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THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT YOU CAN SAVE MONEY BY TRADING WITH THE MERCHANTS WHO ADVERTISE IN THIS PAPER. A Notable Session A Notable Session old A Record-Breaking Session In Kansas City, Kansas e Wichita Searchlight Chosen As The Official Organ Session Held In Their Own New Taborian Hall --- grandest and most representa- tathering of a colored society in was the fourteenth annual ses- tle the Knights and Daughters of Maids and Pages of Honor convened in Kansas City, Kas. sunday morning, July 11, at 10 at the new Taborian hall, cor- l11th and Washington avenue, the first time in the history of secret societies in Kansas, the an order had the, very proud of holding their fourteenth in their own hall—built with raised by the order. This new no small structure, but is 50x90 and two stories high and the floor is arranged for social gath- while the second floor is fitted for purposes with plenty of sample ventilation. It stands a perpetual monument of the work of Chief Grand Mentor Frank Wilson and the order credit to any society or people. FIRST DAY SESSION. d. m. Tuesday, July 11th, the was called to order by Chief Senator Sir Frank Wilson, who few brief remarks. In his remarks Sir Wilson said in Daughters and Daughters, we have here today to begin work to wind fourteenth year's work of our order. We had finished work at the last session in Ft. and you had decided to hold this in this city I said to you that we had to see a hall erected here by order that this session might be under our own vine and fig tree—all of our own—and I left Ft. determined to work for this end. Well I have succeeded this hall as a proof." * * * Continuing, "The people in Ft. Scott gave me credit for the very gentle and ladylike manner in which instructed yourselves at that session I trust that you will so deperseurs here, that you carry are the same credit which you in that city." At the conclusive remarks Sir. Rev. Wilson of a tremendous ovation, after the session was declared open, at the Grand officers was called away. Frank Wilson, C. G. M.; Dt. Gaines, C. G. P.; Sr D. L. Tay- Q. M.; Dt. Della McKinnis, V. G. A. W. Hopkins, C. G. S.; Dt. Williams, C. G. R.; Sir William Core, C. G. T.; Sir C. M. Johnson, G. P. P.; Dt. Eliza Scott, G. Q. M.; Rev. Sir James Thomas, C. G. O.; Dt. Laura Johnson, C. G. Pr.; Dt. Maggie Mack, C. I. St.; Sir George Taylor, G. D. M; Sir Caleb Paris, G. C. B.; Sir Milton Washington, G. O. St.; Sir John Wilson, C. G. J.; Sir R. W. Hudson, C. G. J; Sir R. M. Bingham, C. G. J.; Dt. Laura Smith, C. G. J.; Dt. Maggie Fishback, C. G. J.; Dt. Kittle Willis, C. G. J.; Dt. Mary Cavanaugh, C. G. J; Sir Paul Giles, C. G. J.; Sir J. M. Burns, C. G. G.; Sir J. E. Wright, C. G. G. The following committees were appointed: COMMITTEES. Credentials of Temples—Sir Ed Henderson, Dt. Ellen Golden, Dt. Djanie Alexander, Dt. Jannie Smith, Dt. Elenore Glasby. Tabernacles—Sir Walter N. Williams, Dt. Mary Robinson, Dt. Anna Edwards, Dt. Sallie Wigley, Dt. Sallie Cox. Tents and Palliatums—Sir C. M. Johnson, Dt. Lizzie Stone, Dt. Jennie Nichols, Dt. Rebecca Gillum, Dt. Minerva Graham. Returns of Tempies—Sir Wm. Watkins, Dt. Mollie Spencer, Dt. Jennie Floyd, Dt. Maggie Robinson, Dt. Nora Smith. Tabernacles—Sir Paul Giles, Dt. Mattie Miller, Dt. Ellen Nelson, Dt. Mary Perkins, Dt. Mattie Haris. Tents and Pallatums..Sir C. M. Johnson, Dt. Salle Cox, Dt. Susle Willis, Dt. Marie Wilson, Dt. Patsy B. Foodin. Grand Chief Mentor's Message. Grand Chief Preceptor's Report—Sir J. W. Bedell, Dt. Lena Downs, Dt. Cynthia Kirby, Dt. Amanda Masier, Dt. Manta Taylor. Taborian Home—Sir Rev, J. I. Howard, Dt. Anna Edwards, Dt. Jennie Nichols, Dt. Anna C. Pickers. Condolence—Sir Rev. Jas. Thomas, Dt. Laura Johnson, Dt. Allen Garner, Dt. Sarah Skinner, Dt. Henrietta Davis. Grand Queen Mother. Grand Princess Reports—Sir Rev. C. G. Fishback, Sir Rev. G, W. Taylor, Dt. Lizzie Stone, Dt. Cora Yeager, Dt. S. S. Furlough. Endowment Reports—Sir Richard Walker, Dt. Ida Wallace, Dt. Hattie Montgomery, Dt. Sarah Crisp, Dt. Laura Verder. Unfinished Business—Sir Andrew Herald, Dt. Ida M. Jordan, Dt. Eliza COMMITTEES. Nichols, Dt. Sarah H. Harris, Dt. Mae Boyd, Dt. Laura Lee, Dt. Amy Lane. Official Organ—Sir W. H. Barnes, Sir Rev. M. Wooten, Dt. Sarah Willis, Dt. Mary E. Brown, Dt. Hannah Atkins, Dt. Flora Ballinger. Resolutions—Sir Rev. M. Wooten, Dt. Bessie Hall, Dt. Adline Wood. Ways and Means—Sir S. W. Parker, Sir W. H. Barnes, Dt. Musie Galnes, Dt. Alice Grant, Dt. Cora Sango. Accounts—Sir D. L. Taylor, Sir C. M. Johnson, Dt. Laura Johnson, Sir Rev. Jas. Thomas, Dt. Eliza Scott. The session was then closed till 2 p. m. and potted plants, and which w with all the toothsome eatable the market could offer. The table was presided over by Rev.ington Wilson and wife, who words of invocation. A six-couquet was served, and a bowl awaited the guests as they ret the hall. All agreed that this was one of the swellest affair Kansas City, Kan., has witten many a day. SECOND DAY. Wednesday Morning, July The Grand Temple and T met at 9 a. m., with Sir Re Promptly on time the session opened and Dt Lena Downs was introduced who, in a very able manner, delivered the welcome address on the part of the Tabors and Daughters of Kansas City, Kan. This address was responded to by Dt. Ella McKinnis, of Leavenworth. On behalf of the citizens of Kansas City, Dorsy Green delivered the welcome address, which was responded to by Sir C. G. Fishbock, of Topeka. Dt. Ida Thompson, C. G. P., Missouri, was present with the session. Dedication. At this point the new Taborian hall was dedicated with Sir C. M. Johnson as dedicatory officer, assisted by Sir James Thomas, Sir J. W. Bedell, Dts. Mattie Harris and Maggie Fishbock. Business was then resumed and the Committee on Credentials reported. After the selection of the committees for the session, the session then listened to the reports of the various officers. Sir Frank Wilson, Chief Grand Mentor, delivered his annual message. As to the financial and numerical condition of the order his report said: Membership, Knights, 650, Daughters, 1,250; Pages, 200; Maids, 400. Total membership, 2,300. Finances from July 15, 1904 to July 15, 1905, the following amount has been paid out: Endowment, $2,425.30; sick dues, $1,458.40. Burial, $1,451.40. Total paid during the year, $5,335.10. In the C. G. M. report it shows that the order has paid out the following amount of money since 1891: Endowment ..... $15,620.00 Sick dues ..... 9,995.30 Burial ..... 8,288.40 Total ..... $33,903.70 The Grand Chief High Priestess, Mrs. Emma Gaines, of Topeka, made her annual report, which was grand in every respect. By this report it is shown that Mrs. Gaines has filled in a most creditable manner the office to which she is so splendidly suited. The Grand Queen Mother, Mrs. Eliza Scott, of Leavenworth, made her annual report. Her report was filled with interesting information. Tents ..... 212 Maids ..... 397 Pages ..... 198 Money in the bank ..... $528.18 The Session then adjourned till 9 a.m. Wednesday morning. Tuesday night, the Knights and Daughters of Kansas City, Kansas, tendered a grand reception to the delegates. The reception was held on the first floor of Taborian Hall. A fine musical program was rendered after which a splendid banquet was served on the second floor. The many guests were served at a banquet table which was beautifully, artfully and tastefully decorated with sweet-scented flowers and potted plants, and which was filled with all the toothsome eatables which the market could offer. The first table was presided over by Rev. E. Arlington Wilson and wife, who spoke words of invocation. A six-course banquet was served, and a bowl of punch awaited the guests as they retired from the hall. All agreed that this banquet was one of the swellest affairs which Kansas City, Kan., has witnessed for many a day. SECOND DAY. Wednesday Morning, July 12th. The Grand Temple and Tabernacle met at 9 a. m., with Sir Rev. Frank Wilson, C. G. M., and Grand Chief Preceptress Mrs. Emma Gaines, presiding. After opening in due ritualistic form the minutes of the previous day's work was read, Mrs. Ida Thompson, Grand Chief Preceptress, of Missouri, was present and was introduced to the session and delivered an excellent address, Sir Dr. S. H. Thompson, of Kansas City, Kan., was present and was called for, introduced to the Grand Session and delivered a very interesting address. Among other things Dr. Thompson spoke as follows: "Grand Chief Mentor, Grand Chief Preceptress, Officers and Members of the Grand Temple and Tabernacle, Kansas, Nebraska and Jurisdiction Officers and Members—I consider this a grand honor to speak to you at this hour, and to have the pleasure to address you in a hall owned by your noble order—a hall planned by Negro brain, built by Negro brawn, and paid for by money earned by Negro labor. As I gaze upon this magnificent structure and mingle with this grand order I think that my race is coming., as Ridpath says in his historical volumes, 'The first civilization known to man was the civilization of the black man in Africa, and then it took an eastern trend and went to Asia and thence to Europe, and the Europeans became the seat of civilization and from Europe it came to America—and today America stands at the topmost round of the ladder—and from America—whither bound? The rising son of Japan is now peeping over the hills and when the trend of civilization leaves Japan or the east then it will be that 'Etheopia will stretch forth her hand unto God.' "There are other societies among our people with noble purposes, grand and elevating—but none of them are wholly the product of Negro brain as your order." After routine business the session adjourned to meet again at 1:30 with the Grand Tent and Pallatiums. Afternoon, 1:30. At the hour named the Sir Knights and Daughters met. The Grand Tent and Pallatium were escorted to the hall by the Grand Drill Master, Sir Geo. Taylor. Mrs. Eliza Scott, Grand Queen Mother, presided. By request, Mrs. Ida Thompson, Mrs. Eliza Richardson and Sir Rev. Frank Wilson delivered very interesting addresses to the Grand Tent and Pallatium. Upon the adjournment of this body the Grand Temple and Tabernacle resumed their work. The evening was spent in listening to reports of committees. Official Organ. Upon recommendation of the Committee on Official Organ, The Wichita Searchlight was unanimously chosen as the official organ for the Knights and Daughters of Tabor for the Kansas- At 5 o'clock the Session adjourned to meet at 8:30 in the Annual Thanksgiving Sermon, at the A. M. E. church, Eighth and Nebraska avenue. Annual Sermon. The largest congregation ever seen at any church among the colored people in Kansas City, Kan., was present at the A. M. E. church, Wednesday evening to witness and hear the annual sermon. The Knights formed at the Tabor Hall, Eleventh and Washington and marched to the church where they escorted the Daughters into the church. It was a most imposing spectacle and one of the grandest sights which has ever been witnessed in Kansas City, Kan. The church was filled to its full capacity with Knights, Daughters, Pages and Maids. The annual sermon was delivered by Sir Rev, James Thomas who delivered a masterly and well-thought-out sermon. The Grand Temple and Tabernacle of Kansas-Nebraska Jurisdiction sent the following greeting to the Grand Temple and Tabernacle of Texas: Kansas City, Kan., July 12, 1905. Sir C. E. W. Day, Chief Grand Mentor, Texas and Jurisdiction: Greeting.