Wichita Searchlight

YOU CAN SAVE MONEY BY TRADING WITH THE MERCHANTS WHO ADVERTISE IN THIS PAPER. Future of the Negro. Future Progress Of The Race Depends On Building Up Great Race Enterprises To Employ the Race Every Negro Can Help EIGTHTH YEAR. Future of Future Progress pends On Build Race Enterp ploy the Every Neg THE FUTURE NEGRO. Negro Parents Set Bad Examples When They Refuse to Patronize Negro Enterprises. Think of the parents of a Negro boy or a Negro girl refusing to patronize Negro enterprises? They refuse to subscribe and pay for Negro papers, refuse to employ and pay Negro doctors, refuse to trade with and pay Negro business men and at they have boys and girls growing fast into manhood and womanhood who must and will some day come before the Negro race and ask for the patronage of the race as journalists, doctors, lawyers, business men and women. Suppose this same parent's child should be met with the same cold shoulder by the race which the parent now extends to Negro professional and business men and women? Would it not make this parent's heart break with sorrow to see his boy or his girl driven from the professional and business world because his child is not given that support of the race which his or her merit demands? Some Negro parents refuse to patronize Negro enterprises and teach their children so and by such actions we making the saddest mistake of their lives. Some Negro parents look at this status lightly—but away back to the unknown future these acts and words will visit them and their children to the seventh generation yet abnorm. At the greatest the Negro has not much with which to keep each other can it is a duty whih he owes himself and his family to give that little help and not only lend his help to Negro enterprises but to daily teach his boy or girl to do the same. Say what you will or may the white man is determined to set the Negro aside—and with the Negro setting himself aside and teaching his children to do the same thing it does not take a professional calculator to figure out the destiny of the future Negro. Instead of some Negro parents giv- ing their aid to Negro enterprises—helping to make them grow and flourish—thereby making it possible to have new avenues open to their boy or girl—they prefer to without their aid—help to kill Negro enterprises and thereby wilfully gives their aid in sooing the door of hope in the very face of their boy or girl. That Negro should not be heard to complain because the white man will not turn the white boy or the white girl from the print shop, the ounter, the desk and other places of employment to make room for the Negro boy or girl, when at the same time the Negro refuses to assist in making places for his own boy or girl by encouraging, patronizing, supporting and help build up Negro print shops, Negro stores, Negro offices and Negro businesses whereby his boy or girl may find ready and ample employment. That the Negro who hopes to succeed in business must obtain the encouragement and support of his race is a fact too weel established to need discussion here—and that the time is fast approaching that the Negro boy and girl must look to the Negro business and professional man for employment is a well demonstrated fact. How then can some Negroes even hope for their boy or girl to find future employment when the parents refuse to lend a hand in building up great Negro businesses and Negro men or profession? Some Negroes are so narrow in thought that they permit what they term "personalities" to cause them to withdraw their support to Negro enterprises. Very flimsy indeed!!! It matters not what reasons the Negro parent may put forth in refusing or neglecting to support Negro enterprises they are only digging the grave in which their own son or daughter must and surely will be buried alive. Such Negroes fail to remember that every Negro who is now engaged in any avenue of business or profession is somebody's boy or girl and was tenderly and dearly beloved by their parent just as they love their boy or girl and that at one time every Negro in the business or professional world was a small, unlettered archin—as their boy or girl once was or is now—just as these have grown into men and women and are now knocking at the door of every Negro asking support, so some day your boy or your girl will grow to manhood and will stand knocking at the door of the race asking support—and so it goes. You may withhold or refuse your support to Negro enterprises today for pure meanness but it will surely come home to you and crush that boy or girl of yours in whom you have great hopes and mountainous expetations. the government, as in the recent Ohio case, has first of all done everything possible to bring out every fact tending to exculpate the accused men. Towards the colored soldiers at Brownsville, however, the official attitude was accusatory. More pains were taken to find evidence against the men than to defend them from possibly false charges. In the first hearing before the Senate Committee on Military affairs yesterday, significant facts were adduced which the War Department and the President appear wholly to have overlooked. It was shown that it would not have been possible, as alleged, for the soldiers to have cleaned Can New city commit injunction bond issue a block park and Veteran liam High war, 63 frozen to grounds crawled fence, to within six died from Fell F bert M. diers' ho from the on his time. G served in the a member years. For G The Gen WANTED-Genteman 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, Kansas THE AGE OF DISCRIMINATION. In America this seems to be the age of discrimination through the old axiom "the survival of the fittest" so in this epoch of the American drama upon the arena of public guaze we see innumerable discriminations practiced in commercial life, business activities, political dealings and even in religious and educational affairs of life, but more especially do we observe this unfair dealing with races, nations, countries, states and individuals, if their color does not suit the ruling power. Our nation or any nation cannot hope to live long and prosper when such prejudicial line on account of color be drawn. We must permit all of God's children to enter into equal competition in the race of life before this country can truly be called the land of the free and home of the brave. Our government is now on the eve of trouble with Japan, simply because our American prejudice won't allow their children to attend the common public schools in San Francisco. This is wrong, it is an injustice. Yet in ce rtain state this prejudice will not allow the colored children to attend the same public schools. We believe in mixed schools and mixed teachers, for we are teaching the same course and living in the same land. FORAKER DEFENDS SOLDIERS AS ADMINISTRATION SHOULD. "Senator Foraker, in taking the dismissed Negro troops as his clients, so to speak, is doing only what the Administration should have done from the first. It has always been the general rule hitherto. Whenever there has been any trouble in any regiment the government, as in the recent Ohio case, has first of all done everything possible to bring out every fact tending to exculpate the accused men. Towards the colored soldiers at Brownsville, however, the official attitude was accusatory. More pains were taken to find evidence against the men than to defend them from possibly false charges. In the first hearing before the Senate Committee on Military affairs yesterday, significant facts were adduced which the War Department and the President appear wholly to have overlooked. It was shown that it would not have been possible, as alleged, for the soldiers to have cleaned their guns hastily in the dark, so that they would, the next morning, show no traces of having bee nfired. Highly important, also, was the statement made that the records of the ammunition issued, fired in practice, and turned in after the trouble, revealed that not a ardridge was shot off by any man of at least two of the companies on the fatal night. We do not say that these facts are onclusive, but why did not Seretary Taft and President Roosevelt look for them? Why should it have been left to a Senator to be more zealous and painstaking than the Government in defending its own?"—New York Evening Post Editorial. SBKERNAN SBKERNAN CANDIDATE FOR THE REPUBLI- CAN NOMINATION AS MAYOR OF WICHITA. Mr. S. B. Kernan has announced his candidacy for the nomination as Mayor of Wichita. In the candidacy of Mr. Kernan the people have a gentleman on whom they can rely. Mr. Kernan has all the qualifications and experience necessary to make a Mayor of whom all the people may well feel proud. He is a man who believes a square deal and measures every man on merit. In his dealing with his fellow man he knows no color—he looks for the man. For a number of years Mr. Kernan has been in the grocer. business at 1102 E. Douglas and no poor man black or white has ever been denied accommodations there. No man in business in our city has done more to relive the poor and needy than has Mr. S. B. Kernan. He is a working man's friend. A look at the list of workmen who find accommodations at M. Kernan's store and the record of Mr. Kernan while in the city council will prove his friendship for the working man. Mr. Kernan is an ideal gentleman for this position and the colored people will always find him in the future as he has been in the past—a warm and ardent friend. With S. B. Kernan as Mayor of Wichita the city will climb to higher and a grander municipality. Hurrah for Kernan. Can Now Have Its Park. — The city council of Abilene compromised injunction suits against the park bond issue and will at once improve a block in the center of town for a park and Carnegie library site. 1 Veteran Frozen to Death. — William Higley, a veteran of the civil war, 63 years of age, was found frozen to death within the home grounds at Leavenworth. He had crawled through a hole in a hedge fence, but being exhausted, sank within sight of his barracks and died from exposure. Fell From Porch on Head. — Albert M. Green, a veteran of the soldiers' home, at Leavenworth, fell from the barracks porch and struck on his head. He died in a short time. Green was 70 years old. He served in the Sixth Kentucky cavalry in the Civil war. He had been a member of the home eighteen years. For German Orphans' Home. — The German Baptist Brethren of McPherson have organized an Orphans' Home Society, and the charter of the association has just been received. Arrangements will be made for the accommodation of the orphans of the church, but no home will be built for their accommodation until later. A Democratic Banquet. — The Democrats have sent out a general invitation to the members of their party to assemble in Topeka to attend the annual banquet February 22. It is to be under the auspices of the Kansas Democratic Club and will be held in the Throop hotel. Tickets are now on sale at $2 each. The Kansas Democratic Editorial Association will meet there on that date. Escaped Convict Under Arrest. — Captain J. M. Purcell, guard at the United States penitentiary at Leavenworth, has gone to Rawlins, Wyo., to get George Pierce, a convict who escaped during the multy in 