placing of his name on the Kansas day program. DR. VERNON'S ADDRESS. The address of Dr. W. T. Vernon, of Quindaro, responding to the toast, "A Plea for the Suspension of Judgment" is in full as follows: It is a long way from the backwoods of Missouri where I was born to a speaker's place at a Kansas Day banquet; and were I to use all the time allotted me in efforts to express my gratitude for the opportunity given me by President Valantine and the officers and members of this club. I still could not utter my profound appreciation for this encouragement to my people whom my destiny is linked with forever. There is no personal honor; but rather the expression of cheer and helpfulness to a struggling race, a faithful part of the great struggling party represented by this great gathering tonight. I would not separate myself from my race. I am content to suffer affliction with them. Placed for a spell by His Almighty hand within this tenement of possibly less favored clay—the deathless soul which speaks through lips ofttimes derided shall not lament its presence there. The cause of my people is my cause their struggles my struggles. Why are we here? A destiny unseen brought Mayflower with freedom to Western wild, cavalier to old dominion and slaver's ship to Southland, to all people these new shores from which admixture by devious ways, through tortuous paths, fate has decreed the glorious state we call our common country. It is the way of destiny. Children of Him are we all. The legacy of duty to this world is left with those who have opportunities; and none can sit idly by and see in vogue the law of strongest beak and sharpest claw for truly, "The laws of changeless justice bind Oppressor with oppressed, And close as sin and suffering joined We march to fate abreast." CAUSE FOR HOPELESSNESS. To wall over unfortunate conditions or bemoan what at times seems an untoward fate is to display neither manhood nor gratitude toward friends. We have just cause for hopefulness. Remembering the sacrifice of benefactors whose memory is embalmed in history's urn, we mark the vast step from savagery of ancestor to the product of the school today, from chattering jargon and fetish adoration on native heath four centuries ago, we rung by rung have come to poets, painters, scholars of esthetic tastes and a reverence for the Christian's God. We too have heard the voice of duty and feel a higher Providence calling us onward. We see other personalities than our own, having rights we must respect, if we would in turn have ours respected and thus do deeds that lift man up to loftier heights. We realize that every idle hand, every vicious thought, every depraved soul, every breach of law, every desire to have the shadow rather than the real, mean ignoble failure and inharmony with the divine economy of creation. As the schools do their work we awake to obligations that bind us all and recognize responsibility to self, humanity and God. Though at times seen and unseen foes interpose, friends in a greater degree beckon and lead us on; and if at times we stumble, fail and fall, as in the past, despairing not we rise to progress. We are resolved to put aside regrets for doubting, failing yesterday and seeing these only as warnings against future mistakes, each day essay a nobler task. If we need examples of unconquerable courage we have but to trace your glorious career. You, too, have had your struggles. When England, proud, victorious mistress of the seas, sought to undo that at which your ancestors for near two centuries wrought, England failed. And why? Your bravery and love for God and home and native land, inspired by the spirit your race always knew to know no masters, made you free. Then by your side on Boston Commons our Attucks died, at Bunker Hill was Salem, at Yorktown, when to Washington was handed the sword of Cornwallis, negro slaves, too, stood at parade rest, believing that in some far o day their children's children would know the freedom which that day came to you and yours. With Perry at Lake Erie, with Jackson at New Orleans, my people died. And why? In them was stuff that heroes makes and they were led by heroes. SPIRIT SWEPT THE AIR. From American soil a spirit sprang which quickened all it touched. It swept the air even in cane brake, cotton patch and rice swamp. It made of slaves men who knew no fear if duty called. And what more shall I say? For time would fail to tell me of Wagner, Petersburg, and of our work on sea and land from '61 to '65 when we ceased to fight as serfs, but, fighting as only free men can, proved that the Providence which sent us here had for its purpose the preserving of a higher life of ipraETAOINETAOINA nation's life as well as the giving of a higher life to us. In peace the same devotion gave we to those whom we served. We delved in earth, we tunnelled mountains, we diked and stayed the wash-dashed set carrying all of nature's power, we felled the trees in forests primeval, we changed the course of winding river, we leveled hills and tilled the fields, we gathered stores in barn and bin, we wrought in mine and drew the load, the burden bearers were we. If aboriginee or wild beast attack were threatened, we watched at day or night, and still if wanted at toil men had but to look at spreading fields at either dawn or fading twilight and we were there. We broke no faith; we betrayed no trust. And since that earlier day men said "This bondage must not be—the bondman, must know freedom." And dispite fugitive slave law, Dred Scott decision, 'mid persecution, revilings, scourgings, yea death, some of your race risked all that black men might be free. Then came the Birneys, Lovejoys, Freemans, Beechers, Lundys, Garrisons, Phillips, Summers and others, the earthborn saviors of mankind, who from out the hushed past still utter forth the sentiments that baptize souls in the holy fire of martyr-like resolve these men were God's anointed for this task. But what of John Brown, old Osawatomic, he of Kansas, whom they hanged? 'Twas then a hero slept, a martyr whose blood became the seed of the church of human liberty and freedom. He died, but dying won, for he gave impetus to the Kansas spirit and the things for which the Kansas Day club stands. But there is still another—one standing to himself—who like his Christ died for a race who toiled up his Golgotha at times almost alone, whose life can be explained as being one of the ways of an inscrutable Providence to do his work—Abraham Lincoln. A MILLION MEN RESPONDED. At his call a million men went south In hedges, highways, swamp and bog they found us lost. Many of them still sleep there. They were your fathers brothers and friends and you felt and feel the sacrifice today, and my poor feeble words can never tell you how grateful we are. But way down there where wrong still is, where peonag$, scourgings, burnings yet go on, there are black lips mute with suffering, and anguished souls with outstretched arms appealing, grateful for what the past has been and praying relief from burdens that still oppress. We again look to the Republican party for relief, and I do not believe that we look in vain. I know no other party nor should my people, for through it justice will finally be ours. When for us skies show ominous we turn with confidence to the Re- publican party and to Kansas. All honor to both. They stand inparable in what for us, at least, must forever remain time's greatest drama. With backward glance above the smoke of battle our eyes forever behold the gleaming sword whose upward swing preserved Kansas, and whose downward stroke freed the world from the stain of human slavery. Though veiled by battle smoke WE KNOW WHAT HAND IS AT THE HILT. Yes, the Republican party was an immaculate conception and Kansas was born in heaven. Through its mighty leader, Lincoln, it said: "If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong," and the action block, slave pen and rattle of chains were all no more. This party enfranchised us and through as yet illly prepared for so vast a step, of two evils this was by far the less. For until the leaders of the Republican party legislated otherwise, the ex-masters were passing laws making our condition more intolerable than that of slavery. Your party would not leave the negro, who at all times had been faithful to his country, to the mercy of his oppressors who conspired to destroy the nation in peace and fought to destroy it in war. In this the republican party was right. The contention that the negro, no matter how intelligent, or worthy shall not vote, but must be counted and therefore represented in congress by political opponents, is a political heresy which the Republican party, if loyal to the lofty principles which gave it birth, can never tolerate. MANY STRIVE SUCCESSFULLY. We have not all succeeded, many have failed, as must necessarily obain in the case of a once enslaved ace, but there are so many who have striven and successfully so. The emancipation proclamation could not suddenly rid us of all that centuries of barbarism and slavery had left. Ours must be a growth. And by patient toil and continued effort on our part with your sympathy and aid, this country will finally see a rightful solution of the difficulties which confront us. Moved by enlightened self-interest, laboring for country's weal, realizing the duty of man to man, the best of your race will not sit idly by and leave this task to those who care not whether that which is righteous or unrighteous shall prevail; and Kansas, as before, is prepared to lead out for that "righteousness which exalteth a nation." To you, our friends, I promise as a race we will not fail to respond to every ennobling call, every uplifting appeal that you can make. This problem is the problem of our whole country since the citizenship of all sections determines our national character. We have no chiding for critics who having eyes see only our worst; who having ears, hear only of our ignoble deeds; who having hearts never feel that sympathy which man should feel for fellow man. Conditions over which the present generation had no control gave birth to feelings the outgrowth of ancestral days. Nor do we cherish resentment for those who harm or strive to harm us now. Omniscience (continued on page four) THE SEARCHLIGHT, ee es Wacmrra, . : KANS. a ‘W. ON. MILLER, Editor. ‘Batered at the Post Office at Wiehita, Eaosas, as Second -Class Mail Matter. Pablished Evory Saturday at Ne. 110 Nonry Marx Sr. “AATES OF SUBSCHIPTION- @® STRICTLY IN ADVANCE. ‘Ono Year { by mail J ...... $1.00: Six months [ by mail ]...... Te Three months [ by mail } ... 500 OND M.ONTH ............ 16m Advertising Rates Made Known On Appll NOTICE!! — All matters addressee to Tus Szarcuticur for public ton must be signed by the part ar parties writing. All matters for publication must reach this office not later than TUESDAY to reach publication is the current sssue, RULES OF THs OFFIOE. tat. 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Sth No Namo will se placed on our books svithout the money, So agents will send the money with subscriber's name, Gth Address all communications to “ The ‘Wie ta Searchlight ’ Wichita, Kausas. ‘Tth Any erroneous reflection upon the ‘tbaracter, standing or reputation of any per yon which may appear in this paper, will be Badly corrected if beought to the Editor, “To Live and Let Live, "is OUR Motto, Right Road to Prison A certain receet happening in Oregon, Mo. has incited the edi- tor of the Holt County Sentinel to the foliowing outburst: “Tf Sou are the father of boy whom you want to land in the penitentiary or reform - school, observe the followire rules; ‘When he doesen’t want to go to school, let him loaf; when he gets inco mischief and your neigh bor reyorts it to you, curse your neighbor in the presence of your boy. Whee he gets a little larger aud purloins something of value and you find it out, just leugh and let it go. When he gets in- to something that calls him into justiees court, and is found guil- ty, pay the fine, curse the court, the jury and eveay one that is connected with the matter, and pity the boy, and you will soon have a spleudid candidate for the pen.” AtchisonGlobe. NEGRO SOLDIER. “I kpow of the bravery and character of the Negro soldier, He saved my life at Santiago,and have had accasion to say so in many articles and speeches. The Rough Riders were in a bad con; dition when the Ninth anc Tenth ecavalary cam? rushing up the hill carring everything before them. The Negro soldier has the faleuty of coming to the front when needed most. In the Civil war he came 4000,000 strong and I believe he saved the Unicn »_ President Roosevelt” After a man gets converted, his neighbors speculate every time they see him as to how soon he will pay what he owes them.