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THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT o Race Extinction IGHTH YEAR. Ga—Coincident with spring, he frequently repeated asser- tion Southern Afro-Americans off like sheep from tubercu- rus particular assertion ema- Prof. Seale Harris of Ala- do believes that the great gene will eventually do for us lynchers have so far failed to not the first time that great been expressed in certain that the race would be ex- by the ravages of con- Indeed ever since emanci- has been charged that the American was gradually becom- et, one paper published so far as to state that years from that date there no Afro-Americans in the rates. There are lots of things be true with reference to the condition and health of the Afro-American. It is gener- nated that he can not live in a state it is also stated that he really immune from yellow and fevers. It is also claimed to the greatest sufferer from troubles, and it is frequently that he is never happier than liking in the rays of the hot- line. From any point of view any of the Afro-American is as being peculiarly different of any other race of people. If these pronouncements with his physical condition seem to fail even as all signs fail father. There is no question- consumption is responsible for many deaths among people of but a glance at the vital sta- the health offices of south- will disclose the fact that it is fearful a factor as we are told. These statistics also but white people die in consid- numbers from the dread disease. ation of the matter, however, and effect in that it makes people race more careful to guard contracting the disease. It is probable that it will be ex- from this cause as some seem to think. BACK, COUNT THE LOSS. Energy Has Been Spent, Nerve and Brain Force Gone. back over the day and see her energy has gone. See how it has leaked away from you. Perhaps you have wasted of fretting, fuming, grum- t finding or in the little fri- cure have accomplished nothing. but merely rasped your nerves, made you irritable, crippled you and left you exhausted. You may have drained off more nerve and brain force in a burst of passion than you have expended in doing your real work. Perhaps you did not realize that, in going through your place of business like a mad bull through a china shop, you puled out every spigot and turned on every faucet of your mental and physical reselvoir and left them open until all the energy you had stored up during the night had run off. Lok back and see whether your scolding, fault-finding, criticising, nagging and what you call "reading the riot act" to your employees has helped you in any way or accomplished anything. No; you only lost your energy and self-control, your self-respect and the respect and admiration of your employees.—Success. WHY THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT MAY NOT PERMANENTLY ENDURE. Why we beive this government may not be permanent, is this: 1st. She is mixed with all manner of peoples, and the great commercial head have their' place of "resort" in their native lands. 2nd. The government is slow to protect her most loyal citizens, her sable sons who have never blown out the lights and stabbed the chief magistrate of the land. 2rd. She seems to be inimical to every race, not white, to, of course, have that retaliatory spirit—so when the climax comes America may turn, breathing her last breath, and, in faint, but audible tones, say: "Et tu Brute."—Forum, Springfield, Ills. LAUNCH SCHEME TO AID NEGRO. Pierre, S. D.—Articles of incorporation have been filed with the secretary of state her for the Ethiopian Progressive association of America, which is capitalized at $700,000,000, divided into shares of $10 each. The purpose of the association is to assist the Negro in his material, moral and religious upbuilding. The incorporators are J. Simon Scott and John W. Smith of Stafford, Conn., and P. B. Blair of Fairbank, S. D., all Negroes. The business headquarters is to be in Washington. One of the principal purposes of the company is the location of the Negroes in colonies of their own.—Chicago Herald. LAW AND LAWLESSNESS. Law is opposed to lawlessness, the one is order the other disorder; the former is for right the latter is for wrong. This is the will of the people, the safeguard for all civilized nations. Lawlessness means ruin and anarchy WICHITA, KANSAS, SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1906. and will resulit in the finala annihilation of any government. Law is an established rule of action. Lawlessness is the contrary of law.A man who disobeys the law of nature suifers accordingly, a man who disobeys the laws of society is expelled, etc. It is wwritten that if you get to heaven you must obey the lawws, but you cannot obey God's laws unless you obey your own law, and with this logical proposition before you, a number of people are in imminent danger of perdition.—Forum, Springfield, Ills. AN EDUCATED MINISTRY. alty to his ministry—if he wanted a big-hearted, high-souled, God-smitten man, he grows him out of his native soil and hews him to order. For example, when Henry W. Beecher's pulpit needed a successor to Dr. Abbott the church did not go to Boston or any of the eastern cities, but she went west and found the new world-famed preacher Dr. Hillis and grew him! Let the black man if he want a giant, grow him. The race needs him, the people are calling for him and the church is demanding him. He comes, he comes! the educated minister through the college and universities, he must come to the people. Other than this he fails. —J. Mercer Johnson, Presiding Elder, Houston District, M. E. Conference, Houston, Texas. AS TO NEGRO APPOINTMENTS It is difficult to believe that President Roosevelt has really changed his policy with reference to giving all men a square deal, regardless of color. Considerable has been said about the press dispatch announcing that in the future no more colored men would be appointed to prominent places. Such a course pursued by the President would indicate a lack of stability of purpose upon his part and an acrobatic feat that really he does not seem capable of performing. It will be very discouraging to the aspirants of the colored Americans generally if it proves to be true that the President of the United States is going to draw the color line in this manner, especially after his having before taken so just and manly a position. Let us hope for the best. However, we cannot help being filled with anxiety in the meantime.—Sentinel East St. Louis. GIVE THE RACE A CHANCE. GIVE THE RACE A CHANCE. Professor Joseph Boyce, the world-famed philosopher of Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., in a recent address in Boston, said in part: One test of essential differences in races is due to how they have met civilization. Some have assimilated it and then originated on it as a basis, some have disappeared before it, some have resisted it, some have adopted it, but not advanced it. But this fails as a practical test of racial superiority, because it is hard to apply it so as to give some results. Results are confusing, because of complex conditions that affect the result, such as time, environment, climate, history, etc. The Germanic tribes met civilization in such a way that they were in contact with it for centuries without being enslaved and held down by the Romans, and so as a race could learn by experience the value of civilization. If Caesar had been supplied with rapid-fire guns and a stock of whiskey, and if he had settled the Romans upon the conquered natives to usurp the land and hold the natives in subjugation, perhaps today that race might with some show of reason be climbing the essential inferiority of the Germanic race as shown by its failure to adopt civilization. For man, whatever his race, is an animal you can debase to almost any level if you have power enough, begin soon enough and keep it up long enough and this is true as between races. The present condition of any backward race in contact with civilization may be due to favorable of unfavorable environment. For us to surely say what the essential mental and maral characteristics of any such race are or what its rating should be as to intrinsic abilities, the race must be given centuries to learn and develop under the most favorable circumstances. By the test of meeting and appropriating civilization, races may differ essentially. But the only way to find out is to give the so-called inferior race a chance. Professor Boyce said that essential superiority of race could not be determined by which race began civilization, because no one race seemed to be entitled to its discovery. The same race differs in different places, as the Indians in Central America adopted civilization while those in North America disappeared before it. This showed that environment had much to do with a race's given status. At any rate, the Chinese and Japanese show that a race need not be Caucasian to have a high civilization. If the Negroes of this city would only spend one-third of what they do spend each week with their own men and women in business and professions, Lord, what a paradise this would be!