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THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT Varied Discussion VENTH YEAR. AL VIEW POINTS OF THE PAGE QUESTION. New York Herald o fa few weeks called a sort of symposium on problem of the Negro," from he learn no new lesson. Old falsehoods appear as usual, napoodle which runs through Thomas Dixon, Jr., has to say session is present. It is alw- not a mad dog wherever he is the interest of the public security; why should it not so with such human things as Dixon, Jr., in the interest public peace and security? Does play the same role in society and dog? We think so. R. B. Glenn, of North Cara- gina grown a heap since his in- gence, and we are waiting to see Daniels, the snarling Mephis- of the Raleigh News and Ob- lay—as the thing Frankenstein ought to do—the man he made r for he and Simmons and still boss and curse the Demo- tiles of the North State. Gov- enn says: Negroes kindly, but with firm just to them. Take an inter- lir welfare. Give them their us. Educate them in hand and well as head, giving them an education and furnishing sk suitable to their acquire- lake them better citizens by them honesty, thrift, purity, the value of legal and moral as thus forming character. riddle about the Negro prob- will adjust itself under the ment and there will be no importation. Exercise toward russian forbearance and tolera- still into them higher ideals. its responsibilities and we we of the Negroes a good and class of citizens." is not bad at all, coming from Gilpin. If he will live up to it he is Governor there may be times in store for the Afro-people of his state; and thatable for him to do it we have point to the tremendous reins which has been worked in erectuals of Governor James K. an. of Mississippi, by the relatives of his position. Afro- residents of Arkansas have that Governor Jeff Davis is not bad as he has painted himself. William D. Jenks, of Ala-ao is not a bad sort, says: deportation of the Negro, if it be accomplished without too delay, would best solve the problem would be to the infinite good morning white generations in the and the whole country, as well as Negro. That is impracticable as I can see. The thing, then, now the South to work out the without too much advice from people, who, when they are in their position, are grossly igs to the condition, and hence in their view as to a remedy. Only Pharisee contributes to the term. A model Negro farm in a community offers more, though, a model Negro school, perhaps, is little place for the Negre in the present plans are edu- cating him away from the farm. This is absolutely destructive of his future." If the question of slavery had been left to the South we should have slavery now. Governor Jenks knows this perfectly well. All problems of the several States which affect in any way the citizenship of all the States is the concern of all the people. And Governor Jenks, if he will take a day off and visit the Tuskegee Institute, which is not far from Montgomery, will find that the best way to have a model farm in any sort of model community is to have a model school in which to teach people to be model farmers. This applies as well to whites as to black and yellow people. As far as being educated away from the farm is concerned that will apply more unreservedly and positively to the young white men of the South than to the young black and yellow ones. The great cities draw and have always drawn to themselves the restless, resourceful and ambitious in all times and in all lands and they will always do so. We believe in the country life for the white and black masses, but many of them do not believe in it. Bishop Fowler, of the Methodist Episcopal Church does not believe in deportation because it is an impossibility, but he does believe in toleration and education. He makes the following statement of facts which must have great influence with thoughtful people: "As to tolerance and education, however, we have facts to proce the worth of these measures. The work of our church in the South has brought to the surface some remarkable arguments in favor of the adoption of this attitude toward the colored race. We have educated in our Methodist schools throughout the Southern States some fifteen to twenty thousand Negro young men, and the most rigid investigation falls to find among these graduates a single instance of guilt of the specific crime which has become the chief weapon of argument against the education of the Negro; nor have our young men students been implicated in other and lesser crimes, so far as we are able to discover, to any greater extent than young white men of similar education and enlightenment. "Regarding our girls' schools, we have an even brighter record. It is only too often and too insistently charged that the colored woman is essentially immoral—as much so as her father and brothers are assumed to be. We have had something more than 5,000 girls, both of mixed blood and pure African (pass through our schools and colleges in the South, and of that 5,000 and odd number we have yet to discover the slightest accusation against the morality and uprightness of their characters. So far as the observation and reports of our teachers and missionaries go—and they go into the matter exhaustively—it would appear that the young Negro girl, under proper training and environment, is capable of the highest degree of Christian feeling, and that she embodies in her life and conduct all of our Aryan conception of immaculate virtue and perfect chastity." It is disgusting to have to turn from a man of Bishop Fowler's broadness and toleration to the narrow black-guardism of Thomas Dixon, Jr., who "I hold with Abraham Lincoln that this problem can only be solved by complete separation. We have in our nine millions of Negroes enough black blood to ultimately drown the national character in a wetter of mulattoism. A pot of ink can foul a gallon of water." Abraham Lincoln believed according to his lights furnished him by the awful conditions of the lasse lave system. If we were living today, in the lights furnished by thirty years of freedom and steady groth of the Afro-American people in all directions, it is not conceivable that he would believe in anything that Thomas Dixon, Jr., believes in or do other than despise Thomas Dixon, Jr., as a villainous disturber of the public peace and security. It is very true that "a pot of ink can foul a gallon of water." And the ink need not be black. As a matter of fact, a pot of white ink did foul the gallon of pure black water by a widespread prevalence of rape, called coercion, by the master slave class, and produced the mulattoism which we have today and shall have tomorrow with us. The ancestors of Thomas Dixon, Jr., may have contributed their share to this pot of white ink that produced mulattoism, and those of his blood may continue to do so in the future as in the past. Thomas Dixon, Jr., is not only a very dangerous, but a very tiresome citizen.