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THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT A False Cry On The Negro NINETH YEAR. A False C On T Developements Negro Is Fa Speaking on "The Standing Indictment Against the Negro," the Rev. Beverly C. Ranson, said in his sermon recently: "For more than twenty years the Nation has been ringing with charge against Negroes. At this very time Senator Tillman, of South Carolina, is preaching a crusade against the Negroes from the platforms of the Chautauqua assemblies throughout the North, East and West, and Southern politicians and writers industriously use the Negro as a scarecrow to rally their countrymen. "Now, what have we here in New York, the metropolis and financial capital of America, with her Carnegie institutes, libraries, museums, art galleries, Columbia University, and the home of the President of the United States? Inside of six weeks there have been mode than 150 alleged assaults upon women and children. It is a fact that the present wave of crime in this city has not, so far s definite information goes, produced a single instance in which a Negro was implicated in any of these alleged attacks. There have been more crimes committed against women and children in Greater New York by whites in the last sixty days than have been charged against the whole 10,000,000 Negroes of the United States in the last six months. "If one will read the names of the men who have been charged with or arraigned for attacks upon women it will be discovered that the majority of them are names not familiar to the English-speaking tongue. We are informed that President Roosevelt dishonorably discharged a battalion of the 25th Infantry, U. S. A., because it was alleged that the men stood together as Negroes by not telling the authorities the names of those who 'shot up' Brownsville. In this city as elsewhere, trivial cuse may produce a race riot. If one-tenth of the crimes committed by white men in the last thirty days had been committed by Negroes the Southern press would be pointing out to the world as an example of how the Southern home is menaced, and North and South alike be pointing to these crimes as the out- cropping of the savage instincts of an inferior race. "The North acquiesces in the South's nullification of the 15th Amendment and the elimination of the Negro from politics, lest our free institutions be imperiled, while in the city of New York five-sixths of the voters are foreign born or the sons of foreign born. To reach the voters of this city in the last municipal election speeches had to be delivered in nineteen different languages nd fifteen different dialects. Here, and not in the Negro, lies the black shadow that threatens the Republic. "Despite the injustice, hatred, outrage and violence between the races in the South, the Southern Negro and the Southern white man—who, after all, are thoroughly American in language, custom, aspiration and patriotism—may yet be compelled to join hands to rescue our snip of state when some foreign crew would ground her on the rocks of Socialism and Anarchy."—N. Y. Press, 12th ult. NEGRO WALL STREET FIRM. Negro Banker Opens Office in Wall Street District. New York.-The first Negro brokerage firm in the Wall Street District opened for business in handsome offices at No. 35 Broadway. The head of the firm is Robt. W. Taylor, who for a number of years has been northern financial secretary to the Tuskegee Institute. Mr. Taylor says that he was prompted to go into the brokerage business by the success which has attended realty companies, mercantile enterprises and the business ventures which of late years have been run by Negroes in the interest of their race. AGAINST NEGRO PYTHIANS. Supreme Court of Georgia Decides Against Negro K. of P. The Georgia State Supreme Court in a decision handed down, declared that Negro Knights of Pythias should not be allowed a charter from the State. The decision was rendered in the case of the Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythias of Georgia, C. C. Powell and others, and while it is affirmed the decision of Fulton Superior Court refusing to grant the injunction as to all points set forth in the bill, the case was set back with specific directions "that injunction be granted against the further prosecution of the defendants' application for charter under the laws of the State until the final hearing." The Georgia Knights of Pythias alleged that the effort of the Negroes to secure a charter was infringement upon their name—Austin Watchman. PAY UP! PAY UP! WICHITA, KANSAS, SATURDAY, SEPT. 28, 1907. NEGRO TROOPS RETURNING. Twenty-Fourth Regiment Ordered to New York From Philippines. Washington, Sept. 12.—General Oliver, Acting Secretary of War, today issued an order, which provided for the relief of a number of regiments that have been serving in the Philippines for more than the full allotted term eawyotfo rdcbysle xzfiff'cetainoetnaio of two years. A point of interest is found in the fact that included in the returning organizations is a Negro regiment—the Twenty-fourth Infantry. With the despatch to the Philippines of the Twenty-fifth Infantry some months ago the United States was left without any Negro troops except a few cavalry men at West Point. When the proposition was first made to return the Negro troops strong protests were made by Congressmen representing communities where it was reported these troops were to be posted. General Oliver settled the matter by ordering these solvers into his own state. On February 15 the Twenty-fourth Infantry is to sail from Manila for San Francisco and proceed by rail to New York, headquarters, band and two battalions, to take station at Madison barracks, near Watertown, and remaining battalion at Fort Ontario near Oswego. GETS $8,000 DAMAGES. Lynchburg, Va.—At Campbell Court house a jury returned a verdict against the Southern Railway. giving Willis J. Winston, colored, $8,000 damages, he having had both legs broken on last Thanksgiving Day at Rangoon on the passenger train on which President Spencer was killed. The plaintiff was represented by Attorney Jack Lee, and the railroad by Judge John D. Horsley, who moved to set aside the verdict on the ground that the damages were excessive. Judge Barksdale, who presided, refused to set aside the verdict, and entered up judgment in accordance with the verdict. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS Spain's national flower in the mignonette. Tea was discovered in the Eighth cneutry. One-tenth of the world is still unexplored. Cremation costs but 60 cents a body in France. Ten men to one woman carry life insurance. A fourth of Venice's population are paupers. One woman in every four earns her own living. A grasshopper can hop 200 times its own length. One-seventh of Ireland, over 3,000,000 acres, is bog. It takes 3,000 silkworms to produce a pound of silk. Only one published song out of 95 achieves popularity. Nearly 33 per cent more women than men wear false teeth. The average man's vocabulary is not much over 700 words. Belgium's navy—one vessel—is the smallest in the world. Married men commit suicide more frequently than bachelors. An average elephant tusk weighs 60 pounds, and is worth $150. It takes 8,000,000 of the largest sized microbes to make an ounce. Some insects are mature and marriageable 30 minutes after birth. In India the people only consume annually one ounce of soap per head. The majority of ministers neither smoke, drink, nor go to the theater. Death valley, in California, has at this season a shade temperature of 130 degrees. It is the hottest place on earth. In mediaeval times chimneys were only permitted to the nobility and the church—one to each priory, and one to each castle or hall. The poor's chimney was the door or window. (Copyright, by Daily Story Pub. Co.) The tramp finally consented to tell the story. "I was tramping one afternoon with a cold rain for company. To do so was contrary to my principles. When it rains, I usually up and wait for fair weather. But one must eat and lack of food had driven me from my nest. Besides, I had been 49 hours without morphine. "Steadily I forged along through an unsettled country. I passed two or three people driving, but they merely glared at me and went on. As night fell I came to a house—a somewhat pretentious building set close by the road. It might mean shelter; or, if not shelter, food; or at least information. I knocked at the door. "No one answered. I knocked again and again. I went to the back and knocked. No response! The house was still—still as desertion—or death. "I am not a house-breaker. But consider my plight. I was in a country unknown to me; a cold penetrating rain was falling; I had not eaten for two days. Here was a dwelling, apparently deserted, though apparently not long deserted. Inside was shelter, warmth, perhaps food. I decided to break in. "Drawing back, I threw myself heavily against the door and burst it open. In the hallway, facing me stood a woman. The light was very faint, and I could scarcely distinguish her features, but I saw that she was young and was very plainly a lady. "It is hard to guess which of us was the more frightened, but there is no doubt at all which was the more self-possessed. Looking back on it now, I can see design in all her acts, enough they seemed natural enough at the time. "Well, sir!' she said quietly. 'Why did you not knock? Do you always enter a house like that?' "Considering that I had been hammering at the doors for ten minutes this was surprising. Then I saw that she had a trumpet at her ear and was holding the end towards me. "I put my lips to it. 'Pardon me.' I said. I did knock. No one came and I thought the house was deserted. I am cold, wet, lost, and hungry—" "I see. I have been asleep and did not hear you. Come in?" "She stepped aside with a gesture of invitation, and I entered what was evidently the kitchen where I stood awkwardly in the gloom until she had found and lighted a lamp. 'Sit down, please,' she said, 'and I will see what I can get for you to eat. All the servants are away and I am alone in the house except for my little boy who is asleep upstairs, and so I must wait on you myself. But perhaps you would rather go to the dining room?" "I shook my head, and she talked on and on. Heavens! How she did talk while she prepared my supper. Like many deaf persons, she did not wait for an answer, but went straight on, passing without a break from one subject to another. I thought then, and I think now, that it was fear that drove her. It was not surprising. I was not one whom a lady would choose as a guest, alone, by night. "I wanted to reassure her, but her deafness and her volubility stood in the way. Once or twice I tried to say something, but failed. Finally I gave it up. After all, the kindest thing I could do was to hurry away as soon as I had eaten; only my ravenous hunger prevented my doing so at once. "Supper was ready at last, and I drew up to the table and began to eat. There was coffee, bread and butter, and steak; guess how I did justice to it." COMING BACK TO HER OWN. Modern Education at Work in Uplifting Egyptian Women. The Egyptian woman is coming back into her own after many centuries. An Egyptian girl and a Moslem has just received the degree of B. A. 