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THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT YOU CAN SAVE MONEY BY TRADING WITH THE MERCHANTS WHO ADVERTISE IN THIS PAPER The Register and Leader of DesMoines, Ia., believes the colored people are justified in their protest against Tillman Chautauqua lecture of the usual variety in DesMoines. The Register and Leader says: "Would any organization in DesMoines invite Senator Tillman to debate an hour to the abuse of thealians, the Jews, the Irish, theGermans, the Bohemians, the English or the Yankees? And yet each of these divisions of the human family have their racial traits and human frailties. Senator Tillman does not tell the truth about the colored people. He does not give a correct idea of the real situation in the south. Archbishop Ireland says the Negro has made more progress in one generation than any race of history. The Register and leader has repeatedly republished from the columns of southern newspaper statements that go to show that the real race problem of the south is occasioned by the rapidity with which the Negroes are acquiring property and an education, and surpassing the poor white population. Why should any northern society be willing to permit Senator Tillman to house and villify the Negro, to say nothing of paying him to do it, when he would not for a moment consider allowing him to say anything in the same spirit about any other race? There ought to be a sense of Anglo-axon fairness in the north, that if vice prejudices are to be revived at much per, would impartially expose the weaknesses and criminalities of races. If there be good and sufficient reason why we do not permit public ridicule and condemnation of other races wholesale, is there not good and efficient reason why the north at least should cease to contribute its good money to help southern swashbacklers work their political game, which is to keep themselves in office by a false alignment of the white man against the Negro? The Negro forms about one-tenth of the total population. He is here to say. He is trying to make something of himself. He is seeking and education and is acquiring a home. He has twenty of leaders who have surpassed senator Tillman in learning, in culture, in manliness, and all essentials of decent American citizenship. What is to be gained by listening to or percutting this continued and unjust house of the Negro? Is it not about time to give the under dog a chance? —Editorial from Register and Leader, Des Moines, Iowa. Three Boys and Two Girls. Terre Haute, Ind.—Mrs. Mattie Washington, colored, wife of Mr. Geo. Washington on dairy farm east of city gave birth to three boys and two girls. Mother and children doing well. There is no danger of "race suicide" in this family at this rate of births. Keep it up. A NEGRO REGIMENT. Governor of New York Requested to Form One. Albany, N. Y.—Captain A. J. Thompson, of New York, who commanded an Ohio company in the Spanish-American war, headed a delegation of about fifty Negroes, who called on Governor Hughes and filed with him a petition asking for authority to organize a Negro regiment to be attached to the National guard. The application would provide for two battalions in New York City and one battalion up the state. The governor briefly addressed the delegation, promising to give the matter consideration. In the "Oklahoma State Capital" of July 4, is an account of drunken soldiers in riot. Five hundred soldiers members of the 2nd South Carolina and 1st Kentucky regiments in camp at the Jamestown exposition ran amuck there, interfered with the concessionaries, attempted to take possession of several shows on the "war path" and when the Powhattan guards intervened, a riot followed, several being injured. Earlier in the night some of the soldiers who had been drinking became disorderly and repeatedly cautioned by the guards. Later when their number had increased to about three hundred they threw aside all constraint and proceeded to do the war path, ignoring doorkeepers, declining to pay admission fees and refusing to leave the building when ordered out. The temple of Mirth, Beauty show, and Streets of Cairo were the principal sufferers. At the last named place about fifteen Powhattan Guards attempted to restore order but were forced to use their sabres to beat the men back. Captain Carpenter and Adjutant Garwood at the head of guards succeeded in ejecting them but the soldiers soon returned. Their number had been increased to five hundred. They again attempted to take charge of the shows refusing to be disciplined. tucky, and J. Thompson of company D, South Carolina, were arrested as the ring leaders of the rioting. They kept their prisoners despite the efforts of the soldiers to rescue them. Behind the wire fence of the company the guards made a stand against the crowd. The soldiers hurled rocks into the enclosure. Captain Carpenter, and Garwood were struck. We wonder what Bro. Teddy Roosevelt will have to say about these white soldiers tearing up this town? We place our ear to the ground and will listen to hear. A FINE SESSION. The twenty-fourth annual session of District Grand lodge No.17 and Household of Ruth No.12, which met in Salina, Kan., Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of this week was the greatest and most encouraging which has been held by the Odd Fellows of Kansas for many years. The session was begun with a joint meeting of the Grand Lodge and Household Ruth Tuesday morning, which was called to order by Rev. Robert Cox, local manager, who introduced Hon. D. W. Hill, mayor of Salina, who delivered the welcome address, which was responded to by P. H. Bassett of Chetopa, Grand Secretary. W. W. Shobe welcomed the delegates on the part of the Odd Fellows of Salina which was responded to by Tros. Glover of Wichita, Grand Master. Sister N. Cox welcomed the Household Ruth, which was responded to by Sister Letitia Carson of Topeka. The two organizations then went to their respective places of meeting. The remainder of the day was spent in routine business. MEMORIAL SERVICES. Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock the delegates and friends met in St. John's Baptist church for their memorial exercises with Rev. W. P. Banks, Rev. B. R. Ross, Rev. B. P. Jackson, and Rev. Robert Cox on the pulpit with Rev. Robert Cox, master of ceremonies. A glorious spiritual meeting was held. District Grand Lodge, No.17, selected the Wichita Searchlight as the official state paper for the Odd Fellows of Kansas and urges upon each Odd Fellow to have the paper in their home and send the news of the order in their city to the Wichita Searchlight. This action was quite an agreeable surprise to the Searchlight and we trust that each Odd Fellow will work in co-operation with us for the Order during the ensuing year. Wednesday night the Odd Fellows of Salina gave an entertainment, the main features of which was a drill by young ladies under direction of Rev. Robt. Cox. D. D. Hope of Topeka and W. N. Miller of Wichita made very brief remarks. Wednesday afternoon the Sisters of the Household Ruth were given an automobile ride by the Ruths of Salina. The reports of the Grand officers show that the Odd Fellows of Kansas have made a most phenomenal progress during the past year in membership, in finance and in harmonious growth which reflects much credit on the earnestness and zeal with the present Grand officers worked for the upbuilding of the order. Wichitans at the Odd Fellows Grand Lodge in Salina this week were: Thos. Glover, Grand Master; Al Covington, Wm. Johnson, W. N. Miller, Mesdames Lucy Anderson, M. E. Carr, H. F. Frazier, J. L. Harper. TO BE TREATED ALIKE. Washington, July 8.—The Interstate Commerce Commission in a decision today in the case of Georgia Edwards against the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad held that where a railroad provided certain accommodations first class for the white passengers, it is commanded by law that like accommodations shall be provided for Negroes who have purchased first class tickets. It holds that in this case it is manifests the railroad "has unduly and unjustly discriminated in some particulars against colored passengers" and orders that where the railroads provide a wash bowl and towels in the coaches for which passengers and a separate smoking compartment, similar accommodations shall be provided for Negro passengers paying similar fare. The complainant, who had purchased a first class ticket from Chattanooga Tenn., to Dalton, Ga., was removed from a car for whites to one for Negroes, and complained that she was discriminated against because of her color and was not afforded equal facilities. Commissioner Lane, who rendered the decision of the Commission, held: "The expense of the small smoking compartment in the latter (the cars for whites) accounts for nearly all the difference in cost between the two cars." He holds that the broad question of the right under the thirteenth and fourteenth amendments of the constitution to segregate the white and colored passengers has been upheld by the Supreme Court of the United States. The opinion continues: "Accepting these decisions as conclusive upon the constitutionality of such laws, we turn to the consideration of the reasonableness of such a rule when imposed by the carrier; and this we find to have been passed upon by this commission within a few months of its organization in the case of Council versus Western and Atlantic Railroad, which was decided December 3, 1887, and which held this separation may be carried out on railroad trains without disadvantage to either race and with increased comfort to both. "Again, in Heard versus Georgia Railroad Company decided Feb. 15, 1888, the commission held that the separation of white and colored passengers paying the same fare is not