Wichita Searchlight

THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT THE NEGRO AND FARMING. my brilliant, learned and sensible as have been written by the Negro press and friends of the Negro concerning the Negro and the . Many speeches have dwelt on phase of the American Negro— till there is as much necessity of imagination of such articles and as ever before. becoming every day more evi- dent that sooner or later the Negro leave the city, if not of his own then of force of necessity. The observer of the colored man in American cities today cannot help but the utter impracticability of the ever becoming a wielding factor in life—the many drawbacks and ments incident to the life of a cold man in the city, and the many ances to his success makes it evident that at no distant date cold man must turn away from city if he lives. older-saving devices, social conditions and increased race prejudice in city toward the colored man are using plainly to the fact that if the colored man is to remain and become formidable factor in America, he must find his station behind the plow is the tiller of the soil. The increasing death-rate of the colored man lives in the city and the increase disease amony them, show most inclusively that city life is not the for the masses of the colored race, then with proper alarm that the two press all over the country is the tendency of the race to give the farm for city life, and it is that the same press should use means within their command to the minds of their people back to priceless gem—the farm. so race of people can ever hope to a power among men when, as a race, they are consumers to a greater ex- tent than they are producers. The Ne- go must not shun the farm, but rather a city. The close, compact condi- ns prevailing in a city are not con- vative to the best physical make-up of the black race, and the result is that he is easily an heir to disease and on a victim of death. Let the Negro and his way back to the farm, where tature and Nature's God has so amply separated a healthful habitation for m. W. N. M. worries of baking day turn to de light when you use HOWARD'S PEERLESS PRINCESS FLOUR No other as good MURDOCK NAMED. Avoid loud and prolonged cheers congressman Victor Murdock was recriminalized as the Republican nominee for Congress from the new 5th Congressional district. Garfield hall, where the convention was held, was used to overflowing with an immense crowd who were all of one mind—it seemed. The nominating speech was made by ex-Governor W. E Stanley, each of the other counties compiling the 5th district second the nomination. After the nomination congressman Murdock made an eloquent speech. The colored people of Wichita now find themselves confronted with a condition, and, absolutely not a theory. For years and years they have lived in the Peerless Princass city and their children have been accorded those school advantages accorded to the children of colored parents in no other city of the first class in Kansas, and so long has this condition prevailed in Wichita that all—white and colored—had looked upon this situation as only one of mutual right—which it was. But now, after many generations of school children have come and gone, we find the agitator at work and with his two-edged sword has so affected the minds of the peaceable and friendly white people of our growing city until today it seems almost inevitable that the colored people will be cal'd on to accept separate schools. To say that this action will work an unpardonable burden on the scattered colored population of Wichita will only be asserting a well agreed fact. Plans have been submitted, and resubmitted in an effort to find some proper solution of this vexed question, but we are frank to admit that at this time we are unable to further submit any proposition which might appear to us of sufficient force to stem the tide which seems is now about to overtake the colored people here. It was thought that at the primaries last week in the respective wards candidates might be selected who would not favor the recent action of the school board, but, we are informed, every man selected last week, with the possible exception of one, favors the separate schools. And now, when it is too late, the colored men find that they have again permitted themselves to wait too long. With the situation as it is on every hand we do not hesitate to admit that we are at a loss to know what steps to advise our people to take. But we hope at a later date—and soon—to make an expression of our view of the best thing to do. ANTIOCH BAPTIST CHURCH. The new Antioch Baptist church at 636 N. Water street is doing fine in every way. Though young, the church looks forward to a most prosperous time. This church was organized some months ago by Rev. F. Durden, a minister of high standing. Rev. Durden was called to Colorado, and while he is absent the church is pushing forward. Rev. Chas. G. Cole is in charge of the church and is assisted by Rev. Anderson Brown. These two jealous workers are holding high the banner of the church by the aid of their faithful members. The Ministers and Meacons' Union will meet in Newton on March 14-15. This will be a meeting of great interest to the Baptist cause in Kansas. NORTH TOPEKA NEWS. Number 3 club of St. Mark A. M. E. church met with Mrs. Ida M. Jordan. 903 Western avenue, Tuesday evening, March 6th. The club was royally entertained by Mrs. Jordan. Macedonia Tabernacle No. 93 is progressing nicely and is in a healthful condition. They are working in perfect peace and harmony under the leadership of Mrs. Ida M. Jordan. They meet the first and third Thursday afternoons of each month. All Tabs should subscribe for and read the Wichita Searchlight. A DIVIDED HOUSE. There is an old maxim which says, "A house divided against itself cannot stand," and this maxim is as true as steel and though oftentimes tried it has never yet been disproved. When applied to individuals, cities, states, races and nations—the results have always been the same. Try it where you may, and when the end comes you will agree that this maxim is correct. In every age of the world, in every condition of life, in every community, in every race and in every nation the truthfulness of this adage has been seen. Kings and Potentates have tried it and lost—States, Nations and Empires have tested it and failed—individuals and races have experienced it and failed. Says one, "It is just as impossible for a divided house to prosper as it is for a man to lift himself by his own bootstraps." Though everything may seem bright and the paths for a distance may be strewn with sweet-scented roses, still a divided house "must" meet the inevitable and crumble and fall. Some may shudder at sound doctrine, others may flinch from it, but there stands in bold relief the undisputed fact that "A house divided against itself cannot stand." In the life-battles of a race, in the commercial battles of a nation, in the turmoil of existence and must bear in mind this fact that "A house divided against itself cannot stand." OUR COLORED CHURCHES. Wichita may well feel proud of her colored churches. No city in Kansas has a grander array of Christian workers than is found in the colored churches of our Peerless Princess city. A. M. E. CHURCH.—At this church, the pastor, Rev. H. W. King, has been conducting a revival meeting and great good has been done. More than forty have been added to the church and the church is working in peace and harmony. The auxiliaries of the church are all alive and doing good work. TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH—Under the matchless leadership of that broad-minded scholar, Rev. W. H. Tillman, is forging its way to the front ranks and the work which this church is doing is no small effort. They are holding their own. NE WHOPE BAPTIST CHURCH—Though they have no regular pastor at this time the church is moving to the front and is now in a series of revivals for good. In their new church on Rock Island avenue they are marching to the front. ANTIOCH BAPTIST CHURCH.—The youngest in the cause is holding high the banner and are sailing on lifes sea untrammeled and undismayed and their watchward is "Onward and Upward." It is readily seen that with such an array of Christian churches all working in peace, harmony and unity, noble work will surely result. In these churches named—the A. M. E., the New Hope Baptist, the Tabernacle and the Antioch Baptist there is no friction, no quarrelring, fussing and fighting either among themselves or among others—but they are pushing forward to the mark of a high calling, and are scattering good seed as they go that will spring up many days hence to bless their work. The people of our city owe it to themselves to lend these churches their unstinted and unlimited support to carry on the good work which they are so nobly sponsoring. Russell Sage Admits Ambition to Round Out Century of Life As a financier it has been part of the policy of Russell Sage of New York to purchase 'stocks and other things at a bargain, and then to work industriously to bring them up to par. That, for 89 years has been his life work. He has been successful at it, and has rolled up a great many millions of dollars. But now he is engaged upon a new ambition—to reach par himself. He wishes to live 100 years, and bids fair to meet with the same success in his venture as in his many others. There is no man on Wall street today, no man of his age in active business, who is so well preserved physically as this aged millionaire. He is as proud of this fact as he is of his MR. SAGE'S BIRTHPLACE AT CONGIDOAM, NEW YORK business successes. He boasts of it, flaunts it in the face of men younger in years but weaker of body. "Yes, young man," he said, on a recent birthday. "I was born in 1816. Lived quite a while, eh? Entitled to a holiday, eh. Well, honestly, I really considered for a moment taking a holiday off, but then I am a director in twenty-seven railroads and I can't very well neglect the public's interests. They all of them have directors' meetings to-day, and I feel that I ought to attend. Then, I get $20 for each meeting, and a lunch thrown in." Russell Sage expects to reach the par of life by the same methods he has pursued in bringing to this mark railroads, steamship lines or mining ventures—by hard work, by frugality, by system, by rigid obedience to the laws of health. "I take every day as it comes," he says. "My theory for a long life is that temperance lengthens the days of all. Plenty of sleep, and escape from gory as much as possible. Worry and lack of rest break down the strongest men. I get up every morning at 6 o'clock, and get to my office at 9. I leave at 5 p. m. I go up to my house and take things easy for the rest of the day." He accounts for all his successes by this regime. "Good habits in living," he says, "result in good health; good health increases a man's ability and gives him zest for industry; and industry, intelligent industry, leads on to prosperity. It is a very simple recipe, but the great majority of men continually ignore what is so plain. It is perfectly oblivious that dissolute habits can end in but one thing—failure. Reverses are bound to come at some period of the life of a man of evil ways. A crying sin of