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THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT YOU CAN SAVE MONEY BY TRADING WITH THE MERCHANTS WHO ADVERTISE IN THIS PAPER allest Number of Unlawful Execu- ons Since 1885 Missippi Heads the List with 17 and Alledged Crimes from Murder to Informing. ENTH YEAR. allest N Unlawfu ons Sim Missippi Head nd Alledged Murder to Miss., Governer Varpaman in his ange to the Mississippi Legge assembled today, a strong stand against oblie money for the ede the Negro, saying in the Negro is deterorally every day, o demonstrated that criminal as a free man o that he is increaseminality with fearful eing one-third more 1890 than he was in South, Mississippi, par- know he is growing every year. You can look up a newspaper are not blackened count committed by a e, and this crime, I press upon you, is but station of the Negro's for social equality, largely by the char- education in vogue, state is levying upon people to maintain." Texas, Wednesday—see first state to be in the blood of law, the new yeor, by the Ben Harris, colored simply chaaged with white man at Moscow, wrs composed of aen, and as usual the en. Harris' hands cump behind him and drown back and tied to before he was suspend gir. more evidence that the old be his own Sheriff, Jury in such cases. thing reports for 1905 ex. the smallest num-1885 The following is the number of lynch-1884: 184 138 122 132 176 127 190 235 200 190 171 131 166 127 107 1900 ..... 115 1901 ..... 135 1902 ..... 96 1903 ..... 104 1904 ..... 87 1905 ..... 66 The lynchings in the various states and territories in 1905 were as follows: Alabama, 3; Arkansaw, 5; Florida, 1; Georgia 111; Kentucky, 4; Louisiana, 4; Mississippi, 17; Nissouai, 1; Nevada, 1; North Carolina, 1; South Carolina, 3; Tennessee, 3; Texas, 11; Virginia, 1. Of these lynchings 65 were in the South sub ond in the North. Of the total number 61 were Negroes and 5 whites. The crimes alleged were as follows: Murder, 34; assault, 4; robbery, 2; race prejudice, 1; kidnapping, 1; elopement, 1; informing, 1. Tpo lynchings were for unknowg reasons and one innocent victim was hanged. Lynchings in texas, 1905 were: Two were burned and eight others were hanged, nine out of ten being Negroes. Prompt actions of officers saved several other lynchings, but only one instance were troops called out, at Ena, where Monk Gibson would probably have been executed. The list is os follows: Negro burned in Fllis county; criminal assault. Negro burned in Hopkins county; criminal assault. Three Negroes hangenin Rusk county; murder. Negro shot in Comal county, criminal assault. Negro shot in Bastrop county; criminal assault. Mexican hanged in Cadwell co nty; attempted criminal assault. Negro hagged in Fayette county; criminal assault. This Negro was evidently executed by one person as he was roped while in his cell and drawn up to the bars of the window, being strangled. The Order in S lina owns property valueb at about $1500, 00, saying nothing of what the Order owns in other towns, and still we are pushing foward. Temple and Tabernacle should be extremely careful about whom they take in as members, as this will save an endowment from having to be paid to persons who should not have been taken in. While every Temple and Tabernacle should strive to build up their membership, they can sometime be too eager to the detriment of themgelves and the Be careful the New Tabboran Donstitutions are now ready and every Kight ane every Daughter, every Temple rnd every WICHITA, KANSAS, SATURDAY, JAN. 27, 1906. Tabernacle should have a copy. Wishing you and the Searchmuch success. I am D. L TAYLOR, U. G. M. Siline, Kans. Siline, Kans. Jan. 16-06 W. N. Miller, Editor, Wichita Searchlight; Please allow me space in your valutable paper to speak a few words concerning the Knights and Daughters of Tabor in Silina. Silver Leaf Temple No 15 is doing nicely. We have no sick on our list and morally and financially we are pushing to the front. We expect to candidate in the near future and we are thankful to God that we are doing as nicely as we are. We do not owe one cent to any man--Which is dting fine The Daughters of the Taber are doing fine also: they are sorry to say that they have one member on the sick list, Preceptress Parker at 505 N. 8th St. And the members are cultivating true sriendshsd' love, peace, and harmony. Star of the Wess Tent. No. 18 is prog-easing fine under the in structions of Daufihter A. O. Murrel, Quedn Mother. They have no sick. The Tent is pleased to have Miss Vioala Robinson of Kansrs City with them and enjoy her company much. ENDOWMENT DEPT. The Knights of Tabor have carried out their whole duty in Silina. They have paid out the following money in our city: From Enkowment to Temp'e and Tabernacle, $315 00 Endowment to Silver Leaf. 55.00 Tent endawment (2 deaths) 20.00 Total paid in Silina $390 00 Members should obey the laws, live up to the rules of the order, and then the order will be able to carry out their pledge Russia is a large empire, so there are still other places for trouble to break out. "What shall we eat?" asks the Philadelphia Inquirer. What! Has the scrapple given out? George Herring of London, has given half a million dollars to the Salvation Army. Odd fish, Herring. New Jersey wants $350,000 to fight mosquitoes with. One way to get it is to incorporate a few more trusts. Mrs. Collis P. Huntington paid $10,000 for her copy of "Fads and Fancies." Courting, or averting, publicity? If we draw a line through Tarsus near north across the Peninsula of Asia Minor, and another through myrna directly east, the two lines will intercept in the volcanic region of Mount Argaeus, where the cone If we draw a line through Tarsus due north across the Peninsula of Asia Minor, and another through Smyrna directly east, the two lines will intercept in the volcanic region of Mount Argaeus, where the cone pyramids and pure cliff dwellings of Cappadocia are found, writes J. R. Sittington Sterrett, an English traveler and artist, who has recently visited that out of the way country. The whole region is of volcanic formation, which covers a vast area extending west to Selme and south to Sooghanl Dere, and is composed of a deep layer of pumice stone, tufa or peperine, overlaid in the region of Tatlar by rugged lava fields. The pumice or tufa is of almost incredible thickness, but the overlaid layer of lava is comparatively thin, not more than three feet at any point. The tufa is so soft that it can be dug away with the thumbnail, so that only time and patience were necessary to excavate it into chambers of any required size. It is known that a chamber 25 feet long, 13 feet broad, and 10 feet high was excavated by a single workman in the space of thirty days. In this region the troglodytes of Cappadocia have the wonderful dwellings which were first described by Paul Lukas, who traveled in Asia Minor on the commission of Louis XIV. His story was discredited, but it is correct in every vital particular, and he perhaps understated the truth when he estimated the number of cones at 50,000. The region was visited in succession by Texier, Hamilton, Tschichatscheff, Ainsworth, Barth and Mordtmann, but it is still virtually unknown. The height of the cones varies greatly, ranging perhaps from 50 to 300 feet. The tallest cones usually stand in the center of an eroded valley, but not always. The process of disintegration by the solvent action of water still continues, of course, and in many cones the exterior wall has been worn away to such an extent that the chambers are laid bare. Such exposed chambers, if they lie fairly in the sun, are used for drying grapes and other fruit, as they are safe against invasion by animals. Often the cones are almost perfect in shape and originally all of them were crowned by caps of lava, which were the primal cause of the cone formation. The caps maintain their position as they form one integral conglomerate mass with the cone. Very often the doorways are quite elaborate, and display an attempt at architectural and decorative effect, more especially in the case of cones that have been turned into temples, churches or chapels. On entering the doorway of any of these cone dwellings we find ourselves within a spacious chamber, about the walls of which niches and shelves for the storage of small household effects have been cut into the stone. The stairways leading to the upper stories are like wells or round chimneys, and The natives of this region are still, to all intents and purposes troglodytes, but if we leave out of consideration the fact that their dwellings are at least partially underground, they differ in habits and customs in no whit from the ordinary Turkish villagers with ordinary humdum surroundings. Sometimes the front of the house is built of blocks of pumice stone, while all the rest of the abode is subterranean, the cone or cliff being used as an annex; but in most cases a modern dwelling is excavated, not in a cone, but in the face of the bluff, and thus becomes a cliff dwelling, properly so-called. This is true of the business street of the town of Urgub, where the front room or facade opening on the street, is the only room in the dwelling into which the light comes. The other rooms are in midnight darkness all the year round. The owner of such an abode can extend his dwelling indefinitely into the bowels of the earth, a feature which is not without its advantage in a land where the wise man conceals the fact that he is wealthy. The interior chambers are used chiefly for granaries and storage; even their chaff, which is made to take the place of our hay, is safely stowed away in these dry and dark chambers. The landscapes amid which the modern troglodyte dwells are never tame, and are often startling. The modern troglodytic usages add to rather than detract from the general weirdness of the prospect. The soil is fertile and produces vegetables and fruit, chiefly apricots of superb quality. Indeed, one of the old travelers claims this region as the original home of the apricot. Garden and desert are often close neighbors for the reason that the garden flourishes wherever the stone hats rotted sufficiently; whereas the adjacent but NO.45 s tieth Century E—FROM A PHOTOGRAPH. naked and unrotated stone is the most barren of deserts. The real center of these cones and troglodytic abodes is the region about Udj Assaru, a huge mass of pumice stone rising in the midst of many branching valleys. The Turkish name means the Castle of Udj, but it is not known whether Udj was the name of some princeling or of a district. It is a mere shell, honeycombed to the very pinnacle with chambers sufficient in number to satisfy even the wealthiest troglodyte. It is very difficult to fix a date for the origin of these cave dwellings. They are mentioned by no classical author, except perhaps Cleero; but there is an allusion in the works of Leo Diaconus, who flourished about 950 A. D. Prof. Sayce, however, believes that the cones of Cappadocia were well known and inhabited in the Hittite period about 1900 B. C., a date beyond which we cannot and need not try to go.—New York Times. Man and Wife. The snow was falling. The day was still and gray and cold. Dr. Parkhurst, shaking the white flakes from his shoulders, said: "I have just witnessed an instructive happening—a happening that might teach us why some marriages do not succeed. "A man and his wife were walking down a back street. The man had his hands in his pockets. The woman carried a basket filled with cabbage and beets. "A group of boys danced like imps on a corner. They had snowballs in their hands. As soon as the married couple had passed them they let drive. "But only the woman was struck. She got two heavy blows about the head and face. Every snowball, somehow missed the man. He looked at his wife as she brushed the snow out of her ears and hair, and then he shook his fists at the boys and shouted: "It's a good thing for you, you young rascals, that you didn't hit me." Though an American citizen now, Col. John Sobleski, once Prohibition candidate for governor of Missouri, indisputably is rightful king of Poland. He lives at present in California. He was born in Poland in 1842, and he and his daughter are the only known direct descendants of the warrior king of Poland, John Sobleski. THE SEARCHLIGHT. WORTHA, KANS. S. N. MILLZR, Editor. Outers at the Post Office at Wichita, Kansas as Second-Class Mail Matter. Published Every Saturday at No. 110 NORTH MAIN St. -NATES OF SUBSCRIPTION- STRICTLY IN ADVANCE. One Year [ by mail ] ..... $1.00 Six months [ by mail ] ..... 75c Three months [ by mail ] ..... 50c ONE MONTH ..... 100 NOTICE!! - All matters addressed to THE SEARCHLIGHT for publici tion must be signed by the part or parties writing. 