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YOU CAN SAVE MONEY BY TRADING WITH THE MERCHANT WHO ADVERTISE IN THIS PAPER Give The Negro A Man's Chance Mrs. J. J. Lentz, of Columbus, Ohio, Speaks In Behalf Of The Black People $ \times $ Mental Slavery Exists, She Says, Debarring Them From Equality With Whites EIGTTHY YEAR. Give The A Ma Mrs. J. J. Lentz, of Columbus, C Blakk People × Mental Sl Debarring Them From Mrs. Lentz who has made a special study of social subjects, in an interview with the Ohio State Journal Saturday, February 9, discussed in an interesting manner the question: "What shall we do with the educated Negro?" She first quoted the thirteenth and fourteenth amendments to respectively: "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude except as punishment for crime, shall exist within the United States or any place subject to their jurisdiction." "All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any laws which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States." Mrs. Lentz then continued: "Do the people of the United States intend to repudiate these two great amendments to the constitution, when the immortal Lincoln wrote with his life blood and for the support and endorsement of which thousands of the country's bravest and noblest patriots searched proudly to the greatest victory for human rights that the world has known% "Lonely hearthstones vacant chairs, fleeing widows, sad-eyed orphans and countless gravestones tell the mournful tale of the ravages made on human parts by the relentless and resistless conflict waged in support of the alighty boon of freedom for all men which these amendments proclaim. The old veteran, proudly wearing his coat of faded blue, with kindling eye and with sudden erectness of his trooping shoulders, greets his comrades around the campfire and recounts again the dreadful days of Ticksburg and Appomattox. Is the struggle for the supremacy of this national ideal, which these two amendments symbolized, to become a memory only? Was all the sacrifice in vain? It certainly was, unless the freedom, bought at such a price, be maintained and perpetrated by the children of the men who so heroically laid down their lives to accomplish it, and by its accomplishment brought freedom to nearly 4,000,000. "What is freedom? How far does the meaning of these two amendments extend? Was freedom satisfied when the maquacles fell from the wrists of the black man, and he, a child in mentality and experience, was set adrift in the world whose ways were mysteries to him? No, these black men were considered wards of the nation. The ballot was placed in their hands in order that they might have full share in electing all the men who should make the laws under which they should live. Their children were admitted to the public schools, there to receive instruction side by side with the child of the white man—in all things to share the white child's opportunity and to develop equally with him character and manhood which should fit them for wise and useful citizenship. And thus it has come to pass that hundreds of the offsprings of the slaves, that were freed by the martyrdom of Abraham Lincoln, and by the blood of American patriots, come forth from our schools and colleges, with hopes as high, with ambitions as boundless and with abilities as great as those of the offspring of the white man, who have been their fellow students and companions during the years in which they have striven side by side to reach the same goal, namely wisdom enough to fit them to engage in the solution of some of the world's great problems. "And when the victory is won and the prize so long coveted is theirs, and the vista of the whole untried world lies before them, what then? Shall the student with the black face find the door of further endeavor and reward closed to him, while it opens wide to his white companion, who is no better fitted to take advantage of its opportunities than he is? Shall a narrow and prejudiced world deny further progress to one and urge forward the other? "How shall we measure the ability of men who are fit to fill paces of public trust? By their wisdom, honesty and qualification, or by the color of the skin which covers their faces? If a blackface is to be a disbarment from holding public office or private trust, then it were better that the man with the black face had bee left in slavery. It were btter that Abraham Lincoln had not lived and died, that "Uncle Tom's Cabin" had not been written and that American manhood had not sacrificed itself on the altar of spurious freedom. "Were the shackles stricken from the wris of the black man in order that they might be paced on his ambition? It it logical, is it just, is it common sense to educate a man and fit him for places of power and trust, and then say to him. 'Thus far and no further shall you advance; turn backward, descend the ascending path which you have climbed with so much etort; the star of hope shines no longer for you; travel backward until you have reached the low level from whence you came; remain there, thanking God every hour that you are no longer subject to a master; stifle your ambition, curb your aspirations, for you were created with a black face and because of this black face you are doomed, irretrievably to behold the great things of life from afar off; it is true you may have earned some of these great things, but you were born with a black face." "Were it not better to serve one master, to be his property, knowing neither hope nor inspiration, than to be accounted free and feel the soul grow and expand and urge on to high place, and then have the great and cruel master, pubic prejudice, close the door just as the promised land of victory rises into view? "Many a Negro has been encouraged to climb the mountain of education, allowed to look over into the promised land of future possibilities, and then doomed to spend the remainder of his life in the valley of despair. "Fie upon such inconsistency! Let us once again return to the old truth of the survival of the fittest, whether the fittest have a skin that is black, brown, red, white or yellow. Why is a white skin better than a black one Let us 'count a man a man for a' that." "Read again the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and then ask yourself, whether this amendment is proprecy or hypocrisy? "Are we as a nation to be hypocrites, or are these words like those of the Declaration of Independence, merely prophetic and suggestive of generations yet to come, who will be sincere enough to practice, as well as preach, liberty and equality%"—Colo. Statesman. Come to Garfield hall soon and see David Starne's and his 50 minstrel stars with Nate Sherrills, the unbleached American. FOREST PRESERVE for WHITE MOUNTAINS Man tears down ruthlessly for the needs of to-day and lets the needs of the morrow take care of themselves. Blindly all over the country men are destroying the forest growths only to awake to a realization later of the mistake that has been made. This is true in the White mountains, where effort is now being put forth to save what remains of the forests there. With no regard to their aesthetic, health giving or economic value beyond that of the wood in the rees, they are being cut down and dragged off from the slopes of the proud Presidential Range. Some of the hills have been shaved almost as smooth as a youth's cheek, and there is nothing to prevent the devastation of the sides of the very monarch of them all, if one may apply that title to the mountain named for the leader in the historic struggle against monarchs. The larger part of Mount Washington is owned by private individuals, having full power, if they wish, to dispose of the timber and make it as naked as was Adam before he had eaten of the apple. Indeed, the forests on the sides of the mountain have already been threatened. The wall of the lover of the White mountains was voiced recently by Dr. Edward Everett Hale. "These latter days," he wrote, "are years of mourning for us who love New Hampshire, because this new business of paper pulp is stripping off her magnificent forests. In old times King George sent his surveyors around, and when they saw a tree fit for his ships they marked it with the broad arrow of the navy, so when its time came it was cut down in the winter, was hauled on the snow to the largest stream within range and floated down to the ocean. I think it could be shown that in all the great sea fights in which the English, French, Spanish or American navies were engaged between 1776 and 1790 the spars of all the vessels were from the New Hampshire forests. So other shipbuilders cut logs and floated them down if they were big enough for spars or wide enough for boards, but the smaller trees were left Not for the good they may do now. But will do when they're grown up. So that the mountains were still green and so the forests still grew into cathedral aisles. And with every summer the wilderness was alive with glories for which there is no comparison. "Then, alas! Satan came walking up and down. And he devised meth- Deliver Cherokee Deeds in April. The delivery of 5,800 Creek and Seminole deeds will be commenced about April 15, as soon as the distribution of Chickasaw and Choctaw deeds is completed. The work will be carried out in the same manner which is now employed by the departments, the deeds being carried to various towns in the nations by a special car in charge of commission clerks. Prevented From Cutting Threat. ods of making paper from wood pulp. Before him, when angels and archangels presided over that business, paper was made of such rags as busy housewives minded to see the end of, and haply of older paper which had served its turn. But now, alas! there is not a tree in the forest, big or little, old or young, from which you cannot make paper. What follows is that you enter your forests with your axes in summer as you once did in winter, and you cut down virtually everything. If you leave a few sumach bushes or blackberry vines, it is because they are not worth the handling, they are so small. Big pines, little pines, big spruces, little spruces, big hemlocks, little hemlocks—all fall before the ax. "For which the remedy will come—as soon as the congress of America makes a national park of the White mountain summits. The state has surveyed