—N. Y. Age. The Rally The cornerstone services at New Hope Baptist church last Sunday was a memorable event and marks a new epoch in church services in Wichita. The day was an ideal one and all one could ask, with a brisk but pleasant breeze and the sun shining with mid-autumn splendor, this day of days for New Hope was begun. The services for the day were opened at 11 a. m. with a most pleasant meeting at the old church at which time Rev. E. Arlington Wilson, of Kansas City, was introduced to the people. The next and main service of the day was at 3 p. m., at which time Rev. E. Arlington Wilson preached the cornerstonee sermon in a scholarly, eloquent and scriptural manner. Rev. W. H. Burrill, pastor, was assisted in this service by Rev. W. H. Tillman, pastor of the Tabernacle Baptist church, and Rev. John Mitchem, both of these worthy divines taking an interesting part in the services and rendering valuable assistance. At this service all the secret societies were invited to turn out and take part, but the only society that turned out in regalia was the Knights and Daughters of Tabor, who were present, thirty-six in number, and lent much financial aid to the occasion. After the services at the old church at 3 p. m., the procession marched to the new church location led by the Knights and Daughters of Tabor. At the new church location the cornerstone was laid, the exercises being held with Rev. E. Arlington Wilson as master of ceremonies. The ceremonies were very impressive. Music was furnished during the day by the splendid choir of the New Hope Baptist church. We repeat that Sunday was a day long to be remembered in Wichita. It is not with a selfish motive that we continually call the attention of our people to the necessity of getting closer together, helping maintain race enterprises and helping each other wherever possible. It is not with that narrow motive, but it is because we look own the pages of the future and see clearly that if we do not inculcate this spirit of unity and race-help amongst us we are doomed to an everlasting oblivion. Some of our people are no very inconsiderate as to refuse to see the handwriting on the wall, simply because to do so will spoil some false idol or scatter some petty dream, but, however long they may insist on their position it does not in anyway improve the fated conditions. On every side can be seen the tending attitude to force the Negro to the rear—and so long as the Negro continues to help We have among us a few men who would make us believe that they are bigger than the race, and who boast of their ability to "do as they please" regardless to' the welfare of the race, or the interest thereof. There is no man who is bigger than his race, or whose personal interests are paramount to those of his race, and wherever such individuals are found the race has a duty to perform, and that duty is to show such an individual which of the two are the greater. "Not all of us," says the New York Mail, "can get into the Hall of Fame." And we have reason to congratulate ourselves, for you have to be dead a long time first. A theater company has failed with assets amounting to thirty-eight cents. That is just eight cents more than the price of the best seat at a "ten-twent-thirt" performance. The Cossacks are doubtless very well, in their feeble way, but if the czar wants results he ought to engage an American football team to clean out the country. Baltimore has had seven little earthquakes since June 1, but as nobody would have known it if it hadn't been for the Johns Hopkins seismograph, nobody is worrying. A New York man who has just been robbed says that it is his fortieth experience of this kind in thirty-three years. He ought to hire a safety deposit box big enough to live in. The czar may extract a grain of comfort from the reflection that this trouble was bound to come anyhow, and it is better to have it come now than at the end of another year of war. THANKSGIVING SENTIMENTS "If thou are blest Then let the sunshine of thy gladness rest. On the dark edges of each cloud that lies Black in thy brother's skies. If thou art sad. Still be thou in thy brother's gladness glad." "Let thy alms go before thee and keep heaven's gate open for thee, or both may come too late." A toast to Thanksgiving. A pean of praise— A health to our forefathers brave; May we honor the clocks They have done in the past. Hold sacred all that they gave." —Selected by Laura E. Smith in "What to Eat." Although days of thanksgiving, especially for the fruits of the earth, have been customary in all ages of the world and in connection with every form of religion, Thanksgiving day as an annual harvest home and family reunion under Christian auspices is a purely American institution and, outside of New England, is of comparatively recent origin. As a national holiday it began in the hea and heart of Abraham Lincoln, who proclaimed Nov. 26, 1863, as a thanksgiving day for the simultaneous victories of Gettysburg and Vicksburg on July 4 and for the abundant harvests of that year, and Nov. 24, 1864, as a thanksgiving day for similar blessings. There had been other days set apart for thanksgiving during the war, but these were the first of the unbroken series in the month of November. President Johnson continued the custom out of respect for Mr. Lincoln, and it has been instinctively recognized by every president since. In several states the governors also make coincident proclamations. Though at present mostly a hallowed memory, Thanksgiving day, when it was in its prime, was one of the noblest and most delightful things in American civilization. Time was when on this day all the churches were thronged with cheerful and devout worshipers, and the ministers, speaking from bowers of corntops and sheaves of wheat and pyramids of pumpkins and red apples, moved every heart by their tribute to the divine goodness. From the religious temples the people turned to the family altars, where the fires of filial devotion burned just as briskly. The members of the household assembled, some of them from remote localities, to look into the changed countenances of "the old people" perhaps for the last time, sat down to a royal feast of good things, the greatest feast of all being the revived and overflowing family affections and the inextinguishable attachment to the family hearthstone. That was American civilization in its flower and fruitage. As long as our people are a home-loving people, as long as filial and fraternal love are affame and as long as we will cross mountains and traverse continents to gather once more at the old family homestead, to drop a tear for the departed and to receive the embrace of those who survive, our institutions are safe. Those who have reached middle life can not but regret the partial decadence of Thanksgiving day within their own recollection. In our day it is little more than a secular holiday devoted to athletic sports. The secular holiday and the athletic sports are, of course, good things in themselves, but it is not pleasant to see them take the place of an admirable and invaluable social custom. NO.37 GIVING MENTS one of thy gladness each cloud that lies skies. brother's gladness before thee and keep thee, or both may living. fathers brave; deeds the past. they gave." E. Smith in "What THANKS. GIVING There is every year by custom and by proclamation of president and governors a day of Thanksgiving. Upon this day the American nation offers to the throne of Divine Grace its prayerful thanks and sings peas of praise for the many bounties and blessings that have been bestowed upon our people. True, in this great world there may be some who are unable to look back and point with pride and thankfulness to many acts and things connected with their lives, but goodness always exceeds the bad and the world is constantly growing better and brighter. Opportunities are increasing and men are not slow to take advantage of them. The prayers of praise for the benefits of the past and the prayers of supplications for other blessings to follow will be heeded by the Deity and his constant care extended toward us. No cataclysm of crime can eradicate from man the belief that he is the creature of a supernatural power and intelligence. The tendency of scientific research is to strengthen this belief by making more manifest the wondrous works of God. It may be considered doubtful if the belief in man's divine origin was ever entirely obliterated from any human mind. With this belief firmly planted in the hearts and homes of this great American nation and mindful of the true source of all earthly power and blessings, it is fitting that in the temples erected by our people in which to worship God according to the dictates of their own conscience, that they should meet together on this day and give praise to Him who watches over us. The Thanksgiving Oocoocoo. The original name of the turkey was Oocooocoo, by which it was known by the native Cherokee Indians. It is supposed that our Pilgrim Fathers, roaming through the woods in search of game for their first Thanksgiving spread heard the Oocooocoo calling in the familiar tones of our domesticated fowl, "Turk, turk, turk." These first Yankee huntsmen, mistaking this cry of the bird for its real song, immediately labelled it "turkey," and turkey it is to this day. Much more beautiful and musical was the Indian name, "Oo-coo-coo," the notes peculiar to the flock when sunning themselves in perfect content on the river beaches.