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JOVIAL HUNTING TRIP Just to spend their leisure time Thursday Gee. Green and Will Hoath took an all day hunt, they started at 8.30am and drove 7 miles north east of Tolerville. They arrived at the McPheron farm at 10 45am stabled the horse and then the big racing taken place at 4 pm, they started for home. With 12 jack rabbits 14 cotton tails, and tired hounds Jack Salisbury Green the Champion black hound owned by Geo. Green broke the record of running dogs to day. Catching 5 straight jack rabbits alone. The pack consist of Jack Salisbury Green. Lady Black Beauty. Champion Society Bud. Lou. Dillon. Jack Snowflake. Red Sailor Hoath. grinole Beed e Hoath. Would like very much to see Miss Midge show herself in a days race like that. Any one wishing a jolly good time just bring your hound and come. "Long live the New Year." Now, we must bury 1905—an cry. "The old Year is dead—long live the New Year." When things d'e, we bury what remains. When hope dies, we bury ambition and aspiration. When beauty dies, we bury vanity. When love dies, we bury the heart and all teader sentim nt. 1905 is dead, and if the year, strife, discord, envy, ill-will and hate have sprung up, we must bury them as the dead remains of 1905. Let us pause and think over the past year, its sweets and its bitters its shadows and its sunshine! What is it going to profit us to drag the dead past, with all of its sadness, into the living present of this bright New Year's Day? What can we gaiu by nursing and brooding over teings that are done and can't be undone? Why not set our backs to he past and our faces to toward the rising sun of the New Year, and step into 1906 with a conscience void of offence towards mankind? At best, we are but short siget creatures, all of us filled with whims, fancies, jealousies and all manner of sin. None of us is perfect, and if ```markdown ``` we expect to be forgiven for our errors, Christ's rule is—we must forgive those who sin against us, whether they do it intentionally or unintentionally. PROCEEDINGS Board of Grand Curators. Topeka, Kan., Dec. 25, 1905. Persuant to the call of the C. G. M. the Board of Grand Curators met, with the following members present: Sir Frank Wilson, C. G. M. Dtr. Emma Gaines, C. G. P. Sir A. W. Hopkins, C. G. S. Dtr. Sarah Williams, C. G. R. Absent—Sir Wm, Core, C. G. T. The C. G. M. called the meeting to order, after which prayer was offered by Dtr. Emma Gaines, C. G. P. The first business that came before the Board was to consider the condition of the jurisdiction and the endowment department. The investigation of the Board showed that all our death claims numbering twelve had been paid in full and the Jurisdiction in a prosperous and flourishing condition in every way. The Board approved the following amount paid: Twelve (12) death claims paid. $ 960.00 Funeral expenses paid..... 713.20 Paid to sick and disabled..... 534.00 Printing minutes..... 107.50 To Sir Frank Wilson, C. G. M. Total ..... $2,337.70 The above amount paid out from August 1st, 1905 to January 1st, 1906. After all obligations of the Grand Temple are fully paid and all death claims paid in full there is left in this particular treasury of the Grand Temple and Tabernacle $850.00, with the Jurisdiction moving to the front. The Board sends greetings to the members of the Jurisdiction and to the world peace. SIR FRANK WILSON, C. G. M. DTR. EMMA GAINES, C. G. P. DTR. SARAH WILLIAMS, C. G. R. SIR WM. CORE, C. G. T. SIR A. W. HOPKINS. Secretary. ARE GETTING READY. The pastor and members of New Hope Baptist church are fast bringing the remodeling of the new church to completion. They have the furnace in place, the plastering done, and the carpenter work completed; and now they are busy papering and painting and hope to be ready for going into the new church not later than the second Sunday in February. They will have an extended program. More details later. LOST—A fine breast-pin at the A. M. E. church, Sunday night, Dec. 31st, 1905. A liberal reward to the finder and no questions asked. Return to Mrs. J. C. Coffee, 1455 N. Mosely. THE SQUARE DEAL. (From the President's Message.) It is the man's moral quality, his attitude towards the great questions which concern all humanity, his cleanliness of life, his power to do his duty towards himself and toward others, which really count; and if we substitute for the standard of personal judgment which treats each man according to his merits, another standard in accordance with which all men of another class discriminated against, we shall do irreparable damage to the body politic. SEARCHLIGHT only $1. Per Year. Are You A Subscriber? CLEARWATER NEWS. Mrs. Sarah Wilfrey has moved to Clearwater with her son C. R. Wilfrey. Geo. Barton was in the city last week on Business. Clearwater was visited with a cold wave which caught lots of people unprepared. C. R. Wilfrey was in Wichita last week. The wheat is looking fine so far. IS NOW READY. NOTICE TABORS.—The new Taborian Constitution is now ready. It is fine and every Knight and every Daughter should have a copy. Every Temple and Tabernacle should have two copies. Send your order to REV SIR FRANK WILSON, C. G. M. REV. SIR FRANK WILSON, C. G. M., 943 Everett, Kansas City, Kan. THE WICH TA SEARCHLIGHT ```markdown ``` NEW CONSTITUTION The New Taborian Constitution is now ready every Tabernacle and every Temple should have a copy. Send your order to Rev. Frank Wilson C. G. M. 943 Evelett Kansas City Kansas. There is a great deal of sickness on Wichita this week. Mrs. Thos. Ivy is on the sick list this week. J. B. H. Fray is on the sick list this week. Mrs. H. W. King is on the mind and is able to be up about the room. Wm. Battes is reported much improved. W. H. Jones is reported as resting easy and on the road to recovery. Mr. and Mrs. N. Lee have moved to 612 N. Wichita St. Miss Mammie Co'e who has b en quit ill is able to be up and cut again. Take advantage of the dispensation and join the Knights and Tabor. The Tabornacle Literary Society will render their annual program at the A. M. E church Tuesday Eve. W. A. Bettis has purchased two lots on English street and will erect a residence in the near future. The N. C. L. club will give an invitatjon ball at Redman hall Wednesday night Jan. 31st. A. A. Fox left last week for New on where he cont-mplates accepting a position with the Santa Fe Sailway. A novelty will be offered by the Mozart Club at Redman hall Tuesday night Jan. 30th. Be on band and see who gets the prize. Our subscribers in Wichita are paying fairly well—Do you owe us anything? If so—Call at 428 North Main and let us give you our receipt DISPENSATION Taborian Temple No. 11 and Wichita Tabernacle No. 34 have received dispensation and their hoors are open for the reception of new members. You can learn the dispensation price by enquiring of any member. Attend to this at once. The receipt of seventeen(17) new Wichita subscribers during the past week is Very encouraging to the Searchlight and we also wish to thank those who favored us with their job work. All these things we certainly appreciate. TO GIVE PRIZE The Mozart Social Club has decided on a series of prize balls to be given at Redman hall every Tuesday night. The club plan is to issue numbered duplicate tickets—and the purchaser retains the stub number—on he last Tuesday night in January he club will give away a fine valuable prize to the person who holds the lucky number. Imperial Company No.1 Uniform Rank, Knight of Pythias, will give a public installation at Redman Hall Wednesday night, Feb. 7th. After the installation the hall will be turned over to the lovers of Mirth and Music. NOTICE COMMITTEE The Executive Committee appointed at the Mass Meeting Jan. 10th, will meet at 517 N. Main, St. Wednesday night Jan. 31 1906. All the committee is request d to be present. Important Matters. By order Thes. Glover Chrm. Ja. L. Harper Sec. Bring what you owe to the Search light office—428 N. Main street. PTIZE TUESDAY NIGHT On Tuesday night Jun. 30th. the Mozart Club will award their monthly prize at Redman hall 211 west Douglas Ave. As a novelty only the Club will have an "Old Fashion Cake Walk" And every one will be given a rare treat in extreme fun and fun making. The Club having realized the necessity of amusements for those of their race are giving these series of entertainments. And the club feels highly well pleased with the patronage which is given them every Tuesday night and will add from time to time those things which will add to the comfort of its patrons. Our thing which is a very pleasing feature of each Tuesday evenings program—is the extreme good order maintained by all. Every thing worki in perfect peace and harmony. If you wish to spend a pleasant evening and an enjoyable one—Come to Redman hall—Tuesday night, Jan 30th, and you will be highly pleased. See who get the prz!!! GEN, HOWARD SAYS THERE IS NO "NEGRO PROBLEM" Speaking on the Negro question Gen. Oliver O. Howard, a retired general of great bravery (and founder of Howard University), says in the Cedar Rapids, Ia. Gazette: "I have no patience with with the 'Negro problem' bugaboo it is, pure and and simple. Of all that has been written decently of the colored man's status and the future of that society of which he constitutes a large element one-tenth is true. In the first place it is written that the race is on the increase in the United States Statistics department that statement. The argument against the higher education of the Negro that it tends to fit him for the filling of his station in American life is too undeocratic for answer. The graduates of Negro institutions, most of them, are engaged in uplifting their brethren. I have never known one whose education has rendered him useless to society. Our schools are primarily training schools, and there can surly be no economic menace in the fact that we are teaching the Negro Independence. In fact the one kernel of truth which the problem' writers have discovered is that education is removing the race further and further from enslavement. There is no Negro problem, never has been one in this country since the Negro became a freeman, and never will be not withstanding that there is a large class of writers and speakers who would raise up one. Right you are, grand old man! It is a white man's problem, and will be until their religion fellowships with the Negro as a brother beloved. — Pioneer Press W. Va. BENNETT INTRODUCES REPRESENTATION BILL If a bill providing for the cutting down of Southern representatives introduced in the House yesterday by Representative Wm. S. Bennett of New York, is favorable reported, there will be a lively tilt on the floor this winter in regard to the race question Such a measure, introduced by a northern member, is always a red flag of the representatives of the South, and a southern democrat said yesterday that any attempt to force the measure would result in the strongest kind of opposition. Mr. B nnett's bill reduces the entire number of Representatives from 386 to 351 It reduces the state deligation as follows: Alabama from to 5 Arkansas from to 7 to 5; Florida from to 2; Georgia from 11 to 6; Louisiana from 7 to 4; Mississippi from 8 to 3; North Carolina from 10 to 7; South Carolina from 7 to 3; Tennessesee from 10 to 8; Texas from 16 to 13; Virginia from 10 to 7. The Great Educational Institution for Kansas and the West..... 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COURSES: Classical, College, Preparatory, Normal, Normal, Musical, [ Instrumental and Vocal ], incl piano, oagan and harmony, Drawing [ Fine Arts Mechanical], Carpentry, Printing snd Book-Bin Business Course, Stenography and Typewriting, Ting, Dressmaking and Plain Sewing, Cooking, Lau ing, Farming and Gardening. ADVANTAGES: Splendid Location, Healthful Cllmate, Influences and Thorough Teachers. INFORMATION: For terms, prices and all inducement, fered, write to William T. Vernon, A. M. PRESIDENT **Phones** { Office-Bell "White" 4302 Residence-Bell "West" 1 Bud Hickerson, Proprietor, The Little RESTAURA Open Day a Short Order In Season 347 North Main Street USE IMBODEN IMPE FLOUR BREAKFA and you will L AT YOUR GROCERS Gardner ....DEALE HARD CO Feed and Build Office and Yards 12 Old Phone 146 CALL U NEW PH THE PEOPLES CLEAN For fine DRY and ST Pressing, Repairi Work Guaranteed, Cali 129 N. Lawrence Kerson, Proprietor, The Little Annex RESTAURANT & CAFE Open Day and Night Hot Order In Season North Main Street Wichita, K USE IMBODEN'S IMPERIAL FLOUR AND BREAKFAST FOOD and you will Love good eating OUR GROCERS IMBODEN MILLING Gardner Coal Co., DEALERS IN ARD COAL SOFT d and Building Material and Yards 1201 to 1245 N. Main St. Phone 146 New Phone 18 ALL UP NEW PHONE 17 PEOPLES CLEANING and Dye W For fine DRY and STEAM Cleaning and Pressing, Repairing and Dyeing Work Guaranteed, Called For and Delivered Lawrence Wichita, K THE PEOPLES CLEANING and Dye Work For fine DRY and STEAM Cleaning and Pressing, Repairing and Dyeing Work Guaranteed, Called For and Delivered 129 N. Lawrence Wichita, K NEWTON, KANSAS. Miss Myrtle Tandy is reported quit ill. A number of young people gathered together Monday evening at the home of Mr and Mrs Geo. Johnson's to spend the evening with Miss Dora Hyder who has been visiting in the city for a few days. They all report a lovelov time and Miss Hyder report's Newton's young people royal entertainers. Miss Dora Hyder left the city Tuesday after a few days, visit with sister reporting a lovely time while in city. Mrs. Joe. Rickman is reported ill. Mr. J. Hart is still reporteb ill. --- College, Normal, Sub-N Preparatory, Normal, Elemental and Vocal ], incl Drawing [ Fine Arts] Printing snd Book-Bin Phy and Typewriting, T in Sewing, Cooking, Lau ing. Mon, Healthful Cllmate, Teachers. Times and all inducement non, A. M. I Annex INT & CA and Night Hot Ch Wichita, K N'S MIRIAL AND FAST FOOD love good eating IMBODEN MILLING Coal Co., ERS IN.... AL SOFT ding Material 01 to 1245 N. Main St. New Phone 180 P PHONE 178 FING and Dye Wor REAM Cleaning and ing and Dyeing ed For and Delivered - Wichita, K Mr. Isaach Coleman of inson is in the city. Mr. B. Roach is report Miss Dora Hyder of W visiting her sister Mr Johnson. Mrs. S. Stoval and si the city last week for a Okla. where they will m future home. Miss Florence Beard city lrst week fur a visit rie, Okla. Mr. Clarance Richma flying trip to Hutchin week. Mr. J. Groos spent Hutchinson, Kans. SUPPLEMENT TO THE SEARCHLIGHT Wichita, Kansas, Saturday Jan 27, 06 Russia is a large empire, so there are still other places for trouble to break out. "What shall we eat?" asks the Philadelphia Inquirer. What! Has the scrapple given out? George Herring of London, has given half a million dollars to the Salvation Army. Odd fish, Herring. New Jersey wants $350,000 to fight mosquitoes with. One way to get it is to incorporate a few more trusts. Mrs. Collis P. Huntington paid $10,000 for her copy of "Fads and