1898. Pierce was arrested and sentenced in Rawlins for robbing a postoffice. He had been serving time at Leavenworth for a postoffice robbery in Kansas and will have nearly four years to serve. Names Son-in-Law. — It is understood that Congressman Bowersock has recommended Mr. Hili, a son-in-law, for the postmastership appointment at Lawrence. Mr. Hill is at present manager of Mr. Bowersock's flour mill. A man by the name of Collins of Lawrence seeks the appointment. He is in Washington and it is stated that he proposes to see President Roosevelt in behalf of his own claim. Arrested For Swindling. — Charles Carson, a young man living about five miles south of Wichita, was arrested on the charge of larceny. Carson is said to have bought several loads of corn from farmers, to whom he represented that he was working for a Wichita livery man. When the bill was presented to the liverman he turned it down because he knew nothing of young Carson or his dealing. Sheriff Took the Liquor. — On complaint of several citizens and by order of the county attorney of Ford county, Sheriff H. B. Bell seized all the liquor held by the United States Express Company at the Rock Island depot at Dodge City. The liquor was taken to the court house, where it was stored pending investigations by the court. Accuses a Legislator. — Members of the house have received from Will K. Reeme, of Kansas City, circular letters declaring that the conduct of John A. Edwards, chairman of the special legislative committee sent to Kansas City to investigate the stock yards, was unbecoming of a Kansas statesman. The letter charges that Edwards drank while there, and that he refused to investigate charges that the stock yards company had used money to defeat the passage of laws against their interests two years ago. Edwards says that Reeme is a "he Myra McHenry," and that the charge made were absolutely false. Child Killed by Cancer. — Louis Ryals at Weir City, aged four years and six months, died last week at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Ryals, of cancer. The little one had been sick about two years and all that medical skill could devise was done for him, but without avail. High Price For Hogs. — The top notch price for hogs was paid at a sale held near Frankfort. Chas. Pratt sold forty head of Duroc Jersey hogs that averaged $92 per head. The top price was paid for a last spring glit. This animal brought $500. Pratt is one of the prominent hog breeders of northeast Kansas and stock men from four different states were in attendance at the sale. Swindler is Caught. — D. F. Barnett, the gold tooth swindler, who is alleged to have stolen Geo. Michael's overcoat at Lawrence and who otherwise swindled people in that vicinity, was captured at Elbing, Kan., by City Marshal Chas. Marsh, of Peabody. The evidence leading to Barnett's capture was secured from D. R. McIntosh of Burns, and after some conversation traded a fine fur overcoat for the one which Barnett had taken in Lawrence. Barnett was trying some kind of a swindle on some. Elbing men when City Marshal Marsh arrested him. Another Skyscraper for Wichita. —Work on another skyscraper for Wichita will begin within sixty days. The new building will be built by Smyth Bros., on the northeast corner of Lawrence and Douglas avenues, and be occupied by Geo. Innis & Co.'s dry goods establishment. It will have a frontage of 75 feet on Douglas avenue and 1381-2 feet on Lawrence avenue. The material will be reinforced cement, which is absolutely fireproof and which grows stronger and better the longer it stands. All along the front on both avenues the first story will consist of one long, unbroken expanse of plate glass, with not a pillar to be seen. This will give Innes & Co. the largest and handsomest show windows in the west, as well as the largest dry goods house in Kansas. It is expected the new building will be ready for occupancy by Sept. 1st. Dewey Is Free. — The supreme court has reversed the decision of the district court of Norton county, which dismissed the cases pending against Chaucey Dewey, Clyde Wilson and William J. McBride without prejudice. In the opinion handed down by Judge Porter the court holds that the defendants are entitled to their discharge, and so orders. The three men were charged with taking part in the murder of the greater number of the Berry family in Rawlins county in June, 1903. They were tried in Norton county on a change of venue, but not within the limit of three terms of court after the indictments had been returned against them. The court holds that a person cannot be longer held for murder after a delay covering three terms of court at which defendants demanded trial. This ends one of the most famous and long-drawn-out criminal cases in the history of the state. Hiccoughs Cause Death. — B. F. Smith, a well known resident of Weir City, died at his home after a short illness. He was taken several days ago with severe spells of hiccoughing. The physicians were unable to stop the terrible strain on his system and death resulted after about sixty hours of hiccoughing. Other complications developed which probably hastened death. To Insure Banks. — A movement is on at McPherson for the organization of a Kansas Bankers' Surety Company, capital $1,000,000, to be subscribed by the bankers of the state and the fund to be invested in government bonds. This company will issue insurance policies for the protection of depositors, charging the banks insured a fraction of one per cent on their average daily deposits for the year. That this should be the solution of guaranteeing the bank deposits in Kansas and not the proposed plan now under consideration by the legislature is the idea of the men behind the plan. PAGE 2 THE SEARCHLIGHT. W. N. MILLER.....Editor Entered at the Post Office at Wichita, Kansas, as Second Class Mall Matter. Published Every Saturday at 601 North Main Street. One Year (By Mail) ..... $1.00 Six Months (By Mail) ..... .75 Three Months (By Mail) ..... .50 Notice.—All matters addressed to The Searchlight for publication must be signed by the party or parties writing. All matters for publication must reach this office not later than Wednesday to reach publication in the current issue. 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. 4th. No new name will be placed on our books unless the money accompanies the name. Write plain. 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. REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES CALL. REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES CALL. The Republican City Central Committee met pursuant to all at the office of Foulke & Maton, February 9, 1907, and the chairman and secretary were instructed to issue call for the city convention and primaries at once, to nominate candidates for the following city officers: Mayor, City Attorney, City Clerk, Police Judge, and one member of the City Council and Board of Education from each ward. The convention will be held on March 6, at 10 o'clock. The place of holding the convention was left to the selection of the chairman and he will give due notice of said place. The primaries will be held Monday, March 4. The poles are to be opened from 3 o'clock to 8 o'clock at places to be selected by the committeemen from each ward and notice of said location to be published five days previous to time of holding said primaries. The committee decided to make apportionment of delegates to the convention the same as two years ago which will give the various wards delegation as follows: First ward ..... 26 Second ward ..... 27 Third ward ..... 28 Fourth ward ..... 31 Fifth ward ..... 15 Sixth ward ..... 15 J. R. DOWNIN, Chafman. FRED L. BELL, Acting Secretary. POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. FOR MAYOR. At the solicitation of my friends and after a mature reflection I have decided to become a candidate for mayor, subject to the decision of the Republican convention. FOR COUNCILMAN. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the City Council from the Third ward, before the Republican primaries on March 4. OTTO C. POENISCH. I am a candidate for the City Council from mthe Fourth ward, subject to the decision of the Republican primaries, on March 4. I desire that the Republicans of the Fourth ward know that I am a candidate for the Council from that ward, submitting my case to the Republican primaries on March 4. AFTER MARCH 1st. Mr. Fred Madison and his lady who are to be married Wednesday night, will not be at home to their friends until after March 1st. Lest you forget, we are still in the printing business. ROYAL! GRAND! FINE! Was the Valentine Reception Given By the B. T. W. Club Thursday Night. Wichita's colored society never before witnessed such an elaborate social function as the valentine reception tendered by the gladers of the Booker T. Washington Club at Young's Hall, 601 N. Main street, Thursday night, February 14, Valentine night. No words of elaboration can exaggerate the slender, gigantic grandeur, exquisite and stupendous magnificence of the reception Thursday night. From one end of the spacious hall to the other was one continuation of artful, beautiful, tasteful and dainty decorations well befitting the occasion and characteristic and in full harmony with the club's colors. In the northeast corner of the room was a massive heart of red—and close by was a bow and arrow, and those who were so inclined were permitted to try their luck "on hearts." This feature was in charge of Mrs. H. W. James. In the southwest corner was the postoffice, through which the valentine mail of the many guests was passed, and all present received some token from the postoffice in keeping with the occasion. This feature was in charge of Mrs. Ambrose Morris, Mrs. Sam Anderson, Mrs. Fred Martin and Mrs. Thomas W. Fine. In the center of the oom sat a daintily decorated tabe with three chairs, at the head sat Mrs. Thomas Glover, president; on the north, Mrs. T. L. Hackley, secretary, and on the south, Mr. J. W. Thompson, treasurer, who administered through waiters specially employed, and dressed in white, to the wants of the guests. Each guest as they entered was furnished with a beautiful red heart, and on each heart there was a number—the lucky number to receive a prize—this feature was in charge of Miss Alice Thompson and Mrs. Sam C. Collins. To the right of the entrance stood three members of the club with streamers of the club's colors flying, who welcomed each guest as they arrived. The guests were highly entertained with some classical and popular music on a large phonograph in charge of Mr. Anthony Hockett, whose manpulation of the phonograph was pleasing to hear. These are but some of the more important features of the evening. Then came the fun of fun. Mrs. Thomas Glover, president, rapped for order, and announced that the ladies present would be blindfolded, and while blindfolded must select their partners with whom to enjoy supper. This was an enjoyable feature. After the ladies had selected their partners supper was served in a grand and eatable style, and all ate to their hearts' content. At the conclusion of which the winning number was announced as No. 3, and as Mrs. W. N. Miller happened to hold that number she was granted