to-day is profligacy. The wasting of money entails a vast amount of suffering for some one and often leads to actual crime." The man is never idle. He considers idleness is not only expensive, but a detriment to good health. "Because a man is rich, there is no reason or excuse for his being idle," he says. "A slothful man, be he rich or poor, is not a desirable member of society. He presents a bad example. The rich man is not expected to toil with pick and shovel, but human society places upon him the obligations to give his best thoughts to the use of his wealth, so that his accumulation may bestow good upon others as well as himself." The veteran keeps pretty closely to his office, at No. 31 Nassau street, and regularly at noon trudges to the Western Union building, at 195 Broadway, for luncheon. Of recent years, since the Norcross adventure, in which the dynamiter lost his own life and severely injured Laidlaw in attempting to kill Mr. Sage, he is very careful as to whom he admits into his office. But his eye is as bright as ever and the passing years do not seem to alter his appearance. A man who met him recently thus THE HOME OF THE MAYOR describes him: "He is almost 90 years old, and does not look to be 60. He is tall, thin, but not wasted. His body is that of a man who is aging without excess. His shoulders are a bit stooped. His forehead is not the bulging dome of so many successful Americans. It slopes backward and gets narrower toward the top. His face is not a strong one. In years gone by it may have been stern, or it may not. It was covered with a beard, but is now smooth-shaven. It is a farmer's face, with healthy brown complexion. His eyes are sharp and bright, lying in a nest of little wrinkles. Sometimes he winks one eye to emphasize what he says. Winking is his only dissipation. When he dissipates, he gives his mind to it. He drops his eyelid with great deliberation, sending it down with all his strength. His wink says, plainly as words, I, Russell Sage, am winking. Am I not real devilish?" His nose is a good, strong nose, but it does not overshadow its fellow features. His cheek bones are as high as an Indian's. He has a queer way of working the muscles of his cheeks. He draws down his chin and the muscles of the lower part of his face, and at the same time lifts those of his cheek bones. No other living man can do it. Mr. Sage's way of laughing is to twitch his mouth, shut his eyes tight, slap his thin hand on his knee and double up his body. Resentless, but not relentless, he hardly has an enemy; never indulges in luxury; always calls you My son." He is everybody's papa, healing them by the laying on of paternal hands. My son," he says, Sho! Sho! I must get in my stray bets. My son, I've got a million and a quarter of them puts and calls out now. Sho, It'll never do, my son." By this time he has lovingly fastened on to your rib or armpit, or "crazy bone," and when he says Sho" you feel like a SAGE & BATES STORE, TROY, N.Y., WHERE RUSSELL SAGE BEGAN HIS BUSINESS CAREER chicken chucked up to be counted and fed on meal. He goes about collecting money with the same emotion, and as much of it, as an ant-eater shows when it licks up ants. Speculation based on imagination or anything but a sure conviction of profit is unknown to him. He has twice been in Congress, but he never cared to distinguish himself in politics. He is fond of a good horse. For the past few years he has driven every morning and evening, excepting Sunday, in Central Park. He is generally out before other people have finished their breakfasts. He is NO.51 an expert driver, and his chief ambition now is to learn to manage a four-in-hand drag. He eats very little, and always lunches at the Western Union building, where the small amount of his check has often excited comment. He never reads a novel. He is a religious man, a pillar of the West Presbyterian church. He loaned Talmage $125,000 to rebuild the Brooklyn Tabernacle—but at 6 per cent. The man doesn't take to himself much credit for what he has accomplished in the way of accumulating money. He claims that any one can do it. "What I have done," he says, "others can do. The path to succeed is thorny, it is true, but any young man who makes up his mind to do it can accumulate money. He must at the start make cast-iron rules; to practice self-denial, regularity and temperance, love for work, a rigid regard for the minutest details of business, and above all, choose the loss of every dollar rather than a single act of dishonesty. Failure is most frequently caused by falling by the wayside. Young men become victims of the desire for immediate pleasure rather than pursue a long and courageous struggle to permanent success. "My mother taught me the rudiments—reading, writing and spelling. That was the only schooling I ever had. I was a simple farmer boy and worked on my father's place until I was 16 years old. Then I got a job in a retail grocery store in Troy. I did not receive more than $5 a month. Before I was 21 I went into business for myself. By that time I had saved up enough to enable me to buy out the entire business. In 1863 I came to New York. "If I were broke now I should go to work with the same desire to climb up that I had the first day I ever put my shoulder to the wheel. Just what my first step would be I don't know. That would depend on circumstances. But I am sure that by hard work I could win." A friend of Mr. Sage was asked about the oft-published statement that no man can command so much money at instant call as he. "It is true," he said, "and I doubt if any of the other millionaires could produce $5,000,000 of his own money within thirty minutes of the demand. In my opinion none of them has as much ready cash within instant reach as Russell Sage." He is a man in whom financiers have the greatest confidence. He has integrity and fair dealing back of his record. In spite of the general impression to the contrary, Mr. Sage is philanthropic. He does not personally disburse charities; the actual giving is left to the discretion and judgment of Mrs. Sage. Although the possessor of a great many millions, he maintains no gorgeous establishment, his home being luxurious, but simple in all its appointments. This method of life is not with him a pose. He is plain to Puritanism; he is old-fashioned; he is intellectually a wonder, and though long past the allotted threecore years and ten, he shows no impairment of mental or physical abilities. But will he accomplish his new ambition, and reach par? That remains to be seen, and will be decided within about ten years. If simple living, out-of-door exercise and don't-worry rules will do it, there seems to be no reason why he should not be successful. At any rate, he is nearer it than any other man to-day in Wall street.—Boston Herald. THE SEARCHLIGHT. W. N. MILLER, Editor. Entered at the Post Office at Wichita, Kansas, as Second-Class Mail Matter. Published Every Saturday at No. 110 NORTH MAIN ST. -RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION- STRICTLY IN ADVANCE. One Year [ by mail ] ..... $1.00 Six months [ by mail ] ..... 75c Three months [ by mail ] ..... 50c ONE MONTH ..... 15c Advertising Rates Made Known On Appl cation. NOTICE!! - All matters addressed THE SEARCHLIGHT for publici tion must be signed by the part parties writing. All matters for publication must reach this office not later than TUESDAY to reach publication in the current issue. RULES OF THIS OFFICE. 1st. All Subscriptions must be paid in advance strictly. Agents take notice 2nd. 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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' Yon send the list and we will send the descriptive matter. DO IT NOW!!! Santa Fe Address General Colonization Agent, A. T. & S.F. Ry Railway Echange, Chicago, Ill. R A FOOL and his money are soon paated. The man 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 BOTT PHONE 496 J.H. TURNER WICHITA, KANS. 333 to 547 WEST DOUGLAS The "innate modesty" of Harry Lehr is something to make the gods chortle. We paid a pleasant visit to the A. M. E. Sunday School on last Sunday and found quite a nice school. The Superintendent Mr Jno. T. Chimeth is putting forth every effort to build up a creditable school and he should have the encouragement of the parents. We notified, however, several things which, to our minds, need confection. For an instance many scholars do not give the attention which a sacred gathering such as a Sunday School should receive. Then again, the absence of the Sunday school teachers, greatly hampers the efforts of a Superintendent in making his school what it ought to be. Sunday school teachers should be punctual to add success. Another item is the few parents who come out to Sunday school. Parents should lead the way and let their children follow it—and not stay at home while their children is sent to Sunday school. these few exceptions we found the school in good shape. We shall visit the Sunday school of the other churches in the near future and observe their working. In The Grocery Line Your wants need careful attention and our store is the place to get it. We handle the best of Fancy and Staple Groceries and our prices are right. Orders given prompt attention. Kernan & Co., 1102 E. Douglas Pone 35' Pone 35' The revival is still in progress at the A. M. E. church. Presiding Elder Brooks arrived in Wicbita Saturday and was present at the quarterly meeting at the A. M. E church Sunday. A glorious meeting was had all day and spiritual fever was at fever heat during each of the meeting. Presiding Elder Brooks preached in the morning to a large audiences and Rev. S. S. Washington preached a splendid sermon at 3pm. Rev. Washington's sermon was from a practical point of view and was well taken. At 5pm. Rev. Brooks presiding Elder again filed the pulpit. Sacrament was administered at the afternoon and evening services. The days services were closed with a large collection. Richard Heck has gone to Seattle Washington where he will serve the outlook for making his future home. If he likes the country he may locate there. Mrs Lee Anderson came down from Topeka Monday evening on business. She was much surprised to find the ground covered with sleet and snow and iceicles hanging from the trees, telephone wires and buildings. She says she likes her new home in Topeka quite well. She returned Thursday. Richard Slater has returned to his home in this city after an absence of several months. Mrs Richard Heck who has been quite ill is able to be up and out among friends again. Mrs E la Kyle has moved to 324 So. Market street. J. W. Owens. WORK DONE WHILE YOU WAIT 2nd Shoes Bought and Sold 332 N. Main Street Wicbita, Kan. FINE BABY BOY A fine, bouncing baby boy was born to Rev. and Mrs. J. H. Van Leu Saturday, March 3rd, [noon] Mother and son are both doing THE WICH TASEARCHLIGHT LOCALS THE RESUME OF THIS WEEK Send your news notes and local happenings to 428 North Main Street. 