—Pensacola Brotherhood. And if our folks in this vicinity would spend one-half of what they spend each week with their own folks, we could pass paradise by and have a small heaven of our own. STRANGE. ISN'T IT? Isn't it strange? Doesn't it sound funny? Isn't it ridiculous? The great oCngress of the United States, can pass a rate bill to regulate the hauling of all kinds of freight, but dares not pass a bill to regulate the decent hauling of human beings, lest Mr. Tillman and his southern associates object. And the human freight against which discrimination is practiced votes with the dominant party in Congress! Whenever the devil succeeds in setting two very big, colored Christian gentlemen at war upon each other through the courts of law, then the devil laughs and goes off for a good quiet sleep, while the white lawyers begin to figure on the size of the fees which they are going to get out of these Christians who are fighting each other. What fools these Christians be. —St. Luke Herald (Richmond, Va.) "No race can rise above the level of its women," is a true saying, and certainly needs application to our race. We have yet to learn the lesson of patronizing one another in business. Maybe another blessing in the form of the "jim crow" will come and drive us where we rightfully belong. That the south is the best place for the southern Negro is demonstrated quite frequently now. One noticeable feature about the race riots in the north, it carries with it the destruction of so much property. OUR NEW OFFICE Beginning with Monday, May 21st, the Searchlight office will be in the new Young building, 601 N. Main St., where we will be pleased to have our friends and patrons call. There never was a truer adage than: "A dog that will bring a bone will take one away." ```markdown ``` NO.9 W. T. VERNON CONFIRMED. Washington, D. C., May 16. The United States Senate in executive session today confirmed the appointment of Prof. W. T. Vernon, of Quindaro, Kansas, as Registerer of the United States Treasury. The confirmation was by a unanimous vote which proves the high standing of Prof. Vernon. MASTERPIECE. The following is the poem recited by Mrs. Sam C. Collins at the Annual Thanksgiving services of the Odd Fellows, at New Hope Baptist church last Sunday afternoon. The manner in which Mrs. Collins recited this poem captured the attention of every person present in the church. THE CRY OF THE NEGRO. dawn of light. Beaten by lash, and bound by chains, A beast of burden with soul and brains. He has come through sorrow, and need and woe. But the cry of his heart is to know— to know. They took his freedom and gave it again— But grudged it, as they gave it the white-faced men. Not all of freedom is being free, And a dangerous thing is liberty for untaught children. In vain they say we gave him what he asked for— Place and pay, and right of franchise. All wrong; all wrong. He was but a child to be led along— By the hand of love—has he felt the touch? Nay, they gave unwisely, and gave too much. Yet they gave not the thing his groping mind. Was reaching up in the dark to find—They were Frinedship, Love, and Truth. O. Infinite must be the patience That hopes to right the wrongs That are heavy with age and brought to the level by mortal thought; And greater than patience must be the ultimate outcome of what is just. And in, and under, and through, and above, Must weave the warp of the purpose—Friendship, Truth, and Love. Red with anguish his way has been We suffering brothers with dusky skin For centurles fettered and bound to earth, Slow is unfolding to Freedom's birth; Slow is rising from burden and ban To fill the statutes of a normal man. Let the white man pay for the white man's crime— Let us work in patience and hide God's Let us work in patience and blide God's time. Out of the wilderness, out of the night Has the black man crawled to the dawn of light— He has come through the valley of great despair. He has come through sorrow, and need, and woe— But the cry of his heart is to know—to know. ALWAYS WITH THEM. We have proved that we are with the colored people when they are right, because they are right, and that we are with them when they are wrong to help them get right. But, its a mighty hard thing some times to keep some of them right. Yet we are with them just the same. Do right as often as you can, in as many places as you can, for as many people as you can and as long as you can. 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 SEARCHLIGHT. WICHITA. KANS. W. N. MILLER, Editor. Entered at the Post Office at Wichita, Kansas, as Second - Class Mail Matter. Published Every Saturday at No. 110 NORTH MAIN St. One Year [ by mail ] ..... $1.00 Six months [ by mail ] ..... 75c Three months [ by mail ] ..... 50c ONE MONTE ..... 15c. Advertising Rates Made Known On Appl cation. NOTICE!! - All matters addressed to THE SEARCHLIGHT for public tion must be signed by the part or parties writing. 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It is squarely up to the colored people which they prefer either hang together, or they will be hanged separately. The tide of American opinion is every day seemingly becoming more pronounced against the colored man of prejudice and race hatred more bitter than gall. On every hand and almost in every avenue the mountain of American prejudice grows higher and higher. In places where once the colored man was welcomed with open arms he is met with contempt and ridicule. Places of employment that were once set aside to the colored man are today barred against him and instead of growing more into a man among men every day he becomes more a "hewer of wod and a drawer of water." It does seem that instead of becoming more a pronounced factor in the American republic, he is becoming less noticeable and is given daily a less prominent place. Something is wrong and that something wrong is that the colored man himself is too far apart one with the other. We know that there are those among us whose sole object is to betray the race for personal aggrandizement which only adds to the already hard lot of the race. But the race MUST RISE and the race must hang together or the race will hang separately. Why all this monstrous race prejudice? Is it that the majority fears to give an equal chance to the minority? It ought not to be. There are members of the race who would make light of the condition and make attempts at theorizing it away, but the condition still stands forth a disgrace to Americanism. As to the colored man we say he must either hang together or he will be hanged separately. STRANGE THINGS IN POLITICS. It is so strange about election time you can meet so many white men who were raised up with "colored people." Why is it that a Negro cannot be an independent voter. It is strange to other a Negro is so forgetful of wrongs done him by a white man and remembers so distinctly what a member of his race does. Strange how much interest a poor, honest colored man takes in a white man's politics—He spends sleepless nights, stands out in the cold, fights, votes and does innumerable things. The white man gets the office and the poor colored man picks up his shovel and brick hod until the next election—Ex. AGITATION. It is agitation in nature, in uolities, in society, in business, in religion that prevents stagnation, and purifies the atmosphere. The agitator may be a demagogue or a patriot, but in the economy of God he is a means to an end.