Wichita Searchlight

YOU CAN SAVE MONEY BY TRADING WITH THE MERCHANTS WHO ADVERTISE IN THIS PAPER ariated Christiany IGHTH YEAR. set said, "Thou shalt love as thyself," there was an set forth in the pre- confined our neighbors to race, tongue or condition. If, on tomorrow, the who translated holy writ and that this particu- nought to read, according records, "Thou shalt love my red or thy black neigh- self," there would be stin- dom, the equal of which found this side of the Re- the thing about Christian-impresses the nations of most (aside from the spirit of the thing itself) is its What was true of Christ chings 1900 years ago, is what is more, the Christ-agrees that change and not the religion of Christ. useful to note that every saw the crucifixion of its back a story which does words with that of an all be noted each man tells he saw it, yet all of them be particular, and that is did not die for any partici- individuals. The fact is adopted that he died for for the Jew as well as the ere flourishes in this coun- many forms of religion of men have juggled with the muzzled their souls and brains to the effect that on is served to your order wait." of ancient Brahmanism to you that caste is one of all features of their religion. of a certain station, pro- cannot, according to his of the food which one of his mate brothers enjoys; he is as his brother of high de- when he dies he must not special equality even in the soul. In fine, the southern North America revels in this barbarian. as America of ours.(ours by languished in the grip of wars and the people of the South pressed harder and for differences of opinion on uss and customs of State and the slave trade, then was it that there arose a great dispute in ecclesiastical circles. Some churches, rather than desecrate the temples of God by proclaiming them for white cChristians only, drew out from certain other churches who held that social conditions, caste and prevalent customs were superior to the straightforward teachings of Christ. And so it is that we have not only Jim-Crow cars, Jim-Crow restaurants, etc., but we are amply supplied with Jim-Crow churches, Jim-Crow preaches, Jim-Crow charities and for all we know, there may start up from some of these altars, Jim-Crow prayers. As an instance illustrative of the variations and practices which Christianity has undergone in the Southland; not long ago Miss Ellen Stone, she of bandit capture fame, who was in attendance on a great convention, called by the white Baptists in the great city of Atlanta, Ga., expressed her intention to visit some of the colored churches and mingle in their worship, and forthwith there went up a mighty howl from that Christian body. They were so stirred that they even forbade and persuaded Miss Stone not to carry out her intentions, but Miss Elen M. Stone, be it ever remembered to her credit, showed them that she was made of sterner stuff. She went, she gave her helping hand to aid her less fortunate sisters, and lo, the earth still spins upon its axis, the sun continues to rise in the east and Atlanta has not, up to this writing disappeared from the face of the earth. Touching on an offertory to the equality of rights in both state and church, Christendom must pull off its hat to Catholicism and while we hurl at evil what is evil's due, we thank God that the Catholic has not stooped to arrogant prejudice. The catholic religion is held out to all who will seek it, and its priest, unlike the white Methodist or Baptist preacher, is the priest of all who would seek him. We have no power of opening the secrets of Divinity, but it strikes us that in the days of glorious reckoning those who have served a Jim-Crow god and a Jim-Crow faith, will not be seen with God's annointed, but afar off, they may lift up their eyes and see, and hear the songs of those who had loved their neighbors as they have loved themselves.—Exchange. The negro in this country would advance much faster than they do if they would stop fighting each and be more united. Mixed Wives. In the early part of the last century there lived in an old New England town a Mr. Church, who in the course of his earthly life was bereft of four wives, all of whom were buried in the same lot. In his old age it became necessary to remove the remains to a new cemetery. This he undertook to do himself, but in the process the bones became hopelessly mixed. His "New England conscience" would not allow him under the painful circumstances to use the original headstones, so he produced new ones, one of which bore the following inscription: "Here lies Hannah Church and pro- "Here lies Hannah Church and probably a portion of Emily." Another: "Sacred to the memory of Emily Church, who seems to be mixed with Matilda." Then follow these lines: Stranger pause and drop a tear, For Emily Church lies buried here, Mixed in some perplexing manner, With Mary, Matilda, and probably Hannah. SAVE YOUR MONEY. To many of our people lack the prudence necessary to a wise use of money. Thousands of them do not what they ought to —refrain from buying. Thousands are made poor by the habit of spending money on every foolish they see that pleases their fancy. They waste much money on finery and clothes; they waste it on sweet meats and nick-nacks, they spend somewhere and somehow every cent of their income, and seem to think they are oppressed because they cannot have money to waste on spendthrift habits. Many people who can not afford it buy too costly food and raiment and rent too fine houses. This lack of prudence, this reckless extravagance is bringig untold sorrow upon our people each year. Poor people should be persuaded to live within their income and to save a little margin for the rainy days. Fine clothes and costly furniture afford little relief when they are all purchased on th installment plan and the man is required to move into the house in order to collect the bill. Especially should teh young negro be taught to live within the limits of their wages. The man in business can ill afford to make debts, although necessity compels him at times to do so; the man who is not in business can not afford to go in debt. Fine ribbons and clothes are not a necessity, they are a luxury and most any man can find a better use for his money. Industry, frugality and economy are wining cards; let the extravagant portion of our people right about face and employ these redeeming qualities. —Exchange. Nothing can keep you from your heart's desire if you really want it enough to work for it yourself. But as long as you expect others to work for you the ruling powers know you do not want it, and they will not help you to attain it. Negro Officers In Army History of U. S. Army Chaplains.— Retirement of Allen Allensworth. Paymaster Captain John R. Lynch. NEGRO STAFF OFFICERS. Washington—Recently President Roosevelt stated to Representative Pearre, of Maryland, that he intended to appoint Rev. Washington Gladden, a prominent colored Baptist divine of Colorado Springs, Colorado, as a chaplain of the Twenty-fourth Infantry, United States Army. The vacancy which he is to fill is caused by a retirement. Speaking of colored men in the United States Army, the Washington Post, in issue of April 9, contained the following statement: "Uncle Sam has on his long payroll eight Negro commissioned officers of his army, three of these being line officers, while the others are chaplains and a paymaster. "By the army organization act of July 28, 1866, there were designated four regiments of Negroes. These organizations are now the Ninth and Tenth regiments of cavalry and the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth regiments of infantry, and since their formation these Negro regiments have had assigned to them a Negro chaplain. "Probably the best known of all the Negro chaplains is Allen Allensworth, now on leave of absence at Los Angeles, Calif., awaiting retirement. Chaplain Allensworth has seen much active duty, and his service with the "Fighting Twenty-fourth," which did good work in Cuba, has been continuous since his entrance into the army on April 1, 1886. "Next to him as to age and service is Theophilus G. Steward, who was appointed on July 20th, 1891 from the District of Columbia, and assigned to that other fighting infantry regiment, the "Brunette Twenty-fifth." His service has also been continuous with the regiment to which he was first assigned. "The' present chaplain of the Ninth Cavalry is George Washington Prioleau, a native of South Carolina, but appointed from Ohio. All of his service has been with the Ninth Cavalry now stationed at Jefferson Barracks, Mo. He has fourteen years of service before him. "The last of these chaplains is William T. Anderson, now with his regiment, the Tenth Cavalry, which has also seen service in Cuba and the Philippines. "The last of the Negro staff officers is John R. Lynch, of the pay department, who entered the service in June, 1898, as an additional paymaster of volunteers, with the rank of major, which position he held for three years, until honorably discharged in May, 1901, when he was appointed to the permanent establishment as paymaster with the rank of captain. "The only Negro officer of the army who is a West Pointer is Charles Young, at present on duty as military attache at Port au Prince, Hayti. Captain Young entered the military academy in 1884 and was not graduated until 1889, when he was commissioned an additional second lieutenant and assigned to the Tenth Cavalry, where he remained only about one month, when he was transferred to the Twenty-fifth Infantry as a second lieutenant. In this regiment he remained only twenty-seven days, when he was again transferred to the 9th Cavalry, where he remained until promoted to first lieutenant, on December 22, 1896, when he was assigned to the Seventh Cavalry, a white regiment. He remained with this regiment about ten months until he made a transfer back to his old love the Ninth Cavalry. He was promoted a captain in February, 1901, and eighty-eight captains will have to move out of the way before he becomes a field officer with the rank of major. "There are two Negro officers who have won their spurs by coming up from the line by competitive examination. They are Lieut. Benjamin O. Davis, of the Tenth Cavalry, now military instructor at Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, O., and Lieut. J. E. Green, Twenty-fifth infantry, now serving with Co. H. at Fort Pliss, Texas. RACE NOTES. The state board of pharmacy met in Richmond, Va., in March, and examined seventy-five candidates who were applying for licenses to practice pharmacy in Virginia. Of the seventy-five four were Afro-Americans. Thirty-eight of the applicants, including successful. Thus it can be seen that but 49 per cent of the whites passed against 75 per cent of the Afro-Americans. The colored people of Petersburg, Va., are erecting a hospital. It is to be named the Dunbar Memorial Hospital. Steps have also been taken to build another hospital in Philadelphia by the colored people. In a recent speech the mayor of Richmond, Va., is reported to have said that he recognized but two flags, the battle flag of Virginia and the flag of the confederacy. D. F. Whitaker, president of the Oklahoma-Mexican Emigration Society, is in Monterry, Mexico, for the purpose of making arrangements for the coming of 10,000 negro colonists to Mexico. These coloniss plan to buy eighty-five square miles of land in the southern part of the state of Tamauilpas, about sixty-five miles from Tampico, and put it all in cultivation as soon as possible. The movement has pending for two years This is one of the largest colonizations that was ever proposed in northern Mexico. --- NO.6 THE INDIAN AT SCHOOL. Displays Surprising Timidity, Yet Sometimes Excels White Pupils. A teacher in the Indian schools says that the difference between red children and white are many, but that the similarities are more. "The most striking difference," he says, "was the excessive timidity of the Indian children. It seems to be a racial