unlawful, if cars and accommodations equal in all respects are furnished to both and the same care and protection of passengers is observed. "While, therefore, the reasonableness of such regulation as to interstate passenger traffic is established, it by no means follows that carriers may discriminate between white and colored passengers in the accommodations which they furnish to each. The principle that must govern is that the carriers must serve equally well all passengers, whether white or colored, paying the same fare. Failure to do this is discrimination and subjects the passenger to undue and unreasonable prejudice and disadvantage." PETER H. Judge T. P. Gore, the Democratic nominee for United States senator from Oklahoma, who is practically certain of election, will be the first blind man to occupy a seat in congress. "Oklahoma's Blind Orator," as he is known, is one of the most interesting characters in the new state. He has been sightless from boyhood, yet none of his fellow citizens have a higher intellect or better education. From the age of 11 until he was 16 his mother and sister instructed him by reading to him. At 21 Gore was an enthusiastic populist. He started to stump the state of Mississippi, challenging congressmen, senators or whoever he met, to debates. His first speech of this kind is described by one who was a resident of the same county. Webster, at that time. for says: "Gore was rather green, so to speak, this trousers struck him half way between his ankles, sleeves were midway between his hands and elbows, after portion of his life in a county through which road had traversed, yet he was brilliant even at the speaker who opposed Gore made the first talk, speaking with a quotation from the old hymn, 'We Wands and We Will Land Many More.' It was Gore advantage of this last sentence of the Democrat a singing voice, imitating the tune by which the it was known by every person in the immense we have landed many thousands and we will land, 'but where have you landed them?' and then the blind boy: 'In hell.' The words caught the eenthusiastically. He launched forth into a spee and holding every man in his audience until the Henceforward there were calls for Gore all of parity was a wonder." retains his powers as an orator and during the considered the most eloquent man on the Oklahoma The relator says: "Gore was rather green, so to speak, in appearance at that time; his trousers struck him half way between his ankles and knees, and his coat sleeves were midway between his hands and elbows. He had lived the greater portion of his life in a county through which until recent years no railroad had traversed, yet he was brilliant even at this age. The Democratic speaker who opposed Gore made the first talk, glorifying the party and ending with a quotation from the old hymn, 'We Have Landed Many Thousands and We Will Land Many More.' It was Gore's turn next and he took advantage of this last sentence of the Democrat to catch his audience. In a singing voice, imitating the tune by which the hymn is sung and by which it was known by every person in the immense audience, he repeated: 'We have landed many thousands and we will land many more.' 'Yes,' he said, 'but where have you landed them?' and then came the answer from the blind boy: 'In hell.' The words caught the crowd and he was cheered enthusiastically. He launched forth into a speech, skinning his opponents, and holding every man in his audience until the last words were uttered. Henceforward there were calls for Gore all over the state, and his popularity was a wonder." Gore still retains his powers as an orator and during the recent campaign was considered the most eloquent man on the Oklahoma stump. LITTLE KNOWN MILLIONAIRE Emigrant, coachman, multimillionaire! These are the three grades in the life of C. A. Smith, a Swede who lives at Minneapolis, Minn. Smith is only 54, and the next stage in his life will be given up to placing his descendants on a rock of fortune that will endure for centuries, perhaps. The story of this sturdy, thrifty Swede is one of the many stories of fortune which the northwest loves to tell. Smith tumbled off an emigrant train in Minneapolis on June 28, 1867, at the age of 14. He was a strong boy, without a word of English, but in a day or two he went to work as a chore boy at the home of ex-Gov. Pillsbury. His native name was unpronounceable, so he became Smith. Soon he was good enough to drive the coach. He went to school a little, and then entered Pillsbury's hardware store. Finally Smith went into the store business himself, with P. partner. It was at Herman, Minn., and they sold grain, lumber implements. Every year the young man was gaining business ting more money away, and becoming Americanized. In a few years the country store was too small for his went back to Minneapolis, and the first of the C. A. Smith started to cut logs in 1884. The business grew, and the mills they soon were the largest in the world. Finally Smith went into the store business himself, with Pillsbury as his partner. It was at Herman, Minn., and they sold grain, lumber and farm implements. Every year the young man was gaining business wisdom, putting more money away, and becoming Americanized. In a few years the country store was too small for his activities. He went back to Minneapolis, and the first of the C. A. Smith lumber mills started to cut logs in 1884. The business grew, and the mills with it, until they soon were the largest in the world. A FACTORY HEROINE Miss Mary Guinan, a resident of Middletown, N. Y., the first woman to receive the Roosevelt prize for bravery, is not at all confused by the great honor bestowed upon her. She is a modest little woman, and works every day at her machine in the shirt factory where she has been employed for 18 years. P On December 19 last, when Miss Guinan was returning from her work, she saw John C. Runyon, an aged merchant of Middletown, N. Y., standing on the Erie railroad tracks at Montgomery street, waiting for a train to pass. The train was going west, and Mr. Runyon did not see an east-bound train approaching. Miss Guinan saw the old man's danger and, stooping under the gates, pushed the aged merchant off the east-bound track as the train rushed to were for a moment in a space of less than three feet, with a past at high speed on each side. Miss Guinan held the old man the trains passed and then assisted him to the sidewalk. Then went home without giving her name and told no one at. One of the spectators followed her, and on learning her the story public. past. The two were for a moment in a space of less than three feet, with a train rushing past at high speed on each side. Miss Guinan held the old man until one of the trains passed and then assisted him to the sidewalk. Miss Guinan then went home without giving her name and told no one of the incident. One of the spectators followed her, and on learning her identity made the story public. NEW INSURANCE CHIEF Darwin P. Kingsley, the new president of the New York Life Insurance company, to succeed Alexander E. Orr, has attracted no little attention in the business and financial world during the past ten years. Mr. Kingsley is 50 years old. Following his graduation from the University of Vermont, he went to Colorado, where he worked as a teacher and a journalist. In 1886 he was made auditor of the state of Colorado. In 1889 he became identified with the New York Life Insurance company and was made inspector of agencies for New England. He was soon transferred to the home office. After filling the chairs of superintendent and third vice president he was elected vice president in 1903. Mr. Kingsley has taken a prominent part in the executive affairs of his company and has served on all the institutes. He is a fighter for business and he takes for his "safety" and "economy." In his letter of acceptance he made this characteristic re- "The laws of this state have in effect declared that the act and other companies must diminish. Whether that as a the manship is sound or unsound is a question which time will set has so decreed and we accept the decree in a good faith. But such restrictive legislation applied to life insurance is eco sound." Mr. Kinsley has taken a prominent part in the executive affairs of his company and has served on all the important committees. He is a fighter for business and he takes for his watchwords "safety" and "economy." In his letter of acceptance he made this characteristic remark: "The laws of this state have in effect declared that the activities of this and other companies must diminish. Whether that as a theory of statesmanship is sound or unsound is a question which time will settle. The state has so decreed and we accept the decree in a good faith. But I believe that such restrictive legislation applied to life insurance is economically unsound." PETER H. PETER H. NO.18 Entered at the Post Office at Wichita, Kansas, as Second Class Mail Matter. Published Every Saturday at 601 North Main Street. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION Strictly in Advance. One Year (By Mall).....$1.00 Six Months (By Mall).....75 Three Months (By Mall).....50 All matters addressed to the Searchlight for publication must be signed by the party or parties writing. 1. matters for publication must reach this office not later than Wed- nesday to reach publication in the cur- rent issue. RULES OF THIS OFFICE. 2nd. Communications received after Wednesday noon will not be published in the current issue. 3rd. In asking to change your paper from one address or postoffice to another give both the ned and the old. 4th. No new name will be placed on our books unless the money accompanies the name. Write plain. 5th. Address all matter for publication to The Wichita Searchlight, 601 N. Main Street, Wichita, Kansas. 