the region carefully, and a fit plan has been prepared. Uncle Sam must acquire 50 square miles, be the same more or less, and put it in charge of his foresters. And then my children's children's children shall see the great-grandchildren of the pines that I saw 60 years ago in place of the sumach and other rubbish that the pulp creatures have left us today. We ought to have done this years ago, but it is not too late for the twenty-first century." It truly has been said that paper may be the winding sheet of the brave forests which ornament the sides of the famous group of mountains in northern New Hampshire. The forests of the White mountains are of greater financial value than is generally supposed. One is apt to think of the "Switzerland of America" as the playground of a nation. It is said that $8,000,000 a year is spent by those seeking pleasure and health in the White mountains. That there is some danger of this revenue being lost to the state is evident from the fact that some frequenters of the region are turning elsewhere because of the denudation and consequent loss of one of the sources of the attractiveness of the mountains. It is not as a garniture that the forests of the northern summit of the Appalachians are most valuable. They have a greater importance as a conservator of energy. Standing on hillsides where the rainfall is copious, forests serve to equalize the flow of water after it has fallen. Their networks of roots knit the soil together and prevent the rainfall from rushing to commit suicide at Alva by cutting his throat with a pocket knife. The knife was so dull, however, that he failed to accomplish his purpose before his son appeared and took it away from him. Despondency was the cause. Were Bound Over. — At Shawnee, O. T., Ed Smith and Foot Maxwell, charged with victimizing G. W. Lane, a Davenport farmer, out of $400 by the cheek game on the Santa Fe, waived examination and were placed under $700 bond as 5 off in torrents, carrying the soil with it and carving unsightly gorges in the hillsides. After the removal of the forests not only are the hillsides scored, but the rivers which have their rise in the mountains change their character. Streams once slow to anger and plenteous in mercy are alternately either roaring torrents or impotent rills. The debris from the gullies is swept down to become bars and add to the list of the uncertainties of the rivers. A bill is now before congress for the establishment of a forest reserve in the White mountains. This bill has been passed by the senate and reported favorably in the house. It is proposed in the bill to spend $1,000,000 in the White mountains. Prominent state officials, manufacturers and others in all the New England states have signed petitions asking their representatives in congress to press the matter before their interests are further damaged. The section which it is hoped eventually to include in the government reserve will cover the three Notches, Pinkham, Crawford and Franconia, taking in Spruce mountain, Mount Wildcat, Carter Dome and Mount Moriah on the east; Mount Madison, Adams and Jefferson, of the Presidential Range, and Mount Hale, North Twin mountain, the Haystack and Mount Lafayette, of the Franconia mountains, on the north; Profile mountain (noted for the giant human profile in rock projecting from its brow), Mount Kinsman and Mount Pemigewasset on the west, and Mount Hancock on the south. The border line suggested would pass through Jackson south of Gorham, cross the railroad near the Lower Ammonoosuc falls, include Bald mountain, but not Franconia village; cross the Franconia Notch just north of Lincoln and run due east to the valley of the Saco. That the forests of the White mountains can be preserved and at the same time be made a source of income has been demonstrated by the Appalachian club, which is endeavoring by purchase and otherwise to create a reserve in the White mountains, and by the Bretton Woods company, which for three years in the winter time has carried on lumbering right under the windows of the Hotel Mount Washington without leaving a scar on the face of the forest. Whisky was Not for Her. A woman who apparently had been averse to entering a saloon approached the bartender in a fashionable North Side place the other evening and in low tones called for a quart of whisky. Five or six men were standing near the end of the bar, says the Chicago Inter-Ocean. "Now, I don't want you to think this is for me," said the woman in way of explanation, at the same time glancing furtively at the men near the end of the bar. "My husband, who is ill sent me for the liquor and I did not want to come because I thought you might think it was for me, and I naturally would feel embarrassed. "What do you drink, wood alcohol?" returned the bartender in a matter-of-fact way. The men near the end of the bar laughed aloud. "I didn't come in here to be insulted," returned the woman savagely, at the same time manifesting her contempt for the loungers with a vicious stare. Uses of Platinum Platinum is used in the manufacture of many articles of commerce and nothing has been discovered that can take its place. It enters into the manufacture of telephones, but not enough to affect the cost of them to the public. Dentists use the metal extensively in the making of plates, and these have gone up in price. Romance of Secret Coffer. In the national archives of France is an ancient secret coffer which, for some reason or other, has never been opened since it was confiscated from its original owner, although the key is with it. Twice Retired From Navy. To be twice honorably retired from the country's service, either naval or military, comes to few men. "Capt." George C. Boerum, who celebrated his seventy-ninth birthday at Melrose, Mass., only a few days ago, has had the distinction of being twice honorably retired from the navy, and even now he declares that he will not accept the verdict, but that as soon as he is able he will return to his work at the navy yard. "They want me to retire," says the captain, "but I'll be darned if I do." 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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, Chairman. FRED J. BELL, Acting Seretary. 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. S. B. KERNAN. 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 fro mthe Fourth ward, subject to the decision of the Republican primaries, on March 4. J. W. SHEARER 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. FRED EWING. 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. I hereby announce myself a candidate for City Clerk, subject to the decision of the Republican convention. CHAS. L. WAY. I hereby announce myself a candidate for City Clerk, second term, subject to the action of the Republican convention. R. M. DORR. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the City Council from the Second ward, before the Republican primaries, March 4. FRED BUCKLEY. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the City council from the Third ward, subject to the decision of the Republican primaries on March 4. E. T. Battin. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the City Council from the Fourth ward, subject to the decision of the Republican primaries. W. H. ISLEY. Do You Want Long Hair? Mrs. Geo. McDonald, Sole Agent For MME. C. J. WALKER'S Wonderful Hair Grower Mrs. McDonald is the Sole Agent and uses the same process which Mme. Walker uses in making the hair grow. Office at 634 North Wabash Ave., For Full Particulars 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 working men 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. FRED B. EWING. Candidate for Nomination As Council man from Fourth Ward. Fred B. Ewing, one of the young, hustling and energetic young men of the Fourth ward has announced his candidacy for the nomination as Councilman from the Fourth ward. Mr. Ewing has been a resident of the Fourth ward for the past fourteen years and is enthusiastically interested in everything which has a tendency to make Wichita a good place to live in. That Mr. Ewing has all the qualifications necessary to make an ideal councilman no one disputes. He is popular with the residents of his ward. THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT LOCALS Send your news notes and local happenings to 601 North Main Street. EARLY THIS WEEK. The Sarchlight goes to press one day early this week and all matter which misses this issue will appear next week. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Chatman of Weir City, arrived Sunday and will spend the summer with Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Bluett, parents of Mrs. Chatman. Stewart Bell left Tuesday with his family for Anadarka, Okla, where he will make his future home. E. B. Bluett, who has been suffering much with the grip is able to be out again. Invitations are out announcing the wedding of Miss Katie Martin to Mr. Ford Neely, which will take place at 1240 Blaine avenue, Saturday evening March 2nd. ST. PAUL'S A. M. E. CHURCH NEWS. Revival services will begin March 4th. Rev. C. A. Woods of Hutchinson and Rev. S. S. Washington of this city will assist the pantor. A cordial invitation is extended to all ministers and Christians to assist us in the work. The members are earnestly requested to abstain from participating in social functions, club work, etc., for the next ten days, and give your evenings to God's work. The attendance at all the services on last Lord's day was fair. The joint collection on February 17th was $69.47. The work in the trustees and stewards departments is progressing very satisfactorily. The presiding Elder committee under the leadership of Sister T. W. Fines is breaking all past records. The Stewardesses with Sister Baker at their head are making much progress and declare that their department must be without debt at the closing of the conference year. According to agreement the stewards are going ahead with their entertainments. Stewards Neely, Paul, Bell and Fines have given theirs and Stewards Miller, Thompson, Landrum, will be heard from in the near future. St. Paul's famous choir continues to delight the congregation. Prof. Cooper gave two splendid entertainments at the church last week. Supt. J. T. Chinneth of the Sunday school is working hard to improve the