—Sunset Magazine. Primitive Pilgrim Feasts. Primitive Pilgrim Feasts. It is supposed that our Pilgrim parents were whetting their appetites upon wild turkey at the very moment when the news of their possible ultimate starvation reached England. It must have been terrible indeed on the approach of winter, with few and imperfect firearms at command, for these desperate Puritans to knock live gobbling turkeys off the trees and make a meal of them! No spiced stuffing with chestnuts and oysters for them! Just simple turkey, roasted upon hot stones or boiled W. N. MILLER, Editor. Entered at the Post Office at Wichita, Kansas, as Second-Class Mail Matter. Published Every Saturday at No. 110 NORTH MAIN St. -RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION- STRICTLY IN ADVANCE. One Year [ by mail ] ..... $1.00 Six months [ by mail ] ..... 75c Three months [ by mail ] ..... 50c ONE MONTH ..... 15c. Advertising Rates Made Known On Appli- cation. NOTICE!! - All matters addressed to THE SEARCHLIGHT for publici tion must be signed by the part parties writing. All matters for publication must reach this office not later than TUESDAY to reach publication in the current issue. RULES OF THIS OFFICE. 1st. All Subscriptions must be paid in advance strictly. 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The Interstate Literary Association of Kansas and the West will convene in annual session at Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 26, 27, 28. Each literary society is entitled to representation by three delegates (one of whom may have a place one the program) and three alternates. New societies and those not having been enrolled at the last session of the association, will be required to pay a fee of $1.50. Societies enrolled at last session will pay $1 membership fee. The executive committee will convene in November for purpose of making up the program. Any society may become a member of the association by application to the president or corresponding secretary on or before the first day of December, sending therewith the required fee. 425 Kansas City, Topeka, Ks. Miss A. F. Moore, Cor. Sec'y, 1214 Vine St., Kansas City, Mo.; I. M. Horton, Chairman Executive Committee, 1608 E. 13th St., Kansas City, Mo. Many inquiries have been made of us why more of the secret societies did not turn out in a body last Sunday to attend the cornerstone laying at New Hope, and as we did not know we made inquiries and gained the following alleged state of facts: The secret societies, it is claimed, would not turn out because the name of S. M. Hall, pastor of the 2nd Baptist church, was on the program, and as Rev. Hall is charged with fighting secret societies the societies would not go out in a body to hear him. From what we can learn, ever since Reev, Hall has been in Wichita he has waged a useless fight on secret societies and, as we learn, this is the cause why no more turned out than they did. It was not that any of them held aught against New Hope, but simply on this account. To add color to this matter it is a known fact that there was not an annual sermon or any other religious exercise of any of the societies held at the 2nd Baptiste hurch for the past two years, which action speaks louder than words. For some reason, we noted, that on Locals and Personals The Race's standard Bearer last Sunday the Rev. Hall was not on the rostrum at the church and did not have anything to say in the exercises, but occupied a seat far up in the amen corner. Whether this was from a matter of choice or not we cannott say. And still we are told that we are keeping up with the age! ! Searchlight office is now at 428 N Main. If the Tabernacle Literary Society would proportion their rograms they would add much to the interest of the good work. Debates every meeting soon become monotonous—as well as an over-plus of solos, etc. Lloyd McDonald made very appropriate remarks at the Literary Wednesday night. His talk was on the right line. If you are sick and want to cured get the LOPEZ REMEDY, 313 E. Douglas. (Barnes Block.) The Sewing Circle of the 2nd Baptist church met with Mrs Ella Kyle Monday afternoon. Miss Lulu Coyington went fishing Monday—and say—you ought to have seen the fish. Princess Chapter No. 12 gave a supper at the residence of Mrs W S Miller Wednesday night. Mrs Henry Massey is on the sick list this week. Henry Baker met with a very painful accident last Thursday by a barrell falling on his f ot and mash ing it severely. It is quite painful. The Searchlight is now in its new quarters 428 North Main, ground floor, and is prepared to do your JOB PRINTING NOTICE SIR KNIGHTS Taborian Temple No 11 will meet in regular session Wednesday night Dec: 6th at 517 North Main St. Mr. and Mrs Joseph Fine entertained Thanksgiving day a number of guests at their home 1021 Cherry. The guests were: Rev. W H Tillman and family Dr. J E Farmer, A T Glover, Jno Morrow, Mrs Delta Monts, Mrs M Lane, Mrs S Walden and other. They went away declaring that they had been royally entertained and pronounced Mr and Mrs Fine ideal entertainer. The boys say they don't care how often Thanksgiving comes Clarence G. Smith and wife have re d to the city after an absence of about one year. They have been in Arrappahoe, Colo. Several Wichitass went to Tepeka to attend the Elks ball. The Searchlight office has been moved to 428 N Main Street, ground floor, where we invite you to al at anytime. Lloyd Mo Donald as manager of the Area o Barber Shop under the ownership of Lewis and Me Donald is making it one of the best in the state. THE WICHITASEARCHLIGHT 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. WILL ELECT OFFICERS The members of Princess Charter No. 12, O. E. S. will take notice that the election of officers will be held on Friday afternoon, Dec. 22d All members are requested to be present and to bring their due card with them. Meeting at 2:30 p. m. Arkansas Vally Lodge No. 21, will have the election of officers for 1906 on Thursday night, Dec. 7th. All Master Masons in good standing are requested to be present. If the cold boys haven't got a job by the next cold snap—there will be something doing. LITERARY SOCIETY. Owing to the cold spell Wednesday night there was not as large an attendance at the Literary Society as usual, but the interest manifested by those present was equally as intense as heretofore. After the rendition of the program the debate was had. The following were selected as judges: Miss Lulu Covington, Rev. W. H. Tillman, W. N. Miller. The judges listened to the arguments, retired and returned a verdict that neither side had produced any points on the question at issue. The following is the program for next Wednesday night. 1 Solo..... Miss B. Alexander 2 Address..... Robt Malory 3 Solo..... John Edginton 4 Declamation..... Robt Floyd 5 Address..... J A Jackson 6 Inst Solo..... Miss Lois Wilson 7 Recitation..... Miss Pansy Cox 8 Recitation .. Miss Myrtle Hurst 9 Paper..... "Do's and Don'ts" ..... Miss Ida Bowman Debate-Resolved, That Christopher Columbus did more for America when he discovered it than George Washington did when he saved it. Affirmative--Marien F, Fowl r, Dr. A D Wright. Negative -- Ed Duke, Marcius G. Brown. Small kindness, small courtesies, small considerations, habitually practiced in our social intercourse, give a greater charm to the character than the display of great tilt and accomplishment. -Ex. Why is it that negro men and women living directly by money received from negroes are so unwilling to spend the same money with negro merchant and professional men? Perform a kind action, and you find a kind feeling growing i yourself even if it was not there before. As you increase number of objects of your kind and charitable interest you find that the more you do for them, the more you love them. - William B. O. Peabey. Every road must have a turn and every lane an en $ ^{1} $ . Swindling, bro- bing' cheating and lying to the people can not has forever. You can't hold up! ploople can expct them to keep quiet. - Nashville Clarion. 