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YOU CAN SAVE MONEY BY TRADING WITH THE MERCHANTS WHO ADVERTISE IN THIS PAPER. Negro Soldier Are Dismissed The Colored Soldiers who Are Dismissed From Army Given A Square Deal EIGTHTH YEAR. Negro Soldier Are re The Colored Dismissed From A Squall FIRES A BATTALION. President Discharges Negro Troops In Disgrace. FOR SHIELDING MURDERERS Refused to Give up The Brown ville Rioters. on Recommended Two Weeks Ago Inspector General Unsparingly De- nances Perpetrators of Outrages— o Thrown to the Negro Troops. Washington, Nov. 6.—Unpecedented the history of the army of the Unit- ates is the action of the president announced, in dismissing in dis- from that army an entire battal- of Negro troops because of their re to disclose the identity of some our number who had been guilty violence and murder. An evidence however of his in- vention to be fair to the colored troops, the president has accompanied this by an order which may amount to court martial of a white army of high grade, who was charged having cast slurs upon the color- troops: The story of both actions in official correspondence made today by the military secre- correspondence follows: the report of an investigation made Brigadier General E. A. Carling- inspector general of the army re- lato to the riotous disturbances that treated at Brownville, Tex., on the of August 13, 1906, and that re- in the death of one and the wing of another citizen of that had been considered and acted by the president. Following are instructions with regard to the carried From Federal Service. the White House, Washington, 1906. the secretary of war: I have read General Carlington's report October 22, submitted to me by a direct that the recommendation General Carlington be complied with at the same time the con- ting portion of his report be pub- ished with out sanction as giving the reasons for the action. (Signed) THEODORE ROOSEVELT." "Following is the concluding portion of General Carlington's report, which embodies the recommendations that, by direction of the president, will be carried into effect immediately by the war department: "I recommend that orders be issued as soon as practicable, discharging, without honor, every man in companies B, C, and D of the Twenty-fifth infantry serving at Fort Brown, Tex., on the night of August 13, 1906, and forever debarring them from re-enlisting in the army or navy of the United States, as well as from employment in any civil capacity under the government. In making this recommendation I recognize the fact that a number of men who have no direct knowledge as to the identity of the men of the Twenty-fifth infantry who actually fired the shots on the night of the 13th of August, 1906, will incur this extreme penalty. Guilty Men Never Shielded. "It has been established by careful investigation beyond reasonable doubt that the firing into the houses of the citizens of Brownville while the inhabitants thereof were pursuing their peaceful vocations or sleeping, and by which one citizen was killed and the chief of police so seriously wounded that he lost an arm, was done by enlisted men of the Twenty-fifth infantry, belonging to the battallions stationed at Fort Brown. 'After due opportunity and notice, the enlisted men of the Twenty-fifth infantry have failed to tell all that it is reasonable to believe they know concerning the shooting. If they had done so; if they had been willing to relate all the circumstances—instances preliminary to the trouble it is extremely probable that a clue sufficiently definite results would have been disclosed. They appeared to stand together in a determination to resist the detection of the guilty; therefore they should stand together when the penalty falls. "Non-Coms" Were Derelict. "'A forceful lesson should be given to the army at large, and especially to the non-commissioned officers, that WICHITA, KANSAS, SATURDAY, NOV. 10, 1906. their duty does not cease upon the drill ground, with the calling of the company rolls, making check inspections and other duty of formal character; but that their responsibilities of office accompany them everywhere and at all times; that it is their duty to become thoroughly acquainted with the individual members of their respective units to know their characteristics." "To be able at all times to guage their temper, in order to discover the beginning of discontent, of mutinous intentions, and to anticipate any organized act of disorder. That they must notify their officers at once of any such conditions. Moreover, the people of the United States, wherever they live, must feel assured that the men wearing the uniform of the army are their protectors and not midnight assassins or riotous disturbers of the peace of the community in which they may be stationed." Court-Martial Possible for Colonel Washington, Nov. 6.—On October 5, 1906, a squadron of the Ninth cavalry, an organization of colored troops, reported at Fort Sheridan, near Chicago, Ill., under orders from the war department assigning them to duty there. Soon after this assignment there appeared in the public press the following account of a statement alleged to have been made with regard to the matter by Colonel William L. Pitcher, Twenty-seventh infantry: "The Negro troops would never have been quartered at Fort Sheridan without a protest if I was to remain in command here," said Colonel Pitcher. "I never liked them, and the farther away from me they are kept the better it peases me. For the life of me I cannot see why the United States should try to make soldiers out of them. Certainly there are enough fine white young men in this big country to make soldiers of without recruiting from such a source." This alleged statement by Colonel Pitcher having been brought to the attention of the president, the following communication with regard to it was sent to the war department by Secretary Loeb: "The president directs that an immediate report be called for from Colonel Pitcher to know whether or not he is correctly quoted in the enclosed clipping; and if he is correctly quoted the president directs that proceedings be taken against him for such punishment as can be inflicted. The president thinks that such conduct is but little better than that of the offending Negro troops themselves. "Very truly yours, William Loeb, Jr., secretary to the president. Democrats Clean Up SEDGWICK COUNTY GOES DEMOCRATIC. Who'd a thunk it? That old Sedgwick county would flirt so intimately with democracy—but she has—and its a sad, sad, tale of woe. At last the democratic party has the reign of government of Sedgwick county in their hands and all turn with gazing eyes on Jan. 1st, 1907, and will watch the democratic band-wagon as the procession of 1907 begins. The county court house will be a dreary place for republicans for the next two years—at least. The democrats have $ \epsilon $ ed the following officers. Probate Judge, O. D. Kirk. Sheriff, Richard D. Cogdell. County Clerk, Claude N. Cart Register of Deeds, T. E. Kel Clerk Dist. Court, Ray L. Ta County Attorney, Will A. Ay Com. First Dist. Garrison S Supt. Public Inst., J. V. Col While these men are all fied with the democratic party are democrats, yet they are all g citizens, perfect gentlemen and are capable of filling their respective offices. The republicans elected the following County officers: The election is over and the lesson taught the republican party of Kansas is a most severe one. While the Searchlight bent every effort in behalf of the entire republican ticket, both state and county, we did so because we felt that as a whole, the success of that party would produce more lasting good to the greater number of people and with assurances from republican leaders that the matters of which we complained with and for our people would be relegated to the rear. The lesson taught is that without the vote of the colored men of Kansas the republican party is doomed to defeat and that whenever the republican party leaders of Kansas attempt to place black-laws on the statute books of Kansas against the Negro then and there he cannot expect and will not receive the support of the colored men of Kansas and that the party will every time meet the inevitable—defeat. The results of Tuesday's election teaches the republican party leaders another lesson—that no party is greater than the sovereign people and that confidence of the people is one of the main essentials to party success. Another severe lesson taught is the great danger in over-confidence. This one lesson has cost parties severely and it seems will continue to put forth its lessons—almost unheeded. The republican party—great and grand as it is—with mountains and monuments of meritorious and valorous deeds to its credit, must remember, in Kansas, at least, that the welfare of the colored people of this state and success of the republican party are oen and the same thing and whenever the republican party leaders lose sight of the interest and the welfare of the colored people and drive them from their ranks, they are doomed to defeat. We trust, however, that the lesson of Tuesday will suffice and that in the future the same relations may exist between the republican party and the colored people of Kansas which have proven so very beneficial to both in days gone by. BETTER THAN UNITED STATES? Samland, It Is Asserted, Would Make a Good Name. A certain class of minds has been at work for more than 100 years trying to construct an original designation in a single word for the United States of America. It was seriously proposed at first to call the republic Columbia, but no one wanted that, and finally New Granada, in South America, came along and appropriated the title. Samuel Whelepley, author of the "Compend of History," conducted a campaign in behalf of the word "Fredonia," which he considered more euphonius than "Fredonia," but succeeded only in getting the name attached to a village in this state, whence it has been passed on to post offices in a dozen other states of the union, says the New York Mail. Later the English kindly attempted to rechristen the country "Usonia" and the people "Usonians," by derivation from the magical initials "U. S." But common speech accepts none of these designations. "America" and "Americans" are good enough for the people, who see no impropriety whatever in giving a continental designation to the republic and its citizens. But the fact that no original designation has yet pleased the fancy of the people is no sure sign that none ever will. The International Mercantile Marine company has hit upon a name for one of its ships which has great popular picturesque possibilities. The steamer Mississippi of the Red Star line is to be rechristened Samland, in honor of Uncle Sam. And "Samland" is good. Uncle Sam, the genial and shrewd abstraction of the republic, is dear to every heart. We can imagine "Samland" going from mouth to mouth until the application of it is transferred to the nation. After that Americans of the United States may be calling themselves Samlanders and the business will be done. Cures Bright's Disease. Let those afflicted with one form or another of Bright's disease take heart! Here comes from some of the grand-mothers of the middle west and southwest a "sure cure." It was commonly used three-quarters of a century ago. Old Dr. Tip passes it along the line. It comes to him straight from a granddaughter of one of the grandmothers, a relation of Mrs. James G. Blaine: "Get some dried apples, the kind we used to have at home; not the evaporated kind. Pour boiling water over a kettleful of them and let them steep, covering the kettle tightly. When the water has absorbed the strength of the apples pour it off and drink it—lots of it—as much as you can hold; keep on steeping apples and keep on drinking the water. It will soon give you a new pair of kidneys. Then you can laugh at all other ailments, which will soon disappear when your kidneys resume operations."