school. The address of Prof. A. M. Wilson and the duet by Miss Foster and Miss Williams at Christian Endeavor service was highly appreciated. A PLEASANT PARTY. Messrs Martin and Roberts gave a most enjoyable party at the Neely home, 710 Cleveland, Monday night, in honor of Miss Mabel Reknolds of Eldorado, Kan. The spacious house was decorated profusely with bunting and potted plants and presented a most enticing appearance. Those present were? Messrs Jas Johnson, Irwin Leede, Richard Gardenhire, B. Harris, F. Buford, Harvy Martin, B. Vernon, E. Buford, A. Hockett, F. Anderson, Jno. Roberts; Misses Mabel Reynolds, Gertrude Pryor, Emma Johnson, Myrtle Crouch, Bessie Stainles, Eva Beckham, Betty Mae Hall, Eliza Brandon, Minnie Jackson, Ada Oliver, Mrs. Martin, Will Neely and Artry Neely. Miss Luella Goodseal, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Goodseal who has been very ill for the past week, is on the mend at the present. Owing to the very inclement weather the Odd Fellows postponed their initiation till next Wednesday night. E. T. Battin is a candidate for the nomination for councilman from the Third ward. Mr. Battin is one of the substantial business men of our city and would very creditably represent his ward in the city council. Mr. and Mrs. J Johnson have taken charge of the Arcade restaurant at 339½ N Main st. Wm Coulter left Tuesday for Topeka to visit with his wife. He will return the latter part of this wek. W. M. Dunson, Painter and Paper Hanger, All Work Guaranteed 302 W. Murdock Ave., Wichita F I T E V E R H A P P E N E D YOU'LL FIND IT IN THE SEARCHLIGHT. WHY NOT SUBSCRIBE? --- Young Mr Fening of Pratt was in the city Monday enroute home from Oklahoma where he had been for the past few days. He was hurrying home to witness the marriage of his sister to Mr. Jutho Peoples, which took place Wednesday. Mrs. Francis Austin, of Perry, Kansas, arrived in the city Sunday to spend several months with her daughter, Mrs. Lizzie Madison. J. W. Owens Shoe Repairing WORK DONE WHILE YOU WAIT 2nd Shoes Bought and Sold 332 N. Main Street Wichita, Kan. CHAS. L. WAY. Chas, L. Way, ex-street commissioner, has announced his candidacy for the office of city clerk. Mr. Way is a republican of the highest type and possesses all the qualifications to fill this office. While street commissioner Mr. Way did many acts to assist the colored men. He asks the aid of every one in his candidacy for this position. C. R. Wilfrey was in the city Thurs. GEO. E. HARRIS. If there is ay man who is an aspirant for honors of city office this spring, and who should be given the unanimous endorsement of the Republican party and the people that man is Geo. E. Harris, the present city treasurer, and an aspirant for renomination. Mr. Harris has spent the best years of his useful life in Wichita, doing all within his power to make Wichita what she is today and in his declining days Wichita is doing herself but merited honor to concede this place to Geo. E. Harris whose life and life's work has meant so much to the growth and development of our city. J. W. SHEARER. For Councilman Fourth Ward. We have the pleasure of presenting the name of Mr. J. W. Shearer as a candidate for councilman from the Fourth ward. Mr. Shearer is a pioneer citizen of Wichita, having resided here for past 27 years; he is an old soldier, having served his country as a member of Battery E. 21st Indiana regiment. He is a contractor and builder and as such has erected some of the most substantial buildings in Wichita. He believes in a square deal for every man and is a friend of every man regardless to race or color. The people of the Fourth ward will make no mistake in nominating J. W. Shearer. R. N. DORR. Candidate for Re-Nomination as City Clerk. Mr. R. N. Dorr announces himself as a candidate for city clerk. Mr. Dorr is the present incumbent and has filled the office in a very creditable manner. He asks to be renominated at the hands of the Republican convention. FRED BUCKLEY. For Councilman Second Ward. Mr. Fred Buckley has announced his candidacy for councilman from the Second ward. Mr. Buckley has been a resident of ichita since 1883 and has at all times taken a deep interest in Republican politics. YOUR JOB WORK. 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. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Madison are in the city the guests of Mr. Madison's parents. They will be in the city for sometime. "Second to None" PLEASES ALL 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. Your Trade Solicited Court House Grocery 601 N. Main St. OLDEN'S DRUGS Prescriptions Filled with Car Drugs of all kinds, Cigars and Tobacco patronage solicited. + Once a customer, al- mer. Our store is Headquaaters for Colored ... Drugs of all kinds, Cigars and Tobacco ... Your patronage solicited. + Once a customer, always a customer. Our store is Headquaaters for Colored people. 615 North Main st. --- U. S. DISPENSATORY Describes the Principal Ingredients Contained in Pe-ru-na. Are we claiming too much for Peruna when we claim it to be an effective remedy for chronic catarrh? Have we abundant proof that Peruna is in reality such a catarrh remedy? Let us see what the United States Dispensatory says of the principal ingredients of Peruna. Take, for instance, the ingredient hydrastis canadensis, or golden seal. The United States Dispensatory says of this herbal remedy, that it is largely employed in the treatment of depraved mucous membranes, chronic rhinitis (nasal catarrh), atonic dyspepsia (catarrh of the shomach), chronic intestinal catarrh, catarrhal jaundice, (catarrh of the liver) and in diseased mucous membranes of the pelvic organs. It is also recommended for the treatment of various forms of diseases peculiar to women. Another ingredient of Peruna, corydalis formosa, is classed in the United States Dispensatory as a tonic. So also is cubebs classed as a stomachic and as a tonic for the mucous membranes. Cedron seeds is another ingredient of Peruna, an excellent drug that has been very largely overlooked by the medical profession for the past fifty years. The seeds are to be found in very few drug stores. The United States Dispensatory says of the action of cedron that it is used as a bitter tonic and in the treatment of dysentery, and in intermittent diseases as a substitute for quinine. Oil of copaiba, another ingredient of Peruna, is classed by the United States Dispensatory as a mild stimulant and diuretic. It acts on the stomach and intestinal tract. It acts as a stimulant on the genito-urinary membranes. Useful in chronic cystitis, chronic dysentery and diarrhea, and some chronic diseases of the liver and kidneys. Send to us for a free book of testimonials of what the people think of Peruna as a catarrh remedy. The best evidence is the testimony of those who have tried it. It isn't likely that Homer knew the difference between heroic pentameter and a milk wagon; Rafael probably never guessed that there was such a word as "genre," and the language of the average musical critic would doubtless have been too technical for the understanding of Wagner. Stimulate the Blood. Brandreth's Pills are the great blood purifier. They are a laxative and blood tonic, they act equally on the bowels, kidneys and skin, thus cleansing the system by the natural outlet of the body. They stimulate the blood so to enable nature to throw off all morbid humors and cure all troubles arising from an impure state of the blood. One or two taken every night will prove an invaluable remedy. Each pill contains one grain of solid extract of sarsaparilla, which, with other valuable vegetable products, make it a blood purifier unexcelled. Brandreth's Pills have been in use for over a century, and are for sale everywhere, plain or sugar-coated. Disease Puzzles Doctors. A mysterious disease is troubling the Dutch medical profession. It has broken out in the district of Ouddorp, not far from Utrecht, and Prof. Spronck, of Utrecht, after all the best efforts he can devise, has had to confess himself perplexed. The disease is a contagious affection of the heart, and the patients invariably develop high fever. There have been more than 100 cases. Prof. Spronck has made a careful analysis of blood taken from patients, but has utterly failed to find a cause or an origin for the epidemic. AWFUL NEURALGIA Pain Turned This Woman's Hair White but she She Was Cured by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Do not seek relief from suffering simply, but free your system from the disease which is the cause of your suffering. That is the message which a former victim of neuralgia sends to those who are still in its grasp. Hot applications, powders that deaden the senses and others that reduce the heart action may cause temporary relief but the pain is sure to return with greater intensity. Mrs. Evelyn Creusere, who has a beautiful home at 811 Boulevard West, Detroit, Mich., suffered for years with neuralgia until she tried this tonic treatment. She says: "My trouble began about six years ago and I did not rest as I should have, but kept up about my many duties. After a time I became so weak I could not do any work at all. I had severe backaches and such dreadful headaches in the back part and top of my head. My eyes were easily tired and at times I saw black spots before them. I consulted several doctors but without the slightest benefit. The pains were so intense that my hair turned white. "I lost continually in weight and strength and was almost in despair when a friend recommended Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. I tried them according to directions and soon began to feel relief. At the end of three months I had galen ten pounds in weight and had no more trouble with my nerves. I have been in perfect health ever since and can heartily commend Dr. Williams' Pink Pills." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are sold by all druggists, or sent postpaid, on receipt of price, 50 cents per box, six boxes for $2.50, by the Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y. ARMY TO BUILD THE CANAL President Roosevelt has Decided on an Entire Reorganization of the Commission. MAJOR GOETHALS TO SUCCEED STEVENS His Associates Will be Maj. Gaillard and Maj. Sibert to Rank in Order Named—Senator Blackburn Also to be Made a Member of the Commission. Washington, Feb. 28.