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Paste this to the cloth, and when all parts are thoroughly dry, glue the back of the volume firmly to the pasteboard back, as shown in figure 2. ```markdown ``` If the paper cover of the book still remains, you can cut it out neatly, and paste it on the front side of the binding, as shown, and the same can be done with the paper title back, both parts being removed, of course, before the pasting is done. Thus if you pick out a color of cloth that is harmonious with the color and design of the paper cover, you will have quite as attractive looking a volume as you would find at the book store for double the money yours cost. Acting Proverbs In this each player may take a part, or, if thought preferable, the company may divide themselves into actors and spectators. The actors then fix upon a proverb, which is to be represented by each one of them individually. There is to be no connection between them in any way. Each one in turn has simply to act before the rest of the company the proverb he has selected. The first player might, for instance, come into the room holding a cup in his hand. Then, by the way of acting his proverb, he might repeatedly make an appearance of attempting to drink out of the cup, but being prevented each time by the cup slipping out of his hand. Thus, in dumb show, illustrating the proverb, "There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip." If really good acting be thrown into the game, it may be made exceedingly interesting. This Man Has Tamed Fish. Dr. Rudolph Fastenrath, of Appenzell, Switzerland, has what are probably the most unusual tame pets in the world. They are fish; and they are not merely tame in the sense that they will come to the surface and take food from his hands. That would be nothing new. Dr. Fastenrath's fish come to him when he is in the water, and they swim around him, allowing him to touch them and stroke them. His queer achievement had its beginning one day when he noticed that there was a great swarm of fish near a cliff just in front of his house. Every day these fish were seen in the same place by him and he decided to try to tame them. So he selected a sunny day when the water was warm and sat down in it, holding a big piece of bread in each hand under water. The fish would not approach, however. He repeated the process that evening and again next day, sitting perfectly motionless as A NOVEL MATCH DEATCHER SAND PAPER SKIRT DOLL SAFETY PIN CASE TINY BARN DIRON WHITE PANEL LETTER CASE LETTERS A Wishing Alarm YELLOW TISSUE PAPER SMYING PAPER BOOK LET PAPER CIRCLE long as he could. After about a week a few of the smallest fish ventured to dart at him and snatch bits of the water soaked bread. Gradually others did the same, and at last all the fish had become so confident that big and little ones would swim up to his hands and take the bread. By the end of the past summer the fish had become so tame that they would swim up to the doctor the moment he entered the water. They glided around between his hand and did not even wriggle when he touched them, so that finally he managed to stroke them without frightening them in the least. Every day through the warm weather the doctor could be seen in the water with from 100 to 150 of his queer pets swimming all around him and darting at his hands and face in play. A. Trick. Try this trick when you have some friends to dine with: A boy. Tom by name, tried it, and his friends thought him very clever. Just when dinner was nearly over Bridget quietly announced that the grocer must have forgotten to bring the ruts and raisins. The company were all more or less disappointed, but Tom, the host, seemed very angry at this omission. Impatiently he said to Bridget, "Fetch me the dish in which the nuts and raisins should have been served." Pretending to be very much annoyed, he flourished his napkin vigorously over the empty dish. Then carefully lifting the napkin, much to the surprise of all, the dish was revealed full of ruts and raisins. This is how Tom managed the trick: He had gotten Brid'get to sew two napkins together all around the edges and to slit one across the middle. The space between the napkins made a bag, into which Tom had slipped the nuts and raisins. He held the bag between his knees, with another napkin over his lap. While he was gesticulating in apparent disappointment, he had quickly changed napkins. The trick was a clever hit of home-made sleight of hand, and all shouted at Tom's cleverness. Arithmetic in Days of Old Those of you who hate to study arithmetic might growl if you had been a little Roman boy back in the days of Caesar or earlier when our Arabic numbers were not used. Imagine, for instance, writing 88 LXXXVIII, and then adding long columns of such numbers. No wonder boys counted on their fingers and grown-up men had to go to a teacher of arithmetic or public calculator to have their accounts made out. Counting no the fingers was a regular system for the young Romans. They would make eighteen movements with the left hand for the numbers below one hundred, and eighteen with the right hand for those above. Two kinds of counting machines, called an abacus, were also used. One was a board strewn with sand on which geometrical figures were drawn. The other was a frame with balls moved in grooves to represent figures, with a special contrivance for doing fractions. As teachers were not very patient in those days, arithmetic might be said to have been learned less by rule than by ferrule. The great Horace, whose works all of you who study Latin will read, wrote that his fellow-teacher was a man of many blows. After all, it is pretty fine to be a twentieth century American, is it not? Something Every Day. Every day a little knowledge—one fact in a day. How small is one fact—only one. Ten years pass by. Three thousand, six hundred and fifty facts are not a small thing. Every day a little self-denial. The thing that is difficult to do to-day will be an easy thing to do three hundred and sixty days hence, if each day it shall have been repeated. What power of self-mastery shall he enjoy who seeks every day to practice the grace he prays for. Every day a little happiness. We live for the good of others, if our living be in any sense a true living. It is not in great deeds of kindness only that the blessing is found. In "little deeds of kindness," repeated every day, we find true happiness. At home, at school, on the street, at the neighbor's house, in the playground, we shall find an opportunity every day for usefulness. Heroic and Timely. Lucy, Ernest and Ralph Schoenhut, children who are at Porter's Lake, Pa., went out to get bark to make souvenirs, and while the boy was pulling bark from a tree a rattlesnake struck him in the right arm below the shoulder. The two hurried home and when they reached there the gird ripped the boy's shirt open and saw that his arm was getting dark. She took his penknife, cut a gash in his arm and sucked the poison from the wound. Two physicians were called and the boy is doing well. Something for Christmas. To make a pretty shoe bag, take one yard of wide red and cream bed-ticking. Cut from one side enough to leave the piece 22 inches in width. Face this on the back with turkey red calico. A pocket (1) for hose is made of turkey-red box-placed to the bottom of the larger piece. Stitch this to the foundation, gathering the extra fullness at the top of the pocket. Take the ticking which was cut from the side and bind it with black velvet (that from an old hat answers nicely), then fold it into four parts. Box-plait the bottom and stitch to the foundation. This makes four (2) pockets for shoes. Turn over each of the 2 2 2 2 1 top corners and fasten with a bow of red ribbon. A brass ring is secured at the top to hang the bag by. Fasten it to the inside of clothes-press door. The illustration will make the idea clear.