— PUBLICATION NOTICE. First Publication Jan. 28th, | State of Kansas, Sedgwick Co., 8. § In the District Court, Eighteenth Ju dicial district. S.A, BOTTS, Plaintift, Versus ©. 8. WINSLOW and ANGIE SALEN Defendants. The sbove named defendants, are hereby notified that they have been sued in the district court in and for Sedgwick county, Kan., to quiet the title in the said plaintiff to the follow- ing Yands to wit: Lots 94 and 96 on ‘Munnell avenue and Reserve “E” all in Glendale addition to the city of ‘Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, as shown by the recorded plat thereof. And that unless the said defendants shall be and appear in said court on or before the 13th day of March, A. D., 1908, and then and there plead answer or demurr to plaintiff's petl- tiom therein filed a decree will be en- tered pro confesso in said action against each of said defendants quiet- ing the title in said above described ands in the plaintiff and forever bar- ring and perpetually enjoining said defendants and each of them from setting up or attempting to set up any claim to or interest in said lands or any part of thereof and further decreeing the plaintift’s title to be paramount to all other titles and per- fect in law and equity. J. C. MILTON, Attorney for Plaintiff WIGRITA TABERNACLE Ko. 34, Order of Twelve ‘Meets First and Third Tharséay (Of Each Mooth All Daighters In Good Standing Invited Mrs. Mattie Miller, H. P. Beatrice Miller. See. Hail 517 North Main Stroet SSEESETTTITTITTIITIIIITT | HOLINESS MEETINGS, A series of meetings are being eld at the Holiness Mission,119 E Maurdeck, p:eaching every night in the week and on Sugday the follow ing services are held, Sunday Echo) 10a. m, Preaching lle m, Bible Class 2p. m, Preaching 7.30p, m Whe services are donducted by Elder W- H, Seith assisted by Mrs F, P. Bateman. Everybody és cordially invited to attend all of these meetingt. Dr. J. E. Farmer, Physician and Surgeon -~-Diseases of — Women and Children A Specialty New Phone 936 Office 517 N. Main St DIDN,T KNOW THIS DOCTOR WAS A NEGRO Boenville, Mo.,— Owing to the appointment of Dr. R. Leon Hill a Negro of this city, to a place on the local pensiop medical board, Dr. J. T. Me Clanahan and Dr. F. R, Smiley resigned as members of this board. When making the appointment the ‘pension commissioner at Wash ington was unaware that Hill was a Negro. HOMES DRAW NO COLOR Hotels Refuse Negro Singers and Residences Take Them In. The eolor line was drawn in Waukesha, Wis. on last Saturday when every hotel and boarding house in the city refused t- ad- mit the five coloreb members of the {Maryland Jubilee company whieh gave a concert at the Con gregational church under the auspices of the Y. M.C. A. The situation was explained at the concert, and the men were enter tained ovsr night at the best homes in the city, President S. B Harding, of the modern Steel Siructural Company, and R. P. Reese, cashier of the Exchange bank, being amoug those whe opened their homes to the com-- pany. é Locals and Personals Read the great Searchlight, The Race’s standard Bearer SAKFFLAAALLLAAAKLLSLAALAAAAKAASAASKAMAAMA EE EE ee ee ee a ee ee ee ers Spc rau 4 1 if oe BYE ‘ OK DYE Lo - Ball EWA ; AND DRY Pe CLEANING WORKS 1 p-)' ‘ —— iA ‘ ‘The sante old clothes, but, oh, what PY, ‘ Siaueus face ie ©. Dye ai Dy Ha: fj ‘ Cleaning Works fixed them, Myf ‘\ 4 ‘Second hand clothing good as new for sD : One-Fourth Less than better HW YkG goods. 1 IV a Good Pants from 75c up LP Suits from $2.50 up. 7 J ‘ 3 4 Clothing Cleaned, Pressed and Repaired : Ladies’ Work A Specialty. | Db. D. Duncan, Prop. 380 North Main Street ne OE EE ERIE CEE TCT TS Givoe whizz!ll How cold Oby By Mre A Bradford is improving fast, What is the matter aobedy is getting married among the eelvred people. Louis @. Clark is quite ill at his heme 1101 So, Mosley, Me has a severe attask of la grippe- Visit bim, Rev J H Aan Lou left Saturday on his mission work. The A M E charch ave holding a series of cottage prayer meetings ‘Phe tadies sewing Guild enter- tained Tuesday eve at the home oy Mrs L Gibbs. ‘ M-s MStewart or Topeka is in the city visiting her mother Mis Maria Miller who bas been sick r Tho thomameter kas got stuck dewn to about 7 to 8 below aero and seemingly ean’t turn loose, Officor Jeff Thompson is improv ing as rapid as possible end hopes soon to be out among his friends, All the coleved people are for Jas H Stewan for Mayor He is the mau for the place. Tue 0, K. Dye Works at 330 N. Main st has some fine bargains in good second hand clothing hoes and caps. Call and see them, Mr: Jobn Fleming of Pratt Co. was tle guest of Mrand Mrs A A Fox 428 N. Water st during bis stay in our city this week. The GL A Clab met ot the reei- dence of Mrs Allens’ on Blaine ave Tuesday Jan. 3st Quite an num- ber were present. After the usual hour of needle work the roll was called Mrs L, ..Corr acting as critic for the sfternoon, Theeritic spoke very highly of the Indies and the nesiped improvement they were nating, After busines@ an elegant jaocbeon wes served nd the club adj-uroed to meet next week with as: 'T, H. Cox 904 N. Wichita. ——_—— BITTLE Lats Mr Mileo Parker reports to us of ‘fine repa:t which the members of the Tabernacle Baptist chureh spr. 4 for Mrs. R. N. Countee before her departure for Kansas C ty a week or #0 ago. 3 The supper was spead at the home of Mrs Vina Demon 915 N. Wichita st and was one of the nest elaborate of the season, ‘Those present were;— 20 TO GRANT’S CIGAR and SHINE PAROR Prsatiaaitg tearatina vse nie es aati For Oigars, Tobacco and Shine: Phone 658. W.H. H. Grant, Prep Geo’ Danie's began his daties as janitor at the Court House on Feb- Ast. Mrs. B.D’ Grayson returned to the citp Sunday from Hutehiuson She reperts her husband abie to look after his business again, ©. R Williey of Clearwater Kas was in the city Wednesday to at- iend the cattle sale, He is buying thorengh bred cattle for his farm- NEW CLUB : The F,DandC U-G, Ciub a newly organized svcial body held its meeting Tresiay evening ut the home of of Miss Daisy Bradford 908 N Water st. Joseph Bell is president and Miss A Bradford is secretary, Jes J Olden returnep Wednes- day from Topeka where be has been attending the legislative sers- on Jim got bis which he always does ‘Miss Marie gteveson left Monday for her home in Valley Center ‘The ladies Sewiag Circle of the Second Baptitt chureb entertained a nember of their friends and their husbands as their guest on Mon—| akeve at the home of Mr E J, Alexander | It is as easy to pleasd an ene- my as it is to please a friend.— Atchisen Globs. Mesdames R. N, Geuntee, Joseph ive Miller, Bell Todd, Bottey, M. Parker, B, J. Topp, Sarah Walden Messer: Miles Parker, B. J. Topp @nas Price, Batty Mrs Gountee went t» Kans. City o attend at the bed side of ber sick husbane. ‘All hope for the early recovery of Rev Countee, / 'Phongh Mr Parker is a little late Jin his items-- he promises to do better next time ana therefore it is = appreciated. | * QHITED WE STAND, SIDES WEFALY * \ |PEERLESS STEAM LAUNDRY { Best Lanndry In The City co. vem. Phone 282 SELOVER & SOWS, Props. — eee 3 ate be he ets eteny Voge out reg eres eee OOOO VV WesTean Universiy The Great Edueational Institution for Kansas and the West........ DEPARTMENTS: Theoiogieal, College, Normal, Sub-Normal and State Industrial. BOURSES: Classical, College, Preparatory, Normal, Sub. 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Main St. _ Old Phone146 === New Phone 1804 HOUCK Hardware store Insuraace Gasoline Stoves Liwn Mowers Rubber Hose, ete. ‘U6 East Douglas Ave. WHBRE DO YOU TRABRg? Where do you buy your greser- ies, meat, furniture, millinery shoes drogs clothing anb other necessea» 1es? Does the dea’er with whom yous (rada advestise in the S-arch- light? Look at your prper and ser, If you do not find his ‘ad’? im our columns the next time you go to buy anything at his store ask him why him why he does act place au ‘ad’? with us— as dees not evst much and shows that he appreeiates your trade, Ask your dealer if he wouldu’t bike to plaes his “ad’ id the Search light— the Wiehita paper publish- ed by colored people in the interest of the colored race. Aub if he doos not advertie: with us and would like to do se— notify ue, Just think of the thonsands ef dollars which the colore! people spend in the various storee— don’t you think it is little enowgh for your dealer to place an “a0,” in your race paper— why of eourer. If the deaier srom whom you bay yous goods dose not and will not advertis: in your race paper— you car. fiud the name of d:alers in our colmns who oo— aud want your trade and will treat you right— too Potroniz the merebants who show that they want your irade by ad- ‘vertize in the race paper fer it. If your merchant does mct advertize ‘ our colums fill out the following blank #nd send it to us;— Editur Searchlight. Tirade With.scccessscsecoen He dove not advestise in yo paper, © "T have requested bit tod, Pleace eal! on bin ni My Addres———__—— Fill this blank out if your me chant does not advertise with i Search’ ight— and we will call him and publish his reply, PEOPLE WILL BECOME 0! RACE. By Byshop Jno. w.Hamiaton. It is undeniable that the rat was once’one Within sfew gent® ations it will be one ayain. Thi statement may shock some pre} udices, but it is true neverthel All races are in progress of am gamstion, one with the othe There were four great epocl mouements during the last tury, which were almost evetl! divided into four periods. The* correspond with the verse in thé New Testament which s4* “There is neither Jew ar Greek there is neither bond nor ire there is neither male nor fensl for yeare all one in Jesus © ‘hrist” The first twenty-five years of last century saw the finding the great missionary cities whi when analyzed, really show the unity of the race. Phonographs Columbia, Victor Edison "MIR MASTER'S VOICE." X P Records 25c Edison Gold M Songs, Band, Orchestra, Talking. Anything You Would Care To Listen To Sold On Easy Payments Eberhardt & Hays —Corner Douglas and Emporia Avenues— Tata Paint and Varnish Co. Manufacturers Of House Paints, Wagon, Buggy, Carriage Paints, White Lead. 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Bear In Mind t when you want COAL we are the ones to handle all kinds and you will find our prices Phone your order. Both Phones 496 L we are the ones to s find our prices' rig Both Phones 496 That when you want COAL we are the ones to see. We handle all kinds and you will find our prices right. Phone your order. Both Phones 496 NOVEL PHONE 496 J.H. TURNER WICHITA, KANS. 533 TO 542 WEST DOUGLAS SECOND TO NONE NONE --- Pleases All GOOD BREAD MAKERS It Is White As Snow. TRY IT OTTO WEISS. Agent. B WORK IS OUR HOBBIE MYRON A. DEAN oeries, Fruits, Vegetab and Feed. 815 N- MAIN ST 101-Both Phones - OLDEN'S DRUG STO OUR HOBBY R. DEAN s, Vegetable ed. MAIN ST 101-Both Phones - 101 UC STOR --- JOB WORK IS OUR HOBBY. MYRON A. DEAN Groceries, Fruits, Vegetables and Feed. Prescriptions Filled with Care . Drugs of all kinds, Cigars and Tobacco patronage solicited. + Once a customer, alw mer. Our store is Headquaters for Colored pe gars and Tobacco . Since a customer, always waters for Colored people ... Drugs of all kinds, Cigars and Tobacco . . . Your patronage solicited. + Once a customer, always a customer. Our store is Headquaaters for Colored people. 