Wichita Searchlight

THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT 4th. Juy 4th. Odd Fellow Hall Tuesday Night A Fine Literary and Musical Program At the close of each Searchlight has asked patrons to meet with brating the Anniver Searchlight has succeed year of constant, republication; we ask to join with us in ce 4TH JU The Hall Will Be Amp A Cruci e American N The Import History-ma What Road w At the close of each year's publication The Searchlight has asked its many friends and patrons to meet with them in properly celebrating the Anniversary Event. As The Searchlight has successfully closed another year of constant, regular and uninterrupted publication; we ask our friends and patrons to join with us in celebrating the event on The Hall Will Be Amply and Well Ventilated American Negro Is At The The Important Point In History-making Days What Road will he Choose? the forty years of freedom, in a land surrounded on every hand, schools, colleges and academies; in institutional republic and in the heart of the world's greatest comedic arena, we find the American having to his credit the greatest most wonderful progress of which has ever been made by men in the whole history of civilizations. From the slave he has and now occupies a seat in investigation of art, learning and he has spent his day as an apper and stands forth today as of his chosen calling. From hilltop and from every valley—he is indeed at the turn—the most important point in history of any race or people. He roads from which to choose—will carry him to higher and commanding positions—the other over him from his present hard-position. Which will he take? know which we would like to take—but time alone can say he has taken. Right at this requires the most conservative the most sincere work, the most instruction to steer the race proper channel—this is no time morally or bickering—but re- --- year's publication The ed its many friends and them in properly cele- sary Event. As The successfully closed another regular and uninterrupted our friends and patrons celebrating the event on JULY 4TH Only and Well Ventilated al Point Negro Is At The ant Point In aking Days ll he Choose? quires earnestness and soberness to properly accomplish this most strenuous task. Never since the first Africans were landed on American soil in 1619 has there been such ceaseless, heated and diversified discussion about the American Negro, his progress and his future as is heard on every hand today. All this discussion is not meaningless—it seems that the whole civilized world has just awakened to the real facts as to who the Negro is—and what he has been doing. In order to hold their position under such constant bombardment—pro and con—the American Negro—must put his best efforts forward and grasp the situation with irony hands. This is, indeed, the crucial point in the American Negroes' history. With the many philosophers with their varied schemes and isms for and against the race, it is a perplexing problem to deal with. Most assuredly it is a condition and not a theory which confronts us. We cannot theorize and deal successfully with them, but we must meet them as all other conditions are met, face to face, manfully, unflinchingly and resolutely. That the Negro holds his own destiny in the holow of his own hand— the skeptical agree. There is no race, outside of the Negro race, that has the adaptability to produce the proper course to the future up-lifting of the Negro race—the innate characteristics of the Negro race readily convinces that if the Negro is to be up-lifted—he must be up-lifted by himself. While other races may, can and will most substantially assist—the real work must be done by the Negro himself. In accomplishing this great k of race progression—the race must have the ability to distinguish between good advice and clandestine advise. The one will prove an everlasting benefit to the race—while the other will prove an eternal injury. SATISFIE The citizens of Wichita white and colored are very pleased with the present did system on which the schools of this city are con. So well systemized are the lio schools of our city that are conducted year after without the least friction. Under the present school tem the children go to the in their respective war are nearest their home acc to grade and no distin The Negro race and the leaders should in every way possible cultivate a friendly feeling with the dormant race—the Caucasian—with whom and amongst whom they must live—this good feeling will quite materially advance the possibilities of the race to that heights to which the race now aspires. In his dealings the Negro should not attempt to deal on the narrow basis of race—but should consider all men on the broad basis of manhood and merit—and not only should he deal in that way with other men but he should insist that other men deal with him on a similar basis. We are all Americans—and should be dealt with in that manner. False doctrines and false teachers have done more to hold the race back than any other one thing since they began the march to progress—let us weed out the false and maintain the true. As a citizen the Negro is entitled to all the privilege and advantages vouchsafe to any other citizen—and by his bold stand for manhood and merit he will secure these. Negroes Should All be Fighters From the New York Age. No one, we believe, has a notion that the Irish race, at home or abroad, are disposed to accept injustice without protest, or to stand by while a scrap is on without taking or desiring to take part in it. What, then, does M. J. O'Brien mean by saying in the New York Sun, that, if the Irish race "did lay claim to everything that the race is entitled to, and showed a stiffer backbone, people would have more respect for them?" Did you ever! Here in New York the Irish claim everything in politics, and get it, and their backbone appears to be as stiff as a crowbar. If a fighting Irishman can really make this sort of complaint against the Irish race what should a fighting Afro-American make about the short-comings of the Afro-American people in this respect? These lattre allow themselves to be robbed of their legal rights as a race without organized protest and to be wronged and contemptuously abused as individuals without the resentment that rebukes as well as compels respect. The Afro-American people need a stiffer backbone. SATISFIED The citizens of Wichita both white and colored are very well pleased with the present splendid system on which the public schools of this city are conducted So well systemized are the public schools of our city that they are conducted year after year without the least friction. Under the present school system the children go to the school in their respective wards that are nearest their home according to grade and no distinction is made on account of race or color A better or more satisfactory plan could not be formed. As we have said, the people are satisfied and we think any agitation for any other system ought to meet with the deep disapproval of the people. And especially should the colored people rise upin arms against any charge and should eternally condemn any black man who would so far forget himself as to advocate such And still more should the color ed people object to smart alecs from the outside who have no interest in the welfare of the color ed people, come in and attempt to aggitate a change in the present splendid school system here. The idea is wholly preposterous and is a direct insult to the color ed people of this city and an insult which should be resented. The Searchlight has often said and now repeats, that the black man should be the last maa in America to advocate drawing the color line in anything; he aside from all other people should be willing to meet all men on the level of merit and not on account of race or color. That the colored children of Wichita are entitled to the same school accommodations that are accorded their white neighbor—no sane person will deny — and that they get it under the present school system—is a fact—that they would not get the same accommodations under a change of the school system is an evident and undisputable fact. What is the occassion for any aggitation to disturb the present excellent and harmonious school system of Wich'ta? The colored people are satisfied and the white people are not complaining. Then who is it who seeks the role of aggilator? An aggitator is always a mischievous trouble maker and is a burden to any community in which he may live; he is there fore a meddlesome busy-body who should be shunned on every hand as a menance to the peace and happiness of the community A change is out of the question for the manner in which the colored people are scattered over our city would not only deprive them of a school privilege to which they are justly entitled, but it would at the same time work an irreparible injury and hardship on the colored school chi'dren. It is time when the patrons of our schools and the citizens of our city request some change and not when some grafter come along with this plea to enable him to work his graft. The colored people of Wichita owe it to themselves to place their condemnation on the head of the individual who attempts an aggitation of this kind. In this case, as in most cases north of Mason & Dixson's line where the color line is set up the aggitation is begun by some would be smart alec, who has no interest in the community in which he begins the aggitation. The sooner that an end is put to these peace disturbers the better for the community. The four story building of Roger Williams university, a Negro school near Nashville Tenn, has been burned and the loss will be practically complete. The buildinff was occupied as a dormitory and also contained class rooms. No one was seriously injured' it is thought. The fire is the second the institution has suffered recently. The school is operated under the auspices of the Baptist Missionary Society, whose headquarters is in New York. EVER HAVE IT A mysterious microbe has appeared in town within the past few days. It accacks every one. The strong well fed man seems to fall an easy victim. He gets up in the morning, eats a very frail breakfast, and in going down town it is noticed that his steps are halting, and that his feet do "track." He arrives at the office fifteen minutes late and is an hour behind in work all day long He finds that it requires a great effort to keep himself bsry. He would rather sit around than work. He would rather go fishing than sit around. Meals do not seem to taste very good. His appetite calls for a bracer. His muscles feel flabby, his head feels stuffy and the office is very close He would hail with joy the old sign from the small boy which means "lets eo swimming." What is the matter with him? He has spring fever.