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sks Democrats To Name Roosevelt In 1908 Is A Good Democrat Now JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES WANTS BRYAN TO NAME HIM AT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. SAYS HE HAS MADE DEMOCRATIC DOCTRINES EFFECTIVE. Indicated Every Principle for Which Bryan Has Pleaded and Hearst Thun dered"—Declares It the Democratic Party's Chance of Its Life. NINETH YEAR. asks Democra Name Roos Is A Good De JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES WA AT DEMOCRAT SAYS HE HAS MADE DEMOCRAT dedicated Every Principle for Which dered"—Declares It the Democ Kattmanna, Tenn., April 6.—John Apple Groves, editor of the Atlanta organ, after refusing to expurgate speech left the Bryan anniversary banquet tonight, but was later in- d to return and advocated having am J. Bryan nominate Theodore velt as Democratic candidate for client at the Democratic national nation in 1908. went on to show how perfectly velt had carried out Democratic cases and said: we are fronted now with condi- in this republic which few men have foreseen and which no man wars ago would have had the tem- to predict. Out of the camps of hemy, out of the breasts of the fut, out of pretorian guard of leges and monopoly, there has an unexpected and potential con- to the creeds and theories of Dem- ery. if whether we find the schoolmas- who has taught him in the elo- t and irresistible evangelis of Bryan the thunder which has boomed stently from the eight great guns is indomitable Hearst, or whether providence which shapes the des- of nations and of men has drop- scales from his partisan eyes, let remains that Theodore Roose- has learned his Democratic les- well. he may as well acknowledge fair- nat history will fearlessly affirm, he has become the foremost and affective executor of Democratic les and the most practical cham- of popular rights which these generations of the republic have acced. the things for which we have just forty years he has been put- tle fearless and effective exe- cution. Since William R. Hearst flung his feet the challenge to reform in Unconquerable array of statistics with Covet the existence and the quality of the trusts, the strenuous ident of the United States has not led or faltered in his discreet and "Since William J. Bryan fashioned the eloquent evangelists which went forth from the Garden meeting in Madison Square, the president at Washington has not hesitated to go forward with redoubled zeal and energy in the prosecutions of his work. "He is putting into execution the things which Democratic platforms have thundered for twenty years." "And in doing this he has vindicated every principle for which Bryan has plead and Hearst has thundered and has proven himself a publicist and a democrat who deserves to rank in achievement with the best and bravest in the annals of our immortal party. "We have found where we did not seek him a man to do the things the people sorely need. We do not know if we could succeed in placing in power the man our partisan loyalty would prefer. "The times may change and men may change as well before the campaign of 1908 begins. But if the conditions then are as they are today—if Roosevelt rides the storm that is brewing in the realm of corporate capital then our way seems open and our duty clear. "Speaking here deliberately for myself, and in my fair judgment of the great majority of the plain and honest Democrats of the Empire Southern state, from which I came, I believe that we should put the party then below the people, the principle above the man. "We should affirm our principles, confess our faith, recite the necessity of the reform of corporate capital as the supreme and transcendent issue of the times, pay tribute to the great and typical American who has proved himself the dauntless and conquering captain of the people's cause, and then and there in that great convention of our own, William J. Bryan, the one unmatched and incomparable evangel of our faith, speaking for a pure Democracy, and speaking for the whole plain people of this republic, should WICHITA, KANSAS, SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1907. put in nomination Theodore Roosevelt for one more undisturbed term of power to finish the work that he has so gloriously begun. "The Democratic party fronts today an opportunity which comes not often in human history to glorify its principles and to perpetuate its usefulness among men. "May God and the better angels of our history help us to the patriot's policy and the people's weal." COLORED CAVALRY TO ACT AS SERVANTS. Portion of Ninth Cavalry Ordered to West Point—White Soldiers Object to Being Servants. Washington, D. C., April 16.—Orders have jst been issued by Secretary Taft directing 76 members of the Ninth Cavalry to proceed to West Point, the Military Academy, for duty there. According to a statement sent out from the war department, white cavalrymen have been for some time much dissatisfied over the fact that they have had to care for the horses of the cadets as well as their own mounts, in consequence of which the department has relieved them and sent the Negro troopers to take their places, believing the colored cavalrymen will have no objection to being servants for the white cadets. The rest of the Ninth Cavalrymen will be sent, with the rest of the colored troopers to the Philippine Islands. A HOME FOR POSTERITY. YOUR DUTY. A ban kaccount promotes a satisfaction of the mind. To own property promotes credit and leniency in business transactions with men. A bank account is liable to sudden destruction in one way or another but property stands till you yourself demote your ownership thereof. A man and wife starting in life should let each month's rent be a payment on the ownership of a home in which they live. Why not? There is no difference in the amount paid and it creates in the two minds that permanancy of thought wherein is the greatest happiness of all.-Home. Think of your duty to posterity and you see that you are morally bound to give now your portion of stability and accumulative pretige, otherwise, that posterity descendant of you, so dependent, will be weak and unable to stand abreast those of more thoughtful lineage. Let this point you to your moral duty. BARRED OUT OF THE ARMY? The Pittsburg Commercial Telegraph publishes the following dispatch, March 27, which we had not noticed in any of the daily newspapers: Houston, Tex., March 27.—Announcement was made today at the local recruiting station that orders have been received from the war department at Washington instructing that no more Negroes be accepted for service in the army. Announcement was made that all Negro troops in the United States will be dispatched forthwith to the Philippines." Now, this is interesting, if true. The soldiers that we have in the regular army are to be exiled to the Philippines and there are to be no more Afro-Americans recruited into the service. We would like to know what President Roosevelt is driving at in all of the policy he has been pursuing toward the Afro-American people. RULES FOR A HAPPY LIFE. Laid Down by Edward Everett Hale, Senate Chaplain. Washington, April 18.—Rev. Edward Everett Hale, author, minister, lecturer, and chaplain of the United States Senate, who for more than fifty years has been president of the New England Emigration Aid Society, which gave the free state men so much help in Kansas during the border ruffian times, has just celebrated his 85th birthday anniversary. Here are the rules he lays down for a long, useful and happy life: "Choose a vocation in life that takes you close to nature." "Talk each day with at least one man who you know is wiser than yourself." "See the world." NEGRO AUDITOR OF THE NAVY President at Last Finds a Place For Tyler. Washington, April 10.—(Special.) Ralph M. Tyler, a Columbus, O., Negro, is appointed auditor of the navy department to succeed William W. Brown, who resigned his place to accept another at $1,000 less in the department of justice. The question of giving Tyler a federal office has been under consideration by the president practically all winter. He is one of two Negroes whom the president originally had in mind upon one of whom he desired to bestow some federal office in Ohio. The offices of surveyor of customs at Cincinnati and collector of internal revenue at Toledo were among those considered. The situation in Ohio was thoroughly canvassed, but there was decided opposition to giving a Negro such a prominent position as those under consideration. The Searchlight is now prepared to do your job work in better and more up-to-date style than ever before. Give your race people a chance. NORTH TOPEKA ITEMS. Macedonia Tabernacle No. 93 elected their officers as follows for the ensuing year: Dtr. Ida M. Jordan, H. P.; Dtr. Bettie Warfield, V. H. P.; Dtr. Sarah McElroy, C. R.; Dtr. Leona Cornell, V. C.; Dtr. Hannah Odom, C. Tr.; Dtr. Lizzie Douglass, C. Ps.; Dtr. Emma Blackwell, I. St.; Dtr. Matila Esters, O. St.; Dtr. Isabel Walker, Chairman, B. E.; Dtr. Hester Cornish, B. C.; Dtr. Lizzie Lyons, B. E.; Dtr. Eliza Lyons, Chairman, B. V.; Dtr. Dannel Campbell, B. V.; Dtr. Nannie Marshall, B. V. Macedonia Tabernacle No. 93 is propressing nicely under the supervision and leadership of our present High Priestess Ida M. Jordan. WINFIELD NOTES Chas. Weymes was in the city last week. W. A. Wright will present "Diamonds and Hearts" in the near future. W. A. Wright will present Diamonds and Hearts" in the near future. Little Miss Gertrude Wright celebrated her sixth birthday by inviting about 20 of her little chums to her beautiful home on South Meener. A very pleasant time was had. S. Works of Oxford was in the city last week. Rev. S. S. Bandy had a big baptism in Wellington last Sunday. Among those who attended from Winfield were: Mesdames W. E. Wilkins, Perry Johnson, J. W. Woods, Rev. T. Reeves, B. A. Smith, R. A. Brown. Misses Pearl Harding, Olive Collins, Ada Covington. All were highly pleased. OUR ANNIVERSARY EXERCISES. OUR ANNIVERSARY EXERCISES In keeping with the annual custom of the Searchlight we will some time in the near future present to the patrons and friends of this paper our usual anniversary exercises. This year we hope to celebrate the ending of our eighth and the beginning of our ninth year of publication in Kansas and we will endeavor that this year's program shall eclipse that of any previous year. We have not as yet set any date or selected any place, and this is simply a reminder to our god people that we shall observe this year as we have each year in the past. Watch for date and place in these columns later. TO REMOVE IRON MOLD. Lemon Juice and Salt Can Be Trusted to Eradicate It. This stain is usually caused by material coming into contact with rust, or by ink. To remove it sprinkle the stain with lemon juice and salt, and expose to the air and sun. Repeat this until the stain has gone. If the above remedy falls, dip the stain into boiling water, and rub it with salts of lemon, using a rag for the purpose. Then hold the stain over a cup or basin, and pour a stream of boiling water through. The article should be well rinsed and washed to remove all traces of the salts, which would otherwise burn the material. This last remedy must not be tried with color, as salts of lemon destroys color. If colored material is stained with iron mold, the only remedy is lemon juice, and this must be used cautiously, as it destroys some colors. Good Butter. It is not every woman who knows what good butter really is. In how many establishments that pride themselves on their cuisine has not one met with poor and tasteless butter, oily butter, even with a tainted article which gives a flavor to all the cooking and the cakes? The yellow butter of the ordinary hotel is a thing to shudder at—not to eat. Butter factories and separator have done much toward bringing a sound quality within the reach of many people; but with the agricultural report on butter before us, with its scathing comments on the prevalence of coloring matter, the disguises of margarine and lard, or the use of boracic acid, one appreciates the security of first-rate butter, above suspicion, made in the old-fashioned way, though it must be owned it is not easy to obtain and very little is quite pure. NO.4 FOR A FEW FRIENDS APPROPRIATE MENU AT A SIMP PLE LUNCHON. Inexpensive Courses Pleasing to the Eye and Gratifying to the Palate —Beauty in Coloring of For a small luncheon, the following menu will be found inexpensive: For the first course half a grapefruit (the pulp of which has been removed) chilled, sweetened, and a little grape juice added. Serve this in the grape fruit shells or in glasses, which come for the purpose, with one or two maraschino cherries on top, and around the edge place a row of white grapes, cut in half and the seeds removed. For your next course serve a creamed fish of some kind. To prepare this, make 2 rich cream sauce, and into this break your cold