615 North Main st. --- To Hot Springs Hot Springs Special MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY Passengers from Wichita, leave at Yates Cent x with the Hotel THE HOT SPRINGS SOLID VESTIBULA CARRIES DINING CARRIES SLEEPERT TO HOT SPRING This new service is the quick yet been offered to the great Illustrated books, describing undersigned on application E. E. Bleckly, T. P. A. Passengers from Wichita, leaving on 11.30 A.M. train, connect at Yates Cent r with the Hot Springs Special at 2:55 P.M. THE HOT SPRINGS SPECIAL IS A SOLID VESTIBULE. ELECSRIC LIGHTED TRAIN CARRIES DINING CAR AND ELEGANT NEW PULMAN SLEEPERT TO HOT SPRINGSWISH OUT CHANGE. This new service is the quickest and most convenient that has yet been offered to the greatest health resort in America. Illustrated books, describing Hot Springs, may be had from the undersigned on application Wtchita, Kans. Nice Furnished -ROOMS- By the night or week Mrs. R. Heck, Prop. 242 North Water St. CHANGED; HANDS. Schollenberger Bros have sold their bicycle repair shop at 230 N. Main st. to the Wichita Bicycle and Sporting Goods Co. under the management of Mr. E. E. Campbell. The new firm guarantees its patrons the same courteous treatment which was extended by Schollenberger Bros. In addition to all kinds bicycles and bicycle repairs the new firm carries a full line of guns and ammunition. Call and see them. W. S. MENRION DRUGGIST 501 N. Main St. Wichita, Kans. Wichita Bicycling Sporting (Successors to Sch 230 N. Main WICHITA, Bicycles are Anything in the Sporting Wichita Bicycle and Sporting Goods Co Anything in the Sporting Goods line you want Mrs. J. R. Kelly of Springfield Mo. will arrive in the city to spend a few days with her sister Mrs. V. J. Foster 809 N. Water st Mrs. Kelly has an invalid husband which prevents her moking an extended visit. Mrs. Henry Branson and her mother Mrs. M. Mc Bride have returned from Texas where thsy spent six weeks the guest of brother and son Edward Mc Bride at his farm near Huntsville Texas. The ladies report having an enjoyable time on their trip. They were the recipients or many lavish and elaborate social feasts and were kept busy during their entire stay answering the many invitation extended them to dinners teas and parties. Mrs. Branson was presented with a solid gold bracelet by her un Mrs. Rachel Sikes. One half of the bracelet is solid gold horse shoes—while the other half is of solid gold mule shoes and is a beauty. The two ladies will long cherish a fond and pleasant remember nee often eir recent Texas trip. --- aving on 11.30 A.M. train, connect S Springs Special at 2:55 P.M. S SPECIAL IS A THE ELECSRIC LIGHTED TRAIN AND ELEGANT NEW PULMAN INGSWISH OUT CHANGE. kets and most convenient that has best health resort in Americas. Hot Springs, may be had from the Kans. =SMOKE= BLUE SEAL =CIGARS= SOLD EVERYWHERE --- HOUCK Hardware Store First Class Goods at Lowest Prices 116 East Douglas Avenue Bear Among Shoppers. Tree men were bitten and several thousand shoppers were thrown into a panic at Cleveland, Ohio, when a recently captured bear, brought here for sale, broke away from its captors and ran through the heart of the shopping district. Men and women scattered in every direction, fighting for entrance to the various nearby buildings. The animal sought refuge in an alley. It was tackled by a Negro wrestler who threw the animal and put a leg (v) its head. cycle and Goods Co (Collenberger & Co.) Phone 545 KANSAS and Repairs ing Goods line you want Mrs. I J. Porter returned home from Chetopa where she had to attend the bedside of her sick mother. She was called home on the account of her husband meeting with the misfortune of getting his leg broken. SAD ACCIDENT While delivering ice at the Wichita Hospital Saturday afternoon Mr. Ike J. Porter accidently slipped on a slippery stool step leading to the basement of the hospital and fell and a piece of office weighing 150 bounds fell on his leg and broke it at the ankle. The injury is a very a very painful one and it will be several weeks before Mr. Porter will be able to leave the hospital as the bone at the ankle will be slow to mend. The many friends of Mr. Porter regret very much to learn of this sac accident. Sunbay night about 9 o'c eck the house belonging to Mrs. Swan atch &St. Francis was burned almost to I. R Sherwin, P. & T. A. SAD ACCIDENT Renewed Clothing Sensation Wichita's Most Sensational Overcoat Sale will be Continued this week - - 700 Men's. Boys' and Children's Overcoats, in heavy weights, must be closed out, as I have always made it a rule never to carry any Overcoats from one season to another. Therefore, These Overcoats are manufactured by the finest "Good Clothes" makers-Hait, Sochaffner & Marx, and Brokaw Bros., in men's and youth's; Sykes Kirshbaum, and Eclipse makes of boys' and children's. THE FULTON Don't Worry F. S. HUNT, MGR. Watch Us Grow All Overcoats Go These Overcoats are manufactu Clothes' makers—Hait, Sohaffner Bros., in men's and youth's; Sykes F makes of boys' and children's. THE FUL Don't Worry F. S. HUNT WONDERFUL DISCOVERY Curly Hair Made Straight By TASEN FROM LIFE, BEFORE AND AFTER TREATMENT. ORIGINAL STOCKTREK MARROW H W Dean, H W Dean, DEALER IN..... Fresh and Salt Meats Poultry and Oysters Meat Market 813 North Main Street Banner Mills CUSTOM GKINDING A Specialty ALL KINDS OF COAL & FEED PROKINSON BROS, PROPS. 922 N. Main St. Phone 580 In The Grocery Line Your wants need careful attention and our store is the place to get it. We handle the best of Fancy and Staple Groceries and our prices are right. Orders given prompt attention. Kernal & Co., 1102 E. Douglas Pone 357 the ground. No one was at home at the time the fire stared and the cause unknown. Mrs. W. N. Miller has been very seventy ill for the past week. The Eureka Club will givek a big Ball at Odd Fell W hall Monday night Feb. 6th Every one invited. Thing a sacri --- At Half-Price manufactured by the finest "Good offner & Marx, and Brokaw ykes Kirshbaum, and Eclipse ULTON NT, MGR. Watch Us Grow NEWTON NEWS Mrs. Aquilla Coleman and little daughter Thelma have returned from Topeka. Mrs. D. Hall who has been very ill for the past few weeks is slowly recovering. There will be a cocial given at Odd Fellows hall next Thursday night for the benifit of C. M. E. church. Rev. Denton pastor of the Second Baptist Church is carring on revival this week. Mr. Ed Lawson is reported quite ill. Mrs. Goreeland son of Lawsen o Kans. are the guest of her mother Mrs. M. Childe. Mr and Mrs. Recovery have been reported ill. Rev. Branegan who has been sick or some time taken suddenly with another paralytic strock. He is reported very ill. CLEARWATER NEWS Mr. Geo. Barton a prosperous of Sumner was in the city Saturday on business, all were reported well at home. Mr. E. White one of Sedgwick Countys' prosperous farmers was in the city of Clearwater Saturday on business. Mr. C. R. Wilfler a resident of Clearwater has purchased an 80 acre farm in Blaine county Okla and expects to rent it out, he paid the sum of $300. Boru to Mr and Mrs C B Will fley abright eyed baby boy who weighs about $7 \frac{1}{2} lbs. Mother anp son are doing nicely. Clearwater is visited with a medi ioine show and is selling quite a bit of medicine but better for it to come before the Christian Meeting: Now that pepper is $3 a pound in the Klondike, what do they use to sprinkle on their watermelons? A Chicago woman who stuck a hatpin in a policeman eleven times was fined $7. Virtue is still its own reward. Some banks now disinfect all the money they handle. It is such things as this that give us that tired feeling. A new play, entitled "An Honest Politician," was produced in New York. Realism on the stage is more bund. More than 500 students worked their way through Columbia university last year, without going out on a single strike. There was an explosion in a powder mill at Goes, Ohio, the other day. Things are reported to have gone at a sacrifice. MUST TOE THE MARK oo. PRESIDENT: VERY DETERMINED, Merlbers of the Cabinet Agree That Further ‘Dilly Dallying’’ Cannot Be Permitted If Criminal Prosecu: “tions Have to be Begun. ‘Washington, Feb. 2.—It can be sald by authority that, unless the corpora- tions constituting the ‘alleged ‘‘beet trust’? shall heed the injunction made permanent by the decision of the su- preme court of the United States, the government will institute proceedings against the-individual members of the _corporations to enforce the decision of the ‘court. The proceedings will be under the criminal law, if such can be instituted, The minds of the presi- dent and members of his cabinet are made up fully on the question. ‘They haye determined that the ‘‘beef trust” shall obey the law, and, now that the highest court in the land has upheld the hands of the administra- tion, it is said they will permit no fur- ther *dilly-dalying’? with the sub- Jeet. ; At today’s cabinet meeting the presi- dent and Attorney General Moody shared in the congratulations of the members of the cabinet on the result of the ‘‘beef trust’’ case before the supreme cotrt, The president, who made no atterapt to conceal his satis- faction at tho decision of the court, united with the members of the -cab- Inet in congratulating the attorney general. The subject was considered briefly at the meeting, but no definite conclusion was reached as (o what ac- tion, if any, the government would take in the future, except the general determination to enforce the law as it has been construed by the courts. The president and the members of the eabinet regard the decision of the su- preme court as a signal triumph of taw as they have viewed it and are prepared to carry it into effect abso- futely. Washington, Feb. 1—It is by no means certain how many new states will be admitted to the Union under ‘agreement reached today to vote on athe Joint statehood bill, and its num- crous amendments on Kebruary 7. ‘There are prospects, however, that Oklahoma .and Indian Territory will come in as one state and that New Mexico will come in as another, leav- ing Arizona as a territory. Senator Beveridge, chairman of the committee on territories, who has charge of the bill, says that in its ipresent form there 1s no hope for its ‘passage, He says that bis desire now is to give statehood to the million and a half of people of Oklahoma and In- dian territory at this time and that iater Arizona and New Mexico will be admitted as one state. it is said that several members of the committee on territories intend if they fail to de feat amendments to the bill, to sup- port the Foraker amendment, which ‘hey believe would have an effect contrary to that planned by its a thor, The Foraker amendment pro- vides that either New Mexico or Ari- zona, by a majority vote could defeat the calling of a constitutional con- vention of the territories to provide for their admission, instead of requir- ing a majority of all the votes of both {erritories combined. Members of the territories committee are of the ‘opinion: that the people of the terri- tories, even Arizona, when face to face with a chance to come in joint- Ty as one state or remain as terri- jories for an indefinite period, would vote to come in as one state. ‘The senate agreed to vote on the joint statehood Dill before adjourn- ment on Tuesday, February 7, the amendments to be considered on that date under the ten-minute rule. Mr. Teller spoke during the day in ‘opposition to the bill and several min- or bills were passed. When Mr. Teller concluded Mr. + Beveridge obtained unanimous con- sent to vote on the statehood bill on February 7. The agreement provides that general debate shall close on Monday, the Gth; that immediately afier the reading of the journal Puesday the senate shall: proceed to consideration of the amendments to the bill under the ten-minute rule and that the bill and amendments shall be ‘yoted on before adjournment — that day. ~ At Riga, Russia, the strike is gen- eral, Demonstrations are in progress Home For Consumptives. Jefferson City, Jan. 30.—A bill will be reported favorably in the house to provide for the erection of a state home for consumptives, at a°cost of $50,000. The committee cut the pro- posed appropriation down from $100,- 00. Paris Exposition: in 1920. Paris, Jan. 20.