—Exchange. Eskimo Folklore. The most striking feature of Eskimo folklore is its thoroughly human character. In a strict sense of the term, the bulk of Eskimo tradition is not mythology, but hero tales, which reflect with remarkable faithfulness the social condition and religious beliefs of the people. They treat of visits to fabulous tribes, of murder and revenge, of mercy and recompense, of feats of shamanism and of witchcraft. The supernatural enters into them, but only as it enters into the everyday life of the people to whom witches, guardian spirits of shamans, giants and dwarfs are existing realities. In this sense most of the Eskimo tales are true tales taken from life, and show a great lack of imaginative power. Setting aside this group of hero tales, there remain only a few entirely disconnected myths. One of them tells how a woman was mutilated by her father, who cut off her finger joints one after the other. From these joints originated the sea mammals, and the woman became their mistress. Another myth tells of the origin of the sun and moon, who in the beginning were human beings, a brother and a sister, and who were taken up to the sky. 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. 2 Mrs. Flora Thompson, 36 North 4 Mrs. Madaliene Ward, 325 E. 6th, Cherryvale, 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. Perlina 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. 15 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. Phannie 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. 89 Mrs. Marie Boyd, 1204 Dodge St., Omaha, Neb. 91 Mrs. Ella Golden, 31$ N. 12th, Omaha, Neb. 93 Mrs. Ida M. Jordan, 903 Western Ave., N. Topeka, Kans. 559 Mrs. Christena Bell, 294 N. William St., Deadwood, S. Dakota. 777 C. M'S ADDRESSES 333. Number. 1 William M. Watkins, Box 2062 Wier City, Kans. 2 J. Jefferson, 308 E. 11th, Coffey- ville, Kan. 3 Mr. William H. Barnes, 819 L St., Atchison, Kan. 4 Andrew Herrold, Sherman Flats, Omaha, Neb. 5 J. T. Howard, 120 Kansas Ave., Topeka. 6 M. E. Bird, 3014 Hewett, Everett, Washington. 8 R. M. Bingham, 1727 E. Oak St., Ft. Scott, Kans. 10 Richard Walker, Leavenworth. Kans. 11 W. N. Miller, 258 N. Main St., Searchlight office, Wichita, Kan. 13 A. H. Morton, Parsons. 15 Henry Jordan, Salina, Kan. 16 Richard Clark, 420 N. 25th St., S. Omaha, 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. 526 Albert Graves, 90 Charles St., Deadwood, South Dakota. HOUCK Hardware store First Class Goods at Lowest Prices 116 East Doughar Avenue SANTA FE Cheap, isn't it? Passengers get rate as they do when rates are 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 taains 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 both 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 her 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 ladies was in the elevator. This here thing of being perilate 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 is are higher. Fast trains, modern Pull e chair cars and comfortable day leave WICHITA at 2:10 p.m., 5:10 eal stopovers in California and at e. You can buy a ticket to Salt River ents in Aoizona for same price. signals, rock ballast track, modern and fast trains. The very best people E. Particulars at request L R DELANEY, Agent J R MQRIATY, City Pass Agent ABSTRACT CO LEST 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 bout miss us it is your fault. Send your news. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY Curly Hair Made Straight B hingt h hei things seem pose, build th no ids do pose); trical OZONIZED OXFORD (None genuine without my signature) Charlie Ford Past 76 Wabash Ave., Chicago, Illinois Agenta wanted everywhere. But kind starts 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 streets, and we will do the work in "Promptness and Quality" —SMOKE— BLUE SEA CIGARS SOLD EVERYWHERE Attend the song service every Jay at 6:30 at the A. M. E. ch Go to New Hope Baptist c attend their young people's meeting each Sunday evening. Gambling houses are being up in every alley in the down-town trict of Wichita and yet we are every once in a while about how many "dives are closed" A new gamble house opened this week. Enter the Rally of Rev. S. S. W.ington for one of the four grand prizes Contractors have begun to patch Main street. JOB PRINTING —s nactors Praise Its Ingredients. Pe to that boon to weak, ner Vers ersten known as Dr. Pierce's seth Prescription. 2 yn Fyfe one of the Faltorial Staff Be 1h ene MEDICAL, REVIEW says Ta Foot Helonias Dioiog) which Colo sehiet ingredients of the "Ia ot reser ption” £ ze eset invariably acts as uter~ aaremeds Wien IY rakes for normal we aves entire mproductive system.” is ot aS optas we have a medica Fe een iy answers the. above ie ete Aver aug eh whieh La pone man poatmene of diseases De rnd. tn ths He saldom that a, case 1s Boat (0, ame be present some indication aeniCemedial agent.” Dr. Fyfe further ih fe aa are anon the leading yt tor Heloniag (Untcorn 000. Pain sea in the back, with leucorrhesa; ngeeale) conditions of the reproductive fa yen, mental depression end it ars! Smith Caan hironte diseases of avs Suive omens of women, constant - o( heat in the region of the kid- . yhagia (flooding), due to a weak~ pion of the reproductive system; pe 2 pressed or absent monthly (fist Ron oF tetompani an Pelion of the digestive organs ‘ae \he extreme lower bart of the tse or less of the above symptoms went no invalid woman can do ony take. Dr. Pieree's Favorite iption. one of the Heading: ingredi- is Unicorn root, or Helonias, t wtical properties of which it 1 fully represents. inn Seal root, another prominent Mt” of, tHavorite Preseription,* be. Eliingwood, M. D.. of Ben Pr faical College, Chicago. says: 1S portant remedy in disorders of is. ial cutarrhal conditions * > * hot. ungreblement Kis usetul” join M. Scudder, M. D.. late of irae. sas8'0f Golden Seal root : eA arto ty-general effects on tho 72 iy medicine in uae about Tete eo genera unanimity ar npbnton. fri l/ftrarded asthe Cn tae peated states” Re ei fartholow, M, Da. of Jefferson rai olleze, says of Gulden Seal : oti ie uterine hemorrhage, menor en ella eonaesthve dsmenor i fl menstruation.” Tr, Pierce’s Favorite Preseription faith- eer cnts all the above named in- era cus the diseases for which Fe a anended: Some women use their husbands to ake other women jealous. Ask Your Drugeist for Allen's Foot-Ease. “teil ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE recent~ nd have just bought another supply. 16 ys cared my eorns, and the hot, burning ‘ditching sensation in my feet which was Post unbearable, and I woud not be withe ht it now." —Ms, W. J. Walker, Camden, J.” Sold by all Drusgists, 25¢. Those who have once loved can ever be satisfied with eommon tendship. Height of Sea Waves. Careful experiments made by a wil English navigator along the yh coast of Spain show that waves equently attain a height of 42 feet, hich is nothing compared to the rise Pillsbury’s Vitos in the estimation people who like good, pure, com- jonsense wheat food, You will like Ask for it at your grocers. Some men are despondent because iy can’t get out of debt, and others nse thay can't sabes lat if they will buy Defiance Cold fater Starch for laundry use they ill save not only time, because it ver sticks to the iron, but because ch package contains 16 oz.—one full ind—while all other Cold Water arches are put up in %-pound pack- mts, Then again because Defiance rch is free from all injurious chem- ils. If your grocer tries to sell you i202, package it is because he has stock on hand which he wishes to knows that Defiance Starch has ied on every package in large let- and figures “16 ozs.” Demand De- ! the annoyance of the iron stick- he mark of breeding is not always heated by the dollar mark. .L. DOUGLAS 28 53:°° SHOES, LL. Douglas $4.00 Gilt Edge Lino ‘cannot be equalled atany price. ese T/L iy ny Be % BU. peg i KS Ae ‘age | ba Nd NS Soeerecoerer ie \peeeuy ee Agree ee ol rT WL, DOUGLAS MANESAND SELLS Oiled wnbeaotnen® 1 $10, Bi)f) FEWARD to anyone who can by Douzlas $3.50 shoes heve by thelr ex- Dsl cass fittings and saperioe wearin evel hela gest fale otany 83.26 a ihe worlds “They ars just as yond’ es that Sott'you $6108 30 82°00." the only ROSSI the ices It T sould tee you into Sor at Brocktons Mase the fatyest ia Silunter one of making mens fire vihssiow pete care witiewich every ‘P'vclts shoes is made, Yougrould realize rice in the work =! show Nou the alfference between the ESIC in niy factory and these ef otker 308 Would ‘uadePstand ‘why Bonties oc cost more to mate, why they hotd sine it better, wear lesget, ard are of ss eftile vale than ‘any otker $2.80 sb ret tosunye 2, 2uvins Strong fade Shoes ter e285, S200) Boye” Sohoot es $9,008, 88.00, 2,61. 