the prize, which consisted of a valuable ornamental and beautiful valentine album. With these few outlines it is easily seen that the Booker T. Washington Do You Want Long Hair? Do You Want Long Hair? IF SO, SEE 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 function of Thursday night, February 14, stands without an equal. Those present were: Messdames C. Barker, Rosa Brown, J. Staten, B. Watson, J. Hall, Maggie Anderson, J.ila Langdon, J. W. Cooper, Ellen Thompson, W. N. Miller, Mary Wilson, Lillie Finess, Marie Childs, Syl Anderson, P. Harris, Walter Roberson, Mary Weber, Abbie Anderson, W. H. Jones, Ernest Moore, Ida Gordon, Hannah Hockett, A. T. Glover, I. Porter. Misses Bessie Bartlett, Marie Covington, Pearl Hackley, Louis Wilson, Julia Williams, Ida Foster, Lulu Thompson, Minnie Jackson, Beatrice Miller, Blanche Alexander. Messrs. W. A. Robertson, Walter Thompson, Sam Collins, Dr. J. E. Farmer, C. A. Glover, H. W. James, Frank Garrett, J. H Phelps, Rev. J. F. C. Taylor, A. Hocket, Ernest Moore, A. T. Glover, J. W. Cooper, Ed Landrum, Chas. Price, Prof. A. M. Wilson, G. H. Young, Geo. Daniels, Ambrose Tayl r, John Edgington, J. Staten, W. N. Mil- ler, Lawson Finess, J. Jeff Smith, W. M. Bowers, C. I. Burns, Rev. S. S. Washington, W. H. Jones, Richard Watson, P. Harris, W. Williams, Henry Braden, Harry Wells, Neely Gardener, Watt Morris, Fay Anderson, R. E. Smith, Claude Clark, I. Foster, Arthur Thomas. Officers of Club. Mrs. Thomas Glover, president; Mrs. Sam Collins, vice-president; Mrs. H. W. James, second vice-president; Mrs. Fred Martin, secretary; Mrs. C. A. Glover, assistant secretary; Mrs. J. H. Phelps, treasurer; Mrs. Wm. Clark, chaplain; Mrs Wm. Bower, critic; Mrs. George Daniels, reporter; Mrs. Lucy Anderson, historian; Mrs. J. A. Martin, corresponding secretary. Members. Mrs. Thomas Fines, Mrs. Geo. Wallace, Mrs. Massa, Mrs. Ben Butler, Mrs. S. Washington, Miss Sallye Rawles, Mrs. T. L. Hackley, Mrs. Anna Butler, Mrs. Grace Baker, Mrs. Martha Deathridge, Mrs. A. Morris, Mrs. Walter Thompson, Miss Alice Thompson, Mrs. E. J. Alexander, Mrs. John Powles, honorary member. W. M. I. Painter and Paper All Work G 302 W. Murdock A F IT EVER HAPPENED YOU THE SEARCHLIGHT WHY NOT SUBSCRIBE SCHOOL BILL Word comes from a bill to give ichita sepa failed in the legislature. Robt. Mickleberry the city after an ab weeks at work. H were glad to see him. Mrs. Willis Bartlett ill. J. W. O LOCALS THE RESUME OF THIS WEEK Send your news notes and local happenings to 601 North Main Street. RALLY! RALLY! RALLY! Everyone should bear in mipd the big rally which is scheduled to cope 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. A GRANITE SHOWER. Mrs. J. C. Coffee entertained at her residence, 1455 N. Mosley avenue, in honor of Miss Gracie Perry, who is to be the bride of the coming week. Miss Perry was presented with some very handsome presents and both Miss and Mrs. Perry highly appreciate the honor. Phonograph music was furnished for the evening after which lunch was served and everyone reported an enjoyable time. Those present were: Mesdames J. C. Coffee, Geo. Orr, L. H. White, Ben Butler, F. Walker, W. J. Lewis, J. S. Fowner, James Gardner, S. S. Washington, L. Fasco, R. H. Lowe, J. S. Ralston, Roach, Burbridge, Goodseal, Miller, J. M. Perry, Jas. Balance Rob Frazier, Mrs. Hale, Miss Grace Perry, Miss Luna Fowner, Miss Ella Roach, P. Miller. The ladies then returned home wishing Miss Grace a happy wedding. The Alsbie lub met Thursday with Miss L. Covington. After the usual routine of business a dainty luncheon was served. The club adjourned to meet with Mrs. M. J. Frazier, 1454 N. Mosely, Thursday, February, 21, 1907. A TREAT FOR WICHITANS. J. W. Cooper, the World's Greatest and Only Negro Ventriloquist, Assisted by His Wife, to Give a Series of Entertainments in Wichita. Next week the people of Wichita will have the rare opportunity of hearing the greatest and only Negro ventriloquist in America. Mr. J. W. Cooper, accompanied by his wife, will give a series of pleasing entertainments in Wichita next week. They will give three entertainments as follows: Tuesday Night, Feb. 19th. They will be at the Second Baptist church where they hope to meet you. church where they hope to meet you. WEDNESDAY NIGHT, FEB. 20th. Mr. J. W. Cooper and wife give one of their character entertainments at 119 E. Murdock avenue, under the auspices of the Toussaunt la Overture Literary Society. Thursday Night, Feb. 21st. They will be at the A. M. E. church. WHO IS J. W. COOPER? J. W. Cooper is the greatest ventriloquist in America and is the only Negro today who has mastered this mysterious art. He comes to Wichita highly recommended by the leading clergymen, press and people from all parts of America, Canada and Europe. For a number of years he was with the Richards & Pringle Georgia Minstrels, but for the past year or so he has been giving his own entertainments. His specialities in eight languages, his dialect stories, comic songs, English paper tearing, sentimental ballads and lightning ketch work has built for him a world-wide reputation. Do not miss hearing him at the Second Baptist church Tuesday night, and at the A. M. E. church Thursday night. Mrs. Geo. Orr, Sr. has returned home fro ma trip to Kansas City where she accompanied Mrs. J. S. Quarles, on Mrs. Quarles' way to her home in St. Louis, Mo. W. M. Dunson, 302 W. Murdock Ave., Wichita F IT EVER HAPPENED YOU'LL FIND IT IN THE SEARCHLIGHT. WHY NOT SUBSCRIBE? --- Word comes from Topeka that the bill to give ichita separate schools has failed in the legislature. Robt. Mickleberry has returned to the city after an absence of several weeks at work. His many friends were glad to see him. Mrs. Willis Bartlett is reported very ill. J. W. Owens, Shoe, Repairing WORK DONE WHILE YOU WAST 2nd Shoes Bought and Sold 332 N. Main Street Wichita, Kan. ABOUT TO SUCCEED. After a hard and strenuous struggle Jas. J. Olden is about to consummate the organization of the Wichita Land and Investment Co. All the shareholders have signed with the exception of one of the prominent business of Vinita, I. T., who is to take an interest in the company. The promoters expect his signature in a day or so any they will then reply for their charter. W. L. Herman, who spent a few days in the city alst week has returned to Topeka. A UNIQUE SOCIAL. At A. M. E. Church, Monday Night, February 18th. Something Super-Fine. The social billed to be given by Thos. W. Fine, one of the stewards of the A. M. E. church at the church next Monday night, February 18th, promises to be one of the most unique as well as entertaining ever given at the church. A fine mockery program has been announced by Mrs. Fine as follows: 1. Sanford's Orchestra. 5. Cornet Solo—P. T. Lowery. 6. Solo—Madame Yaw. 7. Recitation—Paul Lawrence Dun bar 11. Great Entertainer—Anna Eva Fay. Curtain rises at $ P. M. Admission, 10c. Supper, 10c. No More. No Less. COME OUT EVERYBODY. WORTHY OF NOTE. We had the great pleasure of witnessing the concert given by Mrs. Dora Tipps and Mr. C. C. Hickerson at New Hope Baptist Church, Monday night and we have no hesitancy in pronouncing it one of the best concerts which we have witnessed anywhere. We were pleased to see the large and appreciative audience which filled the main auditorium of the church. Every number on the program was fine showing a goo taste of Mrs. Tipps and Mr. Hickerson in selecting entertainers. Everyone in the large audience was well pleased and hopes Mrs. Tipps and Mr. Hickerson will give another concert soon. Mrs. Ida B. Clark of Pueblo, Colo. after spending two weeks among relatives and friends in Wichita, contemplates leaving Monday for her home in Pueblo. The Weighing Social at the A. M. E. Church Monday night was a grand success. Mrs. J. W. Cooper and Mr. Alex Paul received the prizes as the heaviest couple in the house. We wish to thank the editor of the Searchlight for the grand way he advertised the concert of February 11, and the striking o the bills. Patronize him for he does good work. Mrs. Pearl Harding of Winfield was the guest of Mrs. Dora Tipp at a house party, Monday, evening, and also an attendant at the concert given February 11, 1907. 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, Teas, Coffees, Spices, Sugar, Flour, Meal, Vegetables, Canned Goods Brooms, Butter, Eggs, Coal Oil, Gasoline, Stationary, and in fact, anything and everything you may want in the Grocery Line. Court House Grocery 601 N. Main St. ... Drugs of all kinds, Cigars and Tobacco . . . Your patronage solicited. + Onne a customer, always a customer. Our store is Headquaaters for Colored people. There are some secrets of the soul that we dare not mention to ourselves. Sometimes the unwritten law has a written form of expression. Lemons have advanced in price. Another proof of their popularity this season. The reign of political bosses ends when voters think and act on independent lines. When your money and friends have departed it is just the right time to get up and go to work. Probably it was a fortunate thing that the shah of Persia left no property. He left 800 wives. Other volcanoes getting lively, Mount Etna shows an inclination to get into the running also. If words and actions were weighed before they were uttered a million mistakes might be avoided. Honesty and poverty may be disagreeable companions, but they are better than fraud and wealth. The rapid locomotion of man by land, sea and air will soon make war impossible and peace imperative. The necessity that corners and presses us into desperate action is often the salvation of our career. Delaware will retail the whipping post. She finds that the offender still dreads the smart of the paternal lash. French telephone girls are now required to answer to a call, "I hear." But the main question still remains, will they heed? Russia claims to be in worse condition than it was a year ago, although at that time it thought it was holding the world's record. Cyclists in Roumania, to facilitate identification, are compelled by law to have their names on the lamps of their wheels, so as to be legible at night. The undertakers in several eastern cities are doing the best they can to make the increased cost of living less burdensome. They've raised the price of funerals. There are 4,680 Smiths in the London directory. But if the London directory is like most others this does not give a clew to the number of Smiths in London. Science now scares us with the discovery that there are 3,000 colonies of microbes on a single pin point. Here is a chance for someone to invent an antiseptic pin wash. The fact that it is more scattered in its manifestation prevents the railway wreck from being recognized as a more deadly institution than the earthquake or the volcanic eruption. Count Witte says it cost him $25,000 to go to Portsmouth, and that he only received $9,500 expense money. It is evident that American commercial travelers can teach foreign diplomats something. Professor Posner, a well known surgeon of Berlin, declares that surgery is making such progress that ultimately doctors will be able to replace an arm or leg. It takes a foreign surgeon to go this limit. A tunnel under the English channel is opposed by Great Britain because it would be too