—N. Y. Press. Limited Number of Attorneys. In some old records just discovered on a Suffolk parish appears the following entry of a statute passed in 1554, the second year of the reign of Queen Mary: "That there used to be six or eight attorneys only for Suffolk, Norfolk and Norwich together; that this number has increased to more than 80, most part of whom, having not sufficient knowledge, come to fairs, etc., inciting the people to small trespasses that they may get employment, wherefore there shall be hereafter six for Norfolk, six for Suffolk and two fog the city of Norwich." A Bit Fearful. "How shall we treat our critics? asked the theatrical manager. "Well, for gracious sakes! Don't give them five-cent cigars!" replied the leading man.. like an old rag. Bocker-Then the only cure is to buy her some new ones. --- NO.24 DELVE IN THE PAST NEW AND INTERESTING LIGHT ON EGYPTIAN HISTORY. British Explorers Find Habitations of the Ancient Shepherd Kings of the Israelites, Centuries Before Christ. At University College this year the annual exhibition of the year's work that has been done in Egypt by the British School of Archaeology and the Egyptian Research Account has very wisely been so subdivided as to present distinct foci of interest, so that the intelligent visitor in surveying the tokens which Prof. Petrie and Mr. Duncan and Mr. Gilbert Smith have brought home, is conscious of the meaning and the implications of the discoveries, says the London Graphic. The exhibits are circled by plans and models; and the rather formal and concentrated descriptions offered by the published reports are supplemented each day by little lectures, which are delivered in the morning and afternoon by some one or other of the archelogosists. Last year the chief work of the British school was along the eastern side of the delta between Cairo and Ismailla; and it has brought to light, after many centuries, the habitations of the ancient shepherd kings of the Israelites, the Hyksos and one of the cities that they built. At Tell-el-Yehudyhe the excavations laid bare a great camp which is certainly older than the eighteenth dynasty and cushrines within its confines many graves and tombs which are of the period of these shepherd kings of Israel who ruled 2,500 years before the coming of Christ. The defenses of the camp, not unlike a great "fonduk," such as now exists in the Sahara as a refuge for traveling caravans, were chiefly earthworks; and it is evident that its dwellers relied on their archers and slingers to keep off the enemy on the long "glacis" of the approaches to the walls. But the camp reveals that the relations between Israel and Egypt were not always such as have been supposed; that time brought its revenges, and that a great wall was built around the camp by the skilled masons of Egypt —a wall of finest limestone, in blocks from the hills 25 miles away. Truly, when one contemplates this link of continuity of labor between the pyramids and the Assouan dam, one begins to sympathize with the Egyptians as a race who have never been allowed to cease from their building. A very interesting model of this primeval camp is among the exhibits. Not less fascinating is a piece of temple sculpture representing Ramessu II. slaying a Syrian before the god Atmu. It formed one side of the temple at the Israelite city of Raanuses at Tell-ei-Retabeh. By the ancient site of Avaris was found the great mound and temple which Onias, the high priest, built. He had fed from the persecutions of Antiochus Epiphanes, and came to Egypt about 150 B. C. to found a new Jerusalem and raise a temple to Jehovah where the Jew might worship in peace. One of the most singular discoveries in connection with this temple was a piece of the builders' account showing bricks to have been delivered by a Jew named Abram, together with other details which corroborate those that are set down in the history of Josephus. Foibles of Young Londoners. The fashion that causes certain young men to travel in four wheeled in preference to the hansen is a variant of that awakening social instinct that causes them sometimes to affect a limp, short sightedness, nerves, or other physical defect—a fashion that arises from a callow desire to give the effect that the young gentleman is leading a terrible life—going to the dogs, dear boy."—Vanity, Fair, London. Fish Take Long Journeys. That flat fish are capable of making long journeys is shown by the experiments of the North Sea fisheries investigation committee. Plice liberated off Lincolnshire were recaptured off Winchelsea—a distance of 175 miles—three months later—London Answers. National Finance. We should reform the taxes, and especially reduce the income-tax to a peace rate, before reducing the debt.—Nineteenth Century. PAGE 2 THE SEARCHLIGHT. ```markdown ``` Entered at the Post Office at Wichita, Kansas, as Second Class Mail Matter. Published Every Saturday at 601 North Main Street. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION Strictly in Advance. One Year (By Mail).....$1.00 Six Months (By Mail).....75 Three Months (By Mail).....50 Notice.--All matters addressed to The Searchlight for publication must be signed by the party or parties writing. All matters for publication must reach this office not later than Wednes- day to reach publication in the current issue. RULES OF THIS OFFICE. 1st. All subscriptions must be paid in advance. Agents take notice. 2nd. Communications received after Wednesday noon will not be published in the current issue. 3rd. 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In the campaign now closed we gave our views on the issues pertaining there-to just as we saw them and now that the campaign is over the people made their choices we have no sore spots that must heal, but on the other hand, we have only the kindlest feeling toward every man, no matter how he may have voted. We bow submissively to the will of, the majority and accept their verdict. In connection with the very heated campaign just closed we must compliment the colored men for the very gentlemanly manner in which they conducted themselves throughout the entire contest. From beginning to end only the best of feeling prevailed and each colored man granted to his colored brother the right to free speech, free thought and free action and no colored man lost his temper and did any act ungentlemanly toward any man. This was as it should be. We are proud indeed to witness such brotherly and friendly spirit among the colored men. Let us keep this spirit up and listen to each other's views—no matter how varied they may be from our own—and great will be our reward. The election in Kansas in 1906 will go down in history as the greatest surprise ever sprung on the Republican party in years. From large majorities all over Kansas which ran into the thousands in 1904 the Republicans find themselves' in defeat in all the more populous counties in the state and their candidate for governor if not actually defeated, hanging by the merest thread. The party has met with a most gigantic rebuke at the hands of the people and the greater cause of the defeat has been made possible by the party leaders themselves. Discord in the Republican party, new fan-dangled ideas, disregard of the rights of the Republican party's staunchest supporters—the colored people—the placing of black laws on the statute books against the colored people and the signing by a Republican governor of the insulting Kansas City, Kansas, separate high school bill are some of the more prominent causes for the defeat of the party this year. Everyone interested in the success of the party regretted that the party should take these backward steps and everyone regrets sorely to see the party with defeat almost in all quarters. Home of the West Lodge No. 2906, and Household of Ruth No. 612 will give a big entertainment at Redman Hall, Thanksgiving night, November 29th. A fine time expected. The Patriarch of Topeka will be down to give an exhibition drill that night. Watch these columns for more particulars. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Gross, of Newton, were in the city Tuesday to attend the Cole & Johnson show at the Crawford. -THE RESUME OF THIS WEEK--- Send your new notes and local happenings to 601 North Main Street. Bring your job printing to the Searchlight, 601 N. Main. We will appreciate it. NEW MAILER. At a considerable cost the Searchlight is now installing a brand new mailing machine to better and more accurately mail its papers to its large and steadily increasing list of readers. We hope to have it in fine shape by our next issue which will prevent any possibility of an error in mailing and enable everyone to get their papers promptly. We intend to continue additions until the Searchlight will stand second to none. Help us to do this by paying what you owe. PREACHING AT YOUNG'S HALL, 601 N. Ma'n.-Every Sunday The public is hereby notified that services will be held at the Young's Hall at the corner of Elm and Main on each Sunday at 11 a. m., and 7:30 p. m. Sunday school at 1 p. m., until further notice. W. H. Tillman, one of the most logical preachers of the west will preach Sunday, October 29th. If you have no church home come and worship with us regardless of fraternal ties. "Tarry wit us and we will do thee good." $50. To California And Return Via FRISCO SYSTEM FROM HERE TO THERE. The " Frisco " beginning Sept 3rd and continuing daily till Sept 14th will sell round trip tickets to Los Angeles and San Francisco, Cal. with return limit Oct. 31st at the low rate of $50 00 Liberal Stop Overs For full particulars see the Frisco agent or address F, E. Clark, D. P. A., Wichita THANKSGIVING AT NEW HOPE. The Ladies' Mission Circle of New Hope Baptist church, are making preparation to serve a big dinner at the church Thanksgiving day from noon to midnight. They will have everything good to eat that can be secured on the market. Keep this in mind and look for their menu later. The W. T. Vernon Club met Monday evening at the residence of Mrs. L. H. White, after an eight weeks' vacation. A good number were present The club is now opened for the season The ladies will now put forth every effort for the upbuilding and prosperity of this charity club. The club will meet Monday evening, Nov. 12th at the residence of Mrs. L. Tasco, 1552 N. Mosley. Do You Want Long Hair? Mrs. Geo. McDonald, Sole Agent For MME. C. J WALKER'S Wonderful Hair Grower Mrs. McDonald is the Sole Agent and uses the same process which Mme. Walker uses in making the hair grow. Office at 634 North Wabash Ave., For Full Particulars COLORED BOYS WANTED. Several good, steady colored boys can find employment at the Postal Telegraph office, corner First and Main. Our boys should strive to hold these positions. The sacred program rendered at the A. M. E. church