'Two thousand years before Christ the Egyptian woman was the head of the house. The women of Egypt are thus beginning to regain the free and honored position which "Remember I had had no morphine for 48 hours, and I needed it, oh, how I needed it. As I sat down to the meal my nerves were jumping, but before I had half finished, they had grown quiet. More. I had become drowsy. This should have warned me, but it did not. I lay back in my chair, closed my eyes, and went to sleep. "I waked again, suddenly, startled by the banging of the kitchen door. For a moment I did not know where I was. Then I remembered. "But when I looked at the table I doubted my memory. There lay the remains of my supper, but there also lay a revolver, and a purse, open, with money falling from it. The woman was gone. "Gingerly I picked up the revolver and examined it. It was empty, except for two exploded shells. I put my finger into them and into the barrel. They had been fired recently. I examined the purse; it contained about $20. "I stood, gaping, too much amazed to move. Then, suddenly, there came back to me the memory of my drowsiness. Why had I been so drowsy? Food had never made me so before. Suspiciously I lifted my coffee cup, stared into its dregs and gingerly tasted them. "Ah! there it was, unmistakable now that I was looking for it. Laudanum! I had been drugged. Doubtless, only my habituation to the kindred drug, morphine, had saved me from sleeping until my involuntary hostess had had time to summon aid—for that she had gone for aid, I did not doubt. "But why the purse and the revolver? Little time had I to waste, yet curiosity, stronger than fear, drove me on. I lifted the lamp and hurried with it through the house. "On the parlor floor all seemed normal. On the first floor, in the first bed-room, was a crib, with rumped covers. On the floor beside it lay parts of a child's clothing. Evidently it was the bed of the boy she had spoken of; she had carried him off with her. "To the next room I hurried and there lay the explanation. On the floor was the body of a man—tall, handsome, well dressed—shot twice through the head, and stone dead. His pockets were turned inside out. "I don't suppose I stood there half a minute, but it seemed hours. In one enlightening flash I saw the whole thing. I was to be the scape-goat. Poor silly fool, I had butted in to bear the burden of the crime. "And oh! what a web was woven around me. I had been seen on the road near by by several persons; I had broken in the door; the child had probably seen me asleep in the kitchen; if I had not waked in time, the avengers would have found me red-handed with my booty and my weapon beside me, while, near by, lay my victim with his pockets turned inside out. I think it was those turned-out pockets that terrified me most. The woman who could forge a link of evidence like that would not hesitate to swear my life away. "Sick with terror, I stumbled down stairs, out of the house, and away into the night; away; away; anywhere, so long as it was out of sight of that deadly house. The shadow of the gallows lowered above me and drove me on. "Luck favored me. A quarter of a mile from the house I came to a railroad track. As I reached it the rails began to hum. A train was coming, slowly, for it was on a heavy upgrade. With the first thrill of hope I jumped behind a tree and waited. they enjoyed centuries ago. Then woman was the mistress of the house; she inherited equally with her brothers, and had full control over her property. According to M. Parteret, she was "juridically the equal of man, having the same rights and being treated in the same fashion." She could also bring actions, and even plead in the courts. She practiced the art of medicine, and, as priestess, had authority in the temples. The girl who has just drawn attention to the way in which modern education is ```markdown ``` Nearer it came and nearer, slower and slower, until when it reached me it was going little faster than a trolley car in the city. To try to board it even then was dangerous, but not to board it was destruction. I jumped for a hand-hold between the two cars, caught it, and clung on. Half an hour later, when the engine stopped for water, I crept into a box car. Then away once more, away, away. Three days later I crawled out of that box car nearly a thousand miles away, but safe." The tramp rose and picked up his bundle. "That is all," he said. "The story, as I warned you, is a snapshot and not a panorama. Of what happened afterwards I know nothing—could know nothing. The arm of the law is long and to make the smallest inquiry would have been madness. It is wisest to let sleeping dogs lie. Sir! I thank you for your beer and I wish you goodby." HOW SAMBO GOT OUT. Simple Operation as Described by His Little Friend. Gov. Tyler of Virginia began his address with a number of southern stories. One was about a negro who lived in the home of one of his constituents. One day the negro shot a white man, was arrested, tried and sentenced to the penitentiary. Immediately after the conviction the constituent came to the governor and begged for the man's release, says the New York Tribune. "My little son thinks the world and all of that nigger," said the constituent. "If you don't pardon him I believe it will break the child's heart." "How did the nigger come to do the shooting?" asked Mr. Tyler. "Why, you see, the niggers in our neighborhood were holding a sort of festival, and this white man tried to associate with them and my nigger shot him in the heel," the constituent explained. "That was right, he ought to have been shot. He had no business trying to associate with niggers," returned the governor. After an investigation Tyler decided to pardon the prisoner, and the day of his release the little son of the constituent was on hand to see the gates of the prison opened. As soon as he saw the black face of his friend he started for home, shouting: "Mamma! Mamma! Mamma!" His mother heard him coming and rushed out to see what was the matter. "Mamma! Mamma! Sambo's out of prison!" he yelled. "Why, how did he get out?" asked the mother. "Why, Gov. Tyler just wrote a letter begging his pardon," explained her son, "and then the warden opened the gates and let him out." A Kobe newspaper gives the cost of the wearing apparel of a Japanese woman of fashion. She wears $13.80 worth of clothing under her kimono, which costs $25. The obi costs another $25. Numerous tying paraphernalia sum up to $17.50, and a set of footgear amounts to $9. Combs and hairpins, ornamented with gems, cost $245; a shawl, $750; a diamond neck clasp, $150; handkerchiefs, 25 cents each; a gold watch, $150—about $18 in all for a season. A middle-class woman wears about $150 worth of clothing each year, according to the same newspaper. Two Autocrats. Redd—Did you ever stop to think how much an automobile is like a wife? Greene—Expensive to keep, do you mean? Redd—Yes; but a fellow never can tell whether he's going to be able to manage one until he owns one. A woman always wants a man to tell her everything, although she knows she will be unhappy if he does. invading Egypt probably will not have the distinction of being the only woman of her country with a college degree very long, as there is a movement on foot to maintain a number of girls in colleges. Stoicism. It was a high speech of Seneca—after the manner of the stoics—that the good things which belong to prosperity are to be wished; but the good things which belong to adversity are to be admired—Francis Bacon. THE SEARCHLIGHT. W. N. MILLER.....Editor Entered at the Post Office at Wichita, Kansas, as Second Class Mail Matter. Published Every Saturday at 601 North Main Street. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION Strictly in Advance. One Year (By 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. In matters for publication must reach this office not later than Wed- nesday to reach publication in the current issue. RULES OF THIS OFFICE. 1st. All subscriptions must be paid in advance. Agents take notice. 2nd. Communications received after Wednesday noon will not be published in the current issue. 3rd. In asking to change your paper from one address or postoffice to an- other give both the ned and the old. 4th. No new name will be placed on our books unless the money accompa- pares the name. Write plain. 6th. 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. "RACE PRIDE" NEGROES. There is a class of negroes in this town, as, "we presume," are in all towns, who take delight in making much ado about their "race prideism." Ask them to patronize negro enterprises and they have divers and sundry excuses to offer, and then to read and pay for negro newspapers and you put them out of gear. The one thing needed by that class of negroes is to learn to contribute something to the support Negro enterprise. A BLACK HERO. Beaver Falls, Pa., Sept. 15.—Fifty citizens of this town will sign a petition to the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission for a meday and cash to be presented to Oliver Grimes, a Negro. After an explosion of natural gas in the home of Mrs. Julette Sutto, Grimes rushed in and carried the woman from the building although she was frightfully burned. Learning that her eighteen-months-old baby was in another room, he again entered the house and carried the child out. Mrs. Sutto died from her burns, but the child will live. Grimes suffered bad burns for his heroism. Mrs. H. F. Frazier returned Tuesday from Washington, D. C., where she attended the National Baptist Convention of five thousand delegates. She visited Norfolk, Va., and the Jamestown Exposition, and reports a delightful trip and has many souvenirs from that section of the country. MARVEL OF SURGERY. A marvel of surgery was shown to the French Academy of Medicine by Dr. Delair recently. A patient had lost his chin, part of his lower jaw, his lip, a portion of his tongue and his nose, owing to the explosion of a gun which he was firing. An apparatus in four pieces has been made for him, which makes all trace of his loss practically invisible. The chin and lower lip, with a false beard on them, are made of soft India rubber, the necessary teeth, nose and jaw have been supplied, and the patient can himself remove and replace the apparatus, which weighs only a trifle more than an ounce. TENT WILL MEET. Moses Dickson Tent No. 5 will meet saturday afternoon, September 28, at 3 o'clock. All children are requested to be present. Business of importance. DTR. C. W. GILES, P. M. THE ARRAPPAHOE CLUB. Will give an entertainment at Young's Hall, 601 N. Main, Saturday night, Oct. 5th, for the benefit of New Hope Baptist church. They will serve chill, pigs' feet, corn bread, and fried chicken. Supper ready at 6 o'clock. Come by on your way from your work. Mrs. Ben Butler is on the sick list. A Good Chance For All Those That Would Like To Be Helped Miss Mamie Richardson, of Kansas Citv, Kan, has located in our city as a MUSIC TEACHER. Sho comes well recommended from some of the best instructors in the west. Had several years experience in teaching. She solicits your patronage and will be glad to meet you at 630 NORTH WATER ST., Phone 1041 EUREKA FLAT 634 North Water St WICHITA, KAN. Now Open to the Public. Nice and Clean FURNISHED ROOMS FOR MEN. New and elegantly furnished. Newly painted and papered. Located in the residence portion of the city one block from Main street car line and in easy access to restaurants and business portion of the city. Furnished and Fitted for comfortable sleeping. When in Wichita come to the comfortable Eureka Flats, 634 N. Water street, for rest. Rooms by the night, Week, or Month. Open Day and Night. Rates Reasonable. MRS. W. N. MILLER. Mangr. NATIONAL BAPTISTS, WASHINGTON, D. C. The seventh annual session of the Woman's Convention, Auxiliary to the National Baptist Convention, convened in Washington, D. C., Sept. 11-16, 1907. The magnificent assembly of more than 2,000 delegates coming from every state in the Union, Africa, South America and the Isles of the Sea, was one of the vivid scenes whose outlines were penciled by that prophecy which declared: "The Gospel of the Kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations." We are indeed pleased to say our own state of Kansas was well represented by some of the best women and men in the state. Delegates to the Woman's Convention were: Mesdames Emma Gaines, C. G. Fishback, M. D. Jones, Topeka; H. F. Frazier, Wichita; E. A. Wilson, W. L. Grant, Kansas City. The recognition shown the Kansas women in the election of officers in this great convention are as follows: Mrs. Emma Gaines, vice president. Mrs. E. A. Wilson, statistician. Mrs. Emma Gaines, vice president. Mrs. E. A. Wilson, statistician. Mrs. H. F. Frazier, Executive Board. Mrs. W. L. Grant, Superintendent Children's Department. Mrs. C. G. Fishback, Training School. This was the greatest meeting, both spiritually and financially, in the history of this convention. Total amount given for the Foreign Missions, $764.25; total received art exhibit, $299.25; Training School, $419. Total amount raised from all sources by the Woman's Convention, $1,609.75. The entire session of this convention was without friction, and peace and harmony prevailed when the convention adjourned to meet next year in September in New York City. Our Kansas ministers as delegates to the National Baptist Convention were: Rev. E. A. Wilson, Ph. D. D. Rev. Geo. McNeal. $ ^{1} $ Rev. J. R. Richardson, Kansas City. Rev. P. D. Skinner, Coffeyville. Rev. Charles Teal, Independence. Rev. A. Fairfax, Parsons. Rev. C. G. Fishback, Rev. Woodson, Rev. H. W. White, Topeka. Rev. S. M. Hall, Rev. J. H. Van Lue, Wichita. The Kansas delegation not only enjoyed the hospitality of the Washingtonians, but his great capital city was an incentive to messengers from all over the world, besides we were given side trips o many of the larger cities in that section of the country. After the adjournment of this great meeting on Monday evening 1,000 delegates, on board the "Jane Moseely," steamboat enjoyed the journey down the Potomac river to Chesapeake Bay to the landing at Norfolk, Va., a distance of 185 miles, and visited the Jamestown Exposition, in view of the Atlantic ocean, and the beautiful scenery of East Virginia. The writer, on return home, in company with Mrs. Emma Gaines, spent a few days visiting in Chicago, being the guest of Mrs. F. B. Richardson. Sunday, September 22, 1907. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Johnson of Chicago entertained at high noon Mesdames Emma Gaines, Topea; H. F. Frazier, Wichita; F. B. Richardson, Chicago and Messas, Chas. P. Walker, L. B. Kent, THE WICHITA STARCHLIGHT Mr. and Mrs. Johnson were former residents of Topeka, Kan. H. F. F. Mrs. Joe Banks and two daughters, Misses Florence and Mabel, are in our city this week visiting friends. We are always glad to have them visit our city and wish them an enjoyable time. A. Covington left Wednesday morning for Kingfisher, Okla., where he will attend the colored fair in that city this week. While in that section he will visit* several other Oklahoma cities returning to Wichita next week. Roscoe Copeland of Fort Scott came to, Wichita Sunday to accept a place on the Searchlight staff. LOCALS THE RESUME OF THIS WEEK Send your news notes and local happenings to GOf 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. F IT EVER HAPPENED YOU'LL FIND IT IN THE SEARCHLIGHT. WHY NOT SUBSCRIBE? REV. YOCHUM SUNDAY. Rev. P. D. Yochum will fill the pulpit at the A. M. E. church next Sunday. SACRED CONCERT. The ladies of the presiding elder committee has arranged a splendid sacred concert program to be rendered at the A. M. E. church next Sunday. The program follows: 1. Song by choir. 2. Invocation. 3. Song by choir. 4. Scripture reading. 5. Chant by choir. 6. Solo, "Praise the Lord," Mrs. Howard. 7. Reading from Paul Laurence Dunbar, Miss Ida Hill. 8. Instrumental solo. 9. Solo, Miss Mamie Richardson. 10. Recitation, Mrs. Sally Hall, Mrs. J. C. Coffee. 11. Male quartette. 12. Oration, Chas. Price. 13. Solo, Mrs. W. Kennedy. 14. Trlo, Hall children. 15. Solo, John Eggleston. 16. Select reading, Mrs. C. A. Glover. 17. Solo, Mrs. John T. Chinmeth. 18. Duet, Misses Callie Rowles, Lois Wilson. 19. Song by choir. 20. Collection. 21. Benediction. MRS. THOS. W. FINE. Pres. Miss Jessie Paine of Topeka is in the city the guest of Mrs. L. Madison, Fifteenth and Waco. Fred Madison has returned home from Newton. For nice, clean, cool rooms, come to the Eureka Flat, 624 N. Water St. Rev. J. F. C. Taylor left Tuesday for the annual conference in Parsons. Miss Winnie Ray is still on the sick list at her home, 917 N. Water street. Jas. J. Olden is organizing a company to manufacture ice in Oklahoma. NEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH. Joseph Wilson Jr. Pastor. Last Sunday was a most remarkable day with us. Lrge audiences listened to two earnest sermons and 28 persons were received into membership. The Sunday school is outgrowing itself. The pastor will occupy the pulpit both morning and night at 11 o'clock a. m., "Musical Instruments and their Place in Divine Worship." Acting Supt. Lewis will review the lessons of the past quarter in the Sunday school. At 7:30 p. m., the minister will use the theme: "Seeking Christ so as to Find Him." The $1,000 Thanksgiving Rally is assuming desirable proportions. All the members are working had to reach this end. ALL THINGS ARE WELL. That ends well—so pay your subscription to the Searchlight and get a good night's sleep. BUY LUMBER AT METZ'S Corner Of 3rd & Main DR. ST. JOHN GOES TO IOWA. Dr. St. John, one of Wichita's most successful practitioners, will leave Monday or Tuesday for Waterloo, la., where he will spend several days visiting relatives and friends. He will also witness the marriage of his nephew next week. Lieut. Albert St. John, son of Dr. St. John, arrived Tuesday from Fort Riley. Mayor Graham has appointed C. W. Giles as a policeman. The appointment meets with general approval. Mrs. Sam Duncan and son, Pocahontas of Poabody, and Mrs. W. N. Miller were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. A. Wallace for supper Wednesday evening. Thomas Glover left Tuesday for Parsons to attend the annual conference Rev. Sam M. Hall, pastor of the Second Baptist church, has returned from Washington, D. C., where he attended the National Baptist Convention. Mrs. R. L. Williams and son were in the city this week, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Underwood. Miss Rosa Tillman spent Wednes day with Mr. and Mrs. Underwood. Mrs. Sam Duncan and son, Pocahontas of Peabody, were in the city Wednesday, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Miller, and also to attend the fair. They attended the races. Mrs. Emma Galnes of Topeka and Mrs. H. F. Frazier, on return from Washington, D. C., visited a few days in Chicago, the guest of Mrs. F. B. Richardson. Wichita Tabernacle No. 34 is getting along nicely. Dr. Mattie Miller, H. P., will give a lecture in all the degrees. Dtc. Mary Sherrills and Dtc. S. C. Collins are both reported on the sick list. Davis Stall of Salina was in Wichita Wednesday and Thursday, the guest of his old friend, L. H. White, whom he had not seen for 21 years. Mr. Stell is one of the substantial men of Salina. He enjoyed his trip much. TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH. The services at Tabernacle Baptist church were very largely attended all day. There were many visitors at both morning and evening services. At 11:15 a. m. Pastor Jones preached from the words "Come now and let us reason together, saith the Lord of hosts." The sermon was logical and full of thought. The Sunday School was largely attended as usual. The superintendent and teachers made the lesson very plain. Rev. Jones' class of young ladies were again the winners of he banner by a large per cent. The B. Y. P. U. services were well attended and the leader, Mrs. B. E. Givens taught the lessons in a clear and instructive manner. The pastor seemed to have been at his very best at the 7:45 p. m. service. He used a text: "Wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business." At the close of the sermon one united in full membership with the church, and one made a confession and was received by baptism. The church is in splendid condition, both spiritually and financially. Prayer meeting was led by Mrs. Eleanor Hazerlidge. This meeting had a large attendance and was full of spirit. Next Sunday the women will hold their last rally for the year. Pastor Jones will preach at 11:15 a. m. from the subject: "No room for Christ." Sunday School at 12:30 p. m. B. Y. P. U.'s at 5:30 and 6:30 p. m. Missionary program at 7:45. A choir of elderly women will sing. All cordially invited to attend all these services. Business meeting of the church next Friday at 8 p. m. Every member expected to be present. --- MESSERVE'S FAMOUS AND CELEBRATED ICE CREAM WHOLESALE AND RETAIL For Parties, Picnics, Socials and Churches. Orders delivered to any part of the city. BON-TON & KANDY BAKERY E. B. 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Male TRY US For a Good Job of Lead and Oil SUTTON PAINT CO. THE SEARCHLIGHT WICHITA, KANSAS. The New-Fashioned Country Girl. Amid all the pleasurable recollections of the summer possessed by the crowds of city dwellers herding back to town, it is safe to hazard there is not one distinct impression of that one-time dominant figure on the country landscape—the old-fashioned, unsophisticated, brown-cheeked girl, with "the rustic, woodland air" of poetry. In her place in memory and on the films that the amateur will develop later is another creature, to whom rusticity is a matter of psychological analysis and unsophistication a sociological problem. As the modern country girl is so often a product of higher education, remarks the Troy Times, a new value has been given to rural life. To her not only nature in her infinity but even "the meanest flower that blows" can give not only thoughts that lie too deep for tears but can also afford opportunity for the profound use of a knowledge of botany. The physiological value of sunburn she understands and will expound; the chemical constituents of air that's fresh she knows by rote. To her the earth is no more a mere stretch of landscape to be admired but soil and subsoil to be fed as per the formula which she can and probably will convey to you in no mistakable terms, and out of which comes a rotation of crops the food values of all of which she knows. She may be discovered "coming through the rye," but it's no hazard to affirm that her interest meantime is in the quality of the grain, and any possibility of an amorous meeting midway is farthest from her mind and mood. The romances and the poets still defyly evolve the rustic maiden unsophisticate, but the maid herself we now seek in vain. The Human Form Divine. When Fielding in "Tom Jones" said of Sophia Western that "her shape was not only exact but extremely delicate," he used one of the best words that perverse fate ever dropped from polite use. There is an aptness, simplicity and a certain quiet gentlemanliness in it which is ill replaced by the so much less frank than the Queen substitutes of to-day. In our speech, Anne, so often brushing away sweetness with the merely timely or "smart," the only people who have shapes are those who have little else. Graces of mind or heart are not supposed to reside in them. If they sufficiently shine behind the footlights, "our 26-Beautiful Dresden Dolls—26," nothing more is asked or expected. The word "figure" almost inevitably connotes something of the hourglass, the number "8." It is vaguely blatant. "Form" as inevitably suggests something rounded, soft and yielding. You can not speak of a woman's form without at least a suggestion of nudity. And such phrases as "angular form" are as clashing in connotation as "vivid gray." "Shape," on the other hand, connotes nothing at all but outline. One may speak of a rounded shape, an angular shape, a coarse or a delicate shape, with equal propriety. It is, declares Collier's Weekly, the best word in the language for the place. Here—and in an age of many inventions it is well to watch and prevent such things—with all our improvements we have not improved. Perils of Chloroform At the recent meeting of the British scientists at Leicester, Dr. Waller laid before the physiological section some facts to show the perils of chloroform. The list of deaths in the past 50 years due to this cause is incomplete and yet was unable to give percentages in comparison with the total number of operations, but he held that the danger is still great, and that surgeons are remarkably ignorant as to the quantity required to produce the desired physiological effect, and are unable to guard with confidence against heart failure. It may be noted, says the Springfield (Mass.) Republican, that much is expected of the new Poe respiratory device, which is reported to have done remarkable things in starting the vital processes, even after life was apparently extinct. It should in particular, if it accomplishes what is claimed for it, be a safeguard against the pneumonia that sometimes follows the use of anaesthetics as a result of congestion of the lungs. But in spite of the peril of chloroform its blessings to the human race can hardly be exaggerated. Seagulls can talk, according to the recent announcement of a Chicago university professor who has been studying their ways in the Dry Tortugas islands. He does not mean to have one understand that the birds discuss fine arts, political economy, or the latest fashions, but that they have a language by which they communicate with one another. He thinks that it is so systematically arranged that human beings can learn it, and communicate with the birds MORE NATURE FAKING. I E. O MINE ER IST MEIN MISS COLUMBIA ENGLAND GERMANY MILWAUKEE BENTHAL OSBORN RESTRAINS STATE Federal Judge Lochren at Request of Railroad Stockholders Enjoins Minnesota Officers. ARRAIGNED LEGISLATURE He Said Such Laws As Enacted Were Vicious and Are a Disgrace to the Age—The Power of Congress. St. Paul, Minn., Sept 22.