—By an order addressed to Chairman Shonts of the 15thmian canal commission, Tuesday, President Roosevelt, as far as lay in his power, under existing law, transferred to the engineer branch of the army the responsibility for the further construction of the Panama canal. He also formally recorded the abandonment, for the present at least, of the project of having the work done by contract on the per centage system. The President intends that there shall be an entire reorganization of the commission with three army officers of the engineer corps, its leading members who are to have charge of the engineering features of the canal work. The chairman and engineer in chief of the commission will be Major G. W. Goethals. His associates will be Major Du B. Gaillard, and Major William L. Sibert, to rank in the order named. These officers are all comparatively young, ambitious and energetic. Senator Joseph C. S. Blackburn of Kentucky, who retires from the United States Senate March 4th, is to be made a member of the reorganized commission. The nominations of the present commissions now pending before the senate include Messrs Shonts, Stevens, Halnes, Endicott, Herrrod, Gorgas, and Jackson Smith. Their confirmation is desired in order to remove all doubt as to the legality of certain acts they have performed in connection with the making of contracts. The retirement of Messrs Shonts and Stevens will leave but two vacancies, so that there will be two more retirements necessary to make way for the three army officers, and Senator Blackburn. The president is determined that the work on the canal shall proceed continuously and the temporary "dislocations" caused by the resignations of higher officials will not be allowed to interfere with progress. The president is unaware of the specific reasons which have been influential in prompting Mr. Stevens resignation. It surprised him very much, for as late as the middle of December Mr. Stevens made no mention of his wish to retire. It has been known, however, that Mr. Stevens has been stung very much by criticism aimed at him in connection with canal work, some of which came out during hearings before committees of congress. It is understood Mr. Stevens is leaving to accept a position in connection with a great engineering enterprise in this country at an annual salary more than double that he now receives from the government. The president's reasons for making the sweeping changes and in refusing all bids so far offered for building the canal, are noted in his letter to Chairman Shonts. Longfellow's Centennary. Poeton, Feb. 28.—The universal regard in which the memory of Henry Wadsworth Long'e low is held was given expression throughout New England Wednesday by exercises commemorating the 100th anniversary of the poet's birth. In Maine, where he spent so many of the most important years of his literary life, the principal public observances were hek, but there was scarcely a public school or literary society is this section which did not devote some time to the memory of the man whose writings touched the common heart of humanity. Husband of Jennie Lind Dead London, Feb. 28.—Otto Goldschmidt, husband of Jenny Lind, the celebrated singer, known as the "Swedish Nightingale," who died in London in 1887, died Tuesday at the age of 78. He married Miss Lind in 1852, during her American tour, on which he w her accompanist on the piano. Mr and Mrs. Goldschmidt took up their residence in England in 1858. Contradicts Mrs Thaw New Orleans, Feb. 28.—Edna Goodrich, the actress who is here with Nat Goodwin's comp ny s id in reply to the testimony of Evelyn Nesbitt Thaw connecting her name with White: "I ne er knew Stanford White. I never was in his studio and I never introduced Evelyn Nesbitt to White." Killed by a "Windy" Shot Pittsburg, Kan., Feb. 28—An explosion occurred in mine No. 16 of the C. C. Cockerill Coal and Mining company Tuesday and G. E. Phillips, one of the shotffiers, was killed. The explosion was caused by a "windy" shot fired on the side where Phillips was working. Dyer to be a Judge. Washington, Feb. 28.—The president has decided to appoint David P. Dyer, federal judge of the eastern district of Missouri. He now occupies the position of United States district attorney for that district. You Look Prematurely Old Because of those ugly, grizzly, gray haires. Use "LA CREOLE" HAIR RESTORER. Price, $1.00, retail. Dresses, Cloak, Ribbons, Suits, etc. TAM FADELDEY DYES. No muss. Some men make it their business to interfere with the business of others. ONLY ONE "BROMO QUININE" That is LAXATIVE BIOMO QUININE. Similarly, the original Gold Tablet is a WHITE PACKAGE with black and red lettering, and bears the signature of E.W.GROVE. 22c. Many a woman has married a fool for love; but few mistakes would be made if fools never had money. Take advantage of Nature's splendid offering, Garfield Tea, the laxative that is pure, mild and potent. It is made wholly of Herbs. For constipation, biliousness, liver and kidney diseases. It purifies the blood. Guaranteed under the Pure Food and Drugs Law. Booth Tarkington when at work rises at five o'clock in the morning, drinks a little cocoa and writes till nine. Nearly all his best passages have been written at sunrise. In a Pinch, Use ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE. A powder. It cures painful, smarting, nervous and ingrowing nails. It's the greatest comfort discovery of the age. Makes new shoes easy. A certain cure for sweating feet. Sold by all Druggists, 25c. Accept no substitute. Trial package. FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. Products from Pine: In 1905 the pine distilling establishments in the United States numbered 15: the wood distilled amounted to 16,969 cords, valued at $42,805, and the output was as follows: 362,805 gallons of tar, 434,780 gallons of oil, 238,180 gallons of turpentine and 300,106 bushels of charcoal. Deafness Cannot Be Cured Sold by Druffsgs. 75c. Take Hail's Family Fills for constatton Clung to Old Fashions. Augustus Squire, for 65 years a member of the Cutlers' company, London, whose death, in his ninety-third year, is announced, always burnt candles in his house, for he would never have gas or electricity laid on. He never sent a telegram in his life, never used the telephone, and hardly ever rode in a train, traveling by bus, carriage, cab or boat. 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! Our mammoth 148-page Seed and Tool Catalog is mailed free to all intending customers. We also offer 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. The Motor Voice. The tennis elbow, the bicycle foot, the clergyman's sore throat and all manner of disabilities that come from modern conveniences are familiar to us. The motor-omnibus voice was discovered by a young woman who was riding outside a motor-omnibus, and trying (as is her habit) to talk. And the horrible truth suddenly flashed on her mind, and from her lips. . . "I c-can't keep-pip-pip my voice sut-till."—The Reader. THIS IS WORTH SAVING. Valuable Advice and Recipe by Well Known Authority. The following simple home-made mixture is said to relieve any form of Rheumatism or bachace, also cleanse and strengthen the Kidneys and Bladder, overcoming all urinary disorders, if taken before the stage of Bright's disease: Fluid Extract Dandelion, one-half ounce; Compound Kargon, one ounce; Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla, three ounces. Mix by shaking well in a bottle and take in teaspoonful doses after meals and at bedtime. A well-known authority states that these ingredients are mainly of vegetable extraction, and harmless to use, and can be obtained at small cost from any good prescription pharmacy. Those who think they have kidney trouble or suffer with lame back or weak bladder or Rheumatism, should give this prescription a trial, as no harm can possibly follow its use, and it is said to do wonders for some people. Feminine Amenities "Isn't that the poetess over there in the corner who came to see us after dinner the other night?" asked the girl, "and wept all over the place, telling us her tale of woe; wept so that I went out and got some things for her dinner and cooked them for her and you brought out a bottle of your very best wine and gave it to her?" "Yes," returned the woman, "she doesn't seem to see us now, does she?" "The next time she comes to us with her tale of woe," affirmed the girl severely, "she won't see us, if we catch a glimpse of her first." AILING WOMEN & "I am not feeling very well." "I am so nervous it seems as though I should fly." "My back aches as though it would break." How often do you hear these significant expressions from women friends. More than likely you speak the same words yourself, and there is a cause. More than thirty years ago Lydia E. Pinkham of Lynn, Mass, discovered the source of nearly all the suffering endured by her sex. "Woman's Ills," these two words are full of more misery to women than any other two words that can be found in the English language. Sudden fainting, depression of spirits, reluctance to go anywhere, backaches, headaches, nervousness, sleeplessness, bearing-down sensations, displacements and irregularities are the bane of woman's existence. The same woman who discovered the cause of all this misery also discovered a remedy, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound made from native roots and herbs holds the record for a greater number of absolute cures of female ills than any other one remedy the world has ever known and it is the greatest blessing which ever came into the lives of suffering women. Don't try to endure, but cure the cause of all your suffering. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound at once removes such troubles. The following letters prove this : DO YOU SMOKE A P WHAT KIND OF TOBAC IF YOU HAVE NOT TRI You have never gotten tha "pipe smoke" QBOID WILL NOT IT IS THE ORIGINAL O It has an elegant Aroma which h its smooth, delightful flavor and f of years of careful study and exp "postage paid," upon receipt of box, 10c; 3 oz. tin box, 20c; 8 o box, 90c. Money refunded to any Cut out this advertisement and Write your name and address pla LARUS & BRO. CO., IT IS THE ORIGINAL OF THIS STYLE TOBACCO It has an elegant Aroma which no other pipe tobacco possesses, and its smooth, delightful flavor and free smoking qualities are the results of years of careful study and experimenting. "postage paid," upon receipt of regular price—viz: Prices, $1 \frac{1}{2}$ oz. tin box, 10e; $3 \frac{1}{2}$ oz. tin box, 20e; $8$ oz. tin box, 45e, and 16 oz. fancy tin box, 90e. Money refunded to any dissatisfied purchaser. 