6th. Any erroneous reflection on the character, standing or reputation of any person which may appear in this paper will be gladly corrected if brought to the attention of the editor. "To Live and Let Live" Is Our Motto. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. For the past three or four weeks we have had much difficulty in securing a prompt delivery of The Searchlight. The post office department has promised to give their assistance in seeing that our papers are promptly delivered to subscribers and we ask our subscribers to report to us promptly any delay. We publish our paper on Friday, mail them out Friday night and every one ought to receive them Saturday. If you do not receive your paper on Saturday please notify me. W. N. MILLER, Editor, 601 N Main, phone 2046. The Agitator Not Needed The colored people of Wichita should not permit the decision of the State Supreme Court in their favor in the separate school case to further widen the unfortunate breach that is apparent between the two races in this city. If the colored people are to prosper in this city, they should seek the most friendly relation between themselves and their white fellowmen. The decision of the Supreme Court affords no more reason for denunciation of any other court or official than does the decision from the Supreme Court in any other case. Any blowing of trumpets, vain boasting or needless vilification of anyone in this case will not do the colored people any good, but can do them much harm. They have won their case and should be satisfied—for that is what they desired. Some of the less thoughtful and too radical members of the colored race are desinous of attempting to drag this case into politics and to seek to make political capital out of it for a personal gain and an injury to the race. There is no one act which would be more unwise and hurtful to the race than for the race to attempt to take this case into politics. It is a judicial case and has no place in politics. There are hundreds of cases which each year go to the State Supreme Court from the various district courts of Kansas and because the ruling or decision of a District Judge is reversed is no reason to accuse the District Judge of being biased or prejudiced or to have rendered a decision for or against public sentiment and the colored people, in particular, make a sad mistake in taking such a position. Kansas has a national reputation of having the most fair-minded, impartial and painstaking District Judges of any state in our union and nowhere in Kansas can be found a man of a higher judicial, impartial and unprejudiced standing as a jurist than the Judge of our own district court, Hon Thos. C. Wilson. Judge Wilson has lived in Wichita for many years and what he is today is of Wichita training and we say plainly without fear of successful contradiction, that no man can be found who in his every day life as well as on the bench, practices the principles of fairness and fair play more than does Judge Wilson. That Judge Wilson decided the separate school case as he believed the law to be, every man who knows him acknowledges, and that his decision was reversed by the Supreme Court was no more significant and does not bespeak blas or prejudice on his part any more than any other case in which his decision may have been reversed by the Supreme Court. The only refuge left to the colored man is the courts and if the colored people denounce our fair and impartial judges when a case in which they are interested is not decided according to their opinion or desire, to what source will they soon have to turn? It is not that we are trying to defend the decision of Judge Wilson, for we believe Judge Wilson is able to defend himself in any decision which he renders while on the bench, but we sorely regret to see a few cheap agitators among our people try to take advantage of a circumstance for personal gain at the cost of injury to the whole race. If the colored people and these agitators did not believe Judge Wilson would decide their case according to what he believed to be the law, they should not have begun their case in the District Court. The fact of the matter is that the colored people of Wichita have confidence in Thomas C. Wilson, both as Judge and as a private citizen and believe that his decision was in accord with what he believed to have been the law—but these agitators seek to take advantage of these two decisions to stir the colored people against Judge Wilson. The colored people can gain little by radicalism and the sooner they learn to go into court, into politics and business as American citizens and not as colored people, and the sooner they look for decisions in court, results in politics and success in business on the merits of their case and not as colored people—the better will be their condition, progress and success. We take the liberty to say and we venture the assertion that no man regrets that the school board should have made this case possible more so than does Judge Wilson and as Judge Wilson said from the bench, he regretted that this proceeding was begun in his court. But the case was there and as a judge he had no prerogative but to decide it to the best of his judgment—which he did—and that now the agitators among the colored people should attempt to cast odium on account of the decision and to further stir up more racial strife is a down-right shame and would be an unpardonable error on the part of our people to encourage in any way, shape or fashion. There had never been a case before any of the Kansas courts of the exact nature of the Wichita separate school case and our District Court had no Kansas court decisions upon which to base an opinion and for that reason there was a great difference of opinion among the members of the Sedgwick county bar of the legal status of this case and many of the recognized lawyers of Wichita viewed the case as did Judge Wilson in his decision. Eminent lawyers like Judge Henry C. Sluss, one of the oldest and ablest lawyers in Kansas an da former United States Judge. R. R. Vermillion, a constitutional lawyer of recognized ability. Ex-Gov. W. E. Stanley, whose knowledge of the laws of Kansas is considered authority and many others were sincere in their position that Judge Wilson was correct in his decision. We mention these gentlemen to show our people that our District Judge was honest and sincere in the opinion which he rendered and was sincere in his belief that he was in line with the law—and we—with others should give him credit for doing his duty regardless to friends or foes—regardless of present, past or future conditions. His decision, with no other like case in Kansas as a guide, shows plainly that he handed down his own opinion as he saw and believed the law to have been. Then again what reason could there be for bias or prejudice on the part of Judge Wilson? He knew that the right of appeal would lie from his decision no matter for whom his decision may have been and he, like all other judges, do their best to render decisions that will be upheld by the Supreme Court and when they fail they regret it more than anyone else and in this case it was so with our District Judge. Let us give our courts credit for fairness, honesty and sincerity and not show ourselves so little in mind as to attack our judges when opinions are handed down which may not be in accord with our desire when we have no just reason for criticism. Anything which may be said now will not alter the case one way or the other in the least. --- For a Good Job of Lead and Oil. SUTTON PAINT CO. S. W. Jones and his sons, J. D. and Maurice Jones, spent Sunday in Topeka. LOCALS THE RESUME OF THIS WEEK The T. B. A. club Lula Mickleberry Satu An hour was spent in work after which a da served. They will m with Miss Luna Fae Send your news notes and local happenings to 601 North Main Street. Why don't you pay that little account which you owe the Searchlight? Be manly! You pay for the white man's paper—why not pay for the black man's paper? Are you just really too men to pay—we think not. You have done all right in the past—keep it up and help maintain a good, live, race paper by paying what you owe. Do so today. The Tousant L'Overture Literary Society will give a grand picnic at Riverside park, Thursday, August 1st. An excellent program will be rendered in the afternoon at the park. At 8:30 p.m. a short program will be rendered at Garfield Hall, as follows: PROGRAM. 1. Solo .....John Edington 2. Address.....Prof. Carter, Topeka 3. Duet..Miss Della Gaines and Miss Rosa Mae Tillman. 