—Times Dispatch. We clip the above from an editorial—"Mr. LaFollette's Visit"—in the Times-Dispatch of last Sunday. Our people do not realize the value of agitation. We are prone to accept discriminations, oppressions, outrages of every description without even so much as a murmur. In fact, the Negro has been taught all these years, "Keep quiet, wait, the Lord in his own time will right your wrongs." We do not believe in that doctrine, but we have an abiding, growing faith in the doctrine of the Times-Dispatch.—"Agitate in business and in everything else."—Ex. The white men, who now succeed in securing and holding popularity from their race by the abuse of the Negro, will find themselves greatly hated and despised when the tide takes its turn. Just as there is a God the turn in the affairs of this country, with respect to the treatment of the Negro, must come and that day is not a century away.—The Star. We believe that God permits the white men to afflict us, to teach us the lesson of race unity and race help. If it takes a century for the Negroes to learn that lesson, we believe our crosses, trials and degredation will continue until then. When the Negro shall have learnt the lesson—race patronage, race uplift, race respect, race love, like the other peoples, we believe that his greatest burden will pass away. But just so long as the "jim crow" car does not produce the "jim crow" store, the Negro will be oppressed.—Ex. AN INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE FOR CLERK OF THE CITY COURT. We are informed that many republicans are prevailing on Captain J. B. Fishback to be an independent candidate for clergk shrdluetaoishrdlu didae for clerk of the city court. As yet Capt. Fishback has not decided as to his course neither as to whether he will be a candidate but the pressure is being brought to bear very strongly to induce Capt. Fishback to enter the race before the people as an independent candidate. Arcade Restaurant 339 North Main Street Meals -- Short Order — Lunch Good Meals — Quick Service A D. Turner, Prop. 'KENTUCKY HOME COMING I am organizing a Kansas-Kentucky Club with the object of getting a special train to carry all visitors to the "Old Kentutky Home" in June. All Ex-Kentuckians and othrs interested in the trip are invited to join the club. Please signify your wishes by call or a letter. Dr. C. L. Brown 213 East Douglas, Wichita, Kan. Col. Edward E. Cooper, the veteran publisher and all-round newspaper man, is busily engaged in the production of a valuable contribution to Negro literature, "Footprints of the Colored Race," to be issued in the early summer from the press of a prominent Chicago publishing house. Col. Cooper is especially adapted for a work of this character, having been in close touch with the leading Negroes of America and with Negro journalism almost from his infancy, and Col. Cooper is no "spring chicken," for he owns up to forty-seven the finishing touches of his coming book. Olden's Drug Store, 615 N. Main, is still at the old stand where you can get fresh julcy soda. Try one of "Olden's Favorites." Subscribe and pay for the Searchlight. She is wide-awake. THE WICH TASEARCHLIGHT YOUNG's Ice Cream & Tea Parlor 601 N. Main Street THE RESUME OF THIS WEEK Send your news notes and local happenings to 428 North Main Street. The W. R. club met with Miss Alice Thompson, 1102 North 5th street, Wednesday afternoon, May 16th. The meeting was opened with prayer. After a short talk by the president the roll was called and each member responded with a quotation. The club spent an hour in needle work and adjourned to meet ashdrluetaohrdlu journed to meet next Wednesday, May 23rd with Mrs. A. Griggs, 901 North Wichita. The following are the officers of the club: Miss Lillie James, president; Miss D. Mickleberry, secretary; Mrs. B. McClellan, assistant secretary; Miss Alice Thompson, treasurer; Mrs. A. Griggs, reporter; Mrs. W. Wilkins, critic. 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, Wichita, Kansas. 4-14-06 THEIR THANKS. * The Stewardess Board of the A. M. E. church wishes to heartily thank each and every one for their assistance in making the entertainment Tuesday night a grand success. MRS. N. HOWARD, Pres. MISS L. COVINGTON, Sec. STEWARDESS REPORT THE following is the report of the Stewardess Board of the Barrell monyears of age. He is now putting on ey and other money from their entertainment at the A. M. E. church Tuesday night: Mrs. N. Howard.....$15.45 Mrs. L. Glbbs.....12.25 Mrs. P. Glover.....1.38 Mrs. C. Barker.....2.77 Mrs. M. Griggs.....1.12 Mrs. D. Mountas.....1.15 Mrs. Willa Kennedy.....1.32 Mrs. Laura Smith.....1.05 Mrs. J. W. Klimberling.....3.05 Mrs. L. Rawles.....7.3 Mrs. Laura Guthrie.....51 Mrs. E. Jones.....65 Mrs. E. Chinneth.....89 Mrs. M. Flemming.....61 Mrs. Mollie Miller.....50 Mrs. W. A. Bettis.....25 Miss Mabel King.....86 Miss Zella Ratley.....10 Mr. Robt. Floyd.....61 Mr. A. Henderson.....57 Amount collected Sunday.....18.35 Amt. collected Entertainment.....68.09 Total collected.....$86.35 MRS. N. HOWARD, Pres. MISS L. COVINGTON, Sec'y. The ladies deserve much credit for the splendid manner in which they conducted this entertainment. DON'T FORGET TO STOP AT YOUNG's Ice Cream & 601 N. Ma Drop in at the Court House grocery, 517 N. Main and buy your goods when in need of groceries. Edward K. Knox left Thursday night for his former home in Cherryvale. Kansas, on business. Rev. J. H. Van Len, state missionary, arrived in Wichita from an extended trip over the state. He reports everything in a very prosperous condition where he has traveled. Wm. Brown, of Arkansas City, was a visitor in teh city during the week. Geo. Brady, of Hutchinson, is visiting friends in the city. The ladies of the Alsbic club met Thursday afternoon with Mrs. P. Hyde. M. F. Fowler returned Monday from a trip to Arkansas City. Searchlight office is now at 601 N. Main, Young building. Ino. T. Chinneh will move his barber shop from 2nd and Main where he has been for a number of years, to 117 West Douglas avenue. Watch for the date and program for the Searchlight's Eighth Anniversary celebration. It will be a master piece of intellectual exposition. The colored Masons of Wichita will observe St. John's Day, June 24th, with grand Masonic services at New Hope Baptist church. The Eastern Star chapter and the Court will participate. The Masons look forward to a grand time. We are indeed sorry to learn of the serious illness of our friend and long time acquaintance, Chief Mentor Edward Henderson, of Kansas City, Kansas, and we truly hope for his early and permanent recovery. Sir Knight Henderson is a good man and has many loyal friends in Tabor circles and among the people. The W. T. Vernon Club met with Mrs. Jeff Demon, May 4th. The club was called to order by the president, prayer was offered by the chaplain. Roll call and each member responded with a quotation. The club held a very interesting business session. The club closed by singing "God be with you till we meet again." Adjourned to meet next Monday afternoon, May 21st, with Mrs. Bluett, 1459 Wabash. NOTICE.—Send your news in the early part of the week, which will insure its publication. The earlier the better.