Sunday night was grand. Every number was worthy but we must call special attention to the wonderful voice of Miss Myrtle Fleming, who has a voice which if given the proper care and cultivation will startle the whole world. Her vocal talent is far above the average and as a whole the program was interesting. Let the colored people get together and stay together for their own material good. Remember that there will be services at Young's Hall, 601 N. Main street, every Sunday. Everyone invited. W. M. Pointor and Pa Rev. J. H. Van Leu, state missionary is spending this week in iWchita. PASSEL THROUGH CITY. Sir Knight C. M. Johnson of Omaha, Neb., Past Presiding Prince of the Grand Temple and Tabernacle of the Kansas-Nebraska Jurisdiction, passed through Wichita Wednesday enroute from New Mexico to New York. Sir Johnson is one of the most prominent and staunch workers in the order of Twelve and has held many positions of honor and trust in the order. He was not able to stop over but says his best wishes are with the Knights and Daughters. The B. T. W. club met with Mrs Sam Anderson with good attendance Closed to meet with Mrs. Alexander 623 North Water, Thursday evening at 2:30. Eugene R. Whitted, one of the band boys of the 25th Infantry, U. S. A., is in the city visiting with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Whitted, 509 North Water, and shaking hands with his host of warm friends in this city. Eugene is a Wichita boy and has grown up and made a most worthy young gentleman of himself. His Wichita friends are always proud to see him in our city and wish him a long and pleasant stay. Why not subscribe and pay for the Wichita Searchlight. It is more honorable than "spunging" on your neighbor. We will send you a copy to your door every week for only $1.00 per year. Do say and get what the race is doing. The Literary_Society meeting Wednesday night was fine and was splendidly attended. The house was well crowded. The next meeting of the Society will be at Redman hall where an excellent program will be rendered One of the special features of the meeting Wednesday night at Redman hall will be an address by Prof. A. M. Wilson, principle of the colored school. Everyone is urged to attend the meeting at Redman hall and make it a grand success. The following program will be rendered: 1—Recitation ..... Griggs 2—Instrumental solo..... Ed Duke 3—Recitation..... Miss Effie Brandon 4—Recitation..... Miss Connie Bettls 5—Address..... Prof. A. M. Wilson 6—Address..... Rev. W. H. Tillman 7—Paper..... B. M. Crawford 8—Paper..... T. H. Yancy 9—Select Reading..... M. F. Fowler Admission to Redman hall only 15c. Let one come out. The Sojourners Circle met with Mrs. Ben J. Topp last Thursday afternoon. The meeting was called to order by the president and was opened by singing "Blest Be The Tie." Prayer was offered by Rev. Geo. M. Hunter, of Talladega, Ala. The minutes of the last meeting were read, the roll called and each member responded with a verse from the bible. The Circle highly appreciated the presence of the District President, Mrs. H. F. Frazler, who was present. She made a very instructive address on the Mission work. Before the close of the meeting Rev. Hunter made a very interesting talk. The meeting closed to meet with Mrs. Jeff Demer next Thursday. MRS. JOE FINE, Pres. MRS. H. LOVE, Sec. W. M. Johnson came down from Topeka Saturday night to vote and to peep into the political situation. The great political stir in Wichita caused his hair to stand on edges and the results were shocking to his nerves. He left early Wednesday morning for Topeka greatly and greatly surprised. Don't worry, SMILE Its Better Nolley's Grand Rapids Furniture 118-120 North Main Street HOCKADAY PAINT WEARS. Salesroom on N. Mosley. W. M. Dunson, Painter and Paper Hanger, All Work Guaranteed 302 W. Murdock Ave., Wichita THE plan of Rev. J. F. C. Taylor, pastor of St. Paul A. M. E. church, of Wichita, whereby every scholra of his Sunday school becomes the possessor of a bank account, is one which should receive the encouragement from every parent. This is a start in the right direction and Rev. Taylor deserves the highest commendation for his thoughtfulness in that direction. Every parent should see to it that their child goes to Sunday school and carries something with it—from a penny up. It teaches the child the value of money and the advantage of saving—a lesson much needed among our people. Rev. H. W. King, presiding elder, was in Wichita this week. He expects to move his family to Topeka where they will make their home this conference year. Miss Anna Dunson was taken suddenly sick while at church Sunday night. She is able to be out now. J. W. Owens Shoe Repairing WORK DONE WHILE YOU WEST 2nd Shoes Bought and Sold 332 N. Main Street Wichita, Kan. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Fine entertained at dinner Sunday Rev. Geo. M. Hunter, pastor of the Tabernacle B aptist church, also Rev. Joseph Wilson and D. C. Coleman. A very pleasant time was had. Porter Perry is complaining for five or six days but is able to continue at his work. Arkansas Valley Lodge No. 21, A. F. A. M., through its board of trustees is having their building at 615 North Main street, which is occupied by Jas. J. Olden's Drug Store, remodeled, repainted and paper, and when completed Mr. Olden will have one of the neatest drug stores in Kansas. When the store room is finished Mr. Olden will add a new and up-to-date stock of drugs. HAIR GROWER. Mrs. Geo. McDonald wishes the ladies of Wichita to know that she is the sole agent for Mme. Chas.' J. Waker's Wonderful Hair Grower and that in addition to selling the remedy she also uses the same process of hair cultivation which Mme. Walker uses. She has opened an office at 634 N. Wabash, where she will be pleased to have the ladies call and see her. Rev. J. F. C. Taylor, pastor of the A. M. E. church, is making many marw friends for himself and his church in Wichita. G. J. Jones, REAL ESTATE INSURANCE and LOANS CHATTLE : MORTGAGES 429 Kansas Avenue TOPEKA, KANSAS 50 POUND PUMPKIN. Our friend, Mr. M. E. McKelley, the very successful colored pardener of the West Side came to our office Friday loaded down with a 50 pound pumpkin which he presented to the Searchlight. We accept! this fine gift with many thanks and shall have this big pumpkin canned and eat it this winter. We say many thanks to Mr. McKelley. Notify your merchant that he cannot expect you to patronize him unless he helps you by patronizing the Searchlight. Assist him to help us in order that we might help you. --- 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 Excellence Counts..... ... 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. --- and you will Love good eating AT YOUR GROCERS IMBODEN MILLING CO. GOOD BREAD MAKERS = It Is White As SNOW-TRY IT- Otto WEISS, Agent Closing Out Sale ABOUT HALF OF ALREADY LOW PRICE Amount of the rapid growth of my Cleaning business, which I personally superintend, is unnecessary to neglect the store, and have, decided to close out my entire stock of S. CLOTHING consisting of Men' Clothing, etc., and Ladies' Suits, Skirts, Waists, Jackets, etc. I will sell to dealers in Job Lots, our stock, store and fixtures and give position at the room. Our facilities will continually need for first-class Cleaning. Dyeing, Pressing of Ladies' and Gent's Clothing, Hats, Hoods, Bleached and Curled. Remember the pla On account of the rapid growth of my Cleaning and Dyeing business, which I personally superintend. I find it neccessary to neglect the store, and have, there fore, decided to close out my entire stock of Second Hand CLOTHING consisting of Men' Clothing Hats, Caps, etc., and Ladies' Suits, Skirts, Waists, Jackets, Coats, etc. I will sell to dealers in Job Lots, or the whole stock, store and fixtures and give position to all or part of the room. Our facilities will continually be enlarged for first-class Cleaning. Dyeing, Pressing and repairing of Ladies' and Gent's Clothing, Hats, Plums, Cleaned, Bleached and Curled. Remember the place O. K. Dye Works Goods Called For and Delivered. C. G. Hanson, Prop. THE SEARCHLIGHT An Up-to-Date Navy. United States naval officers do not admit that the monster battleships planned by Great Britain and Italy are necessarily more effective than warships of the Connecticut-Louisiana and the Michigan-South Carolina types. Now that fuller details have reached here regarding the Cunibertl battleship with which Italy attempts to outclass the Dreadnaught, there is less disposition than ever to overestimate the importance of Italy's more. The assumption that the biggest battleship can whip one a few hundred tons smaller leaves out of account the matter of seamanship, brains, courage, marksmanship, and relative efficiency, says Harper's Weekly. American warships may not be as big as the biggest, but in personnel and equipment they equal anything aloft. Our newest warships have a steaming radius of 5,000 miles, much greater than that of any other battleships afloat. This is a very important element in the fighting efficiency of all war vessels, and one in which the large English and Italian battleships are likely to fall. The Indifferent Citizen Indifference is the blight that affects all efforts for better things. The prosperous citizen is optimistically confident that things are going right and that any side-stepping must be only temporary. So he lets them go and is content to think that he, at least, has nothing to worry about. Comfortably fixed in the first cabin with all the luxuries of modern life about him, he cares nothing what other people in the same ship are doing—whether they are scouting it, setting it afire or preparing a mutiny; all he knows or cares about is that it's mighty pleasant right where he is and that's enough. This negligence and indifference clear the way for those who do care and who have selfish ends to serve. All the deals and machinations that make modern politics disreputable are due, fundamentally, to the neglect of the great majority to be alert, says the Hartford, Conn., Courant. It is nonsense to say that society itself is rotten. It holds together just because of its sweet and wholesome strength. The piratical element that lives on it is tolerated, not dominant. Our Coal Supply. Occasionally fears are expressed that the coal supply of the United States will give out. This apprehension is entertained because this country, while surpassing all others in production, is also the greatest coal consumer in the world. But every now and then comes the announcement of a new discovery which shows that the limit has not yet been reached. A vein in Pennsylvania has just been found which the experts say contains millions on millions of tons of coal, and they roughly estimate its value at $90,000,000 to $75,000,000. It is about as difficult to convince people of the danger of a complete exhaustion of the coal supply as it is to make them believe in the reality of an ice famine. Spelling reform has been receiving the attention of Chinese officials. The director of the imperial telegraphs has announced that a committee has been appointed to recommend a uniform system of spelling the names of Chinese cities in the Roman alphabet. When the report is adopted telegraphic messages will be delivered more promptly than is now possible when the English, the French and the Germans each spell the name of the same city differently. Freddick Peterson, M. D., President of the New York Neurological Society and member of the New York Lunacy Commission, says that in the life in New York City the friction is greater than in any other known existence enforced for long periods of time by large numbers of people. Each day finds presented the proof that more and more we are verging on the limits of human endurance. The kaiser was an honored guest at the Krupp wedding breakfast and made a speech on wifely duties. No doubt he placed the proper mixing and finishing of good round cannon balls like father used to make near the top of the list. That California professor was judicious in timing the announcement of a new language which contains no cuss words. This is the season when the householder takes in the fly screens and puts up the stoves. The site of a spacious Roman villa in the Castle Park, Colchester, England, has been discovered in a remarkable way. The intense heat, act upon the grass above the ruined foundations revealed an entire ground plan of the various rooms and passages. When a girl under 14 gets a mania she become an actress it' up to her mother to get down the old slippage and try to produce a counter irth OH! SPLASH! Or the End of a Revolution. HUGHES DEFEATS HEARST Republican Candidate for Governor ol New York has a Majority of About 50,000. BALANCE OF THE TICKET IN DOUBT of the Democratic Tick- Behind the Other Candidate, in Greater New York and to this Probably Owes his Defeat -The Result Elsewhere. New York, Nov. 8.