Fancies." Courting, or averting, public- Mr. Corey's Miss Gilman is a "lyric artist," not a chorus girl. And she also spells her name "Mabelle." So there! The pot may call the kettle black, but if she is a female pot she will argue that black is becoming to her, anyhow. The old idea was that a man's house is his castle. Many a man's house never gets beyond being a castle in Spain. Heroes are quickly forgotten. In order to get his name in the papers again, Togo may have to get run over by a trolley car. While Ecuador is not a large country, it can manage to squeeze in three simultaneous revolutions without feeling overcrowded. King Edward is going to bestow the Order of Merit on Togo and Oyama. So any doubt about their merit is finally disposed of. Lots of men find it hard to keep their good resolutions in regard to using only parlor language when the bills begin to come in. Russell Sage, though ninety years of age is able to make $75,000 a day. Yet John D. Rockefeller thinks old people should be pensioned. Since we have seen that snapshot picture of Marie Corelli we understand why she has always been so unwilling to be photographed. The army of Santo Domingo was sent after the fleeing president, but one of the soldiers got tired and the other one had to stop to take care of him. Of course it is only a coincidence that all this talk about D'Annunzio's divorce comes simultaneously with the news that he has just completed a new book. Of course the Cincinnati millionaire who took the street-cleaning job deserves credit. Still, think of the undying fame of the man who makes Cincinnati clean! The good die young, sometimes. That is the reason why certain millionaires wait till they have passed the dangerous years before they begin to be good things. Uncle Russell Sage, when last heard from, was in in a fair state of health and loaning money to friends on good security and as a mark of special favor, at only 100 per cent. The father of the New York woman who could not struggle along on $60,000 a year was prophetically named Work. A good man; American fathers belong to the same family. The population of Berlin now exceeds 2,000,000, in spite of the fact that the kaiser now owns eight big touring cars and King Alfonso of Spain visits him occasionally. Bourke Cockran says no man worth $10,000,000 can be put in jail. Some trust magnates now under investigation may wish they were as sure of this as Mr. Cockran seems to be. In one factory in New York three employees have been employed for thirty years, and three more for twenty-five years. This speaks well for both employers and employed. The Grand Duke Cyril and Father Gapon were seen sitting opposite each other at the same roulette table at Monte Carlo a few days ago. They might both have been in better business. James J. Corbett has been promoted to playing in a Bernard Shaw play. "Fitz" ought to counter with a special production of "Spartacus the Gladiator." These are great days for the Drahma. If Carnegie's business required him to get up at 5 o'clock these cold winter mornings it would seem a small matter to him whether he was aroused by the soothing strains of a pipe organ or by an old-fashioned alarm clock. The agricultural department has discovered that barbed wire rusts because it is left out in the rain. The prudent farmer will hereafter watch the weather predictions and bring in his barbed wire when a storm is threatened. Emaciated by Diabetes; Tortured With Gravel and Fiddles; Bald With Gravel and Kidney Pains. Henry Soule, cobbler, of Hammondsport, N. Y., says: "Since Doan's Kidney Pills cured me eight years ago, I've reached 70 and hope to live many years longer. But twenty years ago I had kidney trouble so bad I could not work. Backache was persistent and it was agony to lift any thing. Gravel, whirling headaches, dizziness and terrible urinary disorders ran me down from 168 ago I had kidney trouble so bad I could not work. Backache was persistent and it was agony to lift anything. Gravel, whirling headaches, dizziness and terrible urinary disorders ran me down from 168 to 100 pounds. Doctors told me I had diabetes and could not live. I was wretched and hopeless when I began using Doan's Kidney Pills, but they cured me eight years ago, and I've been well ever since." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. There is often a superior air about an inferior person. I do not believe Piso's Cure for Consumption has an equal for coughs and colds—JOHN F. BOYER, Trinity Springs, Ind., Feb. 15, 1900. It's rough on a girl if her beau neglects to shave. Lewis' Single Binder straight 50 cigar. Made of extra quality tobacco. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. One can be buried in oblivion without the aid of an undertaker. CONCERNING ' COMMON SENSE. The man who knows when not to talk, possesses judgment of a high order. People everywhere are displaying good judgment by eating Pillsbury's Vitos for breakfast. It's a mighty good thing to be outside of; try it. When votes are dirt cheap heelers claim a clean sweep. 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 %-pound packages, and the price is the same, 10 cents. Then again because Defiance Starch is free from all injurious chemicals. If your grocer tries to sell you a 12-oz. package it is because he has a stock on hand which he wishes to dispose of before he puts in Defiance. He knows that Defiance Starch has printed on every package in large letters and figures "16 ozs." Demand Defiance and save much time and money and the annoyance of the iron sticking. Defiance never sticks. A stitch in time may save a button in the collection plate. SORES ON HANDS. Suffered for a Long Time Without Relief—Doctor Was Afraid to Touch Them—Cured by Cuticura. "For a long time I suffered with sores on the hands which were itching, painful and disagreeable. I had three doctors, and derived no benefit from any of them. One doctor said he was afraid to touch my hands, so you must know how bad they were; another said I never could be cured; and the third said the sores were caused by the dipping of my hands in water in the dye-house where I work. I saw in the papers about the wonderful cures of the Cuticura Remedies and procured some of the Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. In three days after the application of the Cuticura Ointment my hands began to peel and were better. The soreness disappeared, and they are now smooth and clean, and I am still working in the dye-house. Mrs. A. E. Maurer, 2340 State St., Chicago, Ill., July 1, 1905." Whisky blossoms are, often on the bum. THE COUPOON BELOW IS GOOD FOR $1.00 IF SENT AT ONCE. It Is Wrong for You to Neglect Your Duty to Yourself — Constipation, Bowel and Stomach Troubles Grow More Dangerous Daily. There is now a remedy called Mull's Grape Tonic that cures these troubles absolutely. A full sized bottle is furnished you free to prove it—see coupon below. Have you noticed the large number of cases of Typhoid Fever lately? Typhoid Fever, Malarial Fever, Appendicitis, Impure Blood, Pimples, Skin Disease, Sick Headache, Billiousness, Piles, Female Troubles, etc., are the result of Constipation. Don't allow to get into proper treatment. Mull's Grape Tonic cures Constipation, Bowel and Stomach trouble in new way, different from any other, and it is permanent. Alcoholic, opium and morphine preparations are injurious and dangerous. They destroy the digestive organs, and latterly tear the system to pieces. Mull's Grape Tonic strengthens and builds them up. It cleanses the system of impurities, incites the digestive system to natural action, relieves the disease in a short time. To prove it to you, we will provide you a bottle free if you have never used it. Good for alling children and nursing mothers. A free bottle to all who have never used it because we know it will cure you. COUPON Send this coupon with your name and address and your drugstress's name and 10c. to pay postage and we will supply you a sample free. if you have never used Muli's Grape, it is an ideal good for $1.00 toward the purchase of more Tonic from your druggist. MULI'S GRAPE TONIC Co., 148 Third Ave., Rock Island, Ill. Give Full Address and Write Plainly. 55 cent bottle and 1.00 bottles at all druggists. The $1.00 bottle contains about six times as much as the 55 cent bottle and about three times as much as the 50 cent bottle. There is a great saving in buying the $1.00 size. The genuine has a date and number stamped on the label—take no other from your druggist. TRACED TO EMPEROR TIBERIUS. Originator of Remark About "Forty, Fool and Physician." It would appear that the Emperor Tiberius was the originator of that well known saying: "Every man at forty is either a fool or a physician." But Tiberius said thirty, not forty, so Bacon informs us in his "History of Life and Death": "Tiberius, though a drunkard and luxurious in his diet, was yet very careful of his diet and used to say that every one after thirty was either a fool or a physician." Probably Bacon's authority was Tacitus ("Annals," book VI., chapter 46), who says of Tiberius that "He was wont to make sport of the physicians, and of people who after thirty needed others to tell them what was good or bad for them." In Tacitus, of course, the epigrammatic flavor is lost But why has popular usage altered the age from thirty to forty? Simply on account of the alliteration, so caressing to the popular ear. De Quincey, who quotes the modern phrase in his "Opium-Eater," dwells upon its alliterative value, and conjectures that our forefathers emphasized that alliteration by spelling physician with an F. Likely some of them did. The strange thing is that De Quincey seems to have been ignorant of the fact that the craze for alliteration had gone so far as to change the age in the proverb—Penn Steele in The Sunday Magazine. Possessed of a Devil In a small town in one of the southern states a very good old minister of one of the churches of the town was presented with a pair of new breeches. His old ones were not quite worn out, so the new ones were hung in an unfinished chamber to wear on state occasions. The occasion came, and the preacher donned his breeches, which in the meantime had been the abode of several hornets. He entered the pulpit and began his three hour sermon. His "firstly" was a little uneasy, his "secondly" showed signs of a coming storm, his "thirdly" was a regular cake walk and before his "fourthly" was finished he said: "Brethren, I am awfully sorry, but I can't finish this sermon. You'll have to excuse me. The word of God is in my mouth, but the devil's in these breeches."—Washington Times. Stumped the Judge. "One of the most peculiar defenses and at the same time one of the worst comparisons I ever heard was when I first ascended the bench," said Judge Cabaniss. "A man was up before me for beating his wife, and, as usual, I asked him what he had to say before I passed sentence upon him. He said: "Say, judge, you're a married man, ain't you? Well, suppose you was enjoying your dinner and feelin' pretty good and suddenly your wife came up, and after telling you of all the fellers she could have instead of you, started chucking the dishes at you and ended by telling you that she could make a better man than you out of a piece of coal and an old hat and not half try—say, judge, what would you do?" "I couldn't very well tell him," concluded the judge. "so I simply had to discharge him with a warning."—San Francisco Chronicle. Brevity the Soul of Ghosts. "Here's the shortest ghost-story in the world," said the red-nosed man, who now, with the coffee, broke silence for the first time at the dinner. "Two men were traveling from Boston to New York; strangers, but sharing between them the smoking compartment. After a bit, one laid by his magazine and said: 'Seems a bit jolly right here.' 'Yes,' replied the other, 'I was killed just here three years ago.'" "Shortest in the world, did you say?" remarked some one at the other end of the table. "But here's a shorter. A lonely old bachelor waking up at night, reached out his hand for the matches, and they were handed to him." Then the host nodded to the butler.—The Sunday Magazine. Slow Horses. It was during mess hour at a sawmill camp that the slowness of horses came up for discussion. "There's Kelly's old gray; you couldn't whip her into a trot," said one. "Johnson's black mare will beat that; she refuses to help herself to the barley at night, for most times she isn't through eating her dinner," said another. "Old Water's spindle-shank takes the prize," put in a third; "she's double-jointed in the knees—she walks both ways at once." "I stood out on the road," drolled Shepard, coming in late for his dinner, "for twenty minutes talking to Myers; and all that time his bay mare never stopped."—San Francisco Chronicle. Des a woll' er trouble— Des a life er loss; Always be traveler er cross; Fek de traveler er cross! But when you leach de river What fur fun sum en star, What fur ferryman ain't dar? Ef de ferryman ain't dar? Fa de tired feet ter climb! But wen you in de lowgroot! En storm hides sum sun star, In de shadders round you da? De hill wuz high de valley. Is de sweets' place, rest. Constitution. NO MAN IS STRONGER THAN HIS STOMACH. Let the greatest athlete have dyspepsia and his muscles would soon fail. Physical strength is derived from food. If a man has insufficient food he loses strength. If he has no food he dies. Food is converted into nutrition through the stomach and has insufficient food the strength of the stomach to what extent food eaten is digested and assimilated. People can die of starvation who have abundant food to eat, when the stomach and its associate organs of digestion and nutrition do not perform their duty. Thus the stomach is weak if the stomach "sweak" the body will be weak also, because it is upon the stomach the body relies for its strength. And as the body, considered as a whole, is made up of its several members and organs, so the weakness of the body as a consequence of "weak" stomach be distributed among the organs of the body. If the stomach the body is weak because it is ill-nourished that physical weakness will be found in all the organs—heart, liver, kidneys, etc. The liver will be torpid and inactive, giving rise to billiousness, loss of appetite, nerve weakness, feeble or irregular action of the heart, and weakness of the backache and kindred disturbances and weaknesses. No matter how she acts, you never hurt a girl's feelings by sticking out for it that you couldn't help kissing her. When Your Grocer Says he does not have Defiance Starch, you may be sure he is afraid to keep it until his stock of 12 oz. packages are sold. Defiance Starch is not only better than any other Cold Water Starch but contains 16 oz. to the package and sells for same money as 12 oz. brands. One-half the world doesn't know how much the other half lives beyond its means. Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children: Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurse in the Children's Home in New York, cure Constipation, Feverishness, Bad Stomach, Teething Disorders, move and regulate the Bowels and Destroy Worms. Over 30,000 testimonials. At all Druggists, 25c. Sample FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted, LeCroy, N.Y. Vegetarian Senator. Although Senator La Follette, of Wisconsin, is no stranger in Washington, having served three terms in the house of representatives, his physical appearance continues to attract attention. The senator is a short round man, with a great head. His body is long but his legs are short. When he is sitting down he looks to be nearly six feet tall, but when he stands he is not much more than five feet six. He is a student of Shakespeare and the only vegetarian in the senate. MRS. FAIRBANK'S NERVE Has an Iron Endurance Because She Never Worries. Mrs. Fairbanks, wife of the vicepresident, declares that she does not possess nerves, and it would seem that this is no idle boast. Mrs. Fairbanks has an iron endurance, and she attributes her fortitude, mental and physical, to the fact that she never allowed herself to worry over anything great or trivial. But she always secures ample rest, no matter what her engagements. During the maddening days of the last D. A. R. congress when several thousand women would talk at once on as many different themes, Mrs. Fairbanks would endure the confusion as long as possible, and then, giving the gavel to another officer, she would go to a nearby hotel and take a half hour's repose. She always drinks hot milk when she is going through physical or mental fatigue. THE LITTLE WIDOW. A Mighty Good Sort of Neighbor to Have "A little widow, a neighbor of mine, persuaded me to try Grape-Nuts when my stomach was so weak that it would not retain food of any other kind," writes a grateful woman, from San Bernardino Co., Cal. "I had been ill and confined to my bed with fever and nervous prostration for three long months after the birth of my second boy. We were in despair until the little widow's advice brought relief. "I liked Grape-Nuts food from the beginning, and in an incredibly short time it gave me such strength that I was able to leave my bed and enjoy my three good meals a day. In two months my weight increased from 95 to 113 pounds, my nerves had steadied down and I felt ready for anything. My neighbors were amazed to see me gain so rapidly and still more so when they heard that Grape-Nuts alone had brought the change. "My 4-year-old boy had eczema, very bad, last spring and lost his appetite entirely, which made him cross and peevish. I put him on a diet of Grape-Nuts, which he relished at once. He improved from the beginning, the eczema disappeared and now he is fat and rosy, with a delightfully soft, clear skin. The Grape-Nuts diet did it. I will willingly answer all inquiries." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. There's a reason. Read the little book, "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. DAILY MARKET REPORT LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF. The board of directors of the Reading Railway company declared the regular semi-annual dividend of 2 per cent on the first preferred stock. The directors of the Illinois Railway company declared the regular semi-annual dividend of 3 per cent and an extra dividend of 1-2 per cent. One hundred and eighty-three private pension bills were considered by the house. Of these forty-two were for increases of pensions for blind persons and sixty-eight for those totally helpless through paralysis. The French election for president resulted in a victory for M. Fallieres. His only opponent was M. Doumer. M. Fallieres was successful on the first ballot, the vote standing: M. Fallieres. 449; M. Doumer. 371. The secretary of war has sent a letter to the speaker of the house of representatives calling attention to the matter of post schools for the children of enlisted men at remote military posts, where no other educational facilities are available. Another life insurance investigation, with the Federal Life Insurance Company as the central figure, is in prospect as a result of the filing of a bill in the circuit court by J. Ellsworth Griffin of Chicago, a promotor, and Burton C. Smith of Milwaukee, in which they charge the company is in the complete control of a small group of officers, who have succeeded in perpetuating themselves in office through the manupulation of stock. Mrs. Marshall Field is a widow for the second time in fourteen months. Her first husband, Arthur J. Caton, prominent club and society man of Chicago, died in a New York hotel after a very short illness. His death occurred at the Waldorf-Astoria November 18, 1904. Mrs. Field is 52 years old, and before her marriage to Mr. Caton was Miss Delia Spencer. Her father was one of the founders of the firm of Hibbard, Spencer & Bartlett. At the suggestion of Major General Bates, chief of staff, the president and secretary of war, are favorably considering a plan of having as many of the troops of the army: posts in the United States as possible take the practice marches and field exercises during the coming summer, with a view to giving all the officers and men practical experience in the field and developing transportation and supply resources of the army as at present organized. According to the Slove the attitude of the soldiers of the Manchurian army is constantly becoming more threatening. The gravest consequences are feared as a result of the troops resisting the officers' authority. Former State Senator Harry Bunkers, convicted of receiving a bribe was brought to the state prison at San Quentin, Cal., and at once began to serve his sentence of five years' imprisonment. Six Jews, members of the local anarchists' committee, who were tried by court-martial and condemned to death, were executed in the court yard of the Warsaw citadel. They were arrested a fortnight ago charged with engaging in the revolutionary propaganda, manufacturing bombs and extorting money. The cruiser Raleigh is to depart for Shanghai to relieve the cruiser Baltimore. On her way there she will call at Hong Kong and if the situation at Canton is peaceful she will proceed to her destination. Upon the arrival of the Raleigh at Shanghai if everything is peaceful the Baltimore will leave at once for Manila, otherwise she will remain. Meyer Baum, a jeweler, balanced himself on a window ledge on the tenth floor of the building at 51 Malden Lane, in New York, and dived 116 feet to the roof of Gibson's restaurant, which was crowded with customers. The senate agreed to the Culberson resolution directing the secretary of war to inform the senate whether any member of the Philippine commission or officer of the army or navy owns any land in Philippines, and, if so, its location relative to the proposed railway's route. There is no Rochelle Salts, Alum, Limeor Ammonia in food made with Calumet Baking Powder Perfect in quality. Moderate in price. Peaceful Indian Lives Long. Quilack, believed to be the oldest Indian in the West, died on the Satsop, Washington, a few days ago. No one knew his exact age, but he was certainly far past the century mark, and it is generally believed that he was close to 120 years old. Settlers who knew him fifty years ago say he was an old man then. Quilack was always a peaceful Indian, never took part in any of the uprisings and steadily befriended the whites. He was a citizen, with the right to vote, and owned a home on the Satsop. PAIN IN THE JOINTS Rheumatic Tortures Cease When Dr. Williams' Pink Pills Make New Blood. The first sign of rheumatism is frequently a pain and swelling in one of the joints. If not' combated in the blood, which is the seat of the disease, the poison spreads, affecting other joints and tissues. Sometimes rheumatism attacks the heart and is quickly fatal. The one remedy that has cured rheumatism so that it stays cured is Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. These pills expel the poison from the blood and restore the system, so that the poisonous matter is passed off as nature intended. Mrs. I. T. Pitcher, of No. 130 Monmouth street, Newark, N. J., suffered for about three years from rheumatism before she found this cure. She says: "It began with a queer time in my fingers. In a little time it seemed as though the finger joints had lumps on them and I could not get my gloves on. "Then it grew worse and spread to my knees. I could not stand up and I could not sleep nights. My suffering was more than I can describe. I took a great deal of medicine, but nothing even gave me relief until I tried Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. "I read an account of a cure in a case that was exactly like mine and my husband got me some of the pills. I took them for three weeks before I really felt better but they finally cured me." Mr. Pitcher, who is a veteran and a member of E. D. Morgan Post, No. 307 of New York, substantiates his wife's statement and says that she now walks without difficulty, whereas a year ago he was compelled to push her about in a wheeled chair. Both Mr. and Mrs. Pitcher are enthusiastic in their praise of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. For further information, address the Dr. Williams Medicine Company, Schenectady, N.Y. Nothing equals the arrogance of some men's so-called humble opinions. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets. Drugs refund money if it fails to cure. E. W. GROVE'S signature is on each box $20. One of the very surest ways to marry a girl is to make up your mind you are not going to let her do it. To the housewife who has not yet become acquainted with the new things of everyday use in the market and who is reasonably satisfied with the old. we would suggest that a trial of Defiance Cold Water Starch be made at once. Not along because it is guar- mented by the manufacturers to be super- ior to any other brand, but because each 10c package contains 16 ozs, while each 12c package contains but 12 ozs. It is safe to say that the lady who once uses Defiance Starch will use no other. Quality and quantity must win. Manila as a Seaport. Almost daily ocean steamships loaded with freight, passengers and mail are arriving at the port of Manila from all parts of the world, while Manila's development as a shipping center for the Orient has barely begun. What may we not expect when Manila's harbor and dock improvements are completed? OFFICERS IN MEXICAN WAR. Only Eighteen Left on Retired List of Mexican War Veterans. The death of Brigadier General John Campbell last week leaves but eighteen officers on the retired list of the army who served during the Mexican war, four having died since 1904. Of the survivors ten are brigadier generals, three are colonels, two lieutenant colonels and three majors. Six are graduates of West Point, four are medical officers, one entered service from civil life, three from the volunteers and then served in the ranks before being commissioner. Gen. Daniel H. Rucker is the oldest in point of service, having been appointed a second lieutenant in the First dragoons in 1837. DODDS KIDNEY PILLS FOR ALL KIDNEY DISEASES SURES RHEUMATISM BRIGHT'S DISEASES DIABETES BACKLESS continue the use by doctor adherence. The public may use of inhalations, sold only in knoxville. Admiral Hichborn Praises Pe-ru-na REAR-ADMIRAL HICHBORN Rear-Admiral Hichborn is one of the best-known officers of our navy. His statements concerning Peruna will have much weight as they go out in the world. What he says is echoed by many other officers of high standing. What the Admiral Says. Philip Hichborn, Rear-Admiral of the U. S. Navy, Washington, D. C., writes: "After the use of Peruna for a short period, I can now cheerfully recommend your valuable remedy to any one who is in need of an invigorating tonic."—Philip Hichborn. EY TILL CURED·SEND FOR FREE L.L.N. THEATRE ON RECTAL N & MINOR-1031 OAK ST. KANSAS CITY, MO. (BRANCH OFFICE AT ST. LOUIS) ANTI-GRIPINE IS GUARANTEED TO CURE PILES: NO MONEY TILL DRS. THORNTON & MINOR PRICE, 25 Cts. TO CURE THE GRIP IN ONE DAY ANTI-GRIPINE THIS NO EQUAL FOR HEADACHE AN IS GRIP, BAD I won't sell A R. Call for E. W. Dier FREE TO YOU We will send FREE SAMPLES of our reliable medicines and a plan whereby you can make your income—in fact, MAKE HUG MONEY selling for us. Sample Household Box sent to sell from. Many making from £20 to £60 a week—why not you? Written today before territory is taken. Address Advertising Dept. John Brod Chemical Co. Established 20 years 349-351 W. North Avenue. CHICAGO, IL. Nothing knocks out the Lumbago am Nothing reaches the quickly PILES: NO MONEY TILL CURED. SEND FOR FREE LINES. TRAINER OR BORATE DR. THORNTON & MINOR 1031 OAK ST. KANSAS CITY, MO. (OR) (BRIDGE OF FACE AT ST. LOUIS) CITY) GRIP, BAD COLD, HEADACHE AND NEURALGIA. A anti-Grip tape to a dealer who won't gaze anuce. I'll call for your MONEY BACK IF I NOT CURE. E. W. Diemer, M. D., Manufacturer, Springfield, Mo. knocks out and disables like logo and Sciatica J ing reaches the trouble as quickly as the young Blind City Attorney. Nothing knocks out and disables like Lumbago and Sciatica Nothing reaches the trouble as quickly as ST. JACOBS OIL PRICE, 25c. AND 50c. It is often difficult for the young father to hold his own. Ask Your Druggist for Allen's Foot-Ease. "I tried ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE recently and have just bought another supply. It has cured my corns, and the hot, burning and itching sensation in my feet which was almost unbearable, and I would not be without it now."