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THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT THE MASTER John W. Jones, Mangr, Kan. City Embalming & Casket Co. 1014 North Fifth Street, Kansas City, Kansas The Progressive. Colored business Men Of Kansas. A Hustler. of the brightest stars in the of brilliant colored men in the career of John William Kansas City, Kansas. John W. Jones, Mangr, Kan 1014 North Fifth Street nobile heart, a clear mind, a character, a strenuous will, a muscle and an empty pocket- has forged his way from the invited seat among the fore of the leading business men of either black or white. we be called upon to point men in Kansas who has against odds and won, we once cite our inquisitor to name J. W. Jones of Kansas ass. present time Mr. Jones is of the Kansas City Casketining Co., located at 1014 and besides this he has a rest in a livery stable which of fine driving and sad-2 transfer wagons, running CHLIGHT only $1. Are You A Subscriber? November 13, 1905. Queen Mothers and Tents of Cassus and Nebraska Jurisdic- ceting: very best wishes for the suc- cour work and congratulating your devotion to your duties, to make the following state- very much pleased with the re- tie the Tents I have received There seems to be an imi- t along many lines and the seems bright. But, dear Queen there are many Tents that sent in their reports. I beg in your reports at the state possible. The second quar- garing its close and I desire all Tents have their reports in before the first of December number and December. We want this year a record breaker so our work is concerned. Tours truly in the work. of baking day turn to delight when you' use HOWARD'S ERLESS PRINCESS FLOUR No other as good. every day, 4 carriages, and 6 buggies. The barn is located at 311-313 Nebraska Ave., and does more than $450 in business each month. He also owns a nice home at 4th and Oakland Ave., besides two other houses and lots and a fine white hearse. He is a hustler and a business getter and holder. John Willian Jones was born in Shelby county, Tennessee, June 2, 1861. His parents moved to Mississippi while he was quite young and he was A. City Embalming & Casket Co., B. Kansas City, Kansas reared in that state. Later he moved to Texas and in 1890 he came to Oklahoma and located in Oklahoma City where he engaged in the grocery business and lost every cent of money he had. Dead broke, he came to Kansas City, Kansas, in 1894, without enough money to pay street car fare for one when he got off the train. Although broke, financially, he still had a will to do and went to work and soon accumulated a little money, and in 1896 he opened a grocery store at 400 Oakland with less than $35.00. Today he is manager of one of the wealthiest corporations among colored people in the west. Out of the 200 shares of stock of the company he owns 172. OUR FAULT IF WE LOSE LABOR. From the Atlanta Independent. The acute condition which the labor problem is assuming in the South is a condition the black workingman cannot afford to ignore. The seriousness of the situation is no longer a question of prejudice, or a theoretical phenomenon. It is an actual condition threatening the bread and butter of every Negro laboringman. The preservation of the Negro's monopoly on the manual labor of the South is entirely in his own hands. He can preserve it, or he can let it slip. It is up to him whether he will be displaced by the motley anarchical foreigner, or whether he will maintain his hold upon the industries of the and industrial services of the South must be done, and if the Negro refuses by his idenity to perform it, the captains of industry must turn their attention to a service more reliable and trustworthy. Then it is not a question of choice, it is one of necessity. There is not a white man in the South who has a trustworthy, upright and industrious Negro servant would displace him or her for an untried foreigner, just because the alien is white. What the Southernner wants is a trustworthy and reliable employee service. The employer is entitled to it and if the Negroes will not render it, he is perfectly justified in looking out elsewhere for it. --- Dtr. I. M. Thompson's ADDRESS OF DTR. IDA M. THOMPSON. In compliance with a request of many of our readers we here produce the address delivered by Dt. Ida M. Thompson, Chief Preceptress of Missouri, at the session of Knights and Daughters of Tabor of the Kansas-Nebraska Jurisdiction held in Kansas City, Kansas, in July, 1905. We reprint from the minutes as published: Sir C. G. M., Dir. G. H. P., Sir Knights and Daughters of Grand Temple and Tabernacle of Kansits and Nebraska Jurisdiction: Having the distinguished honor of meeting you, sitting in your new hall, and listening to the Welcome Address made by the writer and poetess, Priestess L Downs, extending, as she did, a hearty welcome to all, and describing the hospitality of the people. I realized the truthfulness in every statement, when I went to the home of the Grand Deputy. I realized a hearty welcome, and partook of the royal feast that was spread. As we conversed about one of the most sublime events in Taborian history (the erection of this magnificent tabernacle) Sir Knights and Daughters, I look with joy and pride upon the result of work guided by a true Knight. One with energy, a progressive spirit, and heroic courage in the person of Sir Frank Wilson. The response made to the Welcome, by my lifelong friend and an eminent scholar, Priestess Ella McKinnis, was excellent in every phase, and forcibly expressed what could be plainly seen in the faces of the Knights and Daughters who were elated over the thought of assembling in their new Taborian Hall and the home of the C. G. M. The message of the C. G. M., full of inspiration and wholesome instruction, thrilled me with delight by its purity of thought and diction. He is the guiding star of your jurisdiction. Sir Knights and Daughters, what think you of such a diligent worker and safe leader? The message is excellent, giving an interesting history of the I. O. of T. during fourteen years of diligent labor. I note since April 30, 1891 to date the financial condition of the G. T. & T. is worthy of praises, proceeds as follows: Endowment ..... $15,620.00 Sick Dues..... 9,995.30 Burial ..... 8,288.40 Think of it. Negro earnings; Negro contributions, rightly and wisely used by skillful Negro management. The C. G. P.'s report was full of instruction. That she is a deserving officer and Christian lady is made manifest by the royal manner in which she has been received in various places. From experience, and with an imaginative eye, I see her leave her home to go from city to town, and all parts of the jurisdiction, working zealously for the Taborian cause. When, doubtless many of you were at your several homes resting quietly, peaceably. I heard her speak of how, through the Providence of God, she had been able to install and instruct Daughters in the mysteries of Tabor. Now is the time to look well and continue such excellent workers at the head of your organization. However, I bring greetings from Missouri, the mother Jurisdiction, the home of our father and founder, Sir Moses Dickson. With our 35 temples, 70 tabernacles, 34 tents, 7 palatinums, 644 Knights and, 1977 Daughters, we are striving to accomplish a great and good work for our race and humanity. God being our helper, we shall hold aloft our Grand Taborian Banner, and pray that her influence and power may continue to be felt throughout our and sister Jurisdictions. Our Annual Session convenes in Louisiana, Mo., the fourth Tuesday in this month. We cordially invite you to come over and be with us in our deliberations. We cannot entertain you in our new hall; but we promise you a hearty welcome, and solicit your words of advice, and timely suggestions, which we feel and know the heads of this Jurisdiction are competent of giving. I thank you. May God continue to bless the work, and add to your number yearly active, loyal Knights and Daughters as a reward for your labor. SUNDAY THE DAY. Tomorrow, Sunday, November 26th, is the big, banner day for New Hope Baptist church. On tomorrow the cornerstone for the new New Hope Baptist church will be laid and Rev. W. H. Burrill, the pastor, and the officers and members of that church are working earnestly and have been for some time to have everything in readiness for this memorable day of days for that church. Tomorrow means much for the New Hope Baptist church as the laying of the cornerstone of the new church brings close to an end an enterprise which was dear to them. The movers placed the new church on the ground Thursday and all is now in readiness. Cornerstone Laying. The cornerstone laying exercises will take place about 3 p. m.. The stone will be laid by the ministers and will be performed under the church ceremonies. All the secret societies of the city have been invited to be present at the old church not later than 2:30 p. m., and all will march from the old church to the location of the new church, where the stone will be laid. When the new church is in place and is completed it will be the finest colored church in Kansas, and every Wichitan owes it to himself or herself to be present Sunday and aid these good people in their undertaking. Do not go down empty-handed—but go prepared to lend your aid financially. A MASTERLY SERMON. Rev. W. H. Tillman, pastor of the Tabernacle Baptist church in this city, delivered one of the best sermons ever heard at the A. M. E. church on last Sunday at 3 p. m. The occasion was the Sacramental feast and the manner in which Rev. Tillman handled his subject and the eloquent and learned manner in which he delivered it captivated all his hearers regardless of religious belief. Pen, pencil or printer's ink are inadequate to portray its force and most that can be said is that those who were not present certainly missed an eloquent and well delivered sermon. LOST—During the warm weather rMs. W. N. Miller left her brown cloth jacket at some lady's place and is unable to remember at what place. Any one knowing of such an article will please leave word at this office. Our Chief Grand Mentor A Scholarly, Christian, Business Gentleman Wh Is Leading The Great Tabo- rian Army To Success And To Greater And Greater ACHIEVEMENTS It is not every man that nature has endowed with ability to build up and lead successfully a great secret and benevolent society, and when such a man is found he should be appreciated. The subject of these few lines, Rev. M. B. First C. G. M., for Kansas and Nebraska Jurisdiction—Elected in 1891 and re-elected in '92, '93, '94, '95, '96, '97, '98, '99, '00, '01, '02, '03, '04, '05. Elected I. C. G T, at Chicago in 1893 and served till 1899. Elected I. C. G. O. in 1899 served till '02. Sir Frank Wilson, Chief Grand Mentor of the Knights and Daughters of Tabor, Kansas-Nebraska Jurisdiction, is a man with all the natural characteristics of a leader and is a man who leads well and whose leadership is successful in every way. Taking out the Knights of Tabor in Kansas when the order was at its last downward point and needed a leader, he has guided her affairs till today this order stands shoulder to shoulder with any and second to none in membership, in money, in lands and personal holdings. Wherever you find the Tabor sign today you find the emblem of a society that has the backing. Rev. Frank Wilson is a model Christian gentleman and believes in right and those things which tend to lift a people among themselves and in the community in which they live. He not only believes in right and higher ideals of morality—but he has the courage of his belief and has so infused these principles into the Taborian Knighthood that the order stands forth today as a beaconlight beckoning young men and women to the high road of pure life. Besides a leader, he is also a business man, and from an humble train porter he has saved his earnings, invested well and today owns some fine property in Kansas City, Kansas, Leavenworth and Topeka. His Leavenworth property and Kansas City property are among the most valuable in either city. Rev. Frank Wilson is recognized far and near as a race man and one who believes in race enterprises and there stands today many worthy enterprises which have been made proud by his friendly help. Under such a conscientious, Christian and business-like leader, the Taborian banner is bound to fly higher and higher in the breeze of progress and success. NO.36 THE BLACK MAN'S CENTURY. Exploiting of the Tropics Offers Him Vast Opportunities. Mr. Isham Randolph, one of the consulting engineers of the Panama Canal, writes that at least 24,000 men will be required on the canal as soon as the new work begins, and that the demand is greater than the supply. Secretary of War Taft said in a recent report talt much of the work thus far had been done by Jamaica Negroes, but it will not be easy to secure all the labor required from that island. It is hoped that satisfactory labor may also be obtained from Porto Rica. In one of his addresses the other day President Roosevelt spoke of the wonderful growth of manufacturing in the Southern States and advised the Southern Negroes to remain at home, where there is employment for all their energies in the work