characteristic and one of the hardest things for the teacher to overcome; indeed, I do not know that we want to overcome it entirely. "The Indian child learns those things which are in his scope as readily as the white child, but we need not wonder that he does not readily solve a problem in compound numbers even after by dint of repeated drill he has committed the tables. He has never had occasion to measure surface or contents, therefore again we need not wonder that it is hard for him to understand that a piece of land is so many rods across or that it will take so many feet of lumber to build a bin large enough to hold so many bushels of corn or potatoes. "On the other hand, take penmanship or drawing, which are the result of manu-mental training, and the Indian child equals and excels the white child. The white child enters school at the age of six or seven and as he can already talk English quite fluently, he can soon be taught to recognize the written words he already knows orally. "When the six-year-old Indian child comes in he cannot understand a word of your language and you cannot speak a word to him in his own tongue. He must necessarily learn some English words before he can read and he must learn to read before he can learn much of anything else. Consequently while he is thus getting ready to learn, the white child is learning, his mind is expanding, and he develops into a thinking man some years ahead of his dusky brother." RAILROADING IN JAPAN. Ideas Borrowed from America Are Being Put Into New Operations. The mikado has borrowed his ideas of railroading from his two greatest friends—John Bull and Uncle Sam. Japanese railroad engineers have received their education in England or America, and many within the last year have visited this country's shops and plants to renew acquaintances with the best railroad practice. Japan is physically unsuited to great railroad development, since the mountain systems break it up into many small districts; so the railroads have to climb steep grades or cut through mountains or skirt their bases. At one point where a mountain range has to be crossed there is a rise of 1,138 feet in less than 12 miles. Here the best American mogul engines are used and perform their herculean work with general satisfaction. American locomotives are gradually displacing the old type of engines that were designed in England, Germany and the home shops. More English coaches with side doors are used than the American type, but the latter is steadily making headway. A locomotive building and repair shop is established at Kobe, where several good consolidation engines have been made. The plant was largely of an experimental nature, but it is now working overtime to supply the demand. The most recent orders are compound two cylinder engines weighing 40 tons. Their completion was regarded as a great day for Japan, and their maiden trips were made amid a good deal of public enthusiasm. But, while this plant has performed some excellent work and is likely to have duplicates in other parts of the Sunrise kingdom, it is not likely Japan can depend on home manufacture for some time to come. A complete reorganization of railroad systems is now contemplated. Norway in Scotland. Few people are aware of the fact that the Orkney and Shetland islands, strictly speaking, belong to the kingdom of Norway, a circumstance which has been recalled by the recent events at Christiania. Towards the close of the fifteenth century King Christian of Norway pledged the Orkneys and the Shetlands, over which his rule was undisputed, to King James III. of Scotland for the payment of the dowry of his daughter Margaret, who became queen of Scotland. The pledge has not yet been redeemed, THE SEARCHLIGHT. W. N. MILLER, Editor. KAN8. Entered at the Post Office at Wichita Kansas, as Second-Class Mall 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 to THE SEARCHLIGHT for publici tion must be signed by the part parties writing. All matters for publication must reach this office not later than TUESDAY to reach publication in the current issue. RULES OF THIS OFFICE. 1st. All Subscriptions must be paid in advance strictly. Agents take notice. 2nd. Communications received after Wednesday noon will appear in that week. 3rd. In asking to change your paper from one office or one address to another always give both, the old and new. 4th. Send Us all the news from your address of the City, County, State or County. We publish it FREE OF CHARGE. Write in plan and on one side of the paper only. 5th No Name will be placed on our books without the money. So agents will send the money with subscriber's name. 6th Address all communications to "The Wichita Searchlight" Wichita, Kansas. 7th Any erroneous reflection upon the character, standing or reputation of any person which may appear in this paper, will be gladly corrected if brought to the Editor. "To Live and Let Live," is OUR Motto. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the nomination as Clerk of the City Court, subject to the Republican convention. S. L. BARRETT. The colored voters announce the candidacy of W. H. Jones for Marshal of the City Court, subject to the re-publican convention. COLORED VOTERS. I am a candidate for Register of Deeds, subject to the decision of the Republican county convention. JOHN J. HUGHES, First Ward. I hereby announce myself a candidate for County Attorney, subject to the Republican convention. J. A. BRUBACHER. I hereby announce myself a candidate for sheriff of Sedgwick county, subject to the Republican convention. CHAS. F. HORNER. I hereby announce myself a candidate for re-nomination for County Treasurer, subject to the Republican convention. E. WEBB. I am a candidate for re-nomination for Coroner, subject to the Republican convention. E. PHILLIPS. I am a candidate for the nomination as Clerk of the District Court, subject to the Republican convention. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for Marshal of the City Court, subject to the Republican convention. WESLEY S. HAWK. I am a candidate for the nomination as Sheriff of Sedgwick County, subject to the Republican convention. THOS. M. VOSS. I hereby announce myself a candidate for re-nomination for representative for the 71st district, subject to the republican convention. A. C. HUSEY. The annual sermon of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows will be preached at New Hope Baptist church on the secoid Sunday in May. The services will be held under the auspices of Home of West Lodge No. 2906 and Rev. W. H. Tillman will preach the sermon. I hereby announce myself a candidate for representative from the 72nd representative district, subject to the Republican convention. J. V. JENKINS. NOT A PLEASURE TO "ROAST" ANYONE. Some people have the mistaken idea that it is a pleasure to us to "roast" someone through the columns of our paper. We have said before, and we say again, that this is absolutely one of most unpleasant duties which ever falls to our lot as a publisher. We never resort to this only in extreme cases and where every other effort to secure a "square deal" has failed—but when we do have to "roast" we go at it without gloves and with the whole energy that within us lies—and we always try never to leave a hide or hair. We would munch prefer that all men with whom we are forced in contact with would treat us fairly and squarely and extend to us the same good treatment which we always try to extend to them—but it seems that this is not the make-up of some people—and if you treat them nice, fair and square, they think you are "stuck on" them—and they see how uncooth they can be. They just won't let you treat them right. In such cases a good, round, fat, juicy "roast" is always in order. And to cap the whole climax—we know exactly how to "roast." We would prefer a thousand to one to speak good smooth words of everyone but when you are forced to do a thing—do it with all your might—and this is our plan when we must resort to "roasting." We have always shunned this unpleasant task—but when we MUST "roast" we believe in doing so with full vim and vigor. WHY KEEP RAPPING? It does seem very unwise to us to see a colored man who is continually rapping and knocking on some other colored man. It does seem that the colored man has about enough raps coming from others without members of his own race taking a whack at him too. True, there are some men from whose tactics the race should be shedded of—but why keep rapping? This is more particularly true in politics—and it should not be so. The man who always does the rapping act generally comes out at the small end of the horn. So in the long run he hurts himself more than anyone else—but it looks bad. Quit rapping and knocking and go to work to get unity in the race. CUMMINGS Bought Property in Baltimore's Swell District and Residents are Indignant. Baltimore, Md. A handsome three story house on North Gilmore street was sold at auction yesterday and knocked down to Harry Cummings, the colored lawyer, who seconded the nomination of President Roosevelt at the Chicago convention. Cummings declined to say for whom he bought the property, and indignation ran high at the report that it was bought for a colored congregation who propose to use it for an orphan asylum. "We will not tolerate a horde of little pickannies running about the streets and playing about our front steps," said a matron today. The moving of one colored family into a neighborhood has invariably resulted in a general exodus of whites and a depreciation of at least 50 per cent in the value of all the property. POSTPONED. On account of the very threatening weather Thursday night the daughters of Wlchita Tabernacle. No. 34, postponed their social to be had at Dtr. Sherrill's and will give it next Wednesday night. Be on hand at Dtr. Sherrill's. 311 W. Murdock, Wednesday night, May 2nd. DTR. ELLA KYYLE. DTR. BEATRICE MILLER. DTR. L. MONTS. Committee. The colored people generally take very favorably to the candidacy of W. H. Jones for the office of marshal of the city court. Talk about favoring the race and being for the race, now is the time when every colored man can show his colors by standing for W. H. Jones for this nomination. Boost it up for W. H. Jones for marshal of the city court. THE WICH TASEARCHLIGHT Send your news notes and local happenings to 428 North Main Street. WANTED—Gentleman or lady with good reference, to travel by rail or with a rig, for a firm of $250,000.00 capital. Salary $1,072.00 per year and expenses; salary paid weekly and expenses advanced. Address, with stamp Jos. A. Alexander, Wlchita, Kansas. STEWARDS RALLY. The stewards of the A. M. E. church will have a big rally on the second Sunday in May for the purpose of raising means to pay off obligations. On Monday night, May 14, will be given an entertainment by the Stewards and Stewardess Boards. Rev. A. H. Mayo, of Boston, Mass., arrived in the city Thursday to visit a few days with his brother, Deacon Mayo, of the Tabernacle Baptist Church. Rev. Mayo is looking fine and says he is in splendid health. The song services at the A. M. E. church continue to grow in interest and those who attend manifest quite an enthusiasm in attending. Every meeting has a splendid feature. Mrs. Emma Jones is conducting a boarding house at her residence, 522 N. Water, where those who desire home cooking can find the best the market affords, cooked and seasoned in the best style. Remember 522 N. Water for a square, well cooked meal. Mrs. J. C. Coffee is able to be out again after aweck of illness. Rev. Joseph Wilson Jr., though just called to the pastorate of the New Hope Baptist church is starting off nicely as their pastor. W. L. Heiman contemplates a trip to Kansas City in May to spend a few days visiting with his mother and other relatives. He will spend about two weeks. Rev. H. W. King, pastor of the A. M. E. church is still preaching to a crowded house every Sunday night, which shows that Rev. King is holding his popularity amon the people and his members. It can