—Mrs. W. W. Walker, Camden, N. J. "Sold by all Druggists, 25c." Blind City Attorney. William B. Perry, a blind lawyer 37 years old, has been chosen city attorney of New Bedford, Mass. Last fall the citizens threw out an administration which had been in power uninterruptedly for fifteen years and chose for mayor Thomas Thompson, a stone cutter. The new executive was expected to appoint as city attorney. French Educator Here. Very Rev. Gilbert Francais, a noted French educator, has arrived in America and will in future live at Notre Dame, Ind. For fifteen years he was the head of the University of Neilly in Paris, one of the largest French educational institutions. Unique Office Contrivance. It's a good artist who is unable to draw an obese salary. The enormous crops of our Northern Grown Pedigree Seeds on our seed farms the past year compel us to issue a special catalogue called SALZER'S BARGAIN SEED BOOK. This is biml full of bargain seeds at bargain prices. SEND THIS NOTICE TO-DAY. and receive free sufficient seed to grow 5 tons of grass or your lot of farm this summer. Get Bargain Seed Book with its wonderful surprises and great bargains in seeds at bargain prices. Remit 4c and we add a package of Cosmos, the most fashionable, serviceable, beautiful annual flower. beautiful and John A. Salzer Seed Co., Lock Draw- er W., La Crossse, Wis. A waiter is a chap who has learned to labor while he waits. EYESough Coffee LOST Throug LOST EYESIGHT Through Coffee Drinking Some people question the statements that coffee hurts the delicate nerves of the body. Personal experience with thousands proves the general statement true and physicians have records of great numbers of cases that add to the testimony. The following is from the Rockford, Ill., Register-Gazette: Dr. William Langhorst of Aurora has been treating one of the queerest cases of lost eyesight ever in history. The patient is O. A. Leach of Beach county, and in the last four months he had doctored all of the specialists about the country and has at last returned home with the fact impressed on his mind that his case is incurable. A portion of the optic nerve has been ruined, rendering his sight so limited that he is unable to see anything before him, but he can see plainly anything at the side of him. There --- --- Admiral's Words Carry Weight. What the Admiral Says. 5 Tons Grass Hay Free. Everybody loves lots and lots of fodder for hogs, cows, sheep and swine. SEND THIS NOTICE TO-DAY. An Ever-Present Foe. The soldier and the sailor are especially subject to catarrh. In the barracks and on the field, Peruna is found equally efficacious to overcome this physical enemy. If taken in time it will prevent colds from developing into catarrh. Even after a cold has settled in some organ of the body, Peruna can be relied upon as an efficacious remedy to promptly overcome it. Peruna will relieve catarrh, whether acute or chronic, but a few doses of it taken in the first stages of the disease will be more effective than when the disease has become established. GARDEN SEEDS Our SEEDS are grown where each kind makes the most perfect plants—that is the reason they have proven satisfactory to particular planters. We would like your orders. ROSS BROS. SEEIHOUSE. Dept. C. WICHTA. KANASS. William B. Perry, a blind lawyer 37 years old, has been chosen city attorney of New Bedford, Mass. Last fall the citizens threw out an administration which had been in power uninterrupted for fifteen years and chose for mayor Thomas Thompson, a stone cutter. The new executive was expected to appoint as city attorney some lawyer who had been active in his behalf during the campaign, but he chose Mr. Perry, and the council confirmed his selection by a substantial majority. At his bar examination eight years ago the sightless lawyer passed with more honor than any other of more than 100 candidates. "Piston Rod" Rogers. Henry H. Rogers, who's persistently refused to know anything of moment while being examined by Attorney general Hadley, of Missouri, has been called "the piston-rod of the Standard Oil engine." He has undergone several courses of examination in court, but his self-control and grim humor have always enabled him to hold his own on the witness stand. He tells what he chooses and no more. He was born in Fairhaven, Conn., nearly 70 years ago, and his sentimental fondness for the place of his birth has been shown by lavish expenditures on the littie'town. He began life as a delivery boy in a grocery at $2 a week and his board. have been but few cases of its kind before, and they have been caused by whisky or tobacco. Leach has never used either, but has been a great coffee drinker, and the specialists have decided that the case has been caused by this. Leach stated himself that for several years he had drank three cups of coffee for breakfast, two at noon and one at night. According to the records of the specialists of this country this is the first case ever caused by the use of coffee. The nerve is ruined beyond aid and his case is incurable. The fact that makes the case a queer one is that the sight forward has been lost and the side sight has been retained. According to the doctor's statement, the young man will have to give up coffee or the rest of his sight will follow and the entire nerve be ruined.—Register-Gazette. Canadians in United States. The intercourse between the citizens of the United States and of Canada is almost as free as between the people of the several states, especially that between residents of the maritime provinces and the New England states. The last census showed that 1,200,000 Canadian citizens were residents of the United States. England's Liberal Pensions. The earl of Halsbury, who on the change of ministry resigned the chancellorship of England, retires at the advanced age of 80 years on a liberal pension of $25,000 and Baron Ashbourne, the chancellor of Ireland at the comparatively youthful age of 68, on a pension of $20,000. During sixteen years of office Lord Halsbury has received for official salary a sum nearly equal to $1,000,000, exclusive of the comfortable pension to the end of his days. Greatest Earthly Tribunal. Judge Brewer is responsible for the following: "An amusing thing took place in Washington in connection with the supreme court. There was a young man in the court room who was talking out loud, making a little confusion, and one of the old colored balliffs that we have there went in and led him out and said: 'Young man, you want to come out and be still. That is the supreme court of the United States in there! If they get after you nobody in the world could help you out! Nobody could help you—except the Almighty—and the chances are He won't interfere.'" You always get full value in Lewis' Single Binder straight 6 cigar. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. If ghosts ever really came back how they would roast the doctors. A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES. Irritching. Blind. Bleeding. Protruding Piles. Drugs are authorized to refund money if PAZO ONSTMENT fails to cure in 6 to 14 days. 50c. Art holds the mirror up to nature, which proves that nature is feminine. How's This? We offer One hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. We the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and have been financially able in business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by his firm. WALLEY Wholesale Drugs, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75 cents per toilet. Take Hall's Family Plans for constipation. It's lawful to fish for compliments in any and all seasons. ST. ACOBS OIL PRICE, 25c. AND 50c. French Educator Here. Very Rev, Gilbert Francais, a noted French educator, has arrived in America and will in future live at Notre Dame, Ind. For fifteen years he was the head of the University of Neully, in Paris, one of the largest French educational institutions. Unique Office Contrivance. Peter V. De Graw, fourth assistant postmaster general of the United States, has a unique office contrivance. He has telegraphic communication with his secretary and stenographers in the adjoining room, and he can call for papers wanted or dictate letters without leaving his private room or interrupt in any way the important conferences that take place daily in his office. British Cabinet Salaries. Of all the members of his majesty's cabinet, the lord chancellor receives the highest salary, namely, $50,000; the prime minister, the ministers of the interior, exterior, colonies, war, finance and the secretary for Indian affairs receive $25,000 each; the first lord of the admiralty, $22,500; the secretary for Ireland, $21,500, and the other members of the cabinet a salary of $10,000 each. The Lord lieutenant of Ireland receives $100,000 a year, the lord chancellor for Ireland, $40,000, and the first secretary of public works $10,000. The three latter officials, however, hold no portfolio. SIGHT Drinking Let it be remembered that the eyes may be attacked in one case and the stomach in another. while in others it may be kidneys, heart, bowels or general nervous prostration. The remedy is obvious and should be adopted before too late. Quit coffee, if you show incipient disease. It is easy if one can have well-bolled Postum Food Coffee to serve for the hot morning beverage. The withdrawal of the old kind of coffee that is doing the harm and the supply of the elements in the Postum which Nature uses to rebuild the broken down nerve cells, insures a quick return to the old joy of strength and health, and it's well worth while to be able again to "do things" and feel well. There's a reason for POSTUM BILL PASSED HOUSE HOUSE INSURGENTS WERE DECISIVELY DEFEATED. ON OKLAHOMA STATEHOOD BILL. House Voted Without Amendments—Arizona Comes In—Excitement Was Intense During the Brief But Intense Debate. By a vote of 194 ayes to 150 nos, the statehood bill was passed by the house today. Washington. — When the smoke of the liveliest legislative battle of the session had cleared up in the house Speaker Cannon and his organization were in complete control, and the joint statehood program of the administration had been adopted. Forty-three Republican "insurgents" went down to defeat, having voted vainly with the Democrats to gain control of the rule, the terms of which are to govern the statehood bill in the passage through the house. The vote ordering the previous question on the rule was 182 ayes and 165 nays. This clearly defeated the opposition, the full strength of which was polled, and little interest was taken in the vote for the adoption of the rule, which immediately followed, and which was carried by a majority of 30. Previous to the vote, the debate on the rule has proceeded under high tension. The speeches were short, but the words uttered were hot and full of sting. The veterans, Payne, Dalzell and Grosvenor, upheld the organization. Pitted against them were the leaders of the insurgents, Babcock, Mondell and Jones of Washington. Mr. Tawney of the erstwhile insurgents, arose and announced his acquiescence to the will of the organization, and Mark Smith, the veteran delegate from Arizona, just as sorrowfully interpreted this action as the "most unkind thrust of all." The rule adopted provided that the bill granting statehood to Oklahoma and the Indian Territory as "Oklahoma," and to Arizona and New Mexico as "Arizona," should be debated until 3 o'clock tomorrow, and then voted on, without opportunity for amendment. With a rule prepared allowing general debate on the statehood bill an unusually full attendance of members and crowded galleries, the statehood fight opened in the house with the tension at a high pitch. Mr. Dalzell presented the rule, which had just been agreed upon by the rules committee. When it had been read Mr. Dalzell, after consultation with Mr. Williams, the minority leader, asked unanimous consent that debate for one and a half hours be allowed on the rule. This was agreed to and Mr. Dalzell explained first the terms of the statehood bill, and then stated that if the rules should be adopted a vote on the bill would be had today. Mr. Williams stated that the rule in question denied to the house the right to vote on the question of admitting either of the four territories separately. It was holding a whip over the house, compelling it to agree to admit Arizona and New Mexico as one state, which was undesirable, in order to admit Oklahoma and Indian Territory, to which no one had objection. Gen. Joe Wheeler Is III. New York Jan, 26. — Gen, Joseph Wheeler is reported to be seriously ill at the home of his sister in Brooklyn. It is feared the illness will develop into pneumonia. CONGESTION DISAPPEARED. Pacific Mail Sent Ships to Panama for the Freight. Washington, Jan. 25.