—Editor. OUR ANNIVERSARY. The Eighth anniversary of the beginning of the Searchlight in Kansas will be celebrated in the near future. Watch for the place, date and program. It will eclipse any previous effort. Watch for the date of our Eighth Anniversary program. It will be swell. COLORADO PYTHIANS. We are in receipt of a copy of the proclamation issued by Grand Chancellor W. R. Hardy, of Pueblo, Colo., convening the Colorado Pythians in Grand Session in Colorado Springs, July 24, 25, 26. This promises to be a noteworthy session for the Knights in Colorado. REMOVED! REMOVED! REMOVED! Beginning with Monday, May 21, the Searchlight office will be in the new Young building, 601 N. Main. Tea Parlor Main Street OPEN FOR BUSINESS SATURDAY, MAY 19th C. W. Cox, of Wellington, one of the proprietors of Cox Bros. Bottling Works, will make Wichita his future home. DRINK..... Cox's Pop TRY OUR Dr. Pepper Mrs. Estella Patton is suffering with a tumorous uprising on the tuberculosis glands on her neck and an operation has been decided on by the attending physicians. The operation is quite a delicate one but is said to be necessary to prevent serious complications. Ed Grayson is much improving from an almost fatal attack of asthma, from which he has been a sufferer for some time past. The "Underground Cafe," 847 N. Main, is the place—Bud Hickerson knows what you want to eat—go there and see. The Great Educational Institution for Kansas and the West..... MENTS: Theoiogical State Industrial. ES: Classical, College, Musical, [Instruc ogan and harmon anical], Carpentry, Press Course, Stenog Dressmaking and Pl Farming and Garden. AGES: Splendid Loca nces and Thorough NATION: For terms, p write to William T. Ve MENTS: Theoiogical, College, Normal, Sub-Norma ate Industrial. S: Classical, College, Preparatory, Normal, Sub- lal, Musical, [ Instrumental and Vocal ], including Oagan and harmony, Drawing [ Fine Arts and ical], Carpentry, Printing and Book-Binding Course, Stenography and Typewriting, Tailor Pressmaking and Plain Sewing, Cooking, Laundering Farming and Gardening. NGES: Splendid Location, Healthful Cllmate, Good Prices and Thorough Teachers. TITION: For terms, prices and all inducements of write to Am T. Vernon, A. M. D DEPARTMENTS: Theoiological, College, Normal, Sub-Norma and State Industrial. GOURSES: Classical, College, Preparatory, Normal, Sub Normal, Musical, [ Instrumental and Vocal ], including piano, oagan and harmony, Drawing [ Fine Arts and Mechanical], Carpentry, Printing and Book-Binding Business Course, Stenography and Typewriting, Tailoring, Dressmaking and Plain Sewing, Cooking, Laundering, Farming and Gardening. ADVANTAGES: Splendid Location, Healthful Cllmate, Good Influences and Thorough Teachers. INFORMATION: For terms, prices and all inducements offered, write to William T. Vernon, A. M. D PRESIDENT BUINDARO, - Phones } Off Rel Jackerson, Proprietor The Little STAURA Open Day Art Order In Season North Main Street USE IMBODE IMPE erson, Proprietor. The Little Annex STAURANT & CAFE Open Day and Night USE IMBODEN'S IMPERIAL FLOUR BREAKFAST FOOD and you will OUR GROCERS second PLEASE GOOD BREAK It Is White A and you will Love good eating IMBODEN MILLING CO ER GROCERS cond to None' PLEASES ALL FOOD BREAD MAKERS It Is White As SNOW—TRY IT— Otto Weiss, Agent "Second to None PLEASES ALL GOOD BREAD MAKERS It Is White As SNOW-TRY IT Otto Weiss, Agent M. B. look at the new Organs 2nd hand organs new Sewing Machi e Pianos and Pianos Pianos $167. me and see them book at these prices New Organs $40.00 to $60.00 Hand hand organs $10.00 to $25.00 New Sewing Machines $12.00 to $25.00 Pianos $15.00 to $25.00 Hand Pianos $100.00 to $150.00 Pianos $167.00, $178.00, $185.00, $198.00 e and see them Look at these prices Good new Organs $40.00 to $60.00 Goon 2nd hand organs $10.00 to $25.00 Good new Sewing Machines $12.00 to $25.00 Square Pianos $15.00 to $25.00 2nd hand Pianos $100.00 to $150.00 New Pianos $167.00, $178.00, $185.00, $198.00 Come and see them THOS, SHAW 132 North Main Street ning Mon The Search 01 N. M ing Monday morning, M he Searchlight office will N. Main St Begining Monday morning, 21st, The Searchlight office will At 601 N. Main St Office—Bell "White" 4302 Residence—Bell "West" 15 Hot Chile Wichita, Kanss We have a full line of fresh and wholesome Fancy and Staple Groerie, Teas, Coffees, Spices, Sugar, Flour, Meal, Vegetables, Canned Goods, Brooms, Butter, Eggs, Coal Oil, Gasoline, Stationary, and, in fact, anything and everything you may want in the Grocery Line. FREE DELIVERY TO ANY PART OF THE CITY Your Patronage Solicited Court House Grocery Store 517 North Main Street OLDEN'S DRUGO STORE ... Drugs of all kinds, Cigars and Tobacco . . Your patronage solicited. + Once a customer, always a customer. Our store is Headquaaters for Colored people. 615 North Main st. --- Excellence Counts..... It excels in every respect, -color, flavor, and pounds of read per barrel. MADE BY Watson Mill Co. FORD'S HAIR POMADE Formerly known as "OZONIZED OX MARROW" so (Wine genuine without my signature) Charles Ford Bank 78 Wabash Ave., Chicago, Ill. Agents wanted everywhere. -SMOKE- BLUE SEAL CIGARS SOLD EVERYWHERE The Wichita B and Spo Has just what you want, if you are looking for a Bicycle or anything in the Sporting Goods Line such as Fishing Tackles, Lawn Tennis, Golf Ball, Guns and Ammunition . . . Lowest Prices On the Best Quality of Go 230 N. Main St. Lowest Prices On the Best Quality of Goods 230 N. Main St. Phone 545 Dr. J. E. Farmer, Physician and Surgeon —Diseases of— Women and Children A Specialty New Phone 936 Office 517 N. Main St PEERLESS STEAM LAUNDRY Best Laundry In The City Phone 282 REFLOVER 2 SONS. Props. L. S, NAFTGER, W. R. TUCKER, President Vice President J. M. MOORE, Cashier Fourth National Bank United States Depository Directors—W. R. Tucker, W. E. Jett, R. L. Humes, S. B. Amidon, B. F. Me Lean, J. M. Moore, L. S Naftzger, E. H, Middleauff, O. Z. Smith. General Banking Business Tranacted CHITA KANSAS Hardware store First Class Goods at Lowest Prices 116 East Douglas Avenue WICHITA TABERNACLE No. 34, Order of Twelve Meets First and Third Thursday Of Each Month All Daughters In Good Standing Invited Mrs. Mattie Miller, M. P. Bearrice Miller See cycle ting Goods Co. Best Quality of Goods Phone 545 801 M. Main St. Wichita, Kans. Red Front RACKET The People's Economy Store Sample Shoes We have just received a large invoice of Men's, Work Shoes, Men's Dress Shoes, Ladies' and Miss' Fine Shoes, Oxfords and Slippers all styles and kinds. AT WHOLESALE PRICES Tapp & Hanshaw Phone 257 255-257 N. Main Your Old Friends Back East Ought to move Southwe. Send us the names and addresses of any person you think would be interested in the Southwest, and we will mail them interesting land booklets and a copy of our immigration journal, 'The Earth' You send the list and we will send the descriptive matter. DO IT NOW!!! Santa Fe Address General Colonization Agent, A. T. & S. F. Ry Railway Ezchange, Chicago, Ill. and his money are soon paated. The man who pays out his good money for in'erior building material is foolish. Buy the BEST. We sell it. Have you seen the latest building material? It is our Cement Building Stone. The longer it wears, the harder it gets NON- PHONE 496- J.H. TURNER WICHITA, KANS. 533 TO 547 WEST DOUGLAS In The Grocery Line Your wants need careful attention and our store is the place to get it. We handle the best of Fancy and Staple Groceries and our prices are right. Orders given prompt attention. 102 E. Douglas Pone 35' J. W. Owens, WORK DONE WHILE YOU WAIT 2nd Shoes Bought and Sold 332 N. Main Street Wichita, Kan. IS NOW READY. NOTICE TABORS.—The new Taborian Constitution is now ready. It is fine and every Knight and every Daughter should have a copy. Every Temple and Tabernacle should have two copies. Send your order to REV. SIR FRANK WILSON, C. G. M. To the modern day colored man, Ingalls' phrase, "politics is an irredescendream," fits smoothly and completely. The big Negro politician (?) is numbered with past history and has no place today. FRISCO SYSTEM Will sell daily until May 31st. Round trip tickets to the above point at greatly reduced rates. Tickets limited to except tickets sold during May to be limited to SEND IN NOW. Taborial Temple No. 11, Knights of Tabor and Wichita Tabernacle No. 34, Daughters of the Tabernacle, have received their spring dispensation and for a limited time will receive members at reduced rates. If you desire to join this grand order send your petition in at once. For dispensation rate speak to some Knight or Daughter. Latest Waltz Out 10c Only 100 Copies Left 10c Cheaper Than at Music Store. Stella Vann, Sole Agent NEW LODGE ROOM WILL SOON BE READY. The new lodge room in the new Young building, corner Main and Elm street, will now soon be ready. All of the colored lodges in Wichita, with few exceptions, have engaged meeting nights. Mr. G. H. Young, who is avying the building erected, promises to furnish the colored lodges one of the most cozy and up-to-date lodge rooms in the state. It will be an ideal palace of comport in every way. You Should Visit Your "OLD KENTUCKY HOME" on the occassion of "The Kentucky Home Coming" Louisville, Ky. June 13th to 17te 1906 FRISCO SYSTEM Will operate through cars from many points. Tickets will be sold June 11th, 12th 13th at very low rates. Final return limit June 23rd, but upon payment of 50 cents ex tra limit will be extended to 30 days from date sold. OPEN TO EVERYBODY For rates, routes, maps a nd other information apply to nearest Frisca Agent, or F. E. Clark, Div. Passenger Agent Wichita, Kansas Ed Leverty New and 2nd Hand Furniture 2nd Hand Furniture bought and sold. Repair work a specialty. 