4. Solo .....Mrs. T. Fine 5. Address.....Prof. Gregg, Quindaro 6. Choir..... After which the people will enjoy themselves. IF IT EVER HAPPENED YOU'LL FIND IT IN THE SEARCHLIGHT. WHY NOT SUBSCRIBE? TRY A COLD SODA. At the Olden Drug Store, 615 North Main. Wichita had a good delegation at the Grand Session of the Tabors at Wei City last week. All were busy there and all report having had a splendid time. The delegates returned Sunday morning. Miss Mabelle A. Taylor has resigned as pharmacist at Olden's Drug store. Thos, Glover, Grand Master and A. Covington, delegate, left Monday for Salina to attend the Odd Fellows Grand Lodge this week. WANTED—A good registered pharmacist either lady or gent. Write to Jas. J. Olden, 615 N. Main, Wichita, Kansas. TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH. The services at the Tabernacle Baptist church were well attended again last Sunday at 11 a. m. Rev. Jones preached an able sermon to an attentive audience from the subject, "Walking With God." The Sunday school was largely attended and Superintendent Mrs. R. H. Love and her corps of teachers made the lessons very interesting. Rev. Jones' class of girls won the banner again by 103 per cent. Dr. C. O. Boothe gave one of his splendid talks at the close of the session. Also did Dr. S. M. Hall of the Second Baptist church and Mrs. J. M. Tolivar of Texas. All the talks were interesting and were well received by the school. We hope they will come again. At 6 p. m. Dr. Jones organized a Junior B. Y. P. U. with Miss Estella Deemer president; Miss Edna Topp, vice president; Miss Sadie Sanders, secretary; Miss Ellen Bunks, corresponding secretary, and Miss Ethel Topp treasurer. The Senior B. Y. P. U. was addressed by Pastor Jones in his own characteristic way. At 8 p. m. the pastor preached to a splendid congregation. Monday at 2:30 p. m. a good number of the sisters met with Mrs. J. Banks as president in the Mission Circle. This auxiliary is preparing to do great things in the future. Miss Marie Murrant was made assistant secretary. Monday at 8:30 p. m. Dr. C. O. Booth preached a most excellent sermon from the text. "Be not weary in well doing. All expressed a desire to hear the Dr. again. The sermon surely made a lasting impression for good. Prayer meeting was held by Sisters Gardener and Parker. There will be services as usual Sunday. All are cordially invited to worship with us. Mrs. West Barker has been on the sick list the past week. W. J. Wade who has been visiting in the city, left Monday for Kansas City. Mesdames J. L. Harper and Lucy Anderson attended the session of the Grand lodge of the Household of Ruth, held at Salina this week. The T. B. A. club met with Miss Lula Mickleberry Saturday, July 13th. An hour was spent in fancy needle work after which a dainty lunch was served. They will meet next week with Miss Luna Fauver, Saturday, July 20th. KEPT IT SECRET. The many friends of Miss Mabelle A. Taylor, former pharmacist at Olden's drug store,were greatly surprised when the announcement was made this week of the marriage of Miss Taylor to Mr. Chauncey Breedlove, which was solemnized June 10th, 1907. Mrs. Breedlove left this week for Columbus, Ohio, where she will join her husband, and make her future home. NOTICE TO TABORS There will be a joint session of all the Knights and Daughters of Tabor in Wichita on next Thursday night, July 25th, for the purpose of making arrangements to celebrate on August 12th. It is hoped that all will be present. CARD OF THANKS. We wish to thank our many friends for the kindness shown during the illness and death of our daughter, little Minnie Hockett, and for the beautiful floral offerings. D. K. Mickleberry has returned from an extended trip to his former home in Mississippi, where he attended the session of the Masonic Grand Lodge of that state. He reports having had a splendid time and enjoyed his trip. ROOM AND BOARD. Mrs. Thos. Ivry has opened a rooming place at 821 North Wichita where she will also serve a fine line of ice cream and soda pop. Call at 821 North Wichita treet. Little Mabell Hockett is doing well. W. N. Miller spent Wednesday in Salina attending the Odd Fellow Grand Lodge in the interest of the Searchlight. Atwood Helm, the 7 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Helm, of Seattle, Wash., died at 2 o'clock Thursday morning. The funeral arrangements will be announced later. IN ATCHISON NEXT YEAR. The Grand Temple and Tabernacle of the Kansas-Nebraska Jurisdiction, will meet next year in Atchison, Kansas. NEW ICE CREAM PARLOR. J. W. Wilson has opened an ice cream parlor in the Young building, 108 W. Elm, and is prepared to serve all kinds of ice cream, ices, pop and cold drinks. He sells either wholesale or retail. On Sundays he will carry a full line of breads. Call there. To The Wichita Searchlight: The Wichita Tabernacle had a rousing meeting an dare getting along in peace and harmony. The minutes of the grand session were read and received. The Daughters were highly pleased with the report made by their delegate to the Grand Session held in Weir City. CALL TO MEET. To the colored business men of Wichita: This call is issued for the purpose of organizing a Colored Business Men's club to represent the colored business men of Wichita at the National Negro Business Men's League which will meet in Topeka, Kan., in August, 1807. Where Webster Drew the Line. In the New York Times "W. C. B." of Newton, Mass., says that in his library is the following letter from Daniel Webster in answer to a request that he take a certain case for a contingent fee: "I do not desire employment in professional matters, although I do sometimes engage in them. But I never engage on contingencies merely, for that would make me a mere party to a lawsuit. D. W." JAS. J. OLDEN. W. N. MILLER. G. M. SMITH. PLEASES ALL GOOD BREAD MAKERS = It Is White As SNOW-TRY IT- Otto Weiss, Agent DEAM ABSTRACT IN NORTH-WEST CORNER OF THE COURT HOUSE Bonded Abstractors WORK DONE WHILE YOU WAIT 2nd Shoes Bought and Sold 332 N. Main Street Wichita, Kan. 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Boston, July 16.—Eight men dead and 13 injured was the grim record at a late hour Monday night of the result of a powder explosion on the battleship Georgia Monday of Provincetown. Six were dead when the battleship reached here, and two more died later at the hospital. The battleship Georgia steamed slowly up Boston harbor from the target practice grounds in Cape Cod bay late Monday and landed the dead and injured men at the Charlestown navy yard. With the arrival of the Georgia there became known the details of the most terrible naval catastrophe that has ever taken place along the coast of New England. The accident occurred shortly before noon Monday while the Georgia's crew were at target practice off Barnstable in Cape Cod bay. In some manner, as yet unexplained, two bags of powder became ignited and in the terrible flash that followed the entire turret crew, consisting of three officers and eighteen men, were enveloped in fire and received terrible burns, one officer and five men dying before the ship reached port. The explosion occurred in the after superimposed turret, where the men, under command of Lieut. Casper Goodrich, son of Rear Admiral Goodrich, commandant of the New York navy yard and Midshipmen Faulkner Goldthwaite and John T. Cruse, were operating the eight-inch guns. The guns in the forward turret had finished eight rounds of practice and the guns of the after turret had fired one round. Two cases, as the big 100 pound bags of powder are called, had just been sent up through the ammunition holst and were in the arms of the loader, whose name was withheld by the ship's officers. The loader stood at the breech of one of the 8-inch guns, all ready to insert the charge. At this instant the turret was seen to be smoky and two men who stood near the loader saw a black spot on the bag, indicating that the charge had been ignited and was smouldering. The loader discovered the spot at the same instant and threw himself forward on his face, at the same time shouting a warning to his turret mates. The other men who had seen the spot where Eich and Hansell and they also threw themselves on the floor of the turret. Before the other men in the turret could understand what caused the loader's cry of warning, there was a blinding flash as the burning powder exploded. Flames, smoke and nausea gases filled the little superstructure, in which more than a score of men were confined. As the powder was not confined there was no report, nor did the vessel suffer any injury, but every nook and cranny of the turret was filled with flames. The loader, who of course was nearest the powder, was terribly burned as was every other man in the turret with the exception of Eich and Hansell, who although scorched, escaped with injuries much less severe than the other. Kansas Cattle Infected. Topeka, Kan., July 17.—Pursuant to a request of the state livestock sanitary commissioner, Gov. E. W. Hoch Tuesday issued a proclamation against the shipment of cattle from 28 western Kansas counties unless the stock was first examined by livestock inspectors. Mange and Texas fever is the trouble. An additional proclamation was issued prohibiting the shipment in of cattle from the south. Ten inspectors will be appointed to enforce the law. Dr. G. Y. Salmon Near Death. Clinton, Mo., July 17.—Dr. George Y. Salmon of this city is in a critical condition from a stroke of apoplexy and is not expected to recover. Dr. Salmon is about 80 years of age and has had two previous attacks of apoplexy in the last few weeks. Lightning Kills Kansan. Lightning Kills Kansan Holton, Kan., July 17.—Thomas Johnson, a white farmer on the Potawatomi reservation, was found dead in his pasture Monday. He was killed by lightning. Thirty hogs in one pen, belonging to Frederick Stouse were also killed by lightning. Dies in a Dental Chair. Argentine, Kan., July 17.-Joseph Parker, 45 years old, who lived just outside the Argentine city, limits, died suddenly in the dental chair of Dr. E. W. House, Monday. Heart disease is said to have been the cause. A Missourian Killed by Lightning. A Missourian Killed by Lightning Springfield, Mo., July 17.