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THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT EIGTTHY YEAR. A MID SEA TRANSFER BY J. C. PLUMMER (Copyright, 1967, by Daily Story Pub. Co.) It was an easy afternoon's watch on the forecastle as a fair wind came freshly astern and every sail was drawing. We were just commenting on the Adams' yarn about the finding of the dead sailor in his own sea chest, when Pat Cannon broke in. "Ye can't count anything extraordinary at sea," he said, "I had a quare experience, once, on the brig Manitou." "Give it to us, Pat," we cried in chorus. steamer picked it up and began to bear down on us and thin the order came to man the pumps. As there was very little water in the well we thought the clatipedes had turned the skipper's head but it's obey orders aboard ship. "Brig ahoy," sings out a man or the steamer's bridge, whin she was in hailing distance, "what do you need? "We've been dismasted in a gale, sez the skipper, with a straight face and we've sprung a leak. We wan "Ye see," began Pat, cramming down the tobacco in a vile smelling pipe with his stubby forefinger, "I was on the brig Manitou and we had loaded a cargo of bones at Rosario on the La Plata, bound for Baltimore. In Argentina there's lots of horses and cattle killed for their hides and tallow to say nothing of making a pile of bale extract which they do at Frey Bentoe. The bones they pile up on the pampas until there's a chance of shipping them to America where they grind 'em up for fertilizer. "We loaded some 400 ton all shapes and sizes and there was nothing out of the way with the bones save their nasty musty smell, but by the time we had pulled up half way to the equator we found we had shipped more than bones. The brig was alive with cintipedes. I don't know if they were sitting in the middle of the bones hatching their eggs or only taking a slape, but out they came and millions of 'em. Whin at first only a few came up we laughed at the quick moving things, but when the decks were smothered with 'em laughing was stopped and swearing taken up. "Well, it was mane enough to have the blooming things crawling over one's bunk, one's food and one's hair, but whin they got to biting thin it became serious. Although it was blistering hot we were all a wearing sea boots as if we was a coming to the north pole instead of to the equator. Thin a deprivation goes aft. "We can't stand it, sorr," we sez to the skipper, "these bugs are biting us and we'd ask you to put into some handy port so we can get rid of 'em," we sez. "The nearest port we can make," sez the skipper, "is Rio Grande and I don't want to put in there for it's a very luxrative place. I'll smoke the craytures out," sez he. "We took some bristmite and set it afire, thin we lowers it down the hatch and shuts up all the holes and crivices we could find but Glory be, there's where we made a mistake. We druv 'em out of the hold into the cabin, the forecastle and on deck. The bristmite couldn't kill 'em only druv 'em out. Everywhere cintipedes, nothing but cintipedes. "Thin we stopped up the hawse holes and rigged the pump so as to flood the deck and drown the insects, but bless your soul whin the water came they climbed the rigging like able-bodied seamen and stayed up there 'till we had to let the water off. "Well, then we didn't know what to do; the skipper was worried too for the centinodes were all over the cabin. "Finally the skipper calls the maid and the two hao a long palver on the poop and thin the mate orders all the top hamper sint down. The top and top gallant masts were lowered and stowed on the deck. We were ordered to leave the rigging in a ragged way just as if the spars had been carried away by a gale. We was a wondering what the skipper was up to, thinking the cintipedes had made him crazy. About four o'clock we sighted the smoke of a steamer and at once the old man had a distress signal hoisted to the stump of the mainmast. The Long Sleep Brought Death. There is a record in medical works of a man near Rochester, N. Y., who slept five years, never waking more than 16 hours at a time, and that only at intervals of six weeks or more. When seized by the trance he weighed 160 pounds, and he dwindled to 90 pounds. No treatment availed; he died. There is a baby in St Louis that at the age of nine months is able to talk steamer picked it up and began to bear down on us and thin the order came to man the pumps. As there was very little water in the well we thought the chintapedes had turned the skipper's head but it's obey orders aboard ship. "Brig ahoy,' sings out a man on the steamer's bridge, whin she was in hailing distance, 'what do you need?' "We've been dismasted in a gale, sez the skipper, with a straight face, 'and we've sprung a leak. We want you to tow us into Rio Grande.' "Where did you find a gale in this lattiood?' shouts the man on the steamer, 'I've not seen wind enough to fill a ryal for a week.' "Twas a sort of whirlwind,' sez the skipper; 'now, what'll you charge to tow me in?' "Well, shouts the captain of the steamer, 'Rio Grande will take us out of our course a heap but I'll tow you for a thousand pun.' "It's an awful price,' sez our skipper, 'an awful price, but what else can I do? I'll send you a hawser.' "We lowered a boat and carried a brand new maniis hawser to the steamer which they fastened to the bitts aboard and thin we pulled back to the brig. "The steamer towed us all the evening, but whin it became dark the skipper orders brimstone to be put in buckets, set afire and lowered into the hold. Glory be, how thim cintipedes came a swarming on deck. Ye could hear 'em a-rustlin' there was so many of 'em. "The mate sint a man forrard and had a thick circle of pitch made around the bowsprit just beyond the heel and thin all hands were called aft. Forrard of the wheel we lay some sheets of tin reaching clear across the deck from rail to rail. On this tin we sprinkled brimstone and set it afire. There was very little wind and the stinking smoke lay close to the deck and druv the cintipedes forrard. Slowly we moved the tin plates along driving the insects towards the bow. They were mighty excited thint cintipedes for they couldn't go back into the hold as the brimstone was a burning down there and they couldn't, as they always did when we tried to drown thim, go out on the bowsprit and climb the stays. Whin they come to the circle of pitch they stopped. "At last they found the hawser and they started along it towards the steamer. We had shoved the brimstone pretty nigh to the bow and I was standing on the forecastle whin the moon come out a minute from behind some clouds. Boys, did ye liver go into a great factory and see the belts flying in time with the turning of the wheels? Well, that's the way that hawser looked with the cintipedes flying along it to the steamer. Glory be, it made my head swim to look at 'em. "Captain,' sez the mate, 'the cintipedes are about all on the hawser; shall I cut it and let 'em drown" "No,' sez the old man, it 'ud be a sin to drown thine innocent insects and besides that there fellow wanted to charge me a thousand puns to pull me to Rio Grande. Let him have the cintipedes." "Just afore morning the mate cut the hawser. "Whin morning broke the steamer was well off to beeward but she wore and come down on us. "Ahoy, there.' shouts the captain of the steamer, 'your hawser's parted." "Yis, bad luck to it,' hollers back our old man. "I'll sind some men aboard wid another hawser,' sez the steamer captain fluently. The child began to give utterance to words when it was but six months old, and now has an extensive vocabulary. Doctors who have heard the little one converse are puzzled. But doctors sometimes become puzzled over very simple things. The baby is a girl.—Chicago Record-Herald. Turkish Child-Women Up to the age of 12 Turkish girls are as free and, untrammeled as European children, but with her "No, I'm obleedged," calls back our old man, 'the leak's stopped and I've found some spars that I'll make do.' "Thin the steamer captain spakes out his mind. "Ye dirty Yankee swab, you,' he yells, 'that floating pig ys of yours is full of bugs and they've come along the hawser onto my ship. It's fairly swarming wid 'em.'" "Bugs," screams the skipper, "it's entirely crazy ye are. What dye man by insulting a mariner in distress by telling him his vessel is full of bugs? If your filthy old tay kettle is full of vermin it's no hawser I want from ye and have the insects coming on iy swate clean brig." "I've a bloody good mind to run ye down, ye pistillent Yankee,' hows the steamer captain, making an angry slap at his legs. "I'd have ye notice,' sez the skipper, politely, 'that the Amrican flag is waving over my brig and it's me that 'ud like to see you run her down. "Thin the steamer captain jerks the bell to the engine room and away she wint to the sushard, but the captain was shaking his fist at the brig as long as the two crafts were in sight of each other. "And, d've know, boys," continued Cannon, mysteriously, "that steamer was called the Kathleen and though I've read the shipping news and asked ivery seamen I've met我 niver heard of her since." "What do you suppose happened to her?" was asked. "It's my belafe," replied Cannon, "that thin cintipedes ate up the crew and thin guawed a hole in the ship's iron skin and whit down wid her." STAGS RESIEGE A CHURCH. Walk Into the Building During Service and Attack the German Pastor. The church at Hilwartshausen, Germany, is in a state of siege from the herds of deer that live in the surrounding woods and hills. The owner of the surrounding lands has let them multiply unmolested, so that they have become fearless. It has become a common occurrence for them to stroll into the church in ones and twos while services are being held, and they have even shown a disinclination to be driven out. One Sunday recently the pastor remained for a short time in the church after the congregation had left. When he came out he found himself confronted with seven full grown stags with branching antlers. When he attempted to pass them they closed in on him in a semicircle and corralled him on the church steps. When he raised his stick and tried to shoot them away they began prodding at him with their antlers, tearing his gown and bruising him. Unable to drive them off, he was forced to retreat into the church and wait until some of the villagers came to his rescue. Pegasus at the Plow. At the close of a grand ball a celebrated actor of the Court theater in Berlin stands in the passage waiting for friends. A beautifully and fashionably dressed lady approaches him and says: "Beg pardon, have I the honor to see before me our famous Herr Donnerstimme, whose powerful and sonorous voice I had the pleasure of admiring last night in 'Macbeth?' Might I ask you to do me a little favor?" "I am quite at your service, madam." "Then will you be good enough to call out in the street in your loudest tones for the carriage of Baroness Swartz?"—Sunday Magazine. The Sacredness of Sorrow. Sorrow is not an accident, occurring now and then. It is the woof which is woven into the warp of life, and he who has not discerned the divine sacredness of sorrow, and the profound meaning which is concealed in pain, has yet to learn what life is. The cross, manifested as the necessity of the highest life, alone interprets it.—F. W. Robertson. twelfth birthday the girl becomes a woman. She adopts the "techarchaff," and joins that silent sisterhood who are condemned to see the world darkly through a veil, without having lost any of their natural desire to participate in its gayeties. Proved a Necessity. Twenty-five years ago a Voluntary Street Ambulance association was formed in Vienna. That year its services were required 2,000 times; last year nearly 30,000 times. SHELF FOR THE PANTRY. Convenient For Dishes on Way to and From the Kitchen. In the modern American house there is usually a small room between the kitchen and the dining room and communicating with both, which is commonly called, for the lack of a better term, the butler's pantry. This is a proper title for such a room in the larger houses where the butler is a reality, for here he reigns supreme; but in the majority of American houses the term is rather a misnomer. The room is sometimes modestly called the "china closet," but this also conveys rather a wrong impression, for while it is truly a china closet, it is also something much more than this. Perhaps the term which would best suggest the true character of the room is that which is occasionally used—the "serving room." As the room is primarily a serving room, there must be plenty of shelf space for the dishes coming from the kitchen on their way to the dining room and for the soiled dishes coming back from the dining room. This demand is met by placing a shelf about two feet wide around the room at a convenient height—usually about two feet eight inches to two feet ten inches from the floor—known as the countershell, says a writer in Indoors and Out. A cupboard for trays should be provided with a series of thin shelves narrowly spaced—either sliding or stationary—on which the trays rest, or with upright bars, between which the trays, standing on edge, may be slid. A plate warmer may be provided under the countershell over a register from the hot air furnace, or it may be heated by steam, gas, hot water or electricity. SERVED IN CHAFING DISH. Recipes For Two Most Savory Dishes, Given By An Expert. "Louis's salads and Chafing Dishes" gives the following recipes: "Heat a piece of butter the size of an egg in a saucepan, stir into it a heaping tablespoonful of flour, let it simmer for a minute together. Then moisten with a cupful of boiling milk, and stir briskly on the fire for a couple of minutes, so as to obtain a light paste or very thick sauce. Add four tablespoonfuls of grated Parmesan cheese while boiling hot, let cool for three minutes, and then add the yolks of four eggs, season to taste. Beat up the four whites to a stiff froth, and mix with the batter. When cold, carefully fill some buttered fireproof china ramekin dishes with this, and bake in a moderate oven for about twelve minutes. The ramekin should be only three-quarters full. Enough for about six or seven." Take a box of sardines and three ounces of butter, and strain through a fine wire sieve. Mix thoroughly with a spoon, gradually adding four tablespoonfuls of thick cream, until a thick paste is formed. Spread the paste over toast cut in any fancy shape desired, and garnish the edges with chopped olives or fillets of anchovies. Jam Pudding. Line a buttered bake dish