boiled fish, sprinkle with chopped parsley, and season to taste. Bake in individual ramkins. With this course have small bread and butter sandwiches or tiny rolls. A single chop with French peas and shoestring potatoes will be nice for the third course. The meat may be garnished with a bit of parsley or watercress; with this have hot rolls and olives. For your salad apple cups filled with chopped nuts and celery mixed with mayonnaise or French dressing are attractive. Ice cream with macaroons is a good dessert, and with this serve your coffee. On your table place small dishes of salted nuts, mints and candied singer. Have the grapefruit on the table when the guests are seated. Serve fish in ramekins from the kitchen. Then have your chops prettily arranged on a platter and serve these yourself. As the salad course is supposed to be on individual plates, have the maid bring it in. The hostess may serve the ice cream. If the top of your table is well polished, use a white center square with dolls to match under the plates. A few flowers on the table is a great addition. If it is impossible to study great paintings, according to Harper's Bazar, make a study of the charms of an old oriental rug. Why is it so beautiful? What color contrasts have these masters of weaving employed? Which colors are used in large quantities, and which in small, etc.? Bits of old Chinese embroidery will reveal a marvelous mastery of color. Pieces of pottery and glass are often a complete revelation of color and contrast if studied with an intelligent eye. In all these masterpieces of art, whether in painting, weaving, embroidery or pottery, one can study how the beauties of color may be brought into practical application. The artists were for the most part led by genius to express the beauties inspired by them. It was necessary for them to analyze either methods or results, but if we would see through their eyes, and learn their secrets for our own use, we must study their ways of working and discover as well as we can a few principles underlying their success. Color harmony is not yet a science, but it is on the borderland of becoming a science. We can discover a few general rules in color quality and color arrangement for our own use by this observation. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. To keep a pencil drawing from blurring, dip it gently in quite fresh milk and dry on a smooth hard surface, face up. It is said stains can be removed from black cloth by rubbing with a freshly cut raw potato, wiping with a clean cloth. Delicate wall paper can be cleaned by wiping with balls of dough made by kneading stiff a paste of four pounds of flour and two pints of cold water. To keep faucets bright polish as bright and smooth as possible, then varnish with good spar varnish. You can just wipe them off with a moist cloth. Holes in walls can be stopped with plaster of paris, but mix this with vinegar instead of water, or it will harden so quickly that it will be difficult to manipulate. To clean jewelry with stones in it, wash it in warm suds made with yellow soap and a few drops of sal vohatile. You will find this makes the ornament brilliantly clean. AGE 2 THE SEARCHLIGHT. W. N. MILLER.....Editor Entered at the Post Office at Wichita, Kansas, as Second Class Mail Matter. 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AMERICAN PREJUDICE When we look at the composition of the American population and the natural desire of the majority to hold in subjection the minority race—especially when that minority race has once held the position of slaves—it is we say, little wonder that the gigantic monster, race prejudice should find such fertile ground in which to grow and thrive in America. No man in the present day, save the extremist and unreasonable, will be heard to advocate human servitude without pay—save for crime. Yet there is no country on the globe today in which a more abject and miserable form of slavery exists, than on the American continent. It is not because the American people do not know that this is wrong—but is for the reason that the once "Master Race," refused to grant to their once slaves those privileges which they wish to make believe belong to only their class. The great monster—American race prejudice—which bars the refined, the educated, the gentlemanly and cultured Negro on the same grounds on which the rude Negro is barred is only the desire of the American white man to point the finger at the Negro, as such, and tell the world, "He is no better than his brother in black," and thus we must shun him and ostricise him." Tt see a Negro walking up the streets of one of our American cities today you cannot tell but that he is some professor or some bank president and it is to humiliate these and to discourage others from following in his wake that this finger of scorn is pointed and he is branded "Negro." With all this, and more the Negro is gradually forging his way to the front and the American white man, as no other man, can see that unless something is done—and that might soon—to keep the Negro down, that soon the Negro will force for himself and his family those rights and those privileges to which the Negro, in common with other men, are justly entitled. Already you can hear, "Oh, well, the old slave Negro is all right, if not he, but it is the young Negro," and why is it the "young Negro?" It is simply because the so-called "young Negro" is determined to take his own part or die. And from all accounts of dealings with the "young Negro" when one is forced to die he generally manages to carry some white man with him to the grave and thus it is that the "young Negro" is the dangerous element. This is all bosh. The young Negro is no more dangerous than is the old Negro, for that matter, all that they ask is that they be treated fairly and given a man's chance and when they are imposed upon they die, if needs be, taking their own part. No white man who has treated a Negro young or old, fairly, can say other than that he has found the Negro true as steel. This American race prejudice must down and the sooner that the American man makes up his mind to help down it the better. This old humbug of deporting the Negro is just like a man trying to pull himself up by his own boot-straps—it is a physical impossibility. The Negro is here, and here to stay, and long years after many of these Negro deportation dreamers are sleeping in the silent grave years, there will be thousands yes millions, of Negroes, young and old, having a good time on the American soil. The Negro has not even thought and will never think of leaving this country just to please a few men who wish to set themselves up on the stool of dictation and bossism. No, No. Never. It is, indeed, high time that these dreamers of Negro extinction were waking up, because the Negro is not asleep and for every Negro who is unjustly killed because he is a Negro—there are six Negro babies born that same day and the good part of it is that nine out of every ten of these new born Negro babies live. The Negro has only the very best of feeling for his white American neighbor and the only thing which he asks is that he and his be given the opportunities to which he is justly entitled, no more and no less. Then American prejudice is simply an imaginary thing nourished in the minds of the majority against the minority. ROSSEVELT AGAIN. There is much talk in the eastern papers that President Roosevelt will be the republican candidate for the presidency of the United States again. We at one time had all the confidence in President Roosevelt which one could have in any one man. But at this hour we are decidedly undecided but that it would be a very good idea for the black men of this country to give Mr. Roosevelt the same kind of a dose which Mr. Roosvelt gave the black race when he so very summarily discharged those Negro soldiers of the 25th without judge or jury in case Mr. Roosvelt should be a candidate for his high office. And again, there are several other things about the latter day Roosevelt which, in our judgment, would make him a dangerous man to occupy the president's chair beyond his present term of office. This is not the time for the American government to be turned over to any one man and his "big" "or" little stick. It may be a very good thin gto let well enugo alone and elect some other man for a while. Roosevelt has served his day and now needs to be retired to private life. FIFTY YEARS A KANSAN. On Tuesday night, April 9th, Hon. Geo. W. Martin, secretary of the Kansas State Historical Society, celebrated at his home in Topeka the fiftieth anniversary of his residence in the Sunflower state. Many of his old time acquaintances an dfriends were present. HAS HE 150 WIVES? The police of Philadelphia, Penn., have under arrest a white man by the name of James Matthias Williams, whom the police claim has actually married more than 150 women, and at the same time has in some manner has entangled more than 200 women in his matrimonial tangles. All we can say is that Williams, or whatever his name be, is certainly a daisy. Just the thought of marrying 150 different women is enough to make cold chills run up and down the average man's back. Most men have a job on their hands with one woman—but—150—oh, my, what a burden! The public schools will soon be out and then the small boy, the swimming hole, the baseball games, an dthe hot winds will engage the attention of every one. They tell us that Wichita is going to be so dry that the dust will give you the blind-staggers. Kansas is Kansas after all. And that's so. In Arkansas they have introduced a bill now to prevent the employment of Negroes on railroads as porters. My God! what will these Southern Negrophobias want next? Senator Foraker hit Roosevelt hard on the discharge of the Negro soldiers in his speech in Ohio last Tuesday Every word was well said and in pace too. LOCALS Miss Luella Goodse list this week. —THE RESUME OF THIS WEEK— Send your news notes and local happenings to 601 North Main Street. Asberry McBride left Tuesday night for Pasadena, California, where he will reain for the next few months. Mr. McBride is one of the prominent colored men of Wichita and his many friends wish him unbounded success, health and prosperity in his new home. Should he like the location he may remain for some time to come. Mr. Phillip Payne has moved to his new home up on the Arkansas and is now preparing to raise some produce. Rev. Wm. Turner left Tuesday for Pratt, where he fills the pulpit of the Second Baptist church at that place Sunday. Rev. J. H. Van Leu, State Missionary, after spending several days this week in Wichita, left Saturday for his field of labor. A PERSONAL VISIT. The editor of the Searchlight will begin in the next few days a personal visitation for the purpose of collecting among the large list of readers of the Searchlight in Wichita. Look for us at any time. We will make your house a call whether you owe us anything or not and should you owe us anything please be prepared to pay something. It is our desire to meet as many of our patrons at their homes face to face. Remember this and keep prepared for us at almost any date. THE CONTEST FOR PLACES Now that the election is over the matter of appointment of the men who are to assist Mr. Graham the Mayor-elect to rule Wichita for the next two years is the one thing which is engaging the attention of all those, great and small, who were identified with the Graham movement. The colored men are very wisely keeping tab on the proceedings and will present their claim for recognition according to the promises made during the recent campaign. As to who will be the lucky men is entirely a conjecture. Suffice it to say that Mr. Graham will have plenty of applicants for every place at his command. We are informed by several colored men prominent in the movement that the colored men who are contesting for places have agreed that the contest shall be a friendly one and each man shall be left to win on his merit and capability to fill the place to which he aspires. This is as it should be and we very heartily congratulate and compliment the colored men who are aspirants for places for taking this position. The B. T. W. club met with Mrs. Moore Thursday, April 4th. The afternoon was spent in fancy needle work and quilting. Before departing dainty refreshments were served. The club adjourned to meet Thursday, April 11th, with Mrs. Bluet, 13th and Wabash. Robt. Davis of Kingman came up Tuesday evening to look after his real estate interests and to plant alfalfa on his tract of land in the north end. Mr. Davis is the very picture of good health and reports his family in good health. NOTICE TABORS. We respectfully ask the Tabernacles and Temples that have not paid their subscription to the Searchlight to do so at once. Send your one dollar in and get a receipt. W. N. MILLER, Editor. PARKER TO THE BAD. Jas. Parker, the once famous Negro who knocked down with his big fist the assassin of the late President McKinley, in Buffalo, N. Y., is almost down and out. Whiskey, women and a "good time," proved James's undoing. He was recently arrested in Atlantic City, N. J., as a vagrant and the lienancy of the magistrate saved him. Many Wichitans will remember James Parker who spent several days in Wichita a year or better ago, having a high rolling time. It's too bad that such a man should throw himself to the dogs. Taborian Temple No. 11, held another big initiation Thursday night, April 11th. They are coming to the front and will have another class ready for the near future. Miss Luella Goodseal is on the sick list this week. Mrs. Tinnie Woods of Kansas City, Mo., is in the city at the bedside of her mother, Mrs. Mary Sherrill who is very sick. Mrs. Chas, Shoats remains very ill at her home. Rev. J. H. Van Leu and Robt. Davis of Kingman were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Miller for lunch on Thursday. AN OVERSIGHT. By an oversight of the Chief Recorder of Wichita Tabernacle No. 34, the name of Mrs. Annie Swan as Treasurer-elect was omitted from the list of officers elected last Thursday. Mrs. Swan was duly elected Treasurer of Wichita Tabernacle No. 34. Mrs. Lottie Hfl was called to Kansas City on account of the death of her niece. Mrs. Sam Brazille spent Saturday and Sunday in Kingman. Mrs. J. E. Hughes of Mulvane, Kan. was in the city Thursday the guest of Mrs. M. J. Price and family. Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Price have purchased a cozy home at 1420 N. Mosley and have moved into the property where they will make their future home. J.W. Owens Shoe Repairing WORK DONE WHILE YOU WAIT 2nd Snees Bought and Sold 332 N. Main Street Wichita, Kan. Johnstons Restaurant, 339 N. Main, is the place to get good meals. Ice cream and soda water always on hand. The T. B. A. club met with Miss Beatrice Miller Saturday afternoon. After an hour of needle work they were served with a dainty lunch. They adjourned to meet with Miss Lea Fauver Saturday. Johnston's Restaurant 339 North Main Street Meals 15c. Hot or Cold Lunch —At All Hours— SUNDAY DINNERS 20c and 25c. A special notice we give to you, 'Tis something novel, something new. We are arranging for next month. On a certain date, A festive occasion to celebrate. It will be one of beauty, grace and renown. For a Queen O May we then will crown. And the public shall have A chance, as will be seen, What fair lady shall be the chosen queen. There will be pages, maids, amidst Beautious bowers, to do honor to the queen O flowers. Further notice through the Search- light there will be. Keep watch. Yours truly. L. A. C. The ladies of the G. L. A. club were entertained Tuesday afternoon by Mesdames G. H. Young and S. E. Patton at Young's Hall. A nice program in connection with the afternoon's work was a special feature. A most daintily prepared luncheon was served by the ladies and highly enjoyed by the members and the visitors that were present. LITERARY PROGRAM The. Toussaint 1 Overture Literary Society will present a splendid instrumental and literary program at Redman Hall Wednesday night, April 17. Among the specialties will be an address by Rev. Joseph Wilson and other interesting numbers. Watch for hand bills later. R. B. Fleming of Holton, Kan., was in the city Tuesday on business. 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. --- ... Drugs of all kinds, Cigars and Tobacco . . . Your patronage solicited. + Once a customer, always a customer. 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Plain, healthy food, moderate exercise, and fresh air make good blood; pastry, candy, and the rich and dainty dishes which are considered the masterpieces of the cook's art, cause numerous ailments as well as bad blood. It naturally follows that to eat nutritious, wholesome food and breathe pure air would insure pure blood. There is another thing to be considered, however, says New York Weekly, and that is the casting out of waste material that renders the blood impure. This is usually performed by the bowels, the kidneys, the skin and the lungs. If, then, we would have pure blood, we must see that these organs are kept active. Breathe pure air night and day, being careful to wear no clothing which in the least interferes with deep breathing. Eat plain but substantial food, use a moderate quantity at regular times, and absolutely nothing between meals. Keep the skin active by bathing often, the kidneys active by drinking freely of pure water, and the bowels active by right food and exercise. Keep a clean conscience and a serene mind, and you will have pure blood, and the ruddy tint of health will glow in your cheeks. Good Manners Dying Out? Good Manners Dying Out? Hurry and bridge have killed the art of polite conversation; hurry has robbed correspondence of its grace; hurry is fast transforming the once sedate city of London into a pandemonium of whirring noises, whirling wheels and evil fumes. Dignity, grace, repose are banished from our midst, and we are—as yet—only at the beginning of this breakneck race through life. Perhaps some dusty memoirs of our period will cause the men and women of the future to say: "Those people were very punctillous, very slow, very sedate." That, says Adolphus Vane Tempest, in Nineteenth Century, may be the opinion held in the not very far distant days when contending areoplanes crash into one another without an apology, and myriads of motor cars sweep over the prostrate bodies of pedestrians without inquiring if they are hurt. But there will be less difference between the people of that day and the people of ours than there is between us and the powdered, courteous gallants and glames who worthily upheld the traditions of good manners when the first gentleman in Europe was "the glass of fashion and the mould of form." Most of the tortoise shell of commerce is obtained from the hawks-bill turtle, which is taken chiefly in the Caribbean sea. Turtles caught in these waters vary in size from one to four and one-half feet long, with a maximum weight of 150 pounds, and the average weight of shell obtained from each is from six to seven pounds. The commercial value of tortoise shell depends upon the thickness and size of the plates rather than upon the brilliancy of the colors. The price of shell in this market fluctuates from three to six dollars in gold per pound. As the best prices are obtained in England, the largest amount of the shell shipped from these parts goes to that country. The San Blas Indians, however, trade a large amount of shell to coasting schooners, which is partly carried to the States and partly to Colon. There's a Pittsburgh in New York looking for a site for a Fifth avenue home, and he thinks he has a grievance because he cannot find any vacant land for less than $100,000 a lot. Between Fifth-ninth street and Lenox Library, at Seventy-second street, he found no available land at all, and from Seventy-second to One Hundred and First street he found only 14 lots offered, at. prices running up to $300,000, and that is too rich even for a Pittsburgh who has the price. It has been announced that the Kell canal is to be widened at a cost of many millions in order to enable it to admit vessels of the Dreadnaught type. The Kaiser Wilhelm canal was opened in 1895 by the German emperor. It is 64 miles long and has locks only at its extremities at Holtneau and Brunsbuttel. The width is 197 feet. Its naval value to Germany is said to be equal to 15 men of war. A German article describes a locomotive equipped with feed-water heaters which has recently been put into service on the Egyptian state railways, and effects a saving in coal consumed of 21.4 per cent., or over $1,000 per year per engine. The German scientist who predicts that in 300 years water will be worth 15 cents a drink surely expects bath tubs to go entirely out of fashion. At the very best they will be found only the homes of billionaires. Above All Things the Walls Should Be Kept Dry. When the bedroom becomes a sick room there is an added reason why extreme precautions should be used to keep the room in a thoroughly sanitary condition. Above all things, the bedroom should never be damp. It should be nice and dry, always warm and comfortable in winter, cool and airy in summer, and bright and sunny some parts of the day. If there is any suspicion of dampness in a bedroom it is probably due, if there is wallpaper on the wall, to the absorption of water by the paper which frequently acts as a blotting paper and holds quantities of water in it. The use of wallpaper on walls is to be deplored; it means disease, ill health and unhappiness. It is frequently the cause of lung trouble, not only because of its dampness but also because of its power to retain infection of many kinds. The desired method of treating a bedroom wall is to tint it for the alabastined wall is a perfect wall. It never flakes off, chips or peels. It absorbs moisture and expels it, it opens the pores of the plaster and makes a room Ivable and breathable. The floor in the bedroom should have light, cleanable, dainty rugs that can be easily shaken and a floor that is thoroughly oiled or varnished, that will not absorb moisture. The cracks in the floor should be thoroughly filled and covered. Woodwork in the bedroom should be attended to carefully, window sills should be thoroughly varnished or waxed, and the window casings kept in perfect order. The doors should be wiped off frequently as also should be all the standing woodwork in the bedroom, as the presence of dust on woodwork is a menace to health as well as an evidence of poor housekeeping. King Edward a Pigeon-Fancier. It may not be generally known that King Edward is fond of pigeon-racing, and has participated actively in it. His majesty has a big loft full of pigeons at Sandringham, where they are regularly and specially trained for long-distance races. Some years ago one of his birds won the biggest race of the year, the "Pigeon Derby," in a magnificent flight home from Lerwick. Laundry work at home would be much more satisfactory if the right Starch were used. In order to get the desired stiffness, it is usually necessary to use so much starch that the beauty and fineness of the fabric is hidden behind a paste of varying thickness, which not only destroys the appearance, but also affects the wearing quality of the goods. This trouble can be entirely overcome by using Defance Starch, as it can be applied much more thinly because of its gater strength than other makes. Read Slowly. The New York Medical Journal wisely remarks: "The colon bacillus is usually ranked in the saprophytic group of bacteria rather than place among the organisms distinctly pathogenic for man; but we know that it is far from being devoid of virulence, and that it is capable under certain conditions of gaining increased powers of invading the organism and of manifesting very definite pathogenic effects." Day of Guillotine Ended. Since the prison of La Rochette, where the French guillotine used to be kept, has been pulled down, the machine of death has been kept in a shed belonging to the state executioner. Since there is no place in Paris where it seems desirable to put up the guillotine, no more executions take place there. The president of the republic gets around the difficulty by commuting the death sentence to imprisonment. Could Not Afford Title. Many times did the German emperor press the title of prince upon Herr Von Bulow before the latter would accept. The statesman wanted the title, but could not afford to live up to it. Of this the kaiser knew nothing, of course. At length, about 18 months ago, a relative of Von Bulow died, leaving him $1,350,000. A few days later he showed the kaiser a legal notification of his good fortune. The monarch grunted. "So that was the reason—my prince," he said, laying stress on the title. "Why did you not say so before?" FIND OUT The Kind of Food That Will Keep You Well. The true way is to find out what is best to eat and drink, and then cultivate a taste for those things instead of poisoning ourselves with improper, indigestible food, etc. A conservative Mass. woman writes: "I have used Grape-Nuts 5 years for the young and for the aged; in sickness and in health; at first following directions carefully, later in a variety of ways as my taste and judgment suggested. "But its most special, personal benefit has been a substitute for meat, and served dry with cream when rheumatic troubles made it important for me to give up the 'coffee habit.'" "Served in this way with the addition of a cup of hot water and a little fruit it has been used at my morning meal for six months, during which time my health has much improved, nerves have grown steadier, and a gradual decrease in my comfort." Name, given by Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., Battle Creek, Mich. Read the little book, "The Road to Wellville" in pkgs. "There's a Reason." PEACE IN THE WEST. Dots, he dominates and we shall be happy! WASHINGTON STAR SOON TO KNOW HIS FATE --- After 18 Hour's Deliberation Thaw Jury were Unable to Reach Agreement. HAD MUCH OF TESTIMONY READ TO THEM The Jury Also Asked Permission to Examine a Large Number of Exhibits Introduced During the Trial—A Verdict of Any Sort Seems Remote New York, April 12.