—James Ross, a farmer, who lived eight miles northeast of here, was struck by lightning while riding along the public highway near his home Monday morning and killed. He was 50 years old. Get Rich in South Texas Truck and Fruit Farms of From 10 Acres to 640 Acres and Two Town Lots, for $210. Payable $10 per Month Without Interest. Read What a Disinterested Expert Says of Dr. Chas. F. Simmons 95,000 Acre Ranch Now on the Market. Dear Sir-Jours at hand. I would like to have called at the office when I came back, but it was Sunday and I took the train for home. I was on your 95,000-acre ranch three days. I found it much better than I expected. I am satisfied in my own mind that with proper wind breaks, as we have in this country, oranges, lemons, apricots, figs, olives and almonds can be successfully grown there. I am sure that south of San Antonio is the natural home of the English walnut. The soil on your land is much better for fruit raising than it is in this country, because you have a good red clay subsoil, while in Southern California we have gravel and rock that does not hold moisture. We have to irrigate here at least ten times a year and continually work the orchards, but I don't think this would be necessary on your land in South Texas because the red clay will hold moisture and will give the fruit a better flavor. Orange orchards in this country are worth from $200 to $1,000, and walnuts from $200 to $500 per acre. I think south of San Antonio to the Gulf is a better country than from Los Angeles, Cal., to San Diego, Cal., because the soil is better, there is more water, and the climate is just as good so far as I could see and hear by talking to old settlers, and the land is so cheap that every workingman should have. I am sure that in the near future South Texas will be a prosperous fruit growing country and will be as valuable as Southern California, and the man who will lose money in South Texas is the man that does not get in on this cheap land of yours because it is all gone. A man that has lived in Southern California as long as I have can see the future of South Texas. Never before has there been such an opportunity to secure a home in a delightful location for so little money and on such easy terms. 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One grower realized $1,575 from one and a half acres last year, another $600 on less than an acre. The cost of an acre of planting and care is about $250. The demand for the crop has always been greater than the supply. One Extreme Or the Other. I have been more than lucky in the women I have met; a woman is always heaven or hell to a man—mostly heaven; she don't spend much of her time on the border-lines.—Walt Whitman in the American Magazine. A man of the world is one who has managed to dodge the undertaker. Get Rich in Truck and Fruit Farms of Acres and Two Town able $10 per Month Read What a Disinterested Expert Say Acre Ranch Now Dr. C. F. Simmons San Antonio, Texas: Dear Sir—Yours at hand. I would when I came back, but it was Sunday was on your 95,000-acre ranch three day expected. I am satisfied in my own mind we have in this country, oranges, lemon can be successfully grown there. I am sure that south of San Antonio walnut. The soil on your land is much be this country, because you have a good reed fornia we have gravel and rock that does We have to irrigate here at least ten the orchards, but I don't think this would Texas, at least no so much of it, because will give the fruit a better flavor. Orange orchards in this country are nuts from $200 to $500 per acre. I think south of San Antonio to the Los Angeles, Cal., to San Diego, Cal., be water, and the climate is just as good so old settlers, and the land is so c have a home. I am sure that in the near future fruit growing country and will be as v the man who will lose money in South in on this cheap land of yours before it in Southern California as long as I have Never before has there been such an lightful location for so little money and a and name of nearest Agent, write DR. CHAS. F. 215 Alamo Plaza CENTRAL COLLEGE ESTABLISHED 1003, THREE YEARS WE INVITE INVESTIGATION DR. CEO. MOFFETT, SECY., 538 A R PILES NO MONEY TILL CUP -DR.S. 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GIVE US YOUR EAR: We ask our readers that in all fairness to us and the merchants who advertise in the Searchlight to trade with the business men whose place of business is advertised in the columns of the Searchlight. Do this won't you. Do costs you nothing more. No Hard Times Not when the agric- culture products of the country are $6,000,000,000 in one year. You are safe to go ahead and build. I sell the Cement, Plaster Paris, Brick Etc., etc., etc. BOTH PHONE 496 J.H. TURNER WICHITA, KANS. 533 TO 547 WEST DOUGLAS Centropolis Hotel 605 North Main st. First-Class In Everyway Clean Beds, Wholesome Meals, Cigars, Ice Cream and Cake at all times.... Terms Reasonable Mrs. S. Sneed, Prop. MEDICINE LODGE, KAN. Mrs. Sarah Wildef, mother of Mrs. M. E. Carter of Oxford is visiting with friends and relatives of Medicine Lodge the last three weeks. There was a very nice service of church held at the home of Mr. Thomas Carter's Sunday night of this week. There will be a social held at the home of Mrs. W. H. Clay, Saturday, July 20. There will be ice cream and cake served and probably there will be a cake raffle for the purpose of helping to get money for the building of the church. The weather is quite unsettled since the storm and owing to the fact we had another one but not as bad as the first one. It blowed one house and one barn down. Notice—Next Sunday is rally day for the Second colored Baptist church for the purpose of erecting a church of worship by District Missionary W. H. Garnett of Arkansas City, Kan. ELDORADO (KAN.) NEWS. The members of the Second Baptist church will give a Big Rally and Basket Dinner. Sunday, August 4th, for the purpose of raising funds for the church. Services will be held at Central park as follows: 10:30 a.m.; devotional; 11 a.m.; sermon by Rev. Joseph Wilson, Wichita; 2 p.m., devotional; 2:30, sermon by Rev. W. M. Blair, Eldorado; 8 p.m., devotional; 8:30, lecture by Prof. Joseph Wilson. Excursion rates from Wichita, $1.25. We are planning to raise $100. Come, help us. REV. R. W. WILLIANMS. Pastor. NEWS OF GREAT BEND. Rev. J. H. Rainey was called to Hutchinson to officiate at the funeral of Mrs. Richard Walding, last Tuesday. Miss George Perry and Mrs. Gertrude Wells also attended the funeral of Mrs. Walding. The two Sunday schools will picnic THE WIGH TA SEARCHLIGHT Little Misses Bessie and Ruth Johnson returned to Hutchinson to attend the funeral of their aunt, Mrs. Walding. Mrs. James Wheeler has returned from Excelser Springs. Mr. Wheeler is improving. Mr. and Mrs. Will McDonawl there here visiting with Mrs. McDonawl's father, Mr. Rooks. George Booker is on the sick list. Queen Esther Circle was entertained by Rev. Mrs. Rainey at the parsonage. Mrs. Sylvia Gower, wife of —— Gower, died at her home, six and a half miles south, Thursday morning at 2:15. Mrs. Gower came to Great Bend nearly two years ago for her health, from Nashville, Teen. She leaves a husband, two sons, three daughters and one daughter-in-law, three grandchildren and a host of friends to mourn her loss. Funeral services were held at the First Baptist church of which she was a devoted member, conducted by the pastor, Rev. J. R. Rainey, assisted by Rev. Alexander of the M. E. church. The sermon was very impressive. The choirs from both churches rendered some beautiful selections for the occasion. A loving wife, mother and sister has gone from labor to reward. The family has the sympathy of the entire community. Harvest will soon be over in this section. WINFIELD (KAN.) NEWS. Mrs. Osa Fox and daughter Blossom of Topeka, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Wood. J. E. Lewis, G. C. K. of P., was in the city Monday enroute home from Independence where the Pythians laid the corner stone of the A. M. E. church. He reports a splendid time. Mr. and Mrs. G. Williams were in the city Monday enroute home from Arkansas City. Jules Robinson returned Monday. Miss Jessie Payne is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. F. Montgomery. Everybody should read the Wichita Searchlight. IOLA (KAN.) NEWS The following is the program for the second anniversary services of the Second Baptist church, Iola. Rev. J. W. Gordon, pastor, Sunday, July 21st, 1907: MORNING SERVICES. 10:00—Sunday School. 10:30—Praise Services, led by Deacons Hickerson and Woodard. 10:45—Doxology by Choir and Congregation. Scripture Reading, led by Rev. J. R. Duncan, 103rd Psalm. Invocation by Rev. T. H. McColor. Anthem by the Choir. Anniversary Sermon, by the Rev. D. B. Jackson, B. D., Kansas City, Kan. Invocation by Rev. Duncan. AFTERNOON SERVICES. AFTERNOON SERVICE 2:00—Song and Praise Service, led by Bro. William Eppright. 2:15—Address by Dr. J. S. Bass, M. D. Subject, "Purity of the Pulpit." Solo by Miss Ardena Ewell. Address on Befath of the Ministr.rial Alliance, by Rev. W. B. Johnson, Pastor of the First A. M. E. Church of Iola. Poper, "Our Duty to the Pastor," by Mrs. John Collins. Vocal Solo by Mrs. Frank Weston. Address by Rev. H. H. Williamson, Pastor A. M. E. Church of Bassett. Anthem by the Choir. Remarks by Rev. A. Hill of Bassett, Duett, Miss Mabel and Master Ethel Weston. Collection and Benediction. EVENING SERVICES. 7:30—Organ Voluntary. Doxology by Choir and Congregation. 8:00—Responsive Scripture Reading led by Pastor. 8:15—Anthem by Choir. Vocal Solo by Mrs. Willis Williamson. 8:25—Sermon by Rev. D. B. Jackson, B. D., Kansas City, Kansas. Duett, Pastor and Mrs. J. W. Gordon. Recitation by Mrs. W. Stovall. Ushers: Bros. Jas L. Manley and Fred Jackson. Bro. E. G. Greene. Master of Ceremonies. Reads So "Easy." A French mariner thinks advantage may be taken of the favorable winds at the edge of a cyclone for facilitating navigation. By means of observations with the barometer and other instruments, he would ascertain the direction in which the storm is going and so shape the course of the ship that it would be carried along by the sweep of the atmosphere without becoming involved in the dangerous center of the storm. 10:00—Sunday School. Collection. Announcements. Benediction. 7;00—B. Y. P. U. Collection. Announcements. Benediction. MESSE FAMOUS AND ICE CHE WHOLESALLE For Parties, Picnics, Orders delivered to BON-TON BAKERY E. B. MESSE 146 North Main St. ```markdown ``` BOM3 Sir D. L. Taylor Designer and Builder of Tent houses, Tabernacle houses and Temple houses. Prices in reach of all. Send your order to-day 329 East Center SALINA, KANSAS DON'T FORGET. The Dancing Academy at Redman hall every Tuesday night. Come one, come all and enjoy yourselves. Fun! Fun!! Fun!!! 