—We, the Knights and Daughters of Tabor, of Kansas- Nebraska Jurisdiction, now in session in Kansas City, Kansas, send joy 2nd greeting, trusting that this will be the most prosperous session in the history of the "Lone Star" State. FRANK WILSON, C. G. M. SARAH WILLIAMS, C. R. This message was dispatched to Texas by a committee composed of Sir Walter N. Williams and Dt. Cora Taylor. THURSDAY, JULY 13. The morning session was devoted to memorial services. This was one of the most interesting religious services ever witnessed in any place and in a most fitting manner to the memory of departed Sir Knights and Daughters. Afternoon. WICHITA. 1905. By unanimous vote it was decided to hold the next session of the Grand Temple and Tabernacle in Wichita, Kansas. FRIDAY MORNING. Friday morning at 11 o'clock the big annual parade took place; the line formed at Taborian Hall, Eleventh and Washington, and paraded the principal streets. SATURDAY MORNING. SATURDAY MORNING. The morning was devoted to lectures and answering questions and at noon the Grand Temple and Tabernacle adjourned to meet in Wichita, Kansas. July, 1906. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS. The Knights and Daughters of Ta $ ^{b}$ bor and the people of Kansas City in general deserve much credit for the very hospitable manner in which they entertained the visiting Knights, Daughters, and friends. ```markdown ``` NO 11 DURING HER SLEEP SECOND WIFE GOT RID OF PREDECESSOR'S RING. Somnambulistic Trick by Which $250 Article of Jewelry Was Done Away With—Her First and Only Stroll During Slumber. "Whenever I go broke," said the man of experience, "it does me some good to remember that I have a $250 diamond ring bottled up in a well. I gave it to my first wife as an engagement ring. Just before she died she exacted a promise from me that I would keep the ring always and look at it once every day in remembrance of her. "During the period of my widowerhood I observed my promise faithfully. Even after my second marriage Alice and her fancy about the ring came into my mind daily, and some time during the twenty-four hours I found an opportunity to look at the ring. I kept it in a small writing desk in my own room. The desk was filled with private papers, and as my second wife showed no disposition to meddle in my business affairs I considered that the safest place for the ring. "And it did prove safe for about a year, and would probably have continued so had not my wife suddenly developed the sleep-walking habit. One night she stepped in front of the chair where my clothes lay and began to look in my pockets. Presently she took out my keys and unlocked the desk. Then she opened the drawer and took out the ring. Before I could hit upon a plan of interference she had gone out of the house and thrown the ring into the well. I heard a faint splashing as it struck the water, then all was still. My wife returned to our bedroom and stood at the window for several minutes in utter silence. Presently she began to weep softly, and after a while she returned to bed. "I lay awake all the rest of the night wondering what was best to do. Until that night I had been ignorant of her knowledge of the ring. I did not want to alarm and mortify her by apprising her of her nocturnal theft, neither did I want to lose the ring. Finally, I decided to have the well dredged the next day, but when morning came I found that I had racked my brains in vain. While we were at breakfast a load of brick was dumped out near the well and straightway tackled by two workmen with shovels and trowels. To my surprise my usually nervous wife viewed this intrusion quite calmly. "What is the meaning of this? I asked. 'I didn't order any work done.' "I know that," she replied, 'but I did. I am going to have that old well filled up. I believe it makes the place unhealthy. I haven't felt well for several weeks.' "So the men walled up the well, and with it my diamond ring. I could, of course, have countermanded my wife's order, but upon reflection I concluded that the happiness of a live woman was of more importance than a promise to a dead one, so I let the work go on." "Naturally," said the young man who smokes. "That was the only thing you could do under the circumstances. But there is one point I should like elucidated. Is your wife still addicted to sleep walking?" "No," said the man of experiences. "Her stunt with the ring was the end of her somnambulistic performances." Even as You and I. They met and passed the time of day, and then began to put on a front about how well they were doing, even as you and I have done. "Well, old man, how are you making it?" "Fine! Only another little tenneracked onto my little six per this week. How goes it with you?" "Oh, something doing all the time. Told my boss the other day he'd have to peel off some more of the green or his little Johnny would pass on up the line. And, don't you think, he didn't peel." "Good! What'd he do?" "Good: what he do? "Just a trifle—cut in 12 per fer steady and a rake-off on the side." Then they crossed over and mingled their congratulations in a social way and parted. As they went each was saying to himself: "I believe he was lying, but I can do a turn myself if $ have to. Nothing like a good bluff."—Judge. THE SEARCHLIGHT. THE SEARCHLIGHT. W. N. MILLER, Editor. 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ATTENTION KNIGHTS Sis Knights of Taborian Tem- le No.11 are requested to meet in regular Session Thursday night July 20th to hear the report of the delegate to the grand Session Important news Important news= W. N. Miller C. M. TABORIAN CHART Rev. Sir Frank Wilson C. G, M. has on hand several Taborian Charts with the photo of all of those who aided Father Dickson in founding the order Knights of Tabor— The likeness of Fathea Dickson and his wife are in the center on the square and compass and the others are nicely arrngged about them. This is a fine chart and every Knight and every Daughter ought to have one. They are only $1.00 each. NEXT ISSUE. Keep your eye open for the next issue of the Searchlight. Watch. Mr. Jas. P. Maynard has accepted the position of General Agent for the Searchlight in Kansas City, Mo., and Kansas City, Kan., and will represent the interests of the Searchlight at those points. He has established a branch office of the Searchlight at Sixth and Delaware streets in Kansas City, Mo., and will direct the affairs of this great Negro paper of the West from that point. Mr. Maynard directly represents the editor of the Searchlight and any business done by him for us will be all right. He will devote his whole energy in seeing that our many readers in these two cities will get good service. We ask all to call on him for any business matter for the Searchlight. W. N. MILLER, Editor. Banner Mills + CUSTOM GKINDING + ..... A Specialty ..... ALL KINDS OF COAL & FEED Miss Sallie Williams hao started a class of millinery at 834 N Water Classes are formed through the week Rev Bell of Kan City Mo preached at the Tabernacle Baptist church Sunday. Rev Olliver preached a powerful sermon to a large congregation last Tuesday eve. There will be special services at the second Baptist church Sunday. All members are requested to be present. And friends are all cordially invited. The iadies of the G. L. A. club met at the residence of Mrs. Ed Lamder thursday afterday noon, quite a number was present the Ladies will have their work on display at the federation friday night at- the second Baptist church. The clud will meet with Mrs. J. T. Sanford tuesday, all members are requested to be present as the election of officers will take place. Rev. Underwood pastor of the New Hope Baptist church and his members are preparing to have a and rally Sunday. Rev Weigand of Mo. will preach one sermon for us. Rev Oliver from Indiana will be with us all day. Rev. S. M. Hall pastor of the Second Baptist church will preach for us at 3 p.m. This rally is to raise funds for the new church building on Rock Island ave. of which we are trying to raise $500.00. Come one come all you are cordially invited to attend. A. C. Underwood. J. W. Ramsey of Newton Kans was o pleasant visitor at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Dane 620 Riverview. Excursion To Kansas City $3.00 ROUND TRIP 3.00 The Santa Fe will run an excursion to Kansas City Satudag night July 22nd., at only 3.00 for the round trip this fare is less then 1/2 of the rate one way. WM. Dent of 1053 N. Ma'n is expected to leave soon for Eastern Va. o visit his old home and to see his mother whom he has not see for 18 yrs. He will leave about Aug 1st, 1905. The Race's standard Bearer Pay for the Searchlight. ' UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL. ' 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 fcr $1.00 John E. Lewis, Prop. Alonzo Miller formally of this city but now of St. Joe Mo. who has been visiting in the city for pass week returned to St Joe to do. Ben J. Topp has put a nice front porch on the front of his house at 989 N, Wichita. That is the way make smprovements whenever you can on your home. Mrs. (?) Davis of Kingman Kan. was a visitor in the city Monday She left Monday eve over the Santa Fe for Kans City where she will attend the 14th Annual Grand Session of the Order of Twelve. Miss Florence Kelley of Springfield Mo. is visiting in the city the city the guest of Mrs. Carrie Foster Miss Minnie Madison entertained the Y. P. S. club Tuesday eve at her home 1556 N. Waco ave. in honor of Misses Taylor and Pryor There being a large number present the evening was spent in music and various kinds of games. At a late hous refreshments of the season were served and the guests departed for their homes reporting Miss. Madison a royal entertainer. PURCHASED LOTS J. B. H. Fray one of Wiohitas colored citizens has purchased two fine lots on Gold ave. 6 blocks north of the fair grounde and will in the future erect a handsome cottage for their future home. The W. M. and S. society of the Second Baptist chuch had a season feast at that church and an enjoyable crowd was present. The society had success. The valley at the Second Baptist church was also a success of which they raised $248. 43. 