of agricultural and industrial development. We shall hear in a few weeks of the completion of a railroad, seventy-five miles long, around a series of rapids in the upper Congo. Steam transportation by river or rail up the Congo will be lengthened, through the completion of this road, from 1,300 to 1,700 miles above the Congo mouth. Four thousand Congo natives under white superintendence have been at work for nearly a year building this railroad. The world is now girdled with enterprises whose purpose is to develop the resources of the tropical belt and make it contribute its share toward the wealth and well being of its own and other races. Wherever the black man lives in this zone he is regarded as a necessary factor in the work, and his opportunities are multiplying every day to gain proficiency in common labor and the mechanical industries. The civilized world declared at Brussels fifteen years ago that the Negro should no longer be hunted and sold into slavery. In the old slave-hunting regions of central Africa he is today being taught to make brick, build houses, grade roads and bridge rivers. His chance has come. There is work enough for him and he is needed. His success will depend upon his own character and capacity for development. During the war in South Africa the British government paid the Negroes high wages for service in the army, and after the return of peace these men refused to go back to gold mining because the wages were smaller. The Chinese who took their places were good and willing workers. The Negroes made a mistake, and some day they will see it. It has been reserved to this country to hold out opportunity to these millions of people. SOUTH AFRICAN CENSUS. uKP¢t, droaid-a¢ ETAOIN 1% ::;TAN From Izwl Labantu. At the census taken in the spring of last year it was found that the total non-white population of South Africa numbered 5,198,186 to 1,135,016 whites. Having in mind the rapid natural increase of the natives, at the rate of about 6 per cent, annually, and the influx of the Chinese, it would be well within the mark to put the total number of the colored races at the present time at 5,600,000. They comprise 82 per cent. or more than four-fifths of the entire population of the country, and while nearly half of them are allocated toreserves specially set apart, there are still intermingled with the whites in other parts about three colored persons to one of European descent, the ratio to the total population varying from 63 per cent. in the Orange river colony to 99 per cent. in Rhodesia and Basutoland. The natives—i. e., the Kaffirs and other offshoots of the great Bantu race, with the Hottentots and Bushmen—form 90 per cent. of the total colored population, the other colored and Asiatic races, comprising Indians, Chinese, and Maylays, being found chiefly in the Cape Colony, Natal and the Trans- W. N. MILLER, Editor. 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Write it plain and on one side of the paper only. 5th No Name will be placed on our books without the money. So agents will send the money with subscriber's name. 6th Address all communications to "The Wichita Searchlight" Wichita, Kansas. 7th Any erroneous reflection upon the character, standing or reputation of any person which may appear in this paper, will be gladly corrected if brought to the Editor. " To Live and Let Live, " is OUR Motto WANTED—A colored lady typesetter. State terms.—W. N. Miller, editor The Wichita Searchlight, Wichita, Kas. —Pay for the Searchlight. READ! READ! READ! On the fourth Sunday, November 26, 1905, there will be a cornerstone laying of the new New Hope Baptist church, on Rock Island avenue, and the following secret fraternities will participate. The Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, the K. of P., the Masons, the Sir Knights and Daughters, Ruth and Juviniles. Service will begin at the old church at 10 o'clock a.m. Dr. W. H. Tillman will preach the Introductory sermon; Rev. J. . Richardson, of Kansas, Kan., will preach the Historical sermon. At 2:30, Dr. S. M. Hall will preach the Thanksgiving sermon. At 3 o'clock p. m., Dr. E. Arlignton Wilson, D.D., of Kansas City, Kan., will preach the cornerstone sermon. We ask all members to give $2.00 in this great meeting. The above named societies and reverends will march from the old building to the new church to lay the cornerstone. The New Hope choir will fernish good music for the occasion. All friends are cordially invited to come out and help us. REV. W. H. BURRELL, Pastor. MISS LIZIE UNDERWOOD, Sec'y. JUST A WORD. Just a word. Don't you think that a newspaper that goes to the trouble and expense of publishing so much of the news of the colored people free of all cost to them, except the little subscription price, that the people ought to bring jog printing to the office of that paper, that it may still live as a first-class race paper? Did you ever see a paper so close to its people? Think about this and report as its suits you. Remember, that when you get your printing done at the Searchlight office you get local notices free of cost to you. You don't have to pay ten cents a line like those who take their job printing to other shops. Then we do as good and as cheap printing as any first-class office in the Think it over. The revival is still in progress at New Hope Baptist church. C. I. Burns left Tuesday for Los Angeles, Calif., where he will remain till March of next year. Mr. Wilburn will spend a few days in Kingman next week. A woman usually knows her husband is a liar, but she wants him to be truthful about it. ```markdown ``` If you are sick and want to cure get the LOPEZ REMEDY, 313 E. Douglas. (Barnes Block.) LITERARY SOCIETY. Great interest is being manifested in the literary society at the Tabernacle Baptist church and on Wednesday night the church was again crowded to listen to the rendition of the splendid program. Aside from the program a debate was had, subject "Resolved, that the condition of the American Negro is on the ascendency." Affirmative, H. W. Marshall and Dr. D. L. Stewart. Negative, Chas. Price and W. A. Bettis. The debate was referred to the house for a decision and resulted in a tie vote. The program for next Wednesday night is as follows: 1. Oration.....Ed Duke 2. Address .....R. Hodges 3. Solo .....Miss B. Alexander 4. Instrumental solo.....Miss L. Bradford 5. Recitation .....Mrs. Carrie Bell 6. Oration .....Watt Morris 7. Solo .....Mrs. T. H. Yancy 8. Recitation .....W. H. Goodwin Debate:—"Resolved, that Congress should sustain President Roosevelt on the railway rate question." Affirmative: Dr. D. L. Stewart, H. W. Marshall. Negative: Jas. L. Harper, Jas J. Olden. Mrs. Thos W. Fine is reporter for the B. T. W. Club. The B. T. W. Club met at the residence of Mrs. W. M. Bowers, 1735 North Emporia, as the guests of Mrs. Sam C. Collins, last Wednesday afternoon. A very pleasant time was had and the club adjourned to meet next Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Thos. W. Fline, 1204 North 5th. This club is doing great literary and fancy sewing work. P. J. Jackson, Rev. Dr. E. Arlington Wilson, of Kansas City, Kansas, will be in the city Saturday to aid in the corner stone laying. Much credit is due the officers of New Hope Baptist church. The officers are: Deacon John E. Lewis, Phillip Hyde, Henry Underwood, Henry William, Abe Alexander and Joseph Patterson. Be on hand Sunday at the New Hope Baptist church. Mr Chas Garrett entertained all his family last Sunday at the well known " Underground Cafe " ruu by Mr Bad Hickerson at 349 North Main street. The menu was Dutch Sandwiches Celerv Pickles Salad Baked Chickeneites Assorted Cake Nuts Fruit All the family enjoyed themselves Mr. Chas. Garrett is making his mark as a young man. Mr Hickerson served every thing up-to-date. TIME EXTENDED After iaking into consideration the many things which have taxed attention of the people recently, Rev S S Washington has decided to extend the time on his stove and range offer till some time in March of next year. The big rally scheduled for December 24th will be carried out as planned. The presiding elder Rev Brooks will be in Newton at time and Rev Washington and the member of the A M E church in Newton would be pleased to have their Wachita friends turn out and join with the Newton friends in an effort to make this rally a glowing success. More details later. QHIET WEDDING Miss Lizzie Mills and Mr Newton Lee were quietly united in marriage in Wellington on Nov. 6th. Only intimate friends knew of the marriage at the time. They are now at their home 119 East Murdock. Try a "Hot Soda" at Olden's. THE WICHITASEARCHLIGHT Jessie Ruby Gladys Reed, the six weeks old daughter of Mr and Mrs. H A Reed, 1538 N Mosey is doing nicely and growing fins. Another Church Wichita has another colored Baptist church. The new church is the Antioch Baptist church located at 16th and Mosley; and its pastor is Rev. F. Durden. The new church was organized last Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. The city council has granted the new church the use of the old hose house, 13 h and St. Francis. Their services will be held as follows: Preaching at 11 a m., Sunday School at 3 p m. Preaching at 7 30 p m on Sundays. A cordial invitation is extended to the public to attend their services. The T. O. S. C. club gave a swell private ball at Redman hall last Monday night. The ball was well attended by invited guests and reflected much credit on Mrs. Thedore Kennedy, Miss Sallie Ruwles and Robt. Floyd who were the managers of this swell affair. The club members and their friends danced till the wee hours of morn. Mrs. Susan Miller served six o'clock diuner Snuday at her home 519 North Water street. The guests were. Misses Mabe. King and Beatrice Miller, Messers Robt. Fleyd and Wm. Bass. The young felks had a splendid time. Rev. Durden is doing great work as pastor of the Baptist church in Eidorado. This church is coming to the front under his pastorate. We are sorry to learn that our friend Walter W Evans of Topeka is on the sick list there. Rev. H. Brooks, presiding elder of the Wichita district of the A. M. E. church spent Sunday in Wichita et St. Paul. He remained in the city till Wednesday when he left for his home in Argentine, Kansas. Watt Morris returned to the city Friday from Louisville, Ky. where he has been engaged in the show business. Rey. F. Durden is doing great work as pasbur of the Baptist church in Eldorado, Kansas. Mr. W N Maller served three o'clock dinner at her home, 335 w 15 Monday. Those present were: Rev. H. W. King and wife, Rev. W. B. Brooks, presiding elder, Mr and Mrs Walter Gibbs and W. N. Miss Elgers was in the city this week as the guest of Mr., Mrs. H. Underwood she has left for her home in Faker Kans. She had a splendid time while here. Mrs. Amanda Oldham of Wellington was vising in the city Sunday. Mrs. M. E. Carr has been some what indispoesd for several days Translate a Specialist Mr. R. Heck, Prop. 24s North Water St. The Lopez Specific, although a new remedy to the general public, has been in use as a contagious blood remedy for a great many years in South America, and used by two of the most successful specialists in this country. 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Quartely meeting was held at the A.M. E. Church Sunday evening. Rresiping Elder Brooks was pleas d with the splendid reports made. Mr. John Hockett has got the fastest running dog in Wichita Kans. Qzite a number of Wellington people were in the city Sunday A. Clak of Valley Center is spending the week in the city. Mrs. Thos. G. Bank is in the city this week. Mr. John Hill is very sick at his home 1103 N. Wieita st. Mrs Lee Anderson at Todeka was was in the city last week. Mr and Mrs Robt Davis are expected in the city Thanksgiving day. Jag. J. Olden. the druggist has i troduced hot soda a new fine drink go up there and try it. The Ozark club will give a swell Thanksgiving affair at Lador Hall- 104 west 2nd st on thanksgiving night. do not miss this. Rev. R. N. Hall. of Attalla Ala. was in Wichita last week on a business trip. Rev. 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Our store is Headquaaters for Colored people. 