—Albert Thomson, in Hutchin Bee. ```markdown ``` Perhaps a man who thinks that conscience is all tommyrot has one of that kind. Highwaymen robbed a preacher of $35 and a watch, but he did not live in Vermont. A Parisian ballet star has just passed away at the age of eighty. Cut off in her prime! Atlanta horseshoers have gone on a strike. Atlanta might get around this trouble by using mules. Another man has acted on Dr. Osler's suggestion by killing himself at the age of 70. He said that Osler was right. Isn't it about time the British commons dissolved, when the members are beginning to see ghosts of former M. P.'s? Any one having a few odd pounds of radium would do well to sell now. The price has advanced to $3,000,000 an ounce. Hugh O. Pentecost's remarks are in-explicable. Think of a man who lives in New York saying there is no such thing as evil! Maybe the theory is that if a patient shows himself husky enough to stand life in the arctic zone the microbes quit in despair. "Millionaires," declares Marie Corelli, "are for the most part ill-mannered and illiterate." She doesn't say who told her so. Having ended their experiments with baking consumptives in Florida, the doctors will now try freezing them in the arctic. If Johann Hoch could marry forty women in fifteen years, is there really any excuse for a bachelor except that he doesn't want to? No wonder smokeless powder proves deadly in war. It appears that large quantities of cheap whisky are used in its manufacture. A Memphis man fell from the eleventh story of a skyscraper and only broke three fingers. And it was the first time he ever tried it, too. An angry Hawaiian over in Honolulu recently beat a man to death with a Bible. This is another strong argument for the flexible cover. A Philadelphia belle kissed a hobo who stopped her horse from running away. But she had probably kissed her poodle dog often, so that it came easy. Europe is so plastered over with automobiling Americans this summer that the gendarmes have all been obliged to learn to say: "Hold on dere, youse!" Mr. W. H. Crane, the actor, says his success has been due to his wife. Evidently there is no immediate danger of a divorce case in the Crane family. The Pittsburg man who has been given a fortune of 1,000,000 glasses of beer should have no difficulty in becoming a power as a leader in practical politics. Doubtless the proposition to chloroform old John L. Sullivan and old Charley Mitchell would awaken indignant protests on the part of many excellent people. A French peasant who lost the power of speech nine years ago has recovered it and now talks incessantly. No wonder, if he has nine years to make up for. The department of agriculture has begun a scientific study of limburger cheese and has already made the discovery that to ordinary people the smell is not agreeable. A magazine writer wants to know the four sweetest words in the English language. "Enclosed please 'nd check" is a quartet that is hard to beat when addressed to a newspaper man. A man from Wisconsin has been engaged to teach English to the King of Spain. This is pretty sure to cause dissatisfaction in Boston, where it is claimed that the Wisconsin "r" is a crime. 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We publish it FREE GF CHARGE. Write plain, and on one side of the paper only. 6th No Name will be placed on our books without the money. So agents will send the money with subscriber's name. 6th Address all communications to "The Witcha's Searchlight" Wichita, Kansas. Th 4th erroneous reflection upon the character, standing or reputation of any person which may appear in this paper, will be gladly corrected if bought to the Editor. " To Live and Let Live, " is SUR Mette SEVENTH ANNIVERRARY The Seventh Anniversary Exercises of the Wichita Searchlight will be held at Odd Fellow Hall on Tuesday night July 5th. In regularity of publication in length of time and uniformed maintained during all these many years, the Searchlight has broken all precedents for colored News papers in Wichita, it has out stripped the record of any Negro paper has ever been published in Wichita and it is in better shape and on a more firm founsation than at any time since it began nearly seven years ago- The Searchlight by its bold and outspoken advocacy of the interests of the colored people and its durability has gathered to it the confidence and esteem of the people year the management in recognition of the facts sets aside some evening during the each year and asks the people to join them in having goop jolly time in a general community gathering and on July 4th the date set aside for 1905, it is hoped that all will take advantage of this opportunity and spend one evening with the Searchlight at Odd Fellows Hall. Plans are being perfected to submit to the people one of the best literary and musical programs ever rendered in our city and the hall will be amply ventilated and plenty seats provided so that no one will have to stand while this superb program is being rendered. It is the desire that every one who are present shall feel at ease and have a jolly, good pleas ant time. --- It is not necessary to say that the very best order will be maintained and one map feel safe to bring his wife and family to the Odd Fellow hall Tuesday night July 4th and they will be free from anything thar is unbecoming. During the many years of work among the good people of this community it has been a pleasure to chrowile their acts and commend their many good deeds and on July 4th it is hoped that the Searchlight can join them in a pleasant social hour at Odd Fellow Hall. It might be mentioned by the way that refreshments of the season will also be served in the hall. Remember this date July 4th. at Odd Fellows Hall 517 N. Main "A Trip To New York Garfield Hall Monday Night, June 19t DO YOU BATHE? If you do and want a nice, clean procelain tub, hot and cold water, clean fresh towels to use come to The Arcade Barber Shop 339 North Main Street. Baths 25c—Six for $1.00 John E. Lewis, Prop. DELMONICO Restaurant MEALS 15c Lunch at All Hours Cold Drinks Good : Meals : Prompt : Service 46 North Main St. MRS. Chas. L. Kiner Prop, Paris City Cleaning Works Kid Gloves and Fine Fabrice Cleaned and Repaired. —All Work Guaranteed— 332 North Main st. J. A. Jackson, Prop. 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. Kernan & Co., 1102 E. Douglas Pone 357 HOUCK First Class Goods at Lowest Prices 116 East Douglas Avenue FURNISHED ROOMS To rent at a reasonable price Mrs Sherrils 311 W Murdock FOR RENT—Two rooms for young gentlemen. Apply, Mrs. W. H. Jones, 522 N. Water. Pay your honest debts remember you will want credit again. Don't cheat or take advantage of your negro newspaper man. Jas. J. Olden, the druggist, has a fine soda fountain in his place and is prepared to serve you to any flavor of the best soda water you may wish. The Race's standard Bearer —Pay for the Searchlight. ' UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL. ' Mrs. P. Newlin of Maize was in the city during the week. Miss Lizzie ndAerson of Salina is here visiting Mrs. R. H. Frazier Miss Pansy Jackson has returned from Quindare where she attended Western University. J. F. Phelps was in the city from Caldwell during the week to visit his family. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Hawkins of Elreno are guests of the Denyer Hotel. Abe Alexander is able to be out a gain after a two weeks sickness. Mr. and Mrs. Thos Glover have he remodeling on their house almost completed. Seventh Anniversary Execise of the Searchlight at Odd Fellow hall Tuesday night July 4th Come out. DIED Mrs. Ada Townsell Tuesday night at the Wichita Hospital. Burial Wednesday afternoon. W. N. Miller and wife and Mrs M. W. Mad son were among those who went to Bliss Okla from Wichita Sunday. A fine time is reported TRADE with the merchants who advertise in the Searchlight; they want your trade and will treat you right. M. F. Fowler and Miss Nora Hyder were excursion'st to Bliss Okla, from Wichita Sunday. Do not forget about the pastors rally at the A. M. E. church Sunday June 25th. Go out and do your duty. Henry Massey the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Massep returned home Friday from Quindaro where he has been attendinh Western University. Mesdames J. L. Harp r and R. H. Frazier will be delegates to the State Federation of clubs which will convene at Topeka next week. They will represent the G. L. A. Club. Mrs. W. M. Dent left Wednesday for Cleo Okla, where she will conduct a series of meetings. She will be absent about two weeks. Remember the big Seventh Anniversary Exercises of the Searchlight at Odd Fellow hall Tuesday night July 4th. Bring your whole family out that night. New Hope Baptist church is making a heroic effort to raise$500 at their big rally the 8th Sunday in July. All are invited to be present Thos Glover has been elected delegate of Home of the West Lodge No. 2906 to District Grand Lodge No. 17 which will meet in Emporia July 25th. 801 N. Main St. Wichita, Kans. Richard Love has had his barber shop 334 N, Main recently remedied r. painted and repapered and ii now has the appearances of a brand new shop. Call to see him. The Arcade Barber shop and Bath Rooms is still at the old stand 339 N. Main st. where the proPietor John E. Lewis and his splendid barbers are ready to wait on you. They have not moved yet but are still at the old stand. Mrs. Philip Hyde left Sunday night for Slater Mo. where she will spend about one month visiting her sister and other relatives and friends. All hope she will have a splendid time on her trip. The Lopez Remedy is proving a great blessing to thousands of people— One case recently cured by it was Wm. Trenat of San Francisco who had a blood disease which ate mos of his nose off= after trying every other known remedy he tried Lopez anp was cured. See their add. MASONIC SERMON The Masons will have annual Sermon preached Sunday June 18 at 3 o'clock in the afteanoon at the A-M-E. chnroh. The Sermon will be held under the auspices of the Arkansas Valley lodge No. 21. The Annual Sermon will be preached by Rev. D. K. Micklebury of Louisiana. Mrs. Alice Brown of Kans City Kans Grand matron of Eastern Star was in the city Wednesday and Thursday on he annual visit and left Friday morning. While in our city she was the guest of Mrs H. W. Massey 507 N. Water. REMNANT SALE The Beston Store will hold their Big Annual Emery Mill Remnant Sale beginning Monnay morning June 19th. This is a very important sale to shoppers as they can buy goods at less than manufacturers cost. The green tickets are the bargain sign Attend the big sale Monday June 19th opening POST PONED On account of the very severe electrical storm and rain. Thursday night—the ladies have postponed the production of a "Trip to New York untill Monday night June 19 at Gurfield hall. Come out. TABORS SERMON The Knights and Daughters of Tabor will hold their annual Sermon at the A. M. E. church Sunday eve at 8 p.m. The Sermon will be under the arspices of Taborian Temple No.11 and Wichita Tabernacle No.34 and the Knights and Daughters are making great preparations for the event. The Annual Sermon will be preached by Rev. H. W. King, pastor of that church aided by Chief Orator Sir Knight' Rev. Chas G. Coles. The Knights and Daughters are making a most remarkable encourage- ageing progress for good in Wichita and one that speaks in the highest terms for this grand order. --- WESTERN UNIVERSITY The Great Educational Institution for Kansas and the West..... DEPARTMENTS: Theiological, Colle and State Industrial. COURSES: Classical, College, P Normal, Musical, [ Instrument piano, oagan and harmony, L Mechanical], Carpentry, Pri Business Course, Stenographi ing, Dressmaking and Plain S ing, Farming and Gardening. ADVANTAGES: Splendid Location Influences and Thorough Teach INFORMATION: For terms, prices fered, write to William T. Verm MENTS: Theoiological, College, Normal, Sub-Nor- state Industrial. MENTS: Classical, College, Preparatory, Normal, Musical, Musical, [ Instrumental and Vocal ], inclu- doagan and harmony, Drawing [ Fine Arts, Cinical], Carpentry, Printing snd Book-Bind- ess Course, Stenography and Typewriting, T pressmaking and Plain Sewing, Cooking, Laun- garming and Gardening. MENTS: Splendid Location, Healthful Cllmate, Courses and Thorough Teachers. ACTION: For terms, prices and all inducements write to William T. Vernon, A. M. D. DEPARTMENTS: Theoiogical, College, Normal, Sub-Normal and State Industrial. COURSES: Classical, College, Preparatory, Normal, Sub Normal, Musical, [ Instrumental and Vocal ], including piano, oagan and harmony, Drawing [ Fine Arts and Mechanical], Carpentry, Printing snd Book-Binding Business Course, Stenography and Typewriting, Tailoring, Dressmaking and Plain Sewing, Cooking, Laundering, Farming and Gardening. ADVANTAGES: Splendid Location, Healthful Cllmate, Good Influences and Thorough Teachers. INFORMATION: For terms, prices and all inducements of fered, write to PRESIDENT QUINDARO, KANS. Phones Office—Bell "White" 4302 Residence—Bell "West' 15 USE IMBODEN'S IMPERIAL FLOUR AND USE IMBODEN'S IMPERIAL FLOUR AND BREAKFAST FOOD and you will Love AT YOUR GROCERS Gardner and you will Love good eating OUR GROCERS IMBODEN MILLING Gardner Coal Co... DEALERS IN... HARD CO Feed and Buil Office and Yards. 