well be said of him—he is a pleasing speaker—go and hear him. Subscribe and pay for the Searchlight. She is wide-awake. QUITE A MECHANIC. David Stames, son of Mr. and Mrs. N. Stames, 1149 Platt avenue, is becoming quite an expert plasterer. His father has taught him the trade of lathing and plastering and now David is capable of doing work alone, which speaks well for this young man. Mr. Stames deserves a compliment for learning his son so useful and beneficial a trade. The more the merrier. H. H. Neely, who is one of the most successful gardeners in Sedgwick county, has greatly increased his acreage of garden ground this year. With good seasons he will surpass any previous year in the quantity of garden products which he will raise. Mr. Neely is a wide awake hustler and well understands his business as a gardener. Mr. and Mrs. Nelly are at the head of the Helen Gould Orphan Home, 1447, S. River. Rev. W. H. Burrill is in possession of several calls to important churhees in Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Nebraska, but for the present he will remain in Wichita. Rev. Burrill is all right. Louis Carr left for Joplin, Mo. where he will remain for awhile. Mrs. Mary Blackwell still continues quite ill. Mr. and Mrs. Ben J. Topp are having the front porch on their house remodeled. Judge Jno. R. Thomas of the Indian Territory, was in Wichita Wednesday in search of a colored man named Randolph Penyman who owns valuable lands in that country, and which land sharks are trying to cheat his wife out of. Anyone knowing such a man will aid him and his wife by having him write to Judge Thomas at Muskogee. W. H. Jones has sold his lot at 809 North Water street and has had his house moved to his vacant property at 806 North Water street, where he will be located in the future. Miss Francis Williams was on the sick list this week, but is much improved at this writing. Olden's Drug Store, 615 N. Main, is still at the old stand where you can get fresh juicy soda. Try one of "Olden's Favorites." Mrs. A. Bradford is greatly improved and is able to be out. The many friends of Mrs. Joe Bell will be proud to learn that she is able to be up and out again. Mr. and Mrs. N. Turner have moved to their own home on Sherwood avenue. The "Underground Cafe," 347 N. Main, is the place—Bud Hickerson knows what you want to eat—go there and see. Rev. J. H. Van Leu, State Missionary, arrived in the city Tuesday from an extended rip over the state. He reports a fine time and everybody is prospering in Kansas. He left Thursday for Iola to attend the District Convention. Taborian Temple No. 11 and Wichita Tabernacle No 34 are beginning their preparation to entertain the Grand Temple and Tabernacle which will meet in Wichita in July. They propose to extend to that august assembly the most royal time in its history. Knights and daughters in Kansas keep your eyes on Wichita. The literary society at the Tabernacle Baptist church is doing nicely at their meetings every Wednesday night. One thing we would like to know, though, what has become of the reporter elected by the society? Think someone ought to begin a hunt—possibly the reporter is lost. All wait eagerly to hear. A fire on Jackson avenue Tuesday evening destroyed one barn and partially destroyed two others including the barn of Mr. Jeff Sanford, at 1223 Jackson. Ike J. Porter has received word from Judge J. C. Pollock, United States district judge that Mr. Porter has been employed to cook for he camping party of Judge Pollock in Canada in July. Mr. Porter will leave Wichita July 1st and join the party in Topeka and go with them to Canada where he will spend sixty days with the party. Drop in at the Court House grocery 517 N. Main and buy your goods when in need of groceries. The Daughters of Wichita Tabernacle No. 34 will meet Thursday afternoon, May 3rd, at 2:30 at the residence of Dtr. Beatrice Miller, 519 N. Water. Important matters. The ladies of the Alsbic club met Thursday afternoon with Miss Lulu Covington. An hour was spent in needlework, after which a roundtable talk, "American Artists," was discussed. A dainty luncheon was served. They adjourned to meet Thursday afternoon of next week with Mrs. L. Finis. The B. T. W. Club met with Ms. W. M. Clark, Thursday. Quite a number in attendance, and the club adjourned to meet next Thursday with Mrs. Geo. Daniels, 426 N. Wichita. WESTERN UNIVERS The Great Educational Institution for Kansas and the West..... DEFARTMENTS: Theiological, O and State Industrial. 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Every Knight and every Daughter who have children should see to it that their children are members of the Tent which is the children's department of the Order of Twelve. Knights and Daughters make a sad mistake by keeping their children out of the Tent --- Office—Bell " White" " 4302 " Residence—Bell " West" " 1 " Hot Ch Wichita, Kane or not urging the tojo to after they have joined. I great good. Knights and should see that they lo matter at once. Do not do Keep your eye on the she's there. Kidney Trouble Causes Weak Backs and a Multitude of Pains and Aches. Col. R. S. Harrison, Deputy Mar- shal, 715 Commana St., Lake Charles, Lake Charles, "A bios Ln., says: "A kick from a horse first weakened my back and affected my kidneys. I became very bad, and had to go out on crutches. The doctors told me I had a case of chronic rheumatism, but I could not believe them, from a horse first weakened my back and affected my kidneys. I became very bad, and had to graat out on crutches. The doctors told me I had a case of chronic rheumatism, but I could not believe them, and finally began using Doan's Kidney Hills for my kidneys. First the kidney secretions came more frrely, then the pain left my back. I went and got ano her box, and that co-paused a cure. I have been well for two years. Sold by all dealers, 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Senator Tillman's Tip. Senator Tillman, of South Carolina, has gained a reputation as a race horse dinter and his "one best bet" went through yesterday at Benning. The senator is unconscious of having picked the winner of the third race, but he did. "I am tired of all this hocus pocus," the senator declared in a speech yesterday. "What we want is action. This hocus pocus has gone on long enough." "Hocus Pocus! That the tip!" agreed the wise ones around the senate. A pool was made among the pages and employees, and a good sized bet was sent to Benning and played on Hocus Pocus. Hocus Pocus won at odds of 6 to 1. Deafness Cannot Be Cured principal applications as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure dandruff, and that is by constitutional remedies. Dandruff is caused by an infused condition of the ear that causes the hair to become inwardly you have a rumming sound or impaired hearing and when it is entirely closed, Dandruff will not heal. The tube restored to its normal condition will be destroyed forever; nine cases of ten are caused by a earache, which is nothing more than a dandruff. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of dandruff caused by dandruff that cannot be cured by dandruff cream. F. J. CHENYE & CO., Toledo, O. CHEYENE & CO., Tolco, O. Solve Drugstresses, 12c. Oakley Family Plans for construction. NOTABLE WOMAN SINGER. Had No Great Career Because She Was Devoted to Home. Mrs. Julia Houston West, a notable church and oratorio singer in Boston, a generation ago, died in the Brattleboro retreat, at the age of 73. She was long the soprano of the new Old South, and her voice, brilliant and powerful, would have given her a great career, had she not been devoted to a home life. Her especial public distinction was the singing of "The Star Stagged Banner" at the peace jubilee in Boston in 1869, where Patrick Sarsfield Gillmore had gathered his census of 20,000, his many bands and orchestral force and against that background and an organ added, with bells, canon and other noises to assist, Julia Houston pitted her superb voice and made a veritable sensation. She married James F. West, of Haverhill, twenty-five years ago, and afterward occasionally sang in oratorios and concerts. Shortly after Mr. West's death, in 1903, she became insane, but her hallucinations took the shape of appearances before applauding audiences. King Courts Seclusion. The itinerary of King Edward's coming cruise in the Mediterranean is to be kept as secret as possible. "This," says Truth, "will save his majesty the receptions and ceremonials and the intolerable nuisance of the Victoria and Albert being dogged by the rachts of pushing snobs." A BUSY WOMAN Can Do the Work of 3 or 4 If Well Fed. An energetic young woman living just outside of New York, writes: "I am at present doing all the housework of a dairy farm, caring for 2 children, a vegetable and flower garden, a large number of fowls, besides managing an extensive exchange business through the mails and pursuing my regular avocation as a writer for several newspapers and magazines (designing fancy work for the latter) and all the energy and ability to do this I owe to Grape-Nuts food. It was not always so, and a year ago when the shock of my nursing baby's death utterly prostrated me and deranged my stomach and nerves so that I could not assimilate as much as a mouthful of solid food, and was in even worse condition mentally, he would have been a rash prophet who would have predicted that it ever would do so. "Prior to this great grief I had suffered for years with impaired digestion, insomnia, agonizing cramps in the stomach, pain in the side, constipation, and other bowel derangements, all these were familiar to my daily life. Medicines gave me no relief—nothing did, until a few months ago, at a friend's suggestion, I began to use Grape-Nuts food, and subsequently gave up coffee entirely and adopted Postum Food Coffee at all my meals. "Te-day I am free from all the troubles I have enumerated. My digestion is simply perfect, I assimilate my food without the least distress, enjoy sweet, restful sleep, and have a buoyant feeling of pleasure in my varied duties. In fact, I am a new woman, entirely made over, and I repeat, I owe it all to Grape-Nuts and Postum Coffee." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. There's a reason. Read the little book "The Road to Wallville" in pkgs. THE SEARCHLIGHT Wichita, Kansas, Saturday April 28.00 CONCERNING THE NURSERY Paint Is Best for the Walls—Ventilation Must Be Seen To—Furniture Suitably Low. Oil-painted walls are the ideal finish for the nursery or for children's rooms generally. They may be washed easily; the finish does not flake off and fill the air with impalpable dust, as do water colors under the same circumstances, and the surface of the oil paint will defy the fingers of the little ones in their more mischievous moods when the desire seizes them to investigate the component parts of the family home. Where the purse will permit, the ornamenting of the walls of the nursery may become a step of genuine importance. The ideal coloring of the walls for the nursery when plain is a soft olive green with bright tan ceiling. This is good for the eyes and the nerves and offers a lesson in harmonious colorings. Correct ventilation should be had from the top of the windows either by means of a wheel introduced into the upper window pane or by the construction of a transom six inches or more deep, which shall extend quite across the window, and which may be let down from the top, making a V-shaped opening, and not open from the top, making an inverted V. The latter would direct a current of air upon the heads of the occupants. The former would make an injurious draft impossible. If the windows are lower than four feet from the floor they should be provided with bars or strong wire lattice or screens. Window shields for the nursery are sold in many styles, both simple and costly. The best floor treatment is hard oil, with small rugs about that may be taken up and shaken each morning. A satisfactory crib is of enameled iron with no ornament. For tiny children it should be provided with a muslin valance adjusted around the top of the frame so as to protect the little sleeper within from all drafts. This should be of the simplest muslin that may be laundered every week or as often as the rest of the linen. A low built in seat, a foot or less high, is a convenience for the child and removes, him from all temptation to sit long on the floor, where, if anywhere, drafts are to be felt. Unless the regularly made nursery furniture adapted to child stature is bought a small kitchen table may be enameled either white or blue. Old chairs in the same way may be shortened and painted. A cot may serve instead of built in seat, and should be cut low for juvenile convenience. A toy box should be con tracted, and, if possible, a play cupboard in which play phafores may be hung. And if the little one be taught to put away both toys and aprons at night the first lessons in neatness, which lead to the formation of helpful habits, will have been learned.