handy for foreign invaders. It's a poor rule, however, that does not work both ways. Why might not France make a similar objection? Consul General William H. Michael tells of the growing sentiment among the coolies of India to go out into the occidental world for the purpose of earning higher wages. They have been arriving in large numbers in British Columbia all this year, though the Canadians object to their presence. A Hungarian count who has become a naturalized citizen of this country is willing to dispose of his title for a cash consideration. As the majority of recent purchases of ancestral brie-bra-bac of this sort have made unsatisfactory bargains, it is more than likely that this latest offering will remain a drug on the market. Bad telephone service in Gotham is excused on the ground that so many of the girls in the exchanges are engaged. This appeal to sentiment is not likely to carry weight in the business world. All the world may be a lover, but as far as telephone wires are concerned, the public prefer him to ring off until it is a case of "ring on." The Society for the Advancement of Science has discovered that a human frame shrinks one foot every 200,000 years. If it's no worse than that, we hardly need worry about the fit of our clothes. It is explained that the robber who held up a train in Virginia recently got nothing. That is unfortunate. He should have got five years at least. The expeditions of the Duke of Orléans to the Arctic regions indicate that royalists feel that they are leaved in the cold. A PIANO IN HIS LUNGS Remarkable Human Curiosity Living on the Pacific Coast. Of all the musical curiosities that Nature has produced lately one of the oddest is a man with a piano in his lungs. On the Pacific coast there is a man by the name of Pearson, his native state is said to be Arkansas, but he now resides in a small Washington town, who can, without any undue effort, send forth remarkable melodies which sound like the music of a piano with a melodeon accompaniment. This lung piano, as it has been termed by the owner, is partly a gift of Nature, but Pearson has cultivated the use of the extraordinary instrument very carefully and thoroughly, until now he is able to play several familiar tunes with wonderful expression and technique. Friends of Pearson say that his services are invaluable when church fairs, bazaars and country entertainments are on hand. He makes an excellent barker, and his tuneful voice penetrates the furthermost corner of a meeting house or tent. He says that other people could perfect themselves in the same accomplishment if they tried it and practiced it regularly. ONE DAY BEHIND SCHEDULE. Boston Business Man Wanted to Take Time to Catch Up. Several years ago, when the University of Chicago held its decennial celebration, John D. Rockefeller was its guest for several days. A bewildering succession of functions followed one another in such quick succession that each affair was from one to four hours late. At the great banquet on the closing day, Mr. Rockefeller, in his after-dinner speech, told the following story: "I have felt for the past 24 hours like the Boston business man who lived in the suburbs and came in to his office every day. One winter afternoon he took the train for his home, but a terrific snowstorm was raging, and about half way to his suburb the train was snowed in. All night the passengers were imprisoned, but early in the morning they managed to reach a near-by telegraph station, and the Boston man sent the following dispatch to his office: "Will not be in the office to-day. Have not got home yesterday yet."—Montreal Herald. MIX THIS AT HOME. Valuable Prescription Which Anyone Can Easily Prepare. The following simple home-made mixture is said to readily relieve and overcome any form of Rheumatism by forcing the Kidneys to filter from the blood and system all the uric acid and poisonous waste matter, relieving at once such symptoms as backache, weak kidneys and bladder and blood diseases. Try it, as it doesn't cost much to make, and is said to be absolutely earmless to the stomach. Get the following harmless ingredients from any good pharmacy: Flu Extract Dandelion, one half ounce; Compound Kargon, one ounce; Compound Syrup of Sarsaparilla, three ounces. Mix by shaking well in a bottle, and take a teaspoonful after each meal and again at bedtime. This simple mixture is said to give prompt relief, and there are very few cases of Rheumatism and Kidney troubles it will fail to cure permanently. These are all harmless, every-day drugs, and your druggist should keep them in the prescription department; if not, have him order them from the wholesale drug houses for you, rather than fail to use this, if you are afflicted. Connecticut's Bad Record. Connecticut is usually regarded as a safe and pleasant place to live in, and yet it had 43 murders in 1906, where Maine had only two. To be sure, Connecticut has more people than Maine, but not so very many more; it has fewer than 1,000,000, while Maine has 725,000. It is fair to state that it was an unusually bad year for the old Nutmeg state in this respect, as its 43 murders are more than it ever had before in a single year, and 17 more than the annual average for the last decade.—Kennebec Journal. Sheer white goods. In fact, any fine wash goods when new, owe much of their attractiveness to the way they are laundered, this being done in a manner to enhance their textile beauty. Home laundering would be equally satisfactory if proper attention was given to starching, the first essential being good Starch, which has sufficient strength to stiffen, without thickening the goods. Try Defiance Starch and you will be pleasantly surprised at the improved appearance of your work. Get Presents from Princess. Two pink woolen petticoats of beautiful crochet work, made by the princess of Wales for the Essex Needlework guild, have been given as presents to two little girls at Havering-atte-Bower, Essex. Give Defance Starch a fair trial—try it for both hot and cold starching, and if you don't think you do better work, in less time and at smaller cost, return it and your grocer will give you back your money. We make nothing; we only form and discover what is already there, but which without our assistance cannot release itself from shapeless chaos—Auerbe-1. WORKS IN THE GARDEN. Eighty-Seven Years Old, But Has a Sound Back. Robert Scollan, 87 years old, of 55 Garden St., Seneca Falls, N. Y., a fine, sturdy old gentleman, who works in his own garden, gives thanks to Doan's Kidney Pills for his sound back and kidneys. Mrs. Goetchion, his daughter, says: "Father had a severe at: sturdy old gentleman, who works in his own garden, gives thanks to Doan's Kidney Pills for his sound back and kidneys. Mrs. Goetchious, his daughter, says: "Father had a severe attack of kidney trouble and lumbago, which caused him much suffering. He began taking Doan's Kidney Pills and was soon cured. We always keep them on hand. My husband was cured of bad pains in the back by taking only part of a box." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Saved by a Song A boy was amusing himself by watching the birds that were flying around him. At length a beautiful bobolink perched on a rough bough of an apple tree near by. The boy picked up a stone, and got ready to throw it at the bird. The bird's throat swelled, and forth came the song: "A-link, a-link, a-link, boboling, bobolink, a-no-sweet, a-no-sweet, I know it, I know it, a-link, a-link; don't throw it, throw it, throw it." And the boy did not throw the stone, but dropped it on the ground. "Why didn't you stone him, my boy? You might have killed him and carried him home." The little fellow looked up and replied, "Couldn't 'cos he sang so."—Puck. A Big Bargain for 12 Cents Postpaid. The year of 1906 was one of prodigial plenty on our seed farms. Never before did vegetable and farm seeds return such enormous yields. Now we wish to gain 200,000 new customers this year and hence offer for 12c postpaid 1 pkg. Garden City Beet. 10c 1 pkg. Earliest Ripe Cabbage. 10c 1 " Earliest Emerald Cucumber. 15c 1 " La Crose Market Lettuce. 15c 1 " 13 Day Radish. 15c 1 " Blue Blood Tomato. 15c 1 " Juicy Turnip. 10c 1000 kernels gloriously beautiful flower seeds. 15c Total $1.00 All for 12c postpaid in order to introduce our waterseed tomatoes, and if you will send 16c we will add one package of Berliner Earliest Cauliflower, together with our mammoth plant, nursery stock, vegetable and farm seed and tool catalog. This catalog is mailed free to all intending purchasers. Write to-day. John A. Salzer Seed Co., Box W, La Crose, Wis. Wonder of Plant Memory. Plant memory is a problem for the inquisitive botanist, says the Dundee Advertiser. In 1901 a plant allied to the squash and pumpkin was taken to New York from the desert of Sonora, in Mexico, and since then it has been kept—without watering—in a strange climate 3,600 miles from home. During the six weeks of rain in the desert the plant grows its leaves and flowers and perfects its seed. Then it dries up and leaves only a water-filled gourd, which a thick, hard shell seals against animals and evaporation. The transplanted specimen still remembers the rainy season of six weeks. It wakes, sends out rootlets, stems and leaves, and then dries up again until the following year. Patriotic Colors. "Oh, I am dreadfully worried about him. You see, that careless nurse left him too near the steam radiator and he actually turned red." "Gracious!" "Then we rushed him out in the cool air and he turned white." "You don't mean it?" "Yes, and when we gave him his bath he turned blue." "Oh, I wouldn't worry over him. He is just a genuine American baby. Hurrah for the 'Red, White and Blue.'" Hostess' Trade Union. What is wanted is a hostess' trade union, a powerful combination of society women pledged to maintain their own self-respect, and to extinguish socially any man guilty of the slightest lapse of the courtesy which every woman has every right to expect. The drawback to the formation of such a society lies in the fact that, unfortunately being respected neither by men nor by each other most women do not respect themselves either—Ladies' Field. GUIDES CHILDREN. Experience and a Mother's Love Make Advice Valuable. An Ills. mother writes about feeding children: "If mothers would use Grape-Nuts more for their little ones, there would be less need for medicines and fewer doctor bills. "If those suffering from indigestion and stomach troubles would live on Grape-Nuts, toast and good milk for a short period they would experience more than they otherwise would believe. "Our children have all learned to know the benefit of Grape-Nuts as an appetizing, strengthening food. It is every evening, with few variations, like this: 'Mamma, let's have toast and Grape-Nuts for breakfast; or, let's have eggs and Grape-Nuts'—never forgetting the latter. "One of our boys in school and 15 years of age repeatedly tells me his mind is so much brighter after having Grane-Nuts as a part if not all his breakfast." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read the little book, "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. "There's a Reason." A PUBLIC LAND MESSAGE President Roosevelt Urges Upon Congress the Need of Legislation Upon the Subject. REFORMS IN PRESENT LAW ADVOCATED The President Asks for a Law to Provide Two Distinct Titles to Public Lands, One for the Surface, the Other for the Minerals—Appropriation Asked. Washington, Feb. 14. — President Roosevelt Wednesday sent to congress a message calling attention to what he terms "The urgent need of legislation affecting the different phases of the public land situation in the United States." He advocates the conservation of coal and other fuel resources on government lands, urges government control of the western public land pastures with a system of small grazing fees, and asks for an appropriation of $500,000 to aid in detecting and preventing land frauds. He contends for a system of government leasing of its mineral lands and for treating these fuel lands as public utilities. The president asks for legislation which will provide two distinct titles to public lands—one for the surface and the other for the underlying minerals. These mineral lands the president would dispose of by lease. The details of this plan he leaves for congress to work out, only arguing for the adoption of the plan. Instances of successful leasing of such lands by foreign governments are cited by the president and he argues at length for the separate development of farming and mining on American land. Foreign practice also is cited as a reason why mineral fuels, like forests and navigable streams, should be treated as public utilities. In this way can the rights of future generations adequately be protected. The quantity of high grade mineral fuel in the west is relatively smaller than forests, and its preservation should be the subject of the wisest legislation. Ultimately these rich lands all will pass out of federal control and future generations will be deprived of their birth right unless this leasing system be adopted. By leasing the mineral rights, the government can exercise a healthy control, the good effects of which will best be noted in the future. Answering the charge that reservation of natural forests raises the price of lumber in the west, the president says: "It should be remembered that the best and most accessible bodies of timber in the west passed into private holdings before the forest reserves were established; that while the price of timber has advanced in the west it has advanced still more in the east where there are no forest reserves; that supplies of timber are today being shipped from the west to the market of the Mississippi valley and even to foreign countries. "It may be fairly claimed among the advantages of the leasing system that: (1) It will facilitate the working of coal deposits for local markets by miners without large capital; (2) it will facilitate larger operations; (3) prevent waste in the extraction and handling of these fuels; (4) the system can be operated in such manner as to prevent the evils of monopolistic control; (5) it will permit the government to reserve from general use, fuels especially suitable for special industries; and (6) it will enable the government to protect the public against unreasonable and discriminating charges for fuel supplies." The president urges care in the disposal of these mineral land interests, forseeing a time when the so-called inexhaustible resources will be taxed to more than their capacity in supplying the demand. The president trusts congress may prevent the coal lands of the west from getting into control of the corporations, as have the eastern anthracite lands. Government control of western pasture lands is urged on the same general principles now applying to government control of the forest reserve. Only enough revenue from the range to pay for its administration and improvement would be sufficient, the message urges. More special land agents are urgently requested. Indiana Bank Robbery. Hillsboro, Ind., Feb. 14.—The safe in the Citizens Bank at Yeddo, 12 miles from here was blown open early Wednesday by five men and $1,200 was secured. The explosion was heard throughout the town. The front of the building was blown out. Meningitis at Sal's Lake. Salt Lake City, Utah, Feb. 14.—The city has since the first of the year been in the grip of an epidemic of cerebro-spinal meningitis. Since January 1, there have been 24 deaths and of these eight have occurred since the first of February. Lincoln's Grand Daughter Divorced. Mount Pleasant, La., Feb. 14.—Warren Beckwith was Tuesday granted a divorce from Jessie Lincoln Beckwith a daughter of Robert T. Lincoln, and a grand daughter of Abraham Lincoln. The couple was married several years ago. CAUGHT BY THE GRIP-- RELEASED BY PE-RU-NA. Mrs. Chas & Wells Mr. T. Barnecott Mr. Victor Patneude MRS JANE GIFT Robert L. Madison The Medical Profession Recognizes The Grip as Epidemic Catarrh. EFFECTIVE MEDICINE FOR LA GRIPPE. SUFFERED TWELVE YEARS FROM AFTER PILES: NO MONEY TILL CURED. SEND FOR FREE ILLUSTR. TREATURE OR BETRAY DRS PRONTOR & MINOR 10:30 OAK ST. KENNESA CITY, MO. (BOARD OF AT 35 LAWS) PLEASE RSVP TO: NO MONEY TILL CURED. SEND FOR FREE ILLUSTR. TREATURE OR BETRAY Robt. L. Madison, A. M., Principal of Culowhee High School, Painter, N. C. writes: "Peruna is the most effective medicine that I have ever tried for la gripe. It also cured my wife of nasal catarrh. Her condition at one time was such that she could not at night breathe through her nostrils." LA GRIPPE AND SYSTEMIC CATARRH. Mrs. Jennie W. Gilmore, Box 44, White Oak, Ind. Ter., writes: "Six years ago I had la gripe, followed by systemic catarrh. The only thing I used was Peruna and Manallin, and I have been in better health the last three years than for years before." Mrs. Jane Gift, Athens, Ohio, writes: "Six years ago I had la gripe very bad. My husband bought me a bottle of Peruna. I was soon able to do my work." A Safety Clutch. A father sent his son to a drug store the other day to buy some antiseptic tablets. He wrote as follows: "A small bottle of antiseptic tablets; no carbolic acid! no iodoform! possibly what the surgeons use when performing an operation to purify a bowl of water." The druggist wrote back: "Cannot sell what you want to a minor; the adult must call in person and sign the poison register." Cyclist Amuses Sultan. The sultan of Turkey occasionally finds amusement in watching the performance of Mustafa, the court cyclist, who is said to be the only person who has ever made his majesty laugh. Mustafa accompanies his gyrations with frequent bursts of monologue, showing himself to be almost as good a wit as he is a cyclist. STILL MORE PROOF That Dr. Williams' Pink Pills Have Cured Even the Most Stubborn Cases of Rheumatism. "When I was a boy of sixteen," says Mr. Otto H. Rose, a retired grocer, of 1226 Lexington Avenue, Indianapolis, Ind., "I met with a serious accident which injured the bone of my head over the right eye. I recovered from the accident to all appearances, but not many years after I began to have intense pains in the injured bone, which came on every year and would last from a few days to several weeks. "I consulted the doctors who told me that I was suffering from neuralgia. The sight of my right eye was affected, so that at times I could scarcely see out of it, while both eyes watered constantly. During these attacks I was often dizzy from the terrible pains. The pains came on every morning and passed away in the afternoon. I never suffered from the pain at night. "I tried without success to get relief until a friend told me to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. When I had taken a few boxes I felt the growing less intense and in a much shorter time than I had hoped for I was entirely cured. I have recommended the pills to several persons, who have used them with good results. "My wife uses Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for nervous headaches and finds them the best medicine she has ever used as they give relief where all others fall." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are sold by all druggists or sent, postpaid on receipt of price, 50 cents per box, six boxes $2.50, by the Dr. Williams Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y. An instructive booklet, entitled "Nervous Disorders," will be sent free on request to anyone interested. ELY'S CREAM BALM CURSING COLD ROSE COLD HEAD NAY-FEVER DRENCHES 50 CTS. BROWS GRAVAGE 50 CTS. BROWS GRAVAGE ELY BROS NEW YORK A Positive CURE FOR CATARRH Ely's Cream Balm is quickly annoter. Gives Relief at Ones. 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 Taste and Smell. full size 50 cts. at Druggists or by mail; trial size 10 cts. by mail. Lly Brothers, 56 Warren Street, New York. Mr. Victor Patneaude, 328 Madison St., Topeka, Kan., writes: "Twelve years ago I had a severe attack of la gripe and I never really recovered my health until two years ago. I began using Peruna and it built up my strength so that in a couple of months I was able to go to work again." PNEUMONIA FOLLOWED LA GRIPPE. Mr. T. Barnecott, West Aylmer, Ontario, Can, writes: "Last winter I was ill with pneumonia after having la gripe. I took Peruna for two months, when I became quite well." PE-RU-NA—A TONIC AFTER LA GRIPPE. Mrs. Chas, E. Wells, Sr., Delaware, Chio, writes: "After a severe attack of la gripe, I took Peruna and found it a very good tonic." FROST Coticura SOAP ORIGINAL LET ALCENTS BITES For winter irritations of the skin, eczemas, rashes, frost bites, chappings, chafings, itchings, redness and roughness, especially of face and hands, for lameness and soreness incidental to winter sports, for sanative, antiseptic cleansing, for baby rashes, itchings, and chafings, and for all the purposes of the toilet, bath, and nursery, Cuticura Soap, assisted by Cuticura Ointment, is priceless. Guaranteed absolutely pure, and may be used from the hour of birth. Sold throughout the world. Deposit: London. 27 Chelsea Road, London, EC1A 2UH, IA, R. Towns & Co., Sydney: India, B. K. Paul, Calcutta; Hong Kong Drug Co.: Japan, H.K. Pharmaceuticals, Singapore, South Africa, Lennon, Ltd., Cape Town, etc.; U. S. A., Boston, MA, USA. Post-Free, Cuticura Booklet, 48 pages. 