120 Old Phone 146 BARD COAL SOFT ed and Building Mater office and Yards. J201 to 1245 N. Main St Phone 146 New Phone 1 Feed and Building Material Office and Yards. J201 to 1245 N. Main St. Spring -Footv -To Suit the POOR or BRAITS 120 East and Summer =Footwear= To Suit the Purchaser- POOR or RICH BRAITSCH'S 120 East Douglas and Summer =Footwear= -To Suit the Purchaser- POOR or RICH BRAITSCH'S 120 East Douglas Bissant JEMIA KANSAS Call Up OLD PHONE NEW P Delivered To A Bissantz Ice C 215 South Rock Meyer F11 Up OLD PHONE No 3 NEW PHONE No 1893 delivered To Any Part of the C issantz Ice Cream Co 215 South Rock Island Ave Call Up OLD PHONE No 3 NEW PHONE No 1893 Delivered To Any Part of the City Meyer Furniture Furniture, Carpets, Lace Curtains, Lineoleoms, Draperies and Stoves; also Dealers in Second Hand Goods 322 North Main Street Wichita, Kan. Normal, Sub-Normal Tory, Normal, Sub- and Vocal ], including ing [ Fine Arts and and Book-Binding Typewriting, Tail- ing, Cooking, Laund- thful Cllmate, Goo all inducements of- A. M. D T - KANS. AL al Co., SOFT g Material 245 N. Main St.] New Phone 1804 mmer car= archaser- CH CH'S uglas CREAM E No 1893 part of the City am Co Ave ture Co. Get a Bottle of the New Wonder Lopez Specific Special Compound. As sure as Hot Springs are the best baths in the world, just as sure is LOPEZ the Best Blood Remedy known to MANKIND. It Never Fail To Cure or materially benefit in thirty days, any case of Blood Poison, [ Scrofula, Syph-itis or Running Sores, ] Rheumatism, Liver, Kidney or Stomach troubles, Malaria, Catarrah, Gleet, Sexual weakness, Failing Memory, or Weak eyes, General Decline, etc. [No Mercury] No matter how bad or where you live DON'T hit to get it. You know you have got to take a good Blood medicine if you get well, so to make matters doubly sure, let Lopez and quit experimenting with your life. Each Bottle will lost 30 to 40 days and retails for only $8 00 per bottle expressed any where. Mail orders a specialty. Call or write Cure to stay from 2 to 4 months or It Costs You Nothing. Lopez Remedy Co., SECOND Douglas (Barnes Block) Wichita, K SECOND TO NONE 113 East Douglas (Barnes Block) Wichita, Kansas Pleases All GOOD BREAD MAKERS It Is White As Snow. MYRON Groceries, Fru and I 815 N. D OLDEN'S MYRON A. DEAN veeties, Fruits, Vegetable and Feed. 815 N. MAIN ST 101-Both Phones - DEN'S DRUG STO --- MYRON A. DEAN Groceries, Fruits, Vegetables and Feed. 815 N. MAIN ST 101-Both Phones - 101 Prescriptions Filled with Care . . Drugs of all kinds, Cigars and Tobacco Your patronage solicited. + Once a customer, alway customer. Our store is Headquaaters for Colored pe Drugs of all kinds, Cigars and Tobacco patronage solicited. + Once a customer, alwiser. Our store is Headquaaters for Colored pe ... 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. ebbins & Rafferty Stebbins & Raff Vehicles, Farm Implements Light Harness, Robes, Etc. 1-213 West Douglas New Phone 1787 --- Notice Furnished -ROOMS- By the night or week Transient a Specialty Mr. R. Hack, Prop. 244 North Water St. OFFICE. We call attention of who may have news items for STARCHLIGHT to have the copy our office not later than Thursday ing in order to reach publica- in our current issue. This ap- p only to Wichita items other must be in our office not later on Wednesday evening. Please notice. EERLESS TEAM LAUNDRY Best Laundry In The City WANTED: Every one to know the SEARCHLIGHT has a installment of type and is now ready to do all kinds of fancy up- side job work. Give us a call. --- G. Stebbins Block) Wichita, Kansas OTTO WEISS. Agent. A. DEAN its, Vegetables Feed. MAIN ST 101-Both Phones - 101 RUG STORE Cigars and Tobacco . . . Once a customer, always a quaters for Colored people. --- Wichita Kan. A FOOL and his mouey are soon parted. The mau who pays out his good money for inferior building material is foolish. Buy the BEST. We sell it. Have you seen the latest building material? It is our Cement Building Stone. The longer it wears, the harder it gets. J. H. TURNER, 537-547 West Douglas Ave. Denver Hotel CAFE Private Dining Rooms Down Stairs and Up Stairs Our Special Service Banquets and Parties On Short Notice. . Nice Furnished Rooms L. H. SNOWDEN Manager J. H. SNOWDEN, Manager Wichita Kansas TRY IT W. O. Rafferty Wichita Kan. FRISCO SYSTEM FROM HERE TO THERE. And there's pure air, pure water and sunshine on the hill. Just the place for a rest after the long Winter. Its the Crescent Hotel Eureka Springs, Ark. OPERATED BY THE FRISCO SYSTEM Round-trip tickets to Eureka Springs on sale eueely day in the year. Ask C. W. STRAIN, D. P. A. Wichita, Kan. Wichita Trunk Factory Manufacturers Of All Kinds of Trunks, Valises and Traveling Bags Repair Work A Specialty 507 East Douglas Ave. W. M. Dunson, Painter and Paper Hanger Work Guaranteed Prices Reasonable Office 517 N. Main St Phone 936 New Sleeping Car Line On Mo. Pac. Ry Commencing May 1st., the Mo. Pac. will put in operation a new sleeping car line between Denver, Colo., and Little Rock, Ark. The Throughcar for Denver will leave Wichita every day at 8:15 p. m., arriving at 12:00 Noon, next day. The car for Little Rock will leave Wichita at 11 25 a. m., and arrive at Little Rock at 6,15 a. m., next day. The last mentioned car will connect at Little Rock, immediately, with train at Hot Springs, arriving there at 800 a. m. This is the best sleeping car service, operated through Wichita, to Denver and Little Rock, making the most comfortable connection for Hot Springs. It will especially accommodate invalids and convalesenets who desire to go either to Colorado or Arkansas FANCY, neat up-to-date JOB PRINTING is what we are now prepared to do. Patronize your race print shop—the SEARCHLIGHT Job Printry—n w faces of type—and ood workmanship. Give us a how at your work. It seems to us that any straggler comming to Wichita and not liking the style of the people and conditions here ought to remember that the town owes them nothing and they are paying the city no complaint to remain. Some how the people here existed before their advent and maybe they can live awhile after their demise A CORRECTION In the last issue of the Searchlight we made the announcement ment that the Masonic Annual Semion would be preached by Rev, H. W. King pastor. We wish however to correct [that statement as the sermor will be] preached by Rev. D. K. Mickleburry instead. And it was a悔际 error. B. J. Topp is building a barn on his home place 939 N. Wichita. Boston Store 103.105.107.109 E. DOUGLAS AVE. WALLENSTEIN & COKK. WICHITA. ATTORNEY, J. H. LAWRENCE, KAN. OTTWANA, KAN. TIMBURG, KAN. PASSING, KAN. Every department in this Store will be represented with a host of Stirring Bargains at Mill Remnant prices. Come and Buy at Mill Cost. THEY ARE THE BARGAIN SIGNS Boston Store WALLENSTEIN & COHN MAIN & DOUGLAS Have You Seen Those Wonderful BARGAINS IN- WE ARE OFFERING? Pianos from $15.00 and upward And terms to suit all Come With C. W. Hayni Successor to Me 135 North 'To The C. This phrase has come to me day performance—people travel east and California as unconcerned. Rock Island transcontinental fortable, economical and grateful the East and West on their intents a day. In fact, they are operating the Rock Island rails via both distance. Via El Paso, through New Mexico via Colorado and Salt Lake City, has its points of advantage and return the other. Special excursion rates in effect on me. Excursion tickets to Portland on sale every Our folder "Aeros the Continent in relation about rates, sent promptly upon request. Come Without Delay W. Haynie Music Co., successor to McKinney Music Co., 135 North Market Street The Coast' Life has come to mean a very common, every chance—people travel to and fro between the California as unconceruedly as you please. And transcontinental Tourist Sleepers (so commercial and gratifying to the traveler) lervest on their interesting trips several times, they are operated over two routes and on trails via both routes for a good share of the coast, through New Mexico—the Southern route and Salt Lake City—The Scenic route. Easily points of advantage: a good plan to go one way or other. Rates in effect on numerous dates during summer month Portland on sale every day. Cross the Continent in a Tourist Sleeper," with full informant promptly upon request. Come Without Delay C. W. Haynie Music Co., Successor to McKinney Music Co., 135 North Market Street 'To The Coast' This phrase has come to mean a very common, everyday performance—people travel to and fro between the east and California as unconceruedly as you please. Rock Island transcontinental Tourist Sleepers (so comfortable, economical and gratifying to the traveler) serve the East and West on their interesting trips several times a day. In fact, they are operated over two routes and on the Rock Island rails via both routes for a good share of the distance. Via El Paso, through New Mexico=the Southern route; via Colorado and Salt Lake City—The Scenic route. Each way has its points of advantage: a good plan to go one way and return the other. Special excursion rates in effect on numerous dates during summer months. Excursion tickets to Portland on sale every day. Our folder "Aeross the Continent in a Tourist Sleeper," with full information about rates, sent promptly upon request. C. E. BASCOM, C. P. A. WICHITA, KANSAS. J. A. STEWART; GEN'L AGENT. KANSAS CITY. The B. T. W. club met last Wed nesday afternoon at the homegoi Mrs W. M. Bowers 1725 N. Epmoria. After business was transacted an elegant luncheon was served after- which the club adjourned to meet Thursday afternoon with Mrs Anderson 727 N. Wichita st. The Delmonico restaurant, 346 North Main, Mrs. Kinn, proprietor, has added a new coat of white paint to the neatness of the restaurant. --- Rock Island System without Delay The Music Co., Kinney Music Co., Market Street Coast' clean a very common, every- wel to and fro between the ruledly as you please. Special Tourist Sleepers (so com- fying to the traveler) serve pressing trips several times tied over two routes and on routes for a good share of the Mexico=the Southern route; Day—The Scenic route. Each : a good plan to go one way numerons datos during snmmer months. every day. A Tourist Sleeper," with full informa- quent. J. A. Jackson, at the Paris Cleaning Works, 334 North Main, is still doing first-class work. Miss Salile Rowles is glving perfect satisfaction as stenographer and typewriter in the office of Dr. Boowers in the Bitting block. She is coming to the front ranks. Rev. J. H. Van Len has returned home from an extended trip. While away he attended the Baptist Re-union in St. Louis and pronounces it one of the best meetings he has attended. THE BUFFALO HUNT The big Buffalo Hunt which took place at Bliss Okla Sunday June11 was one of the grandest affair ever seen in the west among civilized people. It is estimated that between 95, 000 and 120,000 people were present during the day and everything went off like clock work. To enumerate the many and varied amusements for the people would require to much space then suffice it to say that the program rendered was grand in every way. The Searchlight has for seven years stood for the interest of the colored people. We have never and never will advocate for the colored people to take a backward stand in educational matters or in any other line. Let the race hold whatever advantages they have and get more if they can. We do not believe in the colored people advocating the color line in anything. Why should a child be forced to walk blocks out of the way and by fine school buildings to go to some chicken shed to attend school simply because his or her skin is block? Down with this-- and away with those who advocate it. Will you stand by the Searchlight in it? stand for [an equal chance for the black school children of Wichita? If you do= pay what you owe—owe and get your neighbors and friends to subscribe for the great Wichata Searchlight--- the colored man's friend. Children's Day at the Tabernacle Baptist church was well observed. The exercises were under the management of Mrs. J. A. Martin and Mrs. Hattie Gardener. A splendid program was rendered. Among the numbers was a vocal selection by Miss Minnie Madison. At 7 p. m. the B. Y. P. U. held a good meeting with M. Bianche Givens', president: Mrs. Richard Love, Vice and Mrs. Josephine Miller, secretary. At 8 p. m. Rev. H. M. Underwood preached a good