—After deliberating for more than 18 hours without being able to reach an agreement, the jury into whose hands the fate of Harry K. Thaw was given at 5:17 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, reported before Justice Fitzgerald at 11 a. m. Thursday and asked permission to examine a large number of exhibits introduced during the trial and also asked to have read to them the testimony of several of the eye witnesses to the tragedy. Among the exhibits called for were the letters which Harry Thaw wrote to Attorney Longfellow shortly after, as alleged, Evelyn Nesbit told him in Paris the story of her relations with Stanford White, and the will and codicil which Thaw executed the night of his marriage in Pittsburg on April 4, 1905. The jury also asked for the diagram of Madison Square Roof Garden as it was the night Thaw killed White. This diagram was held up before them as the court stenographer read from the official record of the testimony the evidence given by James Clinch Smith, the brother-in-law of Stanford White, to whom Thaw talked for more than half an hour the night of the tragedy; the evidence of Meyer Cohen, the music publisher, whom Mr. Delmas had quoted in his summing up address as saying that Thaw after he had sent Stanford White to his death, held out his arms in the shape of a cross as a priest might do at some sacrificial ceremony; the testimony of Henry S. Plaise of Paul Brudle, the fireman who disarmed Thaw; of Warren Paxton, the engineer of the roof garden, and other witnesses. The action of the jury in asking for the particular exhibits and the testimony indicated, led to much speculation as to what the trend of their long discussion had been. It was generally conceded that serious differences of opinion had developed among the jurors as to the evidence and that a verdict of any sort was still remote. The examination of the Thaw letters and the other documents called for will require much time. Thaw faced his judges Thursday with every indication of confidence. He of all the members of his counsel and his family is still hopeful of a favorable outcome. The best that his counsel expect is a disagreement or the jury. They have feared from the time the jurors retired that there might be a compromise among them on some lesser degree of guilt than murder in the first degree. The action of the jury in calling for the testimony did not inspire the attorneys to any new hope. After being locked in their consultation room at 11 o'clock Wednesday night with nothing but hard chairs and a table to rest upon, the jurors argued unceasingly among themselves. The few ballots taken indicated, it is said, that there was a wide divergence of views. At 11 o'clock the jury filed into the court room. Only the members of the Thaw family, his attorneys, District Attorney Jerome and the newspaper men were allowed to enter. The strain under which the jurors had labored since their retirement Wednesday afternoon was plainly written upon their faces. Their eyes were red, their cheeks a chalky white, and the whole effect one of haggardness. It was evident that sleep had been a stranger to their consultation room Wednesday night. Jurors Pink and Steele seemed especially to have suffered in the long vigil. During the long time it required the court stenographer to read the testimony they desired, the jurymen loured back in their chairs and appeared to keep awake only with the greatest effort. The jury retired again to resume its deliberations at 1:30 p. m. after having listened to the reading of testimony for two hours and a half. Celebrated Pulitzer's Birthday. St. Louis, Mo., April 12.—The 16th birthday anniversary of Joseph Pulitzer, proprietor of the St. Louis Post Dispatch and the New York World, was celebrated here Wednesday night with a dinner at the Southern hotel. Sixty guests were present, among them being Gov. Folk of Missouri, Gov. Dineen of Illinois and the executive heads of the various St. Louis newspapers. George S. Johns, editor of the Post Dispatch, acted as toastmaster and brief informal speeches were made. Mr. Pulitzer is now in France, but his son Joseph, Jr., represented him at the dinner. He Carried An Open Knife Pittsburg, April 12.—Carrying a penknife which was open and partly concealed in his cuff, Frederick Slagel, aged 33 years, was arrested in front of the Hotel Schenley Thursday morning. Slagel was trying to gain access to the main lobby of the hotel when seized by a policeman. He begged the officer to let him enter, saying he wished to speak with Andrew Carnegie in reference to the sale of a patent for miting-cows. He was hurried to a police station; where he gave his address as Los Angeles, Cal. Nebraska Land Fraud Trials Omaha, April 12—The land frauds trials in federal court continued Thursday morning with testimony in the Richards, Comstock, Janison case which contained the same charges, being read to the jury in the present case. There are 3,000 typewritten pages of this testimony to be read. To relieve the monotony of the reading, the attorneys have agreed to alternate with new testimony from live witnesses when tired reading from the old testimony. It Is Now Gen. Hall. Leavenworth, Kan., April 12.—Col. Charles B. Hall, Eighteenth infantry, was sworn in as a brigadier general at noon Thursday. A salute of 11 guns were fired in his honor. Col. Hall will succeed Gen. Davis in command of the Eighteenth infantry. Gen. Hall will remain commandant of the infantry and cavalry shcool at Fort Leavenworth. No Evidence Against Hearst. San Francisco, April 12.—The grand jury has decided to pay no attention to the unsupported statements, alleged to have been made by "Eddie" Graney, blacksmith and prizeflight referee, to the effect that money was improperly used by agents of William R. Hearst at the primary election in 1904. A. Negro Gets an Appointment. Washington, April 12--The president has appointed Ralph W. Tyler, a negro of Columbus, O., to be auditor of the treasury for the navy department. Tyler is the man who it was announced had been considered by the president for a federal position in Ohio, particularly that of surgeon of customs at Cincinnati. Nebraska College Building Dedicated. Nebraska College Building Dedicated Lincoln, N.C., April 12.—The C. C. White Memorial building of the Nebraska Wesleyan university was dedicated Wednesday in the presence of a distinguished company. The dedicatory address was by Gov. Henry A Richtel of Colorado. Cotton Compress Burned. Oklahoma City, Ok., April 12.—A special from Chickasha, I. T., says the cotton compress at that place burned Thursday. A vast amount of cotton stored there was burned, the loss being estimated at $1,000,000. TIRED BACKS. The kidneys have a great work to do in keeping the blood pure. When they get out of order it causes backache, headaches, dizziness, languor and distressing urinary troubles. Keep the kidneys well and all these sufferings will be saved you. Mrs. S.A. Moore, proprietor of a restaurant at Waterville, Mo., says: "Before they get out of order it causes backache, headaches, dizziness, languor and distressing urinary troubles. Keep the kidneys well and all these sufferings will be saved you. Mrs. S.A. Moore, proprietor of a restaurant at Waterville, Mo., says: "Before using Doan's Kidney Pills I suffered everything from kidney troubles for a year and a half. I had pain in the back and head, and almost continuous in the loins and felt weary all the time. A few doses of Doan's Kidney Pills brought great relief, and I kept on taking them until in a short time I was cured. I think Doan's Kidney Pills are wonderful." For sale by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N.Y. WOMEN IN NEW FIELDS. British Smart Society Takes to "Hopping"—Woman Veterinary. Work in the hop fields is the latest "rest cure" fad for London's smart set, and the luxurious society "hoppers" claim that a week's hopping is far better and more pleasant than a rest at any well-known health resort. The tents of these well-to-do pickers are expensively furnished, and easy chairs, soft beds and up-to-date camping outfits are among their hopping appliances. In Berlin there is a woman veterinary surgeon who is an official inspector of animals. She rides through the streets on the lookout for animals suffering from any disablement, and before reporting a horse as unfit for work, she examines its injuries and whenever possible applies remedies to alleviate its pain. She carries a leather case filled with bandages and other surgical appliances. SARSAPARILLA TIME. Make Your Own Sarsaparilla or Spring Blood Medicine. Mix one-half ounce Fluid Extract Dandelion, one ounce Compound Kargon, three ounces Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla. Shake well in a bottle and take one teapoonful after meals and again at bedtime. Any good drugist can supply these ingredients. This is said to be a splendid Spring Blood Tonic and system renovator because of its gentle action in restoring the Kidneys to normal activity, forcing them to filter from the blood all impure matter and acids, destroying micro-organisms which produce ill health and sour blood. Everyone should take something to cleanse the blood at this time of year, and the above simple prescription is the most highly indorsed of the hundreds of home remedies generally used. Mix this yourself, then you will Mix this yourself, then you will know what you are taking. WOMAN HAS FINE RECORD. Keeper of Lighthouse, She Has Saved Eighteen Lives. Ida Lewis recently celebrated her fiftieth year as keeper of the Lime island lighthouse in the harbor of Newport, R. I. As a girl and woman Ida Lewis has lived a remarkable life. Her bravery and skill in handling a boat are well known and her fame is secure as the great woman life saver in the world, for she has the credit of having saved no less than 18 lives, most of her rescues having been effected in the face of extreme danger and in winter. As keeper of the Lime island lighthouse, to which post she was appointed in recognition of her bravery and record as a life saver on the death of her father, Miss Lewis has shown herself as careful and efficient as a man could be. She is one of the few women in such a position. SLEEP BROKEN BY ITOHING. Eczema Covered Whole Body for a Year—No Relief Until Cuticura Remedies Prove a Success. "For a year I have had what they call eczema. I had an itching all over my body, and when I would retire for the night it would keep me awake half the night, and the more I would scratch, the more it would itch. I tried all kinds of remedies, but could get no relief. "I used one cake of Cuticura Soap, one box of Cuticura, and two vials of Cuticura Resolvent Pills, which cost me a dollar and twenty-five cents in all, and am very glad I tried them, for I was completely cured. Walter W. Paglusch, 207 N. Robey St., Chicago, Ill. Oct. 8 and 16. 1906." Carpets from Paper. The proprietors of an Austrian carpet factory at Maffersdorf are stated to have acquired German patents which embody a method of manufacturing carpets or floor coverings from paper. The new material can be made in all colors, is washable and will probably prove itself a rival to Linoleum. 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. Increase in Savings Deposits. Increase in Savings Deposits. In 1906 the resources of the savings banks of the state of New York reached $1,465,000,000, an increase of $59,000,000 in only one year. HERE'S A QUEER PROPOSAL Witliam J. Bryan Requested to Present Roosevelt's Name to Democratic Convention. WOULD COMPLY IF SHOWN TO BE DUTY The Request Was Made at a Bryan Anniversary Dinner at Chattanooga, Tenn., by John Temple Graves, of Atlanta, Ga., The President Remains Silent. Chattanooga, Tenn., April 12.