with a good puff paste. For a batter allow two eggs and their weight in butter and in dried and sifted flour. Cream the butter and sugar, whip in the yolks, beaten smooth, and then the frosted whites, alternately, with the flour, which has been sifted twice with a teaspoonful of baking powder. Now spread the puff paste in the bake dish with peach jam, or with preserved peaches, mixed with a table-spoonful of preserved ginger, cut fine. Pour the batter upon this prepared bed and bake in a steady oven. Cover with paper as you would cake, removing to brown after the pudding has puffed up well. It is really very nice when properly made, although un-American in construction. Corn Pudding. Drain one can of corn and chop finely: mix with a cup and a half of milk, two beaten eggs, half a cup of cracker crumbs, one tablespoon of sugar, and salt and pepper to taste. Beat hard, pour in a buttered pudding dish, bake covered for 15 or 20 minutes, then uncover and brown. Succulent may be used in the same way. This makes an excellent luncheon or supper dish, and with a little cold meat and with good bread and butter furnishes a substantial meal IN THIS PAPER NEWS OF THE WEEK NEWS OF THE WEEK Most Important Happenings of the Past Seven Days. Interesting Items Gathered from All parts of the World Condensed Into Small Space for the Benefit of Our Readers. G. H. McKinnie of Beloit, Kan., representatives from Mitchell county in the legislature is dead. Mrs. Russell Sage has given $1,000,000 to the Rensselaer Poltechnic institute of New York. Charles L. Stevens, grand master of the Michigan grand lodge of Masons, dropped dead recently in Detroit. Byron Webster, former editor of the Marshalltown, Ia., Statesman, and the original Cleveland for president man, is dead in that city. Mary S. Anthony, sister of and lifelong co-worker with Susan B. Anthony died recently at her home in Rochesten, N. Y. United States District Judge Charles D. Parlange, of New Orleans, died suddenly in that city of apoplexy. The republican caucus of the New Jersey legislature has nominated Frank O. Briggs for United States senator to succeed John F. Dryden. Grover Cleveland has been elected chairman of the Association of Life Inspectors, an organization of heads of life insurance companies. The peoition pays $25,000 a year. George H. Meyers, of New Orleans, died suddenly at Yankton, S. D. In his pocket was found Standard Oil stock valued at $1,000,000. Henry Magruder, son of the Confederate general, John Bankhead Magruder, died recently in Rome. Edward P Hipple a brother of the late Frank A. Hipple, whose suicide in Philadelphia caused a sensation last summer, killed himself recently in that city. Congressional. The investigation by the senate committee on military affairs of the Brownsville, Tex., affray has commenced. A bill has been favorably reported in the house providing that ten cents worth of postage stamps of any denomination may be used instead of a special delivery stamp when the worms "Special Delivery" are written on the envelope. Senator Curtis, of Kansas, has been made chairman of the committee on Indian depredations. The scarlet fever and diphtheria epidemics which have been raging in Chicago have broken out with renewed violence. All records were broken recently when 407 new cases were reported in one day. The house committee on interstate and foreign commerce has declared to favorably report a resolution for the investigation of the cotton exchanges of the country. The senate has passed a bill increasing the pensions of survivors of Indian wars from $8, to $10 per month. The president has approved the bill authorizing an investigation of the social, industrial, moral, educational and physical condition of women and children workers in the United States, Miscellaneous. Seven persons were killed and a score injured in a wreck on the Northwestern railroad within the city limits of Des Moines, Ia., recently. Representatives from the various oil producing states of the west met recently in Topeka to secure uniform laws for the control of the oil industry. An explosion in the mines of the Davis Coal and Coke company at Thomas W. Va., resulted in the death of several miners. Four discharged negro soldiers of the 25th infantry have left El Reno, Ok., for Washington to testify before the senate committee. The Honduras Lottery company, the successor of the Louisiana Lottery company has decided to capitulate in the fight waged against it by the United States government, and will quit business. The Swedish Mission society has obtained a judgement for $260,000 against Peter Anderson who 15 years ago was a farmer boy in Dickinson county, Kan., and who went to the Personal. Congressional Miscellaneous. The Japanese government has made an appropriation of $300,000 to cover the expense of representatives of the army and navy who will participate in the exposition at Jamestown, Va. The damage to shipping in Buffalo harbor alone is $1,500,000. Five great lake steamers aground tell that part of the story. Thirteen others making brave attempts to ride out the storm may add to it. The legislature of Tennessee has passed the anti-race betting bill, which practically kills racing in that state. According to a dispatch from Chief Engineer Stevens, 566,750 cubic yards of dirt were removed from the Culebra cut on the isthmus of Panama in January. This is twice as much as the best record ever made by the French. The worst storm of the winter prevailed along the Atlantic coast recently. A thick snow accompanied by a 60-mile gale tied up traffic on land and sea. A woman and five children were found frozen to death in the town of Goodrich, N. D. Fire recently destroyed ten store buildings in Mound Valley, Kan., causing a loss estimated at $50,000. Second Lieut. John S. Hamilton, Twelfth infantry, has been found guilty of misappropriating funds of the company, and sentenced to dismissal without honor from the army and 18 months imprisonment. The Dawes commission has completed the work of passing on the enrollment of the five civilized tribes of Indians. The work was begun ten years ago. The names will now be submitted to the secretary of the interior. Eight persons were killed and 14 injured two fatally, by a snowslide which wrecked several buildings at Monarch, Col. The Mexican government has been formally requested by the United States to aid in preventing undesirable immigrants from crossing the border from Mexico into the United States. Secretary Shaw was the guest of honor at the annual banquet of the Missouri society in New York. He spoke on "Pending Financial Legislation." After nine days of work a jury of twelve men has been secured to try Harry K. Thaw for the murder of Stanford White in New York. President Roosevelt has written a letter to the navy department commending Rear Admiral Davis for his action at Kingston, Jamaica, at the time of the great earthquake disaster. Eight buildings in the center of the business district of Harrisburg, Pa., were recently destroyed by fire causing a loss of nearly $1,000,000. The flood in the lower Mississippi is becoming serious. A levee at Memphis has broken causing a portion of the city to be flooded. Damage was reported from various points in Mississippi, Arkansas and Missouri. The Oklahoma constitutional convention, by a vote of 85 to 15 adopted an amendment providing for separate submission of the prohibition question at the time the constitution is voted on. For more than 40 days the thermometer has not registered as high as zero in the northwest and the destruction of range cattle is considered complete. While a freight train on the M., K. & T. railroad was crossing a bridge near Deerfield, Mo., the structure collapsed precipitating 11 cars into the stream. A boy named Minton, of Pilot Grove, Mo., was killed. An anti-pass bill has passed both houses of the South Dakota legislature, which permits the exchange of newspaper advertising for transportation. The thermometer registered 40 degrees, below zero at Superior, Wis. recently. Lieut. Ralph W. Drury and Private John Dowd, of the Ninth United States infantry, were acquitted of a charge of murder, at Pittsburg, Pa., for the killing of W. H. Crowley. The president has approved the first 500 bids for land in the "big pasture" the average price being over $12 per acre. NO.47 AGE 2 THE SEARCHLIGHT. W. N. MILLER.....Editor 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 Advertising Rates Made Known on Application. 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 Wednesday to reach publication in the current issue. 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. In asking to change your paper from one address or postoffice to another give both the ned and the old. 5th. Address all matter for publication to The Wichita Searchlight, 601 N. Main Street, Wichita, Kansas. 6th. Any erroneous reflection on the character, standing or reputation of any person which may appear in this paper will be gladly corrected if brought to the attention of the editor. Search for the best things. Be sure to seek some mission in life's services. Self respect cannot be bought. However, you will amount to nothing unless it is yours. RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! Everyone should bear in mind the big rally which is scheduled to come off at the A. M. E. church, Sunday, February 17th, under the auspices of the Trustee and Steward Boards of the church. Those who have cards should get them filled and ready to turn in February 17th. Lay aside a piece of money for this rally and be there. WANTED—Gentleman or lady to travel for Mercantile House of large capital. Territory at home or abroad to suit. If desirable the home may be used as headquarters. Weekly salary of $1,000 per year and expenses. Address Jos. A. Alexander, Wichita, Kan. A POLITICAL REFORM NEEDED. In stating that there is needed a political reform, we do not mean a revolution—there has always, been men very shrewd, some shrewder than others; likewise also, there have been men whose aims were bad and only cared for the office for the "spoils" purse, but we mean that men must stand for something higher and more ennobling in the community in which they live and from which they desire office, before they are given such recognition, the idea that to be in politics is to be a rogue is absurd. We want clean-cut able minded men—such men will reform the political fabric. FRICTION THE SIGN OF PROGRESS. George Banks, a Negro recently appointed as a mail carrier on one of the rural routes out of Springfield, has decided to qualify and attempt to deliver the mail on his route. Many of the citizens on this route have torn down their boxes and say that they will come to Springfield after their mail. Trouble is expected if Banks persists in keeping the job. When it became known two weeks ago that a Negro had been successful in the appointment as a mail carrier, the whites became indignant. Day by day the feeling has grown more bitter. The best of life ought to be before and not behind us; greater attainments, greater struggles, and greater achievements are on before us. Waste not your time while in school in idleness, but forget the things that are behind our follies and failures, and press onward and upward until the goal is reached. "The greatest good is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall! Keep in mind the best of life is before and not behind. Look not at one great life as a model, but strive to be of more service, learn to do something worthy of admiration and emulation.—Ex. C. F. Taylor, a Negro chauffeur of New York, has been engaged to drive Mrs. Daniel S. Lamont in an automobile over Europe. Mrs. Lamont is the wife of Hon. Daniel S. Lamont secretary of war of the United States under President Cleveland—Watchman. HEARTS THAT STARVE FOR LOVE Home life should be happy and it requires thought and care to make it so. We forget that love's lessons have to be learned. But it takes a great deal selfrestraint. The patience of thoughtfullness, to learn and live out the lessons of love. There are thousands of homes in which there is love and where great sacrifices are cheerfully made; and yet hearts are starving there for love's daily bread. There are homes where expressions of affection are almost unknown. There are many husbands and wives between whom love's converse has settled into the baldest conventionalities. There are parents who never kiss their children after they are babies and who discourage in them, as they grow up all longing for marks of affection and caresses. Let them restore again something of the affectionateness of the early childhood days and see if there is not a great secret of happiness in it. Many who are longing for richer home gladness needs only to pray for a springtime of love with tenderness that is not afraid of affectionate expression.