34 YEARS SELLING DIRECT We are the Largest Manufacturers in the World. We make 200 styles of Fire Wand Bash, Auto-vehicles, 68 styles of Harness. Send for large, free catalogue. Bike Seat and 24 Gear-tested Rubber Tires. Price complete, $85-80. Elkhart Carriage & Harness Mfg. Co. Elkhart, Indiana PILES • NO MONEY TILL CURED • SEND FOR FREE DISEASES & HARNESS Mfg. Co. DRS. THORNTON & MINOR • 1030 OAK ST. KANSAS CITY, MO. French Vineyards. The vineyard area of France in 1906 was 4,195,500 acres yielding a wine production of 1,375,774,921 gallons. Production has steadily increased since 1900, when it was 1,779,267,568 gallons. 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 containing one-third more Starch than can be had of any other brand for the same money. Col. Silas W. Burt, who was recently elected president of the Civil Service Reform association, was naval officer under the first Grant administration. PILES CURED IN 6 TO 14 DAYS. PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed to cure any case of Isch ng. Blind. Bleeding or Protruding Piles in 6 to 14 days if refunded. 50c. An elevator sometimes enables a man to rise to the occasion. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, causes wind colds. 20c a bottle. Knockers get big audiences, but no gate receipts. Look Prepose ugly, grizzly, gray hairs. Use " 3 No. 756. Bike Wagon with Bike Seat and 7% in Guar- anced Rubber. Price complete. $88.50. MRS. W. S. FORD Mrs. W. S. Ford of 1938 Lansdowne St., Baltimore, Md. writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkham — "For four years my life was a misery to me. I suffered from irregularities, suppression, terrible dragging sensations and extreme nervousness. I had given up all of ever been beating well again when Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound was recommended. It cured my weakness and made me well and strong." Miss Grace E. Miller, of 1213 Michigan St., Buffalo, N. Y. writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkham — "I was in a very bad condition of health generally; irritable, cross, backache and suffered from a feminine weakness. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, cured me after all other medicines had failed." What Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound did for Mrs. Ford and Miss Miller it will do for other women in like condition. Every suffering woman in the United States is asked to accept the following invitation. It is free, will bring you health and may save your life. Mrs. Pinkham's Invitation to Women. Women suffering from any form of female weakness are invited to promptly communicate with Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass. From the symptoms given, the trouble may be located and the quickest and surest way of recovery advised. Out of her vast volume of experience in treating female ills Mrs. Pinkham probably has the very knowledge that will help your case. Her advice is free and always helpful. PIPE? TOBACCO DO YOU SMOKE? OLD QBOID GRANULATED PLUG solid comfort which a good should give a man. BITE THE TONGUE IN THIS STYLE TOBACCO to other pipe tobacco possesses, and free smoking qualities are the results implementing. SPECIAL OFFER QBOID Tobacco is now on sale almost everywhere, and hundreds of thousands of boxes were consumed last year, and it is our purpose to place QBOID in reach of every pipe smoker in this country, and to that end we make the following offer: If your dealer does not handle QBOID Tobacco, we will send you any size box, regular price—viz: Prices, 1¾ oz. tin. t. tin box, 45c. and 16 oz. fancy tin dissatisfied purchaser. send with money order or stamps. only, and address to Manufacturers, Richmond, Va. LEWIS' SINGLE BINDER STRAIGHT 5 CIGAR You Pay 10c. for Cigars Not so Good. F.P. LEWIS Peoria, Ill NO PATENT OUR SERVICES FEE FOR booklet. MII O. B. STEVENS & CO. 900 14th St. Washington, D.C. Branches of Chicago, Cleveland and Detroit. Estab. 1864. PROTECT YOUR IDEAS GREGORY'S CATALOGUE FREE Our catalogue contains a choice collection of books, with clear directions for cultivation. J. J. H. GREGORY & 80N, Marblehead, Mass. W. N. U., WICHITA, NO. 9, 1907. mature A CREOLE" HAIR RESTORER. Prior for your car No. 999 Combination Dugger and Diving Wagon. Price com- piled, with extra fees. $38.50. COMING OF THE STORK SUGGESTS Cuticura SOAP For Baby's First Bath and Subsequent Baths. Because of its delicate, emollient, sanative, anti-septic properties derived from Cuticura, united with the purest of saponaceous ingredients and most refreshing of flower odours, Cuticura Soap is all that the fondest of fond mothers desires for cleansing, preserving and purifying the skin, scalp, hair and hands of infants and children. Guaranteed absolutely pure and may be used from the hour of birth. Depots London, 27 Charterhouse Sq.: Parts. 5 Painters' Supplies, 1000 W. 12th St., New York, N.Y. 10014. BS & Sole Props, 27 Post-free, Cuticura Book BAD pains every month, indicate serious female disease, likely to become dangerous, if not promptly treated. A medicine is needed which acts directly on the womanly organs, such as WINE OF CARDUI WOMAN'S RELIEF A scientific medicine, consisting of pure, vegetable ingredients, which, according to the testimony of thousands who have used it, will relieve your pains, regulate your functions, build up your strength, and cure the disease which is eating up your vitality. Try it. At all Druggists O 26 WRITE for Free Advice, stating age and describing your symptoms, to take, Advisor Bacch Chittamoga Medicine, Chattanooga, Tenn. Canadian Government WESTERN CANADA FREE Over 200,000 American farmers who have set in mind the past few years tessity to the fact that Canada is, beyond question, the greatest farming land in the world. OVER NINETY MILLION BUSHELS of wheat from the harvest of 1906 means good money to the farmers of Western Canada and the world has to be fed. Cattie Raising, Dairying and Mixed Farming are also profitable calls. Cash and water in abundance churches and schools convenient; markets easy of access. Taxes low. For advice and information address the Superintendent of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or any authorized representative. J. S. CRAWFORD, No. 125 W. Ninth Street, Kansas City, Missouri. READERS of this paper de- signated that thing advertised in its columns should insist upon having refusing all substitutes or imitations. LIVE STOCK AND MISCELLANEOUS ELECTROTYPES In great variety for sale at the lowest prices by A. N. KELLLOGG NEWSFARK CO., 13 W. Adams St., Chicago DEFIANCE Cold Water Starch makes laundry work a pleasure. 16 oz. pkg. 100 , $1.00, retail. LUMBER AT METZ'S Corner 3rd & Main IF IT EVER HAPPENED YOU'LL FIND IT IN THE SEARCHLIGHT. WHY NOT SUBSCRIBE? Banner Mills ♦ CUSTOM GRINDING ♦ ..... A Specialty ..... ALL KINDS OF COAL & FEED PROFESSOR BROAD, PROPS. N. Main St. Ph. PEERLESS STEAM LAUNDRY "LOVER & SONS. Praps. W. S. MENRION 801 N. Main St. Wichita, Kans. W M Dunson Music Teacher —Of— Mandolin and Guitar Lessons At Reasonable Prices 302 West Murdock Ave Send the children -- Hours 6 to 9 p. m. 60 YEARS' EXPERIENCE DATENETS TRADE MARKS DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS & C. Anone sending a sketch and description may quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an inventionally patented item is confidential. HANDBOOK, on Patents sent free Oldest agency for securing patents. Patents sent through MUNN Co. receive special notice, without charge, in the Scientific American. A handsomely illustrated weekly. Largest circulation of any scientific journal. Terns, $3 a seat; four months. $1. Sold by all newsdealers. MUNN & Co. 361 Broadway, New York Branch Office, $2 F St. Washington D.C. Use Use Murray's Reliable Nerve Balm Murray's Reliable Antiseptic Salve Murray's Reliable Extracts Murray's Reliable Perfumes Murray's Reliable Pure Spices These Goods Have No Epual They are pleasing hundreds of people and will please you. J. H. MURRAY, Sole Prop. 803 South Hydraulic Avenue New Phone 985 Wichita - - - Kansas WILL ATTAC KTUSKEGEE. Enemies of the Negro in Alabama Will Try to Tax on Washington's School. Montgomery, Ala.—The move to make the lands of Booker T. Washington's Tuskegee Institute (taxable will be made in the legislature this week. As some members of the present body are strongly against Negro education, it is feared by friends of the Negro that the whole subject will be instrumental to his interests. Frank S White, one of the Governor's advisers, will appear for Booker T. Washington and the school. The Governor is said to be friendly to Tuskegee. American Color Line Disease is Gaining Victims Abroad. A Berlin correspondent in the New York World says: "The Berlin cafes are drawing the color line. A few nights ago a Negro was hustled out of one of the eading cafes for making eyes at a barmaid, following which a notice was posted on the door reading, Negroes not admitted. Next morning two wel known cafes followed this example and it is expected that the boycott will extend to the whole of Berlin." PRETTY PRAIRIE NEWS. PRETTY PRAIRIE NEWS. Pearl Banks, who has been ill the past week, is improving rapidly. Hogs are good property to own these times. A few days since Lewis Banks of Kingman county brought in two hogs which didn't lok so very big which he disposed of to a local dealer for $51.20. It pays to raise hogs. The Misses Nellie and Florence Banks received a very handsome valentine from Wichita and wish to thank the party who sent it. Mr. Nickelson is threshing his crop of 1906 oats. Many people in this neighborhood are just beginning to kill their winter's meat, and no doubt they are looking for more winter. Mr. Smith and family write from their new home in Coffeyville that they are well pleased with it. Joe Banks and family are suffering a severe case of lagripe we hope that they will soon be out again. STRONG CITY NEWS. Mrs. Ella Burks, who was very sick one night last week, is improved at this writing. Mrs. A. Pennington of Hymer, was shopping in the city on the 