sermon. The church is doing nicely. The church wishes to thank The Searchlight for its many favorable mentions of our work and for its manly stand in the interest of the race in Wichita and in general. We highly commend it to the colored people everywhere as a race journal worthy the support of every race man and woman. We feel more proud every day that we have a staunch race-man as the editor of The Searchlight in our midst. May he and The Searchlight live long and continue to do much good for the race, -Tabernacle Baptist Church. In Women's Interests The vogue of the lingerie gown increases daily, and the most exquisite embroideries are now supplemented with the real laces to increase their costly extravagance. In the charming example pictured an all-over embroidered batiste is used, with flounceings and bandings to match. The chemisette is in bebe Irish crochet, and the inserted sleeve puff in a platte Valenciennes; and yet, with the union of all these various materials there is no hint of patchiness or scrapiness, suggestive of the remnant counter or the family piece bag. The chemisette of crochet is backed with white chiffon, and Valenciennes and banding make a surplice line below this, the all-over blouse beginning only at the bust, and dropping with soft fullness into the feather-boned satin girdle. The sleeve shows all of the materials cleverly combined, the batiste, Valenciennes and crochet succeeding each other in the order named. The skirt is cleverly fitted with tucks over the hips, and at the knee the flouncees begin, a wavy band of insertion serving for a heading. The skirt length is round, just barely clearing the ground all around. How to Shirr Fabric With shirring occupying so important a position as it does at present on dresses and blouses and clothes of every description, a way to do it by machine is worth knowing. Of course, it will never take the place of hand work—nothing could; but at least it is a fairly good substitute for many things. Girdles (and so many of them require row after row of shirring), and even dress yokes and cuffs, are especially good done on the machine. It is all a trick of the tension. Loosen the lower tension, leaving the upper tight, and stitch your rows exactly as if you were doing plain stitching. When it is all stitched, pull the loose threads underneath, drawing the material up until it is as full as you want it. Then fasten both ends of your threads, and your shirring is done, only about ten minutes having been needed instead of an hour or two. But don't try it on delicate stuffs—the stitching is sure to show. Evolution of a Smart Toilet. What could be smarter wear for any occasion than a corselet skirt of silver-gray cloth, embroidered in gray and white braid with a thread of silver, the same embroidery accentuating the lines round the corsage, taking a point downward in the front and upward at the back. The cloth may be slightly swathed at the waist, and the princess effect may be becomingly carried out. This skirt may be worn with a gray crepe de chine blous and a bolero of small dimensions cut up the back, with cap-like sleeves reaching well above the elbow, and turned back with fluted rovers of gray taffeta heavily embroidered all over. Surmounting this may be a small gray crinoline hat with a cluster of white ostrich plumes at the left side and a long curling ostrich feather forming the trimming round the brim. Ideas for the Little Ones. Bishop sleeves and short puff sleeves are the two leading vogues in connection with frocks for little children. Nothing of its class has superseded in favoritism the long-waisted French frock with a sash drawn well down to the hips and tied into a big bow at the back or a knot at the left side. A simple dress of this sort of pale blue china silk has an insertion of lace running round the skirt, and the bodice is hung to a scalloped yoke of lace to match, the cuffs to the bishop sleeves being also of lace. Charming Shirt Waist Suit. For a spring frock, the model shown will develop well in tweed, etamine, taffeta or Burlingham. Should a summer suit be desired, canvas, one of the new mercerized S cotton goods or plain linen will answer admirably.. The waist is tucked, as is the straight flounce, and tucks confine the fullness of the skirt at the waistline. If a thin goods is to be used the skirt and flounce can be shirred instead of tucked. The Round Yoke. Not new, but charming for batiste blouses, is the round yoke composed of narrow bands of the batiste, joined by open work stitching or braid. Al- though high, full shoulders are the dresser era, the sloping shoulder has not been altogether elbowed out of fashion, and is attractive in the soft materials and in this model. The slope must not be too pronounced, and it must be balanced by width. Round, wide yokes of lace may be bordered with crossway bands of the batiste running right across the arms. The whole blouse may be of lace alternating with crossway bands, running all around the figure. The sleeves can carry out the same idea. Handsome Satin Waist. Blouse of white satin, shirred at the top to a yoke, which also forms a plastron. This yoke is embroidered with little dots and ornamented with A beautiful motifs of guipure. It is bordered with bands of the satin fagoted together. The puffed sleeves are trimmed and finished with bands and cuffs composed of the fagoted bands. Beautiful Hosiery. Self-embroidery is much preferred to colors at present, and quite elaborate designs on black and pastel colored hosiery in the delicate shades are worked out in silk of the same hue. A very smart pair of emerald green silk stockings had a medallion design in white silk. This was, of course, an exception to the general rule of self-embroidery. Lisle and cotton stockings may also be embroidered, though except in the better qualities the work entailed will not be recompensed for by the wear. Very beautiful hosiery may be made from plain black silk of the finest quality, if lace inserts are appliqued and the patterns outlined in jet or silver spangles. Trimmings for Summer. The characteristic trimmings of the summer are of two sorts, intricate—almost painfully elaborate—insertions of Valenciennes and a mixture of heavy embroidery, with the lightest and finest conceivable. Suitable for a graduate ready to become a summer debutante was a dress of white silk muslin made in princess form and fitted to the figure with a broad girdle band of shirring. The full skirt, laid in fine plaits, was hooped with two wide bands of lace insertion, the lower heading a flounce that added fluffiness to the draperies. The bands of lace. The sleeves formed two puffs of moderate fullness, then tapered to the wrists in diminishing ruches. Color in Stockings. Colored silk stockings are going to be fashionable. Every wearable color is represented in the new hosiery; greens, browns, golden yellows, reds, and mauves being among the available schemes. Notwithstanding black is, as usual, to the front, and the black stockings by no means savor of monotony, but display pleasing variety in the way of decoration. Simplest of all are the lisle thread stockings, with small ribs all the way up the leg, while, for daintiness, the lisle lace hose are especially noticeable, the facework extending half way up the leg only, or the entire length. Spanish Fritters. Cut the soft part of a fresh baker's loaf into pieces about two inches long and half an inch thick. Have ready three half pints of milk, well sweetened; add to the milk six eggs beaten to a froth. Dip the pieces of bread into the eggs and milk and when they become thoroughly saturated take them out and fry a delicate brown on both sides. These may be eaten with nun's butter or wine sauce. Linen Sets. The girl who likes to have dress accesories correspond is making up embroidered linen "sets" to be worn on simply made "tub" morning frocks. These sets consist of a collar and embroidered straight length the width of a shirtwaist, center box plait, deep cuffs and a belt. Heavy, coarse linen is used, the edges of each piece are all buttonholed, and some kind of a simple pattern is worked in the center. Girl Ties Ribbon Under Chin. If a girl has a long oval face she can not do better than to frame it with broad soft bands of ribbon fastened to her hat. These should tie at the side with a rosette, long streamer reaching to the waist. State of Kansas, Sedgwick County, ss. In the District Court, 18th Judicial trict. Emma Maxey, Plaintiff. vs. The said defendant is hereby notified that he has been sued in the district court by the said plaintiff for divorce and unless he, the said defendant, shall be and appear in said court, on or before the 22nd day of July, A. D. 1905, and then and there plead, answer or demur to plaintiff's petition therein filed, a decree will be entered pro confesso against him for a divorce and for the custody of the minor child in accordance with the prayer of said petition. J. C. MILTON. Attorney for Plaintiff. State of Kansas, Sedgwick County, ss In the District Court of Sedgwick County, Kansas. Ira Amy. Defendant. You, the defendant, are hereby notified that you have been sued in the above entitled Court in the above entitled action, by Effie Amy, plaintiff in said action, and that said plaintiff has filed her petition in the District Court of the County of Sedgwick in the State of Kansas, against you and that unless you answer said petition on or before the 22nd day of July, A. D. 1905, said petition will be taken as true, and judgment rendered accordingly of the following nature, to-wit: for a divorce absolute, and for the costs of this action. Dated and first publication, this 10th day of June, A. D. 1905. By J. C. MILTON, Plaintiff's Attorney. CHILDREN'S DAY. Children's Day was very appropriately observed by all the churches in Wichita Sunday. Each if them held impressive services. A. M. E. Church. At this church the exercises were held under the auspices of the Sunday school and a large attendance was present. New Hope. The New Hope held their services in the afternoon and Mrs. Jas. Gipp, superintendent of the Sunday school presented each of the children with beautiful presents. Tabernacle Baptist. This church held very nice services and many strangers were present. Mrs. J. A. Martin, superintendent of the Sabbath school, made a very appropriate explanation of Children's Day. Ind. Baptist. The children's day exercises were held under the auspices of the Sunday school superintendent, Henry W. James presiding. SPRINGFIELD NEWS Mrs. Newton Edmonson and daughter Tessie were among the excursionist who came down from Kansas City Sunday. Mss. B. F. Adams who has been ill is reported better. Miss Carrie Foster of Wjebita has been visiting Mr. snd Mrs. Kelly and friends. There are quite a number students in attendance of the Lincoln High school. Miss Davy Williams is reported to be on the sick list. Mr. and Mrs. Woody Bird entertained Sunday eve Messers and Mesdames, Harry Johnson, Elmer Penn, George Webb jr., Walter Majors, Ulysses Hardrick and U,R Smith. Mr. ane Mrs. T. M. Mo Clelland have moved next door to Mrs. Bird on Mill st. Mrs. T.-P. Mnrphy entertained Mesdames Bird, Me Eihaney Webb Majors and U. R. Smith at her residence lasi Tuesday eve from 3p. m until 5 p. m. The hospitable hostess spared no pains with her guest. 1 Mrs. Robert Davis and Miss Ida Porter, both of Kingman, arrived in Wichita Wednesday morning. They were initiated in Wichita Tabernacle No 34 Thursday afternoon. Both will remain over for the annual sermon Sunday. Mrs. Davis is the guest of Mrs. W. N. Miller and Miss Porter is the guest of Miss Etta Floyd. L. S. NAFTZGER, W. R. TUCKER, President Vice President J. M. MOORE) Cashier Fourth National Bank United States Depository Capital $200,000.00 Surplus $50,000.00 Directors—W. R. Tucker, W. E. Jett, K. L. Holmes, S. B. Amidon, B. F. McLean, J. M. Moore, L. S. Naftzger, E. H. Middlekauff, O. Z. Smith, A General Banking Business Transacted WICHITA, KANSAS Red Font Racket The People's Economy Store Sample Shoes We have just received a large invoice of Men's Work Shoes, Men's Dress Shoes, Ladies' and Misses Fine Dress Shoes, Oxford and Slippers, all styles and kinds AT WHOLESALE PRICES. Top Bros. & Hanshaw WICHITA TABERNAGLE No. 34, Order of Twelve Meets First and Third Thursday Of Each Month All Daughters In Good Standing Invited Mrs. Mattie Miller, H. P. Beatrice Miller, Sec. Hall 517 North Main Soet =SMOKE= BLUE SEAL =CIGARS= SOLD EVERYWHERE Banner Mills CUSTOM GRINDING A Specialty ALL KINDS OF COAL & FEED PWOENIBOH BROS, PROPS. 