406 N. Main Wichita, Kas. SHOULD ATTEND TO THIS. 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 or not urging the mto join and stay in after they have joined. It's a glorious great good. Knights and Daughters should see that they look into this matter at once. Do not delay. F. E. CLARK, D. P. A. TRACT CO. CORNER OF THE HOUSE abstractors I. X. L. GROCERY Butter - Eggs Bring them to us we pay the highest prices. We have an entire now stock of everything in groceries. 815 N. Main R. L. Collins The Money Barrell concert at the A. M. E. church, Tuesday night, was a most gratifying success. The "Italian Tea Party" presented under the direction of Mrs. Ada Adams was a pronounced novelty and a striking success in every way. The "May Pole Contest" between the ladies and gents was watched with much interest by the large crowd which crowded the spacious A. M. E. church. Alas, the ladies won. Refreshments were served after the program and everything was sold. The crowd present was the largest which has been present at a church entertainment in many days in Wichita. Standing room was at a premium. The Odd Fellows of Wichita did themselves credit in the splendid display and impressive thanksgiving services which they held last Sunday at the New Hope Baptist church under the auspices of Home of the West Lodge No. 2906. Household Ruth No. 12, and the Juveniles. The Odd Fellows marched from their hall, 517 North Main to the church followed by the Household of Ruth and Juvenile in carriages and the procession thus formed was indeed an imposing one. At the church the program as published in the Searchlight last week was rendered. Each number on the program was good. Rev. Joseph Wilson, pastor of New Hope Baptist church, preached a most excellent Odd Fellow sermon, and his sermon was learned, logical, pointed, eloquent and filled with ripe words of advice. He made a lasting impression on his hearers. Arkansas Valley Lodge No. 21 met in the new Young building Tuesday night and has the honor of being the first society to meet there. It is admitted by all that this is one of the finest halls among colored people in Kansas. NEWTON (KAN.) NEWS. Mrs. Ramsey is reported very ill. Mr. J. Rickman and little daughter, of Valley Center, were visitors in the city, Sunday. Mr. Albert Holder, of Marlon, is in the city this week. The social given at Masonic Hall on Friday evening by Second Baptist church of this city, was a grand success. hTere was a large crowd out and everyone seemed to spend their money and enjoy themselves. There will be a social given at Masonic Hall on May 17th, by the colored band of this city. All are cordially invited to attend. Miss Ophelia Brown entertained a few friends at her home Monday evening. A few hours were spent in games and other amusements, after which a delicious luncheon was served. The guests reports Miss Brown as being an ideal hostess. Those present were: Misses Callie Anderson, Eunice Coleman, Cornelia Coleman, Valry Cole, Messrs, Alex Ridely, George Brown, Theodore Coleman, Joe Volens. The N. U. G. club met with Mrs. Reevely Monday afternoon. A very pleasant time was spent and a delicious three-course luncheon was served. The members report a lovely time. ```markdown ``` A number of our young people were visitors of the Wichita carnival last week. They report a splendid time. Miss Lucy Caldwell speaks highly of the churches of Wichita and especially the New Hope Baptist church; also the splendid song service of the A. M. E. church. During the spelling contest of the city graded schools here, two of the honors were won by colored children. Little Miss Anna Garnett of the 3rd grade and Master Claudie Jones of the 4th grade. The Twentieth Century club entertained one of the Winfield clubs last Friday night. The little child of Mr. and Mrs. Farmer died last week of lung trouble. W. M. Hooker is on the sick list. NORTH TOPEKA ITEMS: Macedonia Tabernacle No. 93 is progressing nicely and is in a healthy condition financially and the daughters are working together nicely. Macedonia Tabernacle No. 93 will have their installation May 24th, the 4th Thursday evening. The band will render some beautiful selections. The public will be generally entertained by the band after the installation is over. All the daughters are requested to turn out in full dress regalia. Other Temples and Tabernacles are invited out with us on the evening of the 24th. The officers will be installed by Dtr. Emma Gaines, C. G. P. Admission 10 cents. Hour for installing 8:30. All daughters of Macedonia 93 that are not present will be dealt with according to the law. Everybody respectfully invited. No dancing will be allowed. Chairman, MRS. IDA M. JORDAN, H. P. Pride of Topeka Tent No. 36 elected the following officers for the ensuing year: Dt. Stester Cornish. Q. M.; Dt. Ida M. Jordan, V. Q. M.; Dt. Buelah Campbell, C. M. P.; Roy Garrett, C. P. V; Willa M. Cornell, C. R. K.; Ethel Greene, V. R. K.; Saddle Warfield, C. O. C.; McKinley Warfield, C. T. M.; Oscar Reynold, C. B. B.; Lottie Ewing, C. C. B.; Julia Reeves, C. C. B.; Elliot McDonald, C. M. B. IDA M. JORDAN, Chairman. The Minister's and Deacon's Union will convene in Wichita June 14-15, '06, at the New Hope Baptist church. Miss Winnie Ray made a trip to Wellington Wednesday. Mrs. J. W. Kimberlinly will entertain the ladies of the Alsbic club Thursday of next week. SERVICES AT THE TABERNACLE .....BAPTIST CHURCH..... 11:00 Music by Junior Choir Scripture lesson by Mr Chas, Price, II Sam., IX chapter. Pastor will preach from II Sam. IV, 4 and IX 5.7. Subject the Story of Mephibosheth, the story of a sinner. I. Sin the cause of human depravity. II. God sends and brings the sinner from his place of concealment. III. Having accepted God's grace the sinner gives Him reverence. IV. Not saved for one's own sake. V. Saved just as he is. At 8 p. m. Rev. Brown will preach for us. CELIA McBRIDE, Clerk. Miss Lulu Parks, one of the teachers in the Ft. Scott public schools, arrived in the city Sunday too spend her vacation in Wichita with her mother and sister. Miss Parks is making a very noticeable mark as a teacher in the schools of Ft. Scott. The Presiding Elder committee of the A. M. E. church will have an entertainment at the church in the near future. Watch the Searchlight for date and program. Mrs. J. S. Anderson is in Los Angeles, California, where she will spend the summer. She is reported to be highly enjoying herself there. ICE CREAM PARLOR Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Young will open a first-clas Ice Cream and Tea Parlor in the new Young building, 601 N. Main. The Parlos will be open and ready for business Saturday—(today). Call there when you want nice, fresh confectioneries and soft drinks. This is a much-needed addition to needs of the colored people of Wichita and they should show their appreciation by properly patronizing them at 601 N. Main. Mrs. S. E. Patton is reported doing nicely at St. Francis Hospital, where an operation was performed on her neck. Keep your eye on the Searchlight—she's there. FARM.ORCHARD&GARDEN Dunn Zelasal-ox GOD'S FIRST TEMPLES. The groves were God's first temples. Ero man learned To hew the shaft and lay the architrave, And spread the roof above them, ere he framed The lofty vault to gather and roll back The sound of anthems, in the darking wood. Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt down and offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks And supplication. For his simple heart Might not resist the sacred influences, Which from the silly twilight of the place And from the gray old trunks that high in heaven Mingted their mossy boughs, and from the ground. Of the invisible breath that swayed at once All their green tops, stole over him and bowed His spirit with the thought of boundless power And inaccessible majesty. Ah, why Should we, in the world's riper years, neg- fect God's ancient sanctuaries and adore Only among the crowd, and under roofs That our frail hands have raised? Cullen, Brian HORTICULTURAL NOTES. Grape cuttings should be planted as soon as the soil can be worked in the spring. Put rows at least a foot apart. Place the cuttings in a slanting position, leaving but one bud above the surface of the ground. If we have a dry spring it is best to mulch along the rows to prevent drying out. Upon receiving a shipment of trees or shrubs from the nursery it is a good plan to heel them in the ground before planting. When planting a young orchard be sure to make a map of the orchard showing where each tree is planted. This will make it possible to keep a correct tab on the location of varieties. In planting trees and shrubs on the lawn or about the home grounds keep in mind the habits of the trees and shrubs that are set out, because you are planting for future results. In setting out young trees do not have the top larger than the roots. Make the top smaller than the roots. Remove all broken roots when the tree is ast. Whenever you want to cut off the large limb of a tree of any kind first saw up on the underside as far as you may; then saw directly above the first cut until the limb falls. Thus there will be no splitting down. About the only objection to low-headed trees is that they prevent, in a great measure, cultivation close up around the trunk. But the thick shading of the tree prevents the growth of grass or any cultivated crop under the branches to any extent, so that in reality there is no occasion for cultivating directly under the trees. CARE OF THE ORCHARD. Dig out or burn the whole orchard or get rid of the sod, one or the other. Grafting may be done, even if the trees are in bloom, provided the scions are dormant. Well shaken when taken applies with full force to spraying with fungicides and insecticides. Don't be afraid of the San Jose scale; that won't hurt you. But night shy of the house that builds the scale. Hill up now around young apple and peach trees, not to keep the borers out, but so if they get in you can readily dig them out. Mind you don't use crude petroleum on a tree except when the buds are dormant; if you do you will kill the tree. After the buds begin to swell is too late. TREES AND SOILS There seems to be a sure index to the character of the soil in the manner of the growth of trees. It will be noticed that on a hard clay soil the trees are of slow growth, irregular, and extremely uneven in branches. Each year's growth is very small. Frequently even the leaves are dwarfed. Yet in time trees on such soil attain an immense development and its branches seem to keep pace with the development of the roots in the soil. Where the soil is rich and soft the growth of the tree above the ground is smooth and rapid. The limbs are long between joints, and everything bespeaks a luxuriant existence. FRUIT ON ALL KINDS OF SOIL. Fruit of, some kind or other may be grown to advantage on almost every kind of soil and kind of location. As to apple trees, both upland and lowlands have advantages. On the lowlands the trees make a more vigorous growth than on the uplands, while the trees on the upland come into bearing earlier and are more regular in their bearing habits. One of the great problems with the corn farmers ought to be: How can I increase the yield of my next year's corn crop? By the use of better seed you may add five bushels per acre to your year's yield. Don't be afraid of getting the ground too rich for the garden. Few of us are apt to make mistakes that way. BE A HUSTLER. Don't be a slowpoke! Take your time only in the sense that you give the proper attention and care to whatever you do. If it is a waste of time, don't do it. But be sure your judgment is right, lest you be adjudged lazy. Some one said: "What is worth doing at all, is worth doing well;" it might be consistently added to that adage that what is worth doing well is worth doing quickly. Mulberries are profitable for poultry; also in strawberry ripening time, the birds prefer the mulberries to strawberries and thus save many strawberries. Mulberries can be easily grown. Plant like cherries and plums. They should be planted close to the hen yard. The Russian is a seed ing grown from the seed. Some are pistillates and will not bear if planted by themselves. Of the budded varieties, the Hick's Everbearing is the best with us. All the manure that you can get scattered before you get the crop planted will give you the gain one year earlier, and will increase the manure crop for next year. The profit in manure is just like compound interest; the manure which you lend to the land will give an increase in the crop, which will give more manure to haul next year. Watch the farmer who is seldom on the road to the corner grocery, but who, if you hunt him up, is at home working, planning or sitting in the bosom of his family. You will find him, sooner or later, right at the forefront, where things are being done to make the world better. When land is in good condition to plow it is in good condition to harrow, and the harrow is never so effective as when used the same day the plowing is done. This is especially the case when the soil begins to get dry. Yes, keep pig manure as well as cow manure away from potatoes or the strawberry patch, but it has always proved a good thing on the cabbage patch for me. Wheat is a better egg-making food than corn, but even wheat alone is not an ideal ration. ALFALFA MEAL. Just as sure as a farmer makes life one grand round of money-getting, forgetting the beautiful things money can do, and the happiness it will bring if we but use it rightly, just as sure that man will miss the best there is in this world and the whole that may be stored up in the next. The wise farmer will learn all he can in the winter from farmers' institutes, bulletins and books about forage crops and catch crops that help out in droughty times and fill the barns so full that they do not become empty before stock feed grows again. If you must grumble and grow at your wife about the dinner or anything else, don't do it in the presence of the farm hand or visitors. It mortifies your helpmate, and you deserve to be taken down a peg or two for your lack of manners. Free discussion at farmers' institutes is good, but the voluble crank with a hobby and the man who has private interests to serve should not be permitted to monopolize the meetings. Do not be afraid to talk to people of the things they are successful in. The world is a jolly sociable old world anyway, and if you do happen to get a rebuff some time just note that it is the exception and not the rule. If your land needs a change or rest, don't grow millet on it, or seed to timothy. If soil is weak and needs both rest and building up use Nature's great restorer—clover. In testing seed a test does not amount to much that is not a complete test. Putting a few grains in a bottle or a box will not answer. The best way to test seed corn is to lay out all the seed corn on planks of the barn floor, numbering each ear. Take six grains from each ear, two from the butt, two from the middle and two from the tip end. Fill a shallow box half full of moist sand, over which is placed a cloth. Number squares and place another cloth over it and put some dirt on it, keeping all moist and let it be in the kitchen two days. Lift the cloth and dirt and the whole will be displayed so that it will be easy to see what corn is not going to germinate. Such ears as are not good can be selected by the number and thrown cut. This is the best way to test seed corn of