21st. Harry Cox and Family is expected in town the latter part of next week. Miss Mabel Pennington was the recipient of a beautiful present from her sister-in-law in honor of her 20th birthday. The W. M. S. met with Mrs. Callie Levetts on the 21st. After making several articles of wearing apparel a three course luncheon was served by the hostess, assisted by her charming niece, Miss N. McLean. Rev. Berry of Hutchinson will preach at the Second Baptist church on the 27th. Mr. Pennington came down on the 23rd on business, returning on the 26th. As a gentle reminder, please send in your subscription now. A surprise party was tendered Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Dell on Saturday evening last. The company found the Dells preparing to retire, after getting over the astonishment the guests were given a hearty welcome; many games were indulged in by all, refreshments were served and at the conclusion each was presented with a souvenir in commemoration of the occasion. Everyone voted this the swellest affair of the season. The young lady who barked in four corners of the room on Saturday night says that she will not do so again. KANSAS CITY. KANSAS. It is quite stylish here for the grown people to have a private teacher and review special studies. About twenty persons have secured the services of Mrs. M. Calaway-Matthews to teach them. Rev. Ward and about all of his family have ben on the sick list. Rev. E. A. Wilson conducted revival services in Pueblo, Col., for Rev. Over. The following persons of our city are known to have been present at the Y. M. C. A. reception in Kansas City, Mo. It certainly was the greatest affair recently. It was given for the talented Mrs. Terrell of Washington, D. C. and was attended as far as is known by Mesdames O. B. Johnson, A. Branch, S. H. Thompson, I. F. Bradley, M. C. Matthews and Misses V. Bland and G. Jackson. The High School had a day opening which was largely attended; also a very large attendance at a night opening. Most of the features of the program were praised. Misses Boone Wilson and Corbin gave a large Masquerade party for single people. It was a success. The Washington entertainment for the circle was very appropriate. The stage was decorted with flags and miniature hatchets and cherries, almost real. Aregular charade was acted and Willie Tillman, as Little George, was good, Eunice Simpson, as Goddess of Liberty, was fine, and little Louise Thompson as flagbearer, was loudly applauded. The other children Myrtle, Oliver, and Edith did wel also. Marie Johnson's paper on Washington was well read. This set of children with perhaps a few more will render an Easter Cantata for the Sewing Circle Easter Monday. The president of the Circle has also secured the services of Mrs. Tilford THE WICH TA SEARCHLIGHT Davis, a fine singer of Kansas City, Mo, to sing and other grown people with appropriate features will assist in this fine program. Thos. Beson returns Ossawatomie where a account of the death GOOD PLUM FOR NEGRO. New York.-Alexander C. King, a Negro who has been in the postal service for the last 14 years, has been appointed assistance superintendent of the Wall street branch Postoffice and this morning began his duties. While none of the clerks would talk on the subject today, there was evident a feeling of resentment that their work should be supervised by a Negro. King's position is an important one, the station being the largest in the city outside of the general postoffice. Charles H. C. Hecht, superintendent of the Wall street branch, said today that he did not anticipate any trouble over King's appointment. NEWS OF GREAT BEND. The series of meetings of the First Baptist church is still in progress. Rev. G. T. Raimey has preached some nable sermons during the last week. Six conversions were realized. Rev. Raimey is a well equipped young man along this line and we hope his stay in Great Bend will be prolonged. Rev. Alexander of the M. E. church is able to be out again. W. M. Sellers has recovered from the grip. Mrs. Anna Bynmun has been very sick, but is better now. Rev. G. T. Raimey made some worthy remarks to the First Baptist Sunday school and encouraged them very much in their work. Mrs. Hattie Garrett came to Great Bend to see her sister Mrs. Bynmun lately. Little Nona Johnson is still improving. Mr. and Mrs. Green Brown have moved into their new home. Rev. Carter of Ellsworth, Kan., is in our city. Mrs. Hattie Garrett left for Wichita Sunday. Rev. Calvin Perry is here attending the series of meetings. WE THANK ALL AND ASK MORE. The Searchlight wishes to heartily thank all its colored and white friends for the job work which they have given us and we wish to say to them that we have some new types and are now better prepared to do fancy job work than ever before. We will appreciate your work no matter whether a big or little job. Nothing to large—nothing too small for us to print. You will find us at 601* N. Main—or all new phone 2046 and we come. Dr. A. J. Jordan, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Diseases of Women A Specialty 601 North Main St. New Phone 1944 NORTH TOPEKA, KAN. NEWS. Macedonia Tabernacle No. 93 is progressing nicely; had two very sick Daughters, but they are enjoying good health now. The Daughters are all working together lovety in peace and harmony. They have a good strong Tabernacle, both financially and in numbers and they are having a glorious success under the supervision and auspices of their honorable leader, Ida M. Jordan, their High Priestess. St. Luke's Temple No. 5, is progressing nicely. Pride of Topeka, No. 36, is progressing fine. TO TEST THE RIGHT TO VOTE Virginia Disfranchisement Law Called In Question in U. S. Court. Richmond, Va.—Argument in the case of John E. Brickhurst vs. C. T. Brooks and William Jessop, Norfolk county election officials, was begun in the United States Circuit Court this afternoon. American, is suing shrdlunited ura;dl Brickhurst, a disfranchised Afro-American, is suing the officials for $5,000, and his suit attacks the validity of the Constitution of Virginia. The new constitution went into effect July 10, 1902, and since that time it has been assailed by persons who, claiming citizenship in the United States, avow their right to vote. At the outset Brickhurst was represented by two Afro-American lawyers, Carter & Hayes, but afterwards Capt. John S. Wise was engaged as associate counsel and will be present during the hearing of the case. Attorney General Anderson and Frank W. Christian, attorneys for the state, have filed a demurrier, challenging the sufficiency of the declaration, and have entered a plea which sets forth at length all the facts connected with the passage of the disfranchisement law. Thos. Beson returned Monday from Ossawatomie where he was called on account of the death of his cousin. Rev. Gee. M. Hunter, pastor of Tabernacle Baptist church, is dangerously ill with a severe case of pneumonia. Ed Davis who is now living at the National Soldiers home spent several days in the city this week among friends. He is looking well. RITUAL FINISHED. The Searchlight office has just completed a new edition of Daughter's Rituals for the Order of Twelve and shipped them this week to Sir Frank Wilson, C. G. M. Any daughter desiring rituals can now secure them by forwarding their order to Sir. Frank Wilson, C. G. M. 943 Everett avenue, Kansas City, Kansas. OTTQ G. POENISCH It affords us great pleasure to announce *to our readers of the Third ward the candidacy of Mr. Otto G. Plenisch for the Republican nomination as Councilman; from the Third ward. Mr. Poenisch is a gentleman who is capable and well qualified to fill that office and is a man who practices every day and believes in giving every man an honest and square deal. For a number of years he has been in the milling business as one of the proprietors of the Banner Mills at 622 N. Maln. He is a hustler an is just the kind of man to represent the Third ward in 'the city council. The citizens of the Third ward owe it to themselves to see that Mr. Poenisch receives the nomination. The ezar has ordered drumhead court-martials for the terrorists. Suppose he expects to beat them in this way. It is far better to lose your money than your honor, for one may be regained by work, but the other is lost forever. Pitch in and work at something, and you will feel much happier than idling the hours away in fruitless speculation. "America is $10,000,000 richer every day," says a London paper. Of course this refers to the coal dealers and the milkmen. Consul General J. P. Bray, of Melbourne, reports that a large amount of Australian money is at present employed in London. The Mariboroughs have settled their trouble privately. It would have been sensible of them if they had begun it that way, too. If we really must fortify Hawaii, for heaven's sake do not put the fortifications where the volcanoes will spill over on them. King Edward draws more revenue in interest on American securities than George III, ever extracted from the American colonies. A German scientist says that gold when melted gives off a precious odor. The majority of people like the smell of it even when it is unmelted. While it might be possible for Japan to capture the Hawaiian islands, that sagacious nation is not looking for any hot potatoes. The assaults on wealth in this country are becoming alarming. A California horse has kicked a millionaire, inflicting probably fatal injuries. The serpent of temptation leads us into license, luxury and licentiousness and then casts us out of the paradise of pleasure and virtue. Breakfast, dinner and supper should be the occasions of hope, gentility and pleasure, where business and worldly cares should not enter. Germany is going to send three airships to compete in the international balloon race, but it is not true that the kaiser is going to inflate them with hot air. A Parisian scientist declares that insects have no minds. This may account for the popular tendency to rank human beings suffering under a similar lack as "bugs." A testimonial is being subscribed for to London to be presented to John Kirk, who for 40 years has served at a moderate salary as secretary of the Ragged School union. A Parisian scientist has discovered that some animals have two minds, which proves how much better off they are than humans, who have no mind whatever of their own. A Virginia judge has instructed the grand jury to indict society women for playing bridge. We know some women who play bridge badly, but still we shouldn't call it a crime. A Philadelphia man is seeking a divorce because his wife has a "shopping mania." The natural supposition is that the man has to spend the greater part of his life on a desert island. Resembling in appearance and action a jack rabbit is a Nebraska calf, according to all accounts. 