00 All the Ministers of the city being present they had a most enjoyable time. W. T. P. S, club entertained last Saturday eve at the home of Mrs. Thos. Fine 10th and Santa Feste, in honor of Mrr. Fines niece Miss Sofia Fines of Pleasanton Kans. The evening was spent in various games and amusements and at a late hour refreshments of the season were served and the guest departed for their respective homes. RALLY SUNDAY We wish to impress on readers to attend the big rally at New Hope Baptist church, Sunday (all day) July 15tb. This rally is to raise money to a assist the church in thir new bnidng on RodeIsland Ave. It is hoped that all will go down and help them to make this grand Accession. A. A Fox who has been on the sick list for some time is slowly im proving Pay your honest debts remember you will want credit again. Don't cheat or take advantage of your negro newspaper man. Mrs. Silas Cox is reported ill. Go to Olden's Drug Store f.r ice cream soda. Rev. A. C. Teirell of atchinson was a visitor in the city Wednesday. J. Liggins of Newton was a visitor in the city last week. Rev. S. S. Washington filled the pulpit at the A. M. E. church last Sunday eve. Mrs A. Bradford who has been ill for sometime is slowly improving A. Waters formerly of this city but now of Topeka is a visitor in the city this week. Miss. Beatrice Miller who has been very ill for the past week is somewhat improved. Quartly meeting will be held sun day at the A. M. E. church. Every body are invited to attend. W. S. HENRION DRUGGIST 501 N. Main St. Wichita, Kans. There will be a Sunday School picnic next Thursday July 20th. at Linnwood park. Rev. Griffith will preach at the A. M. E. church during the quartly meeting next Sunday. Rev, J. H. Van Leu leaves Wednesday for Chetopa, Osewego and Southwestern parts of Kansas. Mrs. Frankie Austin mother of Mrs. M W. Madison of 1556 F. Waco who has been ill for some time is slowly improving. Leonard King son of Rev. H. W King 521 N. Water leff Saturday eve for Denver Colc. Rev. R. N. Countee is expect to be in our city to day on business from Kang. City. Lewis Livington of springfield Ill. who has been in the city visiting left Friday Eve for Col. Misses Edith Nevels Effie Holmes and Lena Harrison of Hutchinson were among the Excursionnet from Hutchinson Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Miller left Saturday foo Kans. City Kaas. where they will attend the 12th. annual session of the Knights and Daughters of Tabor in that city. The ladies of the G. L. A. club was royally entertained Thursday afternoon by Mrs. G. W. White at the home of Mrs. S. W. Jones after the transaction of business a nice luncheon was served consisting of ice cream and cake. Dr. Stewart of Boston Mass, who has recently came to our city is making arrangements to rent a suit of rooms in the Sedgwick block which will be his office. Watch the Searchlight for further particulars. WESTERN UNIVERSITY WESTERN UNIVERSITY The Great Educational Institution for Kansas and the West..... DEPARTMENTS: Theoiological, Co and State Industrial. COURSES: Classical, College, H Normal, Musical, [ Instrume piano, oagan and harmony, I Mechanical], Carpentry, Pr Business Course, Stenograph ing, Dressmaking and Plain ing, Farming and Gardening ADVANTAGES: Splendid Location Influences and Thorough Tea INFORMATION: For terms, price fered, write to William T. Vern MENTMENTS: Theoiogical, College, Normal, Sub State Industrial. 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Lopez Remedy Co., SECOND Douglas (Barnes Block) Wichita, K SECOND TO NONE 313 East Douglas (Barnes Block) Wichita, Kansas Pleases All GOOD BREAD MAKERS It Is White As Snow. TRY IT MYRON Groceries, Fru and I 815 N. 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, alw customer. Our store is Headquaaters for Colored pe 615 North Main st. Drugs of all kinds, Cigars and Tobacco patronage solicited. + Once a customer, alw- er. Our store is Headquaaters for Colored pe 615 North Main st. ns W. C ebbins & Raffert ... 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. Stebbins Stebbins & Rafferty Vehicles, Farm Implements Light Harness, Robes, Etc. 11-213·West Douglas New Phone 1787 --- ice Furnished ROOMS- By the night or week Transient a Specialty Mrs. R. Heck, Prop. 244 North Water St. OFFICE. We call attention of those who may have news items for SEARCHLIGHT to have the copy our office not later than Thursday being in order to reach publication in our current issue. This ap is only to Wichita items other items must be in our office not later on Wednesday evening. Please be notice. GEERLESS TEAM LAUNDRY Best Laundry In The City Phone 232 WANTED: Every one to know the SEARCHLIGHT has a installment of type and is now to do all kinds of fancy up- date 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 TRUE STORE Cigars and Tobacco . . . Once a customer, always a duaaters for Colored people. h Main st. R 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 Private Dining Rooms Down Stairs and Up Stairs Our Special Service Banquets and Parties On Short Notice. . Nice Furnished Rooms J. H. SNOWDEN, Manager Wichita - - Kansas W. O. Rafferty Wichita Kan. FRISCO SYSTEM FROM HERE TO THERE And there's pure air, pure water and sun shine 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 euezy 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 convalesences 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—nw faces type—and eod workmanship. ive us a low at your work. DELMONICO Restaurant MEALS 15c Lunch at All Hours Cold Drinks Good : Meals : Prompt : Service 346 North Main St. Mrs. Chas. L. Kiner Prop HOUCK First Class Goods at Lowest Prices 116 East Douglas Avenue Dr. J. E. Faimer, Physician and Surgeon —Diseases of— Women and Children A Specialty New Phone 936 Office 517 N. Main St 'To The Coast' '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 "Aeros 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. EXCURSION To Kansas City Saturday Night July 22nd. 1905 Santa Fe ROUND TRIP $3.00 SANTA FE ROUTE AIN will leave Wichita at midnight Saturday and for KAN. CITY, reaching there at 3 a.m. LEAVES KANS. CITY at 10.30 p.m. and on- Trip. This will be your last chance this yesr. entertain you in her beautiful PARKS where of all kinds can be had. ICS can be secured that will show you the city also Automobiles makes Tours over the city. JOIN the Santa Fe excursion they are al- The onewe had last year was a record breaker. NICULARS AT DEPOT ICE C ICE CREAM ICE CREAM BON TON BAKERY & KANDY ITCHEN 146 North Main Street Big Excursi To I Saturday July 22 $3.00 ROUND SANTA F SPECIAL TRAIN will leave night, July 22nd for KAN. C RETURNING LEAVES KAN ly $3.00 Round Trip. This will Kans City will entertain you in amusements of all kinds ca TOURIST CARS can be secu at a small cost, also Automo at regular hours. JOIN the S ways a success. The onewe had FULL PARTICULARS AT Big Excursion To Kansas City Saturday Night July 22nd. 1905 $3.00 ROUNDTRIP $3.00 SANTA FE ROUTE SPECIAL TRAIN will leave Wichita at midnight Saturday night, July 22nd for KAN. CITY, reaching there at 3 a.m. RETURNING LEAVES KANS. CITY at 10.30 p.m. and only $3.00 Round Trip. This will be your last chance this yesr. Kans City will entertain you in her beautiful PARKS where amusements of all kinds can be had. TOURIST CARS can be secured that will show you the city at a small cost, also Automobiles makes Tours over the city at regular hours. JOIN the Santa Fe excursion they are always a success. The one we had last year was a record breaker. FULL PARTICULARS AT DEPOT Both Phones 139. L. R. DELANEY Agent. --- Wm. Faust night porter at the Hotel Bretton was in a hold up at the Bretton last Sunday night. Wm lost about $3.00 Mrs. James Askins and son Guy came up from Gurthrie on business last week. While here they were the guest of Mrs Jno Wood. Rev. Garnett of Arkansas City held business meeting here last Friday niht at the Second Baptist church. J. C. Lewis G. C. of K. of P. lodge met with Pride of Winfield No 20 last Wednesday. Messers, Wm. Lowrie, Bedford Lowrie and Mr. Miles were given the three degrees of the K. of P lodge After a good ecture they all retired to the home of Sir J W Singleton where a grand reception was held and at a late hour refreshments of the season were served by;— Mesdames W A Wright J W Singleton and J Wood. The K of P boys are preparing for a grand time the 4th of August They have arranged to have a brass band and a ball game They have me They have --- Rock Island System Messerve's Phone 152 Both Phones 139. WINFIELD NEWS Santa Fe L. R. DELANEY Agent. sent invitations to Prof Vernon and other distinguished men who they are expecting to be present. Jerry Miles was in Oklr City and Gurthrie in search of men to work on the rail-road, he succeeded in getting four men the names are Jno Mathews jr. Henry Wright, jr Frank Jones and Harris The Tabernaacle Baptist church held their usual services Sunday with Rev: Oliver of Indiana who preached two able sermons for us. At 7 p.m the B. Y. P. U met with their presidedt Mrs. Blanche Givens assisted by Mrs Hattie Love Sec Mrs. Josephine Miller. KANS CITY KS NEWS Mr. and Mrs. W N, Miller and Mrs. Robb Drvis were the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Geo Jennings during the Session of the Tabors this week Mrs. Marguerite Younger will be correspondent for the Searchlight in Kansas City Kane. Mr. and Mrs. Williams 1309 N. 10th entertained Rev, G G Fish back, Hon. Joe E Herford C. G M of My S W Parker, H Roland and Mr and Mrs W N Miller at dinner Thursday. Miss Williams entertained the guests with beauti- ul snags and sweet music. The Aid Society gave a swell social at the home of Mrs Mary Jennings Tuesday night. Mr Geo W Davis has a fine home on 12th & Armstrong. He has re- cently repaired and repainted Mr and Mrs Alex Moore 128 Greely gave a fine dinner at their home Wednesday at 6 pm. Those present were Mesdaines and Kees of Ft.Scatt. Mr, and Mrs. H. Robinson entertained W. N. Miller and wife Thursday at dinner. E. R. Vaughn. Mr. hand Mrs. WN Miller, Mrs DM Miller All had a splindid time Mr and Mrs Josh W Vochies royally entertain d Mr and Mrs W. N Miller at their restau. ant 552 State Tuesday eve NEWTON NEWS A few of Newtons' young people spent the fourth of July in the city of Wichita of which were, -- Misses Callie Anderson, Eunice and Cornelia Coleman, Messers Arrhur Child Orian Smith James Garnett George Denam and Arthur Gray. All reported a fine time. Mr. Leonard [King and Evin Lyde of Wiceita where visitors in the city Saturday and Sunday. they report Newton's young people wish them return again soon. Remember the Sunday school Picnic of the Second Boptist church July 28th. at Halstead they preparing for an excellent pragarm and every thing to make the day enjoyable — All are cordially invited to attend. Clarence Rickman who has been in Hutchinson for some time was in the city last week visiting his arents. Frank Chllds was in the city last week Mrs Hall and daughter Mable of Peabody were visiting in the city last week W. C. Mallory of K. C. Me. was a visitor in the city. Mrs. Downing of K. C. Mo. is visiting in the city with her brothe CARD of THANKS We wish to thank our many friends who so kindly assisted us during the illness and death of our darling Eunice who died Saturday July 8th at 9 a.m. of heart failure and also return thanks for the beautiful floral offering. Mr. end; Mrs. Wm. Hallum Q. V. Hallum. ANOTHER SAD DEATH Miss Eunice Hallum eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Hallum 113 Tremont died Saturday morning July 8th at the home of he parents. Miss Hallum had been sick for some time but was considered so much better that all danger was thought to have passed. She was up and about--she took suddenly sick agai 1 Saturday morning and passed away at 9 a.m. Funeral services were held at the cemetery Sunday afternoon—Rev. S. M. Hall officiated. 