—Judge William Lochren of the United States circuit court Friday afternoon in a lengthy opinion granted the request of the complaining stockholders of the railroads operating in Minnesota, that a temporary injunction issue against the commodity rates enacted by the last state legislature. The court, however, made preliminary rulings with the attorneys for the state on three other points, first, that the exercise of rate-making power by the state does not interfere with interstate commerce; second, that merchandise rates ordered by the state railroad commission September 1, 1906, shall remain in force; third, the two-cent passenger rate enacted by the last legislature is not confiscatory and shall remain in effect. The injunction only affects those rates which were to have taken effect June 1, 1st, but which did not because of the restraining order of the court. In his opinion the court savagely arraigned the Minnesota legislature. "There is no question," said the court, "bat that such legislation (referring to the rate laws of the recent session) is vicious and a disgrace almost to the civilization of the age. It is a reproach to the intelligence and sense of justice of any legislature which would promote acts of that kind." The court opened with an explanation that the stockholders of the ten railroads had made a sufficient showing to get relief from the officials of the railroads before appealing to the bills of complaint. It was evident, he said, that the railroad officials did not hesitate to act on the requests of the stockholders not to observe the legislative rates with any relief on their part that such rates were fair, but hesitated because of the severe criminal penalties for violation of the state laws. He had no doubt but that the directors and officers of the railroads were entirely justified in refusing to hazard the penalties that might fall upon them in taking steps to save the stockholders from loss. "There is no doubt in my mind," concluded the court, "that congress can, under interpretation of the interstate commerce law assume control not only of interstate commerce, but the avenues of such commerce and the rates thereon whether within or without the state. I believe congress has also the power to control navigable coast waters, bays, lakes and rivers, no matter whether such waters are entirely or only in part within any one state." As to the legislative commodity rates the court concluded by saying: "The act of April 18 fixing commodity rates has not yet gone into effect, being restrained by preliminary order of this court. It appears that in view of the lessening of rates by this act, the compensation allowed the railroads would not be sufficient. In fact, such rates are prohibitive, so the preliminary injunction prayed for may issue against those. For the stronger roads, these rates come very near being compensatory but with the weaker roads, they are far from being compensatory." *The court also held that the bills of the complainants are not multifarious, but are properly joined in the issue. Order was made by the court that the demurrers to the complaints be overruled. Wu Ting-fang Coming Back. Pekin, Sept. 25.—The reappointment of Wu Ting-fang to his former post of minister of China in Washington was gazetted Tuesday. THE RAILROADS HELPED THE RAILROADS HELPED Rebates Added to the Enormous Profits of Standard Oil. Government Will Attempt to Show Relationship That Assisted in Building Fortunes. New York, Sept. 24.—It is rumored that Frank B. Kellogg, the government's counsel in its suit to dissolve the Standard Oil company of New Jersey has important evidence in his possession bearing on alleged relationship between railroad rebates and the profits of the corporation in the last eight years. It is also said that this phase of Mr. Kellogg's case is being reserved until the line of questioning he pursued last week is finished. To back his reported evidence as to rebates, Mr. Kellogg has had subpoenas served on several railroad men, among them being Jefferson Justice, assistant controller of the Pennsylvania railroad; R. W. Downing, ex-controller of the Pennsylvania lines, and W. T. McCullach, auditor of freight accounts of the New York Central. They have been ordered to produce certain papers dealing with the transportation of oil. BIG MOVEMENT OF CATTLE. Kansas City's Receipts For Seven Weeks Have Been Larger Than Those of Chicago. Kansas City, Sept. 22.—In five days this week 92,611 cattle have been received at the Kansas City stock yards. The biggest single week's receipts heretofore were 93,862 in the seven days ending September 20, 1902. In the first 20 days of September Kansas City's of cattle amounted to 262,241, or 15,000 more than were marketed in Chicago. Receipts in August were 16,224 larger in Kansas City than in Chicago. The large movement of cattle to Kansas City has been due to attractive prices, dry spots in Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas and the ability of the railroads to furnish cars more readily than for several years past at this season. Some shipments have come from Northwest Idaho, nearly 1,500 miles, and from New Mexico, a distance of 1,050 miles. Muskogee Bank Sold Muskogee, I. T., Sept. 25.—The Canadian Valley Trust company, capitalized at $100,000 and with deposits of about $200,000, closed its doors Tuesday morning after having sold its banking business to the associated banks of this city. The deal by which the associated banks took control of the banking business of the trust company was consumed at two o'clock Tuesday morning after an all night's conference of the presidents of the various banks. Dynamite at Joplin Again. Joplin, Mo., Sept. 23.—At I o'clock Saturday mornin'; the mining plant of the ennessee company of East Joplin was blown up by dynamite, the loss being estimated at several thousand dollars. A week ago the News-Herald plant in Joplin was wrecked by dynamite. The same night a mining plant belonging to the Granby Mining company was blown up. A. General Shoe Workers' Strike. St. Louis, Sept. 22.—The strike of shoe cutters instituted Thursday resulted in a general strike of shoe workers Friday and 18 shoe factories in St. Louis, employing nearly 30,000 workmen are idle. Offered to Judge Dale. Topeka, Sept. 24.—Gov. Hoch stated Monday that he had offered to Judge Dale, of Wichita, the position of member of the state board of tax commissioners to succeed the late judge Humphrey. Constantine Found Guilty Chicago, Sept. 23.—Frank J. Constantine was convicted of murdering Mrs. Arthur W. Gentry in January, 1906. Saturday night and was sentenced to imprisonment for his natural life. NO PLACE FOR HIM HERE. Alabama Judge Did Not Think De- ceased Would Miss Much. "Your honor," said a prosecuting attorney in an Alabama backwoods court, "the prisoner at the bar is charged with killing one of the most exemplary citizens of this county. Thomas Jones, your honor, was in every respect a model man. He was a member of the church; he was never known to bet on horses, play poker, drink whiskey or use tobacco. He—" "Hold on a minute," said the judge. "You say he never bet on a horse?" "That's what I said, your honor." "Never was known to play a game?" "Never your honor." "And he never drank liquor?" "Never drank a drop, your honor." "And he didn't chew tobacco?" "Never took a chew in his life." "Well, then," said the judge, "I don't see what he wanted to live for. There wasn't anything in life for him, and I don't see why he ain't about as well off dead as alive. Release the prisoner, Mr. Sheriff, and call the next case." FIFTEEN YEARS OF ECZEMA. Terrible Itching Prevented Sleep— Hands, Arms and Legs Affected —Cuticura Cured in 6 Days. "I had eczema nearly fifteen years. The affected parts were my hands, arms and legs. They were the worst in the winter time, and were always itchy, and I could not keep from scratching them. I had to keep both hands bandaged all the time, and at night I would have to scratch through the bandages as the itching was so severe, and at times I would have to tear everything off my hands to scratch the skin. I could not rest or sleep. I had several physicians treat me but they could not give me a permanent cure nor even could they stop the itching. After using the Cuticura Soap, one box of Cuticura Ointment and two bottles of Cuticura Resolvent for about six days the itching had ceased, and now the sores have disappeared, and I never felt better in my life than I do now. Edward Worell, Band 30th U. S. Infantry, Fort Crocuta, Nebraska." TEA FROM THE FLOWERS. This Product Little Known in the United States. Tea, not from leaves, but from the flowers alone of the plant, is rarely encountered in commerce. The petals, stamens, etc., are sun dried, and the resulting tea is of a rich, deep brown hue of peculiarly delicate odor, and gives a pale amber colored infusion rather more astringent in taste than that from the average fair grade leaf. The taste for it is an acquired one, and even if this tea could be made commercially possible, it is doubtful if it would ever become popular. The American tea trade could advantageously take a suggestion from the brick tea of the far east. In our country, the tea dust, some of which is good quality, is not properly utilized. In Europe it is a regular article of trade, and it is advertised and sold as tea dust. In America it is sold to thousands of cheap restaurants, who make from it the mixture of tanic acid, sugar and boiled milk which they sell as "tea." If, as in the orient, this dust was compressed into bricks, good tea could be made from it. Quite a Difference. Alice—Kate is awfully disappointed. That young Englishman asked her if she thought a married couple could get along on 30 a week and she hastened to say yes. Mildred—Well? Alice—Now she has discovered that he meant 30 shillings.