—With incomplete returns outside of the greater New York, the result of Tuesday's election in New York state aside from the head of the ticket was still in doubt Wednesday. At 10 o'clock Wednesday forenoon there was a possibility that the entire democratic state ticket aside from governor had been elected. All the democratic candidates ran far ahead of William R. Hearst in the greater New York and their pluralities here of approximately 140,000 over their republican opponents may have the effect of overcouncing the republican lead in up-state counties. These estimates however, necessarily are based upon the full state vote for governor and depend entirely upon the estimate that lesser candidates held with Charles E. Hughes. On the face of the present returns Mr. Hughes came down to the Harlem river with a lead over Hearst of a little more than 120,000. While this was sufficient to give him a lead of considerably more than 50,000 over Hearst, Mr. Hughes' associates have the far greater plurality rolled up by the remainder of the state ticket to meet. The closest contest undoubtedly will be between M. Linn Bruce, republican, and Lewis Stuyvesant. Chanler, Independence league and democrat, for lieutenant governor. Chanler's plurality in the greater New York is about 135,000. Returns already in show that some of the upstate counties Mr. Bruce ran ahead of his ticket. Even if Bruce had come down to the Bronx on an overfooling with Hughes, the plurality of Chanler would have been a scant 5,000. If the returns yet to come show that the republican candidate gains in other counties this plurality may be cat down if not entirely wiped out. Next to lieutenant governor, the figures at hand show that John S. Whalen, the democratic candidate for secretary of state may come through a winner by the closest margin. As more important returns begin to come in by counties Wednesday it was seen that in some instances there was a small but consistent lead by the lesser republican candidates over the head of their ticket. With some districts still missing in Delaware, Essex, Hamilton, Ontario, Oswego and St. Lawrence counties, but estimating these six counties as giving Hughes a plurality of 19.10%, the plurality of Mr. Hughes outside of greater New York is 129 660 or a plurality in the state of 52,674. New Hampshire. Concord, N. H., Nov. 8.—Slow election returns showed no material changes in results Wednesday. Floyd, republican, led Jameson, democrat, for governor by an estimated plurality of 2,200. A majority vote is required and the election will probably be thrown into the legislature which it is believed will be republican. Congressmen Currier and Sulloway, republicans were easily returned. Illinois. Chicago, Nov. 8. Illinois went re- publican by over 100,000: the vote for Smulitz, state treasurer, footing about 122,000 with few districts esti- mated. Chicago gave the state ticket a plurality of over 50,000. The republicans lost two congressional districts apparently in Chicago ano two more down state, making a gain of four for the democrats and giving them five instead of one in the Illinois congressional delegation. The legislature is undoubtedly republican by a good majority on joint ballot, the republicans having a majority of the members in both houses. This insures the return to the senate of United States Senator Shelly M. Cullum who received the majority of the votes at the republican state primaries. Nebraska. Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 8.—Returns received at republican headquarters Wednesday indicate the election of Sheldon, republican, governor by about 15,000 plurality. Many precincts are yet to be heard from, but they will not vary greatly from the returns upon which the forecast is based. Chairman Rose, of the state committee, claims 87 republican members of the legislature, 67 being a majority. This will mean the election of Norris Brown, the state convention's choice for United States senator. Colorado Denver, Nov. 8.—Colorado returns are incomplete, but sufficient to show the election of the entire republican state, congressional and judicial tickets and a republican majority of 39 or more on joint ballot in the next legislature which will elect a senator to succeed Thomas M. Patterson. Republicans claim pluralities above 20,000 for Rev Henry A. Buchtel, candidate for governor, and their other nominees for state offices. Oklahoma. Oklahoma City, Nov. 8.—Reports received up to 12:30 o'clock Wednesday indicate that the democrats have elected 100 out of 112 delegate that will compose the constitutional convention. Iowa. Des Moines, Nov. 8.—Reports from about half the counties of the state received at political headquarters indicate that the republicans carried the state for entire ticket. Chairman Woods says that all the late reports increase the plurality for head of republican ticket and his latest estimate is that Cummins will have more than 2,500 plurality. At democratic headquarters the claim is made that reports show Porter will have a plurality of less than 5,000. There is no doubt of the election of Hamilton, democrat, to congress in the Sixth district, but the First district is still in doubt. Idaho Boise, Idaho, Nov. 8.—According to returns Wednesday morning it seems assured that Gov. Gooding, the republican candidate for governor, has been re-elected, though his plurality shows heavy losses from the vote he received in 1904. French, the republican candidate for congressman, is probably elected over Hattabaugh, but by a considerably narrower majority than Gooding. New Mexico. Albuquerque, N. M., Nov. 8. - Partial returns from seven counties out of 25 in New Mexico give joint statehood a majority of 2,000. Reports so far received indicate that the territory will go for jointure by from 4,000 to 7,000. Early reports indicate election of Andrews, republican, delegate to congress. Utah. Salt Lake City, Nov. 8.—The republicans in Utah have elected their state ticket by the usual plurality, returning Joseph Howell to congress and electing Joseph E. Frick justice of the supreme court. Ohio. Columbus, O., Nov. 7.—The indications Wednesday were that the republicans had elected Carmi Thompson, secretary of state, and their enire state ticket by a safe plurality. Returns from Republican county chairmen show the election of the entire state ticket by a plurality exceeding 75,000. The Republican Ticket was Elected With the Possible Exception of Governor. LOCH RUNS FAR BEHIND HIS TICKET Incomplete Returns Indicate a Safe Working Majority in the Legislature for the Republicans and a Solid Delegation in Congress for the Same Party. Topeka, Kan., Nov. 8.—The election in Kansas is so close that it was impossible Wednesday to give correct figures. Chairman Grummer, of the republican state committee, claimed Wednesday morning the reelection of Governor E. W. Hoch by 6,000, while Chairman Ryan of the Democratic State committee says W. A. Harris has carried the state by at least 15,000 majority. The republican committee had complete returns from 43 of the 105 counties. Governor Hoch is running far behind his ticket, Harris has carried shawnee county by at least 500 majority. It will undoubtedly be late before the election results from over the state can be ascertained with accuracy. Chairman Crummer of the state republican committee, at 10 o'clock issued a bulletin claiming the re-election of Mr. Hoch by 3,600 majority. No estimate was given on the rest of the state ticket but the indications are that it is republican. The entire republican congressional delegation is elected. The list of republican candidates for representative defeated include Jones of Reno, Banks of Montgomery, Pauling of Bourbon, Hussey and Pringle of Osage, Barnes of Pratt, Ingalls of Atchison, Schmidt of Geary, Schrader of Miami, Schmidt of Rice, Tracey of Pottawatomie. Cyrus Leland of Doniphan, and W. Y. Morgan of Reno are reported elected by very close margins. It is thought that the republicans will control the legislature. At 11 o'clock the election returns received in Topoka from over the state indicated that the election for governor is in doubt. The republican state committee claiming the reelection of Hoch by 5,000 majority, after receiving complete returns from sixty counties. The democratis state committee securing its return less systematically, claim the election of W. A. Harris for governor by a majority of 15,000. It is generally conceded that the republican members of the supreme court and the rest of the state ticket, including the railway commissioneirs are elected. The republicans probably have elected a working majority of the legislature. Complete returns from 71 out of 105 counties received at republican state headquarters shows a plurality of 5,000 for Hoch for governor. Minnesota. St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 8.—Gov't or Johnson has been re-elected governor of Minnesota over his republican opponent, A. L. Cole, by a majority of at least 30,000. The Dispatch, republican, in its midnight extra, will concede this. Frank Day, chairman of the democratic state central committee, claims Johnson's election by 40,000. This majority for a democrat candidate is unprecedented in Minnesota. Four years ago Vanant, republican, was elected governor by a majority of 50,000. Wisconsin. Milwaukee, Wis., Nov. 7—Davidson, republican, for governor, has carried the state by an estimated plurality of 40,000. Advance Employes Wages Wilwaukee, Wis., Nov. 8.—David of directors of the Pennsylvania Railroad company at a meeting Wednesday ordered an advance of 10 percent in the wages of all employees receiving less than $200 a month. The increase goes into effect on December 1. The directors gave the cost of living and the present prosperity of the country and as a reason for the advance. Similar action will be taken by all the companies in the Pennsylvania system east and west of Pittsburgh. About 125,000 are affected by the advance. Grade Crossing Again. Philadelphia, Nov. S.