622 N. 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We pay all postage and express charges. Send postal or express money order. Please write your name and address plainly to **OZONIZED OX MARROW CO.,** Charls Ford Park 76 Wabash Ave., Chicago, Illinois. Agents wanted everywhere. Henry Gilbert and Fred Martin are working as special policemen this week. Officer Frank Gardenhire is doing special detective work during carnival. TWO SERMONS. There will be two annual sermons at the A. M. E. church on Sunday, June 18th. (next Sunday.) The first one will be the Masonic sermon at 3 p. m. under the auspices of Arkansas Valley League No. 21, together with Princess Chapter No. 12 and Mary Magdeline Court No. 7, H. of J. The second will be that of the Knights and Daughters of Tabor which will be held under the auspices of Taborian Temple No. 11 and Wichita Tabernacle No. 34. This sermon will take place at 8 p. m., sharp. The general public is invited to attend both these services. The Masonic sermon will be preached by Rev. D. H. Micklebury of Louisiana and the Tabor sermon will be preached by Rev H. W. King. pastor of that church. Buy your Fresh Meat at the Packing House Meat Market and Save Money. Remember the place--Market at the G of Dold's Packing House. FINE WORK OUR JOB ROOM. It Your Work Is DONE BY US We Do It RIGHT We Are Now Prepared To Do All Kinds Of Fancy, Up to Date Job Work. We Invite A Trial. We Guarantee To Please You, Both In Work And Price. You Will Find Us At The Old Reliable Stand At 110 North Main St. Bring Us Your Next Job. WE INVITE YOU TO CALL The PRINTERS who Can PRINT Our Prices ARE AS LOW AS THE LOWEST OUR Work IS AS GOOD AS THE BEST IF NOT, WHY NOT? ANT TO MARRIED WOMEN Pimmick of Washington tells Joe E Pinkham's Vegetable and Made Her Well. the great pleasure we publish ing letters, as they convince the claim we have so many in our columns that Mrs. a Mary Dimmick d Lynn. Mass., is fully quali- fied helpful advice to sick women? Dimmick's letters. Pearson taught for the past eight months a trouble which first originated in menstruation—the pains were with inflammation and ulceration, a wound. I cannot live. I do not want to an operation if I can possibly. Please help me."—Mrs. Mary Washington, D. C. FREDERICK make my condition when I laugh, and that the doctor said I operation or I could not live. our kind letter and followed your wisely and am now entirely or case was to so serious it seems a health but my life to Lydia E. vegetable Compound and to your walk miles without an ankle or I wish every suffering woman s letter and realize what you in the Street, Washington, D. C. it was for Mrs. Dimmick to a Pinkham at Lynn, Mass. title it cost her—a two-cent show valuable the reply mickick says—it saved her life. hus has on file thousands letters as the above, and women helpful advice. Thompson's Eye Water PENSION LAWS SENT FREE ATHAN BICKFORD, 914 F St. Washington, D. C. Drink Peacock 5¢ IT MAKES YOU PROUD! 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U—Wichita—No. 24—1905 Answering Advertisements Mention This Paper. GOOD'S CURE FOR ALL FAILURES In group. Tastes Good. Use drug by drugs. CONSUMPTION --- Georgia Mountainner Assigns a Sufficient but Peculiar Cause. Rev. Mr. Livingston of Georgia, told this story: "A friend of mine down in one of the small towns of Georgia has many proteges among the people in the mountain country near. Several years ago there was a long dry spell in Georgia. At about the beginning of it the wife of one of the mountaineers died. The disconsolate husband followed her to the grave and was the last to leave the burying ground. His footprints remained, large and distinct, in the clay beside the grave. Six weeks afterward my friend drove out to see how the widower was doing. He was sitting in the door of his cabin staring hopelessly at the cloudless sky. "Ef hit would only turn in an' rain, he said, 'I wouldn't ask nothin' of nobody.' "The dry weather is bad for the crops," the visitor remarked. "Tain't crops,' said the widower, 'hit's Miss Seliny Johnson. She swears she won't marry me until it rains." "She 'lows it wouldn't be showing proper respect for my first wife to marry before my tracks in the graveyard is washed out. I shore do wish it would turn in an' rain. I been courtin' her six weeks. Good Lord, a man kain't wait on the weather forever." Witty Remark Turned Aside John Adams' Intended Rebuke. When John Adams was a young man he was invited to dine with the court and bar at the house of Judge Palne, an eminent loyalist, at Worcester. Judge Palne gave as a toast, "The King." Some of the Whigs were about to refuse to drink it. Mr. Adams whispered to them to comply, saying, "We shall have an opportunity to return the compliment." At length, when John Adams was desired to give a toast he gave, "The Devil." His host was about to resent the supposed indignity, but his wife calmed him, and turned the laugh upon Mr. Adams, by immediately saying, "My dear, as the gentleman has seen fit to drink to our friend, let us by no means refuse to drink to his." "Works and Days." "Works and Days." "Bend we now the lyre no longer; once again the omen; Once again the Plerian fountains waterless, on that low breeze. Hearken 'Pan is dead' re-echoes round the isles Echinades. We melodious once enchained you; now our music must be dumb." Thus they clamor—bards who fashioned of the swooning midday sun. Maitre of pine and kneen soft conspiracies of murmuring limes. Made of loves and ancient sorrow, sagas of herolic times, Sang the unexhausted ocean, and red battles fought and won— Yet not well despairing, blindly who have sought the random gleam Beautiful but ostesteps till her track upon the hills Left the smoke and shout of cities unremembered; roaring mills In the valley, roar torches, lifted over wastes of steam. Ah, not thus the old old poet sang the blind. Nor that Hebrew, things created wonderful and manifold Chanted, nor the wise Athenian, when his Theban chorus told All that Hebrew, fabulous only ye shall find revealed. Common places yet more human through the fierce glorious gloom Tones of clangorous iron, and frame a larger melody that feels Sterner ploy than shepherd's piping, more muscular wincible Songs and music of the interminable throbbing of the loom. —E. V., in the London Speaker. Saloonkeeper's Awful Threat. Saloonkeeper's Awful Threat. Down on the west side there is a little beer saloon run by a little old-fashioned Irishman. The saloon proper is about as big as a good-sized hall bedroom, and is furnished with a few tables and rickety chairs and a small stove. Nearly every night a lot of Irishmen of the neighborhood gather here to play forty-five and drink mixed ale. A few nights ago there was a row over a game. They broke the tables and chairs, tipped over the stove and put the place in a bad way generally. The proprietor took the shindy quietly for about half an hour. Then when two of the bunch were in a corner trying to pound the life out of each other, he spoke up and said: "Here, now! Ye b'y's will have to quit ye'r foolin' or I'll take the card away from ye."—New York Sun. Explaining Norway's Handicap. According to a recent work on Norway, the scantiness of the soil in that country is explained by some of the country people as follows: At the creation of the world the angels whose duty it was to scatter the soil forgot Norway. Seeing this, the guardian angel of the land made complaints to the Creator. What was to be done? Impossible to restart the whole of the creation for the sake of Norway. "Come, my little angels," said he, "look carefully and perhaps you may still find a little earth." The conscience-stricken angels swept the floor of heaven and the little dust they found they gathered in their draperies and scattered over the Norwegian rocks. Height of Christ. There is no mention in the New Testament of the height of Christ. Publius Lentulus, who was governor of Judea in the time of Christ, wrote to Tiberius Caesar describing the personal appearance of Christ. "He is a tall, well-proportioned man. He is very straight in stature. His hands are large but spreading, his arms are very beautiful. He talks little, but with great gravity, and is the handsomest man in the world." To cure, or money refunded by your merchant, so why not try it? Price 50c. READS ALL THE POSTALS. Postmistress In This Way Sees That Nothing Improper Passes Her. Talking with a party of friends at a down town cafe the other afternoon, a traveling man told of a new experience he encountered in a little village not far from Philadelphia on his last trip out. He was standing at the window of the postoffice in this village while the mail was being distributed, when he noticed that the postmistress—who was certainly old enough to know what she was about—put the letters as she came to them in their proper boxes, but placed all the postal cards in a pile together on a shelf. “What are you saving the postals for?” asked the traveler at last. “Oh, I've got to read 'em all first," was the reply. "Got to!" exclaimed the traveler, with an accent of surprise on the verb. "Why, how's that?" "I have to read 'em, every one," said the postmistress, "to see that they contain nothing improper. It's a rule of the department." And she went on placidly with her distribution—Philadelphia Record. It Pays to Read Newspapers. Cox, Wis., June 12—Frank M. Russell of this place had Kidney Disease so bad that he could not walk. He tried doctors' treatment and many different remedies, but was getting worse. He was very low. He read in a newspaper how Dodd's Kidney Pills were curing cases of Kidney Trouble, Bright's Disease and Rheumatism, and thought he would try them. He took two boxes, and now he is quite well. He says: "I can now work all day, and not feel tired. Before using Dodd's Kidney Pills, I couldn't walk across the floor." Mr. Russell's is the most wonderful case ever known in Chippewa county. This new remedy—Dodd's Kidney Pills—is making some miraculous cures in Wisconsin. Burmese Mile The Burmese mile which is equal to two English miles, is described by a word meaning "to sit," being the distance that a man walks before he considers it necessary to sit down. USE THE FAMOUS Red Cross Ball Blue. Large 2-oz. package 5 cents. The Russ Company, South Bend, Ind. For Motor Cars. "Are there any new improvements in the motor line since I was here?" inquired an enthusiast, as he entered the store of the dealer in motor cars. "Yes," said the proprietor, "one just came in this morning." It is a folding horse, to be carried under the seat and used in case of accident." Lewis' "Single Binder" straight 5c cigar. Made by hand of ripe, thoroughly cured tobacco, satin-finished cigarette smoke. You pay 10c for cigars not so good. Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. Swiss Railroading. There are more railway tunnels, viaducts and railroad bridges in Switzerland than in any other country in the old world. Don't you know that Defiance Starch besides being absolutely superior to any other, is put up 16 ounces in package and sells at same price as 12-ounce packages of other kinds? Use of Rice in Siam The amount of rice produced in Siam has increased enormously of late years. Ten years ago the exports of rice from Siam amounted to 217,000 tons, as compared with 800,000 tons in 1903. The Leavening Power Always Remains the Same. You cannot experiment every time you make a cake or biscuits, or test the strength of your baking powder to find out how much of it you should use; yet with most baking powders you should do this, for they are put together so carelessly they are never uniform, the quality and strength varying with each can purchased. Therefore, at one time a baking powder will produce less leavening gas than at another. If you base your calculations on the strength and results of a previous can, you may use too much or not enough of the new; your cake or biscuits will not raise; they will remain heavy and your materials in time will be lost; or else you will have a harshly acid or strongly alkaline cake or biscuits. Avoid the cheap and "Big Can" baking powders. Cheap baking powders leave bread sometimes bleached and acid, sometimes yellow and alkaline, and always unpalatable, they are never of uniform strength and quality. Calumet Baking Powder is made of chemically pure ingredients of tested strength. Experienced chemists put it up. The proportions of the different materials remain always the same. Sealed in air tight cans, Calumet Baking Powder does not alter in strength and is not affected by atmospheric changes. Yet it is only one-half the price of the Trust baking powders. In using Calumet you are bound to have uniform cake or biscuits. Calumet contains no useless or adulterating ingredients. Food prepared from it is free from Rochelle Salts, Alum, Lime, Ammonia, and the cost is moderate. There is something to live for, of once attained, would make one forget the use of money. Gold Nuggets for Souvenirs. At a wedding in Barstow, Cal., each of the guests was presented with a gold nugget from a mine which the bridegroom had bestowed upon the bride. Mrs. J. H. Giles, Everett, Pa. Suffered youth with a fever and grievous trouble Cured by Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy, Roundout, N. Y. $1.00. World's Diamond Production. The world's diamond production summed up shows that India has produced 10,000,000 karats; Brazil, 12,000,000; Africa, 57,000,000. All the diamonds in the world uncut would have a value of $540,000,000. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children to soothe, soften the gums, please in Babies' Formula. See her tip. Masterpiece Unappreciated. Milton disposed of the copyright of the "Paradise Lost" for five pounds. It was with much difficulty that he could find any one to undertake the publication of it. Piso's *Cure* is the best medicine we ever used for all infections of the throat and lungs — W.M. O. ENDELEY, Vanburen, Ind, Feb. 10, 1900. Dual Growth. W. Bell, of Mumby, Louth, Ireland, after experimenting for five years, has produced tomatoes and potatoes, grown on the same plant from the same tuber. Dealers say that as soon as a customer tries Defiance Starch it is impossible to sell them any other cold water starch. It can be used cold or boiled. Bounties for Sharks For every shark captured in the Adriatic fishermen are to receive bounties ranging from $2 to $200, according to the variety and size of the fish. Here Is Relief for Women. Mother Gray, a nurse in New York, discovered a pleasant herb remedy for women's ills, called AUSTRALIANLEAF. Cures female weaknesses, Backache, Kidney, Bladder and Urinary troubles. At all Druggists or by mail 50c. Sample mailed FREE. Address. The Mother Gray Co, LeRoY, N. Y. Harmony an Essential. Harmony is the one absolutely necessary thing in a home, and this applies just as much to the decoration of it as to the spirit of the folk who live in it. 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 iron, but because each package contains 16 oz.—one full pound—while all other Cold Water Starches are put up in ¾-pound packages, and the price is the same, 10 cents. Then again because Defiance Starch is free from all injurious chemicals. If your grocer tries to sell you a 12-oz. package it is because he has a stock on hand which he wishes to dispose of before he puts in Defiance. He knows that Defiance Starch has printed on every package in large letters and figures "16 oz." Demand Defiance and save much time and money and the annoyance of the iron sticking. Defiance never sticks. Glue in Meat Pies. A man who used glue to thicken the gravy in the meat pies he sold at Oldham, England, is now serving a three months' sentence in the jail there. $100 Reward. $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in its its stages, and that is cataracts. Cataracts cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarath being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hail's Catarath Cure is taken in one of the most difficult surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up its capacity. The properties have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials, www.catarath.org. Never? There never was a wedding at which some woman didn't say: "Well, there's no accounting for tastes."—Philadelphia Record. Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Bears the Signature of In Use For Over 30 Years. The Kind You Have Always Bought. Opinions should only be drawn from yourself in matters of interest. WASHDAY Norwalk, Ohio, boasts of a wild boy who from choice lives in a hut, sleeps in his clothes and never had his hair cut or combed. That isn't a wild boy. It's just plain boy. If you don't get the biggest and best it's your own fault. Defiance Starch is for sale everywhere and there is positively nothing to equal it in quality or quantity. Whatever you do, try to make your own rays of light guide you from the stumbling stones and the dread of falling will soon disappear. on Chill C oney refunded by your Twice as Good One Third the Cost Every day is bargain day in the Wave Circle. Come in and get ac- quainted. K C will help you cut down the living expenses and make doctor's bills a thing of the past. Do you realize that you can get the best and purest baking powder in the world K C BAKING POWDER at one-third what you've been paying for anywhere near K C quality. A 25 ounce can costs 25c. Think of the saving! Can you make money any easier? Get it to-day. The grocer returns the price of can if you are not satisfied. All Grocers Send postal for the beautiful "Book of Presents." FREE. JAQUES MFC. CO Chicago. NO MONEY TILL CURED. 28 YEARS ESTABLISHED. We send FREE and postpaid a 325-page treatise on Piles, Fistulas and Diseases of the piles. We also offer a free consultation on Diseases of the piles. Our mild method, none paid a cent till cured, - we formalize their needs on application. Drs. Thornton & Minor, and 1000 U.S. KANGAROOT CITY, MN. Let Common Sense Decide This has made LION COFFEE the LEADER OF ALL PACKAGE COFFEES. Millions of American Homes welcome LION COFFEE daily. There is no stronger proof of merit than continued and increasing popularity. "Quality survives all opposition." (Sold only in 1 lb. packages. Lion-head on every package.) (Save your Lion-heads for valuable premiums.) Nothing pla a well made Shirt Other starches at the same pr contain only i suit your own DEFIANCE S know you will "STAR BRAND SHOES ARE BETTER" "OUR FAMILY" SHOES "OUR FAMILY" SHOES Will fit every foot in your family, and the price will please you as well. They are made of best leather for long wear; have style and snap. Ask your dealer to show you the "Family" line. If he does not handle it write to us direct and we will see that you are supplied. ROBERTS JOHNSON & RAND SHOE CO. ST. LOUIS 100 This has made LION COFFEE Millions of American Home There is no stronger proof of the ing popularity. "Quality surv (Sold only in 1 lb. packages (Save your Lion-head SOLD BY GROCLE chicken sold at laying a e jail to learn at science that is positive Catarrh coccalitis taken in mucous dying the patient and assist- tor have they offer they falls to no. ing at "Well, tes." STORIA, children, Bought. drawn interest. Defiance Starch Com USE It whitens the clothes most beautifully and does not injure the finest fabrics. Your grocery sells it. A large 2-ounce package for only 5 cents. Remember the name and accept no other. "STAR BRAND & R S OUR SK best Starch ere is qual- t coffee sold loose (in bulk), exposed to dust, germs and insects, passing through many hands (some of them not over-clean), "blended," you don't know how or by whom, is fit for your use? Of course you don't. But LION COFFEE is another story. The green berries, selected by keen judges at the plantation, are skillfully roasted at our factories, where precautions you would not dream of are taken to secure perfect cleanliness, flavor, strength and uniformity. From the time the coffee leaves the factory no hand touches it till it is opened in your kitchen. CEE the LEADER OF ALL PACKAGE COFFEES. Times welcome LION COFFEE daily. Of merit than continued and increas- vives all opposition." es. Lion-head on every package.) leads for valuable premiums.) CERS EVERYWHERE WOOLSON SPICE CO., Toledo, Ohio. Nothing pleases the eye so much as a well made, dainty Waist if properly laundered. To get the best results it is necessary to use the best laundry starch. Defiance Starch gives that finish to the clothes that all ladies desire and should obtain. It is the delight of the experienced laudress. Once tried they will use no other. It is pure and is guaranteed not to injure the most delicate fabric. It is sold by the best grocers at 10c a package. Each package contains 16 ounces. Other starches, not nearly so good, sell at the same price per package, but they contain only 12 ounces of starch. Consult your own interests. Ask for DEFIANCE STARCH, get it, and we know you will never use any other. ompany, Omaha, Neb. RED CROSS BALL BLUE SUPPLEMENT TO THE SEARCHLIGHT Wichita, Kansas, Saturday June 17.05 Perhaps a man who thinks that conscience is all tommyrot has one of that kind. Highwaymen robbed a preacher of $35 and a watch, but he did not live in Vermont. A Parisian ballet star has just passed away at the age of eighty. Cut off in her prime! Atlanta horseshoers have gone on a strike. Atlanta might get around this trouble by using mules. Another man has acted on Dr. Osler's suggestion by killing himself at the age of 70. He said that Osler was right. Isn't it about time the British commons dissolved, when the members are beginning to see ghosts of former M. P.'s? Any one having a few odd pounds of radium would do well to sell now. The price has advanced to $3,000,000 an ounce. Hugh O. Pentecost's remarks are inexplicable. Think of a man who lives in New York saying there is no such thing as evil! Maybe the theory is that if a patient shows himself husky enough to stand life in the arctic zone the microbes quit in despair. "Millionaires," declares Marie Corelli, "are for the most part ill-mannered and illiterate." She doesn't say who told her so. Having ended their experiments with baking consumptives in Florida, the doctors will now try freezing them in the arctic. If Johaan Hoch could marry forty women in fifteen years, is there really any excuse for a bachelor except that he doesn't want to? No wonder smokeless powder proves deadly in war. It appears that large quantities of cheap whisky are used in its manufacture. A Memphis man fell from the eleventh story of a skyscraper and only broke three fingers. And it was the first time he ever tried it, too. An angry Hawaiian over in Honolulu recently beat a man to death with a Bible. This is another strong argument for the flexible cover. A Philadelphia belle kissed a hobo who stopped her horse from running away. But she had probably kissed her pooodle dog often, so that it came easy. Europe is so plastered over with automobiling Americans this summer that the gendarmes have all been obliged to learn to say: "Hold on dere, youse!" Mr. W. H. Crane, the actor, says his success has been due to his wife. Evidently there is no immediate danger of a divorce case in the Crane family. The Pittsburg man who has been given a fortune of 1,000,000 glasses of beer should have no difficulty in becoming a power as a leader in practical politics. Doubtless the proposition to chloroform old John L. Sullivan and old Charley Mitchell would awaken indignant protests on the part of many excellent people. A French peasant who lost the power of speech nine years ago has recovered it and now talks incessantly. No wonder, if he has nine years to make up for. The department of agriculture has begun a scientific study of limburger cheese and has already made the discovery that to ordinary people the smell is not agreeable. A magazine writer wants to know the four sweetest words in the English language. "Enclosed please and check" is a quartet that is hard to beat when addressed to a newspaper man. A man from Wisconsin has been engaged to teach English to the King of Spain. This is pretty sure to cause dissatisfaction in Boston, where it is claimed that the Wisconsin "r" is a crime. A Cleveland man has invented a contrivance that he thinks will prevent women from stepping off backward when they leave street cars. Now just let him wait and see the women fool him. Uncle Russell Sage wishes it distinctly understood that, while he has about made up his mind to retire, nobody has dared to sneak up behind him with a spongeful of Osler chloroform, and he defies anybody to attempt it. A pessimistic contemporary complains that when crinoline becomes fashionable it will not be possible for the young folks to spoon as they now do. Let him ask some of the old gray-heads about that and he will know more than he now seems to. GAS AND WATER IS ONE AS NECESSARY AS THE OTHER? Citizens of Large Cities Say It Is. New York, June 13.