5,000 additional miles of railway from this location largely increased territory to the progressive farmers of Western Ontario of the Dominion continues to give ONE HUNDRED AND TWO THOUSAND FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE THE COUNTRY HAS NO SUPERIOR Coal, wood and water in abundance; churches and schools convenient; markets easy of access (including the northern perimeter zone. Law and order prevaile everywhere. For advice and information address the MEMORIAL OF IMMIGRATION Ottawa, Canada, or any authorized Canadian Government Agent. J. S. CRAWFORD, No. 125 W. Ninth Street, Kansas City, Missouri. CANADA'S GOOD TIMES. While it is well to heed every word of caution from the leaders in commerce and finance and to avoid all speculative ventures that lack a solid business foundation, it is clearly evident that there is no conspicuous ‘weak spot in Canada’s present era of prosperity. The Toronto Globe says: “The Dominion has in a commercial sense plenty of money, and our lead- ing financial institutions are in a po- sition to lend freely in the United States. The chief productive enter- prises of Canada are not buoyed up by an era of dangerous speculation, but are following substantial —busi- ness methods and finding safe and continuous markets for their goods. We are not bolstering up any indus- tries by extensive export bonuses that must impoverish the people as @ whole, and ultimately lead to col- lapse through the failure of the arti- ficial aid. There is no extreme pro- tection in Canada such as would ere- ate great fortunes for a few at the expense of the general public and Jead to disruption and catastrophe. ‘The prosperity of Canada has no ar- tificial foundation being based on a healthy and substantial expansion of trade and industry, with a proportion ate extension of productive settlement to new areas. It is true that we are borrowing extensively for railway construction, but every jine will bring new terri- tory within the limits of profitable vecupation, and will create prosper- ous settlements to bear the burdens and repay the outlay, We are not exhausting mineral resources, for it is quite reasonable to assume that, although mineral wealth is never permanent, ours will during the Measurable future develop a far greater productive capacity than at present. Our timber wealth can be made continuous by a judicious pol- icy. And agriculture, the real foun- dation of our prosperity, is expanding with every new expenditure on rail- way construction. We are not in the flush of a railway mania that: could bring its punishment through the useless duplication of lines. The gigantic railway enterprises that now stimulate every line of business fn Canada will create a new Domin- fon, and thus render easy the heavy burdens of debt now freely assumed. Canada's era of prosperity has been unprecedented, but there is no sign of weakness and no cause for lack of confidence. While our growth is normal and healthy, we need have no alarm at its rapidity.” This article might have gone on to relate the great growth that Is taking place in Central Canada, where thousands of Americans have made their homes during the past few years. The past calendar year has given to Canada by importation an addition of 216,000 to {ts population. Of this the United States contributed 63,781. The agents of the Canadian government, whose advertisement appears elsewhere, say that this number will be largely in- creased during 1907. Many Americans Go to Canada. Consul Harry A. Conant writes from Windsor that the total immigration from the United States into Canada for the fonr months of the fiscal year —July, August, September and Octo- ber—was 17,907, as compared with 12 664 for the same period the year be fore. In a Pinch, Use ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE. ‘A powder. It cures painful, smart- ng, nervous feet and ingrowing nails. Its the greatest comfort discovery of the age. Makes new shoes easy. A certain cure for sweating feet. Sold by all druggists, 25. ‘Trial package, FREE, Address A. $. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. No one is so insignificant as to be sure his example can do not hurt— ord Clarendon. ——————— G —— \ Le i) i SP ) i Yr aI Sarah Paint Buying ae Made Safe ‘thiemark White Lead and Linseed Oil need SS ba argument, no (ame “OND advertising to “Seo ¥ maintain them. (XE Rivas the bet OW cee TN al paint yet known to. 4 \ man. Thedifficulty has y 4 been for the buyer to be always sure of the purity \ of the white lead and oil. \\ ‘We have registered the trade mark of the Dutch Boy painter to be the final proof of quality, gen- nineness and puny to paint buyers everywhere, When this trade mark appears on the keg, you can be sure that the contents is Pure White Lead made by the Old ‘Dutch Process. SEND FOR BOOK Recs une? gle ain lena SAMpm on Tans errs lore NATIONAL LEAD COMPANY eaten wie teen sion iineplee, ew Yoo” Satan, Buus lornd Biminoatl., “Cyleaco, st, losis, El BE tin ied WE Officials of the Ill Fated Larchmont Estimate Loss of Life at 150. ONLY TWO WOMEN AMONG THOSE SAVED . Bees Mrs. Harry Feldan, of New York, and Miss Sadie Gallup, of Boston, Lived to Reach the Shore—Sur- vivors Are All Badly Frozen—52 Bodies -Rescversd: Block Island, R. L, Feb. 14.—The Associated press communicated Wednesday with Capt.. MeVey and Purser Young of the steamer Larch- mont, From them it was learned that a conservative estimate of the loss of life by ‘Tuesday's disaster was 150. Both MeVey and Young are suffering severely from the phy- sical pain from their frozen limbs and from the mental anguish caused by their terrible experiences. Neither was able to leave his bed. , In addition to the three bodies which were picked up during the night, one was recovered shortly af- ter sunrise. There are now 38 bodies at the Sandy Point North End life saving station and 14 at the New Shoreham station. Eleven survivors are at the North End station and eight at New Shoreham, During the forenoon the steamer Kentucky took on board the bodies at the New Shoreham station and those of the survivors who were able to be moved and then proceeded to the Sandy Point station on the same mission. It was planned that the steamer should go to Providence where the bodies would be held awaiting identification and instruc- tion from relatives and the suffering survivors given medical attention. There are only two women among the survivors, Mrs, Harry Feldman of New York, and Miss Sadie Gallup of Boston. / During the night the coast guards from the two life saving stations, aided by a large number of the pop- lace, patrolled the beach and water front for bodies. Every corpse that came ashore was incased in ice sev- eral inches thick. On a piece of the afterdeck of the steamer were picked up two surviv- ors anda dead man, all that re- mained of 16 who had sought refuge on the frail support. Little hope was felt that occupants of the miss- ing lifeboats and rafts had survived the fearful cold which moderated but slightly during the night, Nearly all the surviving passengers interviewed agree that the crew and oficers behaved well.» With the first shock and the in-rush of water and escape of steam from the broken main steam pipe, Capt. McVey real- {zed the scope of the accident. The crew was called to quarters, each man springing to his station as the call to desert the ship was taken. Panic stricken passengers aroused from sound sleep rushed wildly on deck and mobbed the boats and rafts, men and women fighting each other, forgetful of all but the primal instinct of self preservation. Some of the male passengers recovered from their first fright and assisted in the work of caring for the women and children first, Many were sut- focated below in their quarters by the steam, or drowned beneath the deck. Within ten minutes the boats were away from the ship's side just as she settled low in the water with the waves dashing over her. ‘he bitter cold and high seas completed the work of destruction and the little band of people who got away from the Larchmont was decimated in groups and in the helpless drift in the bitter cold it became the old story of the “survival of the fittest.” Providence, R. L., Feb. 4.—Up to 10 a. m, Wednesday the names of 125 persons who were on board the steamer Larchmontw ere known, Of these, 19 are known to have surviy= ed, 11 are among the dead, their bodies having been identified and 95 are missing. Of the identified dead seven Were members of the crew and four passengers; of the surviving, 10 are members of the crew and nine passengers; of the missing 12 are members of the crew and 83 passen= me Cleveland Contractors Indicted. Cleveland, Feb. 14—The federal grand jury Wednesday returned in- dictments against eight contracting companies and firms on the charge of violating the eight-hour labor law in connection with government work in this federal district. A Female Convict Killed. Moundsville, W. Va., Feb. 14—Lot- tie Hawkins, was stabbed to death with a pair of shears in the female ward of the penitentiary Tuesday night by Ada Cross, a notorious con- yict. Both women are federal pris- ‘oners sent here from the District of Columbia. Will Defend the Cup. New York, Feb, 14—Lieut, Frank Lahm, winner of the James Gordon Bennett acronautical cup has been selected to defend it against the world once more when the race for evn will start from St, Louis next Oc- tober. ¢ - Used Mim as Eraser. | The late Dr. Henry Martyn Field some years ago related at a Williams alumni dinner a rather amusing incl- dent of his freshman days at college. Being only 12 years old when be entered he had not reached the point where the natural friction between the big boy and the small boy ceases and he was at particular feud with one of his fellows, a stalwart country youth fresh from the farm. One day young Field went early to the classroom and put upon the big blockboard a very exasperating caricature of his _en- emy, with his name beneath. When the aggrieved party saw what had been done he said not a word, but catching up his youthful tormentor, he used him as an eraser and after rub hing out the offensive picture quietly took his seat. NO RELIEF FROM ECZEMA For Over Two Years—Patent Medi- cines, Quack Cures, and Doctors ‘wail -—-Custanen Simeweda. “I was very badly afflicted with ec- zema for more than two years. The parts affected were my limbs below the knees. I tried all the physicians in the town and some in the surrcund- ing towns, and I also tried all the pat- ent remedies that I heard of, besides all the cures advised by old women and quacks, and found no relief what- ever until I commenced using the Cu- ticura Soap, Cutieura Ointment, and Cuticura Resolvent. In the Cuticura Remedies I found immediate relief, and was soon sound and well. C. V. Beltz, Tippecanoe, Ind., Nov. 15,’05.” Henry Clay and Lew Wallace. “Mr. Clay was of a personality once seen never to be forgotten. Tall, slender, graceful, he had besides the air majestic which kings affect, im- agining it exclusive property. “Throughout Mr. Clay's performance my eyes scarcely left his countenance, which, as he proceeded, sank from sight until, by the familiar optical illusions, nothing of it remained but the mouth, and that kept enlarging and widening until it seemed an elas- tie link holding the ears together. Indeed, at this late writing, my one distinct recollection of the man and his speech Is the mouth and its capac- ity for infinite distension "—Autobiog- raphy of Lew Wallace. ‘Of Interest to Women. Every woman naturally should be healthy and strong, but a great many women, unfortunately, are not, owing to the unnatural condition of the lives we lead. Headache, backache and a general tired condition are prevalent amongst the women of to-day, and to relieve these conditions women rush to the druggists for a bottle of some preparation supposed to be particular- ly for them, and containing—nobody knows what. If they would just get a box of Brandreth’s Pills, and take them regularly every night for a time, all their trouble would disappear, as these pills regulate the organs of the feminine system. The same dose al- ways has the same effect, no matter how long they are used. Brandreth’s pills have been in use for over a century, and are for sale everywhere, plain or sugar-coated. Professor Jones to Retire. Prof. George W. Jones, head of the department of