76, 81-65 RLTION.~insiet upon have Wee Doge sic Manat” Nina" sie and pee stamped on Botton. BITED. shoe dealer nerery town where US Shoes are not sold, Full iso of ast for napection upon requese sessed: they ail not wear brea Sf Plasrated Catalog of Fall Styion NE DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mase. REGy 5 SST a cores i i BY NA crvegtita "Bal CONSUMPTION ° j European Breakfasts, | Mark Twain, in speaking of the typ feal European breakfasts, said. “Do you know what I'll do? I'll nail a plece of cuttle-fish bone to the chim- ney, and every morning T'il hop up on the mentel and take a pick af. it with atin bill. It will be just as filling and much cheaper than a European \break- fast.” It is evident that Mr. Clemens pre- fers the typical American breakfast dish of Pillsbury’s Vitos with good cream and sugar. When a man becomes too shifiles: to give advice he has reached the limit. Mrs, Winslow's Soothing Syrap. Foc euharen tectutnpr softs tue gates cotoces ta Tetuination,alays als, curse wind colic. Sscatote ‘The artist is not necessarily a good duck hunter just because he gets his canyas back. Storekeepers report that the extra quantity, together with the superior duality of Defiance Stor’h makes it neXt to Impossible to sell any other brand. minva dilakarical Bulldien. General J, Watts De, Peyster, of Tivoli, N. Y., will purchase the his- torie Fort Johnson at Atkin, the ba- ronial mansion of Sir William John: son, and present it to the Montgomery County, N. Y., Historical Society. The only stipuiation required by General De Peyster is (hat when the building ceases to he used for historical pur- poses it reverts to him, Nice Pets, Thes>. Among the latest additions to the collection in the Zoological Gardens, London, are a srieved tortoise, two long-nosed crocodiles, a knob-nosed lizard, a scaly dove, a mealy amazon, an late hornbill, two cut-throat finches, a red river hog and a bonnet macaque. Beer in Mugs and Glasses. Bayarians have long insisted that heer ia better and more wholesome if drunk out of stone mugs than out of glass. Dr. W. Schultze has now ex: amined the matter scientifically and has found that beer is made injurious by a chemical process which dissolves the oxide of lead in the glass. ldaho deine. Fraser, Idaho, Nov. 27th (Special}— Mrs. Martha J. Lee has given for pub- lication the following statement, con- cerning Dodd's Kidney Pills: “[ was down with Rheumatism three times,” she says, “and each time Dodd's Kidney Pills helped me. ‘The last time they cured me, and now 1 am able to get around and do all my work, though I am fifty-eighy and 1 can walk to Sunday School every Sunday. Before I took Dodd's Kidney Pills I was so bad T could use neither bend nor foot. I shall keep Dodd's Pills on hand all the time.” Rheumatism is caused by Uric Acid crystallizing in the muscles. Heelthy iidneys remove all Uric Acid from the blood. Diseased Kidneys cannot remove this Acid which collects in the blood and poisons every vein and artery. Dodd's Kidney Pills cure Rheumatism by curing the Kidneys; by healing and strengthening them, so that they can rid the bicod of all impurities. Salton Racin Growine: Word comes from Los Angeles. Cal,, that the source of the inflow by which the waters of the Gulf of Cali fornia are pouring into the old Salton basin and resistlessly forcing the new Salton sea to sea level, has been de- termined. No doubt is felt’ that the waters are coming through great un- derground fissures rent by earthquake shocks, This vast inland sea now skirts the main line of the Southers Pacific railroad for neariy 100 miles and stretches away on either side of the tracks twenty-five miles to the foothills. CONVINGING EVIDENCE That Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills Will Cure Sia crane. * People can cure themselves of a good mavy common ailments at a very sual cost if they go about it the right way,” said Mr. Hoar, recently. ‘For instance, Thave just cured myself of a very pain- fal disease. I might have begun to treat it sooner, that’s all the mistake I made in the matter. But I found the root of the difficulty and I picked out the right remedy withoat the aid of 9 doctor. “Tt was really all in my blood. I first felt a twinge in my left foot and ankle in the middle of last January, following exposure to cold. “Trealized £ and then: matism and I knew that really comes from bad blood. Cold simply develops it. Then my hands and feet were cold and clammy even in hot weather, and humb a great part of the me. fcon- eluded that my blood was thin and poor and the circulation sluggish. “After a time my feet and ankles swelled so badlythat I could only tie any shoes half way up. Mylegs swelled terribly and I could walle ouly a short distance before giving out completely. “When I read of the cares of all kinds of blood diseases, that had been effected by Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills, I was con- vinced that they were jnst the remedy for my case, and so it proved. I conit see that they were benefiting me before Thad quite used up the first box. The improvement was decidedly marked sf- ter I had taken two boxes. Three more boxes restored my hands and feet and legs to natural size and feeling and then I stopped taking medicine aud have since beon perfectly well.” Mr. F. LeRoy Hoar lives at No. 182 Constitution street, Bristol. R. I. Any one can get convincing evidence that Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills have cared ausonuin, rheumatism, erysipelas and other serions diseases of the blood. by simply writing to the Dr. Williams | Medicine Co., Schenectady, N.X,_. LOW FRUIT RATES MADE FOR CALIFORNIA GROWERS SUFFRAGE GRANTED; RESPOND TO DEMANDS THE ISLE OF PINES BELONGS TO CUBANS ; MARSHALL FIELD, JR., DEAD. Chicago, Nov. 29.—Marshall Field, Jr., died at Mercy hospital. Mr. Field, who was the only son of Marshall Field, the multi-millionaire at this city, was accidentally shot on the afternoon of Wewnexday, Novem ber 22, He was examining a new re-| volver he had purchased when it was discharged, the bullet striking him in the right side, perforating the liver and spleen and injuring the spinal! cord. He was hurried to Merey hos: | pital where an operation was perform-| ed and the bullet removed. The phy-’ sicians from the first entertained but slight hopes of ultimate recovery, al- though the patient for two days seemed to hold his own. Recently @ decided change for the worse took place and Mr, Field rapid: ly grew weaker until his death, FOR CALIFO | San Francisco, Dec. 1. — The Calt- ‘fornia orange growers and shipper will, in the future, be able to compete with the growers of Florida, Cuba and ‘the Mediterranean in London and on they will be in a position to land their products abrcad almost, if not quite as cheaply as shippers in the last three districts, The easter coanec- tions of the Southern Pacific and Santa Fe les, inchiding Atiantic steamship Ines, have joined those two roads in making a $1 per hun. dred pound rate on oranges shipped from California to London and other — GRA Vienna, Dec. 1—A recent epoch in Austrian’ history, for the Austrian people throughout the entire land made known to the crown their im- perial demand for equal suffrage, and even as this demand was being voic- ed the crown, through Premier Baron Gautch Von Frankenthurn, in parlia- ment was assuring the people that its will would be done. The premier promised to bring in gy the end of February a bill providing for a full and free universal equal and direct suffrage. The people made known their de- mands by a series of monster demon- strations in all the principal cities and towns of the country. From only one iown, Austerliiz, are serious disord- ers reported, There the troops fired on disorderly demonstrators, killing two and wounding thirty. Otherwise the demonstrations were character- ized by the maintenance of order and dignity. Hundreds of thousands of men paraded, thus emphasizing their de- mand for political freedom. Such 2 demonstration was never before wit- nessed in Austria. The most impres- sive feature of the whole day in Vi- | Washington, Dec. 1—The