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Male Bill Simpson's Hired Man By Maurice Smiley (Copyright, by Daily Story Pub. Co.) If three different people had only known the same thing, those three different people would have pursued three separate—or similar—courses of action. Miss Harding drew herself up haughtily. "No offense," he hastily said. "Only let me suggest that diamonds are quite the proper thing to wear out If Bill Simpson, for instance, had known that Dick Wright was the son and heir of the big banker in the city who held Bill's financial life in the hollow of his hands, he would not have made quite so much fun of the "tenderfoot" who had got a job on the ranch. Bill was not a psychologist, and he could not have appreciated the motives which would lead a young man reared in the lap of luxury (to coin an expression) to give up the wine suppers and the whirl of society and the automobile and come away out here into Colorado and work as a ranch hand for $40 a month and found. I know why he did it, but I am not at liberty to explain, further than to say that the young fellow had the right sort of stuff in him. That's why he had come originally. He stayed for this reason and one other. Mabel Harding was spending the summer at Estes Park, and Estes Park was only a mile from the ranch, and he had made himself useful on one or two occasions. But I forgot the other two persons who would have acted differently if they had known who Bill Simpson's hired man was. Miss Harding herself would not have treated him quite so cavalierly, for all she was good nature and consideration herself Perhaps she would not have experienced so many disquieting qualms as she pondered the mystery of the man's attractiveness. She knew enough of the west to know that every fellow who wears schapps and a sombrero is not an uncouth lout or a desperate. But the thought of becoming interested—or rather of continuing interested—in a common cowpuncher was a little too simple for even so ardent a theoretical devotee of the simple life as Mabel Harding. Simplicity was all right; but that was a bit too Arcadian. And finally, Wilbur Jenkins would of all three have pursued a radically different course. If he had known that Dick Wright was the Richard Wright, the some time vice president of the Calumet club, from which Wilbur had been expelled for certain good and sufficient reasons, he would have either "vamoosed the ranch," in western parlance, or he would have treated Dick Wright with vastly more consideration. Of course, Dick was too far beneath him to be jealous of him; but it isn't quite the part of discretion, when you are a common black-guard, to treat any man after quite so caddish a fashion as Wilbur treated the "fellow from the Simpson ranch," who had done the honors of the establishment on several occasions when parties from the park had stopped on their tours of the neighborhood. Dick was smiling to himself, as he cantered toward the park this particular morning, to think how surprised everybody concerned would be to know the truth of his identity. One word from him would squeeze Bill Simpson into bankruptcy. One word from him would show Wilbur Jenkins to Miss Harding in his true colors, and one word from him would cause Miss Harding herself either the greatest happiness or the greatest distress of her life. The thought of speaking that word so far as Bill was concerned was out of the question. The time had not yet come to speak it as to Wilbur, and whether it was ever spoken to Miss Harding depended upon whether she really loved him. Of one thing he was determined, and that was that she should never marry Wilbur Jenkins, a common card sharp. The sharp ring of horses' hoofs in front caused him to pause, and as he saw Jenkins and an unknown companion of rather sinister appearance he quietly drew aside to avoid meeting them. As Jenkins and the stranger passed the spot where Wright was hidden by the scrub oaks Jenkins was saying: "If you do the job well there's a hundred in it for you. This Harding girl is a romantic dune, but I need her in my business. I've got to have her to keep off my uppers. Now she and I will be riding by the falls about nine o'clock to-night and you are to play the lone highwayman act. I shall try to persuade her to wear her diamonds. If she does you can make your get-away with them in spite of my best efforts to prevent you. If she doesn't wear them we will simply have a terrific battle in her defense and you can vanish, leaving me the hero of a romantic rescue from a fierce bandit. She wants the simple life and I intend to try to give her a touch of it. Why, I believe she's half in love with—" Dick heard no more as the men spurred up their horses and disappeared over the hill. Now there is not the slightest connection between an overdue freight train and the bungalow of an heiress in whom a common cowpuncher happens to be interested. But Dick brazenly made his way to Miss Harding's cottage. "You are going riding with Mr. Jenkins to night?" he asked abruptly. Miss Harding drew herself up haughtily. "No offense," he hastily said. "Only let me suggest that diamonds are quite the proper thing to wear out here in the mountains. I want you to be convinced. Miss Harding, with the evidence of your own eyes. I want you to promise me to wear your diamonds when you start; then when you get into the lonely country I want you to get afraid, take them off and carefully secrete them, giving to Mr. Jenkins a packet purporting to contain your jewels. Will you do this and rely upon my assurance that I have the best of reasons for asking it?" Long before Dick had ceased speaking Miss Harding had ceased to be haughty. She never fully trusted Jenkins, and had gone out with him largely for the reason that there were no men of her own station at the park to act as her escort. She saw that Dick had some ulterior reason for his strange request and she had faith enough in him to believe that his reason was an honorable one. Two horses were leisurely walking past the beautiful little falls that night when a masked figure suddenly sprang out into the road. "Halt!" he exclaimed, in a threatening voice, and the horses were reined up on the instant Then, with the seeming fury of a madman the highwayman sprang at Miss Harding and apparently struck her a stunning blow with his revolver. "Pretend to fall to the ground insensible," whispered Dick, hurriedly, and Miss Harding sank to the ground as Jenkins, with a tremendous show of bravery, sprang to the "rescue." "What did you do that for, you fool?" he cried angrily, when he saw the girl on the ground. "Don't you know she might be badly hurt? Here are the diamonds she gave me to keep for her. Now you make yourself scarce while I scratch myself up a bit and pretend to have engaged in a terrible battle with you. I'll see you in Denver on Saturday. You know where." Wilbur Jenkins met with the surprise of his life at that moment. "You miserable cad!" exclaimed Dick, as he gave him the full force of his good right arm. "That will convince anybody that you have been fighting a bobcat at the very least. I thought if I gave you enough rope you would hang yourself but I didn't think you were quite such a cur. Now you make yourself scarcity and if you ever show yourself in this part of the country again I'll break you in two!" "Who the devil are you, anyway?" snarled the fellow. "Oh, only Bill Simpson's hired man," replied Dick, coolly. "But the girl?" "The girl is quite able to take care of herself, Mr. Jenkins," said Mabel, quietly, rising to her feet. "Where is Tony?" asked Jenkins, sullenly. "Oh, he's lariat out there in the scrub oaks," answered Dick carelessly. "You see, I got here a little while before he did." "The devil take the lot of you!" exclaimed Jenkin, as he mounted his horse and spurred away. That left only two—only two people who loved each other; two people out among the everlasting hills, under the white stars; two people who heard the music of the waters only as an echo of the melody that rang through their own hearts; two people whose story of happiness began when Mabel Harding became the wife of Bill Simpson's hired man. CARE OF MILITARY PRISONERS. What to Do to Keep Them Busy Is a Serious Problem. It has always been a problem, more or less acute and at times perplexing, what to do with the military prisoner, says the Army and Navy Register. It is necessary, of course, to keep him employed, and now, that the general prisoners of the army are being sent to the institution at Fort Leavenworth, as a relief of the overcrowded guardhouses, the question of their occupation becomes more than ever pertinent and vital. There is no work now being done by the military prisoners of a sort which is in any sense in competition with outside labor. It was hoped that they might be used at least in the construction of roads, walks, grading and kindred work on the Leavenworth reservation. This would keep them busy with results which would be beneficial to the surroundings. It now appears, however, that the trade unions, or at least some of the representatives of labor, have been filing a protest against the employment of the military prisoners in the public improvements of Fort Leavenworth. It is considered that they interfere to some extent with the chances of employment of labor which is not of the convict variety. This situation appears to surround a vexatious question with additional difficulties in the way of its settlement. Tons of Cigarette Paper. Over 200,000 pounds' weight of paper is used in this country yearly for the manufacture of cigarettes. THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT Where you can get you or Coat or Husband's or your faded good work done by and skill THE OLD Fine Dry Cleaning Steam Cleaning Steam Dyeing & Repair- ing. O. K. DYE St. of D. and G. ond hand for sale ver retail or in jo 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. 