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Pone 85' 102 E. Douglas BUY LUMBER Corner Of 3rd & Main Unluck: "Some men." said Uncle Eben "seems to get so much satisfaction tellin' deir troubles dat dey gives you de idea dat they'd be disappointed if dey was lucky."—Washington Star. The Congueror. He who suffers without complaining in the dark valley of disappointment breaks the back of defect and nerves his pinions for a future flight into the crags of triumph. Quite a Difference. You may have noticed: Some people smile readily; others are merely ready to smile. There's a difference.—John A. Howland. Ordinary sheep dip is now being extensively used for the destruction of locusts in South Africa. Greek Proverb. A lazy man goes far, and he who shuns labor labors doubly. Feast of chestnuts Fatal. John Parkinson of Union City, Conn., died the other day as the result of eating too many chestnuts. His physician warned him that chestnuts were dangerous because of recent attacks of indigestion, from which he had suffered, but Parkinson answered: "I am going to eat those chestnuts if it kills me." He lived only a few hours after eating the last pint. Parkinson was 50 years old, and leaves a widow and six children. Normans Introduced Horseshoes. William the Conqueror is believed to have introduced horseshoes into England, for he gave the city of Northampton as a fief to a man in consideration of his furnishing shoes for his horses, and Henry de Ferrers, who went from Normandy with the king, and whose descendants bear six horseshoes in their arms, was so named because he was in charge of the royal farriers. Closes 12 mid-night ```markdown ``` PAGE 1 We have just received a large invoice of Men's, Work Shoes, Men's Dress Shoes, Ladies' and Miss' Fine Shoes, Oxford and Slippers all styles and kinds. AT: WHOLESALE PRICES Tapp & Hanshaw Phone 257 255-257 N. Main Watch for the Searchlight collector. Be prepared to pay what you owe us. Office. 601 N. Main St. WASHING RUGS AT HOME. Small Ones Can Be Made to Look as Bright as New. The value of soap bark in cleaning woolen dress materials is known to nearly every woman who makes over dresses. An enterprising housekeeper recently found that she could use it in washing a small oriental rug with most gratifying success. She got a five-cent package of the soap from the druggist and steered it for two hours in a quart of water. Then she strained it through a cheese-cloth bag, so that the fine particles of the bark would not stick to the rug. Into the bath tub, which was half full of warm water, she poured part of the clear, brown fluid made from steeping the soap bark. Then she put her rug, well beaten and swept, into the tub and pounded it with a stick. The water was soon very dirty. She let this water run off, filled the tub half full again and put in more soap bark liquid. Then she drew the rug up over the edge of the tub, three or four inches at a time, scrubbing it across with a stiff brush as she did so. After two rinsing waters she hung the rug on the line in the sun and wind. It dried after several hours and was exquisitely soft. It was also cleaner than it had ever been after being sent to the carpet cleaner. The colors were richer and the design itself seemed clearer. BAKING HAM AT HOME. Cooking in the Oven Gives Meat a Superior Flavor. With the spring sewing on hand, the housewife will do well to have cold beets, salads, etc., prepared in quantities, so that she can continue her work in the sewing-room without constant interruption to prepare food. Here is a very excellent recipe for baking ham in a way that will make it retain its flavor, and furnishes a delicious cold dish for many days. A ham cooked in the oven has a superior flavor to one which is boiled in the usual manner. Soak the ham and after wiping it dry cover it entirely with a thick paste made of flour and water; then wrap it up in greased paper, tying it in several places to prevent it from slipping off. Put the ham on a baking tin and cook it in a well-heated oven, basting it frequently over the paper with warm dripping; if the paper should get all burnt place another thick sheet over it. A fairly small ham should be selected for cooking in the oven and for one weighing five pounds four hours should be allowed. When it is done remove the paper and paste, then strip off the rind and as soon as the ham is sufficiently cool brush it over with several coats of glaze and put away to get thoroughly cold. Caring for China. Strong soap and soap powders are disastrous to gold decorated China. In drying china thus decorated, instead of heaping each piece on another as fast as they are dried, they should be allowed to cool separately, as the steam not only causes them to dry in streaks, but will mar the gold decoration. Valuable pieces of china may be mended to be as good as new if taken to a china painter. After sticking the pieces together, the whole is fired in a china kiln. This makes it possible to use the china afterwards as though never broken. Cut glass may be mended by riveting with small silver rivets, which scarcely show. Any china or cut glass firm will have this done. Dress suit cases, satchels and leather trunks will be improved and preserved by oiling with neat's foot oil at least once a year. It keeps the article from cracking, makes the leather soft and pliable and adds years to the service. Baked Chicken. After the chicken has been properly cleaned split it down the back, lay it in a dripping pan, season with salt and pepper and dot with bits of butter. Pour half a pint of water in the pan and bake in a hot oven; it should be basted every ten minutes. When done place on a hot platter, where it will keep hot; set the pan in which it was cooked on the stove, stir in one tablespoonful of flour dissolved in a little milk. Add one-half cupful of milk and season with salt and pepper, stir well and cook thoroughly. But after all— "To roast spring chickens is to spoil 'em— Just split 'em down the back and broil Distinguishing Qualities nf ihe Educated Man 1%) eaucation that does not teach seli-reliance, that makes men flabby under the delusion that they are kind, the education that makes a man’s visions of righteousness mere flushes of 2G ff morality, is only modified ignorance. For until a man passes ‘ph his education on, until he gives back to the state in service ‘© what it gave him in schooling, his right to citizenship is based 2 upon mere law and is not a part of his being. Only the man fea f is free who has fought *imeelf free, The world is full of MAILS slaves—slaves to custom, to tradition, to the things that are, to party, to church, to wornout ideas—cowards who know that the truth shall make them free, but who fear to make the truth their truth by declaring for it simply and without bluster and without shame. He who serenely with what weapons God has armed him, enlists in the fight to make his private opinion public opinion, thereby returning to society his patrimony—he is the educated gentleman. For he has won his education, not sponged it. However he got his education, from a machine in a shop or from a shovel in the street, or from horses in the field, that man who follows the instinct divinely planted in his soul, fol- ows it through the paper walls of convention and usage to the right as he sees it, still has he more culture, more of Heaven’s own refinement than ‘if he has a yard of schoolastie letters tacked after his name? For if there fs anything in the brotherhood of man, the fatherhood of God is needed {to prove the brotherhood. And if there be a human kinship, there is im- plied some hereditary spark, call it conscience. instinct, revelation, racial wision, or what you will, which implies a broad democracy, wherein at some small point men are equals. , Education, if it be worthy of the name, should be the bellows that makes the divine spark within each soul glow into a torch to light his fellows. But too often our schools and colleges turn out nothing more considerable than good citizens. Your good citizen obeys the laws, conforms to the amenities, worships whatever God there be, and lets it go at that. He does not get under the Toad of the world and life. He is a dummy director who fails to realize hat he is a partner in the injustices of this life. He does not see that vuntil he turns out to the caucuses and primaries and conventions and mass meetings and makes his*protest felt, the thieves that inhabit the Jericho road will keep right on assailing the weak, robbing the poor and threatening the welfare of society. If he has a light it is not only hid- den under a bushel, but the bushel is nailed down and cleated to the floor. One of the curses of this country is the large class of so-called “good citizens” who, because they have book learning and well-fitting clothes, are looked upon as leaders. Better is a government of stable boys following sincerely and seriously the light God gives them than a council of “good citizens” adoring yesterday and afraid of nothing so much as the dawn of to-morrow. Peril of Crue Sportsmanship By FRANCIS H. TABER, tory for its success. If a man must train before he participates in sport it makes it a very serious matter. He must give up his ordinary habits, deny himself this luxuries, and naturally he expects a considerable return. ‘To deny enjoyment to gain enjoyment is a paradox. It is worth while denying ‘one’s self to pass an examination, but is it worth while giving up recrea- tion for the sake of recreation? Secondly, the game ‘is the thing. To the true sportsman, such a spectacle, as a man told off to “worry the pitcher,’ of a player depend- ing upon artificial stimulus from spectators, is simply unintelligible. A professional may have his place in the general scheme of things, Sut he is not a sportsman. He