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. 1102 E. Douglas Pone 357 RECORDS OF THE PULSE RATE. Instrument Shows Heart's Action During Muscular Work and After. A recent publication of the University of Michigan describes an instrument for securing a continuous graphic record of the pulse rate in man which afford valuable indications of the heart's work. The records showed that the commencement of muscular work is followed almost simultaneously by a marked acceleration of the pulse. In fact, this modification of the pulse rate is observed in the next heart cycle after the work begins. In typical cases there are three well-marked, stages—a primary rise, a period of sustained acceleration and a secondary rise. Similar stages of decrease in rate occur after the work stops. The rapidity of the pulse during work depends not only upon the amount of work done, but much more upon the manner in which it is done. Speed and resistance are factors requiring separate consideration and of these two speed has the greater influence. These records show that while muscular work may not appreciably require the expenditure of bodily force it immediately reacts upon the heart and that conversely cessation of muscular exertion is an immediate relief to the heart. Scott and the Simple Life. Scott and the Simple Life. Sir Walter Scott was an out-of-doors man, as he had been a tramping boy, says McClure's. It is impossible to think of him without his horses and dogs. His duties as sheriff took him across country continually, and he always had more months out of Edinburgh that in it, notwithstanding his court clerkship. He was thus in constant contact with Scotch life and country, and he never lost or relaxed his first impulse to know and see with his eyes, so far as eyes could see it, all the local history. He was also in love with the genius of Scotland as it was stamped in the people of all sorts and conditions. Human nature, the rough, hard article free from its alloy of the town, was treasure trove to him. On those annual "raids into Llddesdale," and on many another journey, he made himself master of this book of truth out of which came so much of the character, anecdote and phrase that are most sterling, real and humorsome in his books. View of Happiness. I have been trying to figure out a general condition of happiness, and I reach the conclusion that it consists mainly in the ability to march with one's own generation, neither deploring the progress the generation makes nor grumbling because it doesn't make more, says Frank Putnam in the National Magazine. We can understand best the men and women of our own age, or near it. Dr. Olsen spoke truth when he said that most men cease to be receptive to new ideas after 40; hence our elders in the 50s and 60s and 70s, say, who have ably guided the affairs of the world during the decades immediately ahead of us will often seem to us to move less rapidly than we think they should, toward new industrial conditions. And the generation immediately behind us—the restless chaps in their 20s, are putting more pressure upon us from the rear than we are able to believe is wholly justified. A. Kipling Souvenir Of an interesting Kipling relic, Charles Warren Stoddard writes: "The object that first caught my eye was an old desk, black with age, and no doubt rheumatic in every joint. Its lid was a, solid panel, but curved in the fashion of a roll-top desk. Across the length of it, cut deep in large letters, such as schoolboys love to carve was this legend: "Oft I was weary when I toiled at Thee." "So sang the galley slave in a faultless verse; and so, in the hour of triumph, Rudyard Kipling graved upon the cover of the desk at which he won his fame."—National Magazine. Heroic Remedy. Some anonymous individual with no poetry in his soul has written to a New York paper complaining of a whip-poor-will that bothers him at night, and another anonymous individual who has in his soul no innate love of birds suggests: "If Pater Familias really desires to drive the whip-poor-will from the tree, the following is a recipe guaranteed to cause it to quit the place: "R: One dozen roman candles. Dose: Three each evening on retiring (10-11 p. m.) exploded through the tree. This has been known to cure the most aggravating cases." Wal-lu-lah. Ever the paleface saw the westland In its grandeur by the sea Lived a dusky Indian princess Fair as fairst flower to see. By Columbia's thunderstorms, bedecked, Love the oust upland plain. Wandered lone the fair Wal-lu-lah Chanting 'eer some wild refrain. Dusky suiters thronged about her, Pleaded for Wal-lu-lah's hand, But she wept her absent lover. Pointed toward her wandered Columbia's murmurring cascades, Loving and lone her treeless quest. Now she sleeps, but still awaits him, With her face toward the west. Drifting sands above her mingle, Happy homes bedeck her plain. Still her spirit sings and murmurs In Columbia's wild refrain. -Bert Huffman in New York Herald. Greatest Trout Hatchery. The greatest trout hatchery in the world will be located by the government on the Grand Mesa, about twenty-five miles north of Delta. The annual output of fish will not fall below 25,000,000 within a year after the hatchery is completed. These fish will be distributed all over the west. Few Timepieces in Liberia An Old Kentucky Earthquake Tells of Japanese Traits A Cruelly Deceived Woman Just Between the Lovers A young negro from Liberia, George H. Northam, is now visiting this country, from which his parents emigrated to the negro republic many years ago, spoke of an interesting phase of the trade in Liberia. "It is a curious fact that we buy very few clocks. They are regarded, I know, as an essential part of the furnishings of the home in all civilized countries. The comparatively small number of our people who have fairly good incomes have clocks in their houses. But most of the Liberians are farmers and laborers, and they never think of purchasing a clock. The fact is, they have little use for clocks, and I think the reason will interest you. "You know, our country is only a few degrees north of the equator. The result is that for a good part of the year the sun rises at exactly 6 o'clock, or within a few minutes of it, and sets at 6 o'clock. Here are two points of time quite accurately fixed for us. "Then when the sun is directly overhead it is noon. Of course, the sun in its apparent movements between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn varies a little in these positions, but only a little anywhere in the trop- This vivid description of an earthquake was written by Audobon, the naturalist. It occurred in the year 1812: "Traveling through the barrens of Kentucky in the month of November, I was jogging on one afternoon when I remarked a sudden and strange darkness rising from the western horizon. I had proceeded about a mile when I heard what I imagined to be the distant rumbling of a violent tornado, on which I spurred my steed, with a wish to gallop as fast as possible to a place of shelter; but it would not do; the animal knew better than I what was forthcoming, and instead of going faster, so nearly stopped that I remarked he placed one foot after another on the ground with as much precaution as if walking on a smooth sheet of ice. I thought he had suddenly foundered, and, speaking to him, was on the point of dismounting and leading him, when he all of a sudden fell a-groaning piteously, hung his head, spread out his four legs as if to save himself from falling, and stood stock still, continuing to groan. Traitors among the Japanese officers are not treated pleasantly when their misconduct is discovered. Bennet Burleigh in his new book on Japan tells of an instance. Two Japanese transports laden with men, stores and heavy siege artillery had been suddenly attacked by the Russian Vladivostok squadron; one was sunk, the other escaped with difficulty. Who had given the information of the sailing of these ships? "The Japanese made search to find out who had blabbed and ultimately traced it to a high official in Tokyo, one holding sea rank and engaged in the admiralty. A Russian check for a large sum was traced into his hands. He was confronted with it and his receipt signature thereon. Then he was led into a secluded room, where a number of his fellow officers had gathered. They stripped him naked, spat upon him and kicked him to death." An odd practice of firing the same shells two or even three times developed during the siege of Port Arthur. Mr. Burleigh says: "The Russians' If it wasn't for the children the woman would get a divorce. She has been deceived for ten years. That is the period of her married life. The courtship leading up to that nuptial contract covered two years. In that time the man and woman wrote many letters. The woman wrote 746 and the man 715. The day before the wedding the woman said: "Henry, have you kept all my letters?" "Every one," said Henry. "How sweet of you," murmured the woman. "Now, I'll tell you what we will do. I have made two sofa pillows, one for you and one for me. Instead of stuffing them with cotton or feathers or sweet balsam we will fill them with our old love letters and keep them forever and ever. Won't that be lovely?" Henry said he thought it would be. So the woman gave him his pillow cover. It was very pretty, also it was appropriate. It was made of green satin embroidered in gold. It said, Of course, I will not kiss you, I— Oh, you kiss me if you may try? I guess you won't—you love me so? I'm sure you've told a dozen—no, I tell you I will not permit You—no, sir, no name and—stop, now—well You promise that you'll never tell If I—oh, don't you ought to be Ashamed to be so rude to you. You're so sad, you glaze to know Ashamed for acting so, And—no, sir, no; we shall not kiss And be good friends again. You miss It there, you um, um, um, um No, that I am prodigial Of treasure which I had not thought Was worth so much until you brought Its value to my notice. You had to and when I. Might possibly—no, no, say; If you persist I'll run away; ics, and the most ignorant of our people soon become expert in determining the time for all positions of the sun. "I do not suppose there is a man or woman In Liberia who cannot tell the time in any part of the day within fifteen minutes of the true time, and usually with a closer approximation. When the farmer is in the field he knows exactly when to go home to dinner, and his wife has the meal waiting for him as he reaches the house. "If he has an appointment at 3 p. m., and also has the habit of punctuality, he meets his engagement almost on the minute. Our farmers say they have not the slightest use for clocks. I presume Liberia is the only country with any claim to civilization that does not regard clocks as necessary in the business of life. "I am told that down in the Congo Free State the missionaries teach the natives to read the information that a clock gives. This is very well as a matter of information, but the natives understand the relation of the sun to the time of day as well as we do, and I do not think a large number of clocks will ever be sold to them."