—Rev. J. R. Miller. Lest you forget, we are still in the printing; business. LOCALS —THE RESUME OF THIS WEEK— Send your news notes and local happenings to 601 North Main Street. Dr. A. J. Jordan, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Diseases of Women A Specialty 601 North Main St. New Phone 1944 GRAND CONCERT. New Hope Baptist Church Monday Evaping, February 11, 1907. Mrs. Dora Tipps and C. C. Hickerson, better known as "Bud" Hickerson, are making great preparations for a big concert at New Hope on Monday night, February 11th. They are preparing an ideal program and all those who attend this concert will be very highly pleased. Both Mrs. Tipps and Mr. Hickerson have wide experiences in this fine and all may look forward for something fine from them. Go down to New Hope Baptist church Monday night, February 11, 1907. Do You Want Long Hair? Mrs. Geo. McDonald, 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 WEIGHING SOCIAL At A. M. E. Church, Monday Evening February 11th. HAVE YOU BEEN WEIGHED? One of the season's most novel entertainments will be the "Weighing Social" at the A. M. E. church, Monday evening, February 11th. To know just what it is and to fully enjoy the fun, you must certainly be present. Supper will be served from 6 p. m. Prizes will be awarded. Positively on this date and at this place, rain or shine, hot or cold, it is going to be—so be there. Everybody and everybody's brother sister, wife, uncle, necle, nephew, friend foe and neighbor are asked to be present, Monday night, Feb. 11th, at the A. M. E. church. --- THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT In these days we hear so much about "race pride." Lest you forget let us ask you for that job of printing. We do it just as cheap as the cheapest—just as good as the best—what more? We are at 601 N. Main street. Phone 2046. Nolley's Grand Rapids Furniture PRICES TO PLEASE ALL Come early and get your selection before the rush. Rockers $1.25 up. Children Rockers 25c. Dining Chairs 75c. PRICES LESS 118-120 North Main Street Inconvenience and hardships count nothing to the individual who is on the upward move in life. Jas. J. Olden, the druggist, is suffering quite a bit from an injured eye, caused by a splinter of wood striking him in the eye. He is in much misery from the unfortunate accident and he fears that it will result seriously. ```markdown ``` CANE DRILL, LAWRENCE, KAN. On Jan. 29 the Tent gave a fine Cane Drill and had a very successful time. Sixteen little girls took part. The Knights and Daughters did not attend as well as they might, but all appreciate those who did attend. An elaborate program was rendered. Thes. W. Fine one of the stewards of the A. M. E. church will give a grand social at the church Thursday night, Feb. 14th, under the management of his wife, Mrs. T. W. Fine. You may look for something fine on that date. Mrs. J. A. Martin left Tuesday night via the Rock Island for Kansas City to attend the spring opening of the Adler Wholesale Millinery company's stock to which she had a special invitation. From Kansas City she will go to Greenville, Miss., where she has a large millinery class awaiting her. She has several calls to teach classes in Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas and she will spend several months at these places, after which she will return home to her many friends who are always glad to receive her. Invitations are out announcing the forth-coming wedding of Mr. Frederick Madison to Miss Grace Perry which will take place at the Perry home, Feb. 20th. Quite an agreeable surprise party was given by Miss Lois Wilson on Thursday evening at her home, complimentary to Miss Anna Dunson, the event being in honor of her birthday. Cards and music were features of the evening's entertainment. Some of the ladies engaged in an animated discussion on capital punishment and also upon the subject of the respect due the chief executive of the United States. At a reasonable hour refreshments were served after which the guests departed each wishing Miss Dunson many happy returns of the day. Those present were: Misses Della Johnson, Anna Butler, Sophia Barber, Mabelle A. Taylor, Sallie Rowles, Anna Dunson, Mrs. Susie Jones, Mrs. Mary Butler, Mr. Robert Floyd, Mr. Porter Perry, Mr. Chas. R. Price. Mr. Smith of Hutchinson was in the city last Thursday soliciting for his church. While here he was the guest of Henry Underwood. The Stewards of the A. M. E. church have about completed their series of entertainments and now the turn of the Trustees will come. All look for great works from the Trustees when they begin to give their entertainments. Look for them. Miss Lizzie Underwood who has been ill for the past three weeks, is able to be out again. Mesdames W. Gibbs, C. Barker and Chas. Shoots are reported on the sick list this week. Willis J. Johnson rode the Odd Fellow billy-goat Wednesday night. Will threw the billy and then billy threw Willis. Thereon hangs more talk. W. M. Dunson, Painter and Paper Hanger, All Work Guaranteed 302 W. Murdock Ave., Wichita F IT EVER HAPPENED YOU'LL FIND IT IN THE SEARCHLIGHT. WHY NOT SUBSCRIBE? --- The services on last Lord's Day were not well attended, owing to the inclementity of the weather. A few of the faithful ones braved the storm and did their duty. The attendance at Class meeting was fair. The trustee board met Monday evening and transacted routine business. Sunday the 10th inst., the pastor will preach morning and evening. Morning subject, "Meeting Angels by the Way." Evening subject, "The Will Obedience and Perseverance." Special program for the young people's song service. We hope all the members and friends will remember the rally Feb. 17th. J. W. Owens, Shoe Repairing WORK DONE WHILE YOU WAIT 2nd Floor Shoes Bought and Sold 332 N. Main Street Wichita, Kan. Vol. I, No. 4, of the Conservator of Memphis, Tenn., found its way to our desk this week. It is a spicy, well printed and well edited journal. Brother W. M. Hutton is the editor, with a good list of valuable assistants. May the Conservator meet with prosperity on its voyage and do much good for the race. Men who give their lives for the sake of right principles have their judgment in this world, and their names go down in the dust like a glorious banner trodden in the mire, but they will rise again all glorious in the sight of nations. The man in defence of right whether he is proscribed, banished, burned, starved, buried alive, smothered, drowned or assssimated, has the fullest assurance that a spirit of self-sacrificing shall enter into a new and higher life.—National Baptist Union. Mrs. George Parks of Wagoner, I. T., is in the guest of the friend, Mrs. Tom Iryr, 132 N. Mosley. W. L. Herman, who has a position in Topeka, came down Thursday morning on a short vacation, on account of being slick. Mr. Herman reports everything lively in the capital city. Mrs. Mary Ivry is quite ill at her home, 132 N. Mosley. A. Groves met with the misfortune of getting his ankle broken in a friendly scuffle last Saturday and is confined to his home suffering from much pain caused by the injured member. Mrs. W. M. Dent returned this week from Colorado Springs, where she held a series of meetings. Mrs. Sam C. Collins has returned home from her very pleasant trip to Texas as the guest of her husband's relatives. She reports a splendid time and enjoyed her trip fine. Mrs. W. Gibbs is confined to her home on the sick list this week. Mrs. Mary Sherrill's is on the sick list. Mrs. Ellia Kyle, who has been on the sick list, is able to be out again. Taborian Temple No. 11 will hold an initiation Thursday night, February 21 The ladies of the G. L. A. Club were entertained Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. W. A. Bettis. The Weighing Social that was to have been given on last Monday evening at the A. M. E. church was postponed on account of the inclementy of the weather until Monday, February 11th, and will take place without fail. ```markdown ``` GOOD BREAD MAKERS It Is White As SNOW-TRY IT- OTTO WEISS, Agent I have a full line of fresh and wholesome Fancy and Staple Groceries, Tear, 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. Your Trade Solicited Court House Grocery 601 N. Main St. ... Drugs of all kinds, Cigars and Tobacco ... Your patronage solicited. + Once a customer, always a customer. Our store is Headquaters for Colored people. 615 North Main st. WE SEND ONE "Sample Watch" ONLY TO ANY ONE PERSON HOT $18.75 BUT ONLY $4.48 But remember, Positively Only One Order Filled For Any One Person. We are going to send out 20,000 "Sample Watchs" to the first 100 people who receive one will come Back to us Quickly, for everybody who receives one will Kick Right Off and If you "Sample Watch," then the orders will come Rolling In On Us By The Thousands at our regular price. Why should we not fully depend on the Regular price? In Price to bring us fully 50,000 orders at our Regular price You'll be well posed with our "Sample Watch" that you can't help showing it to Every body on Meet, Birthday, Movement, Full Nickeled and devel-sted, Stem Wind, Stem Set, Patent Safety Pinion, Bregest Hurl-Time, Tested and Regulated. Fine Double Bunting Gold Engraved Design Ganes, "20-Year Guarantee Certificate" on both case and incumbent sent with every watch OR WEBMER TO SEND ONE CENT OF MONEY, No Sir, and One Cent to be paid until you have First hold this "Sample Watch" in your Own Hands and ex-amine it with Your Own Eyes. We send O. D. subject to examination, and if after examination, you think it the Best Watch Ever, pay any payment. We pay the regular price. We adhere to the 10-10-inch Largest Chain with Lovely Slide with ladies' watch, and Beautiful Gold-ird Vest Chain and Charm with gents' watch. We pay the 10-10-inch Largest Chain with Lovely Slide with Prepaid Mail, giving you the privilege to return it to us same day once, and Get Your Money Back, if and Entirely Satisfactory in Every Respect. But no matter to us whether you name, P. O. and Express Office Plainly, and state if you want ladies' or gents' name. REMEMBER, Only One Order Filled For Any One Person. Price Order a "Sample Watch" from AMERICAN WATCH O. D. Box 118, LaGrange, Illinois. AMERICAN WATCH & DIAMOND CO., Box 118, LaGrange, Illinois. --- ```markdown ``` January Clearance Sale On All Kinds of SHOES AT BRAITSCH'S Cash Shoe Store SEE WINDOWS FOR GOOD SHOES CHEAP 120 East Douglas Avenue THE SEARCHLIGHT The Public and the Director. more important than statutory reform for the future of life insurance is the reform of reason and moral sentiment, declares Francis C. Lowell in Atlantic. We must come to consider unpaid officers who give their time to public affairs as persons making a charitable contribution to the welfare of the community. The corporate members and the directors of an insurance company, like the corporate members and directors of a savings bank, must consider themselves, and must be considered by others, to be engaged in a work of public charity. A savings bank, indeed, is supposed to be a receptacle for the savings of the poor, though the supposition is not always true; while a life insurance company is a receptacle for the savings of some well-to-do or even rich. Charitable or public service, however, may be rendered, even where some beneficiaries are able to pay for the service. Where the well being of the community, or of many of its members, requires great service rendered alike to rich and poor, those fitted to render it may be asked to give their labor without pay, if, for any reason, that is more convenient. This is the rule with colleges and libraries, art museums and hospitals. Why Some Countries Are Uninhabited. A mere glance at our maps impresses a few general facts upon us. We see that the largest areas of the unknown are now in lands that are too dry, as in the Sahara, the desert of Arabia, and the steppes of Mongolia; lands that are too wet and hot, stimulating almost impenetrable forest growths, as in parts of the Amazon and Congo basins; lands that are too cold and bleak, as portions of the northern areas of America and Asia. Even the characteristics of the inhabitants influence the extent of the unexplored. In proportion to total area, says Cyrus C. Adams in Harper's Monthly, there is more unknown surface in Liberia than in any other political subdivision of the world, because the Liberians, content to live along the coast, have scarcely entered their vast forest mazes, though they teem with rubber and other resources. That fictitious personality of legal creation, John Doe, has finally been given a black mark. Last May the supreme court of Brooklyn handed down an opinion that too much use was being made of the John Doe fiction, and that justice often miscarried on that account. Five justices agreed in this conclusion. A more important and binding decision along this line has now come from the New York court of appeals in the case of a head book-keeper for Klaw & Erlanger, the heads of the theatrical trust. He was handed a "John Doe" subpoena and asked to testify, and he refused. He was threatened with contempt proceedings, and the court ruled that he did not have to obey such a summons. It held that many subpoenas issued in that manner are worthless, and that "no business secret would remain unknown if such a command were obeyed." That jolly old sea dog, Rear Admiral Cogblan, told a story at a dinner a few nights ago which was given to illustrate his distaste for being the last speaker. "Having the last words reminds me of a story I heard not long ago," said the admiral. "A certain man died and a clergyman was engaged to offer a eulogy. The worthy minister prepared a sermon of exceeding length and strength, but just before he entered the parlor to deliver it he thought that it might be advisable to learn what the dead man's last words had been. So he turned to one of the weeping younger sons and asked: 'My boy, can you tell me your father's last words?' 'He didn't have none,' the boy answered; 'ma was with him to the end.'" At a recital it so happened that two ladies were making their way to their seats at the very moment Von Buelow finished his introduction of the first movement of Beethoven's Sonata Pathetic. This so irritated him that he purposely commenced the allegro at such an absurdly slow pace as to make the quavers in the bass correspond exactly to the time of the ladies' footsteps. As may be imagined, they felt on thorns, and hurried on as fast as they could, while Von Buelow accelerated his tempo in sympathy with their increasing pace. E. H. Harriman says he would give up his wealth to-morrow if he could. He has looked around, however, and is unable to discover any man or set of men who would in his opinion be great enough to assume the responsibility of the were to unload it. A writer in the Westminster Gazette says that European tourists who know their rights receive paid from a landlord for allowing him to paste on their baggage a label bearing the name of his hotel. Keep the Kidneys Well and the Kidneys Will Keep You Well. Sick, suffering, languald women are learning the true cause of bad backs and how to cure them. Mrs. W. G. Davis, of Groesbeck, Texas, says: "Backaches hurt me so I could hardly stand. Spells of dizziness and sick headaches were frequent and the action of the kidneys was irregu- and how to cure them. Mrs. W. G. Davis, of Groesbeck, Texas, says: "Back aches hurt me so I could hardly stand. Spells of dizziness and sick headaches were frequent and the action of the kidneys was irregular. Soon after I began taking Doan's Kidney Pills I passed several gravel stones. I got well and the trouble has not returned. My back is good and strong and my general health better." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. His Practical Idea. A benevolent old man who lived on his farm in Iowa never refused shelter to any who might ask it of him. His many friends demonstrated with him about this characteristic, knowing that many unscrupulous hoboes would avail themselves of the opportunity, and that there was great danger of the old man being robbed. To these remonstrances the old man replied that he believed in "practical Christianity." "But," said one of his friends, "this seems very impractical. Suppose one of these men took it into his head to rob you one night?" "My dear young friend," was the reply, "I bid all enter in the name of God, but I prove my belief in practical Christianity by locking up their pants during the night." Oats—Heada 2 Foot Long. Oats—Heads 2 Foot Long. The John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., are bringing out a new oats this year with heads 2 foot long! That's a wonder. Their catalog tells! Spetz—the greatest cereal hay food America ever saw! Catalog tells! FREE Our mammoth 148-page Seed and Tool Catalog is mailed free to all intending buyers, or send 6e in stamps and receive free samples of new Two Foot Long Oats and other cereals and big catalog free. John A. Salzer Seed Co., Box W, La Crosse, Wis. By Endless Chain. "Speaking of the endless chain prayer that is going the rounds," said the woman with the cheerful voice, "I can't see what good that can do, unless, maybe, it might start some poor wretch on the road to glory, but I got an awfully nice silk petticoat through an endless chain once. The manufacturers sent letters asking for five names and a ten-cent piece. I sent five names and the ten-cent piece, not thinking much about it, just trying it, and it wasn't long before they sent me this lovely silk petticoat. It was the nicest sort of silk, too. As long as I wore it it didn't crock." Har Method of Indorsement. A oride's mother presented her with a check on Christmas day. With a feeling of the utmost importance she took it down to the bank in which her husband had opened an account for her. The cashier took the check, then handed it back politely, saying: "Will you please indorse it, madam?" "Indorse it?" repeated the bride, puzzled. "Yes, across the back, you know," replied the man, too busy to notice her bewilderment. The bride carried the check to a desk, laid it face downward, and nibbled the end of a pen thoughtfully. Then inspiration came. Dipping the pen, she wrote triumphantly across the back: "For Fanny, from Mother, Christmas, 1906."—Lippincott's Magazine. MAY BE COFFEE That Causes all the Trouble. When the house is afire, it's like a body when disease begins to show, it's no time to talk but time to act—delay is dangerous—remove the cause of the trouble at once. "For a number of years," says a Kansas lady, "I felt sure that coffee was hurting me, and yet, I was so fond of it, I could not give it up. I paltered with my appetite and of course yielded to the temptation to drink more. At last I got so bad that I made up my mind I must either quit the use of coffee or die. "Everything I ate distressed me, and I suffered severely almost all the time with palpitation of the heart. I frequently woke up in the night with the feeling that I was almost gone—my heart seemed so smothered and weak in its action that I feared it would stop beating. My breath grew short and the least exertion set me to panting. I slept but little and suffered from rheumatism. "Two years ago I stopped using the old kind of coffee and began to use Postum Food Coffee, and from the very first I began to improve. It worked a miracle! Now I can eat anything and digest it without trouble. I sleep like a baby, and my heart beats full, strong and easily. My breathing has become steady and normal, and my rheumatism has left me. I feel like another person, and it is all due to quitting coffee and using Postum Food Coffee, for I haven't used any medicine and none would have done any good as long as I kept drugging with coffee." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. "There's a Reason." Read the little book, "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. All grocers. Latest Kansas Events. Big College Conference. The association of the "Colleges of the interior" including the Congregational and Interdenominational church colleges from Ohio will hold its fifth annual conference at Washburn college chapel, March 26-28. Twenty-six institutions are connected with the conferences as follows: Beloit, Carleton, Chicago Theological Seminary, Colorado, Doane, Drury, Fairmount, Fargo, Iowa, Kingfisher, Marletta, Milwaukee, Downer, Oberlin, Olivet, Pacific Theological Seminary, Pacific university, Pomona, Redfield, Ripon, Rockford, Tabor, Washburn, Wheaton, Whitman, Yankton. The president of each college and one delegate from the institution will be present at the conference. This is the first time the conference has been held in Topeka. The former meetings of the conference have been held at Grinnell, Ia., Beloit, Wis., Galesburg, Ill., and Colorado Springs, Col. Woman's Kansas Day Club. At the meeting of the Woman's Kansas Day club, held in the rooms of the State Historical society at Topeka, officers for the coming year were elected as follows: Mrs. Mary Vance Humphreys of Junction City, president; Mrs. D. W. Wilder of Hiawatha, vice president; Mrs. L. B. Wheeler of Pittsburg, secretary; Mrs. A. H. Horton of Topeka, treasurer, and Miss Lucy Kingman, of Topeka, auditor. The district vice president were elected as follows: Mrs. W. A. Johnston of Topeka, First district; Mrs. F. A. Bartlett of Kansas City, Second district; Mrs. Clarence Cowley of Columbus, Third district; Mrs. L. B. Kellogg of Emporia, Fourth district; Mrs. I. M. McDowell of Salna, Fifth district; Mrs. C. W. Smith of Stockton, Sixth district; Mrs. J. S. Simmons of Dighton, Seventh district, and Mrs. Elizabeth Mack of Newton, Eighth district. New York Kansans Dined. The Kansans of New York dined at the Waldorf-Astoria, every man with a sunflower in his button hole. They told each other what a grand state it is but how nice it is to live in-New York. It was the second annual dinner of the Kansas Society, celebrating the "Kansas Day", but what they lacked in years they made up in numbers and noise. The following officers were elected: President, Charles W. Price; first vice president, Dr. James H. Canfield; second vice president, Paul Starett; secretary, M. P. Gould; treasurer, H. R. Mitchell; trustees, H. K. Wood, W. C. Simpson, E. E Slosson, Thomas Dinsmore H. J. Allen To Leave Ottawa H. J. Allen announces the sale on the Ottawa Daily and Weekly Herald and the printing and publishing business operated in connection with the newspapers to R. A. Harris and A. L. Miller of Ottawa. Mr. Allen has purchased the Fort Scott Republican, the morning newspaper at Fort Scott, but will put it in charge of W. R. Smith, who has been the business manager of the Ottawa Herald. It is understood that Mr. Allen will go to Wichita and start an evening newspaper. K. U. Gets $20,000. The court of claims has rendered a judgment for $20,000 in favor of the Kansas university against the government. The claim is for the destruction of the old Free State hotel at Lawrence. The judgement will be certified by Congress immediately and included in its appropriation bill. The university will get the money within the next 60 days. Change at Baldwin. Baldwin has had a newspaper change. A Rev. Jeffrey, who recently moved to Baldwin from Iowa, has bought the Baldwin Republican from Byron Barton, and has taken charge. Barton was recently candidate for postmaster against W. C. Markham, who was reappointed. Mr. Markham is editor and publisher of the Ledger An Old-Time Troy Banker Retired. A New Hospital for Toneka A New Hospital for Topeka Topeka is to have a new hospital, to be under the control of the Topeka parish of the Catholic church. The plan, as in all Catholic hospitals, is that fully half of the wards will be charity wards where anyone of whatever, denomination, if destitute, may be treated without charge. Eighty-Four Prisoners Released. Eighty-four inmates of the military prison at Fort Leavenworth, most of them men who had been punished for deserting from the army, were released at one time on an order from the secretary of war. This is the largest number of men ever freed from any prison at any one time. The men had been sentenced to serve from one year up in the prison and all had done one year. They were recommended for clemency by Lieutenant Colonel Young, commandant of the prison, because of good behavior. Brownfield is Paroled. Dr. J. C. Brownfield has been paroled from the state penitentiary by Governor Hoch. Dr. arowfield has served four years and three months of his seven year sentence for perjury in connection with the second trial of Jessie Morrison for the murder of Clara Wiley Castle in Butler county. Dr. Brownfield testified at the trial that he was passing the Castle home before the murder occurred and that he had heard Clara Castle call the Morrison girl into the house. He became badly entangled on cross examination and finally was arrested on a bench warrant and convicted of perjury. It was suggested to the governor that he issue a pardon to the physician and make it conditional on good behavior in the future. The parole, however, will have the same effect. He was a vendor of patent medicines which he made himself. For Costa in Liquor Cases. Five buildings in Kansas City were sold by the sheriff at public auction to satisfy court costs and attorneys' fees in liquor prosecution cases. The total amount of costs was $750.65. C. W. Trickett, assistant attorney general, caused the property to be sold. He bid the property in for the amount of costs due. The property owners will have six months in which to satisfy the claims before Mr. Trickett's title to the property will become absolute. The records show that "joints" were located at each place| Mr. Trickett caused injunctions to be issued against the places. The joint keepers were convicted of violating the injunctions and the costs taxed against the property. Employees Number 797. J. M. Hayes, the custodian of the Santa Fe offices, took a census of the Santa Fe employees and found the total number employed in the building to be 797. This is about 75 more than were employed a year ago. The force is gradually growing. The largest number of employees by any department is 241, in the freight auditing department. The car accountant's department is next with 105. The ticket auditor's department has 97, the telegraph department 62, the auditor of disbursements 60, the treasurer 42 passenger department 38, general superintendent 34, chief engineer 27, freight agent 22 and the other departments 65. Olathe Grants a Franchise. The city council of Olathe, granted the Strang Electric company a franchise for the use of Park avenue and other streets in Olathe, for the operation of electric cars. Park avenue is one of the principal streets of Olathe. The use of it will allow the electric cars from Kansas City to run direct to the Santa Fe depot in the west side of town. The cars already touch the Frisco depot on the east. The electric line will encircle the public square. The franchise will thus prove of great importance in the suburban service. Oil Road a Success The oil road which the state built at Hutchison is a great success. A heavy, sandy road, which was so bad as to be avoided if any way was possible, has become a well-packed and nearly hard road. When the most of the streets are in a mucky, thick mud this section is dry and hard enough to make easy bicycle riding. The success of this section of oil road over a stretch of sand surely settles the question as to whether or not oil roads are the thing for sandy stretches or road. Why One Dollar Did Not Circulate. Seventeen years ago William Moore of Americus sold a bunch of cattle and received the pay for them in currency. He placed the money between the leaves of a book, and a short time after, when he went to use the money, there was one dollar he could not account for. Recently he was looking over the books in his library and on opening one of them he round the bill just as good as ever and looking like it had never been spent. Gold Watch for D. J. Hnana. The senate presented D. J. Hanna, lieutenant governor, with a handsome gold watch. Senator Notfizger made the presentation speech. It was the intention of the senators to give Mr. Hanna the watch on the last day he presided over the senate but it was necessary to have the case engraved and that caused the delay. Frisco Engineer's Widow Gets $2,000. Mrs. L. V. Hord, widow of a Frisco engineer, who was killed in the yard at Fort Scott two years ago, was awarded damages by a jury in district court for $2,000. Raiding Junction City Joints. Raiding Junction City Joints. Three search and seizure warrants were sworn out at Junction City for the proprietors of a wholesale warehouse and two joints. It was the first raid of the kind that Junction City has ever seen. A Dead Center Shot. 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It has cured almost every form of Female Complaints, Dragging Sensations, Weak Back, Falling and Displacements, Inflammation, Ulcerations and Organic Diseases of Women and is invaluable in preparing for Childbirth and during the Change of Life. Mrs. Pinkham's Standing Invitation to Women Women suffering from any form of female weakness are invited to write Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free. For Emergencies at Home For the Stock on the Farm Sloan's Liniment Is a whole medicine chest Price 25c 50c & $1.00 Sand For Free Booklet on Horses, Cattle, Hogs & Poultry. Address Dr. Earl S. Sloan, Boston, Mass. 34 YEARS SELLING DIRECT Our vehicles and harness have been sold direct from our factory to user for a third of a century. We ship for examination and approval and guarantees safe delivery. You are out nothing if not satisfied as to style, quality and price. We Are The Largest Manufacturers In The World selling to the consumer exclusively. We make 200 styles of Vehicles, 65 styles of Harness. Bend for large, free catalogue. Eldkart Carriage & Harness Mfg. Co. Eldkart, Indiana No. 758, Spindle Seat, Rip Clear, Drilling Wagon with KN. Gun attached Rubber Tires. Price complete, $66.60. No. 4, Single Strap Harness with Curved Breast Collar. Price complete, $11.25. Couldn't Figure It Out. The story is told of a lank, disconsolate looking farmer who one day during the progress of a political meeting in Cooper Institute stood on the steps with the air of one who has been surfeited with a feast of some sort. "Do you know who's talking in there now?" demanded a stranger, briskly, pausing for a moment beside the disconsolate farmer, "or are you just going in?" "No, sir, I've just come out," said the farmer, decidedly. "Mr. Evarts is talking in there." "What about?" asked the stranger. "Well, he didn't say," the farmer answered, passing a knotted hand across his forehead—Youth's Companion. FEARFUL BURNING SORES. 