—At the Bryan anniversary club dinner Wednesday night John Temple Graves, of Atlanta, in the course of an address, asked William J. Bryan to present the name of Theodore Roosevelt to the next democratic national convention as the party's candidate for president. Mr. Bryan in reply, said that according to present conditions he should not present Mr. Roosevelt's name to the convention. "Bear in mind," Mr. Bryan added, "I say 'as at present advised.'" In his address Wednesday night Mr. Graves said in part: Among those who have lead us in the past, and among those who are to lead us in the future, there deserves to live and there will be left to live no name more honored, no character more revered, no leadership more trusted, and no personality more beloved than William J. Bryan of Nebraska. We have found where we did not seek him a man to do the things the people solely need. We do not know if we could succeed in placing in power the man our partisan loyalty would prefer. We do not know whether in this environment our party's choice would change the machinery and win or lose the fateful battle of our economic life. In sound logic and in clear common sense we must recognize the tremendous start, the tremendous prestige, which the president has made. He is every inch a leader and by all the record he is a predestined winner in the fight. Can we, the people's party, afford to risk the people's vital interest by changing leaders in the very crisis of the great battle that is on." The times may change and men may change as well before the campaign of 1908 begins. But if the conditions then are as they are today—if Roosevelt rides the storm that is brewing in the realm of corporate capital, then our way seems open and our duty clear. Speaking here deliberately for myself, and in my fair judgement of the great majority of the plain and honest democrats, of the Empire Southern state, from which I am, I believe that we should put the party then below the people, the prince above the man. We should rebuke the spirit of spoils and the hunger of faction. We should affirm our principles, confess our faith, recite the necessity of the reform of corporate capital as the supreme and transcendent issue of the times, pay tribute to the great and typical American who has proved himself the damnless and conquering captain of the people's cause and then and there in that great convention of our own, William J. Bryan, the one unmatched and incompatible evangel of our faith, speaking for a pure democracy, and speaking for the whole plain people of this republic, should put in nomination Theodore Roosevelt for one more undisputed term of power to finish the work that he has so gloriously begun. It would give this great country of ours one millennial period in which factions and partisans should be still and the spirit of representative government should be given a new birth and a new consecration to its great ideals—to the glory of the people and the admiration of the world. Replying to Mr. Graves' address, Mr. Bryan complimented the Georgian for his honesty and boldness and said if there was any place in the world where absolute freedom of speech should prevail it ought to be in a democratic gathering. He added that when he had heard that Mr. Graves had retired from the hall because there might be doubts about the wisdom of what he had to say, he had sent for the Georgian to return and insisted that the speech should be delivered. "As at present advised," said Mr. Bryan, "I shall not present the name of Theodore Roosevelt to the national democratic convention. Bear in mind, I say 'as at present advised.'" Mr. Bryan declared that if after mature consideration and reflection of the arguments in the case he should consider that his duty lay in that direction, he would present Mr. Roosevelt's name if it should prove the last act of his life. Washington, April 12.—President Roosevelt Thursday declined all the many requests to make some comment for publication on the declaration made by John Temple Graves, of Georgia, at the Bryan anniversary club banquet at Chattanooga Wednesday night that Mr. Bryan should at the forthcoming democratic national convention nominate President Roosevelt for another term. Lord Cromer Resigns London, April 12.—Lord Cromer, the British agent and consul general in Egypt, has resigned, and Sir Eldon Gorst has been appointed to succeed him. HONEST MEDICINE TRY DR. WILLIAMS' PINK PILLS FOR STOMACH TROUBLE. Convincing Evidence Supported by a Guarantee That Must Convince The Most Skeptical. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are a doctor's prescription, used by an eminent practitioner, and for nearly a generation known as a reliable household remedy throughout the United States. Needless to say, no advertised medicine could retain popular favor for so long a period without having great merit and it is the invaluable curative properties of the pills that have made them a standard remedy in every civilized country in the world. Added to this is the absolute guarantee that the pills contain no harmful drug, opiate, narcotic or stimulant. A recent evidence of their efficacy is found in the statement of Mrs. N. B. Whitley, of Boxley, Ark., who says: "I had suffered for a good many years from stomach trouble. For a long time I was subject to bad spells of faintness and lack of breath accompanied by an indescribable feeling that seemed to start in my stomach. Whenever I was a little run over or tired, these spells would come on. They occurred frequently but did not last very long. "I was confined to my bed for ten weeks one time and the doctor pronounced my trouble chronic inflammation of the stomach and bowels. Since that time I have been subject to the fainting spells and at other times to futtering of the heart and a feeling as though I was smothering. My general health was very bad and I was weak and trembling. "I had seen Dr. Williams' Pink Pills mentioned in the newspapers and decided to try them. When I began taking the pills I was so run-down in strength that I could hardly do any housework. Now I could walk ten miles if necessary. Both my husband and myself think Dr. Williams' Pink Pills the best medicine made and we always recommend the pills to our friends." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills actually make new blood and give strength and tone to every part of the body. They have cured serious disorders of the blood and nerves, such as rheumatism, sciatica, anemia, nervousness, headaches, partial paralysis, locomotor ataxia, St. Vittus' dance and many forms of weakness in either sex. They are sold by all drugists or will be sent, postpaid, on receipt of price, 50 cents per box, six boxes for $2.50, by the Dr. Williams Medicine Company, Schenected, N. Y. Refuges on Mont Blanc. Losing one's self on Mont Blanc will soon be counted among the vanished industries. In recent years a number of fine refuges have been built in various parts of the mountain by the Alpine clubs of England, France and other countries and by private individuals. These have made it almost impossible for a man having a bump of locality of average size to be lost, in spite of heavy mists and blinding snowstorms caused by sudden changes of temperature. With a smooth iron and Defiance Starch, you can launder your shirt-waist just as well at home as the steam laundry can; it will have the proper stiffness and finish, there will be less wear and tear of the goods, and it will be a positive pleasure to use a Starch that does not stick to the iron. Nankin, China, is to have an electric light system of the most modern kind; also a new water works. Painting for Profit No one will question the superior appearance of well-painted property. The question that the property-owner asks, is: "Is the appearance worth the cost?" Poor paint is for temporary appearance only. Paint made from Pure Linseed Oil and Pure White Lead is for lasting appearance and for protection. It saves repairs and replacements costing many times the paint investment. NATIONAL LEAGUE ALL LEAGUE PACKED IN SEND FOR BOOK "A Talk on Pain." gives valuable info. about the subject. Sont free upon request. All lead packed in 100 years this mark. 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Pittsburg, April 12.—The first ceremonies in connection with the rededication of the magnificent Carnegie Institute of Pittsburgh, which will extend over three days, began at 9:45 o'clock Thursday when William N. Frew, president of the board of trustees, welcomed the invited guests from England, Germany, France, Belgium, Holland, South America, Canada and the United States in the Founders room of the institute. The meeting was an informal one and was for the purpose of introducing the guests. Immediately following this Mayor George W. Guthrie of Pittsburg, and Mrs. Guthrie held a municipal reception in the foyer. They were assisted by Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Carnegie, while President and Mrs. Frew presented the guests. At the close of the reception the museum and galleries of fine art, including the international annual exhibition of paintings were inspected. The tour of inspection gave the visitors the first complete view of the institute buildings. The modern temple dedicated to literature, art, music and science, rises a glistening edifice of marble from the green sward of Schenley Park, one of the most beautiful in the park system of the city. Located on Forbes street near the Grant Boulevard which is the most beautiful drive in the county, the building faces to the south, and with its wings and extensions covers an area of four acres, while with the three floors there is a space for the various departments of 16 acres, exclusive of two basements and the power house. Some idea of the extent of the building may be gained by a comparison with the Capitol at Washington which covers 34 acres. The total cost of the institute is $6,000,000. Six thousand tons of marble have been used in its construction which alone costs $750,000. Twenty-five thousand electric lights and 200 miles of wiring are controlled by one of the largest switchboards in the world. The heating and ventilation plant is one of the most elaborate and scientific and cost $650,000. In the library the new book stacks are eleven stories high and have a capacity of 800,000 volumes while the entire capacity is 1,500,000 volumes. Two art galleries cover 44,700 square feet and the museum 104,000 square feet. More costly and rare marble has been used than all other buildings in the United States. Another of the features is the Alexander frescoes portraying in symbolic paintings the rise of Pittsburg. These are but few of the wonders of the Carnegie Institute and it might be added one of its chief charms is that it is to be opened complete—there are no long stretches of rooms to be filled as collections are gathered for them; the treasures with which the great marble palace is endowed have been gathered for their new home. The institute with its museum, its galleries of sculpture, and its permanent collection of paintings by the great masters, the music hall with its famous orchestra, and the library with its collection of 260,002 volumes—all are a finished product—a product of the succeeding ages that had their part in making Pittsburg. A few minutes before noon the guests left the institute for the Hotel Schenley, nearby, where luncheon was served. At 1:30 p. m. there was an academic procession from the Hotel Schenley to the carnegie institute under escort of the faculty and student body of the Carnegie Technical schools. Gowns and hoods were worn by guests holding academic degrees. At 2 p. m. the dedication of the new building took place in the hall of music. The president of the board of trustees presided. After which the building was thrown open to the general public, except the hall of music and the foyer, the admission to which was by ticket. Upon the conclusion of the exercises in the hall of music, guests were invited to spend the time until 5 o'clock in the various halls of the buildings. In the evening there was a concert of the Pittsburg Orchestra conducted by Emil Paur. Sir Edward Elgar of London conducted one of his own compositions upon invitation of Mr. Paur and the Orchestra committee. Oil Company's Mail Held. Kansas City, Kan., April 12.—The postmaster received Wednesday a telegram from the postmaster General ordering that the mail of the Uncle Sum Oil company be held. The secretary of the company, H. H. Tucker, was indicted Monday by the federal grand jury at Topeka on a charge of using the mails to defraud. You Look Prematurely Old Fruit acids will not stain goods dyeed with PUTNAM DLELESS DYES, and the colors are bright and fast. Sweet are the thoughts that saver of content; a quiet mind is better than a crown—Greene. Garfield Tea—the indispensable laxative! 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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 DATENTS TRADE MARKS DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS & C. Anyone sending a sketch and description may quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an invitation properly be published. Communications strictly confidential. HANDBOOK on Patents sent free. Oldest agency for securing patents. Munn taken through Munn & Co. receive special notice, without charge, in the Scientific American. A handsomely illustrated weekly. Largest circulation of any scientific journal. Terms, $3 a year; four months, $1. Sold by all news dealers. MUNN & Co. 361 Broadway, New York Branch Office, 55 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. 