adminis- tration recently dashed the hopes of ‘the little band of American colonists on the Isle of Pines, who have been working toward the separation of the island from Cuba, and its inclusion in the United States, when Secretary Root, after consultation with the president, made public the text of a letter which he had addressed to Charles Radnard, president of the American Club of the Isle of Pines, defining the attitude of the United States government toward the pro- posed formation of a territorial gov- ernment in the island as a part of the United States. The secretary was most pertinent in his statements in the letter, which is as follows: “[ have received your letter of Oc- tober 25, in which you say: ‘Kindly advise me at your earliest ‘tonvent ence the necessary procedure to es tablish a territorial form of govern- ment for the Isle of Pines, West In- dies, U.S.A. “It is no part of the duty of the sec- retary of state to give advice on such subjects. I think it proper, however, to answer your inquiry so far as it may be necessary to remove an er- ror under which you appear to rest, concerning the status of the Isle of Pines, and your rights as residents of that island. “There is no procedure by which you and your associates can lawfully establish a territorial government in that island. The island is lawfully subject to the control of the republi¢ of Cuba, and you and your associates aaa ed a Ala eh eee Blackmailers Indicted” Chicago, Dec. 1—Wiiliam W. Me- Sway and Wilbur Cole were indicted this morning by the grand jury on charges of conspiracy and attempied blackmail in connection with the al- leged theft of letters from Armour & Co. Russian Jews Favored. Moscow, Dec, 1—The zemstvo con- gress in session here adopted resolu- fions favoring the Jews who have been the objects of persecutions in all parts of the empire. - METCALF IS REAPPOINTED. President Gives Him Another Term fe as Pension Agent. Washington, Nov. 29.—Colonel Wil- der S. Metealf, of Lawrence, Kan., jyne succeeded General Frederick | Funston as colonel of the Twentieth Kansas regiment in the Philippines, was reappointed to the office of Uni- ‘ted States pension agent at Topeka, Kan. Aske Uncle Sam's Advice. | Havana, Cuba, Nov. 28.—It is un- derstood the Cuban government is communicating with the United States as to which government fs to dea} with the Americans in the Isle of Pines in the event of the latter carrying out their alleged threat to | asstime territorial offices. RNIA GROWERS ‘points In Europe, ‘The traffic manager of the Central Ines has sent a telegram to that ef- fect to the California freight repre sentative of the New York Central lines, The new rate goes into effect next Thursday. To all points in this country, outside of California, orange hippers are charged $1.25 per hun- dred pounds. | The California orange crop for the | season just opened will, in the opinion of both growers and railroad _tvaMe officials, yield__ thirty-eight thousand carloads for shipment east of the Rocky Mountains. NTED; > enna was found in*the fact that not a single voice was raised as the masses marched silently but earnest- ly, in unmistakable determination. Parliament opened at an early hour ‘and at noon Premier Baron Gautch Von Frankenthurn announced the granting of suffrage to the people. Fully 175,000 men and women march- ed past the parliamentary buildings, each person wearing on their arm a red cloth bearing the words impera- tively demanding the granting of equal suffrage. The demonstrators turned out in much larger numbers than had been expected, and the day's occurrence has made a deep and serious impres- sion upon the country at large. The premier’s word in parliament relat: ing to suffrage made a favorable im- pression, particularly upon’ the Ger- mans, who are gratified because of the government's promise to protect the varions nationalities composing the population of the empire. In this they see an assurance of the continu- ance of their national predominance. ‘The next election to the chamber of deputies will take piace next year probably during the summer. laws of that country so long as you remain in the island. If you fail in that obedience you will justly be liable to prosecution in Cuban courts and to such punishment as may be provided by the laws of Cuba for such offense as you commit. You are not likely to have any greater power in the future. “The treaty now pending before the senate, if approved by that body, will relinquish all claim of the United States to the Isle of Pines. In my judement the United States has no substantial claim to the Isle of Pines. The treaty merely accords to Cuba what is her's in accordance with in- ternational law and justice. “At the time of the treaty of peace which ended the war between the United States and Spain, the Isle of Pines was and has been for severai centuries past. a part of Cuba, [have no doubt whatever that it continues to be a part of Cuba, and that it is not and never has been the territory of the United States. This is the view with which President Roosevel! authorized the pending treaty and made and signed it, and 1 expeet to urge its confirmation. Nor would the rejection of the pending treaty put an end to the control of Cuba over the island, A treaty directly contrary to the one now pending would be neces- sary to do that, and there is not the slightest prospect of such a treaty be- ing made, You may be quite sure that Cuba will never consent to give up the Isle of Pines and that the United States will never try to compel her to give it up against her will.” Receiver Appointed. Washingion, Dee. 1—Thomas Rin- zker of Carlindale, IL, was appointed receiver of the Eaterprise National Bank at Allegheny, Pa. which has been in charge of national bank ex- aminers. Closed by Directors. Washington, Dec. 1. — The Ameri- can National Bank of Boston has been closed by the directors after fruitless efferts to have the bank liquidated by another bank. 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People who are planning to swear off Jan. 1 will find it a good plan to practice just a little now. That Seattle fiance who insisted up on an examination of his loved one's lungs must have been married before. A New York broker who "hastily wrote" for $210,000 is now reflecting at leisure in jail, charged with forgery. J. Pierpont Morgan handed $30,000 to the Wadsworth Athenaeum in Hartford, Conn., and thought no more about it. George Bernard Shaw neither shaves nor wears a collar. Some day he may attempt to start a new religious sect: The per capita circulation in the United States now is $31.69, but Mr. Rockefeller has considerably more than that. By discharging from government positions a few grand dukes, the czar evinces a very fair notion of the duties of housecleaning. Times indeed have changed when the autocracy issues manifestoes humbly asking the common people if they will please be good. A woman in Connecticut looked under her bed for ten long years before she found a man there. And then she had him arrested! Mark Twain will be 70 years old on the 30th of this month. He regards it as a joke, but does not go so far as to insist that it is a good one. A cat that was once one of King Edward's pets has passed his 11th birthday anniversary in Philadelphia. King Edward never did neglect the kitty. The story that the tenor Caruso has in his wardrobe 1,000 fancy waistcoats must make Tim Woodruff wonder whether life is really worth living, after all. It is fitting that a Boston man should be appointed public printer. Boston has been a great center of the printing industry ever since the days of Franklin. The public debt of the United States Nov. 1, less cash in the treasury, amounted to $1,002,646.125—figures that would have made the father of his country worry. We raise only 6,000,000 bushels of peanuts annually in this country, and circuses and baseball games are increasing in popularity every year. This is a view-with-alarm. In Russia whips are used to subdue the populace. What would happen if a platoon of policemen should attempt to whip a crowd of American citizens is painful to contemplate. Somebody says that the turkey, not the eagle, ought to be America's national bird. The turkey would certainly go better with America's national flower, the toddy blossoms. It would be interesting to know how the story of Alice Roosevelt jumping into a tank of water was started. It is utterly untrue. Probably the fabricator was himself tanked up to begin with. One of the philosophers says this country is much in need of men who will put character above wealth. This moralist should study the United States senate and take a more hopeful view. It is said that Charles Dana Gibson has discovered a new type of a girl. 