—Chicago Tribune. THE VALUE OF ORANGES. They Are Most Attractive for Table Decorations—Various Ways to Serve Them. Oranges are charming for decoration of the table, as well as for food. When placed upon the table whole, a few green leaves should be placed around them; the leaves need not, necessarily, be orange leaves, but other pretty, green leaves may be used, if the orange leaves are not to be had. When to be eaten at the table, there are several ways of handling them. Cutting them across and eating with a spoon has the drawback that the juice files about disagreeably. By cutting a little circle around the core in the center this unpleasant feature may be counteracted. Another way is to cut them in eighths with the skin on, and sip the juice from these little portions. One method of preparing them for the table is as follows: Cut with a sharp knife a narrow girdle around the circumference of the orange, half way from the stem to the blossom end; remove all the rind except the narrow girdle; just over one of the divisions of the fruit cut the rind band through with a knife. Then carefully separate the natural divisions of the orange, leaving each attached at its back to the strip of rind. It is very convenient and comfortable to eat oranges prepared in this way, as there is no trouble with the juice or peeling.—The Commoner. Nesselrode Pudding. This is an extra troublesome pudding to make, but is very delicious. Line the bottom of an ice-cream mold with thin slices of sponge cake that have been soaked in sherry wine; put a layer of all sorts of candied and preserved fruits on this, cut up very fine; then more cake, and so on until the mold is nearly full. Make a custard of a quart of milk, sugar to taste and six egg yolks, with a cake. Grated chocolate; add two tablespoonfuls dissolved gelatin boiling hot, strain and let cool; pour this over the cake and fruit in the mold, seal carefully and pack in ice. When turned out it makes a beautiful dish. Serve with whipped cream sweetened and flavored to taste. For Insomnia. A very simple method of inducing sleep in cases of persistent insomnia and one that has succeeded where many drugs have failed, is—simply administer a moderate amount of liquid food before the patient goes to bed. This diverts the blood from the brain to the abdominal organs and takes away the cerebral excitement that precludes sleep. THE CHOICE OF PAINT. Fifty years ago a well-painted house was a rare sight; to-day an unpainted house is rarer. If people knew the real value of paint a house in need of paint would be "scarcer than hen's teeth." There was some excuse for our forefathers. Many of them lived in houses hardly worth preserving; they knew nothing about paint, except that it was pretty; and to get a house painted was a serious and costly job. The difference between their case and ours is that when they wanted paint it had to be made for them; whereas when we need paint we can go to the nearest good store and buy it, in any color or quality ready for use. We know, or ought to know by this time, that to let a house stand unpainted is most costly, while a good coat of paint, applied in season, is the best of investments. If we put off the brief visit of the painter we shall in due time have the carpenter coming to pay us a long visit at our expense. Lumber is constantly getting scarcer, dearer and poorer, while prepared paints are getting plentier, better and less expensive. It is a short-sighted plan to let the valuable lumber of our houses go to pieces for the want of paint. For the man that needs paint there are two forms from which to choose; one is the old form, still favored by certain unprogressive painters who have not yet caught up with the times —lead and oil; the other is the ready-for-use paint found in every up-to-date store. The first must be mixed with oil, drilers, turpentine and colors before it is ready for use; the other need only be stirred up in the can and it is ready to go on. To buy lead and oil, colors, etc., and mix them into a paint by hand is, in this twentieth century, about the same as refusing to ride in a trolley car because one's grandfather had to walk or ride on horseback when he wanted to go anywhere. Prepared paints have been on the market less than fifty years, but they have proved on the whole so inexpensive, so convenient and so good that the consumption today is something over sixty million gallons a year and still growing. Unless they had been in the main satis factory, it stands to reason there would have been no such steady growth in their use. Mixed paints are necessarily cheaper than paint of the hand-mixed kind, because they are made in a large way by machinery from materials bought in large quantities by the manufacturer. They are necessarily better than paints mixed by hand, because they are more finely ground and more thoroughly mixed, and because there is less chance of the raw materials in them being adulterated. No painter, however careful he may be, can ever be sure that the materials he buys are not adulterated, but the large paint manufacturer does know in every case, because everything he buys goes through the chemist's hands before he accepts it. Of course there are poor paints on the market (which are generally cheap paints). So there is poor flour, poor cloth, poor soap; but because of that do we go back to the hand-mill the hand-loom and the soap-kettle of the backwoods No. we use our common sense in choosing goods. We find out the reputation of the different brands of flour, cloth and soap; we take account of the standing of the dealer that handles them, we ask our neighbors. So with paint; if the manufacturer has a good reputation, if the dealer is responsible, if our neighbors have had satisfaction with it, that ought to be pretty good evidence that the paint is all right. "Many men of many kinds"- Many paints of many kinds; but while prepared paints may differ considerably in composition, the better grades of them all agree pretty closely in results. "All roads lead to Rome," and the paint manufacturers, starting by different paths, have all the same object—to make the best paint possible to sell for the least money, and so capture and keep the trade. There is scarcely any other article of general use on the market to-day that can be bought with anything like the assurance of getting your money's worth as the established brands of prepared paint. The paint you buy to day may not be like a certain patent medicine, "the same as you have all ways bought," but if not, it will be because the manufacturer has found a way of giving you a better article for your money, and so making more sure of your next order. The boy who wants to grow up and marry his school teacher doesn't exist in real life. Important to Mothers. Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Red hair has an awfully persistent way of getting tangled up in one's temperament. In a Pinch, Use ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE. A powder. It cures painful, smarting, nervous feet and ingrowing nails. It's the greatest comfort discovery of the age. Makes new shoes easy. A certain cure for sweating feet. Sold by all druggists, 25c. Trial package, FREE. Address A. S. Ohlsted, Le Roy, N. Y. The arrival of a new girl baby means another domestic cry-sis. Too much of the charity that should begin at home doesn't begin at all. SENDING RELIEF. Congress Appropriates $1,000,000 to Assist the San Francisco Earthquake Sufferers. VAST SUMS WILL BE NEEDED. Cities and Individuals as Well as Organizations Are Telegraphing Aid to the Stricken People Who Are Homeless. Washington, April 20.—The house Thursday appropriated $1,000,000 for the suffering and homeless in San Francisco and other California towns and gave the secretaries of war, treasury, navy and commerce power to cooperate with the mayors of the stricken cities that the very best results might be obtained in affording relief. The resolution later passed the senate and was signed by President Roosevelt. The resolution follows: "Resolved by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America in congress assembled that the secretary of war is hereby authorized and directed to procure in open market or otherwise, subsistence and quarter-masters supplies in addition to the supplies belonging to the military establishment and available, and issue the same to such desistite persons as have been rendered homeless or are in needy circumstances a result of the earthquake which occurred April 18 and the attending conflagration; and in executing this joint resolution the secretary of war is directed to cooperate with the authorities of the state of California and the mayors of the cities of San Francisco, Berkeley, Oakland, Alameda and such other cities on the Pacific coast as may have sustained damages; "Be it, further, resolved that the secretary of the treasury, secretary of the navy and the secretary of commerce and labor are hereby directed to co-operate with the secretary of war in extending relief and assistance to the stricken people herein referred to the extent of the use of the naval vessels, revenue cutters and other vessels and government supplies under their control on the Pacific coast;" "Be it further resolved, that to enable the secretary of war to execute the provision of this joint resolution there is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of $1,000,000 to be expended under the direction and in the description of the secretary of war." Mr. Tawney explained that the larger sum was absolutely needed; that secretaries of other departments were included so that naval vessels, revenue cutters and the fish commission's boat Albatross could be used. The resolution was adopted at 2:30 within ten minutes of its being reported, and was signed by the president before 6 o'clock. Washington. April 20.—President Roosevelt, after a conference with Miss Mabel Boardman, of the American National Red Cross, Thursday issued, in the form of a proclamation, an appeal to the American people for aid for the people of San Francisco. He asked that all contributions be made through the officials of the American National Red Cross, who have affected systematic arrangements for the distribution of the needed assistance. The full text of the president's proclamation follows: "In the face of so terrible and appalling a national calamity as that which has befallen San Francisco, the outpouring of the nation's aid should as far as possible be entrusted to the American Red Cross, the national organization best fitted to undertake such relief work. A specially appolite Red Cross agent, Dr. Edward Divine, starts Friday from New York for California to co-operate there with the Red Cross branch in the work of relief. In order that this work may be well systematized, and in order that the contributions which I am sure will flow in with lavish generosity may be wisely administered, I appeal to the people of the United States, to all cities, chambers of commerce, boards of trade, relief committees and individuals, to express their sympathy and render their aid by contributions to the American National Red Cross. They can be sent to Hon. Charles Hallam Keep, Red Cross treasurer, or other local Red Cross treasurers, to be forwarded by telegraph from Washington to the Red Cross agents and officers in California. Theodore Roosevelt." Sympathy from London. London, April 20.