—In the chamber of deputies today the commerce. commit tee reported the government proposi- tion to create a universal exposition in Paris in 1920 to commerorate the foundation of the French republic, 900000 SSO OOOOOOOOFSOOSOSOD KING AN NEWS Eli Ms tin sl bs property on Sreruan ave last week, Tey wy mov: tor! peka iu ue Sprug. Mrs, Robt Davs spe t tie day Frisa nt tbe one of Mr, avd ue Loews Buvk-, Mrs Ficrene: Barks 18 on the ick art t 18 week, Ko't B ggs lias taken charge of the + © Baltis ore sg head coo Leis ssid to be our of thr beste oks int eciy. BEETSETETETESTTSETTETTTETE CHETOP\ NEWS Mrs, I J, Porte, of Wibbita and Mre.Henr: t- Sullivin of Kans. C, wer vi itiug relitives last w-ek, Mr Arthu © leof Parsons atten- ded the Old Vo loss Iestullation here tin Q71b, Meases Anna ard Coa A'lena d Mr Andy Rid-r wery in the city last week, A encert wil b+ given at the M, E.chs ec: by U R,Sath wa Fritay nizht, P. H, asst x @ od a noble addre-s ut the Odd F ho # Tnsia— lat on, Miss Amy Bradley of Coffevi le irin t 1 city th » week, VTTVITEFTTVITTITTTTITTTITE SOUTH DAKOTAN WOULD HFLP THE RACE to FRUIT- FUL FARMS, | Salem, 8. D. Feb. 2.— Paul L. Scott, a restaurant keeper, is promulgating a scheme to es- tablish a colony of Negroes in South Dakota, land to be pur-- chased in, large tracts for that purpose. Scott was o former resident of Chicago and was vice president ofthe first organization thet favored the electisn for Charles S. Deneen for governor of Illi- nois. | While in Chicago some time ago Mr, Scott agitated the orga- nization of acompany to givea ‘relief to the thousands of eolered leonle in the cities, It is pur-- pose to organize a cowpany of South Dakota eapitalist sto pro- eure the control of large tracts ‘and then subdivide it into 50- lacre tracts Jhes in time to be given out to colored men. Mr. Scott believes he can in- terest one or two hundred thous: land zolored people in the scheme who would be glad to give ur their hands to mouth existenc in the cities for an independent home on the farm. He expresse: | the conviction that his farming projeot offers a frictionless solu: tion of the rooe problem. He expects to gO tc Chicag¢ within the next thirty days tc set his plan in motion, and is confident that the plad will prove success. Mr, Scott has showr good business tact aud judgmen' since he has been in business it Mitchel. SRSTTTTTTVTTTTTTIVTVTITTE Wanted;= An energetic young colored man or womaa to travel in the interest of the Wiehita Search- light. No dreansneed apply Call or address. The Wichita Searehlight 110 N.Mainst Wichita Kans. poirot x coi ieee tonabetate ty retangline pal us comforts in public places if we are clean, decent and honorable, is justice |—and is nearer God’s design than any prejudice claiming God's sanction. THe eternal principles of justice, whereof the Republican party is the visible ut- terance and expression, pertain to a realm which knows no color line. And justice will settle the problem though all else should fail. | Wwe aspire as you do. The loftier things of soul, the upward stress which has upborne the Aryan race to the place it so proudly hold among the people of the earth, we also feel. | Wound us and we bleed; fatally so and we die; crush our spirits, and our hearts ache and with anguished souls we suffer on. We are not strangers to natural affection. It is not as mere imitators that we also stand for a tearful interval whiere earth opes briefly that it may close forever above the forms of those we love. We, as do you, with anxious eyes and straining ears, look and list toward the awe- some mystery which lies beyond, and as do you, claim sonship with God and brotherhood with the Savior of mankind. And with such evidence of good cheer and helpfulness before me I dare to claim for Afric's sons the loftiest destiny which anywhere waits other souls, Finally I may say—I have more faith in the American people than ever before. I know that on her soil right will finally triumph, SUSPENSION OF JUDGMENT. | Among other great principles at is- sue in the campaign of 1904 was this one—not by any means the least— de- manding a suspension of judgment in the case of these people who have had but forty years in which to work. Cen- turies must pass before the world can decide the right of a race to live and enjoy life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Your mighty civilization the product of your versatility, genius and herofe endeavor which no words can describe, is the product of a thou- sand years; and you stand unrivaled, alone, like a city on a hill which can- not be hidden. As a race we have been asking that the views of our en- emies be not accepted. as well as that of us guilty of vain-glorious boasting be not believed, but we ask for time in which to show the mettle in us. And you men fought out the issue when your opponénts threw down the gauntlet in the last campaign. And as in the past, God gave us a leader. As were Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln born to hasten the fruition of Runnymede, that liberty and justice might some day come to all men re- gardless of color or creed, as were Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington born to lead out their bondaged people, so was this man born to carry out the true American idea, the Republican party, the Kan- sas Day club idea of fair play to all American citizens, Men who forty years ago fought for the freedom of the black men and their sons who fought that Cuba might be free, men, even of other parties, who believe in right, followed the lead of this man of mighty purpose, mighty heart and mighty brain, whose Christ- like doctrine is not black met down and white men up, but rather no man down and all men up, and who closes the door of hope in the face of no man, and would have all rise. This man, statesman, scholar, reformer, writer, soldier, diplomat, statesman, leader of men, just, humane, best of his’ kind, the ‘property of the oppres: "sed on earth, the hope of the future, . the one dreamed of by those who have died in a martyr cause, invincible be ' cause right, invulnerable because sent , of God, the latter day savior of my people for whom black heroes died in - Cuba that he might live and save thet } race, this man—Theodore Roosevelt— spoke out, and America, indorsing ' Roosevelt, this organization and ow . party says to the world, “We will sus pend judgment and give these peopl [ime ‘And this was and is all we ,'ask, And I pledge you we will not dfs ‘appoint you, }| In the flight of years we will be vin 'aicators of a race and part burder a Searchlight $1.00 per year. EEEEEETEE RR rere he PS ound Buy your Fresh Meat att Packing House Meat Mark tand Save Money. Remember the place--Market at the ¢ of Dold’s Packing House, Feb fe fel fale detele Beletninin fob L EEE Teontinued from page one] adjust accounts between the living and the dead. Time, public sentiment and God will finally reward this pa- tient courage and make allthings right. ‘When censured and misunderstood in senate, forum’ or Chautauqua debate or criticised in public press, as the weakness of our weakest ones are her- alded abroad, we remember that tliese tare bad because they are human rath- er than because they are negroes, and though disappointed we do not despair. But to those of our erities who would forget justice I would say, forget not that each upward struggling soul, go stumbling though it may, goes clinging to the skirts of the invisible God, and for your own sakes I adjure you not to cast obstacles before His face in the way of a weaker though upward struggling race. But this is no apology for our worst elements or an upholding of the vic- ious. Yes, we have them in numbers far too great for their good or racial weal. They are the real weights upon us, but they are ours. We will tell them of their faults and teach them that by honest labor, thrift, energy, education and by amassing realty hold- ings worth the name are we to rise. i SOULS ARE AWAKENING, Our souls art awakening; we see the light, You have indexed the way we grow as we behold and travel it. ‘This growth means progress, and here- in is the law of the life of a race. | With education symmetrical and ‘tne, we will take the dead mass bur- jed by slavery’s hand and touch them into life, This beauteous angel which has always done its work for those of earth, will roll away the stone from the tomb where is buried a race and my people will come forth to their glory and to the amazement of the world. And you men of Kansas will welcome this. The day this thing is done will be to your children a boly day. for they will set accomplished that for which their Kansas forbears wrought and for which many died. Opposition spurs us onward. you pointed the way and led in the darker days and undaunted and determined even with torn hands, bleeding feet and anenished souls to the heights we are ading. | For near three hundred years we've sung the sorrow songs. We shall yet sing the songs of rejoicing and tri- umph. As the Danes destroyed the hearing of their war horses that they might not be affrighted in battle so will we turn a deaf ear to all that would discourage us.. In the darkest hours we hear the voice of the best of that which makes American life, glorious saying, “Onward, freedmen! Onward! Onward struggling race, we are with you!” And with braver hearts and firmer tread we gird our- selves for the journey and press on our way. We realize that honest labor, wheth- er in the lowly walks or in the higher ways of life, duty done every day, ev- erywhere, can have but one result— sure and lasting success. Though weighted with the frailities, a neces- sary consequence of the past,, though far from what we desire, we point to some things accomplishe since freedom, From nothing we could call our own in forty years we own 850,000 farms, nine banks, two street railways, and pay taxes on $700,000,000 in property. With education for our watchword in this same time we have reduced our illiteracy to 54 per cent. Thirty- seven thousand negro teachers are training our youth and twenty-three negro college presidents join with many other educational leaders in striving heroically to lift the load. And onr youth are going forth to at- tain proficiency. along all lines of true education. While this was being ac- complished we had your help. You paid millions of dollars in taxes and your philanthropists gave millions with bountiful hand, realizing that in a free country intelligent citizenship "which is guaranteed rights and which in turn gives to its country duty, pa: triotism, uplifting character and pro gressive development is best for all whether viewed from the standpoint ot We Want YOUR JOB PRINTING We Print ANWTHIN LETTER HEADS NOTE BEADS ENVELOPES BUSINESS OARDS i CALLING CARDS &TATEMENTS . BILL HEADS HAND BILLS POSTERS MINUTES CIRCULARS : TRY t OUR JOB ROOM. uw piacere Ree W2Ate Nom Prepared To Do All Your Kinds Of Fincy, Up toDate Work|| Job Work We Invite A Trial. : ‘We Guarantee To Please You, Both ® Mm Work And Price. You Wil Find DONE} Us at The Old Reliable Stand At BY US 110 North Main St. fee raen Bring Us Your Next Job. a ica eee ees, ee iS" WE INVITE YOU T0 CALL Cen ae I! | —————— Our Prices ae AS THE LOWEST OUR Work * 4° (othe pest ARE YOU? 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Cruel Speech That Brought Actress to ‘Carts Warith a base Se ee ee May Irwin is a round personage of middle years and more than middle weight; to look at her would not make one think of willows or slimly bend- ing pines. She is, withal, of a frugal genius, and economical to a degree that would evoke plaudits from Hetty Green or Russell Sage. She told me this herself. It was when she camo from her dressing room ready to go on for the second act; I chanced to be on the stage. Miss Irwin was gorgeous in @ red dress—arterial red. She swung around with the remark: _ “Do you see this dress? Cost $180— tnd I hate parting with money. The Arst night I had it on Jim Ford spoll- ed it.” ‘Thereat 1 expressed surprise ‘and sympathy. “It was like this,” she observed. “1 donned this dress, red being my weak- ness; I thought I'd never looked so well. Of course, I'm fat; but still I felt that for once I was beautiful. Jim Ford was back of the scenes; I con- fided to him that I expected to make the hit of my life. I pirouetted, even it I am the size of a load of hay. “Don't I look like a peach?” I asked. “No, said Ford, ‘you don’t—you look Ifke a tomato.’”"