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. Many see—but few knows—is an old saying and true. Mrs G. A. Fray is on the sick list this week. Miss Georgia Turner is on the sick list this week. J. T. Wheeler, husband of Mrs Beatrice Wheeler—nee Turner, arrived in the city last Saturday from Henderson Ky. Pay what you owe to the Search light—Pay now. Frank Preston is out again after quite aspell of si kness. Everyone welcome these warm sunshinny days—the remind us of the "good old summer time." C. Swan Noble Grand of Howe of the West 2906 G. U O. O. F. is reported on the sick list this week. The B. T. W. club met with Mrs Lucie Anderson last Tuesday afternoon and adjourned to meet with Miss Grace Baker all member are required to be presene. Miss Winnie Ray is much improved from a severe sore throat which has caused her much pain in the past few days. Edward Drain who spent a few days in our city with his family and friends, left Monday for his farm at Binger Okla. He took with him his son Bossie Drain who will spend a few months with his father on the farm. After about two week's illness which has k pt her at her home Mrs Thos. Glover was able to be out to church Sunday. Her many friends were glad to see her up and with them again. Politics is warming up a bit and soon the air will be filled with strong political gossip. If all reports be true it will pay the friedds of J. C. Brown R. F. D. No. 6 to look that way. The aevival is still in progress at the A. M. E. chureh. Great interest is being manifested by those attending. Mis- M. Adams anp John Baswell made abusine-s trip to Kansas City Saturday. Lawson Fines 1704 S. Morely who has been confined to his home sick up and out again. Pay up what you owe to the Searchlight. SEARCHLIGHT only $1. Per Year, Are You A Subscriber? ANTJOCH BAPTIST CHURCH The Antioch Baptist church the new church which was organized some time ago, will begin holding their meeting at 636 N. Water. Serviced will begin Sundry March 4th, with Rev. Chas. G. Cole as pastor in charge assisted by Rev M. Brown All members and friends are very cordially invited to attend these meetings. The filling will be their order of services! = Preaching 11am. Sunday School 3pm. Preaching 8pm, come out. Call at 428 N Main street for Letter Heads, Envelopes, Cards, Bills, invitations or anything in the printers line—we can supply your wants in first class style. Jno. T. Chinneth received word this week from Springfield Mo. announcing the recent death of Noah L. Jamison in Pueblo, Co. The letter was from the deceased sistear and stated that Mr Jamerson died in Pueblo and that his body was brought to Springfield for burial. Many Wichitans will remember Noah L. Jamison as he is a former Wichitan and while here was employed at Mr Chinneth barber shop as a barber. Send your news notes to the Searchlight office—428 N. Main St. Mrs Mary Payton of Enid. Okla. is in the city visiting with her two sons Henry and Robt. Braden and friends. Mrs Payton enjoyed her trip intensely and will leave Saturday for her home in Enid. Mrs W. M. Dent conducted a very successful series of meetings while in Cleo, I. T. and Kiowa, Kansas. She contemplat's several series of meetings in the near future. J. W. Thompson has built a novel and ideal chicken fence at his home place 1402 N. Mosely Ave. He is preparing to make chicken raising a valuable specialty. Mrs G'H. Young is much improved from the throat trouble which has caused her much annoyance in the past few days. The Colored Band is making fine progress and are striving to make a demonstration soon. Attend the song service at the A. M. E. church at 6:30 every Sunday evening. John Lewis proprietor of the arcade Barb r Shop wishes to inform the public that L. McDonald is not in any manner future connected with the shop. He solicits the patronage of the public as before. Revival is in progress at the New Hope Baptist church. E. D. Drain after spending several days in Wichita among friends has returned to his farm in Binger Okla Mr Draia is a great enthusiast for colored man to exchang the city for the farm. G. H. Young is excavating a foundation f r a nice two s ory flat on his lot corner Elm and Main street. Rev. J. H. Van Leu State Missionary, left Thursday on his mission work. WESTERN UNIVERSITY The Great Educational Institution for Kansas and the West..... DEFARTMENTS: Theoigical, College, Normal, S and State Industrial. COURSES: Classical, College, Preparatory, Nor Normal, Musical, [ Instrumental and Vocal ]. piano, oagan and harmony, Drawing [ Fine Mechanical], Carpentry, Printing snd Book Business Course, Stenography and Typewrit ing, Dressmaking and Plain Sewing, Cooking ing, Farming and Gardening. ADVANTAGES: Splendid Location, Healthful Cllm Influences and Thorough Teachers. 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FLOUR Old Phone 146 Mrs Francis Jordan is able to be out again after quite a siege of sickness brought on by meeting with an accident of stepping on a broken bottle. She had a very severe time to prevent blood poison from setting in. She has now almost fully recovered. SALINA TABORS Silver Leaf Temple No. 15 put on the Fourth degree last Tuesday night Those who took the degree were: W. Marsel, Floyb Turner, John Cobb, John Hayes. At the completion of the degrees the members of the Sunbeam Tabernaile No. 7 rapped for admission and were admitted in the hall with well filled TWO OPEN LETTERS IMPORTANT TO MARRIED WOMEN Mrs Mary Dimmick of Washington tells How Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Made Her Well. It is with great pleasure we publish the following letters, as they convincingly prove the claim we have so many times made in our columns that Mrs. Mrs Mary Dimmick Pinkham, of Lynn, Mass., is fully qualifi- itation give helpful advice tosick women. Read Mrs. Dimmick's letters. 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Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and to your walk miles without an eye or a pain, and I wish every suffering woman would读 this letter and realize what you can do for them."—Mrs. Mary Dimmick, 59th and East Capital Streets, Washington, D. C. How easy it was for Mrs. Dimmick to write to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass., and how little it cost her—a two-cent stamp. Yet how valuable was the reply As Mrs. Dimmick says—it saved her life. Mrs. Pinkham has on file thousands of just such letters as the above, and offers ailing women helpful advice. Afflicted with a rare eye, use **Thompson's Eye Water** - 35,000 - DE LAVAL SEPARATORS have been placed by the Bastion Creamery Co. of Bastion, the patented cream maker for the past 10 years. The company is the largest and most successful creamery concern in the world. Its success and succession are about the size of the company used from 200 to 800 DE LAVAL. With these machines proved the DE LAVAL company is well established. 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Force of character to humanity is what instinct is to animals. Youngest Governor. Herbert J. Hagerman, a native of Milwaukee, was in inaugurated governor of New Mexico, was born in 1871 and is the youngest governor in the country. Being unmarried and wealthy, besides having a pleasing personality he is looked upon with much favor by society in the territory. He has already received a number of rather mushy letters from young women. England's Freak Electors. If a person's name gets on the English registry of voters, however improperly, he has an indefeasible right to vote. Thus it happened in the recent election that a woman voted for a member of parliament. In another case, at Rayleigh, in Essex, a schoolboy-James Griggs, 11 years old, residing at Thundersley—found himself legally entitled to claim a vote. At the Rayleigh polling station the lad presented himself on the day of the election, and, satisfying the officials in charge of his identity with the person named in the register, was given a paper and allowed to vote. Master Griggs has surely established a record. DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS FOR ALL KIDNEY DISEASES CURES RHEUMATISM BRIGHTS DISEASE ABBETES BACKMATHE This product has not been reviewed by a medical professional. The public may rely on its advice, advice and guidance. Sold only in盒装. THE SEARCHLIGHT Wichita, Kansas, Saturday March 10. Adam's lame excuse is playing too large a part nowadays with wrong doers. No, Freddie, it is not "grafters" that have seized one of the Hebrides, but "crofters." The Chinese seem to be tuning up their hatred of the foreign devils to boxer pitch again. Venezuela has only 8,000 troops, but claims 23,000. Probably it counts Castro as the other 15,000. Now that Marconi has a baby, transatlantic communication by wireless will doubtless be postponed. The crack speaker at a deaf mute's dinner in New York was appropriately referred to as "our silver-tongued orator." An account of the dog show with no mention of Harry Lehr? What's the matter with the New York reporters? The latest applicant for some of the Carnegie hero dough is a man who saved himself, and claimed he was a hero "per se." New York's swell set is taking to ballooning. The automobile is now used by so many persons that it is no longer exclusive. Now that Esperanto, the new universal language, has been set to music, perhaps it will be arranged next for the deaf and dumb. Mr. Yerkes-Mizner says Alaska is full of opportunities. However, it is not believed that there are any $10,000,000 widows there. M. Taigny denies that he called Castro "the monkey of the Andes." He is much too polite to state his thoughts in that blunt, crude way. The attempt of a woman up-state to sleep in the open air, for her health, is a modified success, because the natives gather around to see her do it. Now that science has discovered—as it thinks—that insanity is caused by a bacillus, the slang expression, "He's bughouse!" takes on added force. A New York woman, said to be conscience stricken, has returned a lot of stolen silverware to its owner. The fact that it was "plated" is of no significance. It is said that as many as 4,061 muscles have been counted in the body of a moth. If the moth ever has the inflammatory rheumatism, how he must suffer! M. Fallieres did not distinguish himself at school, college or university—but all the young men of whom the same is true cannot become presidents of France. The discovery of an artificial lamb chop ought to make the congressmen at last realize the value of the Department of Agriculture for even their own practical uses. The theatrical syndicate has decided to drop Shakespeare. That is the bard's punishment for forgetting to put a double sextet and a leap for life into each of his plays. It is to be hoped that the New York city official who gave up a $4,500 a year job in order to avoid any restriction on his freedom of speech really has something to say. John Burns says that Shakespeare did not understand the working people of his time. But the working people of our time understand Shakespeare, which is a more important fact. President Eliot says football is more brutal than bullfighting. If the helpless dumb animals used for bullfighting purposes could express an opinion they might sharply disagree with Dr. Eliot. Borrowing, says young Mr. Rockefeller, kills friendship, and should be shunned. We hope no one has been so unwise as to forfeit the young gentleman's friendship by asking him for a loan. Two aeronauts who crossed the English channel in a balloon in one hour and three-quarters must have looked down with pitying sympathy at the sea-sick