—The great wave of sympathy in Great Britain for the sufferers from the San Francisco catastrophe would take a practical form on the slight intimation that financial relief is necessary or acceptable. It is the general opinion, however, that the Americans will prefer to take care of the situation themselves without aid from outsiders. Public meetings of church, Good Templar and many other societies Thursday adopted expressions of sorrow at the calamity and deep sympathy with the bereaved and injured. Many inquirers having relatives in San Francisco called during the day at the American embassy WORKING WOMEN Their Hard Struggle Made Easier—Interesting Statements by a Young Lady in Boston and One in Nashville, Tenn. MissFrankie Orser MissPearl Ackers Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Succeeds Where Others Fall. TRIUMPHANT RESULT DR. PRICE'S WHEAT FLAKE CELERY FOOD is the triumphant result of forty years of earnest effort devoted entirely to the science of pure foods. The superiority of Dr. Price's Food over other cereal foods cannot be questioned. It's the kind of food that strengthens the nerves, restores tone to inactive muscles by establishing healthy action to the bowels. Palatable—Nutritious—Easy of Digestion and Ready to Eat Can be served hot. Put in a hot oven for a few minutes; or cook in boiling milk to a mush. Dr. Price, the famous food expert, the creator of Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder, Delicious Flavors Extracts, Ice Cream Sugar and Jelly Desserts, has never been compelled, outstanding strenuous Food laws, to change any of his products. They conformed to their requirements. This is an absolute guarantee of their quality and purity. all women work; some in their homes, some in church, and some in the whirl of society. And in stores, mills and shops tens of thousands are on the never-ceasing treadmill, earning their daily bread. All are subject to the same physical laws; all suffer alike from the same physical disturbance, and the nature of their duties, in many cases, quickly drifts them into the horrors of all kinds of female complaints, tumors, ulceration, falling and displacements or perhaps irregularity or suppression, causing backache, nervousness, irritability and lassitude. They especially require an invigorating, sustaining medicine which will strengthen the female organism and enable them to bear easily the fatigues of the day, to sleep well at night, and to rise refreshed and cheerful. How distressing to see a woman struggling to earn a livelihood or perform her household duties when her back and head are aching, she is so tired she can hardly drag about or stand up, and every movement causes pain, the origin of which is due to some derangement of the female organism. Miss F. Orser, of 14 Warrenton Street. Boston, tells women how to avoid such suffering; she writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkham:— "I suffered misery for several years with female irregularities. My back ached! I had to go to the ward and I went beaten: Japanese Buddist Dignity. More than ordinary interest attaches to the personality of Rt. Rev. Shaku Soyen, who is now a guest at the Japanese legation, Washington. Next to the milkado, who is the head of the Japanese church, Bishop Shaku is the highest dignitary of the Buddhist religion in Japan. SICK HEADACHE CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS. Positively cured by these Little Pills. They also relieve Dirtress from Dyspepsia, Indigestion and Too Hearty Eating. A perfect remedy for Dizziness, Nausea, Drowsiness, Bad Taste in the Mouth, Coated Tongue, Pain in the Side, TORPID LIVER. They Purely Vegetable. SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICE. CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS. Genuine Must Bear Fac-Simile Signature REFUSE SUBSTITUTES. There is no satisfaction keener than being dry and comfortable when out in the hardest storm. YOU ARE SURE OF THIS IF YOU WEAR TOWER'S FISH BRAND WATERPROOF OILED CLOTHING BLACK OR YELLOW ON SALE EVERYWHERE A.J. TOWER CO. BOSTON, MASS. U.S.A. TOWER CANADIAN CO. Limited, TORONTO, CAN. TRIUMPHAN DR. P WHEAT FLA I could not sleep and could hardly drag around. I consulted two physicians without relief, and as a last resort, I tried Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and to my surprise, every ache and pain left me. I gained ten pounds and in an perfect health." Miss Pearl Ackers, of 327 North Summer Street, Nashville, Tenn., writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkham: "I suffered with painful periods, severe backache, bearing-down pains, pains across the abdomen; was very nervous and irritable, and my trouble grew worse every month. My physician failed to help me and I decided to die. I soon found it was doing me good. All my pains and aches disappeared, and I no longer fear my monthly periods." Lydia E, Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is the unfailing cure for all these troubles. It strengthens the proper muscles, and displacement with all its horrors will no more crush you. Backache, dizziness, fainting, bearing-down pains, disordered stomach, moodiness, dislike of friends and society—all symptoms of the one cause—will be quickly dispelled, and it will make you strong and well. You can tell the story of your sufferings to a woman, and receive helpful advice free of cost. Address Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass. The present Mrs. Pinkham is the daughter-in-law of Lydia E. Pinkham and for twenty-five years she has, under her direction, advised sick women free of charge. PATENTS Send for "Twain- ment" Patents for "Poets on Pession, Milo E. STEVENS & CO." PENSIONS 8th St. Washington, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit. STOP PAYING RENT. We will buy a $1,000 to $5,000 home. You pay only $7.50 PER MONTH on each $1,000 with 5 PER CENT SIMPLE INTEREST per annum, payable monthly. Address THE STANDARD REAL ESTATE LOAN COMPANY, Washington, D.C. W. L. DOUGLAS $3.50 & $3.00 SHOES FOR MEN W. L. Douglas $4.00 Clit Edge Line cannot be equalled at any price. W.L. DOUGLAS SHOES ALL PRICES BEST IN THE WORLD THE WORLD'S GREATEST SHOESMaker SOLE AGENTS FOR W.L. DOUGLAS SHOES ESTABLISHED JULY 6, 1876. CAPITAL $2,500,000 W. L. DOUGLAS MAKES & SELLS MORE PRICES AND SHOES THAN ANY OTHER MANUFACTURER IN THE WORLD. If I could take you into my three large lactoies at Brockton, Mass., and show you the infinite care with which every pair of Douglas $3.50 shoes cost more to make, why they hold their shape, it better, wear longer, and the greater price of $3.50 shoes. W. L. Douglas St.-Long Made Shoes for W. L. Douglas Strong Made Shoes for Diamonds, W. L. Douglas Strong Made Shoes, $2.50,$2.50,$2.75,$1.50 CAUTION.—Instusit upon having W. L. Doug- less without his name and price stamped on be- stamp. Fast Color Eyellets used; they will not wear brass. Write for sale. W. L. Douglas, Brockton, Mass. MISS. LUCY M'GIVNEY Miss Lucv V. McGivney, 452 3rd Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y., writes: "For many months I suffered severely from headaches and pains in the side and back, sometimes being unable to attend to my daily work. "I am better, now, thanks to Peruna, and am as active as ever and have no more headaches." "The way Peruna worked in my case was simply marvelous." We have in our files many grateful letters from women who have suffered with the symptoms named above. Lack of space prevents our giving more +han one testimonial here. It is impossible to even approximate the great amount of suffering which Peruna has relieved, or the number of women who have been restored to health and strength by its faithful use. Physical Culture Orator. After every speech he delivers bourke Cockran is a sore man physically. Any one who has ever seen him in oratorical action knows why he is sore. The old flagellant monks were not much more cruel to themselves than Cockran is to himself. His favorite gesture is to slap his thighs, and it is no love pat he gives them. It's a good beating. Cockran is one of the old school, muscular, desk pounding school of orators. If he could not hammer his desk and thump his thighs he would probably think his powers failing. Good housekeepers use the best. That's why they buy Red Cross Ball Blue. At leading grocers, 5 cents. Lots of folks imagine that they are not talked about simply because they don't hear it. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teach the softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c a bottle. A woman is never a pessimist until she begins to feel that she is too old to be handsome. When a laxative is needed, nothing can be more effective than Gartland Tea, which is made of herbs. It cures stick headache, constipation and diseases of liver, kidneys, stomach and bowels; it purifies the blood, cleanses the system and clears the complexion. A Commercial King in the Commons. Sir John Brunner, who celebrated his birthday the other day, is booked upon as one of the commercial kings in the house of commons. He is head of the largest manufactory in the world, and is deeply interested in science and education generally. He rivals Mr. Carnegie in the number of free libraries, town halls and scholarships which he has so generously given, especially in Cheshire, the Northwich division of which he represents in parliament. He urges that the young men of the day should be given a scientific education, and says that every penny he has in the world comes "from the application of science to commerce." Guarding Against the Plague. The fact that the steamship Burrfield, from Bombay to Philadelphia, is detained at Reedy Island, in the Delaware river, with a mysterious disease on board, thought to be the bubonic plague, has awakened the very active interest of the marine hospital service in Washington and the Philadelphia quarantine officials. No Asiatic disease is more dreaded than this one, and all possible precautionary measures will be taken by the government to prevent its graining a foothold. DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS FOR ALL KIDNEY DISEASES CURES RHEUMATISM BRIGHT'S DISEASE DIABETES BACKACHE discontinued the use of our products because of imitations. Sold only in duplex LITTLE OF VALUE IS LEFT. Work of Destruction by the Fire Fiend in San Francisco is Nearly Complete. LIMITS OF RUINED DISTRICT DEFINED. Bounded on the West by Vass Ness Avenue, on the North by Greenwich Street and on the South and East by the Bay—Practically Everything in That District is in Ashes. San Francisco, April 22.