615 North Main st. Thos. Glover, Pres. Edward Landrum, We Can Feed AT THE Court 517 North We have a full line ey and Staple Gre Sugar, Flour, Me Brooms, Butter, tionary, and, in you may want in FREE DELIVERY Your Patr Court Hous 517 School s FAL s H Prices to BRA 120 East Over, Pres. S. E. Patton, Sec. Hard Landrum, Treas. Jas. L. Harper, We Can Need You Court House Grocery 517 North Main Street We have a full line of fresh and wholesome Fats and Staple Groerie, Teas, Coffees, Spices, Sugar, Flour, Meal, Vegetables, Canned Goods, Rooms, Butter, Eggs, Coal Oil, Gasoline, Stationary, and, in fact, anything and everything you may want in the Grocery Line. DELIVERY TO ANY PART OF THE CITY Our Patronage Solicitee Court House Grocery S 517 North Main Street School shoes FALL and WINTH SHOES. aces to suit Poor or R BRAITSCH'S 120 East Douglas Ave ICE CREAM We have a full line of fresh and wholesome Fancy and Staple Groerie, Teas, Coffees, Spices, Sugar, Flour, Meal, Vegetables, Canned Goods, Brooms, Butter, Eggs, Coal Oil, Gasoline, Stationary, and, in fact, anything and everything you may want in the Grocery Line. FREE DELIVERY TO ANY PART OF THE CITY Your Patronage Solicited Court House Grocery Store 517 North Main Street FALL and WINTER SHOES. Prices to suit Poor or Rich BRAITSCH'S 120 East Douglas Ave ICE CREAM lesserve's BON T BAKER Phone 152 Excellence C "U-KN FL It excels in every resp bread per barrel. Watson WICH BON TON BAKERY & KANDY ITCHEN 146 North Main Silence Counts.... THEN USE.... U - KNEAD - IT" FLOUR is in every respect,—color, flavor, and pou arrel. MADE BY Watson Mill Co. WICHITA, KANSAS Gardner Coal Co., BON TON & KANDY BAKERY ITCHEN 146 North Main Street FLOUR It excels in every respect,—color, flavor, and pounds of bread per barrel. MADE BY Watson Mill Co. Gardner Coal Co., DEALERS IN... HARD COAL SOFT Feed and Building Mater Office and Yards, 1201 to 1245 N. Main St. Old Phone 146 New Phone 18 ARD COAL SOFT and Building Materials Office and Yards 1201 to 1245 N. Main St. phone 146 New Phone 186 Feed and Building Material Office and Yards 1201 to 1245 N. Main St. Old Phone 146 New Phone 1804 OTTO WEISS. Agent. UE STOR igars and Tobacco . once a customer, alway eaters for Colored peop House Grocery Grain Street and wholesome Faneas, Coffees, Spices, Tables, Canned Goods, Coal Oil, Gasoline, Starching and everything necessary Line. PART OF THE CITY Grocery Store Grain Street S and WINTER E S. Poor or Rid T'SCH'S Douglas Ave REAM KANDY ITCHEN 146 North Main St S.... USE.... D-IT" UR flavor, flavor, and pounds Mill Co. KANSAS Coal Co., ALSOFT ing Materia o 1245 N. Main St. New Phone 1804 THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT L. S. NAFTGER, W. R. TUCKER, President Vice President L. M. MOORE, Cashier Fourth National Bank Directors—W. R. Tucker, W. E. Jett, R. Holmes, L. B. Amidon, B. F. Me Lean, J. M. Moore, L. S. Natfzger, E. II. Middle-auff, O. Z. Smith. A General Banking Business Tranacted W CHITA KANSAS FRISCO SYSTEM FROM HERE TO THERE. And there's pure air, pure water and sun shine on the hill. Just the plac for a rest after the long Winter. Its the Crescent Hotel OPERATED BY THE FRISCO SYSTEM Round-trip tickets to Eureka springs on sale every day in the year. Ask C. W. STRAIN, D P. A. Wichita, Kan. The Prizes Offered By Rev- S. S. Washington Is Well Worth Working For Each Of Them Is Valuable Rev. S. S. Washington, pastor of the A. M. E. church in Newton, is preparing to build a church in that city, and solicits the aid of everyone. In order that those who may desire to help him may have something for their work, he has offered the following useful prizes: Read them carefully, call on Rev. Washington, get a blank and go to work. To the General Public at Large. We are striving with a determined effort to build us a church at Newton, Kan., this year, and we ask you to aid us in this way: We ask all to chance for this GRAND PRIZE: (1) To the lady or gentleman that raises the largest amount of money above thirty dollars, I will give the finest new steel range ever used in this city. For second prize above twenty-five dollars I will give a fine steel cook stove, all new, Third prize, above twenty dollars, I will give a fine cast iron cook stove. Fourth prize, the largest above fifteen dollars, I will give a fine heating stove. If you want to get in the race start now. This rally will close December 1st. 1905. The stove of the first prize can be seen at the Colored Grocery Store, 517 N. Main St. Try and see if you can be the one to get first prize. See S. S. Washington, 1524 N. Washington St., Wichita, Kan., and get a blank to fill. New Hope Baptist Sunday school under direction of Mrs. Dora Tipps is doing fine. PHONE 1944 D. L. STEWART, M. D. PHYSICIAN and SURGEON. 703 North Main St. All calls attended promptly, Day or Night Office Hours — 9 to 12 a. m. 2 to 5 p. m. 6 to 8 30 p. m. Rock-Island LUMBER and COAL CO., Wichita, — Kansas In The Your wants need careful attention and our store is the place to get it. We handle the best of Fancy and Staple Groceries and our prices are right. Orders given prompt attention. Kernan & Co., 1102 E. Douglas Pone 35 Banner Mills + CUSTOM GKINDING + ..... A Specialty ..... ALL KINDS OF COAL & FEED FUOKENBOR BROS. PROPS. 028 N. Main St. Phone 580 JOB WORK IS The Novelty Store 320 N. Main 320 N. Main Needn't Be A Philosopher To See That Little Expenses Make Little Prices. We sell Ribbins, Embroideries, Laces, Handkerchiefs, Hoisery, Underwear, Underskirts, Muslin Underwear, Blankets, Linens, Books, School Supplies, Notions, Tinware, Jewelery, and Thousands of 5 and 10 cent articles We offer next week. ..... Black Sattine Skirts worth, 75c and $1.00 at 59c. Careful and Courteous Treatment and money back if not satisfactory Lunch at All Hours Cold Drinks Good : Meals : Prompt : Service 346 North Main St. Mrs. Chas. L... Kiner Prop WICHITA TABERNAGLE No. 34, Order of Twelve Meets First and Third Thursday Of Each Month All Daughters In Good Standing Invited Mrs. Mattie Miller, H. P. Beatrice Miller, Sec. H W. Dean Meat Market —All Kinds of— Fresh and Salt Meats 813 N. Main St - Wichita Red Front Racket The People's Economy Store Sample Shoes We have just received a large invoice of Men's Work Shoes, Men's Dress Shoes, Ladies' and Misses Fine Dress Shoes, Oxford and Slippers, all styles and kinds Phone 257 255-257 N Main 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. "I cannot," says a correspondent of the New York Times, "remember having seen so many dead animals lying around in the streets of this city, as under the present administration." Perhaps there have never been so many automobiles under any other administration. A Buffalo reformer has gone into bankruptcy with liabilities of $498,607 and assets of $140. Why should a man with such a genius for fancy financing waste time in the reforming business? We wonder if the people up on Mars had as much trouble digging their canals. OUR HOBBY. A man may sell one bushel of potatoes as cheap as he does fifty. We buy underpriced goods We sell as we buy But, we don't buy trash . . . Coins, Embroideries, Laces, Handkerchiefs, Underskirts, Muslin Underwear, Blanket Supplies, Notions, Tinware, Jewelery, and 10 cent articles for next week. ..... Black Sattine Skirts worth, 75c and $1 and Courteous Treatment and money back if not satisfied THE YELLOW STORE Thanksgiving = Excursion By The THE YELLOW STORE. RockIsland System November 29th and 30th Lim One and one-third fare for the where the one way is $6.00 or less CALL UP NEW PHOTO THE PEOPLES CLEANING For fine DRY and STEAM Pressing, Repairing and Work Guaranteed, Called R 129 N. Lawrenco J G Hopper, 229 N. Main November 29th and 30th Limited December 4th. One and one-third fare for the round trip to all points where the one way is $6.00 or less. For fine DRY and STEAM Cleaning and Pressing, Repairing and Dyeing. Work Guaranteed, Called For and Delivered 129 N. Lawrenco Wichita, Kan. Everything Cheap For Cash Call and give us a trial. Fresh and Salt Meats of All Kinds. Poultry and Oysters MAKING WONDERFUL STRIDES FORWARD. Under the leadership of Rev. W. H. Burrill, New Hope Baptist church is coming to the front. They have this week finished paying $1,000 for their new church building, sold the old church for $900 and bought another lot adjoining their property on Rock Island avenue and wil soon close a contract with a house mover to move the church which they have bought to its new location—and they still have money on hand. This shows most extraordinary good work. Abram Appling, an Afro-American carpenter of Augusta, Ga., has invented an automatic sliding gate that will revolutionize gate build ng. The patent commisisoner said, in granting the patent, that it could be applied to doors, windows, blinds, etc., and was the most practical iuvanion that has come to his attention in recent years. The National Baptist Publishing House which started about nine years ago on 50 cents borrowed money to postage. is now valued at nearly $200,000 and is furnishing employment to 260 people. Chesterfield; the way to the heart is through the senses; pleases the eyes and ears and the work is half done. h Limited December 4th. v the round trip to all points or less. C. E. BASCOM, C. P. A: P PHONE 178 CLEANING and Dye Works TEAM Cleaning and ing and Dyeing. Called For and Delivered — Wichita, Kan. A. R. Cooper: the electric shoe manufacturer of Findley, Ohio, has deen offered 10'000 for his pat but her fnsee to sell. He desires to develop his own plant, so that he will be able able to give work to Some who cannot work in other factories on account of this color Lavater; he who freely prais s what he means to purchase, and he who freely enumerates the faults of what he means to sell. may set up a partnership with honesty. Dear Sir—Please allow space in the column of your paper to allow your many readers to know how we are getting along, both spiritually and financially. The St. John Baptist church through its pastor, Rev. P. J. Jackson, invited Rev. J. R. Richardson, of Kansas City, to preach for us on the 12th instant. After his return from Chicago, where he attended the national convention. The church was divided into two clubs, led by Deacons Johnson and Stewart. After hearing three able and soul-stirring sermons from Rev. Richardson the clubs each rallied. Brother Stewart's club reported $74, and Brother Johnson's club $120. Total, $194. Misses Nellie and Mamie Richardson, the estimable daughters of Rev. Richardson, were present and they gave one of the greatest musical entertainments ever witnessed in our city. It was a rare treat for any one to hear these noble young ladies. They will be long remembered in Weir. Call again, Rev. Richardson, with your daughters, who have made many warm friends in Weir and surrounding towns. The home talent assisted in the entertainment and their work was also grand. The select readings, orations and addresses were all classical. The music was attractive and inspiring. and the young ladies did credit to themselves and ably represented their race and showed the progress of the African race. YOUR SUBSCRIBER. MONEY SPENT ON WHITE HOUSE. Large Appropriations Made for Its Maintenance. The white house up to date has cost about $3,000,000, of which nearly one-third has been paid for furniture and interior decoration. Originally the state of Virginia gave $129,000, to build it, Maryland adding $12,000. To maintain the white house costs from $25,000 to $50,000 a year, the appropriation for this purpose varying considerably. But every now and then there is something extra to be paid for and congress is called upon to give the extra $30,000 or $50,000. The biggest pull of this kind ever made was for $550,000, which was spent a couple of years ago in a partial reconstruction of the interior and in the addition of wing-like terraces and an office building. Every now and then a new set of china has to be provided, and usually that costs about $25,000—rather a big sum from the everyday housewife's point of view. Repairs run up to a large amount annually, white paint being an important item. All Annoyed With the God. Momus, in Greek fable, was the god of mockery and censure, who delighted in finding fault with gods and men. He was chosen to act as judge when there was a strife between Neptune, Minerva and Vulcan for supremacy in artistic power. Neptune made a bull, Minerva a house and Vulcan a man. Momus declared that Neptune should have set his bull's horns further forward for fighting purposes. He said that Minerva should have so constructed her house that it could be moved away from troublesome neighbors, and that Vulcan should have made a window in the man's breast through which his thoughts could be seen. All were so annoyed at his criticisms that they turned him out of heaven, and soon after this he died of vexation because he could find no fault in Venus, the goddess of love and beauty—Stray Stories. His Own Translator. At one of the hotels there is a negro boy who runs an elevator in the day time and studies English literature at night. A few days ago he was given his envelope with a small fine deducted for some breach of the regulations. Quite indignant: he went to the cashier and began: "Mr. Gardner, if you should ever find it within the scope of your jurisdiction to levy an assessment on my wage for some trivial act, alleged to have been committed by myself, I would suggest that you refrain from exercising that prerogative. The failure to do so would of necessity force me to tender my resignation." The cashier tottering reached for his chair, but managed to ask what was meant. "In othah words, if you fine me ag'in ah'm goin' to quit."