—A. H. Lewis in Saturday Evening Post. Man Who Did Too Well. “A man may sell too much of the article which he is displaying to his customers, and I know of, a case in point which happened to a friend of mine,” said Hite Bowman. “My friend had a fine place offered bim with an organ factory, and he accepted it, the salary being up in the four figures. He went out, and to his first customer sold the entire output of the plant. The customer agreed to take all that the factory could make. Having nothing more to sell, my friend returned to the house well pleased with his suecess, and for several days sat around smoking good cigars, while the firm patted him on the back. One day he came in and the boss called him over, saying in this fashion: “] will have to give you the usual thirty days’ notice. You have dene so well that we have no further use for you or any traveling man. We are sorry to lose you, but you sold too much at the first crack.’ "Louisville Courier-Journal. Rhaninaind Ghanaians ‘The nails of nearly every newsboy on Park row were neatly trimmed and clean at least one day last week, a phenomenon many noted with sur- prise. A vender with a patent manicuriag tool, clippers, file and pick, three in one, and one for three cents, took up his stand on the surb. He demon- strated the ease with which the tool could be handled on the first newsboy who came along. The boy marched down the row, showing off his hands proudly. “I've been manicured,” he declared. “Did it hurt?” “Was she a blond beaut?” “How much, Snickers?” were some of the questions. “Naw, it didn’t hurt, an’ she ain't @ blonde, an’ it didn’t cost nothing,” he answered. They made a 5 cent pool as the price of the secret, and the newsboya’ manicuring shop, the first in history, was soom in operation—New York Tribune. Ask Me No More. Te ey nets coe TRO nay | Crew ‘The ied ‘may stoop from heaven and take the aap, With fold’ to fold, of mountain o of cape, But, oli foo ford, when have 1 answered tice? "Ask me no more. Ask me po more; what answer shoul 1 Eve? T Jove not hollow check or faded eye: Kei,“ !my elo, E-wil-not have thie et Ask ie no more, lest { shall bid thee ve: ‘Aske me no more, Ask me no more; thy fate and mine are 1 strove against the stream, and all tn vain, Let the great river take me to the main, No‘ more “dear love, fer ata. touch’ I yield; ‘ASK me no more, SAitred ‘Tennyson. ii eco, “Has it ever happened in your pro- fessional experience that an innocent man was sent fo prison?” was asked of a Boston eriminal lawyer. “It has,” was the prompt reply. “I was just figuring on that yesterday. ‘Of the 400 criminal cases I have de- fended about fifty of my clients were convicted and sent up.” “And they were innocent?” “They must have been. When J have appealed a case to the last court, wept while addressing tho jury, talk- ed of the man’s dear old mother and as good as proved an alibi in his case, the jury must have rendered a verdict of guilty simply through ignorance or stupidity.” Gettinea Thinae Mixed. When Walter Williams, from Colum- us, Miss., was in Spain a year ago ce called upon @ provincial editor in the interest of the St. Louls exposition. The next day the paper had the follow- ing: “Walter Williams of the United States purchased the state of Louisi- ana, and next year will give a celebra- tion, to which he has invited his fel- low-journalists of Europe.” Mr. Wil- liams again called upon the editor and thorougbly explained matters. The editor apologized and printed this cor- rection: “Goy. Francis of Missouri has purchased a large tract of land in the great American desert, and Wal- ter Williams is here to invite the jour- nalists of Spain to a show which the governor will give.” 4 MMR. HAYDEN'S VIEWS Meciaves, That Dr. Willlame’ Fink Pills ‘Rontored the Use of Hix Limbs When ‘AUl Other Remedies Failed, ‘The premonitory symptoms of paraly- sis are: trembling of the hands; sudden loss of power in arms or legs, frequently affecting one wholesid of the body; stag- gering; partial or entire inability, to use the fingers; distortion of the features, sometimes an uncontrollable quivering. of the chin; severe pains; difficulty in speech. Frequently the first warning is ‘a vague feeling of headache, vertigo and muscular weakness. In a recent interview Mr. W. J. L. Hayden enid: ‘I traly think that Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills are a great medi- cine for they cured me when physicians and other romedios had failed to give me the slightest relief. ‘Too close at- tention to business brought on an attack of nervousness which finally developed into paralysis. There were times when it was impossible for me to move my hands or to get up from a chair. At other times I had partial control of my limbs, but I was afraid to go far from the house for fear I might suddenly be- come helpless and have to be carried home. “While Iwas in this misorable con- dition, Iwasstricken with malarial fever and confined to bed for four months. I had the best physicians, but while they relioved my fever, their treatment did not entirely drive the malaria from my system, and thoy did not help my par- alysis in the least, “T was well nigh despairing when a friend persuaded me to try Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills, When Ihad finished ono box Toul geo results that encouraged me. My condition kept steadily improving and when I had taken seven boxes was cured of paralysis and the malaria was complet@ly driven out of my system. For two years now I have enjoyed the dest of health and have attended to bus- iness without any interraption.”” Mr. Hayden’s home is at No. 252 West 89th street, New York. Dr. Williams’ Pink Pillshave cured many similar cases of paralysis, alsolocomotorataxin. They are sold by ali draggists. A treatment so simple, inexpensive and_snecessful should be tried by every sufferer from partial paralysis in any of its stages. ‘The man who doesn’t owe some of his success to some woman hasn’t had any. Do Your Clothes Look Yellow? ‘then use Defiance Starch, it wil keep them white—I¢ oz. for 10 cents, ! Ingratitude of Republics. ‘The American hen lays enough eggs in one month to pay the interest on the national debt in that time. And yet an old eagle which has seen more than a century of service and was never known to lay an egg is retained as our national bird. It is simply un- just—Denver Post. THE HOME TO COME To” Well Described, ‘The ideal home is one in which the inmates think more of their duties than their rights, and recognize that they are responsible for each other's happiness. To be ‘admitted to such a hearth, warmed by ‘the crimson flame of charity and household affec tion; bright with the sparkle of gay- ety and rarer flash of wit; illumined by the glow of thought and clear light of sincerity; beautiful with courtesy. forbearance and refinement; its at- mosphere vital and with the oxygen of moral purity and open to currents of fresh ideas; adorned by culture and social amenity, and securely built upon righteousuess and faith, is moral regeneration as well as happiness and rest. Whether rich or poor, with many or few inmates or only one, any hearth may breathe this home spirit while to come home to somebody in such a heaven is the best and most lasting of earthly joys.—Maxwell Gray in Black and White. Piso’s Cure cannot bé too highly spoken df as @ cough cure.—J. W. O'BRrex, 222 Third Ave, N., Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 6, 1900, A woman always agrees with a man when he lets her have her own way. Frankness sometimes wins more friends than flattery. Defiance Starch is put up 16 ounces fm a package, 10 cents. One-third more starch for the same money. You can't tell a child’s father by the color of bis hair. A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES. aidhingr tind, Hiceding or Protraaing Plies, Yope EGuniai wil ‘retund money 1f PAZO OINTMENT fals'to cure you ia 6 to 14 days. 806. Any fellow who owns a camera may take a house in the country, GRATEFUL TO CUTICURA For Instant Relief and Speedy Cure of Raw and Scaly Humour, Itching Day and Night—Suffered Months. “1 wish you would publish this let- ter so that others suffering as I have may be helped. For months awful sores covered my face and neck, scabs forming, itching terribly day and night, breaking open, and running blood and matter. I had tried many remedies, but was growing worse, when I started with Cuticura The first application geve me instant re lief, and when I had used two cakes of Cuticura Soap and three boxes of Cuticura Ointment, I was completely cured. (signed! Miss Nellie Vander Wiele, Lakeside, N. ¥.” Some people's idea of generosity i: to give advice. will be sent free postpaid upon request. This book fs of » hundred ‘pages, Tratumimely liustestes turoaginout and cls of an experience of over tray yepre ts ir edtoeat of Crooked Feet, Spinat Deformities, Infantile Paratyale, Silp Disease, Deformed Lambs snd Joints, Ete “It tells of the dhofoogly equipped Sanitarium tn this country devoted exclosively to the treatment ra tas evar atin Sood £07 het, and ae ancrad io anata ftv scan tat ca eraure pane ome Pace eT e eeee atthe tne Boo ee ES Oe ee tN’ ONTHOPEDIC SANITARIUM. 3104 PINE STREET, ST. LOUIS, MO. Laugh and Grow Fat. Dyspepsia is claimed to be syste matically cured by laughter. It is stated that a Paris doctor, in retura for a large fce, admits patients inte his private institution, where the mirth treatment Is administered. -A few dyspeptics sit around a room and begin to smile at each other. This smile, once begun, must never be al- Jowed to fade away. On the contrary, it must be developed by will power into a grin, and the grin must become a guffaw. Then the patients must go on laughing until their sides ache. A course of a week or two of the treat- ment at the rate of a couple of hours’ giggling a day is said to be sufficient to cure the worst cases of dyspepsia, To Dry the Ursbrella. To preserve an umbrella so that it will last long enough and not look shabby it should be carefuly dried each time it is carried in the rain. To do this it should never be stood on the point, thus permitting the water to trickle down, spoiling the silk and making the wires rusty, says the Gen- tlewoman. Neither should an um- brella be opened to dry, for in this way the silk is stretched, and later it becomes baggy, and it is impossible to furl it smoothly. The correct way to dry an umbrella is to shake it well to get as much water out as possible and then stand it on its handle to drain. Burden of War Debt. The debts of nations given in the World Almanac exceed $30,000,000. These do not nearly represent the cost of a century's wars, but only that portion of the cost which remains un- paid and a charge upon the people. Only.in a few cases, like Canada and New Zealand, does public debt repre- sent other than war expenditure, ané these sums are more than balanced by “‘left-over’’ debts from the eigh- teenth century, The earth has 1,487,900,000 inhabi- tants, or 297,530,000 families. Its per- manent load of war debts is $1,000 for every family—New York World. Lead Pencil Writing. Upon the subject of signing a docu- ment a standard law book says: “When a statute or usage requires ‘a writing’ it must be on paper or parch- ment, but it is not essential that it be in ink. It may be in pencil. This rule applies to promissory notes, book ac- counts, a will or a signature there- to.’’ There is a decision in Colorado upholding the idea that a pencil sig- nature is valid. A WOMAN'S MISERY. Mrs. John LaRue, of 115 Paterson avenue, Paterson, N. J., says: “I was troubled for about nine years, and a what I suf- 5 fered no one bee aS + will. ever - a know. [used P Prk mY = about every rea known reme- \ es _ dy that is said i _ = to be good for TW N kidney com- q plaint, but it F | without de- ld iy Se riving perma- PEN amy nent relief. Say” ake Often when a ees eee 3 fered no one ees aS + will. ever - sg iknow. _ [used "Pp ek mm ©=— about every » y known reme- \ ess _ dy that is sald i =. to be good for TW Ny kidney com- q plaint, but A | without | de- en r riving perma. Laat amg =onent relict. ey Se Often when alone in the houso the backache has been so bad that it brought tears to my eyes. The pain at times was 50 in- tense that I was compelled to give up my household duties and lie down. ‘There were headaches, dizziness and blood rushing to my head to cause bleeding at the nose. The first box of Doan’s Kidney Pills benefited me so much that I continued the treatment. The stinging pain in the small of my back, the rushes of blood to the head and other symptoms disappeared.” Doan’s Kidney Pills for sale by all dealers. 50 cents per box. Foster- Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Ants Build Gardens. Brazilian ants make little gardens in the treetops and sow them with pineapple and other seeds. The gar- dens are found of all sizes, some con- taining a single sprout and others a densely grown, ball as large as a man’s head. Sensible Housekeepers: will have Defiance Starch, not alone Decause they get one-third more for the same money, but also because of superior quality. Friends seldom desert a man while his money holds out. {5 RENNEOYS FAUORIT FREE Hse ene BUY A HOME IN FLORIDA, {2,:%> Res". sefiing solow thett value, Welts forthootiee moapana prices of properties. J, M. Padget, Leesburg, lar —<——{—<===7 ($10.00 pes, © For aut AT eect hoe Pe Be Sie Te0ceee is md | EMP init Gown ah pont = Tap deer i eee ofan eecer. SURE HATCH INCUBATORS. ecsteneer aman teateowe Tee sale cao Seu ae Pec Ronee retanmeeneetececanseiear tae Pare oct y oietior Srey snys ae ease ase en a eae SURE HATCR™ the machine tht has ricod tho tetof Se eee eee UAE HaPOu (Notakgon courant COL. BECKWITH SAYS: “I Jake Pleasure in Commending Pe-ru-na For Coughs and Colds.” We 2 Re ees he = Ys RE cS - hg ee ea oo ail COL, PAUL E. BECKWITH. Colonel Paul E. Beckwith, Lt Col., retired, 1st Reg. Minute Men, in a letter from 1503 Vermont avenue, N. W., Washington, D. C., writes: «From the unqualiiied endorsement of many of my friends, | take pleasure im commending your remedies for coughs and colds,”—Paul R. Beckwita, HELD OF EOS setae etleary smut te favorite with the ; PE-RU-NA IS EFFICACIOUS. | tie army and navy. we constant exposure so; the ele] tHe Sones ano itm an ments experienced in an out-door life is | 7S Teceived trom oft - oto apt to cause coughs and colds a8 conceeiag Se vires me era sedentary habits. ‘Only a smuil per eent, of these can t Those who are brought face to face | 4.04 jor publication for want of spac with the weather every day in active |“ \11, Harrison L. Deam, Burnside Por Hfe are much less liable to catarrhal | yo)". yo" ene of! the Potoma diseases than those who are housed up| 75°’, a ww ORM OTinian in illy ventilated rooms. And yet both of these classes are more or less subject to catarrh and ‘eatarrhal diseases. ALL CLASSES Jrooms. An‘vet bot lof these classea are ARE SUBJECT TO J ore or less subject CATARRH. to catarrh and eatarrhal diseases. ‘The soldier as well as the civilian finds it frequently necessary to use Perna ‘on account of coughs and colds. Noone is exempt, ‘The strong and healthy are less Hable than the weak and ill, but none entirely escape. ee ene Stringent Rules for Motors. Austrian motorists are up in arms against a bill which has just been laid before the reichsrath. By this bill the motorist is held to be responsible for all accidents in which he is con- cerned, unless he can prove that they are directly caused by the fault of an- other party. Cars which cannot be driven at more than twelve and a half miles an hour are exempt. Good Way to Hang China. One ingenious woman hangs pretty china plates on the wall by the fol- lowing method: ‘Three or four large dress hooks were slipped over the edge of each plate; wrapping cord was then run across the back of the plate from hook to hook, fastened securely in the center, with a loop to hang the plate up by. White hooks being used they were scarcely noticeable when his plates were huge: Every housekeeper should know ‘that if they will buy Defiance Cold Water Starch for laundry use they ‘will save not only time, because it never sticks to the fron, but because each package contains 16 oz—one full pound—while all other Cold Water Starches are put up in %-pound pack: ages, and the price is the same, 10 cents. Then again because Defiance Starch is free from all injurious chem- feals. If your grocer tries to sell you a 12-02. package it is because he has a stock on hand which he wishes to dispose of before he puts in Defiance. He knows that Deflance Starch has printed on every package in large let- ters and figures “16 ozs.” Demand De- fiance and save much time and money and the annoyance of the iron stick- ing. Defiance never sticks. Some people gossip on such slight excuse, that they are almost ‘utente inte | {10,000 Plants for I6c. Eb dlalpnt al fala Tieeiranerun ee Se RR Ail Seser ee fodate Fontaine. re BUNS a cniuene ines { For 18 Cents Postpaid Veta f i P3699 Siartami Sritcat osere E SB Arcs fe Resi (()) Ee BEGGS’ CHERRY COUGH SYRUP cures coughs and colds, Peruna has always been a great favorite with the military men, both in the army and navy. The strongest kind of testimonials are received from officers of high rank concerning the virtues of Peruna for all catarrhal ailments. ‘Only a small per cent, of these ean be used ior publication for want of space. Mr. Harrison L. Deam, Burnside Post No. 8, Department of the Potomae, Colonel encampment No, 69, Union Veterans Legion, Colonel Green Clay Smith Regiment No. 17, Us V. U., De- partment of the Potomac, Military Order Loyal Legion, Department of Columbia, Major 34th Indigas Veteran Volunteer Infantry, writes: * «There is no longer any question as to the curative qualities of Peruna in all catarchal troubles. Its successful use by many of my friends entitles it to confidence and endorsemeat."” If you are poor you don’t know what a fool you would be with money. Many men think the world is em vious of thom when it is only indiffer- ent. { 2 Q | SEEDS are goods that yor I's aa ARE HARD ON SHOES. Gwe Most parents mow this Weieey to their cost. Buying bream shoes for a largo family Eerie is a serious drain.on aon the purse. Thismales geen it necessary to in- GRETA, sure getting the ee Dest value for “SSD your money. “HOOSIER SCHOOL SHOES” are made with three objects in view To look weli—to wear well—to be comfortable at all times. “Toosier School Shoes” are mado under the personal supervision of our Mr. ‘Tappan, a practical shoe manufac- turer of 25 years’ experience. They are made of heavy Kid, Box Calf or Mule Skin, and they are made to wear. Insist on yourdealershow- ing you “Hoosier School Shoes.” TAPPAN SHOE MFG., CO., COLDWATER. MICH. W. N. U—Wichita—No. 5—1908 When Answering Advertisements Kindy Mention This Paper. TWENTY BUSHELS OF WHEAT BOOTS | TO THE ACRE iy BR Is tho record on ‘51! pf the Free Home- NE: Ne A stoad Lande of cA: Flag WosternCanada Fi for 1904. “The 130.000 farmers from the United States, whe tating iho port seven pears bave-woue to Cunads participate fa this prosperity. ‘The United States will soon become aa porter ot wre Oder fret homentend or parthace & form Be Western Cuonan and Socoise ond of theme nba wa Delp prosace't a teresa ieee ee Government Asenved. S. Crawiond, No. 133 We Sint burcot, Ramaneliy, Miseoud Pease say where you se thie advertsersent. eR Tae Sar CYeH EAU ich alols med ‘The only high grade Baking Pewder made at a moderate price. Baking ‘ Powder WHERE WOULD SHE GO? Professor’s tone Indicated Banish- ment Was Proper Course. The wife of a newly rich man who went to Washington for the purpose of pursuing the social honors craved by the female branch of the establish- ment, soon after her arrival deter- mined to place her eldest daughter under the tuition of Doctor Bischoff, the blind organist and instructor In music: After aii interval of a few weeks the wife hied herself to-the professor and complained that her daughter was not making progress. Whereupon the doctor said he was glad she had referred to the matter for he himself had intended to do so. “I regret to say, madam,” observed the teacher, “that yout daughter will never be able to sing. She is quite tone deaf and has not the slightest notion of time. Furthermore, I fear that she will never acquire the mu- sical temperament.” At this the lady grew exceedingly wrothy and intimated that Bischof was incompetent. “{ shall send her to Paris,” the lady concluded. “Madam,” replied the blind man, who had grown restive under the ver- bal lashes, “Madam, I should send her at least that far!” SPREADING THE NEWS BROADCAST. ‘That Dodd's Kidney Pills cured hie Diabetes. After long suffering Mr. G. Cleghorn found a permanent re- Hef in the Great American Kidney Remedy. Port Huron, Mich., Jan. 30th.—(Spe- elal)—Tortured with Diabetes and Bladder Disease from which he could apparently get no relief, Mr. G. Cleg- horn, a bricklayer, living at 119 But- tler St., this city, has found a com- plete and permanent cure in Dodd's Kidney Pills and in his gratitude ke is spreading the news broadcast. “Dodd's Kidney Pills made a man of me,” Mr. Cleghorn says. “I was a sufferer from Diabetes and Bladder Disease. I was so bad I could do no ‘work and the pain was something terrible. I could not get anything to help me till I tried Dodd’s Kidney Pills. “They helped me right from the first and now I am completely cured. I have recommended Dodd's Kidney Pills to all my friends and they have found them all that is claimed for them.” * Dodd's Kidney Pills cure all Kidney ‘Is from Backache to Bright's Dis ease, ‘They never fail to care Rhew- matism. It is possible for a man to have more gold in his teeth than in the Senk. When You Buy Starch ‘uy Defiance and get the best, 16 om for 10 cents. Once used, always used. It’s a case of minority rule in a house where there's a baby. Some men seem to be under the tm pression that lungs are brains. TO CURE, A COLD IN ONE DAY ‘axa Lasvtive Bovine qinine Tablets, ‘Ail arom Gace sotand fae oer ICUE ally eggure. BW. roves nignatare fe oa each Dox. 256. Reform ig often but the off-shot of remorse, BITS feseanrse ari Rhee gametes abate abet ares APR! ius bed, au Aroh Street, Phlladolphay £@ Being silly may not be advisable, but it keeps worry at a distance. Mrs. Winslow's Sootht Torehiinen teatag, sates he pia, redices tr Eaiamation, alps pals,cures wind coll." 2i0% vote. A tien wife may not agree with a man any more than rich food. ‘The Best Results in Starching an be obtained only by using De- fiance Starch, besides getting, 4 oF, more for same money—no cooking re- eee y—no cooking ‘The proof of a novel depends upon the proofreader. ‘Among, those ‘who, have recetved the, highest arent Grand Prizo—at louis World's Pal Sirtherk, Je tiwer Co. the tankers Of the FISH BRAND SLICKBIS. Maiy of our readers who went fo, tho Pair ei acl AK, 0 rue too ay Tees" Bin afone eeory dense oF the, worse mies tant Maggestel. ethe Grand Prize wan & de Tere etlonee io ong oe the oldest manufactaring ‘Sencuras in the county. A man hates to stand idly by and see his dog whipped. ae Ma. Meonreat Wrent ser Aer: jpiroduced by the U.S. Dept, of Agr. is a. treniendous er, -vieldi got ad ie Wits ti, he. slick, fad ., Pa., N. ¥., $0, bu. per acre, and on dry, arid lands, Sanaa ire found in Mont, Jdaho, the Dakotas, Colo., ete, it will eld from 40 to 6) bu. ‘This Wheat and Epetiz, and Hanna Barley and Bromus Ynermis and Billion Dollar Grass, makes Ht posible to, grow and fatten hog, sheep and cattle waerever soil is found. SUE SEND 10¢ AND TrUS NOTCE ‘to the Jobn A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis, and they will send you free a sample of this Wheat and other farm seeds, to- gether with their great catalog, alone Srorth $100.00 