—Again came the assurance Saturday morning that the fire had burned itself out. Friday night the flames came from Noo Hill ridge northerly and easterly to the big sea wall sheds, docks and gray warehouses but the reports of the damage done are conflicting. One statement is that most of the valuable property on the extreme shore line escaped. A Bulletin reporter who had skirted the water front in a tug Saturday morning says that everything except four dock's had been swept clean from fisherman's wharf at the foot of Powell street to a point around Westerly, almost to the ferry building. This means that nearly a mile of grain sheds, docks and wharves have been added to the general destruction. The reporter also declared that he saw fire blazing in south San Francisco Friday night and that spots in the suburb were smouldering Saturday forencon. According to his account fire was still burning at the foot of Powell street early Saturday but there was no possibility of its going into the Presidio district. Fire broke out in the south ferry building Friday night but fire thugs did effective work and saved the building from danger in that direction. In the section north of Market street the ruined district is practically bound on the west by Van Ness avenue although in many blocks flames destroyed squares to the west of that thoroughfare. The Van Ness avenue burned line runs northerly to Greenwich street, which is a few blocks from the bay. Then the boundary goes up over Telegraph Hill and down to that portion of the shore that faces Oakland. Practically everything included between Market, Van Ness avenue, Greenwich and the bay is in ashes. On the east side of Hyde street hill the fire burned down to Bay street and Montgomery avenue and stopped at that intersection. All south of Market street with perhaps some exceptions in the vicinity of the Pacific Mail dock is gone. This section is bounded on the north by Market street and runs out to Guerrero street, goes out that street two blocks, turns west to Dolores runs west six blocks to Twenty-second, taking in four blocks on the other side of Dolores. The fire then took an irregular course southward, spreading out as far as Twenty-fifth street and going down that way to the southerly bay shore. Rolla V. Watt, western manager of the Royal and Queen Insurance companies and one of the most prominent insurance men on the coast, was asked Saturday if he would hazard an estimate on the financial loss. He said: "My idea is something like $200,000,000. I have heard other insurance men place the figure at $500,000,000. We do not know. It is simply too big for any human head to figure out at this time." Dissatisfaction is being expressed at the conduct of some of the soldiers. Many of those doing guard and patrol duty are little more than mere boys who are wrought up to a high pitch of excitement by their position and have been shooting at pedestrians in circumstances where milder orders would have answered just as well. Chief of Police Dinan has asked the military authorities to withdraw many of these companies from the city. Despite the exodus of thousands of homeless from San Francisco, a multitude of destitute people remain and reports of suffering for want of food and shelter come in from all sides. Mission Dolores, church, the oldest building in the city, erected 130 years ago, by the Spanish missionaries, survived the earthquake shocks and was saved from the fire. It is constructed of abode blocks. The newer church, built of brick alongside of the old building suffered from the earthquake. San Francisco Clearing House Meets. Oakland, April 22.—A meeting of the members of the San Francisco clearing house was held here Saturday to discuss the financial situation, to consider the future of the banks and to prepare some plan to be submitted to the state clearing association which will meet here next Tuesday afternoon. The state bank commissioners have reported all of the banks of the state in splendid condition but it is believed that the situation demands that some unusual action be taken to prevent any distressing disturbance. The advisability of having the government pay out money from the San Francisco mint on telegraphic orders was considered. The idea of the members was that it might be best to order a general suspension of banking business in the state until a safe readjustment of monetary matters has been reached. Legislature to Convene. Legislature to convene San Francisco, April 22. It is stated that Gov. Pardee will call a special session of the legislature to prepare relief measures for this city. Woman's Bad Days ATTACKED THE HEART Awful Neuralgia Case Cured to Stay Cured by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Neuralgia in any form is painful but when it attacks the heart it is frequently fatal. Complicated with indigestion of a form that affected the vital organ it threatened serious consequences in an instance just reported. The case is that of Mr. F. L. Graves, of Pleasanthill, LA., who tells of his trouble and cure as follows: "I traveled considerably, was exposed to all kinds of weather and was irregular in my sleeping and eating. I suppose this was the cause of my sickness, at any rate, in May, 1905, I had got so bad that I was compelled to quit work and take to my bed. I had a good doctor and took his medicine faithfully but grew worse. I gave up hope of getting better and my neighbors thought I was surely going to die. "I had smothering spells that it is awful to recall. My heart fluttered and then seemed to cease beating. I could not lie on my left side at all. My hands and feet swelled and so did my face. After reading about Dr. Williams' Pink Pills in a newspaper I decided to try them and they suited my case exactly. Before long I could see an improvement and after taking a few boxes I was entirely cured. I am glad to make this statement and wish it could cause every sufferer to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills do not simply deaden pain; they cure the trouble which causes the pain. They are guaranteed to contain no narcotic, stimulant or opiate. Those who take them run no danger of forming any drug habit. They act directly on the blood and it is only through the blood that any medicine can reach the nerves. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are sold by all drummists or will be sent, postpaid, on receipt of price, 50 cents per box, six boxes for $2.50, by the Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Schenectady, N.Y. Men who try to keep up appearances often find it necessary to keep up disappearances later on. Don't spoil your clothes. Use Red Cross Ball Blue and keep them white as snow. All grocers, 5 cents a package. Dr. Hale's Story. Dr. Edward Everett Hale addressed the recent divorce reform congress in Washington. He said the apologies put forward by some opponents of change reminded him of the remark made by a gourmet bishop during Lent. The bishop was seated next to an irreverent young woman, who said on seeing the bishop attack a plate of rich turtle soup: "I thought your grace fasted during Lent." The bishop put down his spoon and allowed his face to become pensive. "Ah, I do fast in Lent," he said. "I subsist chiefly on fish." He swallowed a lump of meat worth about a dollar. "Turtle," he added, "is a kind of fish." FITS permanently cured. No gas or nerveness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's new Nervest Restorative Dr. H. KLINE, Ltd. Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Royal Eye Doctor. A committee has been appointed by the eye specialists of Paris to draw up a letter of congratulations to Duke Theodore, of Bavaria, brother of Emperor Francis Joseph, of Austria, who has just performed his five thousand successful operation. The duke enjoys a word-wide reputation as an oculist, and has built a hospital at Tgernsee, where he practices. Patients come from all parts of the world to be treated. The royal surgeon never accepts a fee from a poor patient, but taxes the rich according to their means. RUNNING DORES ON LIMBS. Littie Girl's Obstinate Case of Eczema —Mother Says: "Cuticura Remedies a Household Standby." "Last year, after having my little girl treated by a very prominent physician, for an obstinate case of eczema, I resorted to the Cuticura Remedies, and was so well pleased with the almost instantaneous relief afforded that we discarded the physician's prescription and relied entirely on the Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Ointment, and Cuticura Pills. When we commenced with the Cuticura Remedies her feet and limbs were covered with running sores. In about six weeks we had her completely well, and there has been no recurrence of the trouble. We find that the Cuticura Remedies are a valuable household standby, living as we do, twelve miles from a doctor, and where it costs from twenty to twenty-five dollars to come up on the mountain. Mrs. Lizzie Vincent Thomas, Fairmount, Walden's Ridge, Tenn., Oct. 13, 1805." Men never seem to have any trouble convincing themselves that what they do is right. SYRUP OF FIGS To sweeten, To refresh, To cleanse the system, Effectually and Gently; Dispels colds and headaches when bilious or constipated; For men, women and children; There is only one Genuine Syrup of Figs; to get its beneficial effects Acts best on the kidneys and liver, stomach and bowels; Always buy the genuine—Manufactured by the CALFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. Louisville, Ky. San Francisco, Cal. New York. N.Y. The genuine Syrup of Figs is for sale by all first-class druggists. The full name of the company—California Fig Syrup Co.—is always printed on the front of every package. Price Fifty Cents per bottle. Bait your hook with flattery if you would catch silly women. If love would only remain blind after marriage—but fudge! A boy can always have some sort of a good time if there is a dog, or something to eat, around. MOTHER GRAY'S SWEET POWDERS FOR CHILDREN, A Certain Care for Feverishness, Constipation, Diarrhea, Stomach Troubles, Teething Disorders, and Destroy Worms. Nurses in Child Care in 24 hours. At all Druggists, 25 cts. Sample mailed FREE. Address: A. S. OLMSTED, Le Roy, N.Y. DEFIANCE STARCH—16 ounces the packa—other starches only 12 ounces—same price as "DEFIANCE" IS SUPERIOR QUALITY. W. N. U.—WICHITA—No. 17—190 When Answering Advertisements Kindly Mention This Paper. Will Restore those Gray Hairs ble Hair Restorer is a Perfect Dressing and Restorer Price $1.00 caused by curable female diseases. It acts directly on woman's delicate organs, and restores their natural activity. By making the organs work normally, pain disappears, strength returns to the system, roses to the cheeks, and the frowns and wrinkles of suffering are seen no more. Mrs. Lucinda Johnson, of Walworth, Wis., writes: "I suffered agonies at 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. British Generals as Cooks. It has been said of General Sir Redvers Buller that he is such an excellent cook that he would have little difficulty in obtaining a first-class chef's position in a West end hotel. In his younger days, before he reached his high military rank, his brother officers used to say that Redvers Buller could make an appetizing dinner out of old saddles when rations were short on a campaign. Another distinguished soldier who shares with General Buller a wonderful skill in the gastronomic art is Major General Baden-Powell. Indian Girl in Law. Laura M. Cornelius, a fullblooded Indian of the Onelia tribe in Wisconsin, is in New York city, where the intends to study law at Barnard college. At a country school she won a scholarship in a seminary in Fond du Lac and afterward studied for a time in Stanford university, California. Miss Cornelius is unmistakably Indian in features and build, and is proud of it. Her object in studying law is to be of service to the people of her own race. "My religion," she says, is this: "I believe in God, in minding my own business and in hustling for what one wants." Cannon's Birthday Party. Speaker Cannon's birthday party, when he becomes 70 years old, will take the form of a great reception in his honor in Washington early in May. There are those who see politics in the affair. But Mr. Fairbanks, what ever he sees, says not a word. He prefers to be 54. In spite of the fact that man is made of dust he isn't satisfied. He is always after more. LEWIS' SINGLE BINDER STRAIGHT 5" CIGAR You Pay 10c, for Cigars Not so Good. F.P. LEWIS Peoria, Ill WANTED BUTTER, EGGS AND POULTRY If you make these condiments good butter to a peck, why not get creamy butter prices? If you have any poultry to sell don't fail to write us before selling. We furnish butter, pigs, crops and pay creases charges. PECK & PECK, Colorado Springs, Colorado. CAPSICUM VASELINE AND MODERN EXTERNAL COUNTER-IRRITANT SAFE AND ALWAYS READY CURE FOR PAIN PAIN COMES—KEEP A TUBE HANDY BLUSTER THE MOST DELICATE SKIN INDISPENSABLE FOR CHILDREN INE GAMPHOR ICE ANYTHING IN USE FOR CHAPPED HANDS TO ALLAY ALL IRRITATION OF THE REIGN REMEDY FOR SUN-BURN VASELINE OLD CREAM SIN IN A SOFT AND HEALTHY CONDITION IS THE COMPLEXION. EACH OF THESE PREPARATIONS CAN BE OBTAINED FROM DRIVERS, CO. WILL SEND BY MAIL OF 15 CENTS IN MONEY OR STAMPS. 