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 OF TABOR. Tabernacles. 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. 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Mrs. Eliza Scott, 3rd ave. south, Leavenworth, Kansas. 32. Mrs. Adda Birthright, 114 West Broadwav. 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 2nd street, Aichison, Kansas. 38 Mrs. Laura Lee, Weir City, Kan. 52. Mrs. Cora Yeager, 928 Main, Lawrence, Kansas. 63. Mrs. Lizzie Stone, 1147 Ann ave., Kansas City, Kansas. 77 Mrs. A. Pickeng, 250 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. Number. 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. TEMPLES 6 M. E. Bird, 2014 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- Number. Silk Waist Woolen Skirt Suit cleaned and pressed, Dyed, and get the best improved appliances led workmen. CLEANING WORKS White Plumes Cleaned Properly Bleached and Curled. RELIABLE PLACE Hook ladies' ents sec- Clothing y cheap, at o lots. Goods delivered promptly SON, Prop., Phone 2003. 15. E. W. Garvice, North 1st street, Salina, Kansas. 16 Richard Clark, 420 N. 25th St. S. Omaha, Neo. 17. Rev. Allen Garner, 704 B. 12th st. 18 James Thomas, 213 W 1st, South St, Salt Lake City, Utah. 19. C. Parla, 948 Penn. street, Lawrence, Kansas. 25 Edward Henderson, 1917 N. 3rd St., Kansas City, Kan. 59 S. W. 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Eleventh, Coffeyville, Kansas. enworth, Kansas. Ada Gilbert, 405 N. Santa Fe, Cof- Ella McKinnie, 217 Sherman, Leav- early part of the week, which will insure its publication. The earlier the better.—Editor. NOTICE—Send your news in the and stay together for their own material good. Let the colored people get together For particulars see Mrs. M. Ivory, 132 house in Kansas City, fine location. Mrs. Bradley Indicted. Washington. — Mrs. Annie M. Bradley Friday was indicted for murder in the first degree for the shooting of former Senator Arthur M. Brown of Utah, at the Raleigh hotel, in this city on December 8. Will Support President. Washington. — The senate Friday adopted a resolution extending cordial support to the president in any steps he may deem it wise to take in relation to Congo affairs, under certain conditions. Government May Appeal. Washington, D. C.-The senate Wednesday passed the bill granting the government the right to take an appeal to the supreme court of the United States to determine the construction or constitutionality of laws in criminal cases. President Castro Doing Well. Washington. — The Venezuelan legation Thursday night received official advices from the Venezuelan counsel at Trinidad stating that President Castro is doing well. eex: Osphard Protection. One agricultural writer has decided that the surest and best way to keep rabbits from destroying orchards is for each farmer to raise a family of boys. MATTERS FEMININE. --- GARMENTS FOR THE RAPIDLY GROWING LITTLE ONES. Skillful Management Means the Saving of Many Dollars—Some Important Hints as to the Best Methods to Use. Only a mother of a family of growing school children knows the work and expense attached to keeping pace with their needs in the way of clothes. No sooner has a tuck been let out 3 Coat lengthened with cloth collar and border. Plaid sailor collar and belt to freshen half-worn dress. than a border must be added to keep the skirt at a proper length, and so it goes. Oftentimes garments outgrown by one child will nicely fit another, and again, with a little alteration, several months or a season may be added to its wear. To lengthen a coat and impart an up-to-date air we show a long coat of plaid with plain border, and flat collar outlined with braid. The sleeves have been lengthened and brightened with the plain cloth. The width of the border may be reg- Entertainments for Birthdays of Washington and Longfellow. A Washington's Birthday Dinner. Here is a very attractive scheme for a Washington's Birthday dinner. The table centerpiece is a small drum filled with fruit and ornamented with silk flags. Bayonets stacked in front of each plate hold the place cards, which are ornamented with the tiny silk flags which the ladies will put in their hair and the men in their button-holes. Red and white carnations in blue bowls make charming bits of color. The candles are red in glass holders with shades of red, white and blue. Small metal hatchets in the folds of the napkins are tied with tri-colored ribbon. The appetizers to be served first are of highly-seasoned anchovy paste spread on rounds of toasted bread. Then tomato soup, squares of broiled white fish with tiny potato balls piled up cannon fashion; fillets of turkey with mashed potatoes served in delicately browned balls; creamed onions, orange and celery salad garnished with cheeseballs rolled in grated yolks of hard-boiled eggs; cherry ice with candied cherries on top; cake cut in hatchet form iced with white and decorated with cherries. Coffee, cheese, wafers. The entertainment may consist of characters from such words as "Washington," "Cornwallis," "Delaware," "Virginia," etc. Pencils and paper may be passed and 20 minutes allowed for seeing how many words may be made out of any of these words. The prizes to be awarded may be a can of cherries "picked from the tree afterwards made famous by the illustrious George and his hatchet," and a cherry log candy box filled with glaced cherries. For Longfellow's Birthday. Wednesday, the 27th, is the natal day of one of our most beloved American poets and for those who wish to entertain on that day the following suggestions may be of assistance. For souvenirs take white or gray cards, mount a picture of Longfellow or his house in Cambridge and write a suitable quotation. Then have a series of living pictures; a delightful selection may be made from the "Hanging of the Crane," each picture illustrated to be accompanied by reading. "The Rainy Day," "Children's Home," "Voices of the Night," "The Black Knight" and groups from the "Spanish Student," are all effective subjects. Then for music there is the "Arrow and the Song," "The Day Is Done," "The Bridge," and the "Lost Chord." Have a 20-minute sketch of the poet, and if possible procure Longfellow post cards for the invitations. ulated according to present needs, and a cape may be added over the shoulders or top of sleeves. The same effect for collar is carried out in back as shown in front. A new coat of English suiting, tweed or a heavy serge would be very serene iceable for a garment made over this mode. The upper part a pretty shade of brown and the lower of tan with brown or black braid is a good color scheme. Quite a happy effect is produced in a little frock which may be applied to a high-necked dress that requires renovation. The top part has been cut out and an all-over lace yoke mounted on chiffon or very sheer silk muslin just. Or a lace chemisette may be added. Chemisettes are shown in point Venise, bebe Irish and gulpure from 50 cents to $1.50. Straight or pointed cuffs are added. When an all over lace is used, then a lace edge must be added as a finish. Lines of black velvet are put on in a series of rows alternating with ovals. A rich wine-red cashmere trimmed with black velvet and ceru or cream lace would be very attractive so treated. The soft silk and mousseline fabrics are most favored for young girls' party gowns; chiffon cloth is also highly effective over ivory tints or Dresden flowered messaline. The preferred trimming for frockes of this type is self ruffles, ribbon or lace, and in some cases all three are associated. Girlish simplicity is the dominant note, however, and the shirring smocking, tucking and plaiting that are so much in vogue this season are never prettier than in these diaphanous materials. An adjustable collar often adds a brightening touch to a half-worn dress. This one has tab ends that drop below the waist line, and forms the usual square shape in the back. The belk half encircles the waist. The cuffs are also adjustable. For every-day service a set of plique, linen or duck, with plain or button holed edge, may be laundered and all ways kept fresh and clean. Dancing frocks for young girls are of tinted crystal net trimmed with white Chantilly lace showing a wreath and bowknot design, outlined in gathered Liberty ribbon. Pale blue, pink and green are all smart, and a slender garniture of flowers borders the open neck. It will be interesting to many readers of the department to know that on Saturday afternoons for a couple of hours, the poet's home on Brattle street, in Cambridge, Mass., is open to the public. At least one room, the library, is shown, with his chair, desk and table. The windows are looking towards the historic river Charles, the lot in front of the house having been made by the city into a little park, as it was the poet's wish that the view should never be obstructed. Serve individual dishes of Boston baked beans and brown bread, doughnuts and coffee. Typical New England refreshments. MADAME MERRL Rhythmic Breathing If you want to be fully developed with an easy grace of motion that tells of the perfect control of every muscle, then take to rhythmic breathing. It will make a new woman of you. The hollows in your cheeks and your neck will fill up as if by magic. The increasing heaviness of your walk will disappear. You will acquire a complete command of your body. Any flabbiness or angularity comes from breathing with only the upper part of one's lungs. Double chins and other deformities are due to the same causes. A clever woman doctor advocates the corset, though she depreciates tight lacing. She believes the support helps to educate the muscles Support where it is needed, no constriction, good food, plenty of fresh air and a complete understanding of how to breathe properly would result in something very nearly approaching absolute physical perfection. Here is a good bold monogram, A E. It is worked entirely in satin-stitch over a slight padding made by running once or twice along the outline. For the bars in the E carry one thread across and work over it. The letters may be traced on the material to be worked with blue tracing cloth. One of the Differences. Many a young man has become engaged when he didn't realize what he was doing. This illustrates one of the differences between young men and young women.