—Kansas City Times Only Half Right. Frederick Starr, professor of anthropology of the University of Chicago, was about to set off on his two years' visit to Africa. "You are going over there to study the pigmies, aren't you?" said a New York reporter. "That guess is only partially correct," Professor Starr answered, "for I am going to study other things, too." He smiled and went on: "You remind me of a man who called at a house which the stork had just visited. "Is it a boy or a girl?" said this man. "Guess," said the father. "‘A boy,' the visitor hazarded. "‘You are only half right,' the father answered with a sigh." Old Story Revived. A Kansas boy sat on a fence in closing a cornfield. A city corn looks kind of yeller, bub. "Yes, sir; that's the kind we planted," answered the lad. "It don't look like you'd have more than half a crop," said the city chap. "Nope, we don't expect to, the landlord gets the other half." The stranger hesitated a moment and quietly ventured: "There isn't much difference between you and a fool, boy." "Nope, only a little strip of weeds," said the farmer boy; and the city man drove on—Kansas City Journal. The story is told that "Jake" Mudgett, a veteran conductor on the Salem branch of the Boston & Maize railroad, being sent for by the superintendent, went in fear and trembling to that official's office, and was confronted by the following question: "How is it, Mr. Mudgett, that about the same number of people ride on your trains every day?" "Jake," replied: "Well, you see, sir, there are so many people who prefer to ride with me that when they can't come themselves they send substitutes." The Old Excuse. "Mistook him for a deer while out hunting," he explained. This was really the origin of the time-honored custom. An Illustration. "Papa, what's a tip?" "If you don't stop bothering me I'm going to spank you." "But what's a tip?" "That's one." - Houston Post ALL AS ONE. For, possibly, the first time in the history of Wichita churchgoers they wtnessed a pleasing spectacle at the A. M. E. church last Sunday afternoon, when two eminent Baptist ministers took part in and helped administer the Lord's Supper in an A. M. E. church. The Baptist ministers who have this distinction are Rev. W. H. Tillman and Rev. Jno. Mitchem. The action brought forth many favorable comments from those present of both denominations. AT CRAWFORD THEATRE. Mahara Bros'. big minstrel carnivar is announced for the Crawford on Monday, Nov. 27th. The company comes to us with a clean record, is said to be numerically stronger, and artistically better this season than in the past years. Besides the male members a contingent of colored women, beautiful Creoles, are with the company; they are said to be most gifted in song and dance and delineation of the race. The mounting of the production is said to be the most pretentious and away and beyond anything before attempted by contemporaneous management. The first part is strong musically, vocally, full of jokes, wit and repartee, none of which have as yet reached the almanac stage of their existence. Bright specialties, pictures of the old South., of innate realism, the modern dary and his up-to-date amusements, showing his campmeetings, his cake-walks and a general rag-time opera, and the darky politician are some of the good things you will miss if you don't see the Mahara Bros'. Minstrels. In the superb scenic production of the comedy drama, "Sweet Clover," the patrons of the theatre in this city will see one of the prettiest plays of sentiment ever given to the stage in recent years. The following is a portion of the dialogue between the principal characters, "Jerome Holcombe," the picturesque old farmer, and his daughter, "Loise." "Place your heel on a clover blossom, no matter how tenderly the dew falls on it aftwards, it can't ever raise its head so cheerfully again. I'm your broken slip of clover, Daddy, and if I live at all, if there's any sweetness left, it is because you love me." "There's nothing in life like the happiness love brings, and if it comes to a woman's heart, and she shuts it out, no matter how she tries to, fill her life, to be faithful to her duty, to forget, the old dream will not be banished, but will return again and again to haunt her with its sweetness." "Sweet Clover" will come to the Crawford Friday, December 1. Kane, shipman and Colvin, who are this season presenting Roselle Knott in "When Knighthood was in Flower," and Alberta Gallatin in the London and New York society comedy success, "Cousin Kate," are probably more entitled to the consideration of theatre goers than any other management in the country because of the fact that wherever their names appear, then is it a certainty that something good is going to be presented. It will be remembered that such plays as the ever-popular "Pudd'dn Head Wilson," "The Prisoner of Zenda," "The Cavalier of France," Shakesepare's "Othelo," and "As You Like It," and many others of a like high class have been under this management. Also the stars they have featured, such as the brilliant English couple, Mr. and Mrs. Spencer, Florence Gale, Walker Whiteside, and Miss Knott and Miss Gallatin, have always been among the country's foremost actors and actresses. Shipman and Colvin will present Miss Gallatin in this city "Thanksgiving day in "Cousin Kate" and in such an event a large patronage is expected at the Crawford. WINFIELD. KANSAS. Wesly Griffith has returned from Wagner, I. T., where he was called on account of the illness of his mother. Arthur Covington and Erwin Brandy were up from Arkansas City. Mrs. Jas, Askins, Guy and Mrs. J. W. Wood spent Sunday near Oxford the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Work. An old fashioned country dinner was served. Commander Jno T. Creneth, of Wichita, came down last week and put the Royal Arch Masons in good shape. Messrs Alonzo Monroe, Allen Brown, Thos. Rhodes and Andy Charles took the Royal Arch degrees. The boys were well pleased. NEWTON NEWS. Mrs. M. Roach left the city last week for a short visit at Kansas City, Mo. All wish her a nice visit. The N. U. G. Club met at the residence of Mrs. F. Childs Monday afternoon. A lovely program was rendered and the members enjoyed a fine meeting. Joe Hart is reported no better. Charile Harvey, now of Raton, New Mexico, arrived in the city Thursday morning for a few months visit with his friends. Loyd Rickman and father left the city this week for Florence, Kan. Mrs. T. Slaughter, who has been very ill for some time, is reported no better. The C. M. ,E. pastor, who went to Topeka last week, has returned to this city. GREAT BEND, KAN., NEWS. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Williams gave a grand reception last Thursday night in honor of Mr. Williams' mother of Manhattan, Kansas, and Mrs. Davis, of Hutchinson, Kansas. The guests gathered promptly at 8:30 p. m., and a lengthy program was rendered by those present consisting of a short talk by Rev. K. P. Bonds, pastor of A. M. E. church, paper by Mrs. Sanders, subject "The Use of the Negro;" song by Mr. Lode Johnson, and instrumental solos, duets, quartettes, etc., too many to be mentioned rendered by those that came by special invitation. Short lecture by Rev. W. M. Turner, pastor of the First Baptist church. All joined in singing "Lord Plant My Feet on Higher Ground." The hostess then served the guests with ice cream and cake, coffee, nuts and candies of the finest make after which the guests retired to their homes at a late hour, thanking Mr. and Mrs. Williams for their cordial and hospitable invitation and hoping to receive another at their earliest convenience. We are glad to say the people of Great Bend are on a steady move onward and upward and under the leadership of Rev. W. M. Turner, that earnest and able gospel preacher, the First Baptist church has its banner unfurled to the breeze. God grant they may run on until every sinner will be convicted and converted to God and His church. Dr. P. J. Jackson, of Wier City, has preached a series of sermons at New Hope Baptist church. Each sermon was powerful, logic, scholarly and well attended. A large crowd was present at each meeting. The services closed Friday night but Dr. Jackson will remain over until after the corner ston laying Sunday. Aside from Dr. ELECTED OFFICERS One of the most harmonious and well attended meetings ever held by Pride of the West Lodge, No. 53, in Kansas City, Kansas, was that held Monday night, Nov. 13th, at which their officers for the new Masonic year were elected. There were 203 Masons present and 92 of those present were members of Prid of the West. The feature of the election was that out of a membership of 114 of Pride of the West 95 were present—and for each office only one nomination was made and in each case the secretary was instructed to cast the unanimous vote of the lodge for the nominee. Josh W. Voorhies was one of the moving figures. The following are the officers elected. 1905. Dr. J. S. N. Soanes, W. M. John F. Caldwell, S. W. Chas. W. Rochester, J. W. D. D. Herndon, Sec. Jas. Talbott, Treas. Rev. Dr. P. J. Jackson of Weir City, Kansas, who is here assisting Rev. Dr. W. H. Burrill in a series of meetings at New Hope Baptist church is a divine of national reputation and he is making a great success here. He is eloquent, learned and a forceful speaker and holds his audiences spell-bound. QUIET WEDDING. Mr. John Smith and Mrs. Fannie Wilson, widow of the late Ben Wilson, were united in marriage last week. Mr. Smith has remodeled his Sherwood avenue property and will rent it out and make his home at the former Wilson home on South Mosely avenue. It is reported that Mrs. Russell Sage "systematically feeds the squirrels in Central park." Uncle Russell may have noticed recently that there was a financial leak somewhere. A New York man has been compelled to pay $1 for hitting Mrs. Shakspeare. He must have hired a Porta to present his case to the jury. Mrs. Eugene Reilly of La Moure, N. D., became the mother of three girls and a boy a few nights ago. Well, they need more girls out there. Knights and Daughters, if you have changed High Priestess or Chief Mentors since this list was published kindly notify me at once, that I may make the correction. W. N. MILLER, Editor. KNIGHTS AND DAUGHTERS OF TABOR. Tabernacles. Number. 1 Mrs. Eliza Nichols, 938 Everett St., Kansas City, Kan. 2 Mrs. Sarah Crisp, 615 South Chestnut St., Iola, Kansas. 3 Mrs. Flora Thompson, 36 North 4 Mrs. Madalene Ward, 325 E. 6th, Cherryvale, Kan. Main, Council Bluffs, Iowa. 5 Mrs. Sarah Skinner, 725 Park St., Atchison, Kan. 6 Mrs. Mary Curry, 804 Cherry St., Ottawa, Kan. 7 Mrs. N. E. Wigely, 506 N. 5th, Sa- 8 Mrs. Laura Smith, 308 11th St., Coffeyville, Kans. lina, Kan. 9 Mrs. Sarah H. Harrison, 1421 Van Buren St., Topeka, Kan. 10 Mrs. Maggie Fishback, 1795 Mass, Lawrence, Kans. 11 Mrs. Perlor Woodfork, 823 Freeman Ct., Kansas City, Kan. 12 Miss Cora Sango, 2058 North Front St., Kansas City, Kans. 13 Mrs. Nannie Dunlap, Junction City, Kans. 14 Mrs. S. S. Furlough, Box 315, Wier City, Kans. 16 Mrs. Perlor T. Ballinger, 715 S. 20th St., Parsons, Kan. 17 Mrs. A. Masie, 615 Barbee, Ft. Scott, Kans. 20 Mrs. Emma Maxie, 411 Ransom, Ft. Scott, Kans. 24 Mrs. C. E. Kirby, Bx. 332, Coffeyville, Kan. 28 Mrs. Bell Wright, 1411 Partridge Ave., Parsons, Kan. 20 Mrs. — Montaque, 403 Kickapoo St., Leavenworth, Kan. 30 Mrs. Laura Bright, 203 Ohio., Leavenworth, Kans. 32 Mrs. Ida B. Willis, 1036 Iowa Ave., Butte, Mont. 33 Mrs. Phamie Corneal, Box 384, Alliance, Neb. 34 Mrs. Mattie Miller, 335 West 15th, Wichita, Kans. 35 Mrs. Rachel Dudly, 521 N. 21st South Omaha, Neb. 37 Mrs. Mary Robinson, 523 Main, Atchison, Kan. 38 Mrs. Laura Lee, Weir City, Kan. 52 Mrs. Cora Yeager, 928 Main St., Lawrence, Kan. 63 Mrs. Lizzie Stone, 1042 Everett, Kansas City, Kan. 77 Mrs. A. Pickens, 250 E. 15th, Topeka, Kans. 85 Mrs. Ella Cornish, 828 Tyler St., N. Topeka, Kan. 89 Mrs. Marie Boyd, 1204 Dodge St., Omaha, Neb. 91 Mrs. Ella Golden, 315 N. 12th, Omaha, Neb. 92 Mrs. J. G. Gillum, 1209 Vine, Lincoln, Neb. 93 Mrs. Ida M. Jordan, 903 Western Ave., N. Topeka, Kans. 559 Mrs. Christina Bell, 294 N. William St., Deadwood, S. Dakota. 777 C.MIS ADDRESSES 233 2 J. Jefferson, 308 E. 11th, Coffeyville, Kan. 5 J. T. Howard, 120 Kansas Ave. Topeka. 8 R. M. Bingham, 1727 E. Oak St, Ft. Scott, Kans. 10 Richard Walker, Leavenworth, Kans. 16 Richard Clark, 420 N. 25th St., S. Omaba, Neb. 17 Allen Jarner, Box 332 Coffeyville, Kan. 18 James Thomas, 385 Lake St., Salt Lake City. 19 C. Parris, 918 Penn. St., Lawrence, Kans. 25 Edward Henderson, 1917 N. 3rd St., Kansas City, Kans. 59 S. W. Pasker, 1156 Buchanan, Topeka, Kan. 60 James Scott, 1404 Van Buren, Topeka, Kan. 71 J. W. Bedell, 2127 So. 10th St., Lincoln, Neb. 536 Albert Graves, 90 Charles St., Deadwood, South Dakota. HOUCK Hardware Store First Class Goods at Lowest Prices 116 East Douglas Avenue Los Angeles, San Diego, SAN FRANCISCO and many other California points EVERY DAY FOR $25.00 SANTA FE SANTA FE Cheap, isn't it? Passengers get rate as they do when rates are by man tourist sleepers, free cha coaches. California taains leave p. m. and 10:15 p. m. Libeaal s many other points en route. You Valley and many other points in Santa Fe line with block signal equipment, Harvey meals and it always use the SANTA FE. Pa DEAM ABS IN NORTH-WEST COURT Bonded A Cheap, isn't it? Passengers get just as good service at this low rate as they do when rates are higher. Fast trains, modern Pullman tourist sleepers, free chair cars and comfortable day coaches. California taams leave WICHITA at 2:10 p.m. 5:10 p.m. and 10:15 p.m. Libeaal stopovers in California and at many other points en route. You can buy a ticket to Salt River Valley and many other points in Aoizona for same price. Santa Fe line with block signals, rock ballast track, modern equipment, Harvey meals and fast trains. The very best people always use the SANTA FE. Particulars at request DEAM ABSTRACT IN NORTH-WEST BASEMENT OF THE COURT HOUSE Bonded Abstractors "Fed by Many Streams." The common simile in which the various divisions of science are represented as branches of the tree of knowledge is a grotesque survival of a time when neither trees nor science were understood. No simile is perfect or even approximately correct, but one better than the tree and its branches for the origin and relationships of any inductive science is that of a river, rising from various and often obscure sources, growing in size and importance as it proceeds bo' from the springs within its own bed and by the entrance and contributions of tributary streams, and finally pouring its substance into the mighty ocean of accumulated human knowledge.