is a mountebank, a vaudeville, artist, any- tthing you like, but not a sportsman, and half of the troubles of amateur ‘sport comes from the bad example set by professionals. The large sal- faries, the huge crowds, the newspaper notoriety dazzle unthinking youth ‘and it seems a great thing to play for the amusement of others and earn ja living without work, and if this consummation cannot be obtained it ican at least be approached. ‘The professional may be a good sportsman at heart, but cannot pos- ‘aibly be a true sportsman or he would never accept money for amusing ‘fhimeelf. The Real Love Match By MRS. DONALD McLEAN, President-General, D- A. R. iages, boy and girl affairs—puppy love it | natch where everything has been carefully ate. The real test of marriage is companior These much-to-be-desired elements must ente iage. ‘Most of the unhappy marriages of whi n these twentieth century days started off They weren't love matches at all; far from it ‘or a brief and very fleeting period of time th yther, is no proof that they are. But they ame, when it is the very farthest thing in th viages, boy and girl affairs—puppy love it has been called. I mean a watch where everything has been carefully gone over before it is too Jate. The real test of marriage is companionship and mutual sympathy. ‘These much-to-be-desired elements must enter into every successful mar- riage. ‘Most of the unhappy marriages of which we are hearing so much n these twentieth century days started off as so-called love matches. “Phey weren't love matches at all; far from it! Just because two persons for a brief and very fleeting period of time think they are meant for each other, is no proof that they are. But they call it a love match just the ‘same, when it is the very farthest thing in the world from one. But the real love match—the match where each is ready and glad to sacrifice for the other; where the one’s welfare is wrapped up in the “other's; where the success of the one is the success of the other; where -the euffering of the one is the suffering of the other—that is the only suc- ceessful marriage. On the other hand, I don’t think you will find a single real, true ‘woman who ean truthfully say that she regards the idea of a marriage vof convenience, such as one sees so often abroad, as the right one. It «surely means misery, suffering, despair aud divoree, over and over again, 2984 One need not be par- ticularly afraid of the danger of over-attention to athletics or the evils of too much play. But the time for fear is when atheltics become busi- ness, when play ceases to be pastime, and when sport depends upon vic- For the true American woman there is no choice between the genuine love ‘match and the marriage of convenience—it must be the love match every ume. Now, by a love match I don’t mean those hastily arranged mar- ; been called. I mean a me over before it is too ip and mutual sympathy. nto every successful mar- we are hearing so much ASI MILLION DOLLAR CAPITOL a nfm pai ae aE GiTPoL pe LOO Waa ward to the day when her splendid capitol building will be completed and her law-makers will once more have a place they can call home. Not since the fire several years ago which de- stroyed the state have have the mem- bers of the legislature and other state officers ceased planning to provide a structure which would not only be adequate to the needs and convenient in its appointments, but that from an architectural point of view would be a credit to the great state and in har- mony with the magnificent site pro- vided on the commanding heights at Madison. And the fruition of the planning fs to be found in the stately building now being reared out of the tous upon tons of steel and the moun- tains of stone and cement. The work of estting the pure white Vermont granite of the exterior walls has be- gun and it is expected that the west wing of the six-million-dollar capitol will be up and enclosed by next Janu- ary, and the architect promises to have this portion of the building, which is about one-fifth of the entire structure, completed and ready for oc- cupancy by the time the next legisla- ture convenes two years hence. . It is expected that when the new capitol 1s completed, which will con- sume about ten years, Wisconsin will have the handsomest and most con- venient state house of any common- wealth in the United States. Archi- tecturally it will be massive and mod. estly ornate. The exterior walls will be of white granite quarried at Bethel, Vt, and generally considered by ex: perts as being the best building stone in the world. It is the hardest and whitest granite known, qualities which prevent it from absorbing much moisture and becoming discolored and dirty like most building stones. An- other of its good qualities is its fine texture, which makes it an excellent stone for the carver and sculptor. The granite will be cut and filled at the quarries, each block being marked as it is finished so that the ‘workmen will know just where it be- longs. The granite will be about one foot in thickness and will be backed by a two-foot wall of brick. The courses or layers of granite will be 20 inches wide. The back walls will be built simultaneously with the gran- ite facing. The total weight of the granite to be used will be 99,000,000 pounds or 4,850 tons. At 40 tons to a carload, it will require 1,212 cars to transport the granite from Bethel to Madison. The cost of the freight and the cutting of the granite will, it is estimated, be about six times the value of the granite in the rough at the quarries. ‘The largest pieces of granite will be used in what are known as the “pediments” or gable ends of the building, where the ornamental sculp- turing will be. ‘The sculpturing will be done after the pieces have been set. It is estimated that these pieces will probably weigh 15 tons each. The pillars and columns will consist of round blocks 20 inches thick, the same as the course in the walls. The most notable building con- structed of the Bethel white granite so far is the new Pennsylvania rail- road station at Washington, D. C. The foundation walls for the west wing of the new Wisconsin capitol are now ready for the superstructure. ‘The foundation walls are built of con- crete reinforced with steel. The out- er walls have been finished and the interior walls and supporting pillars are being put in. In form the new capitol will be ‘much like the old one, consisting of ‘a large cireular part bearing the huge dome and four large wings extending out toward the cardinal points of the compass. The wings will be 120 feet in width and the distance from the entrance to one to that of the op- posite one will be 440 feet. ‘Their height will be four stories exclusive of the basement. The central point of the new building will be just 26 feet west of that of ‘the old one, this being necessary to make it corre- spond with the central point of the ‘capitol park. Just why the old capitol was not built so that its center cor “responded with that of the park is not ‘known, but it is said that the first “capitol was located a little to the east of the center of the park because ‘that location afforded a better founda- tion and when the legislature provid- je for the erection of the present capitol it through oversight or error ‘required it to be placed in the same relative position as the old building. ‘This at least is the explanation of the matter given by Secretary Porter. ‘The main entrance of the new capitol will be at the points where one wing joins another or opposite the four avenues leading to the capitol park. ‘There will, however, be other en- trances at the ends of the wings where the principal entrances are now. ‘The reason for changing the location of the main entrances was that it would be more convenient as it will enable a person to step right into the main part of the building in- stead of into a wing. Every piece of material that enters the new capitol will be closely in- speeted by Secretary Porter, one of the leading architects of the state, and if it does not come up to the re- quired standard will be _ rejected. Secretary Porter has opened an office in the basement of the capitol where he hag the new west wing constantly under his sight. It is the general opinion in Madison that nobody Is going to cheat the state in the erec- tion of the new capitol as long as Mr. Porter is around. Wisconsin's new capitol building is not only immense in size, but it will be constructed of the whitest granite ever discovered. It will combine the white beauty that is marble's best recommendation with the enduring qualities of granite, and the com- bination will give the state an edifice that should be her crowning glory and pride for centuries to come. All at the Circus. With a rather dejected air he walked into the county commission- er's office at Scranton. “I'm Goodrich, judge of election in Greenfield town- ship,” he said, as he deposited the ballot box upon his desk. “Oh, yes, Mr. Goodrich; making your returns, eh? Well, how did everything go your way?” The face of Goodrich brightened up as the clerk talked to him in a pleasant tone. “Well, to tell the truth, things didn’t go very good. I was there, but I was the only one that showed up during the six hours. All the rest went to the circus at Carbondale. Suppose I get my pay all right, eh?” It was true. Not a vote had been east. Even Goodrich, the only one on deck, could not vote, no one being there to take the ballot from him. ‘The circus at Carbondale was to blame—Philadelphia Record. Wise Old Noah. e Noah was looking at his famous col- lection of living wild beasts. “I could write a lot of stories about the animals,” he said, “that would put the whole collection of nature fakers on the ragged edge, but what would be the use? I'd get a call down from the White House as sure as fate.” Sternly resisting