which we have any knowledge. Every man can make more of himself than he thinks is possible, if he will only go the right way to work. The mass of men live and die practically undeveloped. PRUNING SHADE TREES AND SHRUBS. Of all garden operations pruning is probably less understood, except among the best professional gardeners, than any other appertaining to horticultural craft. There is a vague notion abroad that it is as necessary to the life of a tree or shrub as is root nourishment or water. On the contrary, it is an operation that requires a great deal of judgment and skill, and it is very often better left undone than done. In the case of ornamental trees it should always be attended to in the early life of the tree for convenience sake, as where it is not desirable to have the lower branches sweeping a lawn, or have them so overhang a roadway as to interfere with the passing of carriages underneath them. In all such cases the growth should be watched from year to year; and one, or at most two, courses of such branches removed. If more are taken off, the length of the tree will be materially weakened for lack of leaf power, for without a sufficient amount of foliage the tree cannot obtain root power or development to keep in a vigorous, thrifty, growing state. Of most importance to the fruit grower is the handling and packing of fruit. No matter how fine the fruit may be before packing, if it is handled roughly and is packed in a careless, slovenly manner it will never bring the top price. We must offer our fruit for sale in an attractive form, otherwise our selection of varieties and subsequent care will be useless. When the fruit grower gives the same care and attention to putting his product on the market in an attractive form that the manufacturer does with his goods, we shall have made a great advance toward better prices. If you plant the best varieties, give them intelligent cultivation, prune and spray when necessary and offer your product for sale in the most attractive manner, you will find that there is still money in fruit raising—enough to pay your bills and have a snug little nest egg besides. LIVE STOCK NOTES. We take it for granted that a good many of our readers have harrows that have been run six or seven years and that the teeth in them are getting rather blunt. If so, remove the teeth and take them to the shop for a sharpening the next time you go to the blacksmith. If the harrow is all right every other way it will be the means of making almost a new harrow out of it. We mean as far as the work it will do is concerned. Blacksmiths usually charge a cent apiece for sharpening harrow teeth. When some men take up farming they put the most of their money into a big house, perhaps mortgaging the land to pay for it. A few years later someone else has a big house and farm, too. Would it not be better to pay for the farm first, live in the old house for awhile and build a new one later, when it can be paid for without going in debt? When feeding sheep remember that it pays to keep the feeding rack clean at all times. The ewes with lambs should be given such foods as will produce a good flow of milk. Plan the rotation so as to save the fertility of the soil. Make a sketch of the farm, showing where each crop is planted. The sketch will be of value as a reference in the future. Look well to the care of the horses' feet. Keep them clean and give them a good brushing night and morning. The horses pulling a harrow all day get tired in their feet just as well as the fellow who drives the team does. When lambing season is at hand the persons looking after breeding ewes should give them almost constant attention day and night. They should be looked after at least a couple of times during the night. Don't be narrow minded; it leads to ruts; be willing to be convinced. A broad tire will carry a heavy load safely where a narrow one will sin under one lighter. The farmer who gets an idea once in awhile is on the road to success. Remember that strong thoughts are iron nails driven in the mind, that nothing can draw out. Plan to sow rape this year. Sow it with the oats and when the corn crop is ready to lay by sow rape in the corn for the sheep to feed on in the fall and winter. Where summer feeding of steers is practiced and plenty of pasture is available watch the feed and see that the change of feeding methods is made gradually. Thumps are caused by too much feed and too little exercise. Keep the brood sow on short rations for a week and let the young pigs out of doors on pleasant days. LIVE STOCK How It Should Be Done to Insure the Greatest Comfort for the Animals. Express is always preferable to freight where the expense is not too great. Express companies require animals to be crated, and generally I use a short, light slat crate for little calves, with head protruding from the crate; that is, the body alone is cased. With older and larger animals I use a large, strong and heavier crate, full length of the animal, with the animal's neck placed in a sort of stanchion made of two hardwood sticks that run from floor to top, and are secured at each end. Feed can then be placed before the animal, and water will be given by the express company's people. TOP OF CAR OPEN CLOSED UPPER SUPPORT SUPPORT SUPPORT FRAME LOWER FRAME CAP BOTTOM PLAN FOR SHIPPING CATTLE. In shipping by freight, it is generally necessary for some man to accompany the stock as an attendant, and then feed, bedding, etc., is supplied for the trip, and the attendant is expected to care for, feed and water the stock. The animals can be placed in stals that are made in the car, or in stanchions which run the length of the car. These are made by taking two four or five-inch pieces at top and two more at bottom, and at regular intervals place an upright which is securely fastened to these pieces, and also to the floor and roof of the car; then in between these pieces or uprights, place a piece that reaches from floor just to the top of the frame, being pinned at the base so that it will move enough at the top to allow the animal's head to enter the space, then close the space and put in another pin at the top to hold it there firmly. The diagram shows this stanchion. The animals, of course, stand sideways in the car, and unless exceptionally large will have ample room in the ordinary eight-foot-wide car, and leave a space in front of the stanchion for feeding. Hay in small bales can be carried over the animals by building a sort of a floor over them. Water can be carried in barrels near the doorways to be used in case of necessity or haste. Where only one of two animals are to be shipped by freight, suggests the Rural New Yorker, they can be tied in the end of the car, or a cheap stall made. Almost all railways require the presence of an attendant, and generally give free fare, at least one way, and sometimes both ways. THE AMERICAN SHEEP. Animal Which Is Coming More and More to Be a Matter of Interest to Farmer. The American sheep is coming to be more and more a matter of interest to the American farmer. It is doubtful if in this generation we shall again see the small interest in sheep that has been shown during the past 15 years. This lack of interest was due to the fact that the sheep with which the farmer found himself 15 years ago was largely a wool-producing sheep, and wool was then declining at a rapid rate. The demand for mutton was much less then than now. In the 15 years there has been a great change in the character of American sheep. They are more largely suited for the production of mutton than they were then, and, moreover, the price of wool is again high enough to encourage the sheep owner to produce it. The city people are demanding a sheep or higher quality than formerly, declares the Farmers Review, and can hardly be satisfied with a sheep that has been brought up on weeds and brush. The sheep that is well fed from birth to the block is the only one that produces meat that brings a good price in the city markets. The sheep that have been grown on poor feed and then fattened quickly sell for a smaller price on the city market, as their meat is known to be not of the best quality. The American sheep may be a pasture cleaner, but it must have good grass also if it is to be profitable. Idle Mares. Idle mares are not so like to bring forth good colts as are mares that work. The brood mare can be worked, but it needs to be worked with judgment. Some men go to extremes and work the mares too much. Hard work is bad, but light work is beneficial. Time to Do Wife a Favor. Don't get too busy to make your wife a flower bed, or a half-dozen, if she wants them. Remember, she has to live with you 365 days in the year, and she needs something to brighten her up.