—With reference to the differences which have arisen between the canal commission and the_Pacific Mail Steamship Company, it is said at the war department that the Pacific Mail Steamship Company has arranged for the coming of Mr. Schwerein, the general manager of that company to Washington for a conference with the canal authorities, and it is thought that all differences can be adjusted by a conference between Mr. Shonts, Mr. Stevens and Mr. Schwerein. It is stated at the war department that advices from the isthmus show that the congestion which was said to have been due to the failure of the Pacific Mail to furnish tonnage enough at Laboca, has now, by reason of the coming of several steamers of the Pacific Mail, largely disappeared. Vandiver Dismissca Case. Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. 25—State insurance Superintendent Vandiver received notice that the federal court had dismissed the suit filed by the New York Life Insurance Company to prevent him from enforcing his order of ouster from the state. Russia Is Quiet St. Petersburg, Jan. 26. — Official circles exultantly announce that the whole Russian empire is quiet, with the exception of the Baltic provinces and the Caucasus. 900 DROPS CASTORIA A Vegetable Preparation for Assimilating the Food and Regulating the Stomacis and Bowels of INFANTS CHILDREN Promotes Digestion, Cheerfulness and Rest. Contains neither Opium, Morphine nor Mineral. NOT NARCOTIC. 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MIXED FARMING 160 ACRE FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE WHEAT RAISING RANCHING three great pursuits have again shown wonderful results on the FREE HOMESTEAD LANDS OF WESTERN CANADA. Magnificent climate—farmers plowing in their shirt sleeves in the middle of November. "All are bound to be more than pleased with the final results of the past season's harvest."—Extract. Coal, wood, water, hay in abundance—schools, churches, markets convenient. This is the era of $1.00 wheat. Apply for information to Superintendent of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or to authorized Canadian Government Agent—J. S. Crawford. No. 125 W. Ninth Street, Kansas City, Missouri (Mention this paper.) PISO'S CURE FOR CURES WHERE ALL EYE FAILS. Best Cough Syrup, Taste Good. Use in time held by fragrance. W. N. U.—WICHITA—No. 4—1906 When Answering Advertisements Kindly Mention This Paper. Bread and Water for Topers. Mayor Scherf, new reform executive of Marion, O., proposes to punish habitual toppers by putting them on a diet of bread and water for forty-eight hours or more whenever they are arrested. He believes that this would be the most effective punishment that could be devised and will put it into practice at once. In the past all typical "soakis" were kept in durance vile until sober and then released. Mayor Scherf, before his election, was a workman in one of the local factories. With the first day of his administration Marion has changed from a wide-open town to a strictly law-abiding municipality. Largest Enlisted Man. Sergeant Fred Calhoun Fagan, of the Thirty-ninth company of coast artillery, now stationed at Fort McHenry, is the largest man in either the army or navy. He weighs 289 pounds and is now serving his fifth enlistment of three years each. The sergeant is an Englishman by birth and the oldest man in point of service in the coast artillery, served two years at the front in the Philippines and distinguished himself there. There are few better gunners in the army than he. Sale of Irving's Effects Referring to the recent sale of Irving's effects, the London Mail says: "The proceedings were altogether erratic. Mediocre drawings sold for pounds instead of shillings, excellent paintings for shillings instead of for pounds. The relic was prized more highly than the work of art." Sargent's portrait of Ellen Terry sold for one-third of what Irving had been offered for it." A woman's idea of a nice home day for her husband is falling off chairs trying to put up curtains for her. Worth Knowlng —that Allcock's are the original and only genuine porous plasters; all other so-called porous plasters are imitations. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gruna, reduces in gummation, allays pain, cures wind collo. 25c a bottle. The way to make a fool of a man is to make him think you think he is popular. Try me just once and I am sure to come again. Defiance Starch. Most women have an idea that after they get through having babies they will write a novel about them. In All Parts of the United States Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Has Effected Similar Cures. Many wonderful cures of female lilies are continually coming to light which have been brought about by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and Mrs. Fannie D. Fox through the advice of Mrs. Pinkham, of Lynn, Mass., which is given to sick women absolutely free of charge. The present Mrs. Pinkham has for twenty-five years made a study of the ills of her sex; she has consulted with and advised thousands of suffering women, who to-day owe not only their health but even life to her helpful advice. Mrs. Fannie D. 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If afflicted with sore eyes, use Thompson's Eye Water DEFIANCE STARCH — 16 ounces to the package — other starches only 12 ounces—same price and "DEFIANCE" IS SUPERIOR QUALITY. ... Drugs of all kinds, Cigars and Tobacco ... Your patronage solicited. + Once a customer, always a customer. Our store is Headquaaters for Colored people. SECOND TO NONE Pleases All GOOD BREAD MAKERS —— It Is White As Snow. —— TRY IT OTTO WEISS. Agent. 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. Court House Grocery Store 517 North Main Street Best Laundry In The City Phone 282 RECOVER & 800'S. Press —SMOKE— BLUE SEAL CIGARS SOLD EVERYWHERE In The Grocery Line Your wants need careful attention and our store is the place to get it. We handle the best of Fancy and Staple Groceries and our prices are right. Orders given prompt attention. Kernan & Co., 1102 E. Douglas Wm. Dunson Robt. Floyd Dunson - Floyd Mandolin Club Music For Any Occasion Special Arrangements For Parties. Prices Reasonable..... Leave Order at 428 N. Main St Fourth National Bank United States Depository Directors—W. R. Tucker, W. E. Jett, R. L Holmes, S. B. Amidon, B. F. Me Lean, J. M. Moore, L. S Nattzer, E. H. Middle auff, O. Z. Smith. A General Banking Business Tranacted W. C. HLTA. K ANSAS. Mistletoe Fast came the flecks of feather white Among the laurel trees Over the mountain; through the night, Stirred by the Winter's breeze. The winds a wedding anthem sing, With cold lips all aglow. The Snow Queen kissed her Forest King So came the mistletoe. — Kate Masterson. Olwen's D Prescriptions HOUCK Hardware store First Class Goods at Lowest Price: 116 East Douglas Avenue WICHITA TABERNACLE 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. Dr.J.E. Farmer, Physician and Surgeon —Diseases of— Women and Children A Specialty New Phone 936 Office 517 N. Main St W. S. HENRION DRUGGIST 801 N. Main St. Wichita, Kans. Nice Furnished -ROOMS- By the night or week Transient a Specialty Mr. R. Hock, Prop. 242 North Water St. J G Hopper, 229 N. Main Everything Cheap For Cash Call and give us a trial. Fresh and Salt Meats of All Kinds. Poultry and Oysters RUE STORE Filled with Care Cigars and Tobacco ... THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT. Excellence Counts..... Red Front RACKET We have just received a large invoice of Men's Work Shoes, Men's Dress Shoes, Ladies' and Misses Fine Dress Shoes, Oxford and Slippers, all styles and kinds AT WHOLESALE PRICES Tapp Bros. & Hanshaw Phone 257 255-257 N Main ? 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. FORD'S HAIR POMADE Formerly known as "OZONIZED OX MARROW" SO STRAIGHTENS KINKY or CURLY HAIR that it can be put up in any style desired consistent with its length. Ford's Hair Pomade was formerly known as "OZONIZED OX MARROW" and the only safe preparation known to us that can be made in the hair shown above. Its use makes the most stubborn, harsh, kinky or curly hair soft, and it may be obtained from one treatment; to 2 or 4 bottles are usually sufficient for a year. The Ford's Hair Pomade (OZONIZED OX MARROW*) removes and prevents dandruff, relieves itching, invigorates the scalp, makes it grow and, by nourishing the roots, it may be performed and harmless, it is a toilet necessity for indies, gentlemen and children. Ford's Hair Pomade (OZONIZED OX MARROW*) has been made and sold continuously since about 1888, and label "OZONIZED OX MARROW" is on the United States Patent Office, in 1874. In all that long time it has returned from the hundreds of thousands we have sold. Ford's Hair Pomade remains sweet and effective, no matter how long you keep it in the hair. It makes the hair STRAIGHT, Soft, and Pleasant. That Ford's Hair Pomade (OZONIZED OX MARROW*) is made in Chicago and by us. The genuine has the signature, Charles Ford Prest. and is made only in Chicago and by us. The genuine has the signature, Charles Ford Prest. and is made only in Chicago and by us. Sold by drugrists and dealers. If your druggrist or dealer procures it from his jobber or wholesale dealer or send us $8 cts. for one bottle postpaint, or $12 cts. for one bottle express paid. We pay postage and express charges to his postal or express money order, and mention this paper. Write your name and address plainly to The Ozonized Ox Marrow Co. (None genuine without my signature) Charles Ford Prest. 26 Wabash Ave., Chicago, Ill. Agents wanted everywhere. "Who is the formost man in the world?" asks an esteemed contemporary. The foremost man in the newspaper world, as any fair minded person will concede, is the man with the longest nose for news. The country's postoffice business for the year ending June 30, last shows an increase of $10,000,000, over the preceding year. And yet the average man probably did not notice any increase in his correspondence. Co. WINF e-Way Colo thwest and VIA MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY Tickets on sale February 15th For rates to other points in Car for information in regard to route car rates and literature describing etc. call on or address the unders E E Bleckley, T P A Mo. Pac. Railway Station, Cheap Rates Will sell daily until May 31st I point at greatly reduced rates-except tickets sold during the 30 days. For full particulars see M. H. RUDOLPH, Agent February 15th to April 7 points in California and guard to routes, connect describing California the undersigned TPA IRS Station, cor Wichita S Rates To D FRISCO SYSTEM May 31st Round trip to produced rates- Tickets line during the month of M particulars see Frisco Ag Agent F. E. Tickets on sale February 15th to April 7th, 1909, Inclusive For rates to other points in California and the Northwest and for information in regard to routes, connections, tourist sleeping car rates and literature describing California, Washington, Oregon etc. call on or address the undersigned E E Bleckley, T P A I R Sherwin, P & T A Mo. Pac. Railway Station, cor Wichita St and Douglas Ave Cheap Rates To Denver FRISCO SYSTEM Will sell daily until May 31st Round trip tickets to the above point at greatly reduced rates- Tickets limited to May 31st. except tickets sold during the month of May to be limited 30 days. For full particulars see Frisco Agent or write M. H. RUDOLPH. Agent F. E. CLARK, D. P. A. Ought to move Southwest Send us the names and addresses of any person you think would be interested in the Southwest, and we will mail them interesting land booklets and a copy of our immigration journal, "The Earth" You send the list and we will send the descriptive matter. Do it NOW! General Colonization Agent A. T. & S. F. Ry Railway Exchange, Chicago, Ill. CHERRYVALE NEWS Miss Lulu Walker returned to home in pola Tuesday after a few days visiting with her sister Mrs. Willie Smith. A. R. Robinson and Mr. Burry came over from Sycamore Kans. Saturday to train some Business. Mr. and Mrs. Poli Morgan and little daughter of Pittsburg Kansas are spending a few days in the city the guest of Mrs. H. R. Wilder. Mrs. HenrittaTylor is on the sick list this week. ```markdown ``` --- Your Old Friends Back East Your Old Friends Back East Santa Fe Mrs. Loura Rodgers went to Hum- bolt Kans. Snunday for a few days visit with her husband. Mrs. Emiline King is very ill a her home on East 7th street. Rev. J. J. Watson of the A. M. E. church is conducting serious of meet- ing. Mrs. Louis Smith received a message Sunday anouncing the death of her Aunt in Oklahoma. She left for Oklahoma Sunday night. WINFIELD, KAN., NEWS. J. W. Jackson was in Arkansas City this week. Rev. S. S. Bandy spent a few days in Arkansas City. h to April 7th, 1909, Inclusive California and the Northwest and sites, connections, tourist sleeping ing California, Washington, Oregon signed I R Sherwin, P & T A for Wichita St and Douglas Ave To Denver SCO STEM Round trip tickets to the above Tickets limited to May 31st. month of May to be limited e Frisco Agent or write F. E. CLARK, D. P. A. Mrs. Thos Reeves of Hutchinson who has been visiting with her mother since the holidays has returned to her home. Mrs. James Askins and son have gone to Gurthrie to visit her mother. G. W. Ambler went to Nowater ast week on business. Mr. Ambler recently sold his hom to Geo. Montgomery. The "Jolly Twenty" is the name of the new organization of men which was orgnized Wednesday eve w.th J. W. Jackson, presdum W. A. Wright Sec. and J. W. Wood Tres. They have secured the hall on So. Main and will fix it up for a meeting place. M s. G. W. Ambles receiv'd wor of the serious illness of her little grandson. W. A Wright is rehearsing for play "Diamonds and Hearts." w. Nichols, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Nichols who had his arm broken is getting along nicely. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Wadion entertained the Progressive Club t Wednesday eve. It is none of our business, of course, but almost now outsider is forced to the conclusion that Sir Alfred Austin is not earning his salary as poet laureate of England. At the Nelson celebrations it is Ruddy Kiplings poetry and not Sir Alfred's that's being re- --- GOOD DONE BY THE CHILDLESS. Many Examples of Unselfish Lives of Bachelors and Virgins. There are parts of the world where girl babies are drowned like superf ious kittens, and others in which it is not uncommon for the daughters in the large families of the poor to be sold by their parents into lives of prostitution. On the other hand, the pages of history are filled with examples of the devoted lives of childless men and women who have worked unselfishly for the good of their kind. Bachelors and virgins have been the saints of the world, and the childless are the philanthropists, the founders of colleges, hospitals, art collections, and libraries, the philosophers, the great writers, leaders and thinkers of the race. Plato, Joan of Are, Savonarola, George Washington, David Hume, Locke, Spinoza, Thomas Carlyle, Florence Nightingale, Ruskin and Herbert Spencer are only a few of the great names in this class. An interesting volume could be written on the indebtedness of the world to childless men and women. The pattern of civic virtue with twelve unempet children and a jaded, careworn wife has been held up for our admiration long enough. Without decrying matrimony we may now speak a good word for the respectable calibate—New York Medical Journal. DOVE OF PEACE TOOK FLIGHT. Time Not Ripe for Even Declaration of a Truce. The late Judge Hill of Sandwich, N. H., used to tell the following story: There were two old men living in Carroll county who had been bitter enemies for many years. As the years rolled by, time had a softening effect on one of them, and he took occasion to do a generous thing for his enemy. Filled with the consciousness of having done a kindness to his foe, he called on him and related the circumstances, and added: "After all, Mr. Blank, I am not the worst man in the world, am I?" Mr. Blank sat in gloomy silence during the narrative, and then, looking surilly at him, replied: "You may not be the worst man ever was, but you are the worst that I ever saw." The white wings of peace were not there that time. Love and the Fan. Probably the first European women to use fans were the Portuguese, perhaps introduced by merchants from their trade with Japan, though we find mention of their having them in the fourteenth century. In France the inventory of Charles V, at the end of the same century, mentions a folding ivory fan. Doubtless the wicked Catherine de Medici, with her knowledge of and love of the luxuries of Italy, introduced fans to her sisters in France. The many wives of Henry VIII of England, and their court ladies, were used to hold fans, and Queen Elizabeth had as many as twenty-seven in her elaborate wardrobe. Fans grew into general use about this time in Italy, France and Spain. A regular code of signals were arranged, so ladies and their admirers were able to carry on a regular flirtation. Few Achievements Impossible. The men and women at the summit reached their positions seldom by a pull, but nearly always by their push. When Daniel Webster was speaking at Bunker Hill, the crowd pressed toward the platform, endangering those seated thereon, and Webster seeing their peril, shouted to the people, "Keep back." "It is impossible," cried some one in the crowd. The orator exclaimed, "Nothing is impossible at Bunker Hill." And few things are impossible to persevering and invincibly determined American men and women. Like the postage stamp—stick till you get there—New York Press. American Safety Devices. In spite of the fact that the United States lead the world in the invention of safety devices it has been shown that we stand first in the record of accidents. The proportion of miners killed here is nearly three times as great as in France and about double that in other European countries. For every five men killed by accident in this country there are only three in all the nations of Europe combined. It is claimed that with all our quickness in inventing the things that make for safety we are slow to adopt them, and that many American inventions of this kind find their first recognition in Europe—Hartford, Conn. Times. Didn't Know the Lady. Mrs. Clancy—Yis, Mrs. Muggins, Pat and Oi part to mate no more. Oi wint to the hospital to ax afther him. "Oi want to see me husband," sez Oi; the man that got blowed up." "Yez can't;" sez the doother—"he's unther the infloence, of Ann Esthetics." "Oi don't know the lady," sez Oi, mighty dignified loike; "but if我 hawful wedded husband can act loike that whin he at death's door Oi'll have a divorce from him!"—Exchange. Theater for Methodist Mission. Mr. E. Vickery, a leading member of the Methodist church in New South Wales, has bought the Lyceum theater and hotel in Pitt street, Sydney, and some adjoining property, for about $170,000, and intends to hand the whole over to the Sydney Central Methodist Mission. Capital of Railroads. The capital stock of railroads in the United States is more than $6,150,000,000. O doubting child, Dear one, weighed down with care. Be recondied; For Jesus answers prayer. When sorrows come. And when temptation's near, Go thou and pray; Through prayer comes Christ's good chacer. Fear not life's woes, God is a Father kind; How tenderly He leadeth home the blind! If tis not now, But in the coming years, Faint not, believe; God wipes away your tears. Some time 'twill come, The answer longed for most; De brave, dear child, Stand firmly at your post. THE DEACON'S HANDIGAP BY J. C. PLUNER (Copyright, 1906, by Daily Story Pub. Co.) Deacon Job 'Potter entered his kitchen and seated himself with a deep sigh on the bench. "What's the matter, Job?" asked Mrs. Potter. "I'm consarned, Hannah, I'm consarned. My sperrit is as clar as spring water, but I'm consarned about what these hyar carnal minded people will say." "What's happened?" inquired Mrs. Potter, anxiously. urgings for a runaway marriage, won't marry and have Papa mad me," said she, softly, when I urged her, and he knew she meant. The village, being right in the sway of the great race course, nature contained some ungodly souls were interested in the sport, and few evenings later the Deacon, relying home a half-solled pair of be from the shemaker, found the wrapped in a sporting paper. "I was drivin' to hum this afternoon when who should come up to me but Mordecal Pratt a drivin' that there two hundred dollar critter he bought in York, hitched to his buggy. I had my old sixty dollar mare to the light wagen and when she heard that critter behind her she jest gripped the bit in her teeth and Mordecal wasn't nowhere 'cept kivered with dust. Now, all these people will think I was racin'." "Eat your supper, Job," said Mrs. Potter, "no one 'll believe you would race arter the way you've talked agin it." "Mordecal wasn't nowhere," repeated the Deacon, with a chuckle which he turned into a groun as more befitting one concerned spiritually. A ripple of laughter came from the parlor. "Who's in thar?" asked the Deacon. "Why," replied Mrs. Potter, coloring, "Fred Carey walked hum with Sarah, and he's not gone yet." The Deacon thumped his fist on the table. "I won't have that man a gain" with Sarah," he snarled, "he's a worldlin' and sells feed to those unregenerate critters that have race horses at the track. Who ever saw Fred Carey at the mourners' bench in the tabernacle of the Lord? No one, but there's lots 'ave seen him dancin' at these hyar picnics and sich. He's no sort of man to visit the daughter of a perfession Christian and, if I say it myself, one of the pillars of the church hyar-abouts." "Judge Grimes says Fred's doin' a nice business and is goin' to be a rich man some day," put in Mrs. Potter. "Who's Judge Grimes?" retorted the Deacon, disdainfully, "don't he play cyards?" But Mrs. Potter went up stairs before the sins of the Judge were fully proclaimed. After she had gone the Deacon emptied his pockets of some old papers, throwing them into the stove. "Mordecal wasn't nowhere," he chuckled and then looked at a square piece of cardboard among the papers. It read as follows: al Turf Club, New York. Play or Pay. Atlantic Handicap." "I picked this hyar thing up on the road in front of the house," muttered the Deacon; "some caral idjut been betting his money and a scorchin" himself with Hell fire. I'll talk about Victoria "I'm consarned, Hannah," this hyar paper at Sunday school," and he replaced it in his pocket. The horses were gathering for the spring races near the village, and Fred Carey was doing a large business, with the horsemen. He was liked and trusted by the race men, and while they dodged some bills, they always paid Carey. If it were not for the Deacon's savage opposition to his suit for his daughter's hand he would have been entirely happy. Sarah Potter would not listen to his urgings for a runaway marriage. "I won't marry and have Papa mad with me," said she, softly, when Fred urged her, and he knew she meant it. The village, being right in the shadow of the great race course, naturally, contained some unguyly souls who were interested in the sport, and a few evenings later the Deacon, carrying home a half-solled pair of boots from the shoemaker, found them wrapped in a sporting paper. The Deacon eyed it with a hostile gleam as he unwrapped the boots in the privacy of his kitchen and then his eye caught an item in the paper: "Public interest on the winner of A. Asked quaveringly who had won the handicap. the Atlantic Handicap now centers on Saracen. Opening at 100 to 1 in the winter betting, his odds have dropped to five to one with 'wise' money going on fast at that." The Deacon dropped the paper and felt in his pocket. He drew forth the pasteboard card. "A thousand to ten," he murmured, "and this hyar card belongs to the one who has it." He replaced the card in his wallet and did not speak thereon at the Sunday school. The handicap was to be run the Tuesday of the following week, and the Deacon became distraught and anxious as the day approached. In a surreptitious manner he obtained a sporting paper the day before the race and discovered that Saracen was quoted at three to one. In the meantime he had issued a proclamation forbidding Carey his house and his daughter meeting her lover. Sarah, mournfully, submitted, but Carey boldly told the Deacon that if he could outwit him he'd do it. When the day of the race dawned the Deacon wandered about the house as a perturbed spirit. The Handicap was to be run about four o'clock and by that time the Deacon was slinking about the entrance to the course in an agony lest he be recognized and lest Saracen should lose. He heard the cheers and shouts which heralded the finish and a cold sweat came out over him. Men began to come out of the entrance and seek the cars, but he dared not ask who had won. Finally, in desperation, he approached a sportive looking man and asked quaveringly who had won the handicap. "Why, Saracen," replied the man, "hands down and the jock looking back at the other skates." The Deacon staggered back against the race track fence. * * * * * * "Is this your ticket?" asked the cashier of the Turf Club. "It is," snapped the Deacon. The man called to someone in the office, and in a moment the Deacon and Fred Carey, two very surprised men, were staring at each other. "This man has the ticket you stopped," said the cashier. "I found it in front of my house," murmured the Deacon. "By George!" exclaimed Carey, "I must have pulled it out of my pocket when I was going to see your daughter. As long as you found it, why, half of it goes to you and the other half will help to pay for the house Sarah and I will live in next month. You know you've agreed to the marriage and of course I'll say nothing about the ticket and you being at the bookmaker's." That night the Deacon opened the door tor fred Carey when he called and ushered him into the parlor. The next day the Deacon deposited five hundred dollars in bank. MAKING HIS KNOWLEDGE FELT. Schoolboy Writes Home a Lucid and Comforting Letter. "My Dear Mother—I am very glad to hear from you, and know that you are very glad to hear from me. I feel rejuvenescent and sanguine. Your letters are so encouraging. I love to read them several times. You are the best friend I have in 'the world. There is no place like home and mother Mama, I hope you are feeling better and some day I will come home and help you like a son ought to do. "I know you are malcontented when I am from home. I am very much indiscriminated to think you are losing your health. It will be indispensable for me to help you. You supported me, and I shall support you in restitution. Nobody can indurate my heart against my mother, for she has done so much for me, and I will restitute it if I can. "I'm very glad to hear that you are pertinacious in trusting in the Lord. He is our perpetual ruler and he will circumscribe us in heaven. We all have a chronical time. We should be sagacious to trust in the Lord, and that is something I can't do. I tried but failed. I have to stand for the vituperation, but some day I will be undaunted, and be on the Lord's side. And then I won't be sacrilegious. We all should ask squares of the Lord. Though we shouldn't be a procrastinator. You said you were going to work by the week. I hope you will succeed. I'm glad to hear that Clifford has turned from the sides of sin. From your son, ——." Pittsburgh Dispatch. Refreshing His Memory. At 10 o'clock a traveling man stepped up to the clerk's desk at the Hillman and with some agitation said to Clerk Graves: "Mr. Graves, I have just come from a man who says he is one of your old schoolmates. He told me you and he were old friends. His name is John Smith, and he used to live at Pumpkinville. Do you know him?" "Smith! Smith!" said Graves wonderingly. "John Smith of Pumpkinville, I don't recall him just now. What's the matter with him? Is he in jail?" "In jail!" exclaimed the traveling man. "Why, no. He's just home from Alaska, where he made $200,000 digging gold in the Klondike, and he's come back to Alabama to spend the money." "Oh, yes, to be sure!" said Graves. "Why, what was I thinking about! Smith-Johnny Smith of Pumpkinville, three miles from Sassafras? Why, I should say I do know him! Johnny and I used to fish together in the creek for minnows and hang our clothes on the same stump when we went in swimming. Say, if you see Johnny, give him my love and tell him I'm coming round to see him when I get off in the morning."