303 South Hydraulic Avenue New Phone 985 Wichita - - - Kansas Dr. A. J. Jordan, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Diseases of Women A Specialty 601 North Main St. New Phone 1944 ' GUITED WE STAND, RIVIDED WE FALL. Rev. Joseph Wilson will celebrate the Third Anniversary of his pastorate of New Hope Baptist church next Sunday, April 14th, at the church. All are very cordially invited to be present at which time the following program will be rendered: Rev. W. H. Tillman, presiding. Song Service.....Minister Symposium—"How shall our church exert more wholesome influence upon the community?" A. Mr. Geo. Hicks, B. Mr. Thos. Glover, C. Deacon Walker, D. Mrs. Joe Fine. Solo.....Mrs. Eliza Jackson Scripture Lesson.....Rev. S. M. Hall It necessary Prayer.....J. E. Lewis Hymn.....Congregation Blest Be The Tie That Binds. Anniversary Sermon—Rev. J. F. C. Taylor, pastor St. Paul A. M. E. Church. Recapitulatory Prayer...Rev. Jas. Tipps Duett—Miss Wilson and Miss Hammond. Congratulatory Remarks—Rev. W. H. Tillman. Grand Rally in which members and friends of company "A" Capt. Dora Tipps and company "F" Capt. H. F. Frazler will participate. We very cordially invite you and friends to join us in making this a joyous occasion. LIQUOR MEN ENJOINED. Fred S. Jackson, Attorney General of Kansas, has filed an injunction in the Supreme Court of Kansas against the Mahan Supply Co., and all the other wholesale liquor men of Kansas to stop them from shipping and selling liquor in Kansas. It is proposed to put "the lid" on tight in the Sunflower state. All will watch the outcome. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Helm are at home again from Klowa. S. W. Jones received Monday a telegram stating that Co. Beck of the 23rd Kansas Volunteers, was killed at Muskogee, I. T. His remains were shipped to Wamego, his former home where the funeral was held Wednesday. A beautiful floral offering was sent to the bereaved family by Capt. A. M. Wilson of Co. D., and Capt. S. W. Jones and Lieut. Bettis of Co. E. Miss Bessie Duval is at home from Western University. Do You Want Long Hair? IF SO, SEE 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 W. M. Dunson, 302 W. Murdock Ave., Wichita F IT EVER HAPPENED YOU'LL FIND IT. IN THE SEARCHLIGHT. WHY NOT SUBSCRIBE? A BARNYARD LYRIC. In the course of a eulogy on the Kansas hen a contemporary prints a "poem" on the subject, written by Ed. Blair, of Spring Hill, while he was manager of the Grange store down in Lynn county:: Cackle, cackle, Plymouth Rocks, You can have the wagon box. You can have the wagon box, 'N the smoke house in the barn, Take 'em—we don't care a darn Cackle here and cackle there, Lay your ggs jes' anywhere: Every time ye lay an egg, Down goes the mortgage a peg. Cackle, cackle all the day, Who kin find a better way Fer to get ahead again, Than to cultivate the hen? CAUGHT AT LAST. Some certain of the colored population borrowing their neighbor's SEARCHLIGHT to read the news instead of subscribing and paying for the SEARCHLIGHT themselves. How long will ye thus continue to spongue off of other folks? THE WICH TA SEARCHLIGHT NEWTON, KANSAS. Mrs. L. C. House who has been in Emporia visiting for the past week, returned home Saturday evening reporting a fine time. Pat Rickman and son Lloyd left the city Sunday for Whitewater where they will remain for two weeks. Walter and Ira aPtterson of Florence, Kan., spent Sunday in the city. Albert Holder of Marion, Kan., visited in the city Sunday. Robt. Brown is reported some better. Callie Anderson is contemplating a trip to Valley Center Sunday. Robt. and Geo. Brown are contemplating a trip to Valley Center Sunday. Miss Florence Taylor left the city last week for Los Vegas, N. M. Mrs. M. Ridley is reported quite ill. LIST G. W. McDonald, 439 W. Pine Frank Buford, 130 St. Francis, Judge O. D. Kirk, Court House Richard Cogdell, Sheriff, RESOLUTIONS OF CONDOLENCE PARSONS, KAN. Whereas, Dtr, Nora Warn has been removed from our midst, after a long illness, Silver Leaf Tabernacle, No. 16, has lost a dutiful member whom they claimed for several years. Resolved, That the charter of Silver Leaf Tabernacle be draped in mourning for a period of thirty days and members wear their badge for a like period. Also Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the Wichita Searchlight, official organ, for publication, and a copy be sent to the bereaved family; also placed on record in Tabernacle journal. Be it further Resolved, That the members tender their deep sympathy to the husband and dear ones of the family. MRS, HATTIE COLLINS, H. P. MISS MAE CAVANAUGH, C. R. MRS, LIZZIE TIGGS, V. P. MRS, NANCY PRESTON, C. Pr. GRAND RECEPTION AT ARKAN SAS CITY, KAN. A grand reception was given by Miss Nolice Keller and Mrs. Logan in honor of the A. M. E. chorus and the Misses Jones at the home of Miss Keller at 512 North A street. The dining room was beautifully decorated with red and white candles in the center of the table was a beautiful bell, with the ribbons attached and a placard on each ribbon. The guests were received by Helen Logan. A two course lunch was served. Mr. G. Drumguild served as toast master. After all had responded, the guests passed into the parlor and were entertained by the male quartette and several ladies recited. Then Miss Douglass of Unit. I. T. rendered an instrumental solo. Mr. Jackson rendered a basso solo which was enjoyed by all. Miss Keller rendered a selection after which the guests departed, all reporting having had a good time. Mrs. C. H. Carpenter and Mrs. E. A. Mitchell entertained Rev. and Mrs. Guy and daughter, Mrs. Douglass at dinner Sunday. Mrs. Melinda Kemp has been quite ill. KANSAS CITY. KAN. We regret to report that Mrs. Jackson on Barnett avenue, is very sick. Queen of the West Tabernacle has taken in a great many new members recently. Mrs. Maggle Robinson is ill with fever. We are glad to note that Theo. Jones is much improved from his recent accident of getting burned. Mrs. E. L. Butler has returned from a six months visit to Sacramento, Cal. Rev. Ward has divided his church membership into clubs for a great rally. The 8th Street Christian church is holding revival services. The Parliamentary club elected the following delegates to the State Federation: Mrs. H. C. Bruce, Miss H. Anderson and Mrs. M. C. Matthews. Alternates: Mrs. L. Green, Mrs. D. White, and Mrs. Parks. They had a full attendance at Mrs. I. V. Brown's lovely cottage and an excellent lesson, led by Mrs. D. W. White. The next meeting will be held with Mrs. I. F. Bradley and the lesson will be Subsidiary Motions. The Willing Workers of the A. M. E. church had a dinner at M. and O. on election day. The young ladies of the First Baptist church will give a concert the 16th. The Metropolitan Circle elected the following delegates to the State Federation: Mrs. M. Y. Matthews, Pres; Miss B. Rossen, Mrs. C. Lee, Mrs. E. A. Wilson and C. Patterson. This Circle is flourishing. They have large meetings and large collections. At ainner given election day they cleared nearly twenty dollars. At the last meeting, Mr. James Garner served the whole Circle at Slaughter's Ice Cream Parlor. Previously Mrs. Frye and Mrs. Hume served them abundantly. Rev. E. A. Wilson is holding a series of meetings. He is assited by Prof. Britt, the baritone. Rev. Bowren of the First Baptist church had a large baptizing recently. The Progressive Art club will hold its four weeks' reception Wednesday. RESOLUTIONS OF CONDOLENCE. Kansas City, Kan., March 31, '07. Whereas, It has pleased the Almighty God to remove from our midst Priestess, Eliza Latham, who departed this life, March 29, 1907, about 6 p. m. She had been a member of Rebecca Tabernacle No. 11 for 15 years. Whereas, As the intimate relationship long held by our deceased daughter, with the members of Rebecca Tabernacle render it proper that we should place on record our appreciation of her service as a Daughter, always ready and active in her works until about 3 years ago, she has been unable to perform her duties. Resolved, By Rebecca Tabernacle No. 11, that, while we bow with humble submission to the will of the Most High, we do not the less mourn for our daughter, who has been called from her labor to rest. Resolved, That we tender our heartfelt sympathy to the family and relatives of our deceased Daughter. Be it further. Resolved, That these condolences be entered upon our minutes and that a copy be sent to the Searchlight; also a copy to the bereaved family. "I long to be with Jesus, Amid the heavenly throng, Amid the heavenly thruog, To sing with Saints his praises, And learn the Aangels' song." Signed. MRS, KATIE MINOR, MISS EDITH EDMOND, MISS TILLIE THORNTON KANSAS CITY, KANSAS. To the Searchlight. Rebecca Tabernacle No. 11. Monday was our monthly meeting and election of officers. After the routine of business our H. P., Dtr. Woodfork turned the meeting to the G. C. M., Sir Frank Wilson, to hold the election. Our present H. P., Dtr. Woodfork was re-elected for the ensuing year. We had only three changes in the election. Members present, 103. Oh how pleasant it is to dwell together in love. Our link was broken Friday March 29. We ask your prayers that God raise His hand of affliction a little while, but nevertheless The will be done. NEWS OF GREAT BEND. Rev. Raimey preached a noble sermon Sunday, subject, "Who will believe our report?" He also administered the Lord's Supper. Moses Johnson and family left for Garden City Sunday evening. Rev. J. H. Raimey returned from Osage City. He reports a good time. Miss Kattie Joshlin is on the sick list. Little Marie Sellers is very sick with tonsilitis. Rev. and Mrs. Raimey were presented a beautiful Klondike rubber tire buggy, $5, and we enjoy seeing them enjoy their beautiful gift. Queen Esther's circle met at the parsonage with Rev. Mrs. J. H. Raimey, Mrs. Alfred Joshin and Mrs. Gertrude Wells acting as hostesses. The financial report of the bazar was $25 clear. After all routine business luncheon was served. Moses Johnson and family were pleasantly surprised by their many friends of Great Bend about 30 was present. All report a fine time. Mrs. Henry Sellers, sr., entertained the Johnson family at dinner Friday evening. Mrs. Charley Wilson was the guest of Mrs. Riley last Saturday south side. Rev. Brooks, presiding else A. M. E. church, was in the city Sunday. He preached a good sermon. Miss Nellie Machaux is on the sick list. Mrs. Wesley Roberts is not so well at this writing. Miss Maud Machaux has returned from Denver. Mr. and Mrs. Fancher are erecting a new residence. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Sellers entertained Rev. and Mrs. Raimey, Mrs. Alfred Johnson at dinner Sunday. The Household of Ruth social was quite a success. All reported a social good time. WANTED—Person to travel in home territory; salary $3.50 per day and expenses. Address, J. J. A. Alexander,125 Plymouth Place, Chicago, Ill. Excellence Counts..... THEN USE..... "U·KNEAD·IT" FLOUR It excels in every respect,—color, flavor, and pounds of bread per barrel. MADE BY Watson Mill Co. WICHITA, KANSAS DEAM ABSTRACT IN NORTH-WEST CORNER OF THE COURT HOUSE Bonded Abstractors In The Grocery Line Your wants need careful attention and our store is the place to get it. We handle the best of Fancy and Staple Groceries and our prices are right. Orders given prompt attention. Kernan & Co., 102 E. Douglas Pone 357 U.S. NAFTGER, W. R. TUCKER, President Vice President J. M. MOORE, Cashier Fourth National Bank United States Devository Directors—W. R. Tucker, W. E. Jett, R. L. Humes, S. B. Amidon, B. F. Me Lean, J. M. Moore, L. S. Naltayer, P. H. Middlekauff, O. Z. Smith. General Banking Business Tranacted CHITA NSAS Dr.J.E. Farmer, Physician and Surgeon —Diseases of— Women and Children A Specialty New Phone 936 Office 517 N. Main St HOUCK Hardware store First Class Goods at Lowest Price: 116 East Douglas Avenue FORD'S HAIR POMADE Formerly known as "OZONIZED OX.MARROW" ```markdown ``` SO STRAIGHTENKS KINKY or CURLY HAIR that it can be put up in any style that it can be put up in any style Ford's Hair Pomade was formerly known as "OZONIZED OXMARROW" and is made in kinky or curly hair straight. as shown above. Its use makes the most stub- pliable and easy to comb. Those results may obey the instructions usually sufficient for a year. The use of Ford's Hair Pomade removes and orates the scalp, stops the hair from falling out or breaking off. makes it grow and, by vigor. Being elegantly perfumed and harmless, it is a toilet necessity for ladies. made has been made and sold continuously about 185, and label. OZONIZED OX States Patent Office, in 1847. Be sure to get Ford's assits that makes the hair from irritations. Remember that Ford's Hair Pomade is put up only in d. c. by the dealer. The gemini has the signature, Charles Ford. Pres. on each package. buy bottle. Price only 50 cts. Sold by drugstrials and dealers. If your drugrist or dealer can come from his jobber or wholesale dealer or send us 50 cts. for one bottle postpaid, or ties. express paid. We pay postage and express charges to all points in U.S. A. When order comes from his jobber or wholesale dealer, and mention name of this paper. Write your name and address plainly to 153 E. KINZIE ST., CHICAGO, ILL. Agents wanted everywhere. PAGE 3 Zero Weather Is promised by