—Farm Journal. Leaf mold is a fine seed covering. During a wet spring when heavy soil will become sodden leaf mold is very useful.—Farm anl Home. Pigs like salt and charcoal; it is good for them too. THE KICKING COW. If the Animal Kicks There Is Generally Some Good Reason for It —Find Out What It Is. The best cure for a kicking cow is to try to find out why she kicks, and to avoid the cause. Cows don't kick for fun or for "mastery." They kick because they are hurt or startled. Of course you can "break" them by causing them more serious pain and terror with the whip than by milking, but it is not right, and your wrong method of milking may be injuring your cow. The kick comes almost unconsciously, if the udder of the cow is hurt, and the better the cow the more sensitive the udder. My best cow was a "confirmed kicker," says a correspondent of the Country Gentleman, and gave little milk in the winter, until I milked her myself and found that cold hands against her udder made her shudder all over, contract her udder and kick. Probably a whip would have caused her to stop kicking, but it would not bring the milk, nor have been anything less than cruel. Again, last summer the man said a big, stolled cow that always stood like a post, kicked. I tried her, and I should think she did kick. After I found the remnants of the pall and stool, convinced myself that barring brusses I was uninjured, and that there was no hole in the roof, I tried to find out why. Apparently she was well and her udder normal. Three days I milked her that way, only I dodged the kick. I learned she kicked only when one teat was touched. The other three were all right. The third day I could feel a little grain in the milk duct, and characterized it as a boil from a bruise. Until that boil broke, milking was a "function" I could have omitted. But I can truthfully say I never struck her, and the day it broke she was as quiet as ever, with no memory of blows or harsh treatment to alarm her or the herd. NOVEL LAMB CREEP. Device by Which a Considerable Economy of Shed Space May Be Secured. The cut shows an effective and practical lamb creep. The idea is valuable on account of the economy of shed space secured. A plank on which cleats are nailed leads from the ground up on a platform about 3½ feet high. On one side of this platform are arranged the troughs for the lambs to feed from, and it is remarkable how soon the lambs learn to make use of the whole contrivance. Lambs naturally take to climbing. They can often be seen to run to the top of a board THE LAMB CREEP. when one end rests on top of a fence and the other on the ground. This inclination to climb prompts them to run up the plank, and the platform seems to be an attractive place for them to play; finding a little bran and oats or cracked corn in the troughs, they soon learn what it is for, and it amusing to see them chase each other up the plank, and crowd upon the platform as soon as let in at feeding time. This idea was originated by N. R. Vandervoort, of Clinton county, Ohio, says the Ohio Farmer, and the cut shows a few of his ewes with the lambs feeding on the platform. BEES AND POULTRY. Watch the weaklings. Pinch the heads of the worthless queens. Put another window in the old, dark poultry house. Poultry culture will never do for drones. It requires live, wide-awake men. Poultry work requires the same shrewdness that any other occupation does. Lard alone is a good insecticide. It does not need kerosene to make it effective. We have yet to hear of the first poultry farm that was built up by dunghill fowls. Make the hens dance for their greens by hanging the cabbage up above the floor. Scrubs and runts may serve their purpose, but why allow them to propagate their kind? Make Plan of Garden Make a careful plan beforehand on the garden, dividing it into plots, then decide what is to be planted or sown in each plot, and when planting time comes begin at one side of the plot, leaving space for successive sowings or plantings. This method will not only save time but it will also make the garden look more ship-shape, I should perhaps say garden-shape. Well-Prepared Soil Get soil in the best pulverized condition before seed or plant is put in. There should be plenty,or much stirring of the soil, so as not to let grass or weeds get through the ground. *The dryer the soil the bett- for doing this. More System Needed. There should be more system in shipping stock to market, to prevent gluts on some days and deficiencies on others. _____ Honey is none too plentiful. Knights and Daughters, if you changed High Priestess or Chieft tors since this list was put kindly notify me at once, that make the correction. W. N. Miller, Ed. KNIGHTS AND DAUGHTER TABOR. Tapernacies. Number. 1 Mrs. Eliza Nichols, 928 B St., Kansas City, Kan. 2 Mrs. Sarah Crisan, 615 Chestnut St., Iola, Kan. 3 Mrs. Flora Thompson, 127th St., Council Bluffs. 4 Mrs. Madalene Ward, 86th, Cherryville, Kan. 5 Mrs. Sarah Skinner, 125th St., Atchison, Kan. 6 Mrs. Mary Curry, 804 St., Ottawa, Kan. 7 Mrs. N. E. Wigely, 506 N. Salina, Kan. 8 Mrs. Laura Smith, 308 N. Coffeyville, Kan. 9 Mrs. Sarah H. Harrison, Van Buren St., Topeka 10 Mrs. Maggie Fishback, Lawrence, Kan. 11 Mrs. Perlina Woodford Freeman St., Kansas City 12 Miss Cora Sango, 2658 Front St., Kansas City 15 Mrs. S. S. Furlough, Be Weir City, Kan. 16 Mrs. Perlor T. Ballinger, 20th St., Parsons, Kan. 17 Mrs. A. Masie, 615 Bark Scott, Kan. 20 Mrs. Emma Maxie, 411 B Ft. Scott, Kan. 24 Mrs. C. E. Kirby, Box 2 feyville, Kan. 28 Mrs. Bell Wright, 1411 ridge Ave., Parsons. 20 Mrs. S. Montaque, 403 K St., Leavenworth, Kan. 30 Mrs. Laura Bright, 202 Leavenworth, Kan. 32 Mrs. Ida B. Willis, 103 Ave. Butte, Mont. 33 Mrs. Phannie Corneal, B Alliance, Neb. 34 Mrs. Mattie Miller, 333 15th, Wichita, Kan. 35 Mrs. Rachel Dudly, 521 South Omaha, Neb. 37 Mrs. Mary Robinson, 522 Atchison, Kan. 38 Mrs. Laura Lee, Weir Ct. 37 Mrs. A. Pickens, 250 B Topeka, Kan. 85 Mrs. Ella Cornish, 828 T N. Topeka, Kan. 89 Mrs. Marie Boyd, 1204 Omaha, Neb. 91 Mrs. Ella Golden, 316 St., Omaha, Neb. 92 Mrs. J. G. Gillum, 152 Lincoln, Neb. 93 Mrs. Ida M. Jordan, 908ern Ave., N Topeka, 777 C. M'S ADDRESSES Number. 1 William M. Watkins, B Weir City, Kan. 2 Mr. William H. Barnes St., Atchison, Kan. 3 Andrew Herrold, Sherman Omaha, Neb. 4 M. E. Bird, 3014 Hewett N. Kansas City, Kan. 5 R. M. Bingham, 1727 Eft, Scott, Kan. 10 Richard Walker, cor. Delaware St., Lea. 11 W. N. Miller, 258 N. M. Searchlight office. 13 A. H. Morton, Parsons. 15 Henry Jordan, Salina N. 16 Richard Clark, 420 N. S. Omaha, Neo. 17 Allen Jarner, Box 222 ville, kan. 19 C. Parris, 918 Penn. Srence, Kan. 25 Edward Henderson, 195 St., Kansas City, Kan. 59 S. W. Pasker, 1556 Bo Topeka, Kan. 60 James Scott, 1104 Van Ropeka, Kan. 71 J. W. Bedell, 2127 So. Lincoln, Neb. 536 Albert Graves, 90 Chad Deadwood, South Dahl Banner Mi CUSTOM GRINDING A Specialty ALL KINDS OF COAL & PROEXISCH BROS. PROP N. Main St. PHONE 1944 D. L. STEWART, M. PHYSICIAN and SURGE 703 North Main St. All calls attended promptly, Deaf Office Hours - 9 to 12 a. 2 to 5 p. 6 to 8 30 p. Deaf-Mute Conversation A deaf-mute who is fairly finger language can speak about three words a minute. In the space of time a person in pos of his speech will probably say words. Bird Builds Biggest Nest The mound bird, found in A builds the biggest nest in the it makes mounds sometimes as 150 feet in circumference. it buries its eggs five feet deep A New Exclamation. A new exclamation is likely into vogue, according to Mr. Platt, Jr., in "Notes and Queries word is "hooshtah," and it is portation from Australia.