—Somerville Journal. The Kind of Food Used by Athletes. A former college athlete, one of the long distance runners, began to lose his power of endurance. His experience with a change in food is interesting. "While I was in training on the track athletic team, my daily 'jogs' became a task, until after I was put on Grape-Nuts food for two meals a day. After using the Food for two weeks I felt like a new man. My digestion was perfect, nerves steady and I was full of energy. "I trained for the mile and the half mile runs (those events which require so much endurance) and then the long 'daily 'jogs', which before had been such a task, were clipped off with ease. I won both events. "The Grape-Nuts food put me in perfect condition and gave me my 'ginger.' Not only was my physical condition made perfect, and my weight increased, but my mind was made clear and vigorous so that I could get out my studies in about half the time formerly required. Now most all of the University men use Grape-Nuts for they have learned its value, but I think my testimony will not be amiss and may perhaps help some one to learn how the best results can be obtained." There's a reason for the effect of Grape-Nuts food on the human body and brain. The certain elements in wheat and barley are selected with special reference to their power for rebuilding the brain and nerve centres. The product is then carefully and scientifically prepared so as to make it easy of digestion. The physical and mental results are so apparent after two or three week's use as to produce a profound impression. Read "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. "There's a reason." REBATE DECISION United States Court of Appeals Affirms the Minnesota Judgment Against Great Northern. NO BREAK IN ELKINS ACT Court Holds Hepburn Law Is An Amendatory and Not a Repealing Act—Affects Several Cases of Great Importance. Denver, Col., Sept. 25.—In an opinion announced Monday by the United States circuit court of appeals sitting in Denver the judgment of the district court for Minnesota against the Great Northern railroad in the rebate cases was practically affirmed. The circuit court holds that the Hepburn acts is an amendatory act and not a repealing act, that insofar as it repeats or reproduces portions of the Elkins act it continues them in force and makes no break in the law, and that insofar as it omits or changes provisions of the Elkins act it repeals them. The act of granting rebates was admitted by the Great Northern Railroad company at the trial and the only question presented by the defendant was whether or not the Elkins act of 1903, making it an offense and fixing punishment for granting rebates was repealed by the Hepburn act of 1906 in such a way that thereafter there could be no prosecution of offenses committed prior to the appeal. The district court ruled against this contention of the railway company and hence the appeal to the circuit court of appeals. The circuit court of appeals holds that the special saving clause in the Hepburn act does not mention the particular subject of the general saving clause in section three of the revised statute of the United States, and as the special saving clause can have reasonable purpose and operation without infringing upon the provisions of the general saving clause it does not repeal the latter. Thus the decision results in an affirmation of the judgment of the district court although in some respects the circuit court of appeals declines to follow or accept the reasoning or the grounds of the decision of the district court. The decision was written by Judge Vandeventer and is concurred in by Judges Adams and Riner. The case originally was a criminal prosecution against the Great Northern Railway company in the district court of the United States for Minnesota, and the offenses charged in the indictment consisting of granting rebates upon each of fifteen distinct carload shipments of corn and oats shipped by a Minneapolis dealer in Minneapolis to Seattle during the months of April, May, June and July, 1906. The schedule of the railway at that time fixed the rate upon these commodities at 50 cents a 100 pounds, and the rebates granted consisted of allowances ranging from 15 to 20 cents a 100 pounds. The maximum fine in this case is $20,000 for each offense, and there are over a dozen cases of great importance awaiting the result of the decision handed down Monday notably four cases in Kansas City where the Armour, Cudahy, Swift and Morris Packing company were each fined $15,000 for accepting rebates. United States District Attorney Haupt, when informed of the decision of the court at Denver, gave the following statement of the Great Northern railway case and it's bearing on other cases now pending before the court at Denver. This case was one in which the Great Northern was indicted for giving concessions to McCaull and Densmore of Minneapolis and to the W. P. Devereaux company, of Minneapolis, in the shipping of oats and corn to Seattle for shipment to the Philippines. "The question passed upon is of supreme importance, not alone in this case, but it involves the right to prosecute any and all cases for the giving of rebates." "The validity of the Standard Oil company fine of $29,000,000 depends in a large measure on the decision for it will have an almost controlling influence in the decision of the court of appeals in the Chicago district, where the Standard Oil company appeals on exactly similar grounds. If the decision had been otherwise, it would have stopped all prosecutions in the eighth district for rebates, and concessions. Sued the Kansas City Star. Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 23.—Andrew Gallagher, police commissioner, brought suit in the circuit court Saturday against the Kansas City Star for $40,000. Mr. Gallagher asks this amount as damages to his reputation because of the publication in the Star of a c-rtain editorial on conditions growing out of the recent police investigation. Mr. Neill Will Act as Mediator. St. Louis, Sept., 21.—United States Labor Commission'er Charles P. Neill, arrived in St. Louis Friday night and during his stay will act as mediator of the differences between the management of the Missouri Pacific railway engineers relative to a schedule of wages and hours. Tonekan Killed in Chicago Topeka, Sept. 22.—Word has been received here that Samuel Lakin, a well known young man of Topeka, and the son of D. L. Lakin, one of the early treasurers of Kansas, was run over and killed by a street car in Chicago. A MISSOURI WOMAN Tells a Story of Awful Suffering and Wonderful Relief. Mrs. J. D. Johnson, of 603 West Hickman St., Columbia, Mo., says: "Following an operation, two years operation two years ago, dropsy set in, and my left side was so swollen the doctor said he would have to tap out the water. There was constant pain and a gurgling sensation around my heart, and I could not raise my arm above my head. The kidney action was disor- ago, dropsy set in, and my left side was so swollen the doctor said he would have to tap out the water. There was constant pain and a gurgling sensation around my heart, and I could not raise my arm above my head. The kidney action was disordered and passages of the secretions too frequent. On the advice of my husband I began using Doan's Kidney Pills. Since using two boxes my trouble has not reappeared. This is wonderful, after suffering two years." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. A. Strenuous Hint It was growing very late, but the young man in the parlor scene showed no signs of making a home run. "You evidently have a very vivid imagination, Mr. Borem," said the dear girl, as she made an unsuccessful attempt to strangle a yawn. "Why do you think so?" queried the unsuspecting Borem. "I thought perhaps you imagined yourself in the Arctic regions, where the nights are six months long," she explained. And 30 seconds later he had faded into the glumpsome gloom. 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 Defiance Starch, as it can be applied much more thinly because of its greater strength than other makes. Transmission of Warts "Recent experiments show that the popular belief that warts are communicable is warranted," says a writer. "Inoculation of healthy tissue with blood obtained from a wart will cause the growth of a similar excrecence. It is thought that those growths contain an ultramicroscopic germ to which is due the transmission from one person to another. At all events, persons who have warts should take measures to have them removed at once." Would Run No Risk. "Darling," said the young man as he bent fondly over her chair, "I would die for you." "Well," rejoined the practical but otherwise fair maid, "the rates of insurance are pretty low. Suppose you get your life insured in my favor for $10,000 and then die for me?" "And let some other fellow luxuriate on the insurance?" exclaimed the wise young man. "Well, I guess not." Tennyson's Melancholy. After meeting Tennyson for the first time, an Englishman asked the poet's friend, Jonas Spedding, if his temperament was as melancholy as his countenance indicated. "Well," Spedding began, thoughtfully, "I fancy when he is alone Tennyson finds himself in very grave company." By following the directions, which are plainly printed on each package of Defiance Starch, Men's Collars and Cuffs can be made just as stiff as desired, with either gloss or domestic finish. Try it, 16 oz. for 10c, sold by all good grocers. Nobody Wanted Church. When North Gosforth church, near Newcastle, Eng., which had never been consecrated, but in which services had been held regularly, was put up at auction, not a bid was made for the property. The Truth of It. She—I always think of motoring as the poetry of motion. He—Yes, until the machine breaks down. Then it becomes blank verse.—Puck. To prevent that tired feeling on ironing day—Use Defiance Starch—saves time—saves labor—saves annoyance, will not stick to the iron. The big 16 oz. package for 10c, at your grocer's. For him who aspires and him who loves, life may lead through the thorns, but it never stops in the desert.—Lord Lytton. IF YOU USE BALL BLUE, Get Red Cross Ball Blue, the best Ball Blue. Large 2 oz. package only 5 cents. But few men are able to retain their self-conceit after marriage. DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS FOR ALL KIDNEY DISEASES OF THEUMASTISM BRIGHT'S DISEASE DIABETES BACKHAIR 1375 "Guarantee" Suffered Two Years—Relieved In Three Months. C.B. FIZER MR. C. B. FIZER. Mt. Sterling, Ky., writes: "I have suffered with kidney and other trouble for ten years past. "Last March I commenced using Peruna and continued for three months. I have not used it since, nor have I felt a pain. "I believe that I am well and I therefore give my highest commendation to the curative qualities of Peruna." Perru-na For Kidney Trouble. Mrs. Geo. H. Simser, Grant, Ontario, Can., writes: "I had not been well for about four years. I had kidney trouble, and, in fact, felt badly nearly all the time. "This summer I got so very bad I thought I would try Peruna, so I wrote to you and began at once to take Peruna and Manalin. "I took only two bottles of Peruna and one of Manalin, and now I feel better than I have for some time." "I feel that Peruna and Manalin cured me and made a different woman of me altogether. I bless the day I picked up the little book and read of your Peruna." It is the business of the kidneys to remove from the blood all poisonous materials. They must be active all the time, else the system suffers. They are times when they need a little assistance. Peruna is exactly the sort of a remedy. It has saved many people from disaster by rendering the kidneys service at a time when they were not able to bear their own burdens. Origin of Scotland's Motto. It was thought by the Danes to be cowardly to attack an enemy after nightfall, but on one occasion when they were waging war in Scotland, they deviated from their usual rule. On they crept, noiselessly and unobserved, in their bare feet, upon the unsuspecting Scotchman. When near the camp one of the Danes trod upon a thistle and in his pain cried out. This aroused the sleeping Scotchmen, and they gave the alarm. The Danes were defeated with terrible loss of life, and ever since that time the thistle has been the insignia of Scotland, with the motto: "Nemo me impune lacesisit."—"No one provokes me with impunity." 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BRYAN AND TAFT INDORSED Declaration of Principles of Leading Parties Gives Opportunity to Compare Their Stand on Live Issues. Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 25.—Under the new state-wide direct primary law Tuesday was the day designated for all political parties represented on the primary ballot to hold their state platform conventions. Of the five parties there republicans, democrats and populists gathered in considerable numbers. The prohibitionists held no convention, and the socialists were without representation, save for one delegate, who certified to a platform and organization with the secretary of state. The republican convention, which was most largely attended, was primarily a business meeting with little oratory. The feature of the democratic convention was the speech of W. J. Bryan. He congratulated the party, state and national, on having emerged from the valley of the shadow of death, which, he said, the republicans hopelessly divided, were just entering. Mr. Bryan assisted in drafting the platform, and its declarations are assumed to reflect his views of what the national party declarations should be in 1908. An unqualified endorsement of President Roosevelt's administration and leadership is given in the republican platform. A continuation of his policies is insisted on, and a reference to Secretary Taft is made as follows: "While not presuming to forestall the action of any future convention we express the belief that the republicans of Nebraska recognize in the Honorable William H. Taft, of Ohio, one whose personal character and whose long public service mark him as pre-eminently the man under whose leadership these policies would be perpetrated. The platform declares the republican party of the state committed to the following reform, which it has inaugurated: A state-wide direct primary. Abolition of the free-pass evil. Comprehensive powers for the state railway commission. More equitable rates for transportation of passengers and freight. Equal taxation of railroad property for city purposes. Abolition of fellow-servant law and full employers' liability. On federal judiciary interference in states the platform says: "We favor the enactment of a federal law and if necessary amendment to the federal constitution which will forbid the federal courts from issuing writs of injunction against state officers charged by law with the enforcement of state statutes." The democratic platforms opens with commendation of William J. Bryan, saying: "We, the democratic party of Nebraska, in delegate convention assembled, express our continued confidence in, and admiration for, Honorable Wm. Jennings Bryan; and reassert our fidelity to the principles which he has so ably advocated, and which at this time are so generally accepted by a large majority of the people of the United States. The platform approves of the laws prohibiting the pass and rebate and insist on further legislation making it unlawful for any corporation to contribute to campaign funds. It opposes the centralization idea and declares for the election of United States senators by direct vote. An immediate revision of the tariff is urged and an income tax favored. On the question of trusts the platform says in part: "A private monopoly is indefensible, and $1 intolerable. We, therefore, favor the vigorous enforcement of the criminal law against trusts and trust magnates, and demand the enactment of such additional legislation as may be necessary to make it impossible for a private monopoly to exist in the United States." Declarations are made for state and national boards of trade and an eighth hour day; against government by injunction, and for protection of foreigners. 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Mabel and Willie Hall of Peabody spent three days in the city last week, attending the fair while in the city. They were the guests of Mrs. J. A. Anderson and daughter, Callie. They left the city Sunday afternoon for their home at Peabody, reporting a very pleasant time. Mrs. Cole and daughter of Oklahoma arrived in the city Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. James Hall of Peabody spent Saturday and Sunday last week in the city, attending the fair. Miss Lenata Davis of Emporia was in the city last week. She left Sunday night for Peabody, where she will visit with her cousin, Miss Mabel Hall. Walter Patterson of Florence was in the city last week. Mrs. A. Ridley left the city Sunday night for Peabody, where she will spend a few days with Miss Mabel Hall. Clifford' Rickman of Valley Cener spent all of last week in the city. Miss Grace Johnson of Wichita is in the city. Mrs. A. Ridley and Miss Callie Anderson are contemplating a trip to Wichita and Valley Center this week. Rev. S. S. Washington, pastor of the A. M. E. church in this city, preached his last sermon for this conference year last Sunday night. After the sermon was a contest, the one raising the most money for the benefit of the pastor receiving a gold band ring. The contest was very interesting. The contestants were: Alex Ridley ..... $ 8.00 Walter Harrison ..... 10.45 Mrs. Frank House ..... 75 Mrs. Alex Ridley ..... 80 Mr. Harrison being the successful one received he ring, which he was very proud of. The money was presented to Rev. Washington for his faithfulness during this conference year, and we want him to return next year. Rev. Washington was also presented $5 by one of the members of the which in the person of Mrs. House. He was very much pleased at the kindness shown toward him. Mrs. English of Wellington was in the city last week. NEWS OF GREAT BEND. Rev. J. H. Raimey has returned from Washington, D. C., where he attended the National Convention. We are glad to know that he had a lovely time. Rev. G. T. Raimey visited in our city and preached for the First Baptist church Sunday evening. All enjoyed Rev. Raimey's sermon. Rev. Raimey is only a young man, but will some day make a giant in the Gospel of Christ. Mrs. Lizzie Johnson is on the sick list. Rev. W. M. Turner, our ex-pastor, will preach for he Baptist church Thursday night. We will be glad to greet Rev. Turner at Great Bend once more. The Emancipation Proclamation was celebrated by the colored people of Barton county Saturday, September 21. Visitors from the neighboring towns were here to enjoy the event from Larned, Dodge City and S. John. The parade, headed by the South Bend Colored Band, marched from Colored Odd Fellows' hall over Kansas avenue to Main street south to Santa Fe depot, where the reception committee greeted the orator of the day in the person of Prof. W. T. Barbaur of El Reno, Okla., and other friends from here they marched to the fair grounds. At 12 o'clock a bountiful free dinner was spread. All present enjoyed this feast to the highest. At 2 o'clock the choirs from the A. M. E. and Baptist churches gave a choice selection. Rev. J. H. Ralmey offered a fervent prayer. The welcome address, in a few well chosen words, was given by Mr. Fred Williams, after which President James Buchanan introduced Prof. W. T. Barbaur of El Reno, Okla., as orator of the afternoon. He said that our race should thirst after purity, lay aside trifles and be loyal to our country, race and our own firesides. He said that our race was progressing more rapidly than we could even realize. Each one that heard the professor will never forget his untimely and noble words. He also lectured in the evening at Moses hall to a throng of people, after which a neat little program was rendered, and all enjoyed a social time until a late hour. While in the city Prof. Barbaur was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Will Johnson. We hope Prof. Barbaur will come again to Great Bend. Rev. Alexander left for Parm to attend the annual conference. WELLINGTON. KAN. Mrs. John Monroe is enjoying a visit from her daughter and granddaughter, Miss Harris of Chicago, Ill. Mrs. C. C. Hawkins is visiting in Topeka. Rev. G. W. Woods was in the city Sunday. Rev. S. S. Bandy filled his pulpit Sunday morning and evening. The B. Y. P. U. met at 7:30. A very interesting subject was discussed and a short program rendered. Miss Mamie Wark of Ashton, Kan., is attending the Sumner county high school. Mrs. Will White and Miss Hattle Horton of Caldwell visited in the city Saturday. There will be a social given Wednesday night. Mrs. Banks of Winfield visited in our city over Sunday. Ike Gills has returned from Hutchinson. Lewis Strange sold his property on South Jefferson and will build in the Fifth ward. Miss Florence Horton served an elegant dinner to a large number of her friends Sunday. KANSAS CITY. KAN. The wedding of Miss Celestia Scott and Mr. Walter Meeks was novel, beautiful, and largely attended. The house was decorated exquisitely in palms, chrysanthemums and golden rod. At 8 o'clock the sister of the bride, accompanied on the violin by the brother, Mr. O. Scott, began to play "Meditation." The bridal party descended to the parlor and took their places under the bridal arch of ferns, pink and white chrysanthemums and the wedding bell. Rev. Jackson proceeded with the ceremony which was very appropriate. After the ceremony and congratulations, the bridal party went to a table fetooed with pink and white, and each guest, after being served, was given a souvenir of wedding cake. Among the many presents received was a magnificent silver tea-set lined with gold, given by a club led by Mrs. M. C. Matthews, Mr. and Mrs. Jno. Wilson, Dr. Brown, Mrs. Davis and others. Many friends wish this young couple happiness. The many friends of Mrs. B. Dudley-Mimms, led by Mrs. Hubbard, Mrs. Matthews, Mrs. Green and Mrs. Booker, received from many persons, and presented Mrs. Mimms with a 100-piece china dinner set and a table cloth. A vast multitude regret Mrs. Mimms' departure to Topeka. Miss Blackburn of Champaign, Ill., has been making a pleasant visit with Lawyer and Mrs. D. Green. The funeral of the late Sister Mary Robb was held at the Metropolitan church at 8 a. m., Monday morning. Miss Josie Lee gave a beautiful purple and white chrysanthemum bouquet for sympathy. Rev. and Mrs. E. A. Wilson have returned from the national convention at Washington. While away, they visited the Jamestown Exposition. Rev. Ward preached his farewell sermon and lefttf or conference in Parsons. The colored people gave a picnic at Washington park, Sept. 24, for Douglass Hospital. Slaughter, the confectioner, had the best float in the parade. NORTH TOPEKA ITEMS Mrs. George Level aided by Mrs. Washington, gave a delightful surprise party at her residence, 1414 Logan street, in honor of her niece, Miss Gertrude Pryor, of Wichita. The house was suitably decorated for the occasion. The time was spent in games, music, and amusements of various sorts. Refreshments were served at a reasonable hour and the guests left, reporting Miss Pryor as a royal entertainer. Those present were: Misses Gertrude Pryor, Mary Woodridge, Mary Bradshaw, Ethel Woodridge, Birty Garret, Laura Jones, Fanny Thompson, Carrie Peavely, Mrs. Joe Peavely, Edna Level, Nanny Washington, Mrs. Geo. Level; Messrs. Daniel Thompson, Amos Booker, Luther Level, William Thompson, Henry Level, Frank Roach, Patterson, Quint Level, Earl Level. Miss Gertrude Pryor, who has been visiting in Topeka for the past seven weeks' will return to her home in Wichita come again Miss Pryor. PRETTY PRAIRIE NEWS. The farmers here are beginning to tow their wheat, and getting their fall work done. Mrs. H. Long and Susie Schistler went up to Hutchinson last week to attend the fair. Mrs. Joe Banks and two daughters, Florence and Mabel, are in the city this week viting friends and taking in the big fair. Quite a number of the Kingman people passed through here las week enroute to the fair. Dave Jacobs and Nelson Martin are still in Kingman. CHERRYVALE. KAN. Mrs. Della Burnett and Mrs. Emma Wheaton were made daughters of our Tabernacle Thursday. Rev. C. Teal has returned from Washington, D. C., where he has been attending the national convention. Rev. P. C. Campbell filled the pulpit Sunday night and delivered a noble good sermon. Mrs. Bertha Richardson