—In the recent agitation here about the price of gas, the demand for lower rates was supported by the argument that every resident is as dependent upon a supply of gas as upon a supply of good water. It has come to pass that the day laborer uses gas as his only fuel for cooking, because of economy, and the rich man uses gas on account of its convenience. Gas for lighting, with modern improvements in burners, is cheaper, better and more satisfactory than any other kind of light. Gas sells at $1.00 per thousand cubic feet in large cities and from that to as high as $3.00 in smaller towns. The consumer of gas in the country uses Acetylene (pronounced a-set-alene), and each user makes his own gas and is independent of Gas and Electric Companies. Acetylene is a more perfect illuminant than the gas sold by the big gas companies in the cities, and the cost to the smallest user is about the equivalent of city gas at 85 cents per thousand. Acetylene is the modern artificial light, the latest addition to the many inventions that have become daily necessities. The light from an acetylene flame is soft, steady and brilliant, and in quality is only rivaled by the sun's rays. If water and a solid material known as Calcium Carbide are brought into contact, the immediate result is the making of this wonderful gas. The generation of acetylene is so simple that experience or even apparatus is not necessary to make it. If it is desired to make it for practical lighting, and to keep it for immediate use, then a small machine called an "Acetylene Generator" is employed. There are many responsible concerns making acetylene generators. In practice, this gas is distributed in small pipes throughout buildings, grounds, or entire cities and towns, in the same manner as ordinary city gas. Acetylene is the only satisfactory means of lighting isolated buildings located in the country or suburbs at a distance from city gas or electric plants. Quietness in one's self is a revelation of condolence. Ask Your Dealer for Allen's Foot-Ease. A powder. It rests the feet. Cures Swolen, Sore, Hot, Callous, Aching, Sweating Feet and Ingrowing Nails. At all Drugists and Shoe stores, 25 cents. Accept no substitute. Sample mailed FREE. Address, A S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. Millions of Women Workers While Germany has 6,500,000 women who earn their own living, Italy, with only one-half the population, has 5,250,000. Cain and Abel at a Disadvantage. Cain and Abel, so far as we know, were the only children ever debarred the inestimable privilege of hearing long and frequent lectures from their parents about what they did when they were boys and girls. Now look at the result. One of the boys died young and the other became a murderer.—Boston Transcript. NAMES BEST DOCTOR MR. BAYSSON PUBLISHES RESULTS OF VALUABLE EXPERIENCE. A Former Pronounced Dyspeptic He Now Rejoices in Perfect Freedom from Miseries of Indigestion. Thousands of sufferers know that the reason why they are irritable and depressed and nervous and sleepless is because their food does not digest, but how to get rid of the difficulty is the puzzling question. Good digestion calls for strong digestive organs, and strength comes from a supply of good rich blood. For this reason Mr. Baysson took Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for the cure of indigestion. "They have been my best doctor," he says. "I was suffering from dyspepsia. The pains in my stomach after meals were almost unbearable. My sleep was very irregular and my complexion was sallow. As the result of using eight boxes of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, about the merits of which I learned from friends in France, I have escaped all these troubles, and am able again to take pleasure in eating." A very simple story, but if it had not been for Dr. Williams' Pink Pills it might have been a tragic one. When discomfort begins with eating, fills up the intervals between meals with pain, and prevents sleep at night, there certainly cannot be much pleasure in living. A final general breaking down must be merely a question of time. Mr. Joseph Baysson is a native of Aix-les-Bains, France, but now resides at No. 2439 Larkin street, San Francisco, Cal. He is one of a great number who can testify to the remarkable efficacy of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills in the treatment of obssessive disorders of the stomach. If you would get rid of nausea, pain or burning in the stomach, vertigo, nervousness, insomnia, or any of the other miseries of a dyspeptic, get rid of the weakness of the digestive organs by the use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. They are sold by druggists everywhere. Proper diet is, of course, a great aid in forwarding recovery once begun, and a little book, "What to Eat and How to Eat," may be obtained by any one who makes a request for it by writing to the Dr. Williams Medical Co., Schenectady, N.Y. This valuable diet book contains an important chapter on the simplest means for the cure of constipation. APPRENTICES FOR 14 YEARS. Unconscionable Training Period i English Hat Trade Among the causes recently adduced by English champions of labor to account for the appreciable falling off in British industrial supremacy is the cutgrown system of English apprenticeships. It is just beginning to be realized that these antique rules will have to be modified if the British workman is to make any material progress. As an illustration, says the Philadelphia Record, it is reported that in the hat trade to-day a youth is required to serve seven years as an apprentice and then an additional seven years as an improver before he becomes a master craftsman. It is ridiculous, of course, to insist on a fourteen years' novitate before paying a man craftsman's wages, yet the workmen who have served this prolonged apprenticeship are the most insistent for its retention, not that they think it is necessary, but they are narrow-minded enough to believe its curtailment would threaten them and their trade. STUDY OF JAMES H. HYDE. Equitable Officer Seen Through Spectacles of Friend A person who made a rather careful study of James H. Hyde of the Equitable company in his college days arrived at these conclusions about his personal character, which conclusions he has committed to print: "That James Hazen Hyde was quite without vicious tendencies or tastes; that he was sincerely and earnestly interested in the French language—and that he deliberately planned the use of that enthusiasm to make an important figure of himself in the world and especially in France; that Mr. Hyde was prudent, not to say 'close', in everything that pertained to the expenditure of his college allowance—and that now and then, when an expenditure seemed extravagant, it was always followed by a compensating advantage of fame or more substantial social or educational benefit to Mr. Hyde; that the young man was possessed of a remarkable self-confidence." Deadly Snakes on Steamship The steamship Tresco, which arrived at Chester on Tuesday with a cargo of dyewood from Port de Paix, Haiti, brought along as company for the crew a large assortment of centipedes, snail, hermit crabs and snakes of various sizes. These animals kept the men in the jump during the passage, especially Capt. Bartlett, who had the life nearly scared out of him last Sunday night. The skipper had retired for the night. About 2 o'clock he felt something crawling across his body. Being aware of the fact that he had dangerous company on board, he was afraid to move, and slowly worked his hand down and seized a snake about three feet long. He held the deadly thing and ran on deck, where he killed it. Not only this, but later he annihilated another one six feet in length, and scores of smaller ones.-Baltimore Herald. Ages of British Titles. Of the British House of Peers, em embracing dukes, marquises, earls, visc counts and barons, numbering over 500 persons, not one can trace his title and arms back further than the year 1181. The peers are nearly all of re creation, especially those of the higher ranks. The barons go furthest back. In the English peerage but one —Zouche of Haryngworth—goes back as far as 1308, but most barons are creations of the nineteenth century. The Scotch peers average older dates of creation than the English, the Earl of Sutherland dating back to 1228. Ireland has one baron who got his title in 1274, and another, Michael C De Courcy, whose date is 1181. Obeyed Orders. A theatrical manager had printed a number of costly lithographs. Being busy behind the scenes when they were brought to him, he called a stage hand and ordered him to place them in the foyer (lobby). On entering the theater in the evening he noticed that the lithographs were not visible, so he sent for the attendant and asked him where they were. "Shure, I burnt them, sorr." "Burnt them, you idiot! What for?" "Bekase yer hanner could me to do so. Ye could me to put thim in the foyer, and Oi wint roight off an' put them in the stove beyant."—Exchange. Starting the Wrong Way. "Oh, George, dear!" she whispered, when he slipped the engagement ring on her tapering finger, "how sweet of you to remember just the sort of stone I preferred. None of the—an—others were ever so thoughtful." George was staggered for a moment. Then he came back with: "Not at all, dear; you overrate me. This is the one I've always used." She was inconsistent enough to cry about it. Gold From Formosa The island of Formosa produced $1,400,000 in gold last year. The mountainous districts running through the middle of the island are believed to contain rich gold deposits, but they have not been explored yet. Relics of Major Hawley. Mrs. Joseph R. Hawley, widow of Gen. Hawley, has given the Connecticut Historical society many relics of her distinguished husband, including gifts from foreign governments. THREE YEARS AFTER. Eugene E. Lario, of 751 Twentleth avenue, ticket seller in the Union Station, Denver, Col., says: "You are at Eugene E. Lario, of 751 avenue, ticket seller in the tion, Denver, Col., says: "liberty to repeat what I first stated through our Denver papers about Doan's Kidney Pills in the summer of 1899, for I have had no reason in the interim to change my opinion of the remedy. I was subject to severe attacks of backache, always aggravated if I sat long at a desk. Doan's Kidney Pills absolutely stopped my backache. I have never had a pain or a twinge since." liberty to repeat what I first stated through our Denver papers about Doan's Kidney Pills in the summer of 1899, for I have had no reason in the interim to change my opinion of the remedy. I was subject to severe attacks of backache, always aggravated if I sat long at a desk. Doan's Kidney Pills absolutely stopped my backache. I have never had a pain or a twinge since." Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale by all druggists. Price 50 cents per box. There is no darkness that cannot be made lighter if properly kindled. DON'T FORGET A large 2 oz. package Red Cross Ball Blue, only 5 cents. The Russ Company, South Bend, Ind. Most all successes depends upon our understanding. Hundreds of dealers say the extra quantity and superior quality of Deflance Starch is fast taking place of all other brands. Others say they cannot sell any other starch. Many things we like best are just a little above our reach. AN AWFUL SKIN HUMOR. Covered Head, Neck and Shoulders— Suffered Agony for Twenty-five Years Until Cured by Cuticura. "For twenty-five years I suffered agony from a terrible humor, completely covering my head, neck and shoulders, discharging matter of such of sensiveness to sight and smell that I became an object of dread. I consulted the most able doctors far and near, to no avail. Then I got Cuticura, and in a surprisingly short time I was completely cured. For this I thank Cuticura, and advise all those suffering from skin humors to get it and end their misery at once. S. P. Keyes, 149 Congress Street, Boston, Mass." REASON FOR WANTING RAIN. Georgia Mountainer Assigns a Suffice cient but Peculiar Cause. Rev. Mr. Livingston of Georgia told this story: "A friend of mine down in one of the small towns of Georgia has many proteges among the people in the mountain country near. Several years ago there was a long dry spell in Georgia. At about the beginning of it the wife of one of the mountaineers died. The disconsolate husband followed her to the grave and was the last to leave the burying ground. His footprints remained, large and distinct, in the clay beside the grave. Six weeks afterward my friend drove out to see how the wildower was doing. He was sitting in the door of his cabin staring hopelessly at the cloudless sky. "Ef hit would only turn in and' rain,' he said, 'I wouldn't ask nothin' of nobody.' "The dry weather is bad for the crops,' the visitor remarked. "Tain't crops,' said the widower, 'hit's Miss Seliny Johnson. She swears she won't marry me until it rains.' "She 'lows it wouldn't be showing proper respect for my first wife to marry before my tracks in the graveyard is washed out. I shore do wish it would turn in an' rain. I been courtin' her six weeks. Good Lord, a man kain't wait on the weather forever." FEED YOUNG GIRLS. Must Have Right Food While Growing. Great care should be taken at the critical period when the young girl is just merging into womanhood that the diet shall contain all that is upbuilding and nothing harmful. At that age the structure is being formed and if formed of a healthy, sturdy character, health and happiness will follow; on the other hand unhealthy cells may be built in and a sick condition slowly supervene which, if not checked, may ripen into a chronic disease and cause life-long suffering. A young lady says: "Coffee began to have such an effect on my stomach a few years ago, that I was compelled to quit using it. It brought on headaches, pains in my muscles and nervousness. "I tried to use tea in its stead, but found its effects even worse than those I suffered from coffee. Then for a long time I drank milk alone at my meals, but it never helped me physically, and at last it palled on me. A friend came to the rescue with the suggestion that I try Postum Coffee. "I did so, only to find at first, that I didn't fancy it. But I had heard of so many persons who had been benefited by its use that I persevered, and when I had it brewed right found it grateful in flavor and soothing and strengthening to my stomach. I can find no words to express my feeling of what I owe to Postum Food Coffee! "In every respect it has worked a wonderful improvement—the headaches, nervousness, the pains in my side and back, all the distressing symptoms yielded to the magic power of Postum. My brain seems also to share in the betterment of my physical condition; it seems keener, more alert and brighter. I am, in short, in better health now than I ever was before, and I am sure I owe it to the use of your Postum Food Coffee." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek. Mich. There's a reason. HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS PEAR HONEY. Pick over and core fully ripe pears and cook with a little water until soft, strain through a jelly bag and then simmer slowly until reduced about one-third of the original amount. It should be pale, clear and sweet, with a fruity flavor. This is excellent for use with delicate griddle cakes. SPICE LOAF CAKE Cream one and one-half cups of butter, add two cups of sugar, one cup of molasses, one cup of milk, four well-beaten eggs, one level teaspoon of ground cloves, one and one-half teaspoon of clnnamon, one-quarter of a grated nutmeg, five cups of flour in which six level teaspoons of baking powder are sifted, and two cups of raisins. Bake in two leaves slowly. DATE CAKE. Cream one-half cup of butter, add one and one-half cups of sugar, beat well, add the beaten yolks of four eggs, beat again, add one cup of milk, two and one-quarter cups of flour with four level teaspoons of baking powder sifted in it, then add one-half pound of dates chopped and one-half teaspoon of almond flavoring. Bake in thin sheets, cover with a thick icing and decorate with stoned dates. Serve in small squares. APPLE GINGER. Pare and core apples and to four pounds allow four pounds of light brown sugar, the juice and grated rind of three lemons and an ounce of white ginger pounded flat. Cook all together three or four hours over a slow fire until the apple looks clear. Seal in small jars. The ginger can be bought in any drug store, and the pieces should be taken out before sealing the preserve or at any time when the flavor of ginger becomes too strong. SHEPHERD'S PIE. Cut up enough cold roast beef to make a quart of small, thin slices. Season the meat with salt and pepper, and after putting it into a deep earthen dish pour over it a sauce made as follows: Put two tablespoonfuls of butter into a frying pan, and when it has become hot add two scant tablespoonfuls of flour. Stir until this is dark brown, and then add a pint of water. Season with salt and pepper and boil for three minutes. Pare, boll and mash eight good-sized potatoes; then add to them a cupful of boiling milk, a tablespoonful of butter, and salt and pepper to suit the taste. Spread this preparation over the meat and sauce, beginning at the side of the dish and working toward the centre. Bake for thirty minutes. Other meats beside roast beef may be used in a shepherd's pie if desired. Hints For the Housekeeper Never put warm food of any kind away in a covered dish if you want it to keep well. When peeling onions begin at the root end and peel upwards, and the onion will scarcely affect your eyes at all. If a piece of furniture is ink-stained, six drops of nitre in a teaspoonful of water applied with a feather will remove it. Glassware should be washed in hot soapsuds and rinsed in cold water. A clean glass towel does the rest. Use a brush for cut glass. Do not use a sponge; it no longer fills a long-felt want on the toilet table, because it is apt to become filled with germs poisonous to the skin. Use bit of antiseptic cloth or the hands. A sponge or face flannel which has become silimy through constant use of soap should be well rubbed with salt and then rinsed in cold water. By this process it becomes practically new. Rust on steel may be removed thus: Cover the steel with sweet oil, rub it in well, and let it stand for forty-eight hours; then rub the steel with unslaked time, finely powdered, till all the marks have disappeared. In addition to the weekly scrubbing of the refrigerator, it is a good plan to occasionally take out the sheaves and boil them with a handful of washing soda. The wash boiler may be used for this purpose. Orange frosting for cake is made by grating the rind of an orange and squeezing the juice and a tablespoonful of lemon juice over it. Gradually beat into the mixture confectioners' sugar until the proper consistency is reached. A diet of young carrots is said to be excellent for the skin and all its appendages of hair and nails. This is attributed to its anti-scorbutic salts, its oily matter and the iron which exists in all red-colored vegetables and fruits. A girl who develops her own photographic plates tried many experiments before she solved the problem of keeping her hands, especially her finger nails, clean. She found that lemon juice, if used quickly after the hands had been in the developer and the hypo-removed stains from underneath the nails. It is stated that for the first time in living memory every Turkish official punctually received his full salary on April 1. RAILROAD RATE LEGISLAT Testifying before the Senate mittee at Washington, Inter- Commerce Commissioner Prison in discussing the proposition to to that Commission the power to late railway rates: "I think the railways should be their own rates. I think they can be allowed to develop their ownness. I have never advocated law, and I am not now in law any law, which would put the making power into the hands of commission or any court. While may be necessary to do that time, while that is done in states at the present time, which done in some countries, I am apt to it. * * * The railway is property. It is all the property the railway has got. The railway property is not good for anyone less it can charge to me. Now always seemed to me that the rate was fixed, if that rate was reasonable rate, it deprives the road company of its property tanto. It is not necessary that should confiscate the property railroad; it is not necessary that should say that it shall not earn per cent or four per cent. You put in a rate that is unreasonable, you have deprived company of its rights, of its profit and the Circuit Court of the United States has jurisdiction under the seventh amendment to restrain * * * I have looked at these a great many times, and I can come to the conclusion that a road company is entitled to fair and reasonable rate, and if order of a commission, if any way of a state legislature takes rate, the fourteenth amendment teets the railway company." Somehow we dislike the man from a poor example—it is dearest is free. Storekeepers report that the quantity, together with the quality of Defiance Starch next to impossible to sell are brand. The people who have the times in this world are the ones hatch their griefs into sorrow. Injunction is issued. A stringent injunction has sued against the malignant and dyspepsia, amongst all people, Caldwell's (laxative) Syrup. Do not fail to invoke the paw of this great enemy of all and bowel disorder at the level of trouble in any of your digests. It will promptly and sue them right, and make you sell. Sold by all druggists at $1.00. Money back if it fails. If we could explain all we had wouldn't have to work so incidentally we would find us we didn't know so much. 1 HON. JOHN TIGHE. Assemblyman Tighe's letter, be read by every brain worker, a strenuous life. Hon. John Tighe, No. 98 Rens Cohoes, N. Y., Member of Asc from the Fourth district, all county, N. Y., writes as, "Peruna has my hearty indulgence as a restorative tonic of superior. At times when have been compelled from excess of war that my faculties seemed actual standstill, Peruna has acted as an restorer, starting the machine mind and body afresh with mind and energy. Command it to a man in mind and body as a tonic super anything I know of and well serious consideration."—J. Tighe. Excess of work so common country causes impaired nerves to catarach and catarach nervous a disease that is responsible for all nervous troubles. Peruna cures this trouble because cures catarach wherever located. cases can. If you do not derive prompt and factory results from the use of P just once to Dr. Hartman, g full statement of your case, and be pleased to give you his valu vice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, Presser The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbia THE DAISY FLY KILLER destroys all the home- in dining room, sleeping room, and pantry. DAISY FLY KILLER WANTED Competent man prints paintings. Fare no higher than wages. United States. Permanent job given to union can furnish satisfactory work. This is not a strike-breaking PACIFIC Coast Typothete has been des- tributed to OPEN SHOP and that means he for- me needs a safe protection. Address ALEXANDER, Secretary Citizen AT 601 Crossley Building. San Francisco