the weath er factory for this day and this week. We have plenty of Coal on hand, but get your orders in early Monday morning to get delivery in time for your needs. BOTH PHONES 496 J.H. TURNER WICHITA, KANS. 533 to 547 WEST DOUGLAS COMS Sir D. L. Taylor 329 East Center SALINA, KANSAS Designer and Builder of Tent Houses. Prices in reach of all Write for particulars TO-DAY. TO THE H. P.'S, GREETING: The annual visits of the Grand High Preceptress for the year 1907: Wichita, Kans., March 20-21. Salina, Kan., March 22-23. Jola, Kan., April 12. Cherryvale, Kan., April 13. Coffeyville, Kan., April 15-16. Parsons, Kan., April 17-18. Pt. Scott, Kan., April 19-20. Weir City, Kan., April 22. Pittsburg, Kan., April 23. Lawrence, Kan., April 24-25. Ottawa, Kan., April 26. Kansas City, Kan., May 15-16-17-26. Leavenworth, Kan., May 21. Atchison, Kan., May 23-24. Yours for Taborian Success. DTR. EMMA GAINES, G. H. P. 1170 Filmore St., Topeka, Kan. Watch for the Searchlight collector. Be prepared to pay what you owe us Office, 601 N. Main St. Red Front RACKET The People's Economy Store Sample Shoes We have just received a large invoice of Men's, Work Shoes, Men's Dress Shoes, Ladies' and Miss' Fine Shoes, Oxfords and Slippers all styles and kinds. AT WHOLESALE PRICES Tapp & Hanshaw Phone 257 256-257 N. Main netnnel frsrnncl rsrnecl frstnesl fotrnrch firtrna irsiorcl finsrmoch fr The Marshal of Paradise By George Edwin Hunt Bye yore prenn ip ce yprmen fom yom Tyros (Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles.) This is the story of Runty Smith- es, as told to me by various and sun- ary citizens of Paradise, Ariz.: Archibald Anstruther Smithers was born of rich and respectable parents, 4n the city of Richmond, Ind. His education was that of the young men of the middle states. He was taught to have faith, respect his conscience und be honest. He knew there were people in the world with but little regard for law and order, for he had read books and newspapers, but they figured as things remote, like Pom- peli and the fixed stars. His uprais- Ing was on strictly conventional lines; his scheme of existence was bound- ed by the limited experience obtained ‘among a refined and intellectual ac- quaintanceship A well-marked idio- syncrasy in his character was his fear of bodily injury. It was more than timidity; it was abject physical cow- ardice. As moral courage and sense of duty were among his most promi- nent traits, his utter lack of physical courage was accentuated. { Developing tubercular tendencies ‘Quring his last year in college, this studious, quiet, timid young man was wiven a letter of credit and much ad- ‘vice by Its busy father, a chamois akin undervest and a cloud-burst of tears by his loving mother, and de- parted for Arizona to seek the robust health his physician predicted an out- door life in that latitude would con- fer. When Archibald Anstruther reach- ved Paradise his general appearance must have failed, in many respects, to coincide with the atmosphere of that hustling community. Archibald An- struther was short and slight, thin ‘end pale of face, hollow-chested, and with a scholarly stoop to his shoul- ders. The spectacles he wore were rendered necessary by extreme near- sightedness. Following a custom of the free and unfettered west, lone- some Linthicum dubbed him “Runty” at thelr first interview, and Runty he remained to the end of the story. Mr. Smithers neither drank, smo‘ed nor gambled. He did not know hhow to load or fire a gun and used a knife only for the subdivision of his food, . On the few occasions he was present at altercations between two or more gentlemen, he had, I was in- formed, “went white and hot-footed for cover.” It was perhaps but nat- vural that the rough and ready. resi- dents of Paradise should hold him at first in light esteem. He was incon- gruous—a tenderfoot. He did not fit. Physically, and in many ways men- tally and morally, he was everything ‘that they were not. But when Billy arle’s _brencho stepped into a hole and broke Billy's leg instead of the broncho's, Runty Smithers spent days and nights car- ing for Billy and loaned him money for his doctor's bill. And when Pat Johnson's ten-year-old boy was strick- en with diphtheria, Runty brought a bag of clothes to the house, drove ‘Pap off to his work, and saved the gplid's lite:by careful nursing. One night Jake Sweeney partook of the cup that cheers and also inebri fates, and did.what Big Bill Jernigan described. to me as “some promiscu- ous shootin’ with. various deleterious results,” and Paradise decided in sol ‘emn conclave a marshal was needed, Lonesome Linthicum, straight, lithe, supple, gray-eyed and fearless, would have been unanimously selected at the time, but that an election was deemed the straight and regular method to pursue. On the day of the voting some joker conceived it would be great fun to cast a ballot for Runty Smithers. Be ing unselfish, he shared his jest with fa few friends, who followed his exam ple and explained the humor of the occasion to a few of thelr friends ‘And when the votes were counted, It was found the humorists were in the majority. Runty Smithers was elect ed marshal of Paradise by a vote of 186 to 78. Paradise sat up and be gan to take notice. ; A meeting was hastily called in hree-Fingered Pete's saloon and resolution was offered providing fo1 ‘@ committee of three, which commit tee should call on Mr. Smithers, in form him that the whole matter was ‘a mistake, direct hig attention to his manifest unfitness for the position and request his withdrawal. As the question of the adoption of the resolu + tion was about to be put, Lonesom: Linthicum, the defeated candidate stepped into the room. Glancing over his audience, he wwaid: “Boys, I have just come fron Runty Smithers. He has heard the re stilt of the election and has taker the matter seriously. He has ex pressed his deep regret that I shoul have been defeated, but is firm it the belief that our republican institu dions‘are based on the theory that the PARE 4 | Paradise was used to following | Lonesome’s leads. The humor of the situation also appealed to many. So, instead of appointing a committee of three, the assemblage went into a committee of the whole for the pur- pose of congratulating the newly elect- ed marshal. | One Monday morning , Lonesome | Linthicum received a message calling him to a ranch 200 miles up the val- ley on a mission that would require his attention three or four days. With a word of warning to a few of the boys, he rode out of town, The following day announcement was made of a dance to be given at Bloom- er's Gulch on Saturday night. AM ‘Paradise was invited, and most of it~ accepted. Jernigan, Windy, Billy Earle, Pap Johnson and others | tried to prevail on Runty to join them, but the marshal’s conception of his duty would not permit him to leave his post. As neatly everyone that had the evening free was expected to attend the» dance, Runty's _ self-appointed guardians could see no’ risk in leav- ing him uncared for that one night, and it was so decided. At ten o'clock that Saturday night, while all was peacefully quiet in Par- adise, four men, masked and heavily armed, rode into town from the Tue- son trail. In silence they passed through the deserted streets to where the lights from Three-Fingered Pete's ‘saloon and gambling house shone ‘across the darkened thoroughfare. Noiselessly dismounting, they hitch- ed their ponies, readjusted their masks, and surveyed the room from their concealment in the outer shad- ow, Pete's bartender, Dutch Henry, the sole occupant, was dozing in a chair at the end of the bar. With one swift stride he who acted as leader of the outlaws was in the saloon, a 44 in each hand covering Dutch. “Hands up!” short and sharp. A glance toward the door, an almost involuntary movement of the hand toward the gun under the bar) a sharp report, and Dutch Henry had paid the debt of indiscretion. The out- laws hastened to a small safe in the corner of the room where Pete kept his “bank roll.” Finding it locked, the leader gave quick and decisive or- ders, ‘Jake, knock that knob off with the hammer. Squint, get out your brace and bit. Here's the dynamite. Jerry, go outside and watch. There may be some one left in this cursed town, after all.” ‘There was. The words were scarce- ly spoken when Marshal! Smithers stepped into the saloon, Even his de- fective vision could not mistake the visible evidences of crime. ~ Halting inside the door, he said: “Men, e-¢-come with me.” At the sound of his yoice the leader PES aa , es f i AS Y/ crs ‘| & a Nd L ion) —| AW are d oN Wo Zs NW w pp \ V Cs Qe 2a No Quarter Was Given or Received. ‘of the outlaws whirled on his heel— fired—and missed. Runty had never been shot at before. His sand-found- ed confidence fled in a flash. His face turned ashen gray as his soul was suddenly steeped in the agony of physical fear. His frame trembled with the -wild desire to turn and flee. His lips went dry, a cold sweat bathed his body and the horror of cowardice cried aloud within him. But he walked steadily forward, pointing to the star on his coat lapel, and said: “Men, c-e-come with me.” ‘The amazement that an unarmed man,.and one of such peaceful appear- ance, should venture to challenge them, held the outlaws spellbound for a moment, but now, with an oath, the leader fired again, the report of. his revolver barely preceding a -fusilade from those of his followers, and Mar- shal Runty Smithers sank to the floor, murdered in the attempted fulfillment of his duty. The reverberation of the reports had not ceased when a madly gallop- ing horse was curbed to his haunches in front of the door and Lonesome Linthicum strode into the room a re- volver in each hand. ‘The spasm of | unutterable regret on his face as he | glanced at Runty, prone upon the floor, changed to one of berserker rage as he faced the outlaws. No words were spoken, no quarter was given or received. When the smoke lifted there were three dead safe robbers and one with two bullet holes through his lungs at one end of the room, and a gallant gray-eyed fellow at the other end with a broken arm, a bul- let in his shoulder and a hole throu:h his thigh. His sound arm lay over the body ofthe late marshal of Paradise. ‘And so the boys found them when they returned from the denoc. TS" WICHITA SEARCHLIGNT fAlWGYs OMATE GNA L/GUCY a ’ YAY: Rom, yk LE AIEE ON com Ss A coll [pind SAAS BED CA SeBas CS LSE OT STE CBU Ein ee eee PERE Pe RGAE S| FESO Snes Kaden Les eee aw gece PS ee a aad ¢. aa s z \ Z LK ‘> Wess uae? Reger firs shes iy ' pereh bs ° BH } oes The bolero shown in the illustratton is mage of Irish crochet lace. It will require of material 18 to 21 inches wide, 2 yards, or 1 yard of 44-{nch stuff to make this bolero. It is cut in one piece, the fronts being turned over to form the revers. ° The all-over lace boleros are always smart and dainty, but they may be fashioned for more general wear of any soft materials. An attractive one {8 shown made of inch-wide baby blue satin ribbon and Valenciennes lace. Honiton lace, which many home sewers understand the art of making, is extremely pretty in either a bolero or bertha. Three pretty berthas are made after the following manner: In the hand- kerchief style, falling in deep points, the fullness forming 1 lds, which give an effect of plaits; circular fashion and elongated at the front to form stoles that are so much’ liked. Points also extend over the shoulders. The third is a simple circular bertha. ‘These may be also fashioned of ribbon and lace. At times they are made of the dress material, with baby ribbon running around as a trimming. One yard of 18inch stuff, and three-quarters of @ yard 21 inches wide, is required in the making of these berthas. AMUSEMENT FOR A CLUB. SLEEVES AND BODICE IN ONE. Ingenious Plan Devised by a Combi-| idea That fo Favored by All the New nation of Girts. Spring Models. In North Wales the children go from| The new spring models continue to house to house during aster week|show the loose crossing draperies asking for contributions of eggs. If| forming sleeves and bodies all im they are not forthcoming they call out | one. this curious threat: A charming new blouse of a sheer Persian lawn has only narrow tucks Please give us an Waster exg. If you Go not give us one Your hen shall lay an addled one, Your cook shall lay a stone. ra There is an ancient tradition that some new article of clothing must be a co worn for the first time on Easter Sun-| (7B aad day. A poet of Dorsetshire has lett| @AGA Gas S this ancient saying to that effect: tj Coa EN Easter I put on my new frock coat, ‘The frst time—very new; With yellow buttons all ‘of brass ‘That gilttered in the sun like glass Because ‘twas Master Sunday. This plan for amusement and in- struction has been devised by a club of 24 girls ranging in age from 16 to 20. Meetings are held once in two weeks and always in costume. There \s one paper of twenty minutes dura- tion, with items of interest on the