to any wide-awake farmer, iW. NLU) ‘There are no despotisms out of the reaims of the cocks, SUPPLEMENT TO THE SEARCHLIGAT Wichita, Kansas, Satarday Feb. 4,'05 ‘Jupiter, with his six moons, if the planét) is inhabited, must be a lovely place for lovers. ‘Was thero ever a woman who ever forgot a compliment? Or a man who ‘was impervious to flattery? What should the young man say to the girl who slyly remarks: “You know it isn't leap year any more?” Cancer is said to be most frequently found in beer-drinking countries. Con- sumption of beer is also quite preva: lent. A Salem (Mass.) woman was mar ried one day, eloped the next, and was arrested on the third. O, the witch! ‘When it comes to producing fever ish sensations America’s Dukes seem to be right in it with the English nobility. Doctors say that gout is becoming a rare ailment. Here is something for which the meat trust may claim undis- puted credit. The gap in the Alaskan-Canadian ‘poundary has been surveyed and the polar bears thereabout can determine their allegiance. King Alfonso wants a rich wife. Rich American mothers should not put a queen's title beyond the offort of money as a matchmaker. The New York Herald gives the timely information to a correspondent that while he does not write it O'Yama, he fights as if he did. If the dowager empress of China has been conyerted to Christianity, there will be a speedy improvement in the treatment of the “foreign devils.” Italy's foreign minister, Tittoni, has a “phenomenal form” of influenza, If it is any worse than the ordinary “Kind the description certainly fits it A matinee idol’s wife has sued him for a divorce. The matinee idol, be- “cause of this tribute to his popularity, will at once ask for an increase of salary. __ Mr. G. D. Pappageorgian and Mr. M. N. Sakelylarios are soon to begin the publication of a newspaper in Boston. Possibly they wish to make names for themselves. Crime is reported to be decreasing in New York. If that is the case a large percentage of the population will be llkely to find that town uninterest- ing hereafter. If embezzlers are to be let off be- cause they say they are sorry there are colonies of boarders in state in- stitutions who could qualify for liber- ation at any moment. ‘Tho president had 7,718 callers at his New Year's reception. Every once in . while a man hears something that convinces him that he wouldn’t care such for the job, anyhow. A millionaire cut off his son in his will with-an annual allowance of $5,000. The young man, by steiet econ: omy and an occasional lift in the bread line, can worry along. Admirers of the Prince and Princess of Wales have presented them with nineteen pianos. It's lucky for the neighbors of the prince and princess that they have a big yard around their place. Employes of the French government have been ordered to shave off their whiskers. Think of the rasping there would be if the czar should some day order his subjects to shed their ‘sitchen. ‘An Indian chief’ has become the president of a bank at Skiatook, I. T. He is earnestly advised to keep his tomahawk ready for use upon old ladies who desire to raise money on Carnegie notes. Now the creditors of young Mr. Tif fany of New York join him in declar- ing that he can’t live on $18,000 a year. It may be, however. that they are merely endeavoring to push a good thing along. The discovery of a Berlin oculist that radium is a cure for ophthalmia is a reminder that the magazines and newspapers haven't been printing many articles lately about the wonder- ful properties of radium. ‘Two of the Russian generals who were at Port Arthur have decided to go to Japan as prisoners of war rather than to be paroled. They may have private reasons for not wishing to meet their ezar—or their wives. An English educator says that vests are dangerous garments and expose the wearer to influenza. In this coun- tyy about the worst that can be said of waistcoats is that some of them are oxeeedingly dangerous to the eyesight. ‘The New York city improvement commission has presented an elaborate plan to make beautiful the entire city of New York. Perhaps some day some commission will be appointed to present a comprehensive plan—price no object—by which to make the city node. Result of Boycott. : Endurance of Locomotive. A locomotive owned and operated by the London & Northwestern since 1882 had up to 1902 made 2,000,000 work- ing miles, ‘The time out of service for repairs averaged 12 per cent of the working time credited the loco- motive. Beauty is only skin deep, and a lot of people are pretty thin-skinned at that. ‘The smallest hotels often look the Jargest on the hotel stationery. ‘The only place in the United States that guarantees freedom from strikes, Jockeuts and labor warfaro is Battle Creek, Mich. ‘The story? The work people, mer- chants, iawyers, doctors and other citi- zens became aroused and indignant at the efforts of the labor unions through- out the country to destroy the busi- ness of one of our largest industries— the Postum Cereal Co., Lt’d, and at the open threats in the official union pa- pers that the entire power of the Na- tional and State Federations of Labor was being bronght to bear to “punish” the industries of Battle Creek, and particularly the Postum Co. This sprung from the refusal of C. W. Post to obey the “orders” of the unions to take the Postum advertising away from. various papers that refused to purchase labor of the labor trust— the unions. Mr. Post was ordered to join the unions in their conspiracy to “ruin” ‘and “put out of business” these pub- Ushers who had worked faithfully for him for years and helped build up his business. They had done no wrong, but had found it inconvenient and against their best judgment to buy labor of the labor trust. It seems a rule of the unions to conspire to ruin anyone who does not purchase from them upon their own terms. An inkmaker or papermaker who failed to sell ink or paper would have the same reason to order Post to help ruin these publishers. So the ped- dler in the street might stone you if you refused to buy his apples; the eabman to run over you if you refused to ride with him; the grocer order the manufacturer to discharge certain people because they did not patronize him, and so on to the ridiculous and villainous limit of all this boycott | nonsense, in trying to force people to buy what they do not want. It a man hes labor to sell let him sell it at the best price he can get just ‘as he would sell wheat, but he has no right to even intimate that he will ob- struct tho business, or attempt its ruin because the owner will not purchase of him. ‘The unions have become so tyran- nous and arrogant with their despot ism that a common citizen who has some time to spare and innocently thinks he has a right to put a little paint on his own house finds he must have that paint taken off and put on again by “the union” or all sorts of dire things happen to him, his em- ployer is ordered to discharge him, his grocer is boycotted if he furnishes him supplies, his family followed and insulted and his life made more mis- erable than that of a black slave be- fore the war. If he drives a nail to repair the house or barn the carpen- ters’ “union” hounds him. He takes a pipe wrench to stop a leaking pipe and prevent damage to his property and the plumbers’ “union” does things to him. He cannot put a litle mortar to a loose brick on his chimney or the bricklayers’, plasterers’ or hod carriers’ “unton” is up in arms, and if he carelessly eats a loaf of bread that has no “union” label on it the bakers’ “union” proceeds to make life miser- able for him. So the white slave is tied hand and foot, unable to lift a hand to better himself or do the needful things, with- out first obtaining permission from some haughty, ignorant and abusive tyrant of some labor union. It would all seem rather like a comic opera if it did not rob people of their freedom; that kind of work will not be permitted long in America, ‘Some smooth managers have built up the labor trust in the last few years, to bring themselves money and power and by managing workmen, have succeeded in making {t possible for them to lay down the law in some cities and force workmen and citizens to “obey” implicitly, stripping them right and left of their liberties. ‘They have used boycotting, picket ing, assaults, dynamiting of property and murder to enforce their orders and rule the people. They have gone fal enough to order the President to re move certain citizens from office be cause the “unions” weren't pleased. ‘That means they propose to make the law of the unions replace the law of this government and the union lead ers dominate even the chief Execu tive. ‘This is a government of and for the people and no organization or trust shall displace it. But the unions try it every now and then, led by desper ate men as shown in their defiance o law and support of lawbreakers. ‘The “union” record of assaults crippling of men and even women an children, destruction of property an¢ murder of American citizens during the past two years is perhaps ter times the volume of crime and abuse perpetrated. by slave owners during any two years previous to the civi war. We are in a horrible period o lethargy, which permits us to stanc idly by while our American citizen: Mek eae igs Origin of the Maxim Gun. Vanity Fair, in the letterpress ac companying its cartoons of Sir Hiram Maxim, says that he first thought of the Maxim gun by receiving a jar on the shoulder at the firing of an old rifle. “It seemed a pity that the kick showld be wasted. ‘Therefore he put the recoil to work in automatic load. ing and firing at the rate of a thou. sand shots a minute.” One young man wants to know how long girls should be courted. Same as short girls, of course, thrusling what it Bas v0 sell (iano? upon us whether or no. Suppose an American in a foreign city should’ be chased by a mob, caught and beaten unconscious, then his mouth pried open and carbolic acid poured down his throat, then his ribs kieked in and his face well stamped with iron nailed shoes, murdered be- cause he tried to earn bread for his children. By the Eternal, sir, a fleet of American men of war would assem- ble there, clear for action and blow something off the face of the earth, if reparation were not made for the blood of one of our citizens. And what answer do we make to the appeals of the hundreds of widows and orphans of those Americans mur- dered by labor unions? How do we try to protect the thousands of intelli- gent citizens who, with reason, prefer net to join any labor union and be subject to the tyranny of the heavily paid rulers of the labor trusts? Upon a firm refusal by Mr. Post to join this criminal conspiracy a gen- eral boycott was ordered on Grape- Nuts and Postum all over the coth- try, which set the good red blood of our ancestors in motion, bringing forth the reply that has now passed into history: “We refuse to join any conspiracy of organized labor to ruin publishers, nor will we discharge any of our trusted employes upoa the orders of any labor union, if they can make their boycott effective and sink our ship, we will go down with the captain on the bridge and in com- mand.” This set the writers in labor papers crazy and they redoubled their abuse. Finally one of their official organs came out with a large double column in denunciation of Battle Creek, ¢all- ing it “a running sore on the face of Michigan,” because it would not be- come “organized” and pay in dues to their labor leaders. The usual coarse, villainoss epithets common to labor ‘anion writers were indulged in. ‘The result was to weld’ public sen- timent in Battle Creek for protection. A citizens’ association was started, and mass meetings held. Good citi- zens who happened to be members of Jocal unigns, in some cases quit the unions any for there is small need of them there. The working people of Battle Creek are of the ‘highest order of American mechanics. The majority are not union members, for practically all of the manufacturers have for years de- clined to employ union men because of disturbances about eleven years