—Birmingham Ace Herald. The Host Was Please. "Edward Everett Hale," said a lawyer, "was one of the guests at a millionaire's dinner. "The millionaire was a free spender, but he wanted full credit for every dollar put out. "And, as the dinner progressed; he told his guests what the more expensive dishes had cost. "This terrapin," he would say, 'was shipped direct from Baltimore. A Baltimore cook came on to prepare it. The dish actually cost a dollar a teaspoonful." "So he talked of the fresh peas, the hothouse asparagus, the Covent Garden peaches and the other courses. He dwelt especially on the expense of the large and beautiful grapes, each bunch a foot long, each grape bigger than a plum. He told, down to a penny, what he had figured it out that the grapes had cost him apiece. "The guests looked annoyed. They ate the expensive grapes charily. But Dr. Hale, smiling, extended his plate and said: "Would you mind cutting me of about a dollar and eight-seven cents' worth more, please?" At the End of Arcady. At the uttermost end of Arcady There lies a garden fair, And two birds that bees be Who one day wander there. And Love, who walked with them debonair Through the pathways intricate, Sits down at last on a mossy stair And yawns and is glad of it. At the uttermost end of Arcady A quiet garden lies, Peaceful and fair and still to see Under its cloudless skies, There comes no danger to rouse surges The fears o' the road are gone, But little Love rubs his drooping eyes And smothers a sleepy yawn. At the uttermost end of Arcady Is the goal of settled things; Strange they walk in it soberly Who once for the peace it brings. The still light goes and the full sun swings His lamp o' the silent lawns, But little Love rests its mossy wings And stretches his arms and yawns. —Theodosis Garrison in Life. Prof. Bonney Heard Enough. Prof. Bonney of New Bedford, Mass., is a noted wit. On one occasion one of his Latin students went into his Virgil class with a half-prepared lesson. Prof. Bonney called upon him to translate the famous passage in which Aeneas vainly strives to embrace the form of his lost wife. "Thrice I essayed to throw my arms around her neck." "trotted" the half-prepared student. "Thrice I essayed to throw my arms around her neck.' And, professor," he stammered. "that's all the far I got." "You got far enough," roared the trate Bonney: "sit down." BRIEF MOMENT OF HAPPINESS. And One That Comes Rarely in the Life of a Post. "Slr," said the poet to the editor, "I have here some verses—a parody on "The Beautiful Snow," "Ah," said the editor, reaching for the manuscript, "that is certainly a new and novel idea. I'll read the poem right away." The poet stands while the editor reads, and the poet trembles with joy as he notes how the editor's face lights up and how he nods delightedly at each line. "It great!" cries the editor. "I want it. What price do you set on it?" "Oh, sir," stammers the poet. "I will leave the matter of recompense to you." "Now, now! Don't be so modest. Honest work, well done, is worthy a liberal remuneration. How would a hundred dollars strike you?" The poet is able to gasp an acceptance. "One moment," says the editor, "I'll call an office boy and have the cashier hand you the money at once." The editor presses a button. Somewhere in the distance a bell begins finkling, then jangling, and the sound grows louder and louder until—Bang-a-lang-a-lang-a-ling-a-dingding!" And the poet's alarm clock, faithful, to its duty, has awakened him. Life-Saving Dog. How a mongrel dog, a common cur of the streets, saved a man's life is recorded by a Louisville newspaper. As its story goes, a man named Louis Carr was painting the rear of a vacant house. When noon approached he was at work at the top of his ladder, just under the eaves. Being in haste to finish his work, and not wishing to spend time in going down to move the ladder, he stretched as far as possible to one side. Just then he felt the ladder slipping away from him, and, as the only means of saving himself, he dropped his brush and seized the gutter with both hands. Down went the ladder, and there the painter hung, thirty-five feet from the ground. He shouted for help, but no one heard him—no one but a dog, which came round the corner in answer to his cries. Evidently the dog took in the situation at once. He barked furiously winding up with a long howl. Then he ran out of the yard and across the street to a police station. There he barked again, and then ran back to the yard. He did this two or three times, till the policemen began to see that something was the matter, and followed him to the rear of the house. Then it was but the work of a moment to put up the ladder and rescue the painter, who was ready to drop from exhaustion. No owner could be found for the dog. Carr adopted him. American Millions for Gems. American Millions for Gems. American imports of gems for the year drawing to a close will exceed in value $37,000,000. Nothing like these figures has ever been known before Last year's imports were $11,000,000 behind them. In 1890 the entire product of the jewelry factories of this country fell $3,000,000 short of the value of this year's importations. Amazing orders for precious stones are placed in the middle west, showing that not all the great corn crops are turning into telephones and trolley stocks. Diamonds are purchased surprisingly by people of moderate means. The prevailing love for things that glitter has at least this justification in thrift: It preserves the reasonable assurance that dollars put into gems may be found again. The interest may be lost, but the principal is in form for ready realization.—New York World. Best for the Worker. The incessant throbbing of a human heart for a lifetime is a matter of wonder. The heart rests between each throb. To be sure, the rest only lasts for a fraction of a second. But it does really "come to a standstill," just as the piston of the locomotive of the "Empire Express" comes to a dead stand at the end of each stroke. On the principle that sixty seconds make a minute, etc., it will be seen that the heart may get rest. It is claimed that the brain learns to imitate the heart, and that a section of the brain of a busy intellectual man will sleep while the other parts of the brain work. By "changing off" some rest is secured by the most laborious toiler. This renders insomnia less dangerous. Pike's Peak Power Station. At Manitou, Colo., at the base of the Pike's Peak range, there is an electric power station, which is operated by a "head" of 2,100 feet. The pressure is greater than that at almost any other station in the world. It is calculated to be 913 pounds to the square inch where the water is utilized to drive turbine wheels, and at the nozzle of the long pipe employed the stream gushes out at the velocity of 250 miles an hour. The Place for Him. "De Ritter is moving away. His profession demands it, you know. "Why, he can follow his professor anywhere. He's a novelist, isn't he? "Yes, but he's going in for historical novels now, so he's got, to settle in Indiana."—Philadelphia Ledger. More Than One Beantown. "That's the only beantown, isn't it?" "Well, there's Lima, Ohio." Knights and Daughters, if you have changed High Priestess or Chief Motors since this list was published kindly notify me at once, that I am make the correction. 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, 1120 7th St., Council Bluffs, Iowa. 4 Mrs. Madaliene Ward, 325 E. 60 Cherryvale, Kan. 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, Salina, Kan. 8 Mrs. Laura Smith, 308 11th St. Coffeyville, Kans. 9 Mrs. Sarah H. Harrison, 1421 Van Buren St., Topeka, Kan. 10 Mrs. Maggie Fishback, 1795 Mary Lawrence, Kans. 11 Mrs. Perlina Woodfork, 823 Freeman Ct., Kansas City, Kan. 12 Miss Cora Sango, 2058 North Front St., Kansas City, Kans. 15 Mrs. S. S. Furlough, Box I. Wier City, Kans. 16 Mrs. Perlor T. Ballinger, N. 20th St., Parsons, Kan. 17 Mrs. A. Masie, 615 Barbee, F. 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. S. Montaque, 403 Kickapo St., Leavenworth, Kan. 30 Mrs. Laura Bright, 203 Ohio Leavenworth, Kans. 32 Mrs. Ida B. Willis, 1036 Iowa Ave. Butte, Mont. 33 Mrs. Phanlle Corneal, Box 334 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, 316 N. 12th Omaha, Neb. 92 Mrs. J. G. Gillum, 1209 Vine, Libcoln, Neb. 93 Mrs. Ida M. Jordan, 903 Western Ave., N. Topeka, Kans. 777 C. M'S ADDRESSES 333. Number. 1 William M. Watkins, Box 206 Wier City, Kans. 3 Mr. William H. Barnes, 819 L St. Atchison, Kan. 4 Andrew Herrold, Sherman Flat Omaha, Neb. 6 M. E. Bird, 3014 Hewett, Everett Washington. 8 R. M. Bingham, 1727 E. Oak St. Ft. Scott, Kans. 10 Richard Walker, cor. 5th and Deba aware St., Leavenworth, Kan. 11 W. N. Miller, 258 N. Main St. Searchlight office, Wichita, Kan. 13 A. H. Morton, Parsons. 16 Henry Jordan, Salina, Kan. 16 Richard Clark, 420 N. 25th St., Omaha, Neb. 17 Allen Jarner, Box 332 Coffeyville Kan. 19 C. Parris, 918 Penn. St., Lawrence, Kans. 25 Edward Henderson, 1917 N. 330 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. 36 Albert Graves, 90 Charles St. Deadwood, South Dakota. Banner Millis PHONE 1944 703 North Main St. All calls attended promptly, Day or Night Office Hours — 9 to 12 a. m. 3 to 5 p. m. 6 to 8 30 p. m. In the Latin-American republic beyond the Rio Grande lies the wonderland of present day tourist, as will the richest field of invest that now challenges the attention of American capital and enterprise. Only a few years since Mexico was locked upon as a country for the average traveler to entertain hopes of crossing its threshold; to-day its capital city is but sixty hours distant from St. Louis. A semi weekly train service has been established at the Iron Mountain Route, the Texas& Pacific and the International and Great Northern, representatives of the Goulm interest, and the National Rines of Mexico beyond the "Laredo Gateway," leaving St. Louis at 9.00 a. m. caht Tuesday and Friday, and reaching the City of Mexico at 8.30 p. m. on the Thursday and Sunday following. The train will be equipped with compartment, observation and standard drawing rao sleepers ears and dining car. Its remarkably speedy schedule is made possible by doing away with all chang or lay-overs, and, for tee first time since the sister republics were joined together by links of glistening steel an interchange of visits across the national boundary means simply the journey of a few hours surrounded by all the pleasurable amenities of modern travel. Much of good can be expected from these changed conditions. The people of Mexico have long evidenced an enlightened appreciation of the kindly interest of their northern neighbors in their country and its history, institutions and wonperful resources, while on our part there is an acknowledged recognition of tae fact that a closer social and commercial relationship with that progressive nation if in every desirable. The inauguration of this new train service is a step in the right direction and meets tee need of the hour. It is typical of the tireless shown by roads concerned in the in the upbuilding of the great Southwest, and will ponbtless receive the hearty encouragement and support of the traveling public. Lots of men find it hard to keep their good resolutions in regard to using only parlor language when the bills begin to come in. Russell Sage, though ninety years of age is able to make $75,000 a day. Yet John D. Rockefeller thinks old people should be pensioned. Since we have seen that snapshot picture of Marie Corelli we understand why she has always been so unwilling to be photographed. The army of Santo Domingo was sent after the fleeing president, but one of the soldiers got tired and the other one had to stop to take care of him. Of course it is only a coincidence that all this talk about D'Annunzio's divorce comes simultaneously with the news that he has just completed a new book. Of course the Cincinnati millionaire who took the street-cleaning job deserves credit. Still, think of the undying fame of the man who makes Cincinnati clean! The good die young, sometimes. That is the reason why certain millionaires wait till they have passed the dangerous years before they begin to be good things. Uncle Russell Sage, when last heard from, was in a fair state of health and loaning money to friends on good security and as a mark of special favor, at only 100 per cent. The father of the New York woman who could not struggle along on $60,000 a year was prophetically named Work. A good man; American fathers belong to the same family. The population of Berlin now exceeds 2,000,000, in spite of the fact that the kaiser now owns eight big touring cars and King Alfonso of Spain visits him occasionally. Bourké Cockran says no man worth $10,000,000 can be put in jail. Some trust magnates now under investigation may wish they were as sure of this as Mr. Cockran seems to be. In one factory in New York three employees have been employed for thirty years, and three more for twenty-five years. This speaks well for both employers and employed. The Grand Duke Cyril and Father Gapon were seen sitting opposite each other at the same roulette table at Monte Carlo a few days ago. They might both have been in better busi-