passengers on the old-fashioned steamer. A correspondent speaks of the universal smile in the streets of the Japanese capital. We judge that there have been no graft scandals and exposures there of late, or some smiles would have to come off. The annual report of Washington's chief of police in tabulating the police work of the year reports the arrest "of one senator" and "two representatives in congress." Naturally there is a good deal of curiosity to know the names. The Portland Express prints a story about Si Jones—a suspiciously generic name—and his hens, which would "sit" in spite of him. The hen, be it remarked, is so constituted that she can't "sit," unless laying the breast-bone down on the ground is "sitting." OF HEART DISEASE. How frequently does a head line similar to the above greet us in the newspapers. The rush, push and strenuousness of the American people has a strong tendency to lead up to valvular and other affections of the cardiac action, palpitation, dizziness, smothered sensations and other distressing symptoms. Three of the prominent ingredients of which Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is made are recommended by some of the leading writers on Material Health for the cure of heart disease. Golden Seal for insurance, is said by the UNITED STATES DISPENSARY, a standard authority, "to impart tone and increased power to the heart's action." Numerous other leading authorities represent Golden Seal as an unsurpassed tonic for the muscular system in general, and used in the manufacture of muscular tissue, it naturally follows that it must be greatly strengthened by this superb, general tonic. But probably the most important ingredient of "Golden Medical Discovery," so far as its marvelous cures of valvular and other affections of the heart are compared with the results of our author, Prof. Wm. Paine, author of Paine's Entitlement of Medicine, says of it: "I, not long since, had a patient who was so much oppressed with valvular disease of the heart that his friend were obliged to recover under the influence of Collinsonin (medical principle extracted from Stone root), and is now attending to it no remedy for the removal of so distressing and so dangerous a malady. With them it was all gone,ork, he just lost his life. The death was near at Collinsonin unquestionably affords relief in such cases, and in most instances effects a Stone root is also recommended by Drs. Hale and Ellingwood, of Chicago, for valvular and other diseases of the heart. The latter says: "It is a heart tonic of direct and permanent influence." "Golden Medical powers," not only evince affection, but is a most efficient general tonic and invigorator, strengthening the stomach, invigorating the liver, regulating the bowels and curing catarrhia, affections in all parts of the system. Dr. Piecez's Pellets cure Constipation. Some monkeys have long tails and some others smoke cigarettes. Usually the man who talks like philosopher acts like a child. Smokers appreciate the quality value of Lewis' Single Binder cigar. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. Thrift and stinginess are similar, but, oh, so different. Mr. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, always pain, curbs wind colds. 25ca bottle. Champion Congressional Talker. Littlefield of Maine is the champion talker of the house. He rattles off his words faster than an auctioneer calling for bids and in very much the same manner. When interrupting another man's speech he has a way of emphasizing his words syllable by syllable and with each syllable he snaps his head forward as if to break his own neck. For instance: "The president's power is soup-ream." When he said that the other day he nearly cracked the desk in front of him with his head when he said "soup" and again when he said "ream." MANUFACTURE NOSES. The Notoriety of Indore Rests Upon Its Hospital. The city of Indore is modern and ugly and uninteresting. Apart from being the prosperous capital of a rich state, its chief claim to notoriety rests upon its hospital, which has won universal fame by the manufacture of artificial noses. That may seem a very limited industry on which to build a name. But in India there are several ways of promoting this industry. When a woman comes to the hospital carrying her nose in a napkin you may fairly assume that her husband suspects a breach of the seventh commandment. When a man appears in the same plight you may set him down as a usurer who has fallen into the hands of his clients, and has had no Portia to plead his cause. Indore is the Mecca of these unfortunate. A NECESSARY EVIL. Experience of a Minister Who Tried to Think That of Coffee. "A descendant of the Danes, a nation of coffee drinkers, I used coffee freely till I was 20 years old," writes a clergyman from Iowa. "At that time I was a student at a Biblical Institute, and suddenly became aware of the fact that my nerves had become demoralized, my brain dull and sluggish and that insomnia was fastening its hold upon me. "I was loath to believe that these things came from the coffee I was drinking, but at last was forced to that conclusion, and quit it. "I was so accustomed to a hot table beverage and felt the need of it so much, that after abstaining from coffee for a time and recovering my health, I went back to it. I did this several times, but always with disastrous results. I had about made up my mind that coffee was a necessary evil." "About this time a friend told me that I would find Postum Food Coffee very fine and in many respects away ahead of coffee. So I bought some and, making it very carefully according to the directions, we were delighted to find that he had not exaggerated in the least. From that day to this we have liked it better than the old kind of coffee or anything else in the way of a table drink. "It's use gave me, in a very short time, an increase in strength, clearness of brain and steadiness of nerves; and sleep, restful and restoring, came back to me. "I am thankful that we heard of Postum and shall be glad to testify at any time to the good it has done me." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. There's a reason. Read the little book, "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. IMPRESSED WITH WESTERN GANADA. IMPRESSED WITH WESTERN GANADA. Says Cur Prairies Will Be Filled Up In Ten Years. L. A. Stockwell of Indianapolis, a United States land man who made an extensive tour of inspection in the west, wrote the following article, under date of Jan. 8, for an Indiana publication: "States." In this letter I propose to show by extracts from my note book that thousands who have come up here from the "States" have suc- ceeded far beyond their most sanguine expectations. Mr. N. E. Beaumunk of Brazil, Indiana, was earning $100.00 per month with a coal company. At about the age of 40 he had saved about $3,000. Four years ago he landed near Hanley, Sask. He now owns 480 acres of land. Last fall (1905) he threshed 4,700 bushels of wheat and 3,100 bushels of oats. His wheat alone brought him over $4,000, which would have paid for the acres that it grew on. He is to-day worth $15,000. This Is Making Money Fast. In Feb. 1902, J. G. Smith & Bro. were weavers in a big cotton mill in Lancashire, England. Coming here they arrived in Wapella, Sask. with only $7500 between them. They were so "green" and inexperienced that all they could earn the first summer was $6.00 per month, and the first winter they had to work for their board. The next year, 1903, they took homesteads, and by working for neighbors, they got a few acres broken out; upon which the next year they raised a few hundred bushels of wheat and oats. They also bought a team and broke out about sixty acres more. In 1905 they threshed 1700 bushels of wheat from it, and 1300 bushels of oats. Their success being then assured they borrowed some money, built a good house, barn and implement shed, and bought a cream separator, etc. They now have a dozen cows, some full-blooded pigs and chickens, good teams and implements to match, and are on the high road to prosperity. Here are three cases selected from my note book from among a score of others. One a mine boss, one a farmer, and one a factory operator. With each of them I took tea and listened to their story. "I coped to better my condition" said one. "I thought in time I might make a home." said another. "I had high expectations," said the other, and all said that "I never dreamed it possible to succeed as I have." Like Arabian Nights. Everywhere, on the trains, at the hotels and in the family I have been told successes that reminded me more of the stories in the Arabian Nights than of this matter-of-fact workaday world. Yields of wheat from 35 to 53 bushels per acre, and of oats from 60 to 100 bushels, are numerous in every locality and well authenticated. At Moose Jaw, Lethbridge, Calgary, Edmonton, Regina, Brandon, Hanley and many intermediate places I saw cattle and young horses fat as our grain-fed animals of the "States" that had never tasted grain, and whose cost to their owners was almost nothing. At Moosomin I saw a train load of 1,400 steers en route to England, that were shaky fat, raised above stated. If the older generation of farmers in Indiana, who have spent their lives in a contest with logs and stumps as did their fathers before them, could see these broad prairies dotted with comfortable homes, large red barns, and straw piles innumerable, and the thriving towns with their towering elevators hammed to the roof with "No.1 hard," and then remember that four or five years ago these plains were tenantless but for the badger and coyote, they would marvel at the transformation. Then if they followed the crowds as they emerged from the trains and hurried to the land offices, standing in line until their respective turns to be wailed on came, and saw with what rapidity these lands are being taken, they would certainly catch the "disease" and want some of it too. If these lands are beautiful in mid-winter, with their long stretches of yellow stubble standing high above the snow, what must they be in summer time when covered with growing or ripening grains? Speaking of winter reminds me, that our Hoosier friends shrug their shoulders when they read in the Chicago and Minneapolis dailies of the temperature up here. For that very reason I am here this winter. The Canadian literature, with its pictures, half tones and statistics, gives a good idea of her resources, but thirty or forty degrees below zero sounds dangerous to a Hoozier, who nearly freezes in a temperature of five above, especially when accompanied by a wind, as it often is, but the fact is, when it is very cold here it is still and the air being dry the cold is not felt as it is in our lower latitudes, where there is more humidity in the atmosphere. I am 56 and I never saw a finer winter than the one I am spending up here. I arrived in Winnipeg Nov. 9, and have not had the bottoms of my overshoes wet since I entered Canada. Under a cloudiest sky I have ridden in sleeps nearly a thousand miles, averaging a drive every other day. Stone masons have not lost a week's time go far this winter. Building of all kinds goes right ahead in every city and hamlet, as though winter were never heard of. Information concerning homestead lands in Western Canada can be had from any authorized Canadian Government Agent whose advertisement appears elsewhere in this paper. Advice is as plentiful as good examples are scarce. THE CZAR SETS LIMIT NOT TO GIVE LEGISLATIVE AS SEMBLY A FREE HAND. CERTAIN SUBJECTS ARE BARRED "Reds" Not to be Allowed to Sit as Members of the Assembly — Government Retains Power to Promulgate "Temporary Laws." St. Petersburg, March 8.