subject in question. The rest of the time is given to sociability and re- freshments. The girls have already had a Japan- ese evening, and a “bachelor maid” affair, when a very bright paper was read on the raison d'etre for remain- ing in the state of single blessedness, and each girl gave her views pro and con concerning this very important subject. ‘Tho next meeting, which will be before this appears in print, 1s to be very appropriate for the windy month of March, as “Holland” is the subject. Windmills are to be the fa- yors, and the girls will appear in peas- ant costume and the paper will be an account of a delightful summer outing in this fascinating country. A typical Dutch luncheon will be served, consisting of potato salad, sausage, Dill pickles, rye bread and pretzels, coffee cake and coffee. Delft ‘china, with quaint little wooden shoes for nut holders and a centerpiece of ‘gorgeous yellow tulips will grace the stable. On this occasion a man for each girl has been asked and there will be clay pipes and steins for these masculine guests. Orange will be the predominating color and a large print we Queen Wilhelmina will adora the wall. In answer to the request for a baby party, I would suggest that you write the invitations in the baby’s name, re- questing him or her, as the case may be, to bring mother and spend the hours between three and five at the address given. Have, if you can get them, the “ready to fill in” invitations which are decorated with children and baby faces and may be purchased by the box at large stationers. Provide a high chair and a bib for each -baby, with a dainty rattle for a souvenirs From the chandelier attach colored balloons, such as are peddled about the streets by balloon men. These floating bits of color will amuse the babies longer than any one article I have ever encountered. When going- home time comes fasten a balloon to each go-cart. For refreshments have a bowl of milk and,a tiny tumbler at each place, pass graham and oatmeal crackers and any other of the thous- and one specially prepared waters for babies. For the mothers serve sandwiches, coffee, chocolate, and, if you like, ice cream, dithough it is not necessary. If it is possible have several older persons to assist. you besides the mothers. The centerpiece should be a white frosted cake, with a wreath of pink rose buds and one tall pink can- die, as I judge it is the baby's frst birthday. You will find two hours is a sufficiently long time for this party, so from three to five are the best hours hours for the young debutants. Of course, you must provide plenty of simple toys, balls, clothes pins and mall rubber dolls will prove most ac- ceptable. MADAME MERRI. (a i SLEEVES AND BODICE IN ONE. idea That fs Favored by All the New ‘Spring Models. ‘The new spring models continue to show the loose crossing draperies forming sleeves and bodies all im one. A charming new blouse of a sheer Persian lawn has only narrow tucks Vj i : my es: fy . ee EA, ea inca \ | Ve Q :) by way of ornamentation, with one of the new double frills down the front and tiny cuffs of the same at the wristlong sleeves. A new blouse is built of tinted be- tiste or mull, with fine laces of ecru tone, and they keep their color under launderings. Others of pale blue or violet mulls, with white lace, are nice, too, and so frightfully expensive at the shops that they slmply must be made at home. All girls should be taught to sew. ‘It one 1s to have only a small dress allowance she can have lovely things, blouses and ttle simple evening gowns, if she knows how to make them herself, often far prettler from thelr personal touch than those of her frfend who has all her clothes made by a cheap dressmaker. She can have prettier things than if she bought ready-to-wear frocks, which must be very expensive to be nice, And then, if she may have all the money pos- sible to spend on clothes, she ought— and probably does—use her knowl- edge of sewing in teaching some young girls at the “other end” of town how to make their plain dressos with taste and intelligence. With Black and White. ‘The vogue of the black and white costume has brought with it the de- mand for black spangled galloons, sep- arable motifs and all-overs, with the greatest favor shown the large motifs. These are principally used for thé dec- Gali se dood vadees when it is lined with white and has a white lace guimpe. HAT OF WHITE STRAW. fe 2) ht t@. YA Gy, J) $y a Z ES PD LF. lips Y/e~™ (A ‘FA [. White straw wreathed with mauve ah canis 645 aS REV. FRANK WILSON, ©. G. M. 943 Everett, Kansas City, Kas. MRS. EMMA GAINES, C. @. 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. 3. Mrs. Carrie Douglass, 1722 Sixth avenue, Council Bluffs, Iowa. 3 Mrs, Mary Burbridge, 514. Wichita St, Wichita, Kan, 4 Mrs. Laura Williams, 625 4th St, Cherryvale, Kansas. &. Mrs. Mary Burdett, 19 N. 1st. street, Atchison, Kansas. 6& Mrs, Addié Glasme, 128 Mulberry street, Ottowa, Kansas. 7. Mrs, LiMian Shobe, 336 Santa Fe street, Salina, Kansas. 8 Mrs. Nancy Fax, 505 N. Santa Fe St., Foffeyville, Kansas. % Mrs. Sarah H, Harrison, 1321 Van Buren, st, Topeka, Kansas. 10, Mrs, Ida Wallace, 446 Arkansas street, Lawrence, Kansas, 11 Mrs, Pautina Woodfork, 823 Free- man Ave. Kansas City, Kansas. 12 Mrs. C. March, 515 Nebraska Ave., Kansas City, Kansas. 14 Mrs, May R. Freeman, 105 8. Lo- cust St, Pittsburg, Kansas. 15 Mrs. S. S. Furlough, box 405, Weir City, Kansas. 16. Mrs. Hattie Collins, 1001 8. For- est, avenue, Parsons, Kansas. 17 Mrs. A. Masie, 615 Barbee, Ft Scott, Kan, 20, Mrs. Bessie Hall, 406 Horton, Ft. Scott, Kansas, 20 Mrs. S. Montaque, 403 Kickapoo St, Leavenworth, Kan. %4 Mrs. Cherry Briley,’E. 12th St, Coffesville, Kansas. 28 Mrs. Della Dorsey, 716 S. 15th St, Parsons, Kansas. 29 Mrs. Percila Lee, 720 Cheyenne St, Leavenworth, Kansas. 30. Mrs. Eliza Scott, 3rd ave. south, Leavenworth, Kansas, $2. Mrs. Adda Birthfight, 114 West Broadway. Butte, Montana, 23. Mrs. Phannie Corneal, Box 284, Alliance, Neb. 34 Mrs, Mattie Miller, 335 West 25th, Wichita, Kan. 35 Mrs. Adah Lewis, 1603 Archer Av., South Omaha, Nebraska. 37. ‘Mrs, Mary Robinson, 104 South 4nd sereet, aichison, Kansas. 38 Mrs. Laura Lee, Weir City, Kant 52. Mrs, Cora Yeager, 928 Main, Law- rence, Kansas. $8. Mrs. Lizzie Stone, 1147 Ann ave. Kansas City, Kansas, 77 Mrs. A. Pickene, 250 EB. 15th, ‘Topeka, Kan. 85. Mrs, Francis Hardeman, 1801 Kansas avenue, Topeka, Kans. 39. Mrs, Blanche E, Alston, 2215 Pa- elfie, Omaha, Neb. 91 Mrs. Ella Golden, 310 Norte 12th St, Omaha, Nebraska. 92, Mrs, Alice Grant, 401 South sth street, Lincoln, Nebraska. $3 Mrs. Ida M. Jordan, 903 West- ern 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 1. St, Atchison, Kana 4 Andrew Herrold, Sherman Flats, Omaha, Neb. 6 M.E. Bird, 2014 Hewett, Everett, ‘Kansas City, Kan. 7 J. C. Coffee, 1455’ N. Mostey, Wichita, Kansas. 8% Rev. M. Wooten, 416 W. Third st. Ft. Scott, Kansas, 10 Frank Smith, 420 3rd Ave. Leay- enworth, Kansas. 11. W. N, Miller, 601 N. Main street. Searchligat office, Wichita, 18 Lee Holiday, 728 S. 20th St, Par- 18. EL W, Garvice, North ist atreet, + Salina, Kansas. 16 Richard Clark, 420 N. 26th St. 8. Omabs, Nep. Annie Edwards, 944 Byerett, Kansas South Mosely avenue, Wichita, Kan. Coffeyville, Kansas. 17. Rev. Allen Garner, 704 E. 12th st, 18 James Thomas, 218 W Ist, South St, Salt Lake City, Utah. 19. C. Parle, 948 Penn, street, Law- rence; Kansas,” 25 Edward Henderson, 1917 N. 3rd St, Kansas City, Kan, 69 8, W. Pasker, 1156 Buchanan ‘Tepeka, Kau. 60 Jzmes Scott, 1404 Van Buren ‘Topeka, Kan. TL J._W. Bedell, 2127 So, 10th St. Lincoln, Neb. 636 AlLert Graves, 90 Charles St, Teche’ | Bonthk. Tinka. QUEEN MOTHERS OF TENTS IN KANSAS. Miss Jannie Alexander, G. Q. M, $48 Penn., Lawrence, Kansas. Lillie Hardin, 006 South Fifth av- enue, N: Topeka, Kansas, Hester Cornish, 911 Western avenue, N. Topeka, Kansas. Jennie Sellers, 1438 N. Eighteenth street, Omaha, Neb. ) Eliza Robinson, 1801 Kansas avenue, ‘Topeka, Kansas. Mollie Spencer, 502 V street, Atch- Ison, Kansas. Maggie Robinson, 911 Everett av- enue, Kansas City, Kansas. _ Loutae Verder, 813 Jersey, Lawrence, ‘Kansan: Mary Bision, 329 Miss, Lawrence Kansas. Charlotte Dalton, 1228 Barnett, Kan. sas City, Kansas. A. O, Murrell, 451 S. Fourth street, Salina, Kansas. Mary Hopkins, 903 West B, North Topeka, Kansas. H, H. Adkins, Weir City, Kansas, Lettie Hill, 429 N. Wichita street, Wichita, Kansas. Amy Lane, 1422 E, Appleton street, City, Kansas, Laura Smith, 308 B. Eleventh, cof. feyyille, Kansas, enworth, Kansas. Ada Gilbert, 405 N. Santa Fe, cot. Ella McKinnie, 217 Sherman, Leay- Altogether the most profitable orch- ards are those set im recent times, or ‘at least put out im the modern method. They are composed of strong, healthy, vigorous trees which prac. tically cover the ground and among whieh there are no blanks. On many farms, however, there are smaller or larger tracts of old orchard, many of whieh are worthless and many more of which are not distinctly profitable, Some of these old orchards could be rejuvenated. They could be brought into reasonably good bearing and to a point where they would realiy pay a profit. Now the rejuvenation of an old orchard is a fairly simple matter, providing it 1s properly understood, says Country Gentleman. The impor. tant point is that it does not consist in the application of any single pat- ent remedy. Spraying will not do the work; pruning will not cure all the troubles; tilleze alone will be worth very little; the oni: way to get the desired result 1s to apply proper methods all along the line. The soll should be loosened up and proper drainage provided. The trunks should be scraped clean and spread with cop- per sulfate or Bordeaux mixture. Old dead limbs should be cut out. A rea- sonable but not excessive pruning should be given. Thorough spraying should be undertaken. In case the trees are of mixed or unprofitable va- rieties, they should be regrafted to standard sorts. It is not likely that additional plant food -will be required at rst, except on soils very much de pleted. Am orchard taken vigorously in hand in the matter of tillage, prun- ing and spraying is apt to start into ® strong growth at once; and it a good deal of raw fertilizer is applied, there may easily be more growth than is desirable. However, one must keep his eyes opch, and in case the trees show the want of more food, it should be given. It is really a comparatively easy matter, if all these things are systematically attended to, to bring an old orchard round. It requires from two to five years to do it, depending on the condition of things when‘ the matter is taken in hand. RASPBERRIES FOR HOME USE. Every Farmer Should Have His . Berry Patch. Ne farmer is doing his full duty to his family if he neglects to set at least four long rows of raspberries for home use. Four rows, because he needs four varieties, two of which should be black and two red, an early and a late of each. Set them in the spring on freshly prepared land by laying it off with a shovel plow and setting 2% feet apart in the bottom of the furrow. ‘Tramp the dirt firmly on the roots. Make the rows as long as the needs of the family may requtre, Locate the patch out in the open where cultivation may be easily given, for which the ordinary corn plows are well adapted, suggests Farm and Home. ‘They will not bear the first year, and only a part of the crop the second, but for from six to ten years after that the crop is almost certain. After the second year a six-inch mulch of straw each season will make culti- vation unnecessary and the only work required will bean annual trimming. ‘This may be done when the plant is dormant, but preferably in the winter or In early spring. Gishens ann Geen: Mf the garden plot is not naturally well-drained, make plans for draining ft. Tt is surprising how few farmers make a practice of spraying their fruits and vegetables. In spraying use plenty of liquid and put it on thoroughly. Use too much rather than too little. Keep an eye on the strawberry bed. It winds blow the mulch off in spots, replace it at once. In western New York buckwheat as @ cover crop is the standard of fertili- zation for apple orchards. It really works wonderful results. Why do we not spend more time dig- ging weeds before our crops are swamped by them, and less in mourn- ing because we had such a light yield at harvest time? Time to Spray. Fruit growers should spray their fruit trees in March, before buds swell, for fungous troubles such as peach leaf-curl, scab of pear and apple, fruit rot, ete. The Bordeaux mixture is the standard fungicide. (But, remember, Ume-sulphur is also a fungicide; so if you use it for San Jose on your trees you will not need the early spray of Bordeaux.) ‘The Strawberry Bed. Somebody asks: “Shall I cultiva‘e or hoe my strawberry bed this spring?” Te this the Farm and Home sdys: Asa rule, no. The bed should have been clean when {t was “laid by” last fall. Any weeds. which push through the mulch should. be pulled ort by band.