ago, and the union men now in the city are among the best citizens. No city in the state of Michigan pays as high average wages as Battle Creek, no city of its size is as pros- perous, and no city has so large a pro- portion of the best grade of mechanics who own their own homes. So the work people massed together with the other citizens of the organt- zation of the Citizens’ Ass’n with the following preamble and constitution: Whereas, From 1891 to 1894 tho strikes instigated by labor unicns in Battle Creek resulted in the destruc. tion of property and loss of large sums of money in wages that would have been expended here; and, Whereas, These acts caused serious damage to the city and in a market way delayed Sts progress at that time; and, Whereas, Since the year 1894 the citizens have been enabled, by public sentiment, to prevent the recurrence of strikes and labor union disturb- ances which have been prevalent else- where; and, Whereas, The employers of this city have steadfastly refused to place the management of their business under the contro} of labor unions, but have maintained the highest standard of wages paid under like conditions any. where in the United States, and here- by unanimously declared their intent to continue such policy; and the em: ployes of this city, a large percentage of whom own homes and have fami. lies reared and educated under condi. tions of peace and the well-earned prosperity of steady employment, have steadfastly maintained their right as free American citizens to work with out the dictation and tyranny of labor union leaders, the bitter experience o} the past offiering sufficient reason for ‘a determined stand for freedom; and, Whereas, The attitude of ‘the citi zens on this subject has been the means of preserving peaceful condi tions and continuous prosperity, ir marked contrast to the conditions ex isting in other cities suffering from the dictation of trades unionism; it is therefore Resolved, That the continuance o} peace and prosperity in Battle Creel can be maintained, and the destructive work of outside interference avoide: under the combined effort and actior of all our people, by the formation 0 a Citizens’ Association. CONSTITUTION. ‘Article t.—Name! Respect Your Own Ideas. __ On tho firm foundation of solid rel ability originality must erect a struc- ture. To this cnd you must respect your own ideas as fully as those of ‘another. You must accept the ideas that come into your own mind with as ‘much sincerity as you do those of an Edison or a Rockefeller. Do not be lmited by the achievements of others. Use their knowledge merely to push your own. ‘ You may thing you are all right, but some people can't tolerate you, eee eee Lar ecnr cee nice ray Te ee perity and steady employment to the people of Battle Creek. Second—To energetically assist in maintaining law and order at all times and under all conditions. ‘Third—To protect its members in their rights to manage their property and to dispose of their labor in a legal, lawful manner without restraint or in- terference. Fourth—To insure and permanently maintain fair, just treatment, one with another, in all the relations of life. Fifth—To preserve the existing right of any capable person to obtain employment and sell his labor, without being obliged to join any particular church, secret society, labor union or any other organization, and to support all such persons in their efforts to re- sist compulsory methods on the part of any organized body whatsoever. Sixth—To promote among employ- ers a spirit of fairness, friendship and desire for the best interests of their employes, and to promote among work- men the spirit of industry, thrift, falth- fulness to their employers and good citizenship. Seventh—To so amalgamate the public sentiment of all of the best citizens of Battle Creek, that a guar antee can be given to the world of a continuance of peaceful conditions, and that under such guarantee and protection manufacturers and capital- ists can be induced to locate their busi- hess enterprises in Battle Creek. Then follows articles relating to membership, officers, duties, etc., etc., ete. This constitution has been signed by the great majority of representa- tive citizens, including our workpeo- ple. A number of manufacturers from other cities, where they have been suffering all sorts of indignities, in- convenience and losses from the gen- eral hell of labor union strikes, pick- eting, assaults and other interfer ence, proposed to move, providing they could be guaranteed protection. ‘The subject grew in importance un- til it has reached a place where abso- lute protection can be guaranteed by the citizens of Battle Creek on the following broad and evenly’ balanced terms which guarantees to the work- man and to the manufacturer fair- ness, justice, steady work and regular- ity of output. The newcoming manufacturer agrees to maintain the standard rate of wage paid elsewhere for like serv- ice, under similar conditions, the rate to be determined from time to time from well authenticated reports from competing cities. The tabulated wage reports issued by the Government Department of Commerce and Labor can also be used to show the standard rate, and it is expected later on that this government bureau will furnish weekly reports of the labor market from different centers, so that the workman when he is ready to sell his labor and the employer when he is ready to buy, may each have reliable information as to the market or ruling price. ‘The newcoming manufacturer also agrees to maintain the sanitary and hyzgicale conditions provided for by the state laws and to refrain from any lockouts to reduce wages below the standard, reserving to himself the right to discharge any employe for cause. ‘The Gitizens’ Association on its part agrees to furnish, in such numbers as it is possible to obtain, first-class workmen who will contract to sell their labor at the standard price for such period as may be fixed upon, agreeing not to strike, picket, assault other workmen, destroy property, or do any of the criminal acts common to labor unionism. Each workman re- serving to himself the right to quit work for cause, and the Citizens’ As- sociation further pledges its mem- bers to use its associated power to enforce the contracts between em- ployer and employe, and to act en masse to uphold the law at all times. ‘The new industries locating in Bat- tle Creek will not start under any sort of labor union domination whatso- ever, but will make individual con- tracts with each employe, those con- tracts being fair and equitable and guaranteed on both sides. | Thus from the abuses of labor unfons and their Insane efforts to ruin | everyone who. does, not “obey” has | evolved this plan which replaces the | old conditions of injustice, lockouts, | strikes, violence, loss of money and property, and general industrial war- fare, and inaugurates an era of perfect balance and fairness between em- | ployer and employe, a steady continu- ance of industry and consequent pros- perity. The entire community pledged by public sentiment and private act to restore to each man his ancient right _| to “peace, freedom and the prrsuit of happiness.” Other cities will be driven to protect their workpeople, merchants and citi esr csestacctleg. 0a, sty Correge asinine ened rede Benefit In Two Meals a day. Persons who are the victims of chronic complaints, and whose diges tion is slow and feeble. are often greatly benefited by taking but tw meals a day, if they are careful to ea: as much in the two meals as woujy ordinarily be comprised in three. Th. neuralgic, in particular, will do well t, adopt this course, but the first mea; should be somewhat late and the ... ond reasonably early. Everybody thinks he has a dog that the dog show ought to have. Tun amuek, by adopting the “Dats Creek plan,” but this city offers ta dustrial peace now, with cheap coat and good waiter, first-class railroad facilities and the best grade of fair, capable and peaceable mechanics known. Details given upon inquiry of the “Secy. of the Citizens’ Ass'n.” Identification. ‘The public should remember that there are a few labor unions conductee on peaceful Mnes and in proportion as they are worthy, they have won s« teem, for we, as @ people, are strongly in sympathy with any right act that has for its purpose better condition for wage workers. But we do not for get that we seck the good of ei! ant not those alone who belong to soxe organization, whereas even the lay. abiding wiions show undeniable ev dences of tyranny and oppression wha they are strong enough, while msy of the unions harbor and encounge criminals in their efforts to force a yoke of slavery upon the America people. As a public speaker lately said: “The arrogance of the English King that roused the fiery eloquence of Otis, that inspired the immortal declaration of Jefferson, that left War- ren dying on the slopes of Bunker Hil, was not more outrageous than the conditions that a closed shop would force upon the community. ‘These men burst into rebellion ‘when the king did but touch their pockets. Imagine if you can their indignant pro- test had he sought to prohibit or ‘restrict their occupation or determine the conditions under which they should earn their livelihood,” and to assault, beat end murder them, blow up their houses and poison their food ‘if they did not submit. "Phe public should also remember that good, true American citizens can be found in the unions and that they deprecate the criminal acts of their fellow members, but they are often ir bad company. Salt only hurts sore spots. So, the honest, law-abiding union man is oot hurt when the criminals are de nounced, but when you hear a uniox man “holler” because the facts sre made public, be has branded himselt as gither one of the lawbreakers or a sympathizer, and therefore with the mind of the lawbreaker, and likely te become one when opportunity offers ‘That is one reason employers decline to hire such men. | A short time ago inquiry came {ror | the union forces to know if Mr. Post ‘would “keep still” if they would call off the boycott on Postum and Grape Nuts. ‘This is the reply: “The labor trust has seen fit to try to ruin our business because we would not join Its crimins! conspiracy. We are plain Americar ‘oltizens and differ from the labor ‘union picn in that we do not force people to strike, pleket, boycott, a» sault, blow up property or commit murder. ‘We do not pay thugs $20 to break in the ribs of any man who tries to sup port his family nor $30 for an eye knocked out. ‘We try to show our plain, honest regard for sturdy and independent workmen by paying the highest wages in the state. We have a steady, unvarying © spect for the law-abiding, peaceabie union man and a most earnest desir to see him gain power enough t ‘purge the unions of their crimins practices, that have brought down upo ‘them the righteous denunciation of = long-suffering and outraged public, but we will not fawn, truckle, bend th: kee, weer the hated collar of whit slavery, the union label, nor prostitute our American citizenship under “0* ders” of any labor trust. You offer to remove the restrictict on our business and with “union” xo!’ choke the throat and still the yoict raised in stern denunciation of ‘ despotism which tramples beneath «: iron:shot hee! the freedom of our brot® ors. You would gag us with a sliver bs and muffle the appeal to the America people to harken to the cries fi: bread of the litte children whose faithful fathers were beaten to dest while striving to carn food for them ‘Your boycott may perhaps succeed in throwing our people ont of work and driving iis from business, but yo? cannot wrench from us that priceles* jewel our fathers fought for and whic every true son guards with bis life Therefore, speaking for our work people and ourselves, the infamoo: offer is declined.” POSTUM CEREAL CO., LTD Note by Publisher. ‘The Postum Company have a yeasl? contract for space in this paper which they have a right to use {07 announcements of facts and_princt ple. Such use does not necessarily carry with it any editorial opinion