—Liverpool (Eng.) Mercury. Mother Nature's Children. One of the most wonderful thing Mother Nature does is to teach he, children how to accomplish things with means and appliances that seem entirely inadequate for the purpose, says St. Nicholas. A bird will build an intricate and beautiful nest with no better tool than her beak (birds do not use their claws for this purpose); a caterpillar can shape a symmetrical cocoon, and bees the sharp-angled cells of their combs. These are familiar instances of this, but by no means as wonderful as those shown in the work of some sea animals that live in shells. Secretary Shaw complains of the non-elasticity of our currency, and yet many a woman has to make a few dollars a week stretch to cover all the expenses of the family. Austria and Hungary may think twice before shattering the alliance when they hear this rumor that two powerful neighbors are already planning to pick up the pieces. The Keene Sentinel speaks of the time "when Mark Twain was a poor boatman on the Mississippi river"—but we had always understood that Mark was a good boatman. Boston has a suitcase mystery. But every man has a mystery of that kind in his own family when his wife starts to travel after packing into one suitcase the entire contents of a seven-room flat. It is not to be wondered at that the aged Emperor Franz Josef is finding it difficult to hold down two thrones. The way things are tending now, it's about all a king can do to hold down one throne. One of the eastern coal magnates says: "The consumer has been getting his coal too cheap." The magnate has probably discovered that the consumer could have paid a little more if his thumbs had been stretched harder. When the shah of Persia goes shopping during his visit to Europe he does not ask prices. "He points with his finger at the article he wants, and by that act buys it, whether the price be $10,000 or 10 cents." That has always been our dream. We got into an elevator the other day with an armless man and he ast us if we wouldn't be kind enough to hold his hat for him while some ladles was in the elevator. This here thing of being perlite is enough to drive a man to bromo selzer.—Hardeman Free Press. Chicago tailors want men to wear corsets, "not for supports so much as to make their trousers set well over the hips." Now we know why so many men go insane. Their trousers set so badly over their hips. s get just as good service at this low are higher. Fast trains, modern Pull chair cars and comfortable day leave WICHITA at 2:10 p. m., 5:10 ceal stopovers in California and at e. You can buy a ticket to Salt River nts in Aoizona for same price. Signals, rock's ballast track, modern and fast trains. The very best people E. Particulars at request L R DELANEY, Agent J R MORIATY, City Pass Agent ABSTRACT Co NEST BASEMENT OF THE T HOUSE d Abstractors Dr.J.E. Faimer Physician and Surgeon —Diseases of— Women and Children A Specialty New Phone 936 Office 517 N. Main St YOUR FAULT. Should any news item boot miss us it is your fault. Seal your news. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY Curly Hair Made Straight By Why take your JOB PRINTING others when a member of your race can do the work as cheap and good? Bring your job work to Searchlight office, Second and M Streets, and we will do the work rig "Promptness and Quality" is 6 BLUE SEA CIGARS SOLD EVERYWHERE Attend the song service every S Jay at 6:30 at the A. M. E. church Go to New Hope Baptist church attend their young people's gue meeting each Sunday evening. adles thing live a Free Gambling houses are being opened up in every alley in the down-town district of Wichita and yet we are to every once in a while about how many "dives are closed" A new gambling house opened this week. wear much well why Their ships. Enter the Rally of Rev. S. S. Washington for one of the four grand prizes Contractors have begun to patch up Main street. JOB PRINTING SUPPLEMENT TO THE SEARCHLIGHT Wichita, Kansas, Saturday Nov 25, '05 Castro gets more ultimatums than picture postal cards and his wall-space is limited. Somebody suggests there is no dispute about the sex of Lucifer. This takes the angel cake. Nature is pretty wise, after all. When she gave Alaska its climate she also filled it with coal. Castro is at present endeavoring to conquer the American language. He may tackle America itself next. The Pittsburg embezzler who put $20,000 in large bills into the fire doubtless thought he had money to burn. Three bears have been killed in Dudh, but the dispatches do not say what stocks will be affected by their demise. An Omaha negro has trained his dogs to rob hen roosts, but watermelons will have to be "lifted" in the same old way. The people who have been accustomed to speak of the Atlantic ocean as the "big pond," now call the Panama canal a ditch. Statistics show that America makes more barrels than any other country. And bigger ones, too. Look at Rockefeller's and Carnegie's. A revolution broke out the other day in Korea, but it luckily happened that forty or fifty Japanese soldiers were on hand to put it down. If men ever do the cooking, at least two proverbs will have to be revised to "the sort that father used to make" and "teed the dear." It is difficult for mere man to pick out the sound chestnuts from the wormy ones, but bright-eyed little Mr. Squirrel can do it every time. An American who tried to introduce the quick lunch in London has failed. Perhaps he made the mistake of having coffee instead of tea on tap. The "Empress of the Sahara" is singing songs in German variety halls. The Lord only knows what has become of "Emperor" Jacques Labandy. The total profits of baseball this season are estimated at $800,000. We wonder what the total profits were in the other great American national game. A New York girl has invented a machine by which she claims one may count a million dollars a minute. John W. Gates will no doubt hail this as a real boon. A New York girl has had her lover arrested "because he kissed her too much." One of the first things a lover should learn is to kiss the girl just enough. Joseph H. Choate says the opportunities for young men are greater than ever. This may be so, but what about the opportunities for men who are over forty-five? The English novelist who committed suicide in order to advertise her new book set an example that the most enthusiastic literary aspirant will hesitate to follow. It has been necessary to place a special guard on duty to keep Princeton students from daubing a statue of Washington. Princeton should have a kindergarten department. A German savant says the bite of a pretty girl is as deadly as a rattlesnake's. If any pretty girl wants to be shown, we offer ourselves as a sacrifice in the cause of science. In a recent race of carrier pigeons one bird made 200 miles in three hours. In aerial navigation the pigeon easily holds the lead over all other flying machines yet invented. A recent count shows that there are 10,080 millionaires in the world, more than half of whom live in this country. Still, we had supposed that Pittsburgh alone had more than 10,000 of them. An advertisement in the Yorkshire Post asks, "Would any lady of means care to marry poor, crowded-out clerk, aged 37?" This sort of thing is almost the only fact behind the query, "Does advertising pay?" Sir Thomas Lipton's 'promise that if all goes well he will be at Sandy Hook' in 1907 with a new yacht to challenge for the America cup, means only that some American designer will also be there with a better one. For the successful conduct of the war the mikado again gives credit to the illustrious ancestors. It would be interesting to know how far the ancestors would have been held to blame if the war had gone the other way. Prof. Henry Van Dyke is quoted as saying: "If I can persuade men to see the difference between Shakespeare's writings and 'Fables in Slang,' I think I will accomplish a great task." We do hope, however, that Prof. Van Dyke really said, "I shall accomplish' WASTED TO A SHADOW. But Found a Cure After Fifteen Years of Suffering. A. H. Stotts, messenger at the State Capitol, Columbus, O., says: "For fifteen years I had kidney troubles, and though I doctored faithfully, could not find a cure. I had heavy hackaches, dizzy headaches and terrible urinary disorders. One day I collapsed, fell insensible on the sidewalk, and then I had kidney troubles, and though I doctored faithfully, could not find a cure. I had heavy backaches, dizzy headaches and terrible urinary disorders. One day I collapsed, fell insensible on the sidewalk, and then wasted away in bed for ten weeks. After being given up, I began using Doan's Kidney Pills. In a couple of months I regained my old health, and now weigh 188 pounds. Twelve boxes did it, and I have been well two years." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Tried to Die in Comfort. William Monroe, of Kalamazoo, Mich., having reached the age of 68 a few days ago, decided that he had outlived his usefulness and therefore cut his throat, partially severing the windpipe, but missing the jugular vein. Just then his wife came in and found him sitting calmly in an easy chair, smoking his pipe, while blood gushed from the wound. She hastily bound a cloth around his neck and later a surgeon sewed up the wound. Mr. Monroe has now decided not to hurry matters in the same way again Highest in the World. One of the most interesting railway trips in the world is over the Oroyo railway, which runs from Callao to the goldfields of Cerro de Paeco. It is considered one of the wonders in the Peruvian world. It is certainly the greatest feat of railway engineering in either hemisphere. Commencing in Callao, it ascends the narrow valley of the Rimac, rising nearly 5,000 feet in the first forty-six miles. Thence it goes through the intricate gorges of the Sierras till it tunnels the Andes at an altitude of 15,645 feet, the highest point in the world where a piston rod is moved by steam. This astonishing elevation is reached in seventy-eight miles. Convincing Evidence. Winthrop, Cal., Nov. 20th (Special) —A plain and straightforward story is always the most convincing. And that is what has impressed us most in reading the testimonials in regard to Dodd's Kidney Pills. The experience told by Davis Lewis of this place bears the ring and stamp of truth upon it. He says:— "I was troubled for six months with dull heavy palms in the small of my back, sometimes it passed into my stomach, at other times up between my shoulders. When it was in my stomach I was doubled up, and hardly knew what to do for the pain. I was advised to take all kinds of remedies, and did so but without getting any relief. Then some one told me to try Dodd's Kidney Pills. I got a box and began taking them. The first few doses gave me relief, by the time I had finished them all the pain was gone and I have been well ever since." Hetty Green's Auto. Mrs. Hetty Green, the richest woman in America, is to purchase an auto. She is to run this auto herself. Her heart is softened toward all automobilists. She no longer thinks they are devil wagons, run by devils for devils. Soon she will spin from bank to bank in her own auto instead of walking. Three rules she has laid down for herself: "My auto must be the best on the market that can be bought for the least money. My auto must be capable of going slow. My auto must be one that I can run myself. No chauffeur for me." DISTRESS AFTER MEALS. DISTRESS AFTER MEALS. Sure Sign That Dr.Williams' Pink Pills Are Needed to Tone Up the Digestive Organs. Loss of appetite, distress after eating, shortness of breath, a feeling of utter weakness—these are symptoms that are familiar to most sufferers from stomach trouble. Too often the ordinary doctor's treatment serves but to weaken the diseased organs. The new tonic method of treating disorders of this kind does not aim to do the work of the stomach, does not demand that the food be pre-digested, but builds up the weakened organs, so that they can do the work that nature intended. Mrs. L.O. Law, of No. 324 North street, Horton, Kansas, says: "In 1897, while we were living on a farm in this neighborhood, I became generally debilitated as the result of overwork. I had serious indigestion, lost my appetite, suffered from a sense of suffocation and from obstruction of the circulation, so that artificial means had to be used to restore it. After suffering for months without finding any relief, I tried a box of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills of which I had read in a newspaper. The first few boxes made me lots better, and after using the third box I felt entirely well. "I am now in excellent health and am able not only to take care of my house but also to assist my husband in a store which he has lately taken. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills cured me and I can recommend them. They are so simple, so easily taken and so prompt in their action." Remember Dr. Williams' Pink Pills do not act on the bowels. They make new blood and restore shattered nerves. In this way they carry health and vigor to every organ and fiber of the body. They are sold by all druggists or will be sent, postpaid, on receipt of price, 50 cents per box; six boxes for $2.50, by the Dr. Williams Medicine Co. Schanectady, N.Y. OUT OF THE ORDINARY To Gladden Somebody's Heart. To him who goes out of his way To gladden somebody's heart There must come, at the end of the day There will fall from the wind apart, He thinks of his gain and loss, A peace that they cannot know Who never bend down to speak To the child with the tear-stained cheek, Because they must hurry so. No treasures may fill his halls, And blinding servants need May hurry to answer his calls, And frugal may be his fare; But measureless wealth is his A gift. An Island of Delight. Tahiti (or Otaheite), one of the islands of the South Pacific, is a land that might have been imagined by a writer of children's fairy tales. Here is what a visitor who recently returned from there said of it: "The inhabitants are a handsome race, with light brown skins, superior in physical beauty to any of the white races. They are a happy and childlike people, with the love of beauty which distinguished the ancient Greeks. "Life on the island is a delight. The trees supply not only fruit, but bread, milk and even custard. (I mean the custard apple, which grows nowhere else.) "Even one's garments grow on the trees, sq to speak. The fabric may be stripped from the trunk and made into wearing apparel with little trouble. "The inhabitants are all Christians (thanks to generations of missionary teaching), so that their old savagery has gone, while their graceful manners remain. "Strangers on the island may walk into any home they please, and will be welcomed as honored guests. The most delicious fruits and other dainties will be set before them, served by the host, graceful and polite and his womenkind, dusky beauties, as modest as they are charming." Ferocious "Kissing Bug." The discovery of a "kissing bug" larger and more ferocious than the mysterious insect that was so often reported in various parts of the United States a few years ago is reported by Prof. A. L. Herrera, chief agricultural entomologist of the republic of Mexico. A description of the bug, which Prof. Herrera says is known in Mexico as chinne voladora, and is the cause of considerable apprehension of serious injury, especially to children, which it attacks by puncturing the skin with its beak and sucking the blood, has reached the bureau of entomology of the United States department of agriculture. The real name of the insect is mecus pallidipennis, belonging to the Reduvil family, being larger than the native American so called "kissing bug," and is closely related to conorhinus, the genus which includes the cone noses, the most bloodthirsty of the species. It measures upward of an inch and a quarter in length and five-eighths of an inch in width, and is black in color, with light converging bands like the markings of a turtle. "The insect is so large and of such formidable appearance," says the bureau's report, "that we would naturally expect it to be capable of a dangerous bite." Vine Covers Half an Acre. A vine now standing in California, which is considered the largest in the world, was planted in 1842 by a Spanish woman. Beneath its spreading branches, which cover nearly half an acre, 800 persons could find protection from the sun's heat. The first election in Santa Barbara county under American rule was held beneath its ripening fruit. The vine is of the mission variety. In 1893 it bore eight tons of grapes, and in 1895 over ten tons. The trunk of the vine is 7 feet 8 inches in circumference.-Scientific American. Umbrellas on Hire America has now scores of depots where an umbrella can be hired for five cents by any one overtaken by rain minus their useful "gamp." These umbrellas are so well marked that there is no fear of the dishonest making off with them. You hire at one point, and may return the article at any of the depots convenient to you. That the system is of service is proved by the flourishing condition of the company exploiting the novel idea. The umbrellas for hire are, of course, not costly affairs, but still all that is required for emergency. Motor-Car Climbs Steps. To settle a wager, Mr. John L. Poole recently drove a 7-horsepower motor-car up the 193 steps of the Odessa boulevard steps, ending with his car in such good condition that it was possible to go straight off for a long drive with it. Owing to the wheel-base of the car, both front and rear wheels were obliged to jump at the same time. The total height of the flight of steps is 84½ feet, and the gradient thirty in a hundred. Live Owl on an Engine. A live owl came into the Kansas City Union Depot on the Missouri Pacific train from Wichita last night. The bird was caught between the boiler and one of the rods on the side of the engine. It had been struck a glancing blow, and lodged stunned on the engine's side. Some small boys in the station noticed the owl and captured it—Kansas City Star. READ AND YOU WILL LEARN That the leading medical writers and teachers of all the several schools of practice endorse and recommend, in the strongest terms possible, each and every ingredient entering into the composition of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for the cure of weak stomach, dyspepsia, catarrh of stomach, "liver complaint," torpid liver, or biliousness, chronic bowel affections, and all catarrhal diseases of whatever region, name or nature. It is not so good for acute colds and coughs, but, for lingering, or chronic cases it is especially efficacious in producing perfect cures. It contains Black Cherrybark, Golden Seal root, Bloodroot, Stone root, and other medicinal plants. All of which are highly praised as remedies for all the above mentioned affections by such eminent medical writers and teachers as Prof. Bartholow, of Jefferson Med. College; Prof. Hare, of the Univ. of Pa.; Prof. Finley Ellingwood, M. D., of Bennett Med. College, Chicago; Prof. John King, M. D., late of Cincinnati; Prof. John Scudder, M. M. Hare, M. D. Hahnemann Med. College, Chicago, and scores of others equally eminent in their several schools of practice. The "Golden Medical Discovery" is the only medicine put up for sale through drummers for like purposes, that has any such professional endorsement—worth a try. The "Golden Medical Discovery" monials. Open publicity of its formula on the bottle wrapper is the best possible guaranty of its merits. A glance at this published formula will show that "Golden Medical Discovery" contains no poisonous or harmful agents and no alcohol—being used instead. Glycerine is entirely unobjectionable and besides is a most useful ingredient in the cure of all stomach as well as bronchial, throat and lung affections. There is the highest medical authority for its use in all such cases. Glycerine is concentrated glyceric extract of native, medicinal roots and is safe and reliable. A booklet of extracts from eminent, medical authorities, endorsing its ingredients mailed free on request. Address Dr. K. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. Does the yacht builder believe in large sails and small profits? USE THE FAMOUS Red Cross Ball Blue. Large 2-oz. package 5 cents. The Russ Company, South Bend, Ind. Some men who swear eternal love during the courtship are eternally swearing after marriage. Do Your Clothes Look Yellow? Then use Defiance Starch, it will keep them white—16 oz. for 10 cents. If a girl is all the world to a young man he naturally resents any attempt of other men to acquire the earth. Pin Prick Kills at Ninety-Nine After living over ninety-nine years without any serious illness, Mrs. Matilda Scott, of Bellville, Mifflin county, Pa., five months ago pricked her forehead with a pin. Cancer resulted and she died. She was the mother of twelve children, and gave seven sons to the Union army in the civil war. She was the second oldest woman in Central Pennsylvania, and would have reached 100 next February. MINISTERIAL WORK. Divide the Borough Into Districts Just as Politicians Do. In the work of reaching the unchurched masses the ministers of Brooklyn are going to divide the borough into districts, just as the politicians do, and make a systematic house-to-house canvass. Statistics show that there are something like 1,500,000 people in that city who have no church affiliation. The systematic canvass plan was tried in the Fourteenth assembly district in Manhattan by St. Mark's Episcopal church, with the result that 90 families who had not been known or who had dropped out were added to the Episcopal churches of the district. The Brooklyn ministers are confident they will increase their church rolls by at least 25,000 members by the first of the year. Churches of all denominations have joined in the movement. PASSING OF PORRIDGE Makes Way for the Better Food of a Better Day. "Porridge is no longer used for breakfast in my home," writes a loyal Britain from Huntsville, Ont. This was an admission of no small significance to one "brought up" on the time-honored stand-by. "One month ago," she continues, "I bought a package of Grape-Nuts food for my husband, who had been an invalid for over a year. He had passed through a severe attack of pneumonia and la gripe combined, and was left in a very bad condition when they passed away. "I tried everything for his benefit, but nothing seemed to do him any good. Month followed month and he still remained as weak as ever. I was almost discouraged about him when I got the Grape-Nuts, but the result has compensated me for my anxiety. "In the one month that he has eaten Grape-Nuts he has gained 10 pounds in weight, his strength is rapidly returning to him, and he feels like a new man. Now we all eat Grape-Nuts food, and are the better for it. Our little 5 year old boy, who used to suffer from pains in the stomach after eating the old-fashioned porridge, has no more trouble since he began to use Grape-Nuts, and I have no more doctor's bills to pay for him. "We use Grape-Nuts with only sweet cream, and find it the most tasty dish in our bill of fare. "Last Monday I ate 4 teaspoonfuls of Grape-Nuts and cream for breakfast, nothing else, then set to work and got my morning's work done by 9 o'clock, and felt less tired, much stronger, than if I had made my breakfast on meat, potatoes, etc., as I used to. I wouldn't be without Grape-Nuts in the house for any money." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. There's a reason. Read the little book, "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. LATE MARKET REPORT. Kansas City. NATIVE STEERS. $ 3 60 @ $ 6 00 HOGS—Heavy 4 80 @ 4 85 WHEAT—No. 2 Hard 73 @ 81 MAY—No. 2 Hard 82 @ 90 CORN—No. 2 Mixed. 84 @ 40% OATS No. 2 Mixed. 23 @ 20% HAY—Choice Timothy. 19 75 @ 11 00 BRAIRIE. 9 00 @ 9 25 BUTTER. 10% @ 22 EGGS. — @ 21% Chicago Live Stock. GOOD TO PRIME STEERS $ 5 40 @ 6 55 STOCKERS & FEEDERS. 2 1D @ 4 15 HEIFERS. 2 15 @ 4 51 HOGS. 4 70 @ 4 90 Chicago Cash Grain. WHEAT—No. 2 Rake. $ 82% @ 83% No. Hard. 82% @ 84% CORN—No. 2. 44% @ 45 OATS—No. 2. 22% @ 33% St. Louis Live Stock. BEEF STEERS $ 2 70 @ 5 85 COWS & FEEDERS. 2 00 @ 4 41 TEXAS STEERS. 2 30 @ 3 75 Cotton. LIVERPOOL. 5 281 NEW YORK. 11 15e GALVESTON. 11 11-13 Chicago Futures. Open High Low Clos Tdy Clos Ydy WHEAT— Dec. 81% 83% 82% 81% 83% May. 86% 81% 82% 81% 83% July. 82% 81 82% 82% 82% CORN— Dec. 41% 44% 43% 43% 41% May. 43% 43% 44% 43% 43% OATS— Dec. 29% 29% 29% 29% 29% May. 32 32 32 32 32 Wichita Live Stock. HOGS $ 4 55 @ $ 4 65 COWS. — @ 3 21 STOCKERS. — @ 2 51 HEIFERS. 3 0) @ 3 85 STEERS. 