mathpmatics of Cornell university will retire at. the end of the present year. The board of trus- tees will ask the Carnegie endowment fund for a pension for him. Prof. Jones went to Cornell as the head of the department of mathematics in 1877 and has oceupied that place ever since, He is one of the oldest men in point of service on the Cornell facul- ty. He is the author of several dncuticas and teethecka: Red, Rough, Blotchy Skin is usually the result of using a cheap, impure soap made from stale fat and alkali cheaply perfumed to disguise the real odor. A good soap costs so little that there is no excuse for buy- ing the other kind, Buchan's Anti- septic soap is not only pure, bat it is the only soap that is guaranteed un- der the new law. Moreover, it con- tains an antiseptic which protects the skin against disease. Ask your deal- er for it, If he does not keep it send his name and address with 18 cents to Buchan’s Soap Corporation, New York, who will send you a full size cake. Work and Pray. ‘When we pray for any virtue, we should cultivate the virtue as well as gray for it; the form of your prayer should be the rule of your life; every petition to God is a precept to man. Look not, therefore, upon your pray- ers as a method of good and salvation only, but as a perpetual motion of duty. By what we require of God we see what He requires of us—Jeremy Tevine Fi ‘The extraordinary popularity of fine white goods this summer makes the choice of Starch a matter of great im- portance. Defiance Starch, being free from all injurious chemicals, is the only one which is safe to use on fine fabries, Its great strength as a stiff- ener makes half the usual quantity of Starch necessary, with the result of perfect finish, equal to that when the goods, were new. Be courteous in business. Manners are as necessary to business as pol- ish is to a parquet floor. LE WIS’ SINGLE BINDER STRAIGHT 5¢ CIGAR EXTRA QUALITY TOBACCO PUTNAM FADELESS DYES {olor more goods biter and faster colors than anyother dpe, One 1 package eplor al ber. They dye In cold water belts thay an oh eon can Oe PUTNAM FADELESS DYES color more goods, per package, than others, and the colors are brighter ‘and faster. Sometimes a woman's face overdoes it in the matter of telling her age. mi: An A toe fists sefund “money If it tatie to eure.” HW. ERGVEN Whaturs ison each bor. ‘Ber Our idea of a selfish person 1s one who is unable to reemember a favor. For a time, take Nature’s medicine, Garfield ‘Tea; it cleanses the system, pur- ifies the blood and insures a normal action of liver, kidneys, stomach and bowels, Made of Herbs. A kind thought toward a fellow mon tal bas but little virtue in it If It be not transmuted into a generous deed. —Rey. J. L. Spalding. That an article may be good as well as cheap, and give entire satisfaction, is proven by the extraordinary sale of Defiance Starch, each package con- taining one-third more Starch than can be had of any other brand for the game money. Immense Catch of Dogfish. What is declared to be a record Janding of dogfish for , any fishing port in England took place at Ply- mouth recently, when 110 tons of this fish was brought in, $100 Reward, $100. ‘The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn tint there feat Teast ome Greaded dlasuse that sclonee His'teeu able co cure in milter stages, and thet de Uatarhhe Mati Catan Gurecta ihe aig" postive Sheed known so'ths tnedical trateratay’ Catareh Soles e"coasuaddone! disasg, requires conti ust frewtipents faite ster Cure’ te cakon ta erustiy: acting directy upon the Divod and mucous Mirfacel ‘of the nystem, thereby. destroyiag the iumlacion of Uhe disease, aud ylvtng the patient ftrengtt ty bulidlag up the constitacton and asia Ing nature ia duing'ice wore. ‘The proprietors bao so'uiuch falth tn its carsuiee powers Wat they Ofer tine Hundred Doltare fat any case that 1 fall 60 uve. Sead for iis of testmoniat “Aiiirets fd. CHENEY & 0. Tuledo, 0. 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ELECTROTYPES Inyemmaesseastest terete ENSION 2ztinun bc DEFIANCE STARCH fi:!c520°ctucner nicen : W. N. U., WICHITA, NO. 7, 1907. » $1.00, retail. VALENTINING BY J.M. LEWIS Oh where are the girls of yester year. The girls with blue eyes shining? The girls who used to cost us dear When we went valentining? To whom we sang and meant it too, 'Oh sugar's sweet and so are you!' To whom we sent with great odo Two hearts all intertwining? If these should meet the eyes or one Loved in the yester year Whose tresses glinted in the sun. Whose blue eyes cost us dear. We'd like to say and mean it too, 'Oh sugar's sweet and so were you! But time has cut our love in two Dear maid of yester-year. X HER VALENTINE BY GRACE, DUFFIE BOYLAN NNE STACEY sat with her back to the light of her existence and the chandelier. But the respective luminaries remained equally indifferent, the one obscured by his evening paper and the other by a pink-tissue shade. So she lifted her pretty foot to the glow of the fire—the only glow that seemed in evidence A anywhere—and engaged in her long-practised game of making the best of things. But the play went dully this night, although the coals arranged the usual pictures for her to gaze into and the castle-building materials were all at hand. Now and then she glanced at a big bowl of violets which stood on the table near her, and in her expression was a curious blending of indignation and triumph. There was silence in the room, except for a slow-pulsed clock, which struck the quarter-hours reluctantly, and the occasional rustling of the turning pages of the newspaper. She felt strangely lonely. The girls had gone out, wearing their violets plumed in the fur and haces at their bonnie throats. The fragrance of the flowers at her side swept up with the memory of the lines which had come as a valentine to little Jeanne: This thing I know, my dear, My love for you, my dear, Would be better. "But it doesn't, Jeanne, child," she whispered sadly. "It does not last any longer than the dew lasts on the roses. But it is so sweet to be deceived!" She sighed. And again her eyes fell on the violets. "Who in the world could have sent them to me?" she murmured. "And the verses! Impertinent, of course. But rather dear. The looks looks a little familiar, too; but I can't place it." She drew a little note from the dalty little rose-colored bag which swung from the ribbons at her waist, and scanned it by the firelight. A half-pleased smile crept up to her eyes, as she read: These tender flowers are sent to you by one To whom you are the starlight and the sun. Their fragrance bears a message fond and true. From out a heart that beats alone for ever. "How dreadful!" mummured Anne Stacey, but with commendable forbearance. "I must show it to Dick!" She rose determinedly, just as there was a sound of a sliding paper and a snore. She turned back and sat down, and the little foot on the fender tapped impatiently. "Asleep again," she said, "and it is only half-past eight! Another tireome evening ahead of me. Oh, dear, I don't see why I ever married him! A man so absorbed in business has no right to marry. He is so tired and dull when he comes home that he never talks. I believe I am getting so I dislike Dick, anyway. I just won't try to tell him about the flowers and note. He doesn't take the trouble to tell me anything. I wish I knew who sent it —that's what I wish!" Her cheeks were flushed now, and she looked resentfully at the form in the big leather chair. "I won't tell him a word," she repeated — then called sharply: "Dick!" Stacey started up, dazedly. "Eh? Yes. All right! What is it, mamma?" "It's St. Valentine's eve!" "It's St. Valentine's eve: "The deuce it is! I thought it was morning. What's up?" "The girls have each received love- big bunches of violets." "Bully for the girls! Who sent 'em!" "We don't know. Jeanne's came with a valentine—poetry, you know." "Well, of course," said Stacey, "that is harder to bear. Know who wrote it?" Mrs. Stacey shook her head. "No. But it is beautiful. She will always remember it." "Will, eh? Can't get it out of her head, I suppose. Something like that 'Blue - trip - slip-for-an-eight-cent-fare' business." Mrs. Stacey gave wifely inattention to his joke. Her mind seemed fixed on other subjects. Finally: "A woman always remembers such things. And sometimes they make dangerous food for hungry hearts." The man behind the paper became conscious of a meaning in his wife's tone. He looked over the top of the sheet, to see that her gaze was fixed upon a bowl of violets on the stand before the fire. She went on: "You never sent me a valentine, Dick. But some one else has. I wasn't going to tell you—when you were asleep—" "Well, I'm glad you didn't then. But what about it now?" "There isn't anything more about it. At least I only know that I received a valentine and a bunch of flowers, and I don't know who sent them. I wish I did, because I am tired of being left alone and neglected and—so there!" "Why, mamma! Why—" "You needn't 'Why' me!" The pitcher of patience indeed had been broken at the fountain. Mrs. Stacey was royally angry and in tears. "What do you men think women want in this life? Do you think we are satisfied with food and fire and clothes? I tell you we want love and attention as much as we do when we were young girls!" She stopped, with shamed sobbing. Stacey had risen and now stood beside her chair. "What did he say, Anne?" he questioned quietly. But she shook her head miserably. "What did he say?" He reached down and took her slender hand in his broad palm. "I can't tell you. You—never would understand—or appreciate—such tenderness. You—you never have—time—" "What did he say, dear?" "Oh, Dick. If only you had made love to me—if you ever—ever had—" "Tell me what he said. You can't? Then let me tell you." He knelt down beside her and her wondering eyes saw tears upon his bearded cheeks. But he reached over and took the bowl of violets in his hand as he said: These tender flowers are sent to you by one To whom you are the starlight and the sun. "Dick! You? You?" She threw her arms around his neck. Her cheek was upon his cheek, her eyes seeking his eyes, as he continued: Their fragrance bears a message fond and true From out a heart which beats alone for you. Then there was silence in the little room where a man knelt with his wife in his arms and the quick-pulsed clock called blithely the quarter-hours as they ran away with the eve of St. Valentine. SELDOM THINKS. Dthylene—Cholly sent me a lovely valentine and a note saying his thoughts are all of me— Ernest—That signifies nothing; he doesn't think oftener than once a month THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT Where you can get your or Coat or Husband's or your faded good work done by i and skill THE OLD Fine Dry Cleaning Steam Cleaning Steam Dyeing & Repair- ing. O. K. DYE St of L and G ond hand for sale ver retail or in joo called for and de E. G. HANS 330 N. Main Sreet. Where you can get your Silk Waist Woolen Skirt or Coat or Husband's Suit cleaned and pressed, or your faded goods Dyed, and get the best work done by improved appliances and skilled workmen. THE OLD & CLEANING WORKS Fine Dry Cleaning Steam Cleaning Steam Dyeing & Repairing. RELIABLE PLACE White Plumes Cleaned Properly Bleached and Curled. O. K. DYE Stock of Ladies' and Gents second hand Clothing for sale very cheap, at retail or in job lots. Goods called for and delivered promptly E. G. HANSON, Prop., 330 N. Main Street. Phone 2003. KNIGHTS AND DAUGHTERS F TABOR. 