-The board passenger train crashed into a survey loaded with four men in a deep cut near the Comanche sub agency two miles north of here Tuesday. James Autry, a prominent cattle man died three hours later of internal injuries received and Dr. I. E. Stryker and M. Kay are doubtless fatally injured. T. D. Wells, the driver is dangerously hurt. The train crew picked the injured men up unconscious and brought them to this city. Arizona Rejects Statehood. Phoenix, Ariz., Nov. 8.—The vote for joint statehood in Arizona is estimated not to exceed 15 per cent of the total vote and may be even less. This calculation is made on partial returns from ten out of 13 counties. Maricopa county, with five country precincts missing, voted: For jointure, 390; against, 2,953. The legislature is strongly democratic. Fire at Hamilton, O. Hamilton, O., Nov. 8.—A loss of more than $350,000 was incurred by a fire which started after mid-night in the heart of the business portion of the city. Carpet rags dyed with PUTNAM ADELESS DYES will remain bright and beautiful. No trouble to use. Deafness Cannot Be Cured To most men's minds an ideal wife is that of an acquaintance who is said to spoil her husband. Important to Mothers Important to mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Woman Novelist Widely Read. The sin which is termed dishonesty is the same evil as that which is called disease in living bodies or blight in the seasons, and in cities and governments has another name, which is injustice—Plate. These Handsome Dishes with every large size family package of Quaker Oats You will enjoy eating Quaker Oats, because Quaker Oats is the best rolled oats made. There is a delicious taste to Quaker Oats that you never find in other brands. Quaker Oats cost no more than inferior rolled oats, and in addition you receive a handsome plate, vegetable dish or cup and saucer, of semi-porcelain, beautifully decorated in dainty tints and gold, with every large sized family package. These Handsome Dishes with every large size family package of Quaker Oats You will enjoy eating Quaker Oats, because Quaker Oats is the best rolled oats made. There is a delicious taste to Quaker Oats that you never find in other brands. Quaker Oats cost no more than inferior rolled oats, and in addition you receive a handsome plate, vegetable dish or cup and saucer, of semi-porcelain, beautifully decorated in dainty tints and gold, with every large sized family package. Quaker Oats has a larger sale all over the world than all other brands of rolled oats combined. This of itself proves the superiority of Quaker Oats. If you have not used Quaker Oats already, you don't know how delicious, wholesome and satisfying rolled oats can be made. Remember, you get these exquisitely decorated dishes in every large sized family package retailing at 25c. Remember, you get better Oats and better china than you have ever bought in a family package and at the same price. Quaker Oats is more economical, tastes better, and goes farther than any other brand of rolled oats. Do not allow your dealer to substitute inferior oats for Quaker Oats. The Quaker Oats Company There's a new Quaker product, Quaker Best Cornmeal, sold only in sealed packages, 3 lbs. 10 cents. Ask your grocer. has a larger sale all over the world than all other brands of rolled oats combined. This of itself proves the superiority of Quaker Oats. If you have not used Quaker Oats already, you don't know how delicious, wholesome and satisfying rolled oats can be made. Remember, you get these exquisitely decorated dishes in every large sized family package retailing at 25c. Remember, you get better Oats and better china than you have ever bought in a family package and at the same price. Quaker Oats is more economical, tastes better, and goes farther than any other brand of rolled oats. Do not allow your dealer to substitute inferior oats for Quaker Oats. The Quaker Oats Company There's a new Quaker product, Quaker Best Cornmeal, sold only in sealed packages, 3 lbs. 10 cents. Ask your grocer. Uncanny Chinese Legend. 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And to this day people when they hear it, say, "There's poor Ko'ai's voice calling out for her shoe."—Shanghai Times. THE CANADIAN WEST IS THE BEST WEST DODDS KIDNEY PILLS FOR ALL KIDNEY DISEASES CURES RHEUMATISM BRIGHTEN DISEASES DIABETES BACKWARDS until further notice the use of our medicine is prohibited. The public may not use it in conflicts, sold only in bursaries. The testimony of thousands during the pass West is the best West. Year by year the agrarian increased in volume and revenue, and still the Canada Government offers the FREE every barge fiddle sale. 160 ACRE FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE Some of the Advantages The phenomenal increase in railway mileage of the country within easy reach of churches, schools, markets, cheap fuel and every more business INDENTITY MILLBURH WHEAT CROP of this year means that much of the grain is part from the results of other grains and cattle. 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THEY CURE RHEUMATISM & Porticutariy Painful Form of Thie Ciscase Yields to Dr. Williams’ _ Of the many forms which rhenmatism fakes, that which is popularly known as ssiatio rheumatism probably tortures its victim more than any other. ‘That Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills have cured this ‘stubborn as well as painful trouble is a fact proven by the following statement, and no sufferer who reads this can af- ford to let prejudice stand in the way of ‘tzying these blood-inakiug pills. Rheumatism is now generally ro- ognized as a disease of the blood. Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills maxe—actually make—pure blood. When the blood is pare there can be norheumatism. Mrs. ‘Thomas Bresnehan, of 54 Mill street, Watertown, N. ¥., says: “ My trouble began with a severe cold which I took about a week before Obristmas in 1904. I began to have rheumatic pains in my back and limbs end after a time I couldn’t straighten ‘up. suffered the most awful pain fur months and much of the tinue was un- able to leave the house and I had to take Mold of @ chair in order to walk and sometimes I could not stand up at all. “The disease was prouonuced sciatic rheumatism and, although I had a good hysician aud took his iedicine faith- fully, I did not got any better. After ome six weeks of this tervible pain and enffering I tried Dr. Williams’ Pink Piils and that is the medicine that cured me. After a few boxes the pain was Jess intense and I could see decidvad tm- provement. Icontimed to take the pills until 1 was entirely cured and I have mever had eny return of the trouble.” All draggists sell Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills, or the remedy will be mailed post- id, om receipt of price, 50 cents per t. six boxes for $2.50, by the Dr. Wil- Mains Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. ¥. He who steals a watch should not ee surprised if he has to do time later. The Ideal Family Laxative. ts one that can be used by the entire family, young and’ old, weak and strong, without any danger of harmful effects. It should have properiies which insure the same dose always having the same effect, otherwise the quantity will have to be increased and faally lose its effect altogether. These properties can be found In that old family remedy, Brandreth's Pills, be- cause Its ingredients are of the purest herbai extracts, and every pill is kept for three years before being sold, which allows them to mellow. We do mot believe there fs a laxative on the market that is so carefully made. Brandreth’s Pills are the same fine Yaxative tonle pills your grandparents msed. They have been in use for over a century and are for sale everywhere, either plain or sugar-coated. Goria, to Take a Day Of. A postmaster, not many miles from Biliviile, posted the fcllowing notice en his shutter recently: “All parties expectin’ mail are here- by notified to git ali that’s comin’ to “em in advance—any time before next Thursday, that bein’ the day we have @pp’inted to go huntin’—not havin’ thed a holiday from the government since July 4, and the said government aeemtn’ to forget that bein’ only hu man, we need rest and recreation oc- casional. ‘There's some little mail here for the Joneses and the Tompin- ses—but {t don’t amount to much, as it’s ali got one-ecnt stamps on it. There ain't nuthin’ much in the bust mess nohow!”—Atlanta Constitution. A Rule and an Excestion, According to the New York Trib- fae, a country paper lays down this rule of etiquette: “When a lady and gentleman are walking in the street, the lady should walk inside of the gentleman.” It seems a little strange that this simple rule, so jong current among the cannibal tribes of the Andaman and other islands, should find its way {nto a rural journal of more or less ‘eivilization. It would appear that the etiquette editor of the paper in ques- tion was either too careless or too hurried to note any exceptions to the rule. Otherwise he would have ex- plained that when the gentleman was thirsty and desired to enter a cafe, the lady would walk on the outside. — Cieveland Plain Dealer. HARD TO SEE. Even When the Facts About Coffee Are Plain. It is curious how people will refuse ¢o believe what one can clearly see. Tell the average man or woman ‘that the slow but cumulative poison- ous effect of caffeine—the alkaloid in tea and coffee—tends to weaken the heart, upset the nervous system and eause indigestion, and they may laugh fat you if they don't know the facts. Prove It by science or by practical demonstration in the recovery of cof- fee drinkers from the above condi- tions, and a jarge per cent. of the hhoman family will shrug their shoul- @ers, take the drugs and—keep on Grinking coffee or tea. “Coffee never agreed with me nor with several members of our house- hold,” writes a lady. It enervates, de- ‘presses and creates a feeling of lan- gguor and heaviness. It was only by Jeaving off coffee and using Postum that we discovered the cause and cure ‘of these Ills. “Whe only reason, am sure, why Postum is not used altozether to the ‘exclusion of ordinary coffee 1s, many persons do not know and do not seem ‘willing to learn the facts and how to prepare this nutritious beverage. ‘There's only one way—according to @irections—boll it fully 15 minutes. hen it is delicious.” Name given by ‘Postum Co., Bcitle Creek, Mich. Read “the little book, “fhe Road to Well- gille, in pkgs. “There's a reason.” Democrats Have Made Gains but not Sufficient to Secure Con- trol of the House. SPEAKER CANNON GOT USUAL MAJORITY Mr. Wadsworth of New York Chatr- man of Committee on Agriculture | Defeated on his Meat Inspection Record—Republicuns Made but | s quke?atn: ab -ehind, 60 Beenibnntcy Washington, Nov. 8.