3 75 @ 4 00 CALVES. — @ 21% LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF. The Korean cabinet agreed to accept the proposition for a Japanese protectorate over Korea by the Marquis Ito. Minister Squiers, at Havana, cabled the state department under, recent date, that there had been two deaths there from yellow fever. Torpedo boat S 126 collided near Buelk with the small cruiser Undine. The torpedo boat sank and one officer and 32 men are missing. All of the Jews of Rome have organized a great meeting of protest against the massacre of Russian Jews and in sympathy with the Russian revolution. At Amsterdam the strike of grain measures and weighers, which was begun November 4, has ended, and the men will return to their old positions. Lord Mount Stephen has contributed $50,000 to Queen Alexandra's fund for the unemployed. This is the largest individual subscription thus far received. The president has announced that General William Crozier has been detailed as chief of ordinance for the next four years. General Crozier is now serving in that capacity. There have been sent to representative farmers throughout the entire country schedules asking for information relative to the acreage and production of corn, wheat, oats, flax seed, hay and potatoes. The data thus obtained will be used by the Department of Agriculture in determining the area harvested and the total production of these crops. Hereafter when pale faces go to Rosebud reservation, in South Dakota, to see how the wild Sioux Indians live they will be greeted at the Bone Steel station with a band of braves. The redskins will not come out to gather scalps nor to frighten away the visitors; instead, each buck will beseach the travelers to ride in his automobile. One thousand and fifty-six British sailors were missing from the squadron of Prince Louis of Battenberg which has been anchored in New York harbor for a little more than a week. The sailors are recorded as deserters on the books of the six ships composing the fleet, but their officers hope that most of them have merely overstayed their shore leave. American Minister Griscom will leave on the steamer Manchuria for the United States. He was given a reception by the American Aslatic Association, at the consulate, which was illuminated. Thomas W. Lawson was held for the December session of the superior court on a charge of criminal libel, preferred by Clarence W. Barron, of Boston. Bail of $3,000 was furnished. M. William Busnach, a well known Paris author, 73 years of age, has just married a young actress, Mlle. Yrben, aged 23, of the Folies Dramatiques theater, and he has advised his friends of the marriage. The French minister of war has ordered that the fifteen days arrest of General Brugere, the commander of the French army, for making public details of a conference with the minister of war shall begin November 24, thus permitting the general to attend the marriage of his daughter this week, which will be the social event of the season in Paris. An official dispatch received at The Hague says that the Dutch troops which are endeavoring to put down a rebellion in the island of Celebes, one of the Sunday islands in the East Indies, have captured positions of the rebels. At Toppink 41 rebels were killed and four wounded. The Dutch troops lost one killed and six wounded. The Russian cruiser Lena has arrived here in want of 3,000 tons of coal. She has been near the Aleutian islands since leaving San Francisco on November 1. Calumet Baking Powder A perfectly healthful powder made by improved chemical methods and of accurately proportioned materials Trust Baking Powders sell for 45 or 50 cents per pound and may be identified by this exorbitant price. They are a menace to public health, as food prepared from them contains large quantities of Rochelle salts, a dangerous cathartic drug. Once a hero always a hero to the hero himself—but not to the fickle populace. Sensible Housekeepers will have Defiance Starch, not alone because they get one-third more for the same money, but also because of superior quality. Every man knows of a sure remedy for a cold that he wouldn't try on himself. 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 ozs." Demand Defiance and save much time and money and the annoyance of the iron sticking. Defiance never sticks. Diaz Is Vladimir's Double. A distinguished traveler vouches for the statement that President Porfirio Diaz of Mexico is the Western double of the Grand Duke Vladimir of Russia. And he also says that aside from their marked resemblance in figure and feature the autocratic uncle of the czar and the great president of America's central republic are very much alike in character and disposition. HOSPITALS CROWDED MAJORITY OF PATIENTS WOMEN Mrs. Pinkham's ▲dvice Saves Many From this Sad and Costly Experience. It is a sad but true fact that every year brings an increase in the number of operations performed upon women in our hospitals. More than three-fourths of the patients lying on those snow It is a sad but true fact that every year brings an increase in the number of operations performed upon women in our hospitals. More than three-fourths of the patients lying on those snow white beds are women and girls who are awaiting or recovering from operations made necessary by neglect. Every one of these patients had plenty of warning in that bearing down feeling, pain at the left or right of the womb, nervous exhaustion, pain in the small of the back, leucorrhea, dizziness, flatulency, displacements of the womb or irregularities. All of these symptoms are indications of an unhealthy condition of the ovaries or womb, and if not heeded the trouble will make headway until the penalty has to be paid by a dangerous operation, and a lifetime of impaired usefulness at best, while in many cases the results are fatal. The following letter should bring hope to suffering women. Miss Luella Adams, of the Colonnade Hotel, Seattle, Wash., writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkham:— "About two years ago I was a great sufferer from a severe female trouble, pains and headaches. The doctor prescribed for me and finally told me that I had a tumor on the womb and must undergo an operation if I wanted to get well. This was my way of getting it. I spent hundreds of dollars for medical help, but the tumor kept growing. Fortunately I corresponded with an aunt in the New England States, and she advised me to take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, as it was said to cure tumour improve in health, and I was entirely cured, the tumor disappearing entirely, without an operation. I wish every suffering woman would try this great preparation." Just as surely as Miss Adams was cured of the troubles enumerated in her letter, just so surely Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cure every woman in the land who suffers from womb troubles, inflammation of the ovaries, kidney troubles, nervous excitability and nervous prostration. Mrs. Pinkham invites all young women who are ill to write her for free advice. Address, Lynn, Mass. Colonel Arthur L. Hamilton, of the 7th Ohio Volunteers, 259 Goodale street, Columbus, O, writes: "As a remedy for cat- nausea, I recommend you can fully recommend Peruna." Mrs. Hamilton, wife of the gallant Colonel, is an ardent friend of Peruna also. PERUNA THE GREAT TONIC HALF ACTUAL SIZE. DEFIANCE STARCH 16 ounces to the package other starches only 12 ounces—same price and "DEFIANCE" 18 SUPERIOR QUALITY. AGAINST THE STORM THERE IS NO PROTECTION IN THE WORLD LIKE TOWERS SLICKERS FOR SALE BY ALL THE BEST DEALERS TOWER'S FISH BRAND A.J. TOWER CO. ESTABLISHED 1836 BOSCH IN NEW YORK CHICAGO TOWER CANADIAN CO. LINED TORONTO CAN. W. L. DOUGLAS $3.50 & $3.00 SHOES FOR MEN W. L. Douglas $4.00 Clit Edge Line cannot be equalled at any price. W. L. DOUGLAS SHOES ALL PRICES BEST IN THE WORLD THE WORLD'S GREATEST SHOE Makers SOCIE AGENTS FOR W. L. DOUGLAS SHOES ESTABLISHED JULY 6, 1876. W. L. DOUGLAS MAKES AND SELLS MORE MEN'S $3.50 SHESHES ANY OTHER MANUFACTURER. $10,000 DEWARD to anyone who can buy W. L. Douglas $3.50 shoes have by their excellent style, easy fitting, and superior wearing qualities, achieved the largest sale of any $3.50 shoe in the world. We sell shoes that cost you $3.00 to $7.00—the only difference is the price. If I could take you into my factory at Brockton, Mass., the largest in shoes, and show you the care with which every pair of Douglas shoes is made, you would realize why W. L. Douglas $3.50 shoes are the best shoes. If I could show you the difference between the shoes made in my factory and those of other makes, you would understand why Douglas shoes their shape, fit better, wear longer, and are of greater intrinsic value than any other $3.50 shoe on the market to-day. W. L. DOUGLAS MAKES SHOES for MEN'S $2.50, $2.00, Boys' School & Dress Shoes, $2.50, $2, $1.75, $1.50 CAUTION.—Insept upon买 W. L. Douglas shoes. Take no substitute. None genuine without his name and price stamped on bottom. W. L. Douglas Shoes are not sold. Full line of samples sent free for inspection upon request. First Color Eyelashes used; they will not wear brass. Write for me. In 1911 at Belfast, Mass. DEFIANCE STARCH for starching finest lines When Answering Advertisements Kindly Mention This Paper. INDIANS FOOLED THEM. Some Winnebagos Beat White Men at Their Own Game. A good story comes from the West of some Winnebago Indians on a reservation near Sloux City beating the white man at his own game. The Indians have been accustomed to race their cow ponies against the thoroughbreds that the sporting gentry have imported for the purpose, and, betting heavily, have lost large sums. Last month, according to the story, the Indian bucks raised a subscription fund and sent one of their number to Kentucky, where he bought the best horse he could get for $1,000. The thing was kept quiet until the next fair, and then the Indians entered their horse under the unsuspicious name of "Bald Eagle." They nominated an old buck of 200 pounds to ride him, and the bookmakers promptly chalked up odds of 20 to 1 against the beast, at which the Indians joyfully placed their bets. "Bald Eagle" won in a walk. It may be true. Insurance Against Harm. General William W. Belknap, secretary of war during the second Grant administration, went to the war of the rebellion as the major of the Fifteenth Iowa infantry. He often told this story on himself. In one of the companies of that regiment was a young fellow named Darby Greely. When the regiment was marching over the gangplanks onto the steamer Sucker State the major sat on his horse close by. As Darby Greely stepped on the plank his mother grabbed him and pulled him to her b'som. With intense Irish emotion she cried and crooned over him and then, seeing the major, the blarney in her bubbled forth and she cried: "Darby, me b'y, stick close to the major an' ye'll niver git hurted." To admit that you are a self-made man is either a boast or a confession. When You Buy Starch When You Buy Star#¥ buy Desk#¥, 16 oz, for 10 cups. Once used, always used. Kittens Born in Transit. Joseph Kline, a merchant of St. Michael's, Md., while opening a box of goods packed in excelsior, from New York, discovered a handsome cat and four pretty kittens which were not yet old enough to have their eyes open. Mr. Kline says the box had probably been packed a week, and it is also probable the kittens were born during the journey from New York. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For child teething soothe the pain. Produces inflammation, always pain, cures wind colic. So bottle. Unique Postage Stamp. A unique postage stamp has, it is stated, been discovered in Roumania. It dates from June 1, 1813, and is Wallachian, for Roumania had then no existence. The stamp, which is blue, is round, like a sealing wafer, with indented edges. It bears the arms of Wallachia—an eagle, resting on a sphere, with outstretched wings and a cross in its beak. No value is marked on the stamp. Try One Package If "Defiance Starch" does not please you, return it to your dealer. If it does you get one-third more for the starch than for the flour, the faction, and will not stick to the iron. Roman Altar Found. A Roman altar four feet high and of square formation has been unearthed near Melrose, England, at the site of an ancient Roman camp. An inscription chiselled on it reads: "To the great and mighty Jupiter, Carolus, centurion of the twentieth legion, the valiant and victorious, cheerfully, willingly and deservedly paid his vow." DON'T FORGET A large 2 oz. package Red Cross Ball Blue, only 6 cents. The Russ Company, South Bend, Ind. He Was Not a Teetotaler. Susan B. Anthony is a worker in the cause of temperance, but she always dodged in this way when asked if she is a total abstainer: "Your question reminds me of a remark made by Robert Bonner, the New York publisher, when a similar query was put to him. He replied: 'No, I should not call myself a teetotaler, for I remember having a glass of sherry some twenty-five or thirty years ago.'" Defiance Starch is put up 16 ounces in a package, 10 cents. One-third more starch for the same money. Diamonds That Explode. A curious fact regarding diamonds is that it is not uncommon for the crystals to explode as soon as they are brought up from the mine. Sometimes they have burst in the pockets or the warm hands of miners, due to the effect of increased temperature. Large stones are more likely to do this than small ones. Valuable stones have been destroyed in this way. By way of safeguard, some dealers imbed large diamonds in a raw potato for safe transport from South Africa. BIG STEAMER SUNK BIG STEAMER SUNK 123 Persons Believed to Have Perished — 57 Bodies Have Been Recovered—Blinding Snow Storm Said to Have Caused Accident. London, Nov. 22. — The Hilda, the Southwestern Railway's cross channel steamer, was wrecked off St. Malo on the north coast of France. The Hilda left for Southampton recently for St. Malo. Its passage was greatly delayed by a fog in the channel and when nearing St. Malo it ran into a severe snow storm, apparently missed its course and foundered on the rocks off Jardin lighthouse three miles from St. Malo. The company's steamer Ada, outward from St. Malo, rescued five of the passengers and one of the crew. These are now on the way to Southampton. There is an unconfirmed report that seventy had been saved. Late advices indicate that the report is untrue. The Hilda was near St. Malo recently. It struck the rocks in the roadsted off the island of Cezembre, having missed the tide owing to bad weather and fog. The majority of the crew and passengers were asleep at the time. Two boats were lowered, one of which containing five men arrived at St. Servan. The second boat was picked up empty at St. Cast, where thirteen bodies were washed ashore. The top of the Hilda's funnel and the mast are visible at low tide, according to the telegram from St. Servan. Southampton. — The offices of the railway company to which the Hilda belonged were crowded with persons clamoring for information regarding relatives and friends believed to have sailed on the lost vessel. Many pathetic scenes were witnessed when grief crazed persons demanded information which could not be given. An official message received from St. Malo says that 129 persons were aboard the Hilda, of which 101 were passengers and the crew of twenty-eight men, with only six persons saved so far as known, making the total losses 123. All of the sixteen English saloon passengers were drowned. According to reports here fifty-seven bodies have been recovered so far. Among the bodies recovered are those of Captain Gregory and Chief Officer Pearson. FOR BIGGER BATTLESHIPS. Board of Construction Thinks 18,000 Tons Minimum. Washington, Nov. 23.