—The full text of an imperial manifesto and laws relative to the national assembly and the reorganized council of the empire, the features of which have already been telegraphed to the Associated Press, throws a flood of light upon the purpose of the government to keep a firm check on the new Russian parliament and to exclude certain subjects from consideration by the people's representatives. The composition of the council of the empire, or upper house of the national assembly, with one-half appointed by the emperor and twenty-six elected from the nobility and clergy, not counting scattering supporters from other classes, seems to insure a conservative if not a pliable majority in the council to block the national assembly should the majority of the latter be in opposition to the crown. The government carefully retains the power to promulgate "temporary" laws during recesses of the parliament and as the parliament is subject to dissolution by imperial ukase, the government is thus in a position in time of stress to rid itself of an obnoxious legislature and proclaim such laws as it deems necessary to meet the emergency A feature of the law which seems effectually to bar "reds" from membership in the national assembly is a provision exacting from persons elected an oath of fidelity to "emperor, autocrat and holy Russia." The most significant article, however, is one retaining certain provisions of an existing law which is mentioned only by number. This innocent looking provision is far reaching, placing beyond the jurisdiction of the parliament and consigning to existing commissions of the council of the empire, composed solely of members appointed by the crown, for consideration. the following: First—Reports of the minister of finance upon the state of the treasury. Second — Charges of malfeasance against members of the council of the empire, ministers, governors general and commanders-in-chief of land or sea forces. Third—The establishment of stock companies with special privileges. Fourth — Questions relating to entailed estates, titles of nobility, etc. MONEY FOR RURAL ROUTES. Washington, March 7.—The operations of the rural free delivery service up to March 1, 1905, are shown in a statement issued by Fourth Assistant Postmaster De Graw. Up to that time 52,227 petitions has been received and referred. Of these 13,722 were acted upon adversely. The number of routes in operation March 1, was 53,031, leaving 3,424 petitions still pending of which 191 have been assigned for establishment. In connection with these figures the statement is made that notwithstanding the development of the service there is an unexpended balance on hand to the credit of new establishment of $965,106 from the appropriation of $2,376,696 which became available July 1 of last year. DROPPED OUT OF THE WORLD. ADAMS' EXPLAINS THE MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE. Boise, Idaho, March 7.—The grand jury did not return indictments against Moyer and his associates charged with the murder of former Governor Steenunberg. It has been learned that the confession of Steve Adams clears up the mystery surrounding the disappearance of two of the men who dropped out of the world during the troubles at Telluride in 1902. One case is that of J. W. Barney, foreman of the Smuggler Union mine, and the other that of J. W. Smith. Both men disappeared mysteriously. Barney was taken from a livery stable by a lot of men and was not seen again. Smith was preparing to go to Colorado Springs to visit his family. He disappeared from the hotel. He formerly worked in Bunker Hill and Sullivan mines at Wardner. Smith was a nonunion man. What Adams told of the disappearance is not known, but there seems no doubt that both cases have been fully explained. JAPAN TO BUY UP RAILWAYS. Will Pay Private Lines $250,000,000 in Five Years. Tokio, March 6.—The scheme for the nationalization of the private railroads has been modified so that the change is to be compulsory after five years. The cost will be $250,000,000. Mr. Kato, minister of foreign affairs, dissents from the proposition and probably will resign. The passage of the bill by parliament is certain. AUME MAKING POWDER ABSOLUTELY PURPLE AUME MAKING POWDER NOT MADE BY THE TRUST Health Calumet makes light, digestible, wholesome food; free from Rochelle Salts, Alum or any injurious substance. Economy Do not pay 45 or 50 cents for Trust baking powders, which are so compounded as to leave large quantities of Rochelle Salts in the food. 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TWENTY-FIVE BUSHELS OF WHEAT TO THE ACRE Means a productive capacity in dollars of over $16 per acre. 160 ACRES IN FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE Means a productive capacity in dollars of over $16 per acre. This on land which has cost the farmer nothing but the price of tilling it, tells its own story. The Canadian Government gives absolutely free to every settler 160 acres of such land. Lands adjoining can be purchased at from $6 to $10 per acre from railroad and other corporations. Already 175,000 farmers from the United States have made their homes in Canada. For pamphlet "Twentieth Century Canada" and all information to apply to St. of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or to following authorized Canadian Government Agent—J. S. Crawford, No. 125 W. Ninth Street, Kansas City, Missouri. (Mentions this paper.) NERVOUS DYSPEPSIA A Desperately Serious-Case Cured by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Brought to the very verge of starvation by the rejection of all nourishment, her vitality almost destroyed, the recovery of Mrs. J. A. Wyatt, of No. 1189 Seventh street, Des Moines, Iowa, seemed hopeless. Her physicians utterly failed to reach the seat of the difficulty and death must have resulted if she had not pursued an independent course suggested by her sister's experience. Mrs. Wyatt says: "I had pain in the region of the heart, palpitation and shortness of breath so that I could not walk very fast. My head ached very badly and I was seized with vomiting spells whenever I took any food. A doctor was called who pronounced the trouble gastritis, but he gave me no relief. Then I tried a second doctor without benefit. By this time I had become very weak. I could not keep the most delicate broth on my stomach, and at the end of a month I was scarcely more than skin and bone and was really starving to death. "Then I recalled how much benefit my sister had got from Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and decided to take them in place of the doctor's medicine. It proved a wise decision for they helped me as nothing else had done. So soon I could take weak tea and crackers and steadily more nourishment. In two weeks I was able to leave my bed. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills were the only thing that checked the vomiting and as soon as that was stopped my other difficulties left me. I have a vigorous appetite now and am able to attend to all the duties of my home. I praise Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People to all my friends because I am thoroughly convinced of their merit." Dr. Williams' Pink Pillsare sold by all druggists and by the Dr Williams Medicine Co., Schenectady, N.Y. An automobile is a big thing, but when we have kin who own one, how easily we lug it in. Schopenhauer in Japanese. The works of Schopenhauer are being translated into Japanese by a young Japanese professor of Tokio, who holds that Schopenhauer's doctrines agree in many points with the national religion of Japan. Woman's Odd Mania. One of the strangest cases of kleptomania ever brought to light was heard of in Paris. A certain woman had such a passion for smoking and for coloring meerschaum pipes that she had been for a long time stealing pipes of this description from shops. In the flat which she occupied there were found no fewer than 2,000 pipes, not one of which, it is believed, she had paid for. Constituent Was Hungry. "Big Tim" Sullivan, the Bowyer Tammany king, met an impeccable constituent recently and took him to dinner in a restaurant much more pretentious than the man was accustomed to. He was a fellow of almost infinite appetite and the amount of food he stowed away was something portentous. When Tim thought the man had consumed enough substantials he asked: "Now, what'll you have for desert?" "What's that?" "Oh, something to top off with." The constituent languidity scanned the bill of fare. "I guess I'll have a beef stew," he replied. A PERFECT HAND How Its Appearance Became Familiar to the Public. The story of how probably the most perfect feminine hand in America became known to the people is rather interesting. As the story goes the possessor of the hand was with some friends in a photographer's one day and while talking, held up a piece of candy. The pose of the hand with its perfect contour and faultless shape attracted the attention of the artist who proposed to photograph it. The result was a beautiful picture kept in the family until one day, after reading a letter from someone inquiring as to who wrote the Postum and Grape-Nuts advertisements, Mr. Post said to his wife, "We receive so many inquiries of this kind, that it is evident some people are curious to know, suppose we let the advertising department have that picture of your hand to print and name it "A Helping Hand." (Mrs. Post has assisted him in preparation of some of the most famous advertisements). There was a natural shrinking from the publicity, but with an agreement that no name would accompany the picture its use was granted. The case was presented in the light of extending a welcoming hand to the friends of Postum and Grape-Nuts, so the picture appeared on the back covers of many of the January and February magazines and became known to millions of people. Many artists have commented upon it as probably the most perfect hand in the world. The advertising dept. of the Postum Co. did not seem able to resist the temptation to enlist the curiosity of the public, by refraining from giving the name of the owner when the picture appeared but stated that the name would be given later in one of the newspaper announcements, thus seeking to induce the readers to look for and read the forthcoming advertisements to learn the name of the owner. This combination of art and commerce and the multitude of inquiries furnishes an excellent illustration of the interest the public takes in the personal and family life of large manufacturers whose names become household words through extensive and continuous announcements in newspapers and periodicals. HAD NAPOLEON, ALL RIGHT Story of an American Who War Shown Nandolon's Tomb. Henry Vignaud, secretary of the American embassy at Paris, enjoys telling of an American who was being shown the tomb of