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Send for pamphlet "20th Century Canada" and full particulars regarding rate, etc. to Superintendent of Immigration, Ontario, Canada, or to the following authorized Canadian Government Agent—J. S. Crawford, No. 125 W. Ninth Street, Kansas City, Missouri. (Mention this paper.) ```markdown ``` AWFUL EXPERIENCE IN BURNING MINE PUMPMAN'S FIGHT FOR LIFE FAR UNDERGROUND. PERILS OF FIRE AND GAS Writes Farewell Message and Will on a Board—Falls Unconscious While Seeking Escape and Is Finally Rescued. Ouray, Col.-Alone for many hours far beneath the surface in a strange mine that was burning and full of smoke and deadly gases, groping his way in Stygian darkness through a labyrinth of workings miles in aggregate length, writing what he thought was his last message and will, then falling unconscious in the main tunnel, which was deep with water, and being rescued is the remarkable experience through which Lawrence Withrow, a graveyard pumpman at the Revenue mine, passed through the other day. Withrow's escape from death is considered remarkable by all mining men, who cannot conceive how he escaped alive after breathing the noxious and deadly gases in the mine workings for so long a time. The next day the young pumpman was in a serious condition, his lungs being inflamed from his exertions and the smoke and gases, but he will recover unless unexpected developments occur. He is glad to be alive, but shudders when telling of his terrible 12 hours alone in the bowels of the earth. The collar of the shaft No. 1 at the Revenue was set on fire at three o'clock in the morning by a miner's candle stuck carelessly into the timbers. The candle was left by the men, who went off at three o'clock, and no one was supposed to be in the workings after that time. The fire was not discovered for hours. Withrow, who was working at the 350-foot station, soon realized the danger from above when he saw the collar of the shaft burning, the smoke from which was being sucked down into the shaft and workings in heavy volumes. He quickly abandoned the pump where he was working and ran to the nearest telephone in the mine ALL AROUND HIM WAS FLAME AND SMOKE. to call up the transformer man a mile and a half away at the portal of the long tunnel, but the wires were cut and communication with anyone at the surface was out of the question. Believing his death was but a matter of a few moments at the most, Withrow sat down and wrote a farewell note to his mother on a board broken from a candle-box, bidding her good-by, and willing her all his possessions, including his life insurance and considerable mining stock. He placed the board in back of the telephone box, knowing that when the fire was out and the mine free from smoke and gas it would be found. After making his will Withrow secured a large bunch of cotton waste, soaked it in water and tied it over his mouth and nose with a piece of suspender. Then he began his desperate fight for life. He was entirely unfamiliar with the workings of the great mine and had to trust to luck as to where he went, expecting every moment to fall into some winze or shaft and be killed. He pushed bravely on in the darkness, feeling his way along the sides of the various drifts through which he passed, until he suddenly tumbled into the ladderway of shaft No. 2, up which he climbed, half choked, when he gained the first station, 250 feet above. The ladderway reaching no further up. Withrow again and again essayed to climb up the square sets, only to fall back, bleeding and wounded, to the station. Despairing of getting further through the shaft, he turned blindly into a drift, through which he continued to drag himself until he emerged at a point near the main tunnel and top that was running deep with water that was being poured into the shaft in an effort to extinguish the fire. Withrow fell into the water, coming in contact with a floating mine timber, which he grasped. He kept hold of the timber and with it was swept to the mouth of the tunnel, where the later loses itself over the side of the mountain. Withrow tried to reach the main workings, but fell unconscious, in which condition he remained until accidentally found by other employees of the mine. He received the congratulations of the whole camp for the brave fight he made for his life. NO FOOD FOR NINE DAYS; BECOMES RAVING MANIAC Sallor Emerges from Hold of Schooner with His Mind and Memory Gone. San Francisco.—For nine days Robert Anderson, a seaman, stayed in the hold of the bark Amy Turner without food or water. The other day he appeared on the deck of the vessel when it arrived here from Hilo, a mere shadow of his former self and a raving maniac. Anderson disappeared in the hold of the vessel while it was at sea, but no importance was attached to it, as it was believed that he would only remain below a short time. When night came and he did not put in an appearance, the crew became alarmed and informed Capt. Warland of the incident. The captain immediately ordered a search for the missing man, and himself led in the hunt. Each man was HE CAME ON DECK A RAVING MANIAC. supplied with a lantern, and every corner was looked into, but without success. After many hours the hunt had to be abandoned, and the men returned to their quarters. On the second day the search was commenced again, and it seemed certain that the missing man would be found with daylight to help the sailors. It was the belief of all that the unfortunate seaman was lying unconscious or perhaps dead below decks, and they redoubled their efforts. After vainly calling the name of their missing comrade and having looked in every conceivable hiding place, the search was finally abandoned and all concluded that the man had gone overboard. When the Amy Turner came into the harbor two members of the crew were sitting on the deck discussing the strange disappearance and trying to fathom it out, when they were startled by what appeared to be the apparition of the lost man. The face was lean, the eyes protruded and the whole appearance of the fellow was truly ghost-like. The two startled seamen would have rushed away had not the supposed apparition spoken. The words spoken were not coherent, but the voice was enough like that of Anderson to reassure them. Then Anderson began to rave wildly, and the captain, coming on the scene, ordered him restrained. He was turned over to the insanity commissioners for examination. SPINSTER TURNS DRUMMER Miss Pratt, Aged 87, Has Beaten All Records for Canvassers in Her Section of State. Middletown, N. Y.—Although in her eighty-seventh year, Miss Serepta Pratt, who lives near Walton, has taken a position as saleswoman for a large Philadelphia house, and is canvassing for the sale of shears. Miss Pratt commenced work on her last birthday and disposed of five pairs within the first hour, taking orders in nearly every house at which she called. One hundred pairs have thus far been disposed of by the aged lady, and only a very small portion of the territory assigned to her has been covered. Miss Pratt is in excellent health and covers much of the country on foot, being convinced that her health is improved by walking. The record made by the aged "drummer" surpasses that of any other canvasser who has worked in that territory for any line of goods, and her friends are astonished that she has been able to accomplish so much. Having been employed for years as a tailoress, Miss Pratt understands all about shears, and, being a ready conversationalist, is able to explain the good quality of her goods in such a manner that many women are persuaded to buy when they really are not in need of them. Miss Pratt is believed to be the oldest canvasser employed by any firm in the United States, and her present physical and mental condition give promise that she will reach the one-hundredth milestone in life's journey. Lived Ten Years Without Eating. London.—For ten years before his death at Kingston the other day a man named Joseph Knight had not eaten any food. Eleven years ago, while on a yacht at Eliba, at Gosport, he accidentally drank some detergent in mistake for porter, with the result that his gullet and other internal organs were destroyed. He was placed in the hands of an able surgeon, who not only saved his life, but also enabled him to live for more than ten years in comparative comfort by means of feeding through a tube in his side, leading directly to his stomach. It is remarkable that, although unable to eat, he could always enjoy a smoke. He was about 40 years of age. WOMEN IN BUSINESS LEGAL TERMS ALL OF THEM SHOULD UNDERSTAND. Explanation of "Power of Attorney," Protesting a Draft, "Collateral." Etc.—How to Take Out a Fire Insurance Policy—Rental Leases— Duties of a Club Treasurer. BY KATHERINE LOUISE SMITH. Sometimes a woman encounters legal terms in business that sound formidable. Many undoubtedly are, but some are readily understood, and, stripped of their legal verbiage, can be simply explained. Take, for instance, the expression "Power of attorney." Miss A—— is told she had better give power of attorney to some one during her protracted absence from home. Miss A—— is inexperienced, and the term power of attorney suggests business technicalities she does not understand. In reality, all that is meant is that she empowers some one to sign papers and look after her business during her absence. Or, the situation may be reversed and a woman may be given power of attorney. This is often done in the case of infirm or aged parents. Possessing such a power, when she signs or indores a paper for the other party, she writes that person's name, followed by her own name with the word "Attorney." Often a woman is administrator of an estate, treasurer, trustee, or in some capacity where money is intrusted to her care. In this event she should keep the funds of the estate or organization entirely separate from her own and should deposit them in the bank under her own name with the title of the office she holds affixed. For instance, Mary R. Condit is treasurer for the old ladies home of Phoenix, Ariz. As such, she handles money belonging to this institution. She should deposit this under the head Mary R. Condit, treasurer of old ladies home, Phoenix, Ariz., and in drawing checks should sign them in the same way. Of course, she is responsible for every cent that passes through her hands and her cancelled checks serve as vouchers for money expended. "What is meant by the word 'protested?' I had a draft come back to me with that word written across the back?" Miss A. L. B. Either a check or a draft may be protested. It is in reality a formal statement of a bank, or person, given power to protest by the state (usually a notary public) that the paper was presented for payment and refused. To have a note protested is an injury to a business man or woman. In some states where there is an indorser to the note, it is necessary to have the note protested and notice of protest mailed to the indorser in order to make him liable for its payment. Often on the back of a note is written "notice of protest waived" above the name of the indorser and in this case it is not necessary to protest in order to make the indorser liable if the maker does not pay. "How shall I take out a fire insurance policy on my property? A House Owner." Apply to the agent of some responsible fire insurance company. Have the policy made out in your name if you are the legal owner. Notice what the policy says about property that is left vacant or without a care taker. If your property becomes vacant, notify the agent at once. You can insure in more than one company, but any company should be told of insurance you are holding at the time. This is to prevent the issuance of insurance to more than the value of the property. * * * * * * "If I rent a home, what is meant by 'ten days' notice," "week's