—New York Sun. "I thought my horse was about to die, and would have sprung from his back had a minute more elapsed, but at that instant all the shrubs and trees began to move from their very roots, the ground rose and fell in successive furrows, like the ruffled waters of a lake, and I became bewildered in my ideas, as I too plainly discovered that all this awful commotion in nature was the result of an earthquake. The fearful convulsion, however, lasted only a few minutes, and the heavens again brightened as quickly as they had become obscured; my horse brought his feet to their natural position, raised his head and galloped off as if loose and frolicking without a rider. "Shock succeeded shock almost every day or night for several weeks, diminishing, however, so gradually as to dwindle away into mere vibrations of the earth. Strange to say, I for one became so accustomed to the feeling as rather to enjoy the fears manifested by others. The earthquake produced more serious consequences in other places." supply of big-gun shells completely gave out, so continuous search was made for unexploded Japanese missiles. These, when found, we fired back from our guns and in some instances shells were found which had been twice fired at us by the Japanese. The fact that such was the case was shown by the copper gascheck bands, as our riffling is in the opposite direction to that of the Japanese guns, the bands showing two marks of their twist and one of ours." Concerning the curious Japanese custom of carrying song birds when out for a walk the same author comments: "Yes, it seems ridiculous to see an oriental bearing a cage on either hand when he goes out for a ramble, with song birds for companions; no stick and no dog. But our grandfathers laughed consumedly when they saw the first umbrella opened in London. It seems but yesterday that I saw a lovely blossoming tree in a Tokyo junk shop, kept there solely for the owner's private delectation." "From one I love." His pillow also was an ornate affair. As soon as the woman and her husband went to housekeeping she placed the two pillows side by side on the sofa. When they began to get dusty she packed them away in scented tissue paper and put them in a dark claset. Once a week she took them out and patted them and said, "Dear Henry." One day last week the woman remembered a certain poetic effusion she had one time written to Henry. She wished to see just how she had worded it, so she opened the soft pillow and looked for the letter. It was not there. none of her letters were there. Instead of stuffing his pillow with her loving epistles Henry, the wretch, had used old bills and business letters and circulars, because, as he shamelessly admitted when taxed with his disloyalty, he didn't want to take chances on being made to feel like a fool by having "all that tommyrot brought up against him when he reached the age of gray hairs and discretion." And that would be too impolite For anything. I am not quite so rude. I hope. At least. I do. No, I don't know. But to you. Because—now stop—why can't you be as distant gad severe with me. As, you have told me—is it so? You are with other than—how, know? There are other than—how, sit there; I'll go and take that other chair. It's too far off? Well. If I stay, Will you agree—don't act? You will go Away and leave me when you know How much I—no, I won't. Why should I let you kisa me if you're good? How much I—no, I won't. Why should I've said I wouldn't, and I won't. You do not love me? I don't care— Sh—some one's coming down the stair— Just one, remember—no-oh—ah. Another? Well—no, I'm messing 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 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 Phone 257 255-257 N Main WIGHITA 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. Bearice Miller. Sec. Hall 517 North Main Soet =SMOKE= BLUES =CIGARS= SOLD EVERYWHERE WONDERFUL DISCOVERY Curly Hair Made Straight By TAKEN FROM LIFE BEFORE EARLY DEMENTE This wonderful hair pomade is the only safe preparation in the world that makes kinky or early hair straight as shown, and helps to keep it from falling out or breaking off, cures dandruff and makes hair shiny. It is made of 45 years, and used by thousands Warranted harmless. It was the first preparation ever imitations. Remember that Ford's original Ozonized Ox Marrow is put up only in the U.S. and not in other countries. See that "Ozonized Ox Marrow Co. Chicago, U.S.A. is printed on the package. Do not put it on your hair unless you just as good-behavior always insist upon getting the genuine, so never take it without giving it that neatness, life-like appearance, gentleness, and beauty. It is not possible for anybody to produce a preparation equal to it. Pull directions with a brush and dealers, or send us 50 cents for one bottle, and dealers, or send us 50 cents for one bottle. It is not possible for anybody to produce a preparation equal to it. Pull directions with a brush and dealers, or send us 50 cents for one bottle, and dealers, or send us 50 cents for one bottle. We pay all postage and express charges. Send postal or express money order. Please send us your name and address plainly to OZONIZED OX MARROW CO. Charlie Ford Post 76 Wabash Ave., Chicago, Illinois. Agents wanted everywhere. (First Publication in the Wichita Searchlight, Saturday, July 8th.) In the City Court of Wichita City Township, Sedgwick County, Kansas. Susie Chester, Plaintiff. vs. James R. DeBolt, Defendant. PUBLICATION NOTICE. To the Defendant, James R. DeBolt: TO the Detendant, James K. Dobson. You will take notice that you have been sued by the plaintiff in the above-entitled case in the above-entitled court for the sum of Thirty ($20.00) Dollars on account, and that on June 15th, 1905, an Order in Garnishment was issued out of said court to The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company. You will take notice that said company did on July 5th, 1905, file their Answer in said court that they were indebted to you in the sum of Thirty-five and 65-100 ($35.65) Dollars. You will further take notice that unless you appear and answer to the Bill of Particulars of said plaintiff on or before the 14th day of August, 1905, the allegations in said Bill of Particulars will be taken as true and judgment rendered against you according to the prayer thereof in the sum of Thirty ($30.00) Dollars and costs of suit; and that a further order of the court will be issued, directing the said The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company to pay into court to satisfy said judgment and costs, the sum due you from said Company, as shown by the Answer thereof. 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. Buy your Fresh Meat at the Packing House Meat Market and Save Money. Remember the place--Market at the Gate of Dold's Packing House. We Want FINE WORK OUR JOB ROOM. 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At drug stores. The genuine has a date and number stamped on the label—take no other from your drugstreet. BLEW UP 3 SALOONS BLEW UP 3 SALOONS Unknown Parties Take a Hand in the Liquor Traffic. MR. FUNSTON UNDER ARREST. Dynamite Wrecked Three Saloons, Resulting in Damage Amounting to $100,000—Much Excitement for a Time, But Quiet Now Prevails. Hola, Kan., July 12.—E. H. Funston, ex-congressman and father of General Funston, was arrested here charged with inflammatory utterances. Mr. Funston, in talking of the explosion which blew up three saloons here last night, said the occurrence would have been avoided if the officers of the law had done their duty in enforcing the laws. Funston resisted the policeman who attempted to arrest him and a fight resulted in which the policeman struck Funston, strapped him to his buggy and took him to pail. Later Funston was released, and he then swore out a warrant for the policeman. The policeman charged that Funston came to town with a Winchester and a revolver, that he bought some cartridges, and had them in his buggy when arrested. Iola is calm tonight, after a day of the most intense excitement the town has ever experienced as the result of the blowing up of three saloons here last night. Conservative estimates of the damages resulting from the explosion, which wrecked the Eagle, the Blue Front and the Red Light saloons and damaged other buildings in the immediate vicinity, place it at $100,000. The mayor has sworn in a large number of deputies, who are patrolling the streets tonight to preserve order. That the outrage was committed by an irresponsible person was made clear tonight when a number of letters were received by a local newspaper from a man signing his name "C. L. Melvin," who is in hiding in this vicinity. The tenor of the letter indicates that the writer is insane and that he blew up the saloons here last night. Three saloons in West street, in the heart of the business section of Iola, were completely wrecked by dynamite early today. Much damage was done to other property in the vicinity and the loss is conservatively estimated at $100,000. J. E. Thorpe, the owner of one of the saloons, was injured but not seriously. The dynamite was exploded apparently by some temperance reformer. No arrests have been made. The wrecked saloons were known as the Red Light, the Blue Front and the Eagle. There were two distinct explosions, each of terrific force. Besides demolishing the three saloons the explosions damaged the Palace shoe store, the drug stores of Campbell & Burrell and Cowan & Ausherman, across the alley in the rear, and shattered dozens of plate glass windows in the business section. The explosions were heard at Humboldt, nine miles distant. The mayor has offered a reward for the miscreant and called a special meeting of the city council to consider the situation. There has been much agitation in Iola recently to close the saloons which have run openly in violation of the prohibition law and Governor Hoch had been appealed to to aid in closing the places. The police are looking for A. S. Melvin, a temperance worker and an employee of a local cement works, who has not been seen since last night. The following notice posted on the door of a saloon at Bassett, a suburb, where Melvin lives, was found today, and is said to be in Melvin's handwriting: "We have some sympathy for a poor man and we don't want to do any damage. But unless you quit your place you will go into the air." (Signed) MELVINE, Captain. Melvin was recently released from a state hospital. QUESTION OF INSURANCE. Claims of $20,000,000 Have Been Filed Against Russian Empire Odessa, July 12.