Napoleon. The loquacious guide referred to the various points of interest in connection with the tomb. "This immense sarcophagus," declaimed the guide, "weight forty tons. Inside of that, sir, is a steel receptacle weighing twelve tons and inside of that is a leaden casket, hermetically sealed, weighing over two tons. Inside of that rests a mahogany coffin containing the remains of the great man." For a moment the American was silent, as if in deep meditation. Then he said: "It seems to me that you've got him all right. If he ever gets out cable me at my expense." Cities of Pacific Coast. Professor Charles Zeublin recently returned to the University of Chicago from a five weeks' lecturing trip in the Northwest, and has been telling Chisagoans something of the possibilities and probabilities of that great region. He says Portland is making a terrific struggle to keep its prestige, but is rapidly losing to Seattle, which, he thinks, will become the great seaport of the West, in time surpassing even San Francisco. Tacoma, he thinks, will be the great manufacturing city of the West. Monkey Wears Glasses. In the Breslau Zoological garden there is a spider monkey, which was operated on for cataract, and now wears glasses It seems to do well and to understand the reason for its strange facial adornment. Black Splotches All Over Face— Affected Parts Now Clear as Ever— Cured by the Cuticura Remedies. "About four years ago I was afflicted with black splotches all over my face and a few covering my body, which produced a severe itching irritation, and which caused me a great deal of annoyance and suffering, to such an extent that I was forced to call in two of the leading physicians of my town. After a thorough examination of the dreaded complaint they announced it to be skin eczema in its worst form. They treated me for the same for the length of one year, but the treatment did me no good. Finally my husband purchased a set of the Cuticura Remedies, and after using the contents of the first bottle of Cuticura Resolvent in connection with the Cuticura Soap and Ointment, the breaking out entirely stopped. I continued the use of the Cuticura Remedies for six months, and after that every splotch was entirely gone and the affected parts were left as clear as ever. The Cuticura Remedies not only cured me of that dreadful disease, eczema, but other complicated troubles as well. Lizzie E. Sledge, 540 Jones Ave., Selma, Ala. Oct. 28, 1905." Grounds for Opposition. One of President Roosevelt's Western friends applied to him for a job. The president was willing and sought to find him a place. He had about settled on one when there came a great protest from the Western friend's state. "They discovered," said the president, "that he had killed four men. I didn't know that. Still, the homicide record did not form the basis of the protest. The people who opposed my friend opposed him not on the ground of killing people, but because they said he was an agnostic." Blood-Soaked Religionists. Mohammedans of the Caucasus have a religious ceremony called "Chucksee Wucksee." It is a ceremony in which the fanatics cut and wound themselves in the following ghastly fashion, according to a traveler: "Each man, grasping a kinjal his hand, brought it up in front and down on the crown of his head. Almost at every stroke the blood gushed forth and soon one man after another became a staggering, blood-soaked figure. Letter From Gold Coast. An English firm received this letter from some one on the Gold coast: "Dear Sir:—I am with much affectionate to write you this letter to say that I have seen your name in magazine, so try your best and send me my catalogue and so therefore you must hope me, and send me the catalogue, when you receive this letter send me quickly, don't you forget me, and I also too, I have nothing to say again, I with best compliment to yours. I am yours faithfully, etc." Most Expensive Eggs. Large sums are paid for the eggs or the aepyrornis or moa, a gigantic wingless bird of from twelve to fourteen feet in height, which, as long ago as 200 years, was already dying out in Madagascar. In appearance the bird much resembled the ostrich, and its egg was one foot in length. The first specimen was brought to Europe (Paris) by a French merchant, in 1851, and caused quite a sensation from the amount of interest it attracted. When a girl is addressed by her father or her brothers, how she drops that startled fawn look. Collection of Stamps. Hiram F. Deats, of Flemington, N. J., has one of the finest private collections of costly stamps in the United States, and Congressman Gardner has introduced a bill into the house of representatives to have the government purchase them. Wanted — The general public to know that the Santa Fe agent at Wichita, Kansas, is also agent for all steamer lines both East and West. The French postman of rural neighborhoods ekes out the small salary of his governmental position by doing all kinds of errands in the village for people who live along his route. He makes a small income from the fees received for these services. In summer he sometimes goes his rounds on a bicycle, but in winter he has to walk. Lewis' Single Binder — the famous straight 36 cigar, always best quality. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. A woman makes a rival happy by envying her. 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In christian work among the young womee it is best to proceed along natural lines that is taken under consideration feminine characteristics, and direct your christian influences, moral persuanions and prayers along those lines which will awaken in her soul, the loftiest feminine sentimenti and purest emotions. In girls the instinct of love, sympathy, and tender devotion is more highly developed finer and more sensitive than in boys. The stern comatative edestructive forces which characterize the masculine nature are less prominent in the fairer sex. So in directing your christian forces among the young women consider her sensitive nature, which differs from the masculine type of humanity not only from an anatomical and physiological standpoint, but in the delicate constyuction of her mental and moral qualities. "We have to protect the girls," a common and familiar saying which illustrates feminine nature. So friends in this particular branch of christian work and in your earnest and sincere efforts to bring them to Christ and throw around them christian influence which will make them strong, pure and good and which will preserve her noble instinct of love sympathy and devotion. The most effective means to accomplish this grand and glorious work and lead them to a blessed Savior into board and beautiful christian experience is expressed in these few words, "protect the girls." Christian women and mothers of the church, your prayers kind words is an effective means of bringing the young to Christ. The world is cold and cruel, unkind and unsympathetic to the girls. It allures them into sin and then robs them of their chasity and virtue and casts them away to float down the stream of life, hither and thither as the drift wood, down, down the current, an out cast, hopeless and friendless. A drastic moment the conscience is cognigant of a mistake. The heart is susceptible to influences good or evil. A kind sympathetic word, a pleasand loving smile: the sweet story of a loving Christ always ready to forgive and to protect and uplift them, will touch their hears and constrain them accept him at his word, and rely upon his promises. A scornful look, a harsh word on a feeling of indifference will drive them to the devil, hasten their destruction. "Protect the girls." The young women of good morals or of bad reputation away from home, among strangers or in the midst of friends, need encouragement to do right, to live virtuous lives to embrace a hope in Christ and it is your duty as women, mothers, and sisters to help them. Don't you remember that you were once girls, you know all about their sorrows, all about their woes: they confide in you their trust, express it in their countenance, in thought and by words, again and again with pathos in the deepest sincerity. Why not eX-tend them a sympathetic hand, take them in your loving embrace in your confidence and bring them to Christ. An effective means of bringing young women to destruction is the indictment of old women, old men, the old sinners who know the strenth and weakness of young women. Who know the route they come to them disguised as a friend, with flattery and deceit, young women are sensitive, by lovedone who is sympathetic and kind. Whether it is real, genuine or looks serene. They like sympathy. Satan knows they do and he takes advantage of this point and like a spider weaves a web about his victim. She is lost - mothers and christian women do you understand how it is done? The young women are sensitive, they love sympathy, kindness and deition. Women by nature are help less—they need protection. Young men it is your duty to extend to them every measure of protection. Mothers you are not wholly to raise your daughters alone, you are not wholly accountable for their misdoings—the society in you live are obligated to assist you by throwing about your daugh ter every possible safe-guard. Dr. R. T. Bridgewater Tulsa, I. T. THE FOOT PATH OF PEACE To be glad of life, because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the star; to be satisfied with your possession, but not contented with yourself until you have made the best of them; to despise nothing in the world except falsehood and meanness, and to fear nothing except cowardice; to be governed by your admirations rather than by your disgusts; to covet nothing that is your neighbor's except kindness of heart and gentleness of manners; to think seldom of your enemies, often of your friends, and to spend as much time as you can with body and with spirit, in God's out-of-doors—these are the little guide posts on the footpath to peace. DENOUNCES "THE CLANS- MAN." A criticism of Thos. Dixson's play, "The Clansman," which was at the Willis Wood theater in Kansas City last week, was made by the Rev. A. Brown, pastor of the Washington Avenue M. E. church in Kan. City, Kan. "There has recently been in our city a play which caters to racial prejudices," he said. "The effect of such plays has been seen in Springfield, Ohio, where, because two men had committed a crime, a mob went burning and shooting into the houses of the colored people. In one of these houses which wss set on fire and riddled with bullets; three children were sleeping. Think of it. Talk about the outrages of China Talk about atrocities of Africa. Talk about the bushmen. Talk about the crimes of other races when our own are just as bad. Our people are becoming racially blind." The republican'city convention met in Phoenix hall last Saturday and nominated a candidate for city attorney and confirmed the selection of members of the council and school board from the respective ward. The convention organized by electing Mr.J: M. Knapp, chairman and D.D. D. Dewing, secretary. The following tick et was then named. Councilmen 1st ward ..... Geo H Bradford 2nd ward ..... Chas M Ayler 3rd ward ..... Fred M McCune 4th ward ..... W M Paugh 5th ward ..... J C Dunn 6th ward ..... S Conners Cheap Rate FRIS SYST Will sell daily until May 31st above point at greatly reduce May 31st, except tickets so 30 days. For full particulars M. H. RUDOLPH, Agent up Rates to Denver FRISCO SYSTEM until May 31st. Round trip tickets to the greatly reduced rates. Tickets limited to accept tickets sold during May to be limited to all particulars see Frisco Agent or write Agent F. E. CLARK, D. P. A. 