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One evening I saw an article in the paper about the wonderful Cuticura and decided to give it a trial. I tell you that Cuticura Ointment is worth its weight in gold, and when I had used the first box of Ointment there was a great improvement, and by the time I had used the second set of Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Ointment, and Cuticura Resolvent, my child was cured. He is now twelve years old, and his skin is as fine and smooth as silk. Michael Steinman, 7 Summer Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y., April 16, 1905." But Who Can Conguer Fate? "The best way to defeat and conquer danger is to march right up to it and strike it between the eyes," says the Baltimore American. The man who is about to be run down by an automobile should remember this.—Kansas City Journal. MOTHERHOOD The first requisite of a good mother is good health, and the experience of maternity should not be approached without careful physical preparation, as a woman who is in good physical condition transmits to her children the blessings of a good constitution. Preparation for healthy maternity is accomplished by Lyda E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, which is made from native roots and herbs, more successfully than by any other medicine because it gives tone and strength to the entire feminine circulation and inflammation, and the result is less suffering and more cl than thirty years. Positively cured by these Little Pills. They also relieve Dizziness from Dyspepsia, Indigestion and Too Heavy Eating. A perfect remedy for Dizziness, Nausea, Drowsiness, Bad Taste in the Mouth, Coated Tongue, Pain in the Side, TORPID LIVER. They Purely Vegetable. CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS. CARTERS LITTLE LIVER PILLS. Genuine Must Bear Fac-Simile Signature New Wood REFUSE SUBSTITUTES THE CANADIAN WEST IS THE BEST WEST The testimony of thousands during the pass West is the best West. Year by year the agrarian increased in volume and in value, and still the Canadian Government offers every bona fide settler. FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE Some of the Advantages The phenomenal increase in railway mileage—many of which has ins past almost every corner of the country with railway schools, markets, cheap fuel and even modern NINETY MILLION BUSHLER WHAT CROP THEY BUILD? Western Canada, apart from the results of other grains and grain information, address the SUPERINTENDENT OF IMMIGRATION, Ottawa, Canada, or any authorized Government Agent. J. S. CRAWFORD, No. 125 W. Ninth Street, Kansas City, Missouri. A Positive CURE Ely's Cream Balm is quickly absorbed. Gives Relief at Once. It cleanses, soothes heals and protects the diseased membrane. It cures Catarrh and drives away a Cold in the Head quickly. Restores the Senses of CATARRH ELY'S CREAM BALM CATARRH CURES COLD IN COLD HEAD HAY FEVER ELY'S CREAM BALM CATARRH CURES COLD IN COLD HEAD HAY FEVER ELY'S CREAM BALM CATARRH CURES COLD IN COLD HEAD HAY FEVER ELY'S CREAM BALM CATARRH CURES COLD IN COLD HEAD HAY FEVER Gives Relief at Once. It cleans, soothes heals and protects the diseased membrane. It cures Catarrh and drives away a Cold in the Head quickly. Restores the Senses of Taste and Smell. Full size 50 cts, at Druggists or by mail; Trial Size 10 cts, by mail. Ely Brothers, 56 Warren Street, New York. GREGORY'S SEEDS are the kind you can depend on. Catalogue FREE. J. J. H. GREGORY & SON, MARBLEHEAD, MASS. DEFIANCE STARCH—16 ounces to the package—other starches only 12 ounces—same price and "DEFIANCE" IS SUPERIOR QUALITY. If afflicted with sore eyes, use Thompson's Eye Water W. N. U., WICHITA, NO. 6, 1907. MOTHER AND CHILD SYSTEMATIC WARFARE WAGED TO WIPE OUT CONSUMPTION. Warning That Intemperance Increases the Liability to Contract Disease —Neglected Colds a Prolific Source Organized effort is now being made throughout the United Stated to fight consumption. A warning is given against intemperate habits, which increase the liability to consumption, while spitting is public places is deprecated, as the disease is frequently contracted from dried sputum. Colds should not be neglected, as they leave the lungs in a peculiarly receptive condition for the tubercular germ. The following simple formula will break up a cold in twenty-four hours. A leading authority on lung trouble says that when prepared from pure ingredients, it will cure any cough that is curable. Take half ounce Virgin Oil of Pine (Pure); two ounces glycerine and half pint good whisky. Shake well and use in teaspoonful doses every four hours. The ingredients can be secured from any good prescription druggist at small cost, and to avoid substitution should be purchased separately and mixed in your own home. Virgin Oil of Pine (Pure) is put up in half-ounce vials for dispensing. Each vial is securely sealed in a round wooden case, with engraved wrapper, with the name—Virgin Oil of Pine (Pure), prepared only by Leach Chemical Co., Cincinnati, O.—plainly printed thereon. There are many rank imitations of Virgin Oil of Pine (Pure), which are put out under various names, such as Concentrated Oil of Pine, Pine Balsam, etc. Never accept these as a substitute for the Pure Virgin Oil of Pine, as they will invariably produce nausea and never effect the desired result. Universal Atmosphere. The Swedish savant Ryberg has suggested that the discovery of the element metargon in the air strengthens the theory of the existence of a universal atmosphere extending between the planets and throughout the solar system. This, it is said, was already known to exist in the sun before its discovery, some eight or nine years ago—that is, in the immediate surroundings of the sun, in all comets, and in meteorites—from which facts the Swedish scientist infers that it constitutes a common atmosphere for our system. "Soap Sense." The difference in cost between a poor toilet soap and a good toilet soap such as Buchan's soap, a cent or two per week. The difference in results, though, cannot be measured in money. The cheap soap made from impure fat and powerful alkali, irritates the skin and results in all kinds of skin trouble. Buchan's Antiseptic Soap, however, is not only absolutely pure and a fine cleanser, but it contains Phenol Absolut, an ideal antiseptic protecting the user against contamination. If your dealer does not keep it send his name and address with 18 cents to Buchan's Soap Corporation, New York, and they will send you a full size cake. Demand for Freight Cars With 2,000,000 freight cars in use in this country, the daily cry, the hourly cry is "More cars, more cars!" New cars are put in service almost before the paint on them is dry. Defiance Starch is the latest invention in that line and an improvement on all other makes; it is more economical, does better work, takes less time. Get it from any grocer. A cheerful lie is often better than the solemn truth. NERVOUS HEADACHES Dr. Williams' Pink Pills Will Cure Most Cases and Should Interest Every Sufferer. Nobody who has not endured the suffering caused by nervous headache can realize the awful agony of its victims. Worst of all, the ordinary treatment cannot be relieved upon to cure nor even to give relief. Some doctors will say that if a person is subject to these headaches there is nothing that can be done to prevent their recurrence. Nervous headaches, as well as neuralgia, are caused by lack of nutrition—the nerves are starved. The only way to feed the nerves is through the blood and it is in this way that Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have accomplished so many remarkable cures. Mrs. Addie Merrill, of 39 Union Street, Auburn, M., says: "For years I suffered from nervous headaches, which would come on me every five or six weeks and continue for several days. The pain was so severe that I would be obliged to go to bed for three or four days each time. It was particularly intense over my right eye. I tried medicines but got no relief. I had no appetite and when the headache passed away I felt as if I had been sick for a month. My blood was thin and I was pale, weak and reduced in weight. "I read about Dr. Williams' Pink Pills in a paper and decided to try them. I first noticed that they began to give me an appetite and I commenced to gain in weight and color. My headaches stopped and have not returned and I have never felt so well as I do now." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are sold by all drugstores or sent, postpaid, on receipt of price, 50 cents per box, six boxes $2.50, by the Dr. Williams Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y. SQUARE CLOTH IS LIKED. Easier to Launder and Has More Graceful Effect. The round tablecloth which was introduced about 12 years ago and attained great popularity, is not nearly so much sought for this year. Housekeepers have discovered that it is much more difficult to launder smoothly than a square tablecloth, while drooping corners even on a round table give a more graceful effect to the table than does a circular cloth. It is not generally known that the high-grade cloths were originally imported square, but were afterward cut around to order, the patterns usually allowing this. While floral designs are always popular, the most expensive weaves now come in the empire, Louis XV. Louis XV. and Louis XVI., with conventional and geometrical designs. Plain satin damask without any pattern is also in great demand for dinner and lunch cloths, but is decorated with lace and drawn-work designs done by hand. In laces used with dinner cloths or in tea trays of Italian filet is at present the most popular, though Byzantine, Burano and crepon are also in high favor. The Chinese hand-embroidered grass linen centerpieces and doilies launder beautifully and are most serviceable. The embroidery on these is very lustrous and rich looking. They come in the delft blues and white, in floral designs and in the dragon design. TO PUT A CAKE TOGETHER. Method That Is Said to Avoid Possi bility of Failure. The following way of putting a cake together never fails: Work the butter and sugar to a cream, beat the whites and yolks of eggs separately (the whites to a stiff froth, the yolks to a cream), then add yolks to the creamed butter and sugar; afterward add the milk, then the flavoring, next the whites of the eggs and lastly the flour by degrees. If fruit is added, dredge flour over it, stirring it in slowly and thoroughly before the flour. Where the recipe calls for baking powder and you are out of it, use soda and cream of tartar in a teaspoonful of boiling water, adding it to the cake before adding the whites of the eggs. When sour milk is used always use soda, not baking powder. Beef Cherips. Chop one pound of tender round steak, very fine, and add one-half pound of chopped salt pork. Add one-half teaspoonful of pepper and one-fourth teaspoonful of mustard. Make about two and one-half cups of biscuit dough. Roll the dough out until it is about one-half inch thick. Cut the dough into rounds about four inches across. With the chopped meat, and the rounds of dough, make small dumplings, pinching the dough together in a ball shape, the meat being inside. Put the balls or "cherips" in a baking pan that has been buttered. Bake about a half hour in a moderate oven. When done, put on a hot platter and garnish with sprigs of parsley. Bedroom Furniture. White enamel, if the models are simple and well made, is very satisfactory for light and dainty color schemes, and the prices are very reasonable. Bird's eye maple comes next in price and is very attractive with certain colors, such as old rose, suede green and light blue. One can frequently find the same models in it as in the mahogany. It is necessary to consider the wood and the coloring very carefully in selecting furniture, but it is even more important to select simple graceful models, and to see that they are well made—Harper's Bazar. Macaroni Italian Style. Put three-fourths of a pound of macaroni without breaking into boiling salted water and cook 20 minutes, or until done. Drain and put into a saucepan with one gill each tomato and Madeira sauces and a quarter pound grated Parmesan cheese. Season with nutmeg and pepper to taste and cook slowly for ten minutes, tossing frequently. Arrange on a hot dish and serve with grated cheese separately. Milk, Biscuit. Put into a saucepan one-half cup milk and a tablespoonful butter, and set on the stove to warm. Sift together half a pound of flour and a teaspoonful baking powder, and pour into it the hot milk. Mix into a smooth, stiff paste, then with a floured rolling pin, roll into as thin a sheet as possible. Cut into small rounds and bake about 20 minutes in a very hot oven. Wine Jelly. Soak one-half box of gelatine in one gill of cold water two hours. Add one pint of boiling water and three-quarters of a cup of sugar and stir until dissolved. Then add the juice of one lemon and a wineglassful of port or sherry. Strain and pour into a mold. Oatmeal Gems. Put two cups rolled oats in dish, add one and one-half cups sour milk, let soak over night. In the morning add small piece of butter, one-third cup sugar, one beaten egg, one teaspoonful soda, little salt, one cup flour; bake in gem pan. Feather Beds. Never place feather beds or pillows in the sun, for the sun, acting on the oil in the feathers, is apt to give them a rancid smell. The right plan is to air the beds and pillows on a dry, windy day, in a shady place out doors. PUTNAM FADELESS DYES color Silk, Wool and Cotton at one boiling, fast, beautiful colors. 10c per package. Don't be too sure of the man who boasts of being sure of himself. Lewis' Single Binder straight 50 cigar made of rich, mellow tobacco. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. A reform champion's husband believes a reformation would be good. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take LAXATIVE BIROMO Quiline Tablets. Drugs relieve nausea in the face to take. B. W GROVES' signature is on each box. 200. No man is so foolish but he may give another good counsel sometimes, and no man is so wise but may easily err if he will take no other's counsel but his own—Ben Jonson. important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Bear's the Signature of Charl H. Hutchins In Use For Over 30 Years. The Kind You Have Always Bought. Big Task for Engineers. Engineers have never doubted the possibility of transmitting power from the Victoria falls of the Zambesi river to the great gold fields of the Transvaal, 750 miles distant, but they have questioned the economic soundness of such an undertaking, on a commercial scale. Nevertheless, contracts have been let which show that the work will be undertaken. It is the most extraordinary electric power scheme ever attempted. Imitations have been placed upon the market so closely resembling Allcock's Plasters in general appearance as to be well calculated to deceive. It is, however, in general appearance only that they compare with Allcock's, for they are not only lacking in the best elements which have made Allcock's so efficient, but are often harmful in their effects. Remember that Allcock's are the original and only genuine porous plasters—the best external remedy known—and when purchasing plasters the only safe way is to always insist upon having Allcock's. Thinks Little of Chinese Army. Dr. Morrison, the well-known correspondent of the London Times at Peking, went to see the recent maneuvers of the modernized Chinese army in the neighborhood of Chang-te-fu. He describes them as a repetition of the performance of 1905—a set piece carefully prepared long beforehand by a number of Japanese advisers. The inefficiency of the officers is still conspicuous and the field training of the men inadequate, but the material is good. Dr. Morrison hints that without Japanese officers to direct affairs the contending armies would have been little better than a rabble. Hea of the Hor Heart of the Home WRITE US FREELY and frankly, in strictest confidence, telling all your troubles, and stating your age. We will send you FREE ADVICE, in plain sealed envelope, and a valuable 64-page book on "Home Treatment for Women." Address: Ladies' Advisory Department, The Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chattanooga, Tenn. The ownership of the national banks of the United States is not in the hands of the rich few, as is commonly supposed, because fully one-half of the banks have a capital of less than $100,000 each. Twelve per cent. have capitalizations of from $100,000 to $250,000, while only seven per cent. range between $250,000 and $1,000,000. There is more Catarrh in this section of the country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few years doctors pronounced it a local disease and prescribed local remedies, and by constant failing of the disease Science has proven Catarrh to be a constitutional disease in the hospital. Halls's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheesey & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only Constitutional cure on the market. In doses dropped on to teaspoonful. It is a direct remedy and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars if it fails to cure. Send Form F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio. Address: F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio. Take Halls's Family Pills for constipation. There are more ways than one by which a woman can get even with a man. One way is to marry him, and another is not to. You L Because of the You Look Prematurely Old Caution. That an article may be good as well as cheap, and give entire satisfaction, is proven by the extraordinary sale of Deflahage Starch, each package containing one-third more Starch than can be had of any other brand for the same money. Be honest in your business relations. It pays to be honest. Mrs. Winglow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, curbs wind colic. Soe a bottle. Heart failure and cash failure often go together. PERSON Personal knowledge this competitive age and possessor in the front The W A vast fund of personal highest excellence in any field A Knowledge of F edge of Products are all when a true and wholesome of Figs and Elixir of Senna, ethical product which has gives universal satisfaction, best Known Quality, K Parts and has won the value world, who know of their own and best of family laxatives, for This valuable remedy under the name of—Syrup of wide acceptance as the most laxative principles, obtained from and the Well Informed adopted the more elable Elixir of Senna—but doubtless it w name of—Syrup effects, also name of Co.—pr CALIFOR LOUISVILLE, KY. THE VALUE OF PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE Personal knowledge is the winning factor in the culminating contests of this competitive age and when of ample character it places its fortunate possessor in the front ranks of The Well Informed of the World. A vast fund of personal knowledge is really essential to the achievement of the highest excellence in any field of human effort. A Knowledge of Forms, Knowledge of Functions and Knowledge of Products are all of the utmost value and in questions of life and health when a true and wholesome remedy is desired it should be remembered that Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co., is an ethical product which has met with the approval of the most eminent physicians and gives universal satisfaction, because it is a remedy of Known Quality, Known Excellence and Known Component Parts and has won the valuable patronage of millions of the Well Informed of the world, who know of their own personal knowledge and from actual use that it is the first and best of family laxatives, for which no extravagant or unreasonable claims are made. This valuable remedy has been long and favorably known under the name of --Syrup of Figs—and has attained to worldwide acceptance as the most excellent family laxative. As its pure laxative principles, obtained from Senna, are well known to physicians and the Well Informed of the world to be the best we have adopted the more elaborate name of --Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna—as more fully descriptive of the remedy, but doubtless it will always be called for by the shorter name of --Syrup of Figs—and to get its beneficial effects, always note, when purchasing the full name of the Company —California Fig Syrup Co.—printed on the front of every package, whether you call for --Syrup of Figs—or by the full name --Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., LOUISVILLE, KY. U.S.A. LONDON, ENGLAND. NEW YORK, N.Y. The long tails of the shah of Persia's horses are dyed crimson for six inches at their tips—a jealously-guarded privilege of the ruler and his sons. Garfield Tea, an unusually practical household remedy; take it for constipation, to keep the liver normal, to purify the blood, to dispel colds, to cure rheumatism, to keep well! And by not getting married some men manage to live happily ever after. PILES CURED IN 6 TO 14 DAYS. PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed to cure any case of Hitching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles in 6 to 14 days or money refunded. 50c. When a man makes a show of himself he's not always comedy. Lewis' Single Binder straight 5c. Many smokers prefer them to 10c cigars. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Poria, Ill. The best man at a wedding cannot always prove it. Look Pre lose ugly, grizzly, gray haire. Use "I carries with it the possibilities of great happiness, into the heart of a childless home. Women who wish for children, should understand that sterility is not so much of a disease, as a symptom of female weakness, and, that in 90 cases out of 100, when the female weakness has been cured by the longed-for visit of the stork comes. Dr. J. J. Livingston, of Freeman, Ind., writes: "I prescribed Cardui to a lady patient, who had previously had three or four mishaps. She took 6 bottles and was soon made the happy mother of a well-grown boy, who is still living and doing well. I think that Wine of Cardui is the sole cause of her being able to have this child." Whatever may be the form of your female trouble or weakness, try Cardui. It is a reliable remedy for all the diseases peculiar to women. G 98 HURT, BRUISE OR SPRAIN ST. JACOBS OIL THE OLD-MONK-CURE RELIEVES FROM PAIN Price 25c and 50c A Little Child CARDUI bit of the stork comes. Dr. J. J. Livingston, of Freemantle, opened Cardui to a lady patient, who had previously had three book 6 bottles and was soon made the happy mother of a wee ing and doing well. I think that Wine of Cardui is the sole to have this child." Whatever may be the form of your us, try Cardui. It is a reliable remedy for all the diseases. ALL DRUGGISTS IN $1.00 BOTTLES NO MORE MUSTARD PLASTERS TO BE THE SCIENTIFIC AND MODERN EXTERNAL COUNTER-IN CAPISICUM VASELINE EXTRACT OF THE CAYENNE PEPPER PLANT A QUICK, SURE, SAFE AND ALWAYS READY CURE FOR P 15c.—IN COLLAPSIBLE TUBES—AT ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEVELOPMENT RECEIPT OF 165 IN FOSTAGE STAMEN. PONT TILL THE PAIN COMES—KEEP A TUBE A substitute for and superior to mustard or any other plaster, a blister the most delicate skin. It will stop the toothache at once. Headache and Sciatica. We recommend it as the best and safest counter-irritant known, also as an external remedy for pains a and stomach and all Rheumatic, Neuralgic and Gouty complaints will prove what we claim for it, and it will be found to be invaluable household and for children. Once used no family will be without people say "it is the best of all your preparations." Accept no of vaseline unless the same carries our label, as otherwise it will SEND YOUR ADDRESS AND WE WILL MAIL OLINE PAMPHLET WHICH WILL INTEREST YOU. AT ALL DRUGGISTS IN $1.00 BOTTLES NO MORE MUSTARD PLASTERS TO BLISTER. THE SCIENTIFIC AND MODERN EXTERNAL COUNTER-IRRITANT. CAPISICUM VASELINE A QUICK, SURE, SAFE AND ALWAYS READY CURE FOR PAIN—PRICE 15c—IN COLLAPSIBLE TUBES—AT ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS. OR BY MAIL ON RECEIPT OF 15c. IN POSTAGE STAMPS. DON'T WAIT TILL THE PAIN COMES—KEEP A TUBE HANDY. A substitute for and superior to mustard or any other plaster, and will not blister the most delicate skin. The pain-alaying and curative qualities of the article are wonderful. It will stop the toothache at once, and relieve Headache and Sciatica. We recommend it as the best and safest external counter-irritant known, also as an external remedy for pains in the chest and stomach and all Rheumatic, Neuralgic and Gouty complaints. A trial will prove what we claim for it, and it will be found to be invaluable in the household and for children. Once used no family will be without it. Many people say "it is the best of all your preparations." Accept no preparation of vaseline unless the same carries our label, as otherwise it is not genuine. SEND YOUR ADDRESS AND WE WILL MAIL OUR VASE-LINE PAMPHLET WHICH WILL INTEREST YOU. CHESEBROUGH MFG. CO. 17 STATE STREET, NEW YORK CITY | BUY UMBER AT AETZ’S rer 3rd & Main 7 EVER HAPPENED YOU'LL FIND IT IN le SEARCHLIGHT. YY NOT SUBSCRIBE? anner Mills + CUSTOM GRINDING + cece A Bpocialty sesesene LINDY OF COAL & FEED POOKEIACH D308, PROFS. MN. Main S:. Phote wit FERLESS EAM UNDRY Best Laandry In The Crsy Phone 32 THAYER 2 SOUS. Praps w. JS. MENRION 401 X. Main se. Wichita, Kans. iMD unson lusic Teacher =o;— Mandolin and Guitar essons At Reasonable Prices 302 West Murdock Ave nd the children - - Hours 6 to 9 p. m. _J. Jones, REAL ESTATE INSURANCE and LOANS HATTLE . MORTGAGES 429 Kansas Avenue TOPEKA, KANSAS. 4g, 60 YEARS’ & Feaiti EXPERIENCE fe Trape Marks: Deana contest ka. Poorest ve eh ie a apd Scientific American, Peerertiai at tents ee Saad Senos 36 1Broadway, PIN 0 zone ew York Use rray'’s Reliable Nerve Balm rray's Reliable Antiseptic Salve rray's Reliable Extract rray's Rejiable Perfumes rray’s Reliable Pure Spices ‘ese Goods Have No Epual hey are pleasing hundreds of ple and will please you. |. H. MURRAY, Sole Prop. South Hydraulic Avenue New Phone 985 hit’ — — — Kansas ‘yy not subsertbe and pay for the fuita: Searchlight It 1s more hon- ic than “spunging” on your nelgh-_ We wilt send.you @ copy to your every..week for only -§1.00 per } Do.say and get what the race ing. 2 ee POINTED QUESTIONS. Will some one, wise and kind, please answer the following questions for an anxious and befuddled enquirer: 1. Is not Senator Ben Tillman's championship of woman's virtue a trump card played for the purpose of gaining sympathy; and for the fur- ‘ther purpose of excusing his ultra le cense In the cholee of words to ex- press himself? - 2, Do he and his school remember that there was a time when the Negro in this country had no rights that the white man was bound to respect—when Negro fathers and mothers might hear their daughters protesting against violation of their honor, and knew that to interfere was as much as their lives were worth? crimes which the Honorable Senator [from South Carolina, and others of his school, mean when they utter that “rape?” 4. If so, then whence this great “and purning zeat for woman's chastity? ‘That intermarriage section of the Ok- |ahoma constitution? . 5. What is the animus that actuat- ed the convention in its adoption? Wa: it a fear of the eakness of the white race? Was it the purpose of allow- ing the white man to marry a squaw with an allotment of land and an an- nuity, and the white woman to ac- quire an interest In an Indian buck' land, with the buck thrown in? 6, What just reason is there fo denying the Negro the right to mar. ry allotments and annuities? 7. Is the right to choose a life part ner in marriage an inalienable right’ S. Is the democratic party th champion of personal Uberty in an: other sense than what we shall eat drink or wear? Does the intermar riage of whites and Indians Improv the Indian? If so, then fs it not § pity that that means of elevating an civilizing the Indian was not pursue instead of the sword? When E see § squaw man—and I have seen some- it always seemed to me that avaric or fate or whatever dictated the alll ance, spoiled a mighty good India to make a mighty poor white—squaw | man. $. Ip it @ reflection upon the intel ligence and character of the white rac to enact statutes prohibitive in mat ters purely personal? 