—President Roosevelt's appeal for a republican congress was not in vain, With the count still going on, the resuit so far shows the election of 211 republican congressmen, 163 demcerats, with 12 districts to be heard from. There are 386 seats to be filied in the honse and should the democrats get the remaming 12 they would still not have control. ‘The most sanguine prediction put out by Chairman Sherman previous to the election wes that the repub- Vieans word retain control of the house by 40, As the returns stand now the democrats have gained 2% districts held in the present congress by re- publicans, as follows: HMlinois. two, Indiana one. Iowa two, Missouri 8, Nebraska 1, New Jersey one, New York @e, North Caroline me, Ohio three, Pennsylvania five, and Wisconsin one. In Mtinois the defeated renublicans are Ricves ani Dickzon of the Twen tyfirst and Twenty-third districts; in Indiana, Cromer, of the Bighth; in Iowa, Lacey of the Sixth: in Mis sourl, Fulkerson, of the Fourth; Wel horn of the Seventh and Caulkins of the Fifteenth: in Nebraska, Kennedy of the Second: in New York, Wade- worth of the Thirty fourth: in New Jersey, Piekett of the Ninth; in North Carelina, Blackburn of the Fighth; in Obio. Douglas, who beat Grosvenor for the renubitean nom- ination. In Wisconsin. Rabeock gives his seat to a democrat: in Pennsy? vania, Dale of the Tenth; Palmer, Eleventh. ent Samuel Sixteenth. ‘The republicans gained the third Kentucky district where A, D. James defeated Representative Richa~ on, ‘This is tho only republican gitn 60 far renorted Sneaker Cannon recetve? bis usual 15,000 majority and comes back to congress for the 17th time, The fight against Representat've Dalzell of Pittsbure. was futile, as Mr. Dal- 7M tg reelected with x reduced ma- fority. Mr. Wadsworth, who is chairman of the honse committer on agricul- ture, was defeated by Peter A. Por- ter, who announced himself firet as an in denendent rennhican and at tacked Mr. Wofsworth’s record on the meat insnection leristetion. He was endorsed by both the demoerats and Independence league. Investigating Japanese Complaints San Francisco, Nov. 8—Secretary of Commerce and Labor Vietor H. Metcalf, accompanied by Consul K Uljen, of Japan, Tuesday visited the Japanese quarter of the city and the Oriental school, in pursuing his in vestigations into the exclusion oI Japanese pupils from sehools at tended by white children. ‘The sec retary luncheoned with the Japa nese consul and then went to thc Japanese consulate where he heard statements and complaints of Japa: nese restaurant keepers who allege that their business is being boy cotted. A Santa Fe ‘Train Meld Up. Albuquerque, N. M., Nov. 7—Word reached this city Tuesday afternoon of an attempt to hold up Santa Fe passenger train No. 1 at Gallup. The train had stopped and the train crew was In the dining room when three men entered the coaches armed with revolvers and made the passengers hold up their hands, securing several hundred dollars in money, several srlps and overcoats from the passen- gers, The bandits then moved toward the front end of the train when some of the passongers gave the alarm and the men escaped into the darkness, ig Ma eee Trinidad, Col., Nov. 7.—Holding a hand of each of his two little boys, aged 7 and 9 years respectively and walking down the middle of the rail road track, C. A. Parham, a cotton buyer of Carey, Texas, deliberately walked into a Colorado & Southern train No, 1 last night near Childress, ‘Texas, and was killed. The boys re: ceived probably fatal injuries. Par- ham had beea drinking heavitr, it is said, and was supposed to have been demented. Harahan Sacceeds Fish. New York, Nov. §—J. T. Harahan was Wednesday elected president ot the Illinois Central Rallroad com pany, succeeding Stuyvesant Fish. All the otier officers of the company whose terms expired were re-elected All of the directors of the company except Vice President Welling, were present at the meeting of the board when the election took place. North Dakota. Fargo, N. D., Nov. &—Late state returns show that Sarles, republican, ig elected governor by a séfe ma jority, and Fiske, democrat, 1s elected judge of the supreme cowrt. Tho Jegislature will be safely republican. Se “a a en fa bein) ) k Premat noe ey ea y You Look Prematurely 0 d For Our Women Readers. As probably all of you know, the mame QUAKER on @ package of rolled oats means exactly what ster Ung does on a piece of silver. » Both stand for PURITY. In an- other part of this paper you will find ‘an advertisement of QUAKER OATS, ‘now put up for the first time in large ‘FAMILY PACKAGES at the same ‘price as inferior oats. In addition you ‘get in each package FREE a beautl ful piece of imported china, Read the advertisement, and then ask your grocer fora FAMILY package of QUAKER OATS. You will be delight: ed with the oats, and more than de lighted with the beautiful present in the package. i ‘The Julu War Cry. The Zulu war cry, used whenever they take the field by the South Afri- can footballers now in London, has puzzled our newspapers, not one of which seems able to spell it correctly, says Notes and Queries. The Daily Express gives it as “Igamilzho,” and the Daily Mail as “Gammillo.” The cry really consists of two words, and should be writtén “Igama_layo.” “Igama” is Zulu for “name,” and “layo” is a possessive pronoun, mean- lug either “his” or “thelr.” ‘Thus the Daily Mall, although quite wrong im its orthography of the ery, is right in saying that it merely means “That Is his name.” The explanation is that Zulu etiquette does not allow warriors, when they rush into battle, to men- tion the names of their enemies, but the leaders shout out, “That is his name,” pointing to the victims with their spears. SKIN ERUPTIONS 35 YEARS. Suffered Severely with Eczema All Over Body—A Thousand Thanks to Cuticura Remedies. “For over thirty-five years I was @ severe sufferer from eczema. The eruption was not confined to any one place. It was all over my body, limbs, and even on my head. 1 am sixty years old and an old soldier, and have been examined by the Government Board over fifteen times, and they said there was no cure for me. I have taken all kinds of medicine and have spent large sums of money for doc tors, without avail. A short time ago I decided to try the Cuticura Reme- dies, and after using two cakes of Catieura Soap, two boxes of Cuticura Ointment, and two bottles of Cutt. cura Resolyent, two treatments in all, Tam now well and completely cure’. A thousand thanks to Cuticura. 1 cannot speak too highly of the Cutt cyra Remedies. Joun T. Roach, Rich mondale, Ross Co. Onto, July 17, 1905." THE TICKING OF THE CLOCK. Soothing Company to Some Sleepers Cause of Wakefulness in Others. “Not all people,” satd the jeweler, “like the ticking of a clock; it is a pleasant sound to most people, but not to all. “Some people, clock lovers these, couldn't sleep without a clock in the same room. Its ticking is company and {t scares away the spooks. Such people would wake up if the clock should stop in the middle of the night. “But there are other people who can’t sleep with a clock In the same room and who, if they found them- selves ina strange place anywhere with a clock in their sleeping apart ment, wonld stop the clock before they went to bed. “Of course there {s much of habit in this; but we have our fancies about clocks, as we do about all things else.” | Womtgwotd A hs oii Thousands of | ft, jousands oO} fi rs women — suffer SoES daily backache, ae) headacne, — dizay i TS spells, languor, Whe Qs nervousness and 2 at a dozen other fj SS symptoms of Kid- Me ney trouble, but fs i lay ft to other <H causes. Make no rs : mistake, Keep f P the kidneys wel, f me and these aches } 3 and troubles will ; disappear. Mrs. Anthony Cadrette, 77 Mechanic street, Leomin- ster, Mass, says: “My sight tailed, I had sharp pain in my back and bearing-down pains through the hips. I was nervous, fretful and miserable. ‘The urine was greatly disordered and I began to have the swellings of aropsy. I was ~unning down fast, when I started using Doan's Kidney Pills. A wonderful change came ant after using them faithfully for a short time I was well.” Sold by all deaters. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. ¥. Japan Will Copy from America. Prof. Taichiro Honjo is concluding in New York a tour of inspection of the great school systems of this coun- try. He was sent here by his govern: ment of Formosa. When he goes home he is to establish a gigantic educational institution modeled after the American high school. 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THINK IT OVER Hockadai Paint In buying paint of us here in Wichita, you not only get a paint made especially for this climate, but you get a NICE NEW PAINT, fresh from the grinder: Which is, undoubtedly, the best and works better than old paint. We do not grind great batches of each color, at once, but always keep them coming through. THINK IT OVER SUMMER WEAR AT DUCED PRICES AT RAITSCH'S Cash Shoe Store WINDOWS FOR GOOD SHOES CHEAP East Douglas Avenue When In Coffeyville Stop At White Front Boarding House First Class Accommodations Prices Reasonable BROOKS & WILLIAMS, Props. 1224 So. Walnut St. Coffeyville, Kansas THE CURSE OF RACE PREJUDICE. Is the title of a neat, well written logical and plain stating book by Pro Jas, F. Morton, Jr., A. M., on the race problem. Out of all the books which we have read no book in our estimation deals with the race question in a plain and far-seeing manner as the work of Prof. Morton. Much value is added to the book as it is the work of a well-read and learned white man. Yor Are WH To the Thanksg New Hope Ba Nov. Are Invited!! WHERE? Thanksgiving Dinner at ope Baptist Church Nov. 29th Yor Are Invited!! WHERE? To the Thanksgiving Dinner at New Hope Baptist Church Nov. 29th From Noon to Mid-night Under the Auspices of the Everything good to eat su The various Societies and dially invited. Watch for Auspices of the Women's Mission Circle. good to eat such as Mother used to cook. Societies and the Public at Large are cor- tated. Watch for Menue. Under the Auspices of the Women's Mission Circle. Everything good to eat such as Mother used to cook. The various Societies and the Public at Large are cordially invited. Watch for Menue. Banner Mins CUSTOM GKINDING ALL KINDS OF COAL & FEED FROHIBCH BROS, PROPS. 402 N. Main St. Photos HOUCK Hardware store First Class Goods at Lowest Price 116 East Douglas Avenue PEERLESS STEAM LAUNDRY Best Laundry In The U.S. Phone 262 W. S. MENRION DRUGGIST --- --- BELOVER & SONS, Praps HOCKADAY PAINT CO. "THE CURSE OF RACE PREJUDICE. Is the title of a neat, well written, logical and plain stating book by Prof. Jas. F. Morton, Jr., A. M., on the race problem. Out of all the books which we have read no book in our estimation deals with the race question in so plain and far-seeing manner as this work of Prof. Morton. Much value is added to the book as it is the work of a well-read and learned white man. On sale by the author for 25c, at 244 W. 43d St., New York City, N. Y. (First Publication in the Wichita Searchlight November 3, 1906.) State of Kansas, Sedgwick County, ss. In the District Court, 18th Judicial District. Anna Foster, Plaintiff, vs. Charles Foster, Defendant. The above named defendant will take notice that he has been sued in the District Court of the 18th Judicial District of the State of Kansas, by the above named plaintiff for absolute divorce, and that unless he shall be and appear in said court on or before the 15th day of December, A. D. 1906, and then and there plead, answer or demur to plaintiff's petition therein filed a decree will be entered you confess against him according to the prayer of said petition. J. C. MILTON. Attorney for Plaintiff. 