—The board of construction of the navy department held an important meeting at which the recommendations of the general board on navy construction were carefully considered. The general board is in favor of ships of much larger tonnage, 18,000 tons displacement being regarded as a minimum for battleships. The board of construction inclines to the belief that there are important factors which should be considered along with increased tonnage, and its report to the secretary, although not prepared, will contain some important modifications of the general board's program. SALTON SEA IS RAGING. Southern Pacific Tracks Are Again Washed Out. Los Angeles, Cal., Nov. 22.—Information has come to the Southern Pacific headquarters here that the gale blew inland from this morning lashed the waters of Salton sea into huge breakers which damaged the railroad track and cut off telegraphic communication along this route. The railroad had just finished extensive works to protect the track from the encroaching waters that flowed in from the Colorado river and believed that it had finally overcome the difficulty. Winds, however, caused great breakers to wash over the tracks. To Receive Special Instructions. Panama, Nov. 23.—All the division engineers reported to Chief Engineer Stevens to receive special instructions before his departure for the United States. On Mr. Stevens' return the telegraph and telephone systems and the isthmian railroad will be modernized. Revolt Leader Dies Berlin, Nov. 22.—A cable message received from Lieutenant General Trotha, commander of the forces in German Southwest Africa, announced the death of Hendrik Witbol, the leader of the Hottonton revolt. Washington, Nov. 22. — The interstate commerce committee of the senate will meet to take up the railroad rate question. It is said the committee will present a report to the senate on the subject about ten days after congress convenes. INFANTS CHILDREN Promotes Digestion, Cheerfulness and Rest. Contains neither Opium, Morphine nor Mineral. NOT NARCOTIC. Recipe of Old Dr. SAMUEL PITCHER Pumpkin Seed - Almond Seed - Knockle Salts - Anise Seed + Peppermint - Salted Caramel Salts + Worm Seed - Citrus Sugar Wildgreen Pursen Aperfect Remedy for Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea Worms, Convulsions, Feverishness and LOSS OF SLEEP. Fac Simile Signature of Gerald Pitcher. NEW YORK. Alb months old 35 Doses 35 CINES DEFIANCE STARCH never sticks to the iron. TWENTY-FIVE BUSHELS OF WHEAT TO THE ACRE 160 ACRE FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE Means a productive capacity in dollars of over $16 per acre. This on land which has cost the farmer nothing but the price of tilling it, tells its own story. The Canadian Government gives absolutely free to every settler 160 acres of such land. Lands adjoining can be purchased at from $0 to $10 per acre from railroad and other corporations. Already 175,000 farmers from the United States have made their homes in Canada. For pamphlet "Twentieth Century Canada" and all information apply to Supt. of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or to following authorized Canadian Government Agent—J. S. Crawford, No. 128 W. Ninth Street, Kansas City, Missouri. (Mention this paper.) DAXTINE TOUET ANTISEPTIC FOR WOMEN troubled with ills peculiar to their sex, used as a douche is marvelously successful. Thoroughly cleanses, kills disease germs, stops discharge, heals inflammation and local eczema. Paxine in powder form to be dissolved in pure water, and is far more cleanling, healing, germicidal and economical than liquid antiseptics for all TOUCH WORLD WIDE SPECIAL USES For sale at druggists, 50 cents a box. Trial Box and Book of Instructions Free. THE R. PAXTON COMPANY BOSTON, MAGG. PRICE, 25 Cts. TO CURE THE GRIP IN ONE DAY ANTI-GRIPINE HAS NO EQUAL FOR HEADACHE GRIP, BA I GRIP, BA From one to 18. In Call for E. W. Die DENSION JOHN W. MORRIS, WASHINGTON, D.C. Successfully Prosecutes Claims. 393 in civic war, 15 adjudicating claims,卑 since NOW O A Full Sized Bottle You have no right to suffer from constipation. There is one positive, natural, harmless cure—and enough free to prove it. Cut out the coupon below and take it to any dru- charge a full sized 35 cent bottle of Mull's G the only permanent, natural cure for constipation and CUT OUT CUT OUT 135 Take this Coupon to your druggist and he will absolutely free. Remember, we give only one bottle Mull's Grape Tonic, send us this Coupon, together with are supplied. I solemnly swear that I have never taken Mull's will take this bottle myself for Constipation and Stoma MULL'S GRAPE TONIC CO., Maker NEW OR NEW FREE from constipation or any stomach trouble. The press cure—and only one—for these troubles take it to any druggist in the United States and 's Grape T constipation and all bowel troubles and in OUT OUT THIS COUPON CUT OUT ON THIS LINE gist and he will give you a regular full size only one bottle to each family. If you can on, together with name and address of the dr ever taken Mull's Grape Tonic, that I will app ation and Stomach Trouble. 00., Makers AND, ILL. Patient Address, You have no right to suffer from constipation or any stomach trouble. There is no necessity or excuse for it. There is one positive, natural, harmless cure—and only one—for these troubles and we are going to give you enough money to pay for it. Cut out the coupon below and take it to any druggist in the United States and he will give you absolutely free of charge a full sized 35 cent bottle of Take this Coupon to your druggist and he will give you a regular full size 35c. bottle of Mull's Grape Tonic absolutely free. Remember, we give only one bottle to each family. If you can find a druggist who does not keep Mull's Grape Tonic, send us this Coupon, together with name and address of the druggist, and we'll see that your wants are supplied. I solemnly swear that I have never taken Mull's Grape Tonic, that I will apply for but one free bottle and that I will take this bottle myself for Constitution and Stomach Trouble. MULL'S GRAPE TONIC CO., Makers 148 Third Ave., ROCK ISLAND, ILL. TO THE RETAIL DRUGGIST: Sign your name and address on the line below and send this full coupon to the jobber of whom you purchased this remedy, and he will give you as cents in cash or trade for each coupon, properly signed, which you send him. All jobbers have the $c. and $1.00 sizes. The $1.00 bottle contains nearly 6 times the $c. size. Retail Druggist, sign your name here. Your address here. CUT OUT here. Jobb CUT OUT ON THIS LINE Automatio Billiard Tables. Automatic billiard tables have been invented in Germany to do away with the services of an attendant and save the proprietors of cafes the men's wages. On dropping a small coin into a slot the balls are produced automatically, and at the end of fifteen minutes they disappear from the table. Unique Receipt for Poll Every three years all Chinese domiciled in Siam have to pay a small poll tax. When this has been done the collector ties a string around the man's left wrist and fastens the knot with a special official seal. The bracelet is the Chinese's receipt and must be worn one month. **FITS** permanently cured. No fits or nervousness after first use. Free for the first month. Send FREE $2.00 total bottle and treatise. DR. R. H. KLINE, Ltd. 931 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Killed Chasing Cat Under Bed. Charles Bowman, the 13-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Bowman, of Rolling, Wis., met death in a peculiar manner. In following a kitten which ran under a bed at the Bowman home, the child ran its head against a four-inch spike, which penetrated the brain. I am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved my life three years ago—MRS. THOS. ROBINNS, Maple Street, Norwich, N. Y., Feb. 17, 1900. Annual "Lion" Sermon. Canon Newbolt preached the annual "lion" sermon before the lord mayor of London and the sheriffs recently. Two hundred and fifty years ago Sir John Gayer, afterward lord mayor, was pursued by a lion in an Arabian desert, but was delivered by prayer. In his will he left funds for an annual service as a thank offering. From an Awful Skin Humor— —Scratched Till Blood Ran— Wasted to a Skeleton— Speedily Cured by Cuticura. "When three months old my boy broke out with an itching, watery rash all over his body, and he would scratch till the blood ran. We tried nearly everything, but he grew worse, wasting to a skeleton, and we feared he would die. He slept only when in our arms. The first application of Cuticura soothed him so that he slept in his cradle for the first time in many weeks. One set of Cuticura made a complete and permanent cure. (Signed) Mrs. M. C. Maitland, Jasper, Ontario." Saved the Birds. During a recent cold period in Switzerland thousands of swallows fell exhausted and half frozen. At Lucerne and Zurich the birds were collected and taken care of by the people. When they had sufficiently recovered they were shipped by train to Italy and there set at liberty to continue the migration southward. $100 Reward, $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science can cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarat Hall's Catarat Care is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarat Hall's Catarat Care is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous membranes of the eye, and is the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting the patient in its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Address F. J. CHENX & CO., Toledo, O. Take Hall's Kunli Plus for constipation. Liberty in Bolivia. The Bolivian legislature has now adopted that amendment to the constitution which says: "The Bolivian state upholds the Catholic religion; and the free exercise of other worship is allowed." This is a marked step in religious freedom. The Best Results in Starching can be obtained only by using Defiance Starch, besides getting 4 oz. more for same money—no cooking required. It isn't our friends who tell secrets, it's our friends' friends. A vegetable Preparation for Assimilating the Food and Regulating the Stomachs and Bowels of Means a productive capacity in dollars of over $16 per acre. IS GUARANTEED TO CURE GRIP, BAD COLD, HEADACHE AND NEURALGIA. I won't sell Anti-Gripie to a dealer who won't Guarantee it. R.W. Riesner, M.R. Riesner, Springfield, Ma. TO THE JOBBER: You will please accept this coupon if the same is properly signed, and give to the retailer buying the remedy from you. $3 cents in cash or signature. Sign your firm name on the cover, and we will remit you in by return mail. $3 cents for each coupon properly signed by the consumer, retailer and yourself. EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. CASTORIA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Chat. H. Hitchter. In Use For Over Thirty Years CASTORIA FREE TO YOU. We will send FREE SAMPLES of our oil-based medicine in a plan whereby you purchase your item—in fact, MAKE BIG BONDS for us. Sample Household Born Sentiments from the Managing Director to you, why not you! Wekday today, before terminally taken. Address Advertising Dept. John Brod Chemical Co. Established 20 years 349-313 W. North Avenue CHICAGO, IL To enable you to see the Southwest and see for yourself the opportunities for making money—for home building in Oklahoma, Indian Territory and Texas advantages and opportunities, the M., K. & T. Ry will, on November 7th and 21st, December 5th and 19th, sell round trip tickets to all points Southwest at less than one fare rates. Tickets permit of stop-over going and returning and are good twenty-one days from date of sale. Write to-day for particulars and ask for our paper "The Coming Country." KT Write to-day for parti- lars and ask for our paper "The Coming Country." S. G. LANGSTON, General Immigration Agent ST. LOUIS, MO. When Answering Advertisements Kindly Mention This Paper. Patient, sign your name here.