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It is natural that we should learn to crawl when we are babies, but some men never get over it. (From the Chicago Journal, Nov. 6, 1905.) When Commissioner Garfield went to the Chicago packers and asked permission to inspect their books, the condition was made that no information he might obtain therefrom would be used in court proceedings against them. Mr. Garfield gave this pledge, it is stated, and the packers allowed him to study their business in all its details from the inside. Now, it is announced, the results of his study have been turned over to the government department of justice to be employed in legal prosecution of the packers. Commissioner Garfield would not have ventured to give the pledge that was demanded by the packers without instructions from Washington. He pledged, not his own word, but the government's. It is not his good faith, but the government's, that is in question now. The Journal has no concern for the packers, except as they are citizens of Chicago. If it can be proved that they are guilty of engaging in a conspiracy in restraint of trade, they ought to be punished. But their guilt, if they are guilty, must be fairly proved. They must be given a square deal. Since the government has elevated its vision to such a height as to overlook the nest of defiant criminal trusts in New Jersey, almost within the shadow of the capitol dome, in order to fasten itself a thousand miles away upon Chicago, the government and the President cannot be too careful to avoid suspicion that they are more anxious to prosecute western offenders than offenders in the east. Some of the methods already employed in this case have not been particularly distinguished for decency. When the government breaks into a man's house and steals his private papers, when it drags the wives of packing-house employees into court and puts them under heavy bonds, it is hardly dignified, not to say honorable, nor even respectable. MUTINEERS CONTROL MUTINEERS CONTROL They Are Still Masters of the Situation at Sebastapol. Some Have Decided to Surrender With Arms—Orators Are at Work —They Succeed in Winning Over a Few Recruits. St. Petersburg, Nov. 29. — Though the mutineers at Sebastopol are still masters of the situation at Admiralty Point, and though armed parties have apparently free access to the town notwithstanding the announcement by the authorities that the roads leading were blocked, dispatches received recently from Vice Admiral Chouknin, commanding the Black Sea fleet, present the situation in an optimistic light. These dispatches, which were read at an extraordinary council of the admiralty, declared that most of the mutineers have decided to surrender with their arms, though such action involves trial for mutiny before a court martial. This is confirmed in part by a dispatch to the Novoe Vreyma, which says that the spirit of the mutineers is falling and that several bodies have already surrendered. On the other hand, dispatches to the Associated Press from Sebastopol say that revolutionary orators succeeded recently in winning over a battalion of reservists and that, in spite of the arrival of the enemies to the number of several thousand the authorities did not dare to interfere with a review held by the mutineers before the cathedral of St. Vladimir, which is in the main part of the town. The crews of the battleships Rostistlava and Tria Sviitalia, so far as at present known, have not mutinied. One reserve battalion, however, has joined the mutineers. Several companies of the Vilma regiment have arrived at Sebastopol from Theodesia. Martial law has been declared in the fortress. Odessa, Nov. 29.—Governor General Kaulbars has received the following dispatch from Vice Admiral Chouknin, commanding the Black Sea fleet: "The mutineers left the Kniaz Potemkine recently and the vessel is now in my hands. The sailors, together with the soldiers of the Brest regiment who mutinied have shut themselves in the Lazarez barracks with some guns. When fresh troops arrive I shall attack, though I fear the artillerymen may join the mutineers. "A very serious state of affairs prevails. Several officers have been killed." An echo of the mutiny at Sebastopol has been the discharge recently of five hundred sailors belonging to the drafts of 1898-1900 of the fourteenth and eighteenth equippages at St. Petersburg, which several times recently have almost been in an open state of rebellion. The regular term of service is seven years. The grumbling among the overtime men of the St. Petersburg troops is increasing. Two hundred men of the Novocherkassk have openly drawn up and presented a protest. The soldiers of the electrical battalion operating the electrical plant here struck for three hours recently, during which time they formulated demands for improvements in their branch of the service. CHINA IS WILLING. Will Grant Japan Long Lease of Leca Tung Peninsula. Pekin, Nov. 29.—The conference in this city between Baron Komura and the other representatives of Japan with Prince Ching and his associates on affairs growing out of the war with Russia, is progressing amicably. The prospect is bright for an early settlement of all Manchurian questions. Agreement has already been reached with regard to some of them. China consents to Japan's proposal that it be given a lease of the Lino Tung peninsula, but the question of the fortification of Port Arthur is still unsettled. China maintains that elaborate fortification of this stronghold is not necessary and the Japanese will probably accede to this view. Prince Ching, being ill, was unable to attend the session of the conference. Long discussions of some of the points at issue are understood to be necessary before a final agreement is reached. Another Big Launching Bath, Me., Dec. 1. — The biggest launching of the year at the local shipyards is scheduled for a recent date, when the five-masted schooner, David Palmer, will slide down the ways at the yards of Percy and Stu L. England Swept by Storm. London, Dec. 1. — A terrific gale which prevailed recently did great damage in England and western Europe. No loss of life has been reported. All vessels are from four to ten hours late. THE EXTERNAL USE OF St. Jacobs Oil is the short, sure, easy cure for Rheumatism and Neuralgia It penetrates to the seat of torture, and relief promptly follows. Price, 25c. and 50c. They Ring the Bell Three Times as Often as a Man. To the amateur student of human nature the average woman in a hotel affords rare opportunities for the increase of his stock of knowledge of the other sex. She rings the bell three times to a man's once. She apologizes and explains so profusely to the bellboy that the lad comes downstairs without the least idea of what he is to do. Your lady in a hotel will indite some nine or ten letters a day, and each envelope seems to contain three sheets of the hotel's paper. She will send the missives down, one by one, to be posted, and each time she sends the naive message: "Ask the office to put a stamp on for me." She never makes out a wash list, but she "just knows" what she had, and one pair hasn't been returned. She indignantly refuses to confide more to "the office" when he inquires, but she affords a wealth of detail that in no way helps matters. "Life Was in Him." Daniel O.Connell once unraveled a queer plot in a will case. Witness after witness swore that they saw the document duly executed. At last a constantly reiterated expression caught the lawyer's attention — "the life was in him," over and over repeated. "By the virtue of your oath, was he alive?" he asked one witness. 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