and children returned to Kansas City after a six weeks' visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Wheaton. Grant Lauders was a visitor in the town Saturday and Sunday. Rev. J. W. Watson, who has been pastoring the A. M. church for the last two years will leave Wednesday for Parsons to attend conference. He delivered his farewell sermon Sunday morning. Harrison Wheaton is here from Pueblo, Colo., visiting parents and friends. Silas Teal, who has been, very sick at his home, is much better now. PARSONS TABORIAN NOTES. PARSONS TABORIAN NOTES. The Parsons Taborians are highly elated to have their C. G. M., Sir Frank Wilson, and bride, as a resident in their beautiful city for awhile at least as has been proven by their friendship toward he couple by Moses Dickson Temple No. 12, Silver Leaf Tabernacle No. 16, and Modern Tabernacle No. 28. On Wednesday night, September 18th, a committee from each number agreeably surprised the newly wedded couple in a quiet, refined way, and presented to them a token of friendship, love and appreciation they had in store deep down in their hearts for them by depositing a most elegant, serviceable, and artistic rocking chair which was accepted with hearts full of gratitude for same. Many congratulations have been received by the C. G. M. from different members in his Jurisdiction, also from the I. C. G. M., Sir S. A. Jordan, C. G. M. of Missouri, and Grand Officers. On Monday evening, September 16, Dr. Mary Welch royally entertained the C. G. M., wife and niece, Miss Viola Robinson, of Kansas City, Kan., with others present, to an 8 o'clock luncheon --- which was most enjoyably partaken of as all expressed. Dtr. Edith Buchanan has been quite ill for wo weeks. She is a member of Silver Leaf Tabernacle. The Order in general is doing fine with exception of much illness and death this year. COURT OPENS. The Sedgwick county district court will begin the October term on Monday, October 7th. THE CUSTOM OF HARAKIRI. Said to Be Practiced Only by Descendants of Old Nobles of Japan. The custom of harakiri is a thing rather confined to the samurai class, and the heimin, the commoners, are quite strangers to it, writes Mr. Hashiguchi in the Atlantic, a Japanese magazine published in New York. It thrived in the days of feudalism, when the lives of the camalur were at the disposal of their masters, lords and rulers. The samurai youths were taught to commit harakiri rather than submit to the disgrace of decapitation. Thus harakiri became an inverteate hereditary propensity of the samurai class, from which it was not an easy affair to free them after the advent of the western civilization awakened the benighted land of the Rising Sun. In this enlightened age of Meiji, however, this practice has been going out of fashion. Yet it is amazing to learn that it has again come into use in the war with Russia. Last year Prof. Ukida of Waseda university of Tokio, who is a graduate of Yale, delivered an address in an educational gathering held in Tokio, in which he referred to the practice of harakiri. He said in part: "A soldier may die in the battlefield for the sake of duty, not for the sake of personal honor. He shall not commit harakiri just because he has no means of defense against his enemy. Should he be taken prisoner by the enemy he will do well to console himself with the idea that he is sent to the enemy's country as a student, to be of further service in future to his country." His reasons were right, if his utterances were not judiciously made. Yet he has been denounced as a traitor by Maj. Gen. Sato, who based his arguments upon the sentiment that the Japanese soldiers die in the battlefield not for the sake of honor; that it is for the Russians, not for the Japanese, to die for duty; that by committing harakiri rather than surrendering to the Russians have the Japanese been enabled to win the victory; and that Prof. Ukida's address would have a tendency to detract from the patriotic fervor of the Japanese soldiers. All the press of Japan made comments upon the controversy, saying that what Prof. Ukida termed duty was exactly the same as what Maj. Gen. Sato termed honor in the essential points. The Habits of Wolves The range of a pair of wolves is an area of from six to ten miles square. When the hunter learns that wolves have been seen and heard in a certain locality it may take several days of scouting before the dogs can be got on the trail. The hunter must look sharp for signs in soft or sandy places and along creeks and streams. The old lady wolf will, as a rule, go to the nearest water to drink when leaving the den, or go to get a drink as she returns from the hunt before going to the den, and its locality is often found on account of that habit. A wolf track can be distinguished from that of a dog, because the two front toenails are set further ahead, making the track more pointed. When wolves are running and especially if frightened, these toes spread apart, making a track that at a hasty glance looks very much like the track of a deer—Fur News. The big yellow moon climbed above the trees. "Be careful, Romeo," cautioned the fair Juliet, "if papa hears you there will be trouble." "But what objection has he to me?" said Romeo, somewhat piqued. "Didn't you tell him I move in the best of society? "Yes, dear, but he insists that you are only a climber." And then and then Romeo decided to cut out the balcony scene and make love out on the lawn. "I wish I were strong and healthy and magnificent as that man over there," sighed the delicate, thin man, "but then it isn't worth while to envy people, to envy anybody in this old world. I had a friend once who was taller than he and finer and more magnificent, a man of splendid physique. You'd think, to look at him, that he would have lived forever, but he is dead now. Died of some slight trouble of indigestion that a delicate man might have lived through, and this is all I have left to remind me of him, this ring with this handsome intaglio. It is almost priceless to me, and, in fact, almost priceless of itself. Intaglios are very rare these days. This is exceedingly rare. Some time I will send you a letter and seal it with the ring, so you can have the intaglio also to remind you that it isn't worth while to envy anybody in this old world." Surely Heated. Blobbs—He's a hot-headed individual, isn't he? Slobbs—Hot-headed? Why, that fellow is so hot-headed that he has to wear a stove-pipe hat in midsummer. Lessons in Elocution (Copyright, by Daily Story Pub. Co.) Dr. Boyd's best paying patient started nervously at the sounds that filtered into the office. They came from behind the closed door leading into the living rooms, and were made weirdly unnameable by distance. The doctor looked up with a reassuring smile. "No one is suffering," he said. "That is, I don't think she is suffering. It is the maid rehearsing her lesson in elocution." good girl, and nobody's going to be you a bit." "Oh! don't take me to prison," wied Beulah holding to the door. "Why don't you send for her foll said the conductor; 'maybe they take care of her." Across Beulah's mind there floated a scrap of legal lore that she heard discussed at the doctor's ta She grasped at it as the plank would unhold her in this skimw Beulah in the kitchen was forgetting her workaday surroundings in her absorption. She personated common fear, and extreme terror, horror and despair, demoniacal mirth and relentless cruelty. The dishes were washed, the bread mixed, and the lunch prepared by the mechanical part of her, all the higher powers of her nature were intent on splendid visions. She was swaying vast audiences and bowing gracefully to thunders of applause. When the last task of the day was done she presented herself before her mistress saying, "If there is nothing more, Mrs. Boyd, I would like to go for my elocution lesson now." The elocution teacher lived on the outskirts of the city, and the lessons always lasted a long time. "I always feel anxious until you return, but you must decide." It was nearly 11 o'clock when Beulah left the teacher's house that night. She walked down the black little street to the corner and signalled the approaching car. She was the only passenger, and she leaned back in her seat with a sigh of weariness. Elocution lessons put a tax on one's vitality. But after a moment Beulah's habit of industry reasserted itself. It would take three-quarters of an hour to reach home. She had the car to herself and she need not be idle. Her teacher had told her that she needed to practice most on facial exercises, so she began the woeful contortions. Beulah did things wholeheartedly, and she soon forgot her surroundings. More and more energetically did she twist her features about, and more and more horrible did her usually pleasing face become. The conductor, like one fascinated, was peering through the door. His eyes grew round with alarmed wonder as the practice progressed. He had been on the point of going in to collect the fare when he first noticed his passenger's singular behavior, but now he hesitated. Beulah began all over again, bent on making her features quite flexible. She put out her tongue, and reached for the tip of her chin, and her eyebrows, she looked sneers, disgust, despair, disdain, pride, and other things that could not be named. The car stopped with a jerk in answer to the conductor's sudden signal. Beulah did not even notice. The conductor ran around and got on the front of the car. "Go on," he whispered breathlessly to the motorman, "and when you get a chance just look back in that car, and tell me what you think of that." The motorman started the car slowly, and peeped in under the curtain at the door. For a moment he forgot the car, and stared as the conductor had done. Beulah was putting forth her best efforts. "By jinks! she's crazy," he said in a hissing whisper as he turned to his work again. "That's just what I thought," said the conductor, "what shall we do?" "I'll stop at the drug store down here, and you duck in and telephone for an officer to be at the waiting room to take charge of her. Don't you go near her. She looks as if she was getting violent. We'll stay right here on this platform." "Lock the door," said the conductor. "I locked the other one before I came around. It would be a pity for her to walk off the car and get hurt. It's tough luck. She was a good-looker when she got on the car, but you wouldn't think it now." At intervals the men looked under the curtain at their prisoner. She did not awaken to the realities at all. When the car stopped and remained stationary, Beulah came to herself, and looked out of the window. "Why," she exclaimed in dismay, "they've brought me clear to the waiting room. I never noticed when we got to Vine street. I'll surely be awful late to night." At the door she was confronted by a rotund policeman. The conductor and motorman supported him in the rear, and a little crowd of belated men had gathered to see the excitement. "Now, Miss, you just come with me," said the policeman in conciliatory tones. Beulah shrank back against the door, this time with real horror written in her face. Strange to say this was not unbecoming, and the conductor's manly heart was moved with pity. Thoughts were coming to Beulah like lightning flashes across the night. More than once had she read of innocent maldens incarcerated for frightful crimes that they heard of for the first time at the moment of their arrest. The only astonishing feature was that the thing should have happened to her. "What have I done," she murmured faintly. "Come, now," the policeman went on, coaxingly, "we'll talk about it tomorrow when you are feeling a bit better. Come along with me like a 4 good girl, and nobody's going to hurt you a bit." "Oh! don't take me to prison." walled Beulah holding to the door. "Why don't you send for her folks," said the conductor; "maybe they can take care of her." Across Beulah's mind there floated a scrap of legal lore that she had