the temptation to mix in, he ordered Ham to'change the course of the vessel two points to starboard and went back to his cabin to take a nap. National Directory. Even the smallest “buttons” in a New Zealand hotel can locate any man in New Zealand for a stranger in a moment. All he has to do is to turn to the New Zealand directory. Nothing so well perhaps illustrates limited population and area con- trolled by the noted New Zealand gov- ernment as the fact that there is only one directory, and it is for all cities and towns and even the country and is only as large as that of a city the size of Cincinnati—Exchange, iach tins eae} English musical genius has never run in the direction of opera. It lacks the dramatic element; melody, on the one hand, and massive counterpoint on the other, are rather its distin- guishing features. To suit the Eng- lish taste, Handel turned his mighty genius from opera to oratorio, thereby founding that particular vehicle of musical expression with which it may be claimed that English idiosyncrasy has enriched the world—London Evening Standard. ‘An Inducement. Rais Uli had been solicited to go into variety. “It’s the spice of life, you know,” said the representative of vaudeville. “I would like a change of condi- ment,” admitted the bandit chief; “they have been peppering me so much lately.” Deftly dodging a volley from the Moroccan army, he told the press agent he would sce him later. | It is true that the United States hes some_reason to dread a conflict with Japan. It is also true—and probably they realize it in Tokio—ihat Japan has some reason to dread a conflict with the United States, Serer REV. FRANK WILSON, C. G. M. 943 Everett, Kanses City, Kas. MRS. EMMA GAINES, ©. G. P. 1170 Filmore avenue, Topeka, Kas. ‘Miss Jennie Alexander, G. Q. M, 918 Penn. St, Lawrence, Kansas Number. 1 Mrs. S, Williams, 1309 N 10th St, Kansas City, Kansas. 2 Mrs, Sarah Crisp, 615 South Chestnut St,, Iola, Kan. 3. Mrs. Carrie Doiigiass, 1723 Sixth avenue, Council Bluffs, Iowa. 3. Mrs. Mary Goss, General Delivery, Wichita, Kansas. 4 Mrs. Laura Williams, 625 4th St, Cherryvale, Kansas. 6. Mrs. Mary Burdett, 819 N. 1st. street, Atchison, Kansas. 6 Mrs, Addie Glasme, 128 Mulberry street, Ottowa, Kansas. 7. Mrs. Lillian Shobe, 336 Santa Fe street, Salina, Kansas. 8 Mrs. Nancy Fax, 505 N. Santa Fe St., Foffeywille, Kansas. 9%. Mrs, Sarah H, Harrison, 1821 Van Buren, st. Topeka, Kansas, 10. Mrs, Ida Wallace, 446 Arkansas street, Lawrence, Kansas. 11 Mrs. Paulina Woodfork, 823 Free- man Ave, Kansas City, Kansas. 12 Mrs, C. March, 515 Nebraska Ave., Kansas City, Kansas. 14 Mrs, May R. Freeman, 105 S. Lo- cust St, Pittsburg, Kansas. 15 Mrs. S. S. Furlough, box 405, Weir City, Kansas. 16. Mrs. Hattie Collins, 1001 S. For- est, avenue, Parsons, Kansas. 17 Mrs. A. Masie, 615 Barbee, Ft Scott, Kan. 20, Mre, Bessie Hall, 406 Horton, Ft. Scott, Kansas. 20 Mrs. 8. Montaque, 403 Kickapoo St., Leavenworth, Kan, 24 Mrs. Cherry Briley, E. 12th St, Coffeyville, Kansas. 28 Mrs, Della Dorsey, 716 S. 15th St, Parsons, Kansas. 29 Mrs. Percila Lee, 720 Cheyenne St, Leavenworth, Kansas, 80, Mrs. Eliza Scott, 3rd ave. south, Leavenworth, Kansas, $2. Mrs, Adda Birthright, 114 West. Broadway. Butte, Montana, 83 Mrs. Phannie Corneal, Box 384, Alliance, Neb. 34 Mrs, Mattie Miller, 335 West | 15th, Wichita, Kan. 35 Mrs. Adah Lewis, 1603 Archer Av., South Omaha, Nebraska. 37. Mrs. Mary Robinson, 104 South and sireet, Aichison, Kansas, 38. Mrs. Laura Lee, Weir City, Kan. 2. Mrs, Cora Yeager, 928 Main, Law- | rence, Kansas, 3. Mrs. Lizzie Stone, 1147 Ann ave, Kansas City, Kansas. | 11 Mrs, A. Pickenr, 259 EB. 15th, Topeka, Kan. 6. Mrs, Francis Hardeman, 1801 Kansas avenue, Topeka, Kans. 9. Mrs. Blanche B, Alston, 2215 Pa- cifie, Omaha, Neb. 91 Mrs. Ella Golden, 310 Noxts 12th St, Omaha, Nebraska. 2. Mrs, Alice Grant, 401 South sth street, Lincoln, Nebraska. 98 Mrs, Ida M, Jordan, 903 West- ern Ave., N, Topeka, Kan, TEMPLES. QUEEN MOTHERS OF TENTS IN KANSAS. Miss Jannie Alexander, G. Q. M. 943 Penn, Lawrence, Kansas. Lillie Hardin, 006 South Fifth av- enue, N. Topeka, Kansas. Hester Cornish, 911 Western avenue, N.Tope'ta, Kansas. Jennie Sellers, 1438 N. Eighteenth street, Omaha, Neb. Eliza Robinson, 1801 Kansas avenue, Topeka, Kansas. Mollie Spencer, 602 V street, Atch- ison, Kansas. Maggie Robinson, 911 Everett av- enue. Kansas City, Kansas. 10 Frank Smith, 420 3rd Ave., Leav- enworth, Kansas, Wichita, Kansas. 8. Rev. M. Wooten, 416 W. Third st. Ft. Scott, Kansas. 11 C. Swan, 1056 N. Mosley Ave. Wichita, Kansas. 536 Albert Graves, 90 Charles 8t, Desdwood, South Dakota, 13 Lee Holiday, 728 S. 20th St., Par- 17. Rev. Allen Garner, 704 H. 12th st, Weir City, Kansas. 2 Thomas Henry, Coffeyville, Kans. Coffeyville, Kansas, Omaha, Neb. 6 M.E. Bird, 3014 Hewett, Everett, Kansas City, Kan. 7 J. C. Coffee, 1455 N. Mostey, 3 Mr. William H. Barnes, 819 L St., Atchison, Kan, 4 Andrew HerroiJ, Sherman Flats, St, Salt Lake City, Utah. 19. C. Paris, 948 Penn. street, Law- rence, Kansas, 25 Edward Henderson, 1917 N. 3rd St., Kansas City, Kan, 59 S. W. Pasker, 1156 Buchanan ‘Tepeka, Kan, 60 Jimes Scott, 1404 Van Buren Topeka, Kan. 11 J. W. Bedell, 2127 So. 10th St. Lincoln, Neb. “T= James Thomas, 218 W ist, South 1 William M. Watkins, box 2062, Number. 16 Richard Clark, 420 N. 25th St. 16. EL W. Garvice, North ist street, Salina, Kansas. S. Omahs, Neb. Annie Edwards, 944 Everett, Kansas Mary Bision, 225 Miss, Lawrence, Kansas, at Charlotte Dalton, 1228 Barnett, Kan- sas City, Kansas, A. O. Murrell, 453 S. Fourty tr, Saltza, Kansas. Mary Hopkins, 903 West ® Nom Topeka, Kansas. H, H. Adkins, Weir City, Kansas Lettie Hill, 429 Ne Wichita singe Wichita, Kansas. Amy Lane, 1422 B. Appleton singe City, Kansas. Laura Smith, 308 EB. Eleventh, oy, feyville, Kansas. enworth, Kunsas. Ada Gilbert, 405 N. Santa Fo, ow, Ella McKinnte, 217 Sherman, Lean OUT OF POLITICs. President Winchell of Rock {slay Railroad Proposes to Get Closer to Business Men. Des Moines, fowa—At a linchog tendered him Monday by py Moines business — men Prosidea, Winchell of the Rock Island railroat said that the Rock Island is out q politics and will do away with jy lobbyists, both in the state losis, tures and the national congre John Sabastian, general passengy Agent of the same rpad, who wy entertained with President Winckel said that the Rock Island will not 1 duce its passenger service on a count of the two-cent rate laws by has and will improve it further. President Winchell said “The Rock Island Railroad cox! pany is out of polities and wanis be in closer touch with busines men. “The Rock Island road fecls that we should have nothing to do wih politics. We will maintain no loity in the future in Des Moines, otter state capitals or the national cajb tal at Washington.” MENACE TO BUSINESS. Interstate Commerce Commission S3p Measures Should be Adopted to Curb Harriman's Power. New York. — That Harrina plans for the consolidation of railruis are a menace to business; that Har riman methods of finance are ints fensible; that some Harriman com solidations are illegal; and that mea ures should be adopted to curb Ha riman’s power—such are the essena of the conclusions formulated in th report of the interstate commerce commission on the result of its inves tigation in the combination of ca riers, generally known as the “Har man inquiry,” which was made put lic Saturday. ‘The report was con piled by Commissioner Franklin Tane and has the unanimous approvd of the commission. Copies of the x port were sent to the president a to Attorney General Bonaparte. ‘©. Badincadla Sadie Banideancs: St. Louis, Mo. — The state boart of railroad and warehouse commis sioners in session here, late Tuesday issued an order directing the Missov 11 Pacific railroad not to operate train on lines between Jefferson City, Mo, and Kansas City at a speed to exces 30 miles an hour. The report accom panying the order condemns the rail road’s tracks as unsafe for greatet speed. On one or two of the lines th maximum speed is set at 15 mile an hour. The commissioners inspec ed the tracks the first of this month It is understood that the Missour Pacific's mail contracts will be affec ed, lowa Valuations Raised. Des Moines, lowa.—The actwi valuation of steam railroads Towa was increased $3,987,740 Tu day by the state executive council the state assessment board; thi Means an increase of $997,000 in taxable valuation. All kinds of pr erty in Iowa were valued higher, ti increase in reality amounting to $i 225,957; personally, $6,624,856; tel greph and telephone lines $509.0 and express companies $38,305. Ri Toad property is now valued at $254 336,480 and it will pay taxes basis one one-fourth of that sum. Kansas Cattle infected. Topeka, Kansas. — Pursuant (0! request of the state livestock st tary commissioner, Governor 5. ¥ Hoch Tuesday issued a proclamatil against the shipment of cattle {r 28 western Kansas counties _unle the stock was first examined by lif stock inspectors. Mange and Tes fever is the trouble, An additiow proclamation was issued prohibiti the shipment in of cattle from ¢ south. .Ten inspectors will be 2p?! ed to Ghforce the law. A Tuberculosis Quarantine. Houston, Texas—Doctor Will ‘M. Brumby, state’ health offi who was here Tuesday, says the 2 ernor will shortly issue a proelt! tion declaring tuberculosis a v's ious disease. The proclamation * put the railroads on notice and it be a statutory offense punishable a fine of $500 to haul a person afl ed with a contagious disease int state. ee tin Silanes in indi® - London, Eng. — Returns of ( from the plague in India show the palling total vf 1,060,067 for te @ ‘months ending June 30. The ‘0's! © the first six months of 1907 are surpasses that for the entire (welt months of 1904, when 1,022,000 Fé sons died. This total is the Nis! ever recorded previously to the we ent year. /