1@, Is not a party, « convention, legislature dominated by prejudic likely to do some very silly and use less things? What good is accom plished by the Jim Crow car law? Please answer in the next issue o the Searchlight. A BEFUDDLED. STRONG CITY NEWS. The many friends of Bro, Woods are glad to see him out again after an Mines of several days. | Cranford Williams was in the elty ast week on business, and reported the family well. ‘The W. M.S. met with Mrs, A, Me- Lean on the 30th, who served lunch to the ladies, assisted by her charm- ing daughter, Miss Nettie, Rev. Robert Cox of Salina, was in our city last week enroute to Carbon- dale. Grandpa Pennington came down for church on Sunday, and reported the children suffering with the whooping cough, ‘The members of the aBptist ehurch ve rejoicing over the successful ter- mination of the revival, ‘Three sin- ners came to Christ, viz: Blanche Carmons, John Bentley and C,H. Johnston, Mr. and Mrs, Peter Blackwell n= tertained Rev. Harrison at dinner on the 30th. Several young ladies took a flying wip to Elmdale on Saturday. Word was received here that Frank Williams who is at Tola, got his foot mashed last week, We hope it is not serlous Say, Sis: you told me that you liked to read the Searchlight. If so why not subscribe now? ‘One of the social events of the past week was the dinner tendered “Rev. Harrison and @. H. Johnston by Mrs. C. Levell Jr. on the 2nd. It was grand and we are proud to have such a host ess among us A surprise party was tendered Miss Carrie Dodge on Monday night at the Means residence. ‘This lady has been sick for three months and wishes to thank her'many friends for their kind donations. Mrs, Lizaie Williams will Teave for Topeka on the 6th to attend the bed- side of her mother who is very sick. Rey. Harrison was the guest of Mrs. E. Burks on the 3 inst., for dinner. This lady and her lovely daughter ie one of the best entertainers in our city. - ‘: After conducting a successful mect- ing, Rey. Wm. E. Harrison left for his home on the 4th. Come again Bro., you have done well, Don't forget to attend the “weighing social” Monday. evening.. "Tis some- thing new. A. M. KE. church. wHE WICH TA SEARCHLIGHT Se NEWS OF’GREAT BEND. 1 FT. scoTT | Rev. J, H. Raimey administered the ‘Lord's Supper at his church Sunday. _ Deacon Moses Johnson left for Gar /den City last Monday night. | Mrs, Mille Calmore ts on the sick ist, | Alwood Johnson lett for Garden City Sunday evening. Miss Luelien Wells returned from [Emporia last Wednesday evening, Spencer Pearson left for his home in Slater, Mo,, last week. Charley Howard, of Cleo Springs Okia,, win be united in holy matri- mony to Miss Carrie Collins of Cléo Springs, Monday evening at Colorado Springs His many friends of Great Bend wish Mr, and Mrs, Howard a happy life. Mr, Howard was reared in Great Bend and is highly esteemed by all who know him, ‘The ladies of the First Bapttst church organized a cooking club. Mrs. Henry Sellers, Jr, was elected presi- dent, ‘The club meets Wednesday af- ternoon of each week. Queen Esther's circle was royally en- ertained at the home of Mrs, Jolin Smith, on Morton street, last Friday, nearly all members being present, ‘After the usual form of business the hostess served a delicious luncheon. ‘The Willing Workers’ club of the A. M. EB, chureh will mest at the par- sonage on Williams avenue, Friday evening. Master Pereil Baugh is or the sick list. ‘The revival meeting at the A. M. E |enuveh, closed last Friday night, The B. ¥. P, U, of the First Bap- tiat church rendered a nice program Sunday evening. Mrs, Jennie Armstrong has returned from Larned. ALLIANCE (NEB.) NEWS. A number of friends gathered at the residence of Mrs. Bowlen last Tuesday evening with a pleasant little surprise on her before she left for Deadwood, S. D., where sh ewill make her home, She left Saturday morning. Mrs. W. H. Murphy returned home after a two months’ visit with her folks in Springfield, Ohio. Jeff McWilliams, of Lincoln, Neb. was in our city Monday. ‘The Daughters of Tabernacle No. 34 vex leave to submit the following: ‘Whereas, The Lord, in His all-wis providence, has called Mr. Bdwar¢ Johnson from our midst helpmate anc husband, we desire to extend our heart, felt sympathy and do hope while it i our loss it will be heaven's gain. P. CARNEAL, H. P. BIRDIE MURPHY, ©. T. FANNY WASHINGTON, C. S PRATT. KAN. ITEMS. ‘We are sorry to hear of Mr. J. ©. Russell taking a buck-set. He is ly- ing very low again, but his many friends hope to see him out again soon. Miss dna Alexander and Mrs. J.P Russell were out to Mrs. J. G, Tum- pleson’s to visit her sick son. Mz, and Mrs, Marton Fleming both nave the la grippe very bad. We ar ‘in hopes to soon see them both around again, Mr. and Mre, Josie James spent Sun+ day with Mrs. Sarah Greene, Miss Grace Berry 1s down visiting Mises Mae and Clare Fleming. ‘A lady living ten miles in the coun- try came in Friday evening with her home folks to enjoy the Dora, Thorn show and her sweetheart who lives In town, but they tarried too long an¢ the little lady was left to walk home So they started out and the Pratt man held out until he reached Ninnescah bridge where he turned back to enjoy the warm bed and she traveled home alone. Rev, A. H. Brooks presiding ler of the Wichita district A, MLE. chureh, will he In Pratt Saturday and wilt hold his seaond quarterly confer ence at the A. M. E. church. ‘The young folks enjoyed quite a nice time Sunday sleighing. It was fine eport, KINGMAN, KAN., NEWS. | Mrs. Lute Vaughn departed for he fome in Missouri last week, afte [spending several months visiting witk her parents. She reports a splendid ‘time. | Mr. and Mrs. Biggs of Hutchinsor ‘spent several days in the city. | ‘The birthday party given at the home of Mrs. Anna Floyd was a swell affair. Everyone enjoyed themselves Chas. H. Floyd has resigned his po- ‘sitlon as cook at the Briggs hotel ‘He will spend a few days in King- man and wil then leave for Topeka Kansas. J James Maloney came down from Hutchinson Tuesday and will take up his former place at the Baltimore ho- tel. Robt. Floyd says he lkes his new home at Topeka. "John Floya will leave for Wiebita in a few days to yisit. + Mrs. Banks and_her son Fred went to Pretty Prairie Tuesday. ET. SCOTT NEWS. | Mrs. Josie Wilkerson, age 52 years, ‘died ‘Thursday morning at 11:55, at her home on East Oak street, She was married to Squire Wilkerson in Pulaska, Tenn, and was the mother of thirteen children of which four dted and nine are still living. She moved to Fort Scott about twenty years ago, and her husband died eight years ago. Sho was baptized and united into the Mount Zion Primity Baptist church in 1903, and has been a faithful member ever since, Her oldest boys were very good to her and helped raise the smail= er ones up and they all joined in as they grew up. She preached her own funeral, the way she lived and the Blder ag well as members will miss their dear sister. ‘The funeral was held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Baptist church of which she was a member. ‘The funeral was con- ducted by Rev. J. Street pastor of the chureb. Louis Willis, age 15 died at his home at an early hour Saturday morning. He has been sick for a year or more with lung trouble. He leave a fath- ef, a brother, three sistéfs and a host of friends to mourn his loss, ‘The funeral was held at Shilo Baptist einen, Sunday at 2:30 o'clock, con- Jaucted by Rev, Jones, pastor of the [naren. Mrs. Henry Hall, who has been sick for two or three weeks is up and out among her friends. CLEARWATER NEWS. Mr, and Mrs. A. White were through Clearwater Saturday enroute to vist Mr. and Mrs. Barton of Millerton, They had a cold drive. Jessie Bunch of Medicine Lodge, Kansas, was over to visit his uncle G. R. Wilfley and had a fine time. He returned home Tuesday. | C. R. Wilfley was out on an extend. led trip to Medicine Lodge, Kan., and had a fine trip and also a good jun trip. Miss Ethel White is on the sick jist, but we hope she will soon re- cover, J "Sander Washington teft for Wlentt | yesterday. : | Mrs. C. R, Wilfley and children an [ted with cold. _ Be sure and attend the Weighing ‘Social at the A. M. E. church Monday evening. Each lady and gentleman a receive duplicate badges and be weighed. Prizes will be given to the heaviest. and lightest weight couple. Any couple weighing over 250 pounds will be charged % cents for every pound over. Everybody come out and have a good time, Supper will be served commencing at 6 o'clock. IF IT EVER HAPPENED YOU'LL FIND IT IN THE SEARCHLIGHT. BUY LUMBER FROM METZ. We call the attention of our many readers who desire to buy lumber to the Metz Lumber Co. 3rd and Main. ‘They want your trade, will treat you lright, give you bargaing and serve you lke people, Buy your lumber from them. Both phones 196. Mrs, L. Givens has been quite ill for several days. Mr. Witeon Woses,. Washington, Jan. 8—The case ot Wilson versus the secretary of the treasury in which Wilson challenged the right of the secretary to pay the money necessary to secure the title of the French company to the Pana- ma Canal property was decided by the supreme court of the United Statse Monday adversely to Wilson's contentions. Father and Son Drowned. Perry, Ok, Jan. 8—Jasper Montue, a negro, aged 50, and his 11-year-old boy were drowned Sunday below town in Cow creck. They started across a footlog wren the lad fell in, and the father jumping in after him. The boy held on to. the father, who sank, the boy following him. Almena, Kan., Scorched. Almena, Kan, Jan. 8—An early morning fire destroyed six buildings aad damaged others. Included in the Joss was the First State Bank, two arng stores, a grocery store and an empty building. The amount of the joss is not known, though quite heavy, ‘There was partial insurance, ‘ebaiian: Gimme lease aem Santa Fe, N. M., Jan. 8—Tho New Mexico constitutional _ convention, consisting of delegates elected at the November election, + convened Monday to draft a constitution to sub- mit to congress, with a plea for im: mediate admission to statehood, Wyoming Banker Killed, Cheyenne, Wyo., Jan, 8—News has reached here that W. Dean Hayes, a well known banker of Meeteetse Wyo. was shot and killed at that place by W. L. Smithson, an,attorney. ‘The cause of the shooting 1s un’ known. 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Pleresy, Connell Blufts, town, MOTTO. “It is no benefit to have given me something, but it is a benefit to have enabled me to obtain sémething ter mnyself."—Emerson, Let everybody get busy and begin *> boast of the Wichita Searchlight, whieh is without a peer. io ae eee ea ie a? oes aos Lap soe fk es es hs HE eae % ee! ae ; (eS eee = Sir D. L. Taylor 229. Fast ‘Center ; SALINA, KANSAS Designer and Builder of Teaa Houses. Prices in reach of all. Write for particulars T0-DaY+ | Red Front RACKET The People’s Economy Store | Sample Shoes We have just received a large Invoice of Men’s, Werk ‘Shoea, | Men’s Dress Shops, Ladies’ and Miss’ Fine Shoes, Oxfords an @ Slippers all styles and kinds. AT; WHOLESALE PRICES Tapp & Hanshaw Phone 257 956-257 N.. Mate tie sais z Heard Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address Newspaper Correspondsnt Recalls M-mentous Event Which Ushered In a New Historic Era in Amer- ica--A Memorabe Messige. eae er ri eat eb ey HL A ry a ii FA ees " eh. Se js EL Re cena ee anes egies Key ea? ae ire ee tN es +¢ geo \ a i-L> la i \~ } ; Ge G \ meee t «Y) “py | PAGE 4 me Sia hy i A =e eae A) => ar ee LZ Ae J, LINCOLN We mark the lowly place where he was born, We try to dream the dreams that starred his nights ‘When the rude path that rani beside the corn Grew to a fair broad way which found the heights; We try to sense the lonely days he knew, ‘The silences that wrapped about his soul When there came whispers tremulous and ‘true Which urged him up and onward to his goal. His was the dream-filled world of kindly trees; And marvél-reaches of the prairie lands; The brotherhood of telds, and birds, and bees, Which magnifies te soul that under- stands; His was the school of unremitting toll Whose lessons leave an Impress strong ‘and deep; His were the thoughts of one close to the soli, It was a littic after one o'clock when the outgoing and incoming presidents, arm in arm, entered the capitol, proceeding immediadetly to tue president's room, whence they emerged in a few minutes preceded by the marshal of the district, judges ‘of the supreme court, and sergeant: atarms, and followed by the senators, diplomatic corps, keads of depart ‘ments, governors of states and others, aad made thelr way to a_ small wooden payilion, under which Mr. Lincoln. stood while he delivered his momorable message. Chief Justice ‘Taney, old, shriveled to the bone with a face like parchment, muffled in fiis silken robes, sat In front of the array of judges. Close by stood “Douglas, so-near in fact that Mr. Lin- cola, finding no place on or under the small reading table provided for him ‘on which to deposit his hat, handed it over to his mighty rival, who held {t carefully til! the address was fin- fished. Mr. Lincoln's voice was clear and penetrating, and was distinctly heard far and near among the assembled ‘multitudes, which preserved unbroken ‘silence from the beginning to the end. | After Sketches from Harper's Weekly ‘Then a great cheer arose and ran like ‘a wave along the avenue, carrying testimony which was likewise fying ‘over the wires in every direction that the inauguration had been suc cessfully accomplished, and that in spite of all perils, visionary and real, Abraham Lincoln was president of ‘the United States, and a new historic ‘era had been ushered in. + 1 stood within S few yards of ‘prosident Lincoln when he delivered ‘his first. Inaugural address from the ‘east portico of the capitol in Wash: ‘lagton, writes a veteran newspaper jman, I was a newspaper correspond jent and had come with him from his home in Springfield to recount for my lpaper the incidents of his journey. {Washington looked on the day as 2 {momentous one, and was not free ‘from a sense of peril. No previous eras day bad been so ushered in. ! The senate sat all the night previ- jous, not adjourning till after daylight, Crittenden, Douglas, Trumbull, Wig frau and Wade thundering against feach other ‘in’thelr final debate, ius after all, was not loud enough to keep all their colleagues awake, as of them lay stretched out on ithe senatorial sofas, snoring a drowsy comers, "The town was_astir y eunrise, with crowds gathering at ‘ali points from the White House to ‘the Capitol, . ‘The knowledge of the ones who sow * and reap, And of all this,-and from all this, he rose Full panoplied, when came his coun- try's call, Strong-hearted and strong-framed to bear the woes ‘Which fell on him the bitterest of all. And well he wrought, and wisely well he knew ‘The strain and stress that should be his alone; He did the task long set for him to do— ‘This man who came unfavored and un- known. We look to-day, not through Grief's mist of tears, Not through glamour of nearness to the great, But down the long, long corridor of years Where stand the sentinels of Fame and Fate, And now we see him, whom men called ‘uncouth, Grown wondrous fair beneath the hand of Time, And know the love of liberty and truth Brings immortality, and makes sublime. Bat, O, this rugged face with kindly eyes Wherein a haunting sorrow ever stays! Somehow it seems that through the sor- row rise ‘The echoed visions of his other days, ‘That still we may in subtle fancy trace ‘The light that led him with prophetic gleams— ‘That here we gaze upon the pictured face Of one who was a boy that lived his ~~ dreams! a Dw Lincoln spent the early morning hours in his rooms at Willard’s, and I remember that among lis callers were