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 May to be limited to 30 days. 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Red Front RACKET The People's Economy Store Sample Shoes We have just received a large invoice of Men's, Work Shoes, Men's Dress Shoes, Ladies' and Miss' Fine Shoes, Oxfords and Slippers all styles and kinds. AT WHOLESALE PRICES Tapp & Hanshaw Phone 257 255-257 N. Main Mrs. Geo. Daniels is confined to her home on the sick list this week. She is reported to be on the mend at this writing. THE MAN THAT BLOWS HIS BUGLE. The man that blows his bugle, you may not admire his style; You may claim he is conceited and condemn him all the while; You may term his method brazen or may even call it "brass," And the language that he uses you may designate as "gas;" You may disapprove his manners as you pass them in review. For no gentleman would burrow to the deeds that he will do, But I think I ought to mention, for to me it's very clear, That the man that blows his bugle is the fellow that we hear. I've known some men whose bugles made a cracked, discordant note, Somewhere between a peacock's yell and anthem of a goat, And the people who first heard it always seemed to shrink and quail. While they said, "Of course he's bugling, but he ought to be in jail." But these men kept blowing, blowing, till the anxious, hurried throng Said, "There must be merit in it or they wouldn't blow so long;" So they sort of pased to listen to the discords that they made, And the men that blew their bugles won the game that they had played This world is not exceeding wise; we're not so very clear If it's a heavenly anthem or a discord that we hear, And so we listen sagely to some bugle as it yells In a doful jubilate that its owner's glory tells; And many an artist's honored because his bugle blew, And many a poet's lauded for his self-laudation, too. Oh, I tell you o'er and o'er, for I've watched this earthly groove, That the man that blows his bugle is the fellow we approve. Don't deem me pessimistic, for this thought in me has birth, That somewhere is a standard that will place us at our worth. Our human judgment erereth, and we're apt to judge a bird By the feathers that it weardeth, though we shouldn't, I have heard, And while this fact is still a fact we'll be inclined, I know, To "size" the bugler's merit by the vigor of his blow, And so I'm still insisting, for to me it's very clear. That the man that blows his bugle is the fellow that we hear. The Adventure of "Lone Boy. By FRANKLIN WELLES GALKINS. HEN he was yet a small lad he had earned the name of "Lone Boy," because of soli- tary tramps which took him a long way from his own Sioux village. He let himself down, clen- hands to the edges. he felt with his moo- face of the ledge, s niche or coign of var- While he was thus was, in fact, best content when wandering among the breaks and canons of the Smoky Hill River. At eleven years he met with an adventure which gave him another name among his people. He had learned to set snares for wild animals, and one day discovered the fresh path of a doe and two fawns, which were in the habit of going to drink at a certain point on the river. After several attempts Lone Boy succeeded in snaring one of the fawns. But when he came up with his game a pair of bald eagles had already attacked and killed the fawn. The young Sioux was very angry. He had intended, if he should take a young deer alive, to carry the animal home for a pet. For some time he had known where this pair of eagles—at least, as he believed—had their nest. He had indeed planned to watch the growth of the young ones, and to lie in wait to shoot them upon their first unwary descent from their aerie. It was sometimes quite easy to secure the much prized tail feathers of the bald eagle in this way. However, there was always the risk that another hunter might be on the watch, and so secure the prize at the opportune moment. Upon reflection, Lone Boy determined at once to attempt a capture of the young eagles, and so to revenge himself upon the parents birds for the killing of his young deer. More than once, from an opposing height, he had marked the position of the eagles' nest. The huge pile of sticks was built upon a cleft rock near to the top of a cliff which overhung the sandy bed of a canon. This cliff was nearly a half-day's journey up the river, but Lone Boy set out at the coyote's gait, and before noon had reached the crest of the height directly above the nest. Here he seated himself beneath a pine and watched. Presently he saw both the old eagles sail away into the blue ether. Then Lone Boy rose and began the descent—a perilous business. Hitherto he had refrained from attempting it only because of the apparent impossibility of bringing the birds back, even should he succeed in reaching their perch. Now he had determined to descend upon them if he could, and to pitch them off into the canon, where he could pluck the coveted feathers at his leisure. To go directly down the face of the fedge was impossible; so he made his way along the seams and crevasses of the crowning rocks, keeping in view as much as possible the top of a leaning pine which stood beside the eagles' nest. For some lengths of his body the descent was easier than the lad had thought, and he was already calculating with much satisfaction that he could really bring those young eagles up, one at a time, when he came to a horizontal crevasse which he knew to be the main obstacle to success. Eagerly he stretched his length upon a sharp crown of rock and peered down upon a shelf some yards below, where the leaining pine had its root. Near the tree was a heap of sticks, bones, feathers and refuse, and two great squalls of birds, feathered yet downy, sprawled upon the pile. It was such a little way to drop, and yet, crane his head as he might, Lone Boy could see no shrub nor projection which he might lay hold upon. He crawled along the rim of the crevasse, looking down from every possible point of view; but everywhere the incline dipped inward; the edges of the rocks projecting like the lim of a basin above the eagles' aerie. Finally, almost despairing, the lad W let himself down, clinging with both hands to the edges. Then cautiously he felt with his moccasined toes the face of the ledge, seeking for some niche or coign of vantage. While he was thus dangling over the rim of the ledge he heard a shrill, piercing scream directly overhead, and looked up to see both the old eagles hovering along the scarp, not a bow-shot above his head. One of them had poised, flapping its great wings, the tips of which almost brushed the rocks, and he could see the craned neck and angry red eyes of the bird as it stooped for a swoop. The lad made a frantic effort to draw himself upward, and in the same instant the eagle shot downward like a hurled missile, with a hissing scream that set Lone Boy's nerves all a-tingle. He had drawn himself half-way up, and was about to fling a knee upon the rim of the rock when he got a fierce buffet from the eagle's wing. He was flung backward, and his hold upon the rock was broken. Like a falling stone he dropped to the shelf below, and would have tumbled heading into the canon but for the friendly leaning pine, which stretched some limbs across the path of his descent. For a moment Lone Boy hung, clinging to these boughs, half-suspended over the depths; then he scrambled to safety under the sheltering pine. He did this just in time to escape a fresh onset from one of the eagles, which swooped at him, screaming wrathfully. The leaning pine had grown a network of small limbs, and its foliage was very dense. Crawling under the drooping boughs, Lone Roy was able to hide himself completely even from the keen eyes of the eagles. Yet the birds continued to wheel about their aerie, noisily excited for a time. The lad lay very within his shelter, peering from under cover at the pair of newly fledged eaglets, which had flopped awkwardly off their pile of sticks when the intruder dropped upon their perch. These young birds now hugged the rock ledge with bodies flattened and wings drooping, evidently much depressed by the descent of this strange creature and by the worried screams of the parent birds. However, as Lone Boy continued in hiding, the old eagles became calmer, and after a time seemed to have forgotten altogether the cause of alarm. They finally salled away in search of fresh prey. Lone Boy now crawled cautiously out of his hiding place. His first move, boy-like, was to pounce upon the young eagles, giving them no opportunity to flop off their perch and into the canon. In a brief time, sitting astride the two, the lad had cut strings from his buckskin leggings, and made fast a leg of each bird to pine shrubs which grew close to their nest. He tied them just far enough apart so that they could not become entangled. When this was done, he began to take account of his situation; and very soon, upon keen scrutiny of the ledge above and below, he discovered that without rescue by some passing hunter or person in search of him, there could be no hope of escape. He was trapped as the wolf is trapped, or even as he had snared the fawn. The narrow shelf upon which the eagles' nest had been built, and from which the leaning pine had grown, was only some ten steps in length, and but a pace or two in width at the widest. It was a hollow trough, enclosed by a basin-like rim, and was filled with pine cones, needles and other rubbish. And this little shelf suspended in mid-air was half a bow-shot above the bottom of the canon. In vain Lone Boy scanned the face of the ledge from which he had dropped. There was no possible hand-hold within reach, and the bushrr pine had leaned so far out to catch the sun light that its films tops came nowhere near the rock dim above. If within a very few days some one should pass within halling distance, there would be a chance of rescue; otherwise not. Again the lad crawled within the tent-like shelter of the pine, where for a time he watched the uncasy eaglets flop about and peck at the annoying strings which hampered them. Toward night the old eagles returned, and one of them bore a cock sage-grouse in its talons. Lone Boy was near to laughter when the dead bird was deposited upon the nest, for the tied eaglets struggled spitfully, jerking the quarry back and forth, flapping their wings, and pulling against each other for possession. In the meantime the old eagle sat with a solemn look of inquiry upon its face, and finally flew away, croaking in apparent disgust. The boy crawled from hiding. Some of that grouse he must have, and he secured the leg and a portion of the breast for his supper. This, of course, he was forced to eat raw. That night he slept fitfully, and before morning his throat was parched with thirst. When an eagle brought a rabbit to the aerie, and he