801 M. Main St. Wichita, Kans. WESTERN UNIVERSITY WESTERN UNIVERSITY The Great Educational Institution for Kansas and the West..... DEPARTMENTS: Theoiological, Clerk and State Industrial. COURSES: Classical, College, Normal, Musical, [ Instruments, piano, oagan and harmony, Mechanical], Carpentry, Business Course, Stenography, Dressmaking and Plain-ing, Farming and Gardening. ADVANTAGES: Splendid Location, Influences and Thorough Term. INFORMATION: For terms, priced, fered, write to William T. Verne PRESIDENT QUINDAFO, Phones Office Residency DEAM ABSENCE IN NORTH-WEST COURT Bonded A ARTS: Theoological, College, Normal, Sub-Normal Industrial. Classical, College, Preparatory, Normal, Sub-Musical, [ Instrumental and Vocal ], including organ and harmonica, Sewing [ Fine Arts and Art], Carpentry, Printing and Book-Binding, Course, Stenography and Typewriting, Tailor-making and Plain Sewing, Cooking, Laundering and Gardening. Splendid Location, Healthful Climate, Good Schools and Thorough Teachers. For terms, prices and all inducements of office to Am T. Vernon, A. M. D D PRESIDENT INDAFO, KANS. DEPARTMENTS: Theoiogical, College, Normal, Sub-Normal and State Industrial. COURSES: Classical, College, Preparatory, Normal, SubNormal, Musical, [ Instrumental and Vocal ], including piano, oagan and harmony, Newing [ 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 Climate, Good Influences and Thorough Teachers. INFORMATION: For terms, prices and all inducements offered, write to M ABSTRACT CO. NORTH-WEST CORNER OF THE COURT HOUSE Bonded Abstractors The Arcanum members of Mt. Tabor Temple and the Arcanum members of Mt. Maria Tabernacle an dhe Arcanum members of St. Maria Tabernacle all met in regular session on Saturday night. The reported a marked increase of interest in the order and that every branch is working nicely. The Q. M.'s reported the Tents doing fine. Sir Knight Caleb Paris, Chief Mentor, was reported on the sick list. After a very pleasant meeting they adjourned to meet the first Tuesday in each month. The members of the above club met Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Ellen Sims, 812 N. Y. St. After the routine business of the club, Mrs. Jas. Lewis of Cleveland, O., made an interesting talk. Mrs. John Carson of Sibley, who attended the Baptist convention in Memphis, Tenn., gave an interesting talk on the Negro in the South. At 5 o'clock a three course luncheon was served. The club adjourned to meet with Mrs. Anna Chapman, Nov. 9th. D. H. ANDERSON, Pres. E. SIMS, Secretary. Western Queen Tabernacle No. 17. One of the swolest affairs that have been in Ft. Scott for a long time was the grand annual banquet given by Western Queen Tabernacle No. 17, on Thursday evening Nov. 3rd, at their hall on Scott avenue. Their beautiful table which extended from one end of the hall to the other with its beautiful display of silver, cut glass, fine cakes and flowers of all kinds made everybody's mouth water as they passed by and looked on. Over one hundred guests were present and when the delicious supper that had been so nicely prepared by the members of Western Queen Tabernacle were served by the committee, you could tell from the expression of their faces that they were well pleased by what had been placed before them, at a decent hour all returned to their homes being well pleased with the evening spent. I would like to say that the members were made to rejoice two times, first because they had been so highly complimented on their banquet, second because their treasurer had been greatly increased by the same. Western Queen is all right and when ever she says she is going to do a thing, rest contented, because she always does what she says she will. AMANDA MASIR, C. P. FLORENCE GOODALL, C. R. Rev. W. H. Burrill of Wichita preached at the 2nd Baptist church at Pratt on October 28th. His sermon will live long in the memory of the people of this section. $ ^{4} $ Mrs. Jas. Morris of Wichita is visiting relatives in the city. Miss Grace Bean and Mack Byers of Independence were in Pratt this week. Chas. Tumblesom made a business trip to Wichita the first of the week. Mrs. Robt. Williams and family spent a day in Pratt visiting Mr. and Mrs. siting Mr. and Mrs. --- LAWRENCE, KAN. The W. W. A. Club. FT. SCOTT, KANS. PRATT KANSAS ITEM. ```markdown ``` PAGE Office—Bell " White " 4302 Residence—Bell " West " 15 Julia Dandudge of Topeka. Sam Green seems to have lots of business in Pratt these days. The literary society meeting in Pratt last Thursday night was grand. John Fleming is threshing his wheat. Much damage has been done the wheat on account of the wet weather. G. A. Williams has purchased a new kaffir corn binder. Babe Horton of Wellington is here visiting among friends. FT. SCOTT NEWS. The Western Queen Tabernacle gave a grand banquet last Thursday night at the Tabernacle Hall. Every-one reported a fine time. The Mirian Tabernacle No. 20 gave an entertainment Tuesday night and cleared over eighty-eight dollars. Mr. Hancock, a well-known carpenter of this town, died Monday night at his home on South Couch Street. He fell from a two-story house which he was repairing and was unconscious mostly until the time of his death. He leaves a wife, two daughters and a host of relatives and friends. Mrs. Amanda Steagall, who has been sick for some time is still under the care of Dr. B. A. McLemore, but is improving some. The many friends of Rev. Garrett will be very sorry to hear that he was reported very low last evening and not expected to live. The citizens of Fort Scott were well pleased and highly entertained by the speech delivered by Prof. W. T. Vernon last Wednesday night. He visited the Plaza school Wednesday morning adn the children were well pleased with his speech. CLEARWATER NEWS The writer at Clearwater has been absent for some time and has not given the news of this ocation but will in the future. Young Mr. C. F. Wilfy has been on the sick list but is better again. Miss Florence Wilson of No. 634 North Wichita street, was down, visiting her sister, Mrs. C. R. Wilfley, of Clearwater, Kan., and returned home reporting a fine time. Mrs. C. R. Wilfley has been on the sick list for a few days, but is better. Miss Jackson, of Whitewater, Kan., was en route via Missouri Pacific, for her home in Anthony, Kan. Mr. Ellis Washington was down to Oxford, Kan. Saturday. NEWKIRK, OKLA. Our pastor, Rev. A. Jones, has been with us six years. When he came to us we had no Baptist church in our city but now we have a good church and are doing nicely. Rev. Jones is a good, God-fearing man ad is building up a worthy list of friends. We have been conducting a series of meetings for the past two weeks and the Lord has blessed us bountifully. Rev. Jones and his wife will go to Lonestorm, Okla., this week where he will assist in a meeting. All hope he and wife may have a splendid time wrought with much success. GOLD HID IN GUATAVITA'S ```markdown ``` MY FIRST BALLOON ASCENT ```markdown ``` PAGE 4 TREASURE THAT LIES DEEP IN MUD OF VOLCANIC LAKE. Story of the Efforts to Recover Fab ulous Riches Which Were Cast The story of the hunt which the Contractors', Company, Limited, of London, has made for golden treasure at Lake Guatayita, in Colombia, where it is supposed that the native Chibchas centuries ago cast millions of gold and precious stones in carrying out the peculiar rites of their religion is an interesting one. The company has spent thousands of dollars in draining the lake that they might get at the treasure supposed to be buried there, and now they are praying for rain to fill it again, for when the water had all been drained off, it was found that the mud at the bottom was 25 feet deep and would have to be washed away to get at the treasure supposed to lie at the bottom. But with the water drained out and the clouds withholding their accustomed moisture, the equatorial sun soon, baked the surface of the bottom as hard as a rock. This put a stop to the effort to get at the treasure and for two years now the company has been waiting for rain. Gold Idol Recovered from Lake. The reason for the belief that this lake holds untold treasure is due to a religious ceremony which the Chibchas observed. These natives regarded the Lake of Guatavita, a little pool in the crater of an extinct volcano, some 9,000 feet above the sea level, as sacred. They believed their protecting deity lived in it. This deity was known as El Dorado, which means, not as is generally believed, the golden city, but "The Golden One." To this "Golden One" the Chibchas offered up every six months a sacrifice which would make even the mouth of a South African millionaire water. They threw into the lake at each of these ceremonies an enormous amount of gold and precious stones. The following account of one of these offerings, given by one of the descendants of the Chibchas, reads more like a gorgeous romance than reality, but it must be remembered Everything was ready and at the psychological moment Mr] Percival spencer, the aeronaut, tilted a whole bag of ballast overboard, and the next moment we were above the elm trees. By that time the neophyte had sufficiently recovered a sense of his whereabouts to look over the side. The crowd on the lawn was a procession of specks streaming. over the bridge towards another part of the grounds, . Snap Shots of the Balloon Taken from the Ground During Ascent, and the polo players on the over side of the elm trees looked for all the world like little soldiers just taken from a child's box of toys and set out on a green tablecloth. The height was between 1,800 and 2,000 feet. The vast expanse of London lay like a huge map beneath me, every detail down to the infinitesimal specks of white that stood for the tea tables in one corner of the ground of the earl's court exhibition. You could even see tiny specks crawling over a sort of match across a little ring of water to a miniature merry-go-round in the center. That was the Maxim "flying machine." The completeness of detail in the picture suddenly unrolled was perhaps the most amazing impression. For at first, at any rate, it was difficult to realize that the scene was real. As the scenic effect of the ascent has often been described before, the earth seemed to be dropping away from you. It was certainly not as if Domestic Science. "I may he old fashioned," said Uncle Jerry Peebles, "but I'm durned if I can see any economy in buyin' a 25 cent chunk of ice to keep six cents' worth of blue milk from spoilin'."