notice," etc? Interested Reader." Usually a lease is drawn up for a certain length of time, agreed upon by the landlord and tenant. For instance, a lease may read that the tenant can occupy premises until they are sold, or that the length of the term may be renewed for a certain time. Generally, in every agreement some date is selected as fixing the end of the tenancy. When a lease reads subject to so many days' notice, the meaning is so many days' notice before the last day of the lease expires. If your lease expires December 31, at midnight, and you have a clause to the effect that you are to give two weeks' notice, you should give the notice on December 15. The position of landlord and tenant is often a difficult one. Landlords should remember that property kept in good repair obtains a good class of tenants, and that frequent changes in tenants are detrimental. On the other hand, some tenants are utterly regardless of others' property and lax about paying rent. As a rule, it is better for a woman to pay an agent five per cent, and let him collect her rent and attend to the property. Leases should always be read and the terms clearly understood by both landlord and tenant, for otherwise hard feeling and law suits may arise. The man who said that for years he had rented houses and considered landlords the meanest people on earth, added that when he owned a block of buildings and rented to tenants he came to the conclusion that tenants were the meanest people that existed. I have recently been elected treasurer of a society. What are my duties? Club Woman." The treasurer is keeper of funds and accounts of a society. You should keep an accurate record of money re- ceived and paid out. To protect yourself, for you act as agent and in the capacity of a bank, you should never pay out money unless on authority of a vote at a regular meeting, and should keep all vouchers when received from the bank as receipts to show disbursements. You are liable for the repayment of the society's funds, and should keep those accounts separate and distinct from your own. In case you mix your private property with that of the society, the law decides in favor of the organization. * * * * * "I have a sick sister who is of age, and has property. She wishes me to have power of attorney to handle her money. How do I obtain this? An Ignorant Business Woman." You should obtain the authority by applying, with the consent of your sister, to a notary public. The form of power of attorney or written statement should give explicitly what, as attorney, you are empowered to do. The paper should be executed before the notary public by your sister, and where the deeding of real estate is involved it must be recorded in the office of the registrar of deeds in the county where the real estate is situated. All notary publics keep printed blanks, and the post office department issues a printed slip for those who figure in this capacity in making out money orders. * * * * * * "What is a bond, and what is meant by 'collateral?' Miss R. A. L." A bond is a written obligation. In it one party promises to pay to another a certain sum if certain conditions are not fulfilled. Generally this sum is much larger than the debt, so that it will cover the debt, interest and costs. The "collateral" is the mortgage or other instrument given as security. Bonds are not used as much as formerly. * * * * * * "If a note is secured, who holds the security?" A Stenograher." security. A Geographer. In case the security is real estate, a mortgage is given the person loaning the money. This mortgage is simply a lien upon the real estate, and if the interest and principal of the note are paid the title of the real estate continues in the name of the borrower. Where a note is secured on personal property, the lender often requires that the personal property be delivered to him immediately on making the loan, and that it shall remain in his possession until the note is paid. This is called a pledge. When a chattel mortgage is given as security the title for the personal property goes to the loaner and the borrower can redeem it by paying the note. (Copyright, 1906, by Joseph B. Bowles.) HE AVOIDED THE RUSH. Hiram's Conversion Led Hank to Make a Call in Good Season. Among those present at the revival meeting held at the village church that night was Hiram Bloodless. He had been characterized in various terms of consideration as the village Simon Legree, the village Shylock and other names that expressed the fact that he never paid his bills and was generally unpopular, relates the Kansas City Star. Among those who got religion on that night was Hiram Bloodless. Very early after the general appeal for those who were wicked to repent. Hiram toterted to the front, fell on his knees and shouted at the top of his voice: "I've got it! I've got it!" After the excitement of this extraordinary conversion had died away there was an appeal from the pulpit for testimonials on the part of the new converts, and Hiram was nothing loath to tell just how he felt. He spoke of the great calm in his soul, his sudden belief in all the doctrines of the church, and then in a spirit of extreme humbleness he turned to the audience and said: "Friends, I have done much wrong in my life. I have injured many. I have been unjust to all of you. I want those of you whom I have wronged to know to-night that my life work will be to repay you twofold, threefold, yea, fourfold. From to-night I am a Christian man." Hiram sat down to the tune of fervent amens and loud hosannahs, and he went home in complete satisfaction with his night's work.' He received the congratulations of his joyful wife and retired to his bed in great peace. At two o'clock in the morning there was a knock at his door. In fear and trembling Hiram, still shaking from his sudden conversion, tiptoed to the door and opened it. "Who's there?" he inquired. "Me, Hank Stubbins," came the answer. "Let me in." "Why, what's the trouble?" asked Hiram, thoroughly aroused. "Waal, Hiram," his guest began. "Mirandy tells me that you got converted to night, and that you said in meetin' that you was goin' to pay everybody back twofold, threefold, fourfold. I jes' come over to see if it were true." "Why certainly it's true." Hiram responded, sincerely: "I sure got religion and I'm goin' to live a righteous life." "Well, I come over to see what you were goin' to do about that $250 you owe me. Am I goin' to git it twofold or fourfold, or am I goin' to git it at all?" "Now that'll be all right." Hiram interposed. "Don't you worry. But what made you come here at this time of night to tell me this?" "Waal," said Hank, "I thought I'd better get in early, for when the news gets around there'll be a great rush in the morning." May Exploit Japan. Floating museums to exploit Japan abroad have been suggested at conventions of chambers of commerce. ABOUT NOVEL READING MRS. SANGSTER ADVISES SCHOOL GIRLS ON THE SUBJECT. The Masterpieces Every Girl Should Read—"A Bad Book Has No More Right in a Girl's Library Than a Bad Man Has to Be in Her Company"—How Mary Johnston Acquired Skill as a Writer. BY MARGARET E. SANGSTER I shall not caution you against novel reading, Janet, for the very best of reasons. I am very fond of a novel myself, and a great waft of pleasure would go out of my life if I knew that I should never more read another. There are novels and novels. A good many of them belong to what may be either silly or stupid, and it is foolish to waste one's time upon them, but among the thousands of good books that are issued every year, good novels have a high place, and if only as supplementary reading, to throw an illumination on your studies, they are well worth your attention. What, with mathematics and Latin, physics, and botany, astronomy and literature, German, French and music, a schoolgirl's time is pretty well occupied. She must devote a portion of every day to exercise out doors or in, for without the gymnasium in winter and sunshine in summer, no girl can expect to acquire splendid health, that every girl should enjoy. Then, too, a schoolgirl does not stay out of bed after ten o'clock at the latest. She must have two hours of beauty sleep before midnight. So, you see, Janet, that you and Gladys, Victoria and Ethel, must choose what books to read and what to leave unread. There are many amusing and quite respectable novels which would dc you no more harm than cambric tea. But, on the other hand, they would do you very little good. You may as well leave them out of the reckoning until you have more leisure. Every schoolgirl desires to make acquaintance with the great masterpieces of fiction. She must at least know by their titles the principal works of Sir Walter Scott, and must be familiar with some of his characters, such as Jennie Deans in "The Heart of Midlothian," and Rowena and Rebecca in "Ivanhoe." Girls used to be enthralled by Scott, but the fashion of novel writing changes with every generation, and notwithstanding his magnificent genius, he seems prolix and tedious to many of the girls of our day. Yet if any of you determine to read thoughtfully through the introductory chapters of a novel by Scott, you will come under his spell, and your interest will not flag until you reach the last in the case of girls who have been spoiled by dipping too early into sensational romances. A schoolgirl should read "The Virginians," "Esmond," "Pendennis," and "The Newcombes," by Thackeray, and she should reap great sheaves of pleasure from "David Copperfield," "Dombey and Son," "Little Dorrit," and the exquisite "Christmas Stories," by Charles Dickens. Very likely she will find George Eliot too profound and philosophical, until she is older, but she may with profit and delight read all of Jane Austen that she can find in the library, including "Pride and Prejudice," "Sense and Sensibility," "Northanger Abbey," and "Emma." Mrs. Gaskel's inimitable "Cranford," will be a delight to any girl. It is one of the books that you are always supposed to have read. There are a half dozen books by Mrs. Ewing, among them "Jackanapes," and "The Story of a Short Life," which cannot be passed by. Even though you read the peerless "Jungle Books" of Rudyard Kipling when you were a little thing, you must read them again now that you are old enough to observe their singular and unequaled charm. It is a good plan to preserve alive one's liking for the real children's stories, the fairy-lore of the world. Among American authors you will not neglect Hawthorne, because his works belong to the classics. Read, preferably, "The House of Seven Gables." Read Mrs. Stowe's "Pearl of Orr's Island," and Sarah Orne Jewett's "Country of the Pointed Firs." Any book by Mary Wilkins Freeman will be sure to please you, and Kate Douglass Wiggin in "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm," and "Rose o' the River," makes a bid for your favor. Sarah Alexander Scheffer in "The Day Before Yesterday," and "Beyond the Chance of Change" has written two stories that every girl will enjoy. Make it a rule of your life from which you will never deviate, not to read a book which is said to be unwholesome or bad. A bad book has no more right to be in a girl's library than a bad man has to be in her company. Unless books have about them a wholesome, stimulating atmosphere, waking up what is best in us, and quickening our powers, so that we shall live better lives and do better work among our friends, we would be wise to let them alone. A novel is simply a picture of daily life and manners in the time which it describes. The most successful writers are those who see most clearly and paint most vividly in words. It may be, Janet, that you will yourself, in some future day, join the crowded ranks of novel writers. If ever you do, your work will be colored and influenced by the books you are now reading. A good style, both for writing and conversation, is formed by the reading of well-written books. (Copyright, 1906, by Joseph B. Bowles.) NOTICE. 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