had secured a portion, he was unable to eat more than a mouthful or two. So he lay within the pine's shelter, watching the eagles, and listening for any stir of life which should betoken a hunter within sound of his voice. The eaglets had grown sullen pulling at the strings, and each lay or sat upon its own side of the nest, sourly, dozing, except when a parent bird appeared. Then there were strange contortions of the body, with wings raised aloft and gaping red maws. Lone Boy now noted, too, that the old birds fed their young separately, apparently accepting the situation without further inquiry. After bringing some small bird or animal, either eagle would sit for a time perched and preening, upon some near-by crag, wholly oblivious of its rapacious, gorging offspring. Watching these birds, Lone Boy retained his interest in life for another sun; then the fever of thirst consumed him. For several days he lay under the pine in a semi-conscious state. Half the people of his village might have passed through the canon looking for him, and he could not have heeded, much less have answered, their calls. Then, on a cool morning, when a heavy dew was glittering upon the pine needles, he came suddenly into possession of his faculties. Feeling strangely light of head and body, but with every sense alert, he came out from hiding. He felt as if walking upon air, and stood upon the rock rim, looking down into the canon, feeling that he was quite capable of jumping down there upon the sands without taking hurt. If only he might jump far enough! He looked down at his hands and bare arms, which appeared to be nothing but skin and bone, and a startling thought came into his mind. Why not take the young eagles and jump! They would help to bear up his lightened weight! No sooner thought than put in execution. He turned to the eaglets, untied the hissing, pecking birds, now almost full-grown and full-feathered, and cut the thongs which bound them. They flapped their wings strongly, and nearly wrenched their legs out of his weak hands. Then, in a sudden, desperate rush, he bore them over the verge of the rock shelf and dropped into the spaces of the canon. Down, down, they dropped, the boy's arms wide-spread and the eaglets flapping their untied wings. The descent was appallingly swift, but the vigorous efforts of the birds carried the trio forward in a slant which plunged them into the sand at the canon's bottom. Lone Boy stag, gered to his feet, alive and whole. Still dizzy and feeling very queer, the lad saw the earth spin round him for a moment. Then again tying the eaglets' legs, he staggered to the river bank, a half bow'shot's distance. There he quenched his thirst after the cautious manner of his kind. A half-hour later he was able to visit a patch of ripe raspberries, and despite his swollen tongue, to eat heartily of the luscious fruit. A half-eaten rabbit, which he had kicked off the eagles' perch, still further renewed his vigor, and after a half-day's rest he was able to go slowly homeward, dragging his captives after him. At the Brule Sioux village, in honor of this exploit, he was named Wambili Yuza, Catches Eagles, by which name he is known to this day. Youth's Companion. A. "Phenomenon" Indeed. A preacher, while speaking to an audience of children, chanced to make use in the course of his remarks of the word "phenomenon." This rather puzzled several of his hearers, who at the close of the meeting asked to be informed of its meaning. Not knowing quite how to answer them the preacher put them off until the following Sunday, when he thus explained: "If you see a cow, that's not a 'phenomenon.' If you see a thistle, that's not a 'phenomenon.' And if you see a bird that sings, that's not a 'phenomenon,' either. But," he said, "if you see a cow sitting on a thistle and singing like a bird, then that's a 'phenomenon.'"—The Tatler. Disrespectful Looks Costly. Disrespectful Books Controft It is not uncommon for a lawyer in this country to be fined for expressing his contempt of court verbally, but abroad barristers are held to a stricter accountability. During a recent case at Darmstadt one of the counsel was declared by the judge to have looked at him "in a manner highly disrespectful." For this offense the counsel was fined $10. BASE BABL WILLIAM GILBERT Second Baseman of the New York (N. L.) Club. National League News. Pitcher Brown of Chicago, has resigned. Pitcher Lundgren has resigned with Chicago. Catchy Tommy Leahy has signed with St. Louis. Outfielder Johnny Dobbs has signed with Brooklyn. Third Baseman Heinie Eatch has resigned with Brooklyn. Pitchers Chech and Harper have turned in signed Cincinnati contracts. Umpire Hank O'Day has sent in his signed contract to President Pulliam. Frank V. Dunn has gone to Hot Springs, Ark., there to remain for a month. As yet Sam Leever has not signed a contract with the Pittsburg club for next season. Pitcher Suthoff has been sold outright to the Toledo club and has signed with the latter. Catcher William Stroh has been released by Boston and has signed with Arthur Irwin's Altoona club. Pitcher Charlie McFarland has signed with the Cardinals for the coming campaign at last year's salary. Pitcher Irving Young of the Boston Nationals, is pegging away at the Boston & Maine shops in Concord, N. H. Walter M. Thornton, one of Anson's star pitchers, is now the Seattle representative of the Everett Land and Improvement Company. Johnny Dobbs, Brooklyn's outfielder, has been engaged to coach the baseball candidates for the Mooney School team at Memphis, Tenn. American League Notes. The Boston club has released pitcher Frank Owens. Catcher Armbruster has signed with the Boston Americans. Dave Fultz will coach the New York University team this spring. Walter Clarkson has gained several pounds in weight the past few months. pounds in weight the past few months. Comiskey has received the contracts of pitchers Patterson, Walsh and Fiene. Infielder Nick Kahl of the Cleveland club, was married in Cleveland, Feb. 8, to Miss Edna Burk of Cleveland. WILLIAM G. Second Baseman of the Schmidt, the catcher secured by Detroit for next season, runs a cigar store and restaurant at Coal Hill, Ark. Pitcher Cleary, drafted from Buffalo, refuses to sign at Detroit's terms, but Manager Armour refuses to raise the ante. The Cleveland club during the week signed catcher Howard Wakefield; also pitcher Ralph Cadwalader, drafted from Sioux City. The Detroit club has secured pitcher Jesse Stovall from Minneapolis in order to use him in a deal with a Pacific Coast League club. The Washington club has sold outfielder Frank Huelsman to Montreal subject to recall at any time upon repayment of purchase price. Southern League. Little Rock has signed the veteran shortstop Ed McKean. Shortstop Monte Bales of the Chicago City League, has been signed by Little Rock. The Memphis club has purchased first baseman Carey from the Grand Rapids club. First baseman Eddie Pabst of Montgomery, announces his retirement, owing to ill health. Billy Spies and Charles Wagner, two Toledo amateurs, have signed to play with Mike Finn's Nashville team. George Carey, sold to Memphis by Grand Rapids, has so far refused to sign a contract with Charley Babb's team. Montgomery will have one of the largest ball parks in the Southern League next season. It will cover six acres of ground. Manager Mike Finn of Nashville, has completed the schedule he was commissioned to make out for the South Texas League. President Morrill has disposed of his holdings in the New Orleans club to local capitalists. Charlie Frank will continue as the manager of the team. A number of changes will be made in the Birmingham grounds. While more room could be used, the old grounds will be used again for another season at least. Manager M. J. Finn of Nashville, writes as follows: "We are getting an entire new club here and all the old men are for sale or exchange. Any one desiring such will do well to correspond with me now. I still need a few good men and would like to hear from disengaged players." Three-I. League. The Peoria club has signed Hugh Lawler, an amateur hailing from Washington, D. C. The Davenport club has signed first baseman Dave Crockett, shortstop Peter Berg, third baseman "Snapper" Kennedy and pitchers Baker and Lelivelt. Two of Dubuque's outfielders are recalcitrant. Regan has asked for his release, and Davidson announces that he has retired to accept a position as engineer. Since Frank Donnelly traded Eberts and two unknows to Cantillon at Des Moines for William Hoffer and Fred Connery, no new Senators have been announced. Manager Belden Hill of Cedar Rapids, has signed "Indiana" Wilson, but he is still the property of the Peoria club, which will either hold him or trade him for a pitcher. Don Cameron has been released by Cedar Rapids and immediately picked up by Frank Donnelly, to succeed "Red" Wright and big Mike Jacobs on first base for Springfield. J. T. Hayes of the Davenport, and M. H. Sexton of the Rock Island clubs, will submit a schedule for 1906 in competition with one submitted by President Holland. Eight clubs will vote upon the two productions. Central League The Spalding ball will be the official ball of this league next season. Grand Rapids has purchased pitcher BIPT New York (N. L.) Club. Van Anda from the Canton club. Canton has signed Pitcher Schmick catcher Roy Clarke from Toledo. South Bend has re-elected its old board of directors with one exception. Ganzel has offered to trade catcher Durham for shortstop Ruh of Terre Haute. South Bend has traded outfielder Foy to Canton for third baseman Johnson. William Pfeifer of Coshocton, O., has been appointed a Central League umpire. Terre Haute has signed James Cook, a Salt Lake City infielder, last season with Oakland. Pitcher Wesp, a Cincinnati south-paw, has been signed by Jack Boyle for the Terre Haute team. American Association. Outfielder Jack Thoney has re-signed with Indianapolis. Manager Watkins has received the signed contract of Johnny Farrell, second baseman and outfielder. Manager Watkins of Indianapolis, has signed O. E. Summers, who pitched for the Springfield Central League team last year. Pitcher Cromley of the Indianapolis team, will coach the Wabash College candidates in the spring. He is a Georgetown University man. "I have no trouble getting ball players," said Joe Cantillon the other day. "What troubles me is getting the work out of them." And Joseph said one of the real wise things of the winter. Bruce, the Indian, formerly of Toronto, afterward with the Athletics, and last season with Indianapolis, is practicing medicine at Onandago, N. Y., and will doubtless go back to Indianapolis this year. Knights and Daughters, they changed High Priestess or Cottors since this list was a kindly notify me at once, make the correction. W. N. MILLER KNIGHTS AND DAUGHTY TABOR. Tabernacles. Number. 1 Mrs. Eliza Nichols, 928 St., Kansas City, Kan. 2 Mrs. Sarah Crisp, 928 Chestnut St., Iola, Kan. 3 Mrs. Flora Thompson, 7th St., Council Bluffs. 4 Mrs. Madaliene Ward, 728 Cherryville, Kan. 5 Mrs. Sarah Skinner, 728 Atchison, Kan. 6 Mrs. Mary Curry, 804 O. Ottawa, Kan. 7 Mrs. N. E. Wigely, 506 Lina, Kan. 8 Mrs. Laura Smith, 200 Coffeyville, Kans. 9 Mrs. Sarah H. 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