—The authorities here have been informed that the Kniaz Potemkine has sailed from Kustenji, Roumania, for Sebastopol. The question of insurance on property lost by fire in the harbor during the recent disturbances is occasioning serious disputes between the Russian and the foreign insurance companies. The foreign corporations declare that they will make claims against the Russian government. The claimants are about 400 in number and the total losses are now estimated at $20,000,000. Boy Died of Lockjaw. St. Joseph, Mo., July 12. - Ross Truesdale, son of a well known railway man of St. Joseph, died of lock-jaw at a local hospital, from the effects of a wound in the hand made on July 4. To Be Corporation Council Chicago, July 12.—James Hamilton Lewis formerly congressman from the state of Washington and now a resident of this city, was appointed by Mayor Dunne to be corporation counsel for the city of Chicago. Plantation Chill Cure is Guaranteed To cure, or money refunded by your merchant, so why not try it? Price 50c. SHYNESS OF PLAY-WRITER Constant Activity With the World Seems Powerless to Cure Seems Powerless to Cure. J. M. Barrie is as shy as a school girl, says a writer. Let a pretty girl look steadfastly at Barrie for five minutes and if she can catch his eye he will exhibit about the same symptoms of distress as a man who has swallowed a fishbone. Constant activity and contact with the world seems to be powerless to cure him of the shyness which is developed the moment he talks with a good looking woman. Only the other day a young actress who had been rehearsing in one of his plays and directly under his eye pleased him so much that he asked her to luncheon. She couldn't go that day, and the refusal embarrassed him, but he plucked up courage and asked her again the next day. Another engagement interfered, but on the third trial the girl accepted and was pleased to think that she was to have an hour of delightful entertainment. Barrie ordered the luncheon and as the dishes were brought on he looked up and looked into the girl's eyes. From that moment he was absolutely speechless. He did not utter one word during the meal and after it was over he was just able to gasp out: "Shall we return to the theater?" and offer his arm. Then, as a sort of relief, he hunted up the stage manager and talked to him at the rate of ninety words a minute for half an hour. Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infallible medicine for coughs and colds. N. W. SAMUEL, Ocean Grove, N. J., Feb. 17, 1900. More than likely the little things said that hurt, come from an influence of an uncontrollable mind. If your will-power is not strong enough to ignore such, you will feel the same influence. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children, teething, softening the mucous influences inflammation, always pain, cures wind colds. 250 c bottle. World Did Not Love Him. 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These powders are so carelessly made from inferior materials that they will not make light, wholesome food. Further, these cheap baking powders have a very small percentage of leavening gas; therefore it takes from two to three times as much of such powder to raise the cake or biscuit as it does of Calumet Baking Powder. Therefore, in the long run, the actual cost to the consumer of such powders is more than Calumet would be. Cheap baking powders leave the bread sometimes bleached and acid, sometimes yellow and alkaline, and always unpalatable. They are never of uniform strength and quality. Why not buy a perfectly wholesome baking powder like Calumet, that is at the same time moderate in price and one which can be relied upon? Calumet is always the same, keeps indefinitely and gives the cook the least trouble. We don't blame the children: We have done worse than kick and scream to have our way. 900 DROPS CASTORIA A Vegetable Preparation for Assimilating the Food and Regulation the Stomachs and Bowels of INFANTS CHILDREN Promotes Digestion, Cheerfulness and Rest. Contains neither Opium, Morphine nor Mineral. NOT NARCOTIC. Recipe of Old Dr. SARUEL PITCHER Pumpkin Seed - Alx. Soya - Rockelle Salts - Alx. Soya - Pumpkin Seed - Bicarbonate Salts - Maryland Sugar - Clarified Sugar Wintergreen Flavor Aperfect Remedy for Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea Worms, Convulsions, Feverishness and LOSS OF SLEEP. Fac Simile Signature of Charles H. Hitchner NEW YORK At 6 months old 35 Doses - 35 CLINICS EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. CASTORIA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Charles H. Hitchner. In Use For Over Thirty Years CASTORIA THE GENTAUR COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY. Wonderful Courage Wonderful Courage Is displayed by many a poor invalid, crushed under the weight of chronic troubles, like constipation, billiousness, neuralgia, headache, stomach trouble, etc. But such suffering, though brave, is quite unnecessary, for Dr. Caldwell's (laxative) Syrup Pepsin will surely cure all these diseases, drive away all the unpleasant symptoms, and restore every invalid to health. Try it. Sold by all druggists at 50c and $1.00. Money back if it fails. Walking is said to be the best exercise a man can indulge in. Perhaps that is why so many men walk home from the races. 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 grocery 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. Some girls proceed to catch on and marry—then implore the divorce judge to help them let loose again. The White River Division of the Iron Mountain Route between Newport, Arkansas and Carthage, Mo., is rapidly approaching completion, and reports of representatives of the General Passenger Department, who recently made complete trip over the line, indicates that through trains will be running inside of sixty days. "While several thousand tourists have already made the trip from each end of the completed line, and we have hauled during the month of June over forty fishing parties from Carthage, who desired to make the five-day float from Galena to Branson, returning on train in fifty minutes, for the complete daylight run over the new line," said Mr. H. C. Townsend, General Passenger Agent, "there will be a tourist travel unprecedented over any line in this part of the country. The fishing proposition is becoming so well-known that a number of clubhouses on the James River, between Galena and Branson, are now completed and are taxed to their capacity. "The romantic features of the new line are naturally the ones to attract the most general attention, but the agricultural and mineral possibilities of this new region are remarkable. "The road itself is a marvel of engineering and the eighty-five pound rail with rock ballast promises the highest degree of speed and safety." The fellow that is always winning is usually the one that wants to borrow money to play the games. 9,00 DROPS CASTORIA A Vegetable Preparation for Assimilating the Food and Regulating the Stomachs and Bowels of INFANTS & CHILDREN Promotes Digestion, Cheerfulness and Rest. Contains neither Opium, Morphine nor Mineral. NOT NARCOTIC. Recipe of Old Dr. SARVUL PITCHER Pumpkin Seed Alk. Stemma Rockell Salts Anacite Seed Papyrusine Bi-Carbonate Salts Mineral Salt Clarified Sugar Watergreen Flavor Aperfect Remedy for Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea Worms, Convulsions, Feverishness and LOSS OF SLEEP. Far Simple Signature of C. H. Fletcher NEW YORK. 46 months old 35 DOSIS - 35 CINES EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. The recent dispatches from Poland indicate that the Warsaw prisons are somewhat fuller of revolutionists than the Ohio penitentiary is of bankers. Flowers that are just budding can easily be trampled out if not guarded. Likewise the mind can be easily influenced without the aid of will power. on Chill C oney refunded by your m Send a Postal for "Book of Presents" Protect The Health of your families by insisting on Pure Food. When it comes to Baking Powder, it means a saving of health and money if you use the standard article of purity and effi- ciency—the wonderful. K C BAKING POWDER An absolutely pure baking powder scientifically combined. 25 ounces for 25 cents. Your grocer refunds your money if you are not sat- isfied. Don't accept a substi- tute! They are impure and a men- ace to health. Ask for K C, the standard of quality. JAQUES MFG. CO. Chicago. THE FASHION OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY CASTORIA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Chat H. Flitcher. In Use For Over Thirty Years CASTORIA THE GENTAUR COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY. THE DAISY FLY KILLER destroys all the flies and affords comfort to every home—in dining-room, sleeping-room and places where some. Clean neat, will not soil or in- fature anything. Try them once, you will never be without them. It not kept by dealers for 20c. Harold Somers, 148 Kahl Ave., Brooklyn, R. C. If afflicted with more eyes, use Thompson's Eye Water future is Guar merchant, so why not try are a delight to the refined woman every where. In order to get this result see that the material is good, that it is cut in the latest fashion and use Defiance Starch in the laundry. All three things are important, but the last is absolutely necessary. No matter how fine the material or how daintily made, bad starch and poor laundry work will spoil the effect and ruin the clothes. DEFIANCE STARCH is pure, will not rot the clothes nor cause them to crack. It sells at 10c a sixteen ounce package everywhere. Other starches, much inferior, sell at 10c for twelve ounce package. Insist on getting DEFIANCE STARCH and be sure of results. Omaha, Nebraska. SKIN HUMORS Complete External and Internal Treatment ONE DOLLAR Consisting of warm baths with Cuticura SOAP to cleanse the skin of crusts and scales, and soften the thickened cuticle; CUTICURA Ointment to instantly allay itching, irritation, and inflammation and soothe and heal; and CUTICURA Pills to cool and cleanse the blood. A Single Set, costing but. One Dollar, is often sufficient to cure the most torturing, disfiguring skin, scalp, and blood humors, eczemas, rashes, itching, and irritations, with loss of hair, from infancy to age, when all else fails. Suitable for the Culture Soap, Ointment, 80c, Encavement, 80c, (in form of Chocolate Coated 80c, per vial, Depot's London, 27 Charlton House, 27 Depot's London, 27 Columbus Ave. Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. Soil Props, Torturing, Digging Humors from Infancy to Age. When Answering Advertisements Kindly Mention This Paper. THE SEARCHLIGHT Wichita, Kansas, Saturday July 14 05 They call it common sense, but it isn't. It is as rare as white illacs in winter. It is the early bird that catches the worm and that's why there are so many worms left. France is in the lead as a builder of automobiles; in the event of war that ought to help some. It is 300 years since "Don Quixote" was written, and people still wrangle over the pronunciation of it. The Montana man who has produced a vineless potato should be encouraged to evolve a rootless dandelion. We have a book on "The Strenuous Life" and one on "The Simple Life," and now comes one on "The Balanced Life." Casabianca was not an American boy, though it is only fair to add that he was a fine boy—as long as he lasted. Perhaps some day some nature enthusiast will write a book entitled: "How to Know the Wild Flowers from the Weeds." Admiral Togo's salary is only $3,000 a year. He seems to have made a mistake in not going into the life insurance business. It is said now that more than fifty of the girls in Vassar's graduating class are engaged to be married. Some men are born lucky. They may sneer at the athetic pretensions of the mere "rooter." But his branch of the game is a grand lung exercise, anyway. Now there is talk of war between Germany and France. Oh, pshaw! Let poor old Mars lock up and spend the summer in the woods. If there are no such things as disease germs it must be admitted with some reluctance that there are no such things as microscopes. A woman will declare in one breath that crash is the proper thing for hot weather, and with the next shriek murder at a harmless thunder peal. "The general topic of conversation between men is food, and between women is dress," says "Caroline" in the Girl's Realm—and she is half right. If some magazine would get Togo to write an article on the comparative usefulness of the battleship and the torpedo boat, the problem would be solved. "Men who stay at home every night are not good for anything," says Dr. Julia Holmes Smith. Oh, yes, they are, doctor. They are generally good for a touch. Jim Jeffries says a married man has no business to be a prize fighter. No, a married man can get all the scrapping his system needs without going away from home. Sioux Indians are reported to be investing in automobiles. Let the government officials keep sharp eyes on the Sioux. They may be preparing to go on the warpath. In Hoboken the pastor of a church has been instructing members of the choir in the art of using a handkerchief fittingly, and in consequence several noses are out of joint. Marquette, Wis., is bragging of a man 102 years old who turned a handspring in public the other day. Whether it was an auto or a trolley car that struck him is not stated. The Medical Mirror wants high stiff collars reduced or abolished. It will have to combine with the tailors and dressmakers, for they, and not the doctors, determine wherewithal we shall be clothed. A shipload of Georgia watermelons was destroyed by fire in New York harbor a few days ago. In a case like this what consolation is there in being told that "the loss is fully covered by insurance?" Why doesn't some enterprising man go into the radium business? There is much money in it. In November, 1903, it was quoted at $64,000 an ounce. Now it is retailing in London at $890,000 an ounce. Mrs. William Rhinelander Stewart, one of the leaders of New York's fashionable set, has bought a cottage at Sloux Falls, S. D., and will spend the summer there. This is probably the beginning of another fad. It has been legally decided in England that a man who works for his living is not a gentleman. This is rather rough, but let us give the English court credit for one thing. It didn't decide that men who toll are gents. In building high-priced hotels New York has almost reached the limit. The only thing that remains for ambitious hotel-keepers there is to provide each room with an ornamental grate in which the guests can burn up their surplus money. ATAXIA FOUR YEARS FOLLOWS MALARIA CONTRACTED IN SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR. Victim Had Become Helpless When He Tried Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, but Was Cured in Four Months. Because he did not know that there is a remedy for ataxia, Mr. Ariel endured four years of weakness, pain and the misery of thinking his case incurable. "At the outbreak of the Spanish-American war," he says, "I went with Company B, Eighth Regiment, M.V.M., into camp at Chickamauga, and while there my system became thoroughly poisoned with malaria. When I was mustered out, I carried that disease home with me. After a while locomotor ataxia appeared." "How did the ataxia begin?" "I first noticed a pain in my ankles and knee joints. This was followed by a numb feeling in my legs. At times I had to drag myself around; my legs would shake or become perfectly dead. I had constant trouble in getting about in the dark. I kept a light burning in my room at night as I could not balance myself in the darkness. Even with the aid of a light I wobbled, and would reach out and catch hold of chairs to prevent myself from falling?" "How long were you a sufferer?" "Four years in all. During the last three years I was confined to bed, sometimes for a week, again for three or four weeks at a time. When I was lying down the pain in my back was frequently so severe that I had to be helped up and put in a chair to get a little relief. I had considerable pain in my bowels and no control over my kidneys. The worst of all was that the doctor could give me no hope of recovery." "How were you cured?" "I read that Dr. Williams' Pink Pills had cured locomotor ataxia and one or two friends spoke to me about them. In the fall of 1903 I began to take them for myself and I had not used more than one box before I found that the pains in my knees and ankles were greatly relieved. Four months afterward I became a perfectly well man, and I am today enjoying the best of health." Mr. Edward H. Ariel lives at No. 43 Powow street, Amesbury, Mass. Every sufferer from locomotor ataxia should try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills without delay. Any druggist can supply them. About the only fault the average woman has to find with her past is that it's too long. Ask Your Dealer for Allen's Foot-Ease. A powder. It rests the feet. Cures Swollen, Sore, Hot, Callous, Aching, Sweating Feet and Ingrowing Nails. At all Druggists and Shoe stores, 25 cents. Accept no substitute. Sample mailed FREE. Address, A S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. NO WALL STREET MAN. Would Rather be a Railway Manager or Constructor. It is said that J. J. Hill always insists that he is not a Wall street man. He wants to be known as a railway manager and as a railway constructor. He does not dabble in the stock market. In his trading and operations with his competitors, however, he has the reputation of being "thrify." Mr. Hill has the faculty of seeing contingencies and developments of the future further than any living railway man. Experts in Wall street familiar with the ideals and methods of both men state that Mr. Hill's only competitor in this respect is E. H. Harriman, with whose forces the memorable Northern Pacific struggle was fought. Mr. Hill is at once practical, theoretical and imaginative. These qualities, combined with daring These qualities, combined with daring, originality, confidence and common sense, have placed him on the top list of railway men in the United States. Deals in Wooden Shoes. One of the shoe dealers in Louisville, Ky., is building up a nice little trade in wooden shoes. He has three lots sent to him from Holland each year, and sells them to the German gardeners, who live near Louisville. They find them of great value for wear when working in their gardens. WANTED TO SLEEP Curious That a Tired Preacher Should Have Such Desire. A minister speaks of the curious effect of Grape Nuts food on him and how it has relieved him. "You will doubtless understand how the suffering with indigestion with which I used to be troubled made my work an almost unendurable burden, and why it was that after my Sabbath duties had been performed, sleep was a stranger to my pillow till nearly daylight. "I had to be very careful as to what I ate, and even with all my care I experienced poignant physical distress after meals, and my food never satisfied me. "Six months have elapsed since I began to use Grape-Nuts food, and the benefits I have derived from it are very definite. I no longer suffer from indigestion, and I began to improve from the time Grape-Nuts appeared on our table. I find that by eating a dish of it after my Sabbath work is done (and I always do so now) my nerves are quieted and rest and refreshing sleep are ensured me. I feel that I could not possibly do without Grape-Nuts food, now that I know its value. It is invariably on our table—we feel that we need it to complete the meal—and our children will eat Grape-Nuts when they cannot be persuaded to touch anything else." Name given by Postum Co. Battle Creek, Mich. There's a reason. Read the famous little book, "The Road to Wellville," in each pkg. LATE MARKET REPORT. Kansas City. NATIVE STEERS..... $ 4 27 @ $ 5 70 HOGS - Heavy..... 5 97 @ $ 4 23 WHEAT - No. 2 Hard..... 94 @ 97 WHEAT - No. 2 Red..... 84 @ 88 CORN - No. 2 Mixed..... 54 @ 33 OATS - No. 2 Mixed..... 38 @ 38 HAY - Choice Timothy..... 9 50 @ 10 PRAIRIE..... 7 75 @ 8 00 BUTTER..... 15% @ 17% EGGS..... 15% @ 17% Chicago Live Stock. GOOD TO PRIME STEERS $ 3 75 @ 6 05 STOCKERS & FEEDERS $ 3 75 @ 3 50 HEIFERS..... 2 05 @ 5 00 HOGS..... 5 50 @ 5 70 Chicago Cash Grain. WHEAT - No. 2 Red..... $ 92% @ 93 No. 2 Hard..... 1 01 CORN - No. 2..... 57% @ 57% OATS - No. 2..... 31% St. Louis Live Stock. BEEF STEERS $ 3 75 @ 5 60 COWS & HEIFERS $ 2 00 @ 5 05 TEXAS STEERS $ 2 50 @ 4 75 Cotton. LIVERPOOL..... $ 121 NEW YORK..... 11,00? GALVESTON..... 11-16? Chicago Futures. WHEAT- May..... 90 91 90 90% July..... 87% 88%% 87% 87% Sept..... 87% 88%% 87% 88% CORN- May..... 56% 57% 57% 56% July..... 55 56 54% 55% Sept..... 49% 49% 49% 49% CORN- July..... 31% 31% 31% 31% Sept..... 31% 31% 31% 31% Dec..... 32% 32% 32% 32% Wichita Live Stock. HOGS..... $ 4 80 @ $ 4 90 COWS..... 2 80 @ 3 25 STOCKERS..... 3 50 HEIFERS..... 2 50 STEERS..... 3 00 @ 3 85 CALVES..... 