— Chicago Tribune. Doesn't Always Work. "Money has wings and flies away, I've heard," said the man with a scar; "But I've put lots of dough in a flying machine. Yet it never has flown very far." -Konkers Statesman. that the discoveries since made by Europeans to some extent at least confirm the truth of this strange legend. "All the people," says the narrator, "marching in solemn procession, with music and banners flying, assembled from the various towns and villages round the shores of the lake. Presently, after a silence, they made a great outcry, for there, in a litter on the top of one of the surrounding hills, they saw a golden man glittering in the sunlight. This was their king, who had first been bathed in a kind of turpentine and then covered with powdered gold. He came slowly Houses of Engineers Who Are Wait ing for Rain. down the hill, and embarked on a great barge. At his feet was a pile of gold and another of emeralds. He was slowly rowed to the center of the lake, four barges bearing priests surrounding the king's vessel. Then braziers were lighted on the barges, and a great bonfire on the shore. The assembled people cried out to their deity, while drums and pipes sounded, and the priests raised their hands to heaven. "At a sign the multitude turned their backs to the lake, for the common people might not witness the actual sacrifice. A moment later there was a great splash. Gilded king, gold and jewels, were all plunged into the sacred waters. The gilded monarch swam in the lake, leaving a glittering wake behind him, while the people, with renewed clamor, threw their personal offerings of gold over their heads into the pool. Then king and people, believing their sins for the past six months had been expatiated, joined in a great festivity." you were rising above the earth. Only, in the twinkling of an eye, you were looking down on everything, with all the familiar landmarks, all the wonted standards of comparison, blotted out. You may, for example, often have had a bird's-eye view from a comparatively considerable height—say from the top of the Great Wheel. You are then above your scene, and the splendid view is beneath you. But there always remain other points—the steeple of a church, the tower of the Imperial institute, or the dome of St. Paul's—that adjust, as it were, the eye to a certain focus. But from a balloon there are, of course, no standards of comparison. The dome of St. Paul's is a flat circular hump in the ground plan of its roof, and the Albert hall is a molehill. Through the haze on the horizon one saw the Thames like a silver streak apparently embossed above the miniature panorama. It is customary to describe one's first ascent as an experience of exhilaration and enjoyment. So to a certain extent it may be, but I am not altogether sure of it. I have not the smallest intention of attempting a psychological analysis of my emotions as a novice, but I think I may say that a feeling of uneasiness was in this particular case not over due to "blue funk." One thing that kept me quiet was a sense of the unreality of it all. It was as unsubstantial as a dream picture. Trailing, for beginners at any rate, is the prime sport of ballooning. It means that a rope 250 feet long is let down and allowed to trail over the face of the country. If it diminishes the pace, it gives one an idea of the rate one is traveling, and a sense of motion absent under other conditions. For example, you may be traveling at the rate of 30 or 40 miles an hour, but because you are traveling at the same velocity as the wind, you seem drifting absolutely becalmed. Hence a straw hat for ballooning is not such inappropriate headgear as at first sight it may appear. But trailing gives you your direction and tells you that you are traveling. Over trees, houses, haystacks, everything, glides, twists and winds the rope. It causes consternation in the poultry yard and a sensation among grazing cattle. It is as near an approach to the joys of flying as the neophyte is likely to get in his present incarnation, unless the Aero club succeeds in its avowed ambition of bringing aeroplanes within the range of practical aeronautics. P. H. OAKLEY WILLIAMS. Reporter—Colonel, how do you stand on the question of the spelling reform? Political Leader—Any system of spelling that suits the plain peepul of this country, sir, is good enough for me.—Chicago Tribune. First English Work on Angling. The first English work on angling was "The Book of St. Alben's," published in the fifteenth century. TSC WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT Hutchinson, Kan., Nov. 2, 1906. A large and enthusiastic meeting was held at G. A. R. Hall on Thursday night, November 1, 1906, which was addressed by several local speakers. Colonel A. Lee was chairman of the meeting. Rev. E. Arlington Wilson, Ph.D., Kansas City, Kan., being the principle speaker. Rev. Wilson is a splendid orator and he discussed the issues of the campaign in a most illuminating manner. He spoke particularly from the standpoint of his race and showed that it would be folly for the Negroes to turn away from their life-long friends to go to a party who for more than a century and a half has continued in oppression toward the colored race. It was a fine meeting and never in the political history among the colored people of Reno county were there a greater meeting. At the close of the meeting a banquet was tendered Dr. Wilson under the management of Rev. C. O. Smith, with Mrs. R. B. Purkerson as toast-mistress. The following toasts were delivered: "Our Honored Guest," Rev. H. I. Jones; "Our City and Its Resources," Walter Madison; "Our Next Governor," Rev. C. O. Smith; "The Health of the Republican Party," A. Lee; "Our Racial Hope," Dr. Baskett. Response, Dr. E. Arlington Wilson. Below is an extract from Dr. Wilson's speech: "It is an honor for any one to be an American citizen, standing as I do tonight here in Kansas on sacred soil baptized in martyrs' blood; the home of Ingalls, Plumb, and John Brown. Rich in grain, fertile in soil, mighty in rolling hills and towering mountains, where advancing civilization crystallized in just government and followed in higher citizenship. As long as ther is a map of the United States, and there is a spot called Kansas, so long will bard sing of the justice and beauty and good government." Rev. Wilson is president of the State Baptist Convention, one of the largest Negro organizations in the state. Rev. J. H. Rainey is home from Great Bend. NOTICE—Send your news in the early part of the week, which will insure its publication. The earlier the better. Editor. RICH · WHITE WOMAN ADOPTS NEGRO BOY. DETROIT, Mich., Oct. 20—Charlie Cox, 10 years old, saddle colored, mischievous and an incorrigible truant, who has put more gray hairs in the head of the patient truant, officer of this city than any other boy he has been called upon to correct, has been rounded up at last and promises to be evolved into a good and useful citizen when he gets big enough. His reformation will be due to the efforts of Mrs. Robert Kay, president of the Ladies Board of the d'Aocambal Home for Boys, where he has been an inmate. He is quick, bright and precocious, but he hated school and anything connected with study. Mrs. Kay, who is a woman of keen observation, detected many latent qualities of good in the youngster and planned out a future for him which will be for his benefit. 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Hous At Eaeh Office 8 a. m. till 12m. 348 James St Kansas City, Kansas 12:30 to 5 p. m.. 1613 Cottage St. Kansas City, Mo. ALL EVILS HAVE THEIR ROOT IN PROCRASTINATION. Slave to the Habit Moralizes and An- nounces His Conclusions—Can Never Rise Above the Rank of Plodder. "The bane of my existence," said the procrastinating man, "has been habit of putting things off. I never to-day what I can put off till to- row. "The result is that I am always putting off and never doing any more than is necessary for my current child hand to mouth support; and so, as the saying is, I never have anything I am not independent, but always depend upon somebody else for the work that will enable me to live, and so I can never say my soul is my own. I must do the work I am set to do by some stronger man, whether I like it or not, and so I plod along, just going through, while the man who collars things gets on. "Of late years as I have come to realize its evil effects and the enormous difficulty of overcoming it I have come to think that the master vice all is procrastination. And coming to think thus has disturbed me a little because I have to give up an originally preconceived and long cherished notion. "I had long held that the most needly ineradicable of personal vices was gambling, but now I thought the most difficult of all vices to cure oneself was that of procrastination. Was wrong then? And could it be that was wrong now? "This, I say, disturbed me a little but now on this point I rest quite care. For I have discovered, contradictory this, at first thought, might seem have discovered that I was right then and that I am right now. "For now I discover that the vices gambling is but another phase of at least the outcrop of, that of procrastination. The great majority those given over to gambling hopes to get something for nothing; they have to get money without effort. They go off from day to day the hard, unfulfilling work that would give them a sure thing, without chances, on the risk of life, and make just enough to dulge their vice and their vain hope." "So gambling is really but a form of outcome, of the vice of procrastination. And by the same line of reasoning I suppose we might say the sane of drunkenness, which is essential a procrastinating vice; we put this off to jay, to-day we will drink; we will work to-morrow. "And I don't know but what we should find that every ill process from the vice of procrastination; and so this, which might seem but a form of laziness, is really the master vice and I am one of its most closely bound victims. I don't drink, and I don't gamble; but I have got the fatal hall of putting things off. "Inertia, dullness, lack of power from want of exercise, come from — the procrastinating man is always at the same dead low level. He is ways going to do something, never doing it; just pulling through with the work he has to do, and gaining conspondingly small rewards. He knows the joy of doing things in gathers in its profits, but habit that he settles down in lifelong slaves. 'And I am one of those victimals casionally I do rouse up and do something out of my set routine, and in accomplishment of some rugged that I thus take up I find a great joy and pride; and I am going to kiss this up; but next day I sink to the level again, and stay there; it is much easier to put things off than do things, and this, the trunk habit of which all others are by branches, is so deep rooted. "But I am not without hope. I have lopped off those branches of which spoke, and I am prying, prying around the roots of the trunk." The Little Girl's Mistake. The amateur photographer he alighted from his automobile in country town to get a certain view. Just as he had his camera arrange an ice wagon swung into the thorough fare. While the man with the camera and his friends in the car were waiting for the jarring note in the landscape to pass out of sight a little girl walked down the road. She would have been conspicuous anywhere in her unusual plumness. As she was passing by the photographer one of the men in the car called out, "What are you waiting for?" and the art replied, "For the ice wagon to pass." A moment after he spoke the people in the car observed that the little girl was saying something to him that made him laugh upoariously. Then the little girl went on her way, walking with an air of offended dignity. "What do you suppose she said me?" cried the man between gardens His companions gave it up. "She said 'she wasn't no ice wagon.'" Queer Talk. "He's anxious to be consider prominent socially, I believe." "Yes? Well, he's going about it a queer way." "How do you mean?" "He's been heard to remark that pedestrian has as much right on the public highway as an automobile." Went Fast. "Did you ever exceed the speed th it, Sam?" "Unly once, sah." "And when was that, Sam?" "When de deacon's mule kicked me sah"