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. S. Williams, 1309 N 10th St. Kansas City, Kansas. 2 Mrs. Sarah Crisp, 615 South Chestnut St., Iola, Kan. 4 Mrs. Laura Williams, 625 4th St., Cherryvale, Kansas. 5. Mrs. Mary Burdett, 819 N. 1st. street, Atchison, Kansas. 7. Mrs. Lillian Shobe, 336 Santa Fe street, Salina, Kansas. 8. Mrs. Nancy Fax, 505 N. Santa Fe St., Foffeyville, Kansas. 9. Mrs. Sarah H. Harrison, 1321 Van Buren, st., Topeka, Kansas. 10. Mrs. Ida Wallace, 446 Arkansas street, Lawrence, Kansas. 11. Mrs. Paulina Woodfork, 323 Freeman Ave., Kansas City, Kansas 14 Mrs. May R. Freeman, 105 S. Locust St., Pittsburg, Kansas. 15 Mrs. S. S. Furlough, box 405, Weir City, Kansas. 16 Mrs. Hattie Collins, 1001 S. Forest, avenue, Parsons, Kansas. 17 Mrs. A. Masie, 615 Barbee, Ft. Scott, Kan. 20 Mrs. Bessie Hall, 406 Horton, Ft. Scott, Kansas. 20 Mrs. S. Montaque, 403 Kickapoo St. Leavenworth, Kan. 24 Mrs. Cherry Brille, E. 12th St., Coffeyville, Kansas. 28 Mrs. Della Dorsey, 716 S. 15th St., Parsons, Kansas. 29 Mrs. Percilla Lee, 720 Cheyenne St. Leavenworth, Kansas. 30. Mrs. Eliza Scott, 3rd ave. south, Leavenworth, Kansas. 32. Mrs. Adda Birthright, 114 West Broadway, Butte, Montana. 33 Mrs. Phannie Corneal, Box 384, Alliance, Neb. 34 Mrs. Mattle Miller, 335 West 15th, Wichita, Kan. 35 Mrs. Adah Lewis, 1603 Archer Av., South Omaha, Nebraska. 37. Mrs. Mary Robinson, 104 South 2nd street, Atchison, Kansas. 38 Mrs. Laura Lee, Weir City, Kan. 52. Mrs. Cora Yeager, 928 Main, Lawrence, Kansas. 77 Mrs. A. Pickenk, 259 E. 15th Topeka. Kan. 85. Mrs. Francis Hardeman, 1801 Kansas avenue, Topeka, Kans. 89. Mrs. Blanche E. Alston, 2215 Pacific, Omaha, Neb. 91 Mrs. Ella Golden, 310 Norta 12th St., Omaha, Nebraska. 92. Mrs. Alice Grant, 401 South 8th street, Lincoln, Nebraska. 93 Mrs. Ida M. Jordan, 903 Western Ave., N. Topeka, Kan. TEMPLES 1 William M. Watkins, box 2062, 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. M. E. Bird, 3014 Hewett, Everett, Kansas City, Kan. 8. Rev. M. Wooten, 416 W. Third st., Ft. Scott, Kansas. 10 Frank Smith, 420 3rd Ave., Leavenworth, Kansas. 11. W. N. Miller, 601 N. Main street. Searchlight office, Wichita. 13 Lee Holiday, 728 S. 20th St., Par- Silk Waist Woolen Skirt Suit cleaned and pressed, Dyed, and get the best improved appliances worked workmen. CLEANING WORKS White Plumes Cleaned Properly Bleached and Curled. RELIABLE PLACE ock ladies' arts sec- Clothing cheap, at lots. Goods delivered promptly ON, Prop.. Phone 2003. sons, Kansas. 15. E. W. Garvice, North 1st street, Salina, Kansas. 16 Richard Clark, 420 N. 25th St. S. Omahk, Nen. Coffeyville, Kansas. 17. Rev. Allen Garner, 704 E. 12th st. 18 James Thomas, 218 W 1st, 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. 59 S. W. Pasker, 1156 Buchanan Tcpkea, Kan. 60 James Scott, 1404 Van Buren Tonkea, Kan. QUEEN MOTHERS OF TENTS IN KANSAS. Miss Jannie Alexander, G. Q. M., 948 Penn., Lawrence, Kansas. Lillie Hardin, 006 South Fifth avenue, N. Topeka, Kansas. Hester Cornish, 911 Western avenue, N. Topeka, Kansas. Jennie Sellers, 1438 N. Eighteenth street, Omaha, Neb. Eliza Robinson, 1801 Kansas avenue, Topeka, Kansas. Mollie Spencer, 502 V street, Atchison, Kansas. Maggie Robinson, 911 Everett avenue, Kansas City, Kansas. Louise Verder, 813 Jersey, Lawrence, Kansas. Mary Bison, 325 Miss., Lawrence, Kansas. Charlotte Dalton, 1228 Barnett, Kansas City, Kansas. A. O. Murrell, 451 S. Fourth street, Salina, Kansas. Mary Hopkins, 903 West B, North Topeka, Kansas. H. H. Adkins, Weir City, Kansas. Lettle Hill, 429 N. Wichita street, Wichita, Kansas. Amy Lane, 1422 E. Appleton street, Parsons, Kansas. Annie Edwards, 944 Everett, Kansas City, Kansas. Laura Smith, 308 E. Eleventh, Coffeyville, Kansas. enworth, Kansas. Ada Gilbert, 405 N. Santa Fe, Cof- Ella McKinnie, 217 Sherman, Leav- NOTICE—Send your news in the early part of the week, which will insure its publication. The earlier the better. Editor. Let the colored people get together and stay together for their own material 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 barytone in the Moody-Manners Opera company, a noted English organization, 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 urged to study music seriously. This he did for two years, while continuing 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 joined the Moody-Manners company. One of the scientists says there will be no-blondes 600 years from now. But why worry over a future that is 600 years distant? Prof. Cox is in London, but do not think for a moment that he has gone abroad to lay in a line of imported weather. VALENTINING BY J.M.LEWIS Oh, where are the girls of yester year The girls with blue eyes shining? The girls who used to cost us dear When we went valentinning? To whom we sang and meant it too, 'Oh sugar's sweet and so are you' To whom we sent with great odo Two hearts all intertwining? If these should meet the eyes or one Loved in the yester year Whose tresses glinted in the sun Whose blue eyes cost us dear, We'd like to say and mean it too, 'Oh sugar's sweet and so were you' But time has cut our love in two Dear maid of yester year' HER VALENTINE BY GRACE DUFFIE BOYLAN NNE STACEY sat with her back to the light of her existence and the chandelier. But the respective luminaries remained equally indifferent, the one obscured by his evening paper and the other by a pink-tissue shade. So she lifted her pretty foot to the glow of the fire—the only glow that seemed in evidence anywhere—and engaged in her long-practised game of making the best of things. But the play went dully this night, although the coals arranged the usual pictures for her to gaze into and the castle-building materials were all at hand. Now and then she glanced at a big bowl of violets which stood on the table near her, and in her expression was a curious blending of indignation and triumph. There was silence in the room, except for a slow-pulsed clock, which struck the quarter-hours reluctantly, and the occasional rustling of the turning pages of the newspaper. She felt strangely lonely. The girls had gone out, wearing their violets pinned in the fur and laces at their bonnie throats. The fragrance of the flowers at her side swept up with the memory of the lines which had come as a valentine to little Jeanne: "But it doesn't, Jeanne, child," she whispered sadly. "It does not last any longer than the dew lasts on the roses. But it is so sweet to be deceived!" She sighed. And again her eyes fell on the violets. "Who in the world could have sent them to me?" she murmured. "And the verses! Impertinent, of course. But rather dear. The writing looks a little familiar, too; but I can't place it." She drew a little note from the dainty little rose-colored bag which swung from the ribbons at her waist, and scanned it by the firelight. A half-pleased smile crept up to her eyes, as she read: These tender flowers are sent to you by one From out a heart that beats alone for you. "How dreadful!" murmured Anne Stacey, but with commendable forbearance. "I must show it to Dick!" She rose determinedly, just as there was a sound of a sliding paper and a snore. She turned back and sat down, and the little foot on the fender tapped impatiently. "Asleep again," she said, "and it is only half-past eight! Another tiresome evening ahead of me. Oh, dear, I don't see why I ever married him! A man so absorbed in business has no right to marry. He is so tired and dull when he comes home that he never talks. I believe I am getting so I dislike Dick, anyway. I just won't try to tell him about the flowers and note. He doesn't take the trouble to tell me anything. I wish I knew who sent it —that's what. I wish!" Her cheeks were flushed now, and she looked resentfully at the form in the big leather chair. "I won't tell him a word," she repeated — then called sharply: "Dick!" "Stacey started up, dazedly. 'Eh? Yes. All right! What is it, mamma?" "It's St. Valentine's eve!" "The deuce it is! I thought it was morning. What's up?" "The girls have each received lovely big bunches of violets." "Bully for the girls' Who sent em?" "We don't know. Jeanne's came with a valentine—poetry, you know." X A This thing I know, my dear, My love for you, my dear, Will lost for you! "It's St. Valentine's eye!" "Well, of course," said Stacey, "that is harder to bear. Know who wrot it?" Mrs. Stacey shook her head. "No But it is beautiful. She will always remember it." "Will, eh? Can't get it out of her head, I suppose. Something like that 'Blue trip - slip-for-an-eight-cent-fare business.'" Mrs. Stacey gave wifely inattention to his joke. Her mind seemed fixed on other subjects. Finally: "A wo man always remembers such things And sometimes they make dangerous food for hungry hearts." The man behind the paper became conscious of a meaning in his wife's tone. He looked over the top of the sheet, to see that her gaze was fixed upon a bowl of violets on the stand before the fire. She went on: "You never sent me a valentine Dick. But some one else has. I wasn't going to tell you—when you were asleep—" "Well, I'm glad you didn't then But what about it now?" "There isn't anything more about it At least I only know that I receive a valentine and a bunch of flowers and I don't know who sent them. I wish I did, because I am tired of being left alone and neglected and—so there!" "Why, mamma! Why—" Why, mankind. Why? "You needn't 'Why' me!" The pitcher of patience indeed had been broken at the fountain. Mrs. Stacey was royally angry and in tears. "What do you men think women want in this life? Do you think we are satisfied with food and fire and clothes? I tell you we love love and attention as much as we do when we were young girls!" She stopped, with shamed sobbing. Stacey had risen and now stood be side her chair. "What did he say? He questioned quietly. But she shook her head miserably. "What did he say?" He reached down and took her slender hand in his broad palm. "I can't tell you. You—never would understand—or appreciate—such tenderness. You—you never have—time—" "What did he say, dear?" "Oh. Dick. If only you had made love to me—if you ever—ever had—" "Tell me what he said. You can't. Then let me tell you." He knelt down beside her and her wondering eyes saw tears upon his bearded checks. But he reached over and took the bowl of violets in his hand as he said: These tender flowers are sent to you by one To whom you are the starlight and the sun. "Dick! You? You? You?" She three her arms around his neck. Her cheek was upon his cheek, her eyes seeking his eyes, as he continued: Their fragrance bears a message to and true From out a heart which beats alone for you. Then there was silence in the little room where a man knelt with his wife in his arms and the quick-pulsed clock called blithely the quarter-hours as they ran away with the eve of St. Val entine. SELDOM THINKS. Ethylene—Cholly sent me a love valentine and a note saying thoughts are all of me— Ernest—That signifies nothing; doesn't think oftener than once month.