3 75 @ 4 00 ATEST NEWS IN BRIEF: It is officially announced that Premier Rouvier told the cabinet that he had every reason to hope the Moroccan trouble with Germany would be settled. A jury to pass upon the guilt or innocence of Congressman J. M. Williamson, indicted in connection with the land frauds in Portland, Ore., was selected. A private dispatch from Bizerta, Tunis, says the submarine boat Farfadet was refloated and towed to the arsenal. The crew perished. This is not confirmed officially. All hope of saving the crew of the submarine boat Farfadet, which sank at the entrance to the port of Sidi Abdallah, Tunis, is lost, the efforts made to raise the vessel being ineffective. A Winnipeg dispatch says that there is a rumor to the effect that a scheme is being engineered by J. J. Hill to amalgate the Great Trunk Pacific, the Canadian Northern and the Great Northern railways. The physical property of the New Orleans railways committee was sold to Mortimer Buckner, representing the New York Security company, for $3,500,000. This sale is part of the plan of reorganization. The sultan's nervous breakdown is said to be complete and his health is in a very serious condition. An eminent doctor has been summoned from Vienna to attend him. The heir apparent is also very ill. A committee was delegated to go to Washington and urge upon the officials the natural advantages of Portland, Maine, as a place for holding the summer session of the Russo-Japanese peace plenipotentiaries. Rumors continue in circulation at Rome concerning Pope Pius leaving the Vatican. One of the highest authorities at the Vatican, however, assures the Associated Press that all these stories are fabrications. A dispatch from Bucharest, Roumania says that the torpedo boat Strenitzeli is known to have spoken to the battleship Kniaz Potemkine. It is said that the captain of the torpedo boat promised a full pardon in the name of the Czar if the crew would take the battleship undamaged into Sevatopol. The mutineers refused the offer. Gerald A. Lothar, the British envoy to Morocco, was received by the Sultan. The reception was cordial and in marked contrast to the coldness with which he has received former audiences. The sultan is showing marked warmth toward Great Britain. Until recently he showed much indifference toward the English envoy. The reported prestige of the German envoy is on the wane. The whereabouts of the Kniaz Potemkine are unknown to the naval authorities. The mutinous battleship left Theodosia before the Black Sea fleet arrived and definite news as to where it has gone has not been received. John F. Stevens, appointed chief engineer of the Panama canal construction to succeed John A. Wallace, left Chicago for Washington. With Theodore P. Shontz Mr. Stevens expects to sail for Panama in a few days. At Hagerstown, Ind., Cashier Bowman of the Hagerstown National bank, who committed suicide on July 1, was a defaulter to the extent of at least $109,000 it developed. At San Francisco Secretary Taft in speaking at the banquet of the 'Merchants' association was given an enthusiastic welcome except when he referred to the Chinese exclusion affair. Taft declared strongly that America must not permit the loss of Chinese trade because of narrow-minded notions about the exclusion of all Chinese. Vice Admiral Choukain, when informed of the surrender of the Kniaz Potemkine, dispatched two war ships and six torpedo boats to Kustenji to take over the battleship. The Union Pacific Railroad Passenger Department has put before the public a folder of the Lewis and Clark Exposition at Portland. It is wonderfully neat and attractive, colors having been employed in the printing. Contents embrace a very complete description of the exposition and its attractions, including a bird's-eye view of the beautiful grounds and buildings, done in numerous colors. Scenes in and around Portland are strikingly portrayed, and all contemplating visiting the exposition this summer should have a copy of the folder in order that they may know of points where the greatest enjoyment and satisfaction may be found. Get all the sympathy you can from your friends and yourself and then realize its value by trying to cash it. Then learn that it is only imaginary and will neither make you a man nor a woman. Bluff will get you a job, but it's another thing to keep it. Insist on Getting It. Some grocers say they don't keep Defiance Starch. This is because they have a stock on hand of other brands containing only 12 oz. in a package, which they won't be able to sell first, because Defiance contains 16 oz. for the same money. Do you want 16 oz. instead of 12 oz. for same money? Then buy Defiance Starch. Requires no cooking. People who study human nature are not susceptible to evil thoughts. They understand that all evil comes from an influence over weakness and are ever on their guard to master a control that repulses and overcomes all BABY'S TERRIBLE SORE Body Raw With Humor—Caused Un told Agony—Doctor Did No Good —Cuticura Cured at Once. "My child was a very delicate baby. A terrible sore and humor broke out on his body, looking like raw flesh, and causing the child untold agony. My physician prescribed various remedies, none of which helped at all. I became discouraged and took the matter into my own hands, and tried Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment with almost immediate success. Before the second week had passed the soreness was gone, not leaving a trace of anything. Mrs. Jeannette H. Block, 281 Rosedale St., Rochester, N. Y." People who sympathize with them selves do so through thinking of beings whom they imagine better than they. No one can be better than you can make yourself, and if you worry you are at fault. MARKETING POTATO CROPS In line with the classic case of the oyster shippers, cited by President Hadley of Yale University in his book on Railroad Transportation, is the case of the Arocostook potato growers brought by President Tuttle of the Boston and Maine Railroad before the Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce. Nothing could better show how a railroad works for the interest of the localities which it serves. A main dependence of the farmers of the Arocostook region is the potato crop, aggregating annually eight to ten million bushels, which find a market largely in Boston and the adjacent thickly settled regions of New England. The competition of cheap water transportation from Maine to all points along the New England coast keeps railroad freight rates on these potatoes always at a very low level. Potatoes are also a considerable output of the truck farms of Michigan, their normal market being obtained in and through Detroit and Chicago and other communities of that region. Not many years ago favoring sun and rains brought a tremendous yield of potatoes from the Michigan fields. At normal rates and prices there would have been a glut of the customary markets and the potatoes would have rotted on the farms. To help the potato growers the railroads from Michigan made unprecedented low rates on potatoes to every reachable market, even carrying them in large quantities to a place so remote as Boston. The Aroostook growers had to reduce the price on their potatoes and even then could not dispose of them unless the Boston and Maine Railroad reduced its already low rate, which it did. By means of these low rates, making possible low prices, the potato crops of both Michigan and Maine were finally marketed. Everybody eats potatoes, and that year everybody had all the potatoes he wanted. While the Michigan railroads made rates that would have been ruinous to the railroads, had they been applied to the movement of all potatoes at all times, to all places, they helped their patrons to find markets then. The Boston and Maine Railroad suffered a decrease in its revenue from potatoes, but it enabled the Aroostook farmers to market their crop and thereby to obtain money which they spent for the varied supplies which the railroads brought to them. If the making of rates were subject to governmental adjustment such radical and prompt action could never have been taken, because it is well established that if a rate be once reduced by a railroad company it cannot be restored through the red tape of governmental procedure. If the Michigan railroads and the Boston and Maine Railroad had been subjected to governmental limitation they would have felt obliged to keep up their rates as do the railroads of France and England and Germany under governmental limitation and let the potatoes rot.—Exchange. Long Term in Prison. A Texas negro has been sentenced to 1,001 years in prison. But he can have about 300 years knocked off for good behavior Say Plainly to Your Grocer That you want LION COFFEE always, and he, being a square man, will not try to sell you anything else. You may not care for our opinion, but of housekeepers who have used LION COFFEE for over a quarter of a century? Is there any stronger proof of merit, than the Danish-Japanese Company. Prominent Copenhagen trades people have organized a Danish-Japanese trading company to operate on a large scale in the Fer Eastern trade. It is proposed to utilize the excellent Copenhagen free port as the distributing center, and they do not doubt their ability to capture for Copenhagen a considerable portion of the Oriental trade at present enjoyed by England and Germany. "Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy tured my wife of a terrible disease, with pleasure with pleasure." One Good Thing Left. Missouri's elaborate new game law is giving the editors much concern. An exchange, after studying the new law declares that it does not prohibit the use of fried chicken. USE THE FAMOUS Red Cross Ball Blue. Large 2 oz. package 5 cents. The Russ Company, South Bend, Ind. When you bury yourself in depression you plant thorns on the grave of greatness. Even melancholy is a step to greatness; although unless you become the master in control, it will prove your everlasting humiliation. If these battles can be managed by the aid of will-power, it will soon be seen that you and you only are the only one that can bring strength and contentment under any circumstances. All Up-to-Date Housckeepers use Defiance Cold Water Starch, because it is better, and 4 oz. more of it for same money. Competing With Yankees. A leading Berlin paper contains a communication from Buenos Ayres in which the writer urges German merchants and financiers to come into closer touch with Argentina, which gives promise of great prosperity and extensive trade. He warns his countrymen that if they tarry they will not be able to compete there with the "Yankees." "Swiftwater Bill's" Troubles. William C. Gates, better known as "Swiftwater Bill," one of the most noted characters of early Klondike days, is defending the second divorce suit brought by his third wife. The case is being tried in Seattle. Gates in the early days at Dawson was a much-talked-of person because of his marriage and strange courtships. The wife who is now suing him, for divorce brought suit last April, but the court refused to grant a decree and no provision was made for the two children of the marriage. At the present time Gates is working some rich claims and is reported to have again made a fortune. Mrs. Gates, formerly a dance hall performer, is the younger of two sisters whom her husband married. Arriving at a Verdict. 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To be sure, there is not the vast option of choice for the homestead that exists in the 70s. The lands then taken up under government laws are now prosperous farms that are not the same size as the country. In the Southwest - Indian territory, Oklahoma and Texas - are vast territories which it is capable. Practically the same is true of the towns. Few lines of business adequately represented. There are amenities like WIDE-AWARE MEN. IF YOU ONE? interested, tell us what you want, and we will furnish the intrinsic furniture for a copy of our paper, the "Country." It's the Address. THE MKT GEORGE MORTON, G. P. & T. A. BOX 911, ST. LOUIS, MG. Do Your Grocer COFFEE always, and he, not try to sell you any- t care for our opinion, but Judgment of Millions We used LION COFFEE of a century? proof of merit, than the Confidence of the People and ever increasing popularity? 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