David Davis, Thurlow Weed, Leonard Swett, Ward Lamon, with many others not now clear in mem- ory. ‘The procession began to move about 11 o'clock, but it was-an hour and @ half before Buchanan ap- peared, having been delayed at the capitol in signing bills, some of which, it is said, got his signature after his term of office had actuatty expired. When all was ready Senators Baker and Plerce took seats in the carriage fronting the two presidents, Buchan- an looking old, gray and ‘haggard; Lincoln dark and firm, and wearing a mournful and anxious expression of countenance Thus accompanied they set forth on their historic ride to the capitol. Around the carriage were mounted guards and a flying squadron of newspaper correspondents, the lat- ter keeping as near to it as possible, one of the artists of an illustrated paper making a sketch of the scene as he went along. There was a des- ert cloud of dust along the avenue riding the blustering March winds, and it sometimes seemed to hide the entire procession from view. Lincoln and the Bible. Mr. Lincoln, as I saw him every morning, in the carpet slippers. he wore in the house and the black clothes no tailor could make really fit his gaunt bony frame, was a home- ly enough figure. The routine of his life was simple, too; it would have seomed a tread-mill to most of us. He was an early riser; when I came on duty, at eight in the morning, he was often already dressed and reading in the library. And the book? We have all heard of the president's fond- ness for Shakespeare, how he infuriat- ed Secretary Stanton by reading Ham- let while they were waiting for re turns from Gettysburg; we know, too, how he kept cabinet meetings wait ing while he read them the latest of Petroleum V. Nasby's wittictsms. It was the Bible which I saw him read: ing while most of the household stil) slept —William H. Crook, in Harper's ‘Magazine. Rentita Tetinte ta: Adenia’ Punch’s fine tribute to Abiaham Lincoin(“You lay a wreath on mur dered Lincoln's bier!”) whose author sbip Spielmann in his “History of Punch” ascribed to Shirley Brooks. is now restored to Tom Taylor, TRE WICHITA *EARCHLIGNY Where you can get your Silk Waist Woolen Skirt S or Coat or Husband's Snit cleaned and pressed, oF your faded goods, Dyed, and get the best Oy work done by improved appliances > nd gkilled. workmen. ae Fine Co S oO s White Dry v = o 34 Plumes Cleaning oY Cleaned Steam Properi roperly Cleanin, Bee ae a Bleached eam Dye a Re and ein: aa < <L Curled. Repair- Ss Rees We ing. of Ladies’ e Ne and Gents sec- } ond hand Clothing & o: for sale very cheap, at retail or in job lots. Goods x called for and delivered promptly , ©. G. HANSON, Prop., Cc 330 N. Main Sreet. Phone 2003, & KNIGHTS AND DAUGHTERS &F TABOR, ‘Tabernacies, REV. FRANK WILSON, C. G. M. 943 Everett, Kansas City, Kas. MRS. EMMA GAINES, C. G. P. 1170 Filmore avenue, Topeka, Kas. Miss Jennie Alexander, G. Q. M., 918 Penn, St, Lawrence, Kansas Number. 1 Mrs. 8. Williams, 1309 N 10th St. Kansas City, Kansas, 2 Mrs, Sarah Crisp, 615- Soutt Chestnut St., Iola, Kan. 3. Mrs. Carrie Douglass, 1722 Sixtt avenue, Council Bluffs, Iowa. 3 Mrs. Mary Burbridge, 514 WV. - Wichita St., Wichita, Kan, 4 Mrs. Laura Willams, 626 4th St, Cherryvale, Kansas. 5. Mrs. Mary Burdett, 819 N. 1st. street, Atchison, Kansas. 6 Mrs, Addie Glaspie, 128 Mulberry street, Ottowa, Kansas. 7. Mrs. Lillian Shobe, 336 Santa Fe street, Salina, Kansas. 8 Mrs. Nancy Fax, 505 N. Santa Fe St, Foffeyville, Kansas. % Mra. Sarah H, Harrison, 1821 Van Buren, st, Topeka, Kansas. 10, Mrs, Ida Wallace, 446 Arkansas street, Lawrence, Kansas, 11 Mrs. Paulina Woodfork, 823 Free- man Ave, Kansas City, Kansas 12 Mrs. C. March, 515 Nebraska Ave, Kansas City, Kansas, 14 Mrs. May R, Freeman, 105 8. Lo- cust St. Pittsburg, Kansas. 15 Mrs. S. S, Furlough, box 405, Weir City, Kansas. 16. Mrs. Hattie Collins, 1001 S: For- est, avenue, Parsons, Kansas. 17 Mrs. A. Masie, 615 Barbee, Ft Scott, Kan. 20. Mrs, Bessie Hall, 406 Horton, Ft Scott, Kansas. 20 Mrs. 8. Montaque, 403 Kickapoc St,, Leavenworth, Kan. 24 Mrs. Cherry Briley,'E. 12th St, Coffeyville, Kansas, 28 Mrs. Della Dorsey, 716 S, 15th St, Parsons, Kansas. 29 Mrs. Percila Lee, 720 Cheyenne St, Leavenworth, Kansas. _ 30. Mrs. Eliza Scott, srd ave, south Leavenworth, Kansas, 22. Mrs. Adda Birthright, 114 Wes! _ Broadway. Butte, Montana, 33 Mrs. Phannie Corneal, Box 384, Alliance, Neb. 34 Mrs. Mattie Miller, 335 West 15th, Wichita, Kan. 35 Mrs. Adah Lewis, 1603 Archer Av. South Omaha, Nebraska. 37. Mrs, Mary Robinson, 104 South 4nd sreet, aichison, Kansas. 38 Mrs. Laura Lee, Weir City, Kan. 52. Mrs, Cora Yeager, 928 Main, Law- rence, Kansas. 6%. Mre, Lizele Stone, 1147 Ann ave, Kansas City, Kansas, 11 Mrs. A. Pickene, 259 E, 15th, Topeka, Kan. o. Mrs. Francis Hardeman, 1801 Kansas avenue, Topeka, Kans. 8. Mrs, Blanche E. Alston, 2215 Pa- cific, Omaha, Neb. “ Mra Elia Golden, 310 Norts 12th St, Omaha, Nebraska. #2. Mrs. Alice Grant, 401 South sth street, Lincoln, Nebraska. 9% Mrs. Ida M. Jordan, 903 West ern Ave., N. Topeka, Kan, TEMPLES. Number. 1 William M, Watkins, box 2063, Weir City, Kansas. 2 Thomas Henry, Coffeyville, Kans. 3 Mr. William H. Barnes, 819 L St., Atchison, Kan, 4 Andrew Herrold, Sherman Flats Omaha, Neb. 6 M.E. Bird, 3014 Hewett, Everett Kansas City, Kan. T J. C. Coffee, 1455 N. Mostey, Wichita, Kanses. & Rev. M. Wooten, 416 W. Third st. Ft. Scott, Kansas, 10 Frank Smith, 420 3rd Ave., Leav- enworth, Kansas: 1, W. N, Miller, 6¢1 N. Main street. Searchlight - office, 18 Lee Holiday, 728 8; 20th ras sons, Kussas. 15, EB. W. Garvice, North ist street, Saline, Kansas. 16 Richard Clark, 420 N, 25th St. S. Omahs, Neo. Coffeyville, Kansas. 17. Rev. Allen Garner, 704 B, 12th st. 18 James Thomas, 218 W Ist, South St,, Salt Lake City, Utah. 19, C. Paris, 948 Penn, street, Law- | rence, Kansas, | 25 Edward Henderson, 1917 N. 3rd St,, Kansas City, Kan, | 69 8. W. Pasker, 1156 Buchanaa ‘ropeka, Kaul. 60 Jemes Scott, 1404 Van Buren ‘Topeka, Kan. TL J. W. Bedell, 2127 So. 10th St. Lincoln, Neb. 886 Albert Graves, 90 Charles St, ‘Deadwood, South Dakota, QUEEN MOTHERS OF TENTS IN KANSAS. Miss Jannie Alexander, G. Q. M, 948 Penn, Lawrence, Kansas. Lillie Hardin, 006 South Fifth av- enue, N. Topeka, Kansas. Hester Cornish, 911 Western avenue, N. Topeka, Kansas. Jennie Sellers, 1438 N. Highteenth ‘street, Omaha, Neb. | Eliza Robinson, 1801 Kansas avenue, ‘Topeka, Kansas. Mollie Spencer, 602 V street, Atch- Ison, Kansas. Z Maggie Robinson, 911 Everett av- enue, Kansas City, Kansas, Louise Verder, 813 Jersey, Lawrence, Kansar, Mary Biston, 325 Miss, Lawrence, Kansas, Charlotte Dalton, 1228 Barnett, Kan- sas City, Kansas. ‘A. O. Murrell, 451 S. Fourth street, Salina, Kansas. Mary Hopkins, 903 West B, North ‘Topeka, Kansas. H. H. Adkins, Welr City, Kansas. Lettie Hill, 429 N. Wichita street, Wichita, Kansas. Amy Lane, 1422 B, Appleton street, Parsons, Kansas. ‘Annie Edwards, 944 Everett, Kansas City, Kansas. : Laura Smith, 308 E. Eleventh, Cof- feyville, Kansas. oe Kansas. ‘Ada Gilbert, 405 N. Santa Fe, Cof- | ‘ella McKinnie, 217 Sherman, Leay- | NOTICE.—Send your news in the early part of the week, which will in- sure {ts publicatiop- The earlier the bevter.—Ealtor. Se | Let the colored people get together and stay together for their own ma- terial good. FOR SALE—Furnished rooming house in Kansas City, fine location. For particulars see Mrs. M. Ivory, 132 South Mosely avenue, Wichita, Kan. Mr. Lewis-James, the leading bary- tone in the Moody-Manners Opera company, a noted English organiza- tion, has had an interesting history. He was born in Aberdare, South Wales, and went to work in a coal pit when he was 12 years old. He sang in local concerts and competitions which are-popular among the Welsh, and eventually achieved such prestige in his home neighborhood that he was vrged to study music seriously. This he did fer two years, while con- tinuing his work as a coal miner. | Then the Carl Rosa company visited Cardiff, and Mr. James sang privately for the director, who engaged him at once for three years, and afterward he jolned the Moody-Manners com - pany. o One of the scientists says there will be no blondes 600 years from now. But why worry over a future that is 600 pears distant? Prof. Cox is in London, but do not think for 9 moment that he has gone ‘abroad to lay in @ line of imported anticieas - ‘Gung few Al 1 Kors 0 Carma eae S prarintig s Rw ee fad a pee, ae S SS ee re Coe 6, hf 7 LB FBke perey em eee pec nO a Sore IS, Joo ret Ghats ony Myre ete fe reno rrecing Lf a oe ericegnent, tre Lowe eee he one frre coed; = bbs fe rhe Pee Bo i & a yer een ee a ie haw eos lines Pe (Tew _ awe BG Lanatd ot Le be Seen ae a oe, nhs haw Ae we. ogee © fine as once? bow bee mee fresh ome cmon prcteo) Plhinan enone: (Hoa gonnCrg whine yaw wnt pt 23, rons ee. op: MODEL OF LiINCOLN’S ONLY PATENT | Ze ecaielicd all eanhanmaee eee” ee —_ = a An autograph letter of Abraham Lincoln, writter more than half a cen- tury ago to his lifelong friend, Thomas J. Turner, of Freeport, I1l., afterward a colonel in an Ihnois resi- ment, is here reproduced as an object of national interest. The value of this letter to the fam- {lies to whom it has descended—like an apostolic succession—may be estimat- ed from the fact that it has passed trom deathbed to deathbed as a sacred charge in the Turner generations, the Famous Illinois Tavern. Where Lincoin, When a Circuit Rid- ing Lawyer, Swapped Stories. With the demolition of the old Kel- ley tavern, torn down to make room tor a barn, there passed one of the famous old hostelries of Illinois. Built la 1899, the old tavern became the stopping place of all west bound trav- elers, it being the only hotel between Danville and Urbana on the state coad. For years it enjoyed great popular- tty, especially during its ownership by Joseph Kelley, who operated it from 1840 until 1864. During the 60s it was the regular stopping place of the old time circuit riding lawyers, among whom were Abraham Lincoln and Judge David Davis. Both Lincoln and Davis were warm friends of Kel- ley, whose ready wit and great fund of stories made him a favorite with both men, Kelley was a great story teller, and during the months inter- yening between the April and Septem- ber terms of court he searched assid- uously for “new stories to tell Abe.” Often Lincoln's coming, being her- aided about the surrounding country, drew scores of farmers to the hotel, and not infrequently residents of Ur- bana drove down to enjoy the contest between the two great story tellers, However well equipped with new ma- terial was Mr. Kelley he always found himself vanquished by Mr. Lincoln, whose fund of anecdotes seemed in- exhaustible. Old residents say that the two champions frequently told stories almost all night, Lincoln sit- ting in an immense armebair, with wide rockers and a buffalo robe cush- fou, known to the household as “Abe's chair.” The old chair is still in the possession of the Kelley family, one of its most cherished heirlooms. The old tavern played an important part in the social life of the commun. {ty. Here during the winter months assembled all the young people for miles around to dance and enjoy themselves. In the yard were held the turkey shoots on Thanksgiving and Christmas, when the pioneers as sembled to prove their wonderful akill with their old muzzle loading firearms. Whisky on these occasions flowed freely, and some famous fights have occurred about the old building, but for the most part the early settler was good natured, even in his cups, and no serious damage was done in | these encounters. | With the coming of the railroads and the passing of the stage coach ‘the old tavern suffered a lamentable falling off in business, and after a pre- carious existence it was closed and the building became the home of a tenant farmer. Later it was used for the storage of grain and farm imple ments. Falling into decay, it has at last been torn down, after an exist- ence of 75 years, many of Its timbers going into the new barn. ‘man to whom tt was written (rea Ing the series of Lincoln's co: ence in order to bequeath to mem of his family souvenirs whose vs!w0| foresaw with prophetic eye. Any letter of Abraham Linco would be of interest to the neo Minois, especially one written bef the period of war and turmoil, w the Springfleld lawyer was ene: in the vocations of peace. ‘The om of the letter—a Freeport man—is living in Chicago. As Wallace Saw Lincol Famous Author Wrote Entertain of First Meeting. The charm of Lew Waliaes 4 biography consists not enly in fact that the author was a {ai general and famous novelist, 0 so many of his recollections ave iniscent of the great. One of the most fascinatiny criptions is that of his first sizit Abraham Lincoln. It was in 18% tavern in Danville, 1. Wallace writes as follows “There was one of the contest who arrested my attention eai!y, ly by his stories partly by his pearance. Out of the mist of » he comes to me now exactly as hd peared then, “His hair was thick, coarse and fiant; it stood out in every direc His features were massive, nose ii eyebrows protrusive, mouth lai cheeks hollow, eyes gray and alvi responsive to the humor. He si} all the time, but never once did laugh outright. His hands were 1 his arms slender and dispropor: ately long. His legs were a wou partiewlarly when he was in u tion; he kept crossing and sncros them, sometimes it actually see: he was trying to tle them into a knot. “Altogether, I thought him gauntest, quaintest-and most posi ly ugly man who had ever aitrat me enough to call for stidy when he was in speech, my cv not quit his face. He held me id consciousness. “About midnight his compet! were disposed to give in; cither 1! storles were exhausted, or they W tacitly conceding him the cro} From answering them story for st he gave two or tirce to thelr one. last he took the floor and held And, looking back, I am now | vinced that he frequently inveated replications; which Is saying he sessed 2 marvelous gift of impro tion. “Such was Abraham Lincoln to be perfectly candid, had ono s' ‘at my elbow that night in the tavern and whispered: ‘Look at closely. He will one day be presi and the savior of his country,’ 1 laughed at the idea but a lite heartily than I laughed at the 1 “Afterward I came to know better, and then I did not jaugh." Now like a very god he towers o'er papal mfr at : N’S ONLY PATENT ZEEE Pee fa 4 a Pn Te Ike bellows, worked from #i%# dost by upright poles. When so equipped strikes shoa} wate bellows are inflated by presi the. poles, which is supposed (, the boat clear of the bottem. the bellows are to be deflated * lags Taises the poles.—N. Y.