heard discussed at the doctor's table. She grasped at it as the plank that would uphold her in this shipwreck of her quiet orderly life. "I won't go a step unless you tell me what I'm arrested for, and show me the papers. And if you take me without them I'll have damages." The crowd muttered approval and the conductor beamed. The policeman looked troubled. "It ain't a good thing to mention it to them," he said. "Sometimes it stirs them up awful." But Beulah clung to the door, and resisted all persuasion. "Weil," said the policeman, "if you must have it, you're crazy." "Crazy!" said Beulah faintly, and "Crazy!" she repeated in louder tones, and "CRAZY!" she shrieked louder yet. "Oh!" said the policeman, in an injured manner, "of course you don't think so. I never saw one that did." "How dare you say I'm crazy?" she demanded so threateningly that the policeman moved a bit leaving the motorman to fill the breach. "Why, you see, miss," he explained hurriedly, "it's the faces you made in the car. Both of us saw you doing it all the time, and it don't stand to reason that any one would do it if they wasn't off a bit." Beulah gasped back some of her tumultuous feelings, and said with as much calm pride as she could summon, "I was practicing my elocation lesson. I am just coming from my teacher." "Now, miss," expostulated the policeman over the motorman's shoulder, "I've seen a lot of folks elocute, but I never seen none of them make faces like they said you made." "You have to do it to make your features flexible," said Beulah firmly. She felt that she had the situation at her command now. "That's right," said the conductor, shamelessly deserting his side, "I had a niece once that took elocation lessons." "It's a pity you couldn't a remembered your niece a little sooner," growled the motorman. "Well," said the policeman, stubbornly, "I was sent here to arrest someone." "I work for Dr. Boyd, and he'll see about it if you arrest me for nothing," said Beulah. This left the policeman again undecided. "If I just had some proof of this elocution business," he said judicially, "Easiest thing in the world," said the conductor, "Let her say a piece for you." In the midst of her agitation, Beulah cast a grateful look at her preserver. And then she stood up on the steps of the car and faced her first audience. And she did her teacher credit for she swayed the crowd. She chose a pathetic ballad about a woman who had inadvertently married two husbands. When the first one, with an entire lack of consideration, returned from the wars, she had to choose between them. The lines offer great opportunity to a student of elocution. There is scope for grief despair, entreaty, renunciation and most of the others. And Beulah put them in with a large generosity. When she finished she bowed to the long-dreamed of thunders of applause. "Now ain't that just all right," cried the conductor, enthusiastically. Everyone agreed with him. There was no longer any question of Beulah's sanity. She stepped down from the car, free to go on her way. "I hope you'll let me walk home with you, said the conductor, deferentially; "it's late for a lady to be in the streets alone." On the way to Vine street they talked of many things, but chiefly the conductor sang the praises of the lady's gift. Beulah shuddered over the dangers so narrowly escaped. "You won't go there alone no more," said the conductor with a masterful air. "I'll promise you that." Execution of a Queen Bee. If the mother-bee of a colony is getting past her work, and she cannot be sent off with a swarm in the usual way, the bees will supersede her. They will deliberately put her to death, and raise another queen to take her place. This state execution of the old worn-out queens is one of the most curious and pathetic things in or out of beehive. One probe with a sting would suffice in the matter; but the honey bee is a great stickler for the proprieties. The royal victim must be allowed to meet her fate in a royal way, and she is killed by caresses, tight-locked in the joint embrace of the executioners until suffocation brings about her death. Abnormally Sensitive "Awfully sensitive about trifles, isn't he?" "I should say he is! Why, that man is so personally sensitive that he can tell if a single one of the 3,500 pores that fill the average inch of human skin isn't in working order." WIGHITA SEARCHLIGHT ng on Dimes BRETELLES AND ARMHOLE BANDS GIVE MODISH TOUCH Dressing on Dimes SERGE, OF A RICH AND ATTRACTIVE RED BRETELLES AND ARMHOLE BANDS GIVE MODISH TOUCH The coat suit, as illustrated, is an instance of economy well worth while Made of serge, of a rich and attractive red, its coat lined with gay plaid silk showing a satin hair-line of the same red, it presents the effect of a much more expensive suit. Looking at the neat finish, the careful workmanship and the particularly smart lines, no one would dream it is a home-made affair, or that it cost exactly three dollars and seventy cents! The plaid lining was a remnant and only enough for the body of the coat, and strong serge lining was used for the sleeves. The interlining used was silesia. For winter wear, an interlining of canton flannel would be better, or of some light-weight woolen goods such as one is apt to find in the family piece-bag. Speaking of this piece-bag, it is well to remember that it may often prove of practical value whenever dressing on dimes is attempted. Very often its varied collection will yield material which may be utilized not alone toward the saving of money, but also toward the visible improvement of the garment under way. For Matrons of generous proportions are wearing very dressy indoor negligees that are something more presentable than a negligee garment in reality, though the term is one of extraordinary elasticity we well know. This new creation goes by the name of liseuse and is not unlike a short full coat of hip length, with ample flowing sleeves, an elaborate neck emplacement, while its material may be of marquisette, linion or Oriental crepe, or soft Inilla silk, and the supple light taffetas together with linons or batistes. They are a marvel of laces in entredeux and edgings of different width besides ruffs and tucks, with embroidery by hand as well as motive of lace and embroidery in combination. As before mentioned, they allow full freedom, and are so much cooler than a bodice that they are a most desirable accessory to wear in summer in one's home, where the obligations of a hostess require appearances to be kept up regardless of the thermometer. Two sets of sleeves are seen upon some of these liscuses, the second sleeve being fitted more to the arm. An empire touch is given to some of them by having a ribbon tacked on in a short-waisted manner, with bow or rosette in the middle of the back, then passing under the arms and ending in front, in two clusters of loops. They may be made also of black laces and of embroidered mussellines and lined with a thin Martinele silk or a double chiffon. Black and white combinations are also very attractive and suggest what may be prettily worn by those in mourning under the same conditions, that is of going without bodices.—Vogue. BLACK NET HAT A black net hat, trimmed in black velvet ribbon and sweeping paradise plumes. Coats bound with braid, though stylish, have become a little common the best makers preferring to finish the edges with several rows of stitching. --- THE NEWEST NEGLIGEES Charming Creation Elaborately Trimmed is Known By the Name of Liseuse—Good in Combinations. BLACK NET HAT Less Braid Used. example, the piece-bag might perhaps furnish velvet for facing the collar and cuffs, lining as well as interlining for the coat, and possibly the buttons. The bretelles and armhole bands which add so much to the smartness of the skirt may be finished. like the belt, with a double row of machine-stitching. If preferred, feather-stitching might be used, or, pretier still, the outer edges might be embroidered with buttonhole scallops worked in self-color, in black or in white. Other variations will no doubt suggest themselves. A line of hand embroidery wrought directly upon the bands, or a piping of silk or velvet such as the piece-bag might provide would be pretty. The cost of the model illustrated is herewith itemized: 5 yards of red serge at 32 cents ..... $1.00 Remnant plaid silk lining ..... .75 1½ yards of sleeve lining at 50 cents ..... .75 Buttons ..... .22 1½ spools of sewing silk ..... .15 1 yard sillesia interlining ..... .08 Pattern 1322 ..... .15 Total ..... $3.70 SOFT FELT HOODS Style of Last Season Is Again to Prevail with Some Changes That Make Improvement. The soft felt hood used so extensively in last-year's millinery appears again this season, but manipulated in such entirely different ways that one scarcely recognizes it as an old friend. Its best development is in the form of a small toque. The pointed sugar loaf crown is folded and dented over the flat frame of the toque, and the brim covered plain, as illustrated in the accompanying picture, where the color scheme is a soft shade of golden brown. A large soft rosette of brown velvet—piece velvet—centered with a large headed pin is set in the brim a little to the left of the front, and along the side of the brim and extending out over the crown a trifle are a pair of large brown wings. The wings seem a trifle large for the size of the hat, but this is a feature of many of the smartest hats of the season. The larger the wings the smarter, and, of course, the more expensive. Keynote of Good Dress Simplicity in dressing should be the keynote for a girl who would show smartness and good breeding when out in the evening at summer amusements. There should be no rips or tears, and she should be perfectly put together as to jacket and collar. Her belt should be trig, and there must be no yawning discrepancies or musculus. No detail is too trivial to be attended to, and a girl frocked with this care, though wearing gingham, is more attractive than one in beffried and lacy garments costing 20 times the amount if the frock is dingy and sloppy, showing unmistakable signs of carelessness and untidiness. A Finish for Underwear A favorite finish for the neck of nightgowns, chemise and corset covers is to work a row of small button-holed scallops all around the edge, afterward ruffling a piece of val lace underneath the scallops. The combination of lace and embroidery is carried out still further by a series of lace motifs set at regular intervals apart, a few simple sprays of French embroidery surrounding each motif. The scallops which finish the neck outline should not be stamped until after the shoulder seams are stitched The Latest in Girdles Girdles are not quite so wide as they were, but are none the less carefully featherboned. On the autumn frocks of light silk, many of the crush girdles are of velvet of the same shade as the garment or of black, in order to give just the touch of somberness which the French consider necessary. A sash always adds to the girlish appearance of a costume and they are frequently made of silk with lace ends, on the transparent gowns, and of heavy lace lined with silk on gowns of thicker fabrics, the lace, of course, matching that used elsewhere as trimming. KNIGHTS AND DAUGHTERS OF TABOR. REV. FRANK WILSON, C. G. M. 943 Everett, Kansas City, Kas. MRS. EMMA GAINES, C. G. P. 1170 Filmore avenue, Topeka, Kas. Miss Jennie Alexander, G. Q. M. 918 Penn. St., Lawrence, Kansas TABERNACLES. Explanation—"A" means meets in afternoon—all other meeting at night. Chief Preceptresses. Number. 1 Mrs. Lottie Williams, 1309 N. 10th, Kansas City, Kan., 1-3 Wed. (A) 2 Mrs. Sarah Crisp, 615 So. Chestnut, Iola, Kan., 2-4 Sat. (A) 3 Mrs. Mary Goss, Station 1, Wichita, Kan., 1-3 Fri. (A) 6 Mrs. Eva Clayborne, 118 So. Mulberry, Ottawa, Kan., 1-3 Thur. (A) 7 Mrs. Lille Shobe, 336 N. Santa Fe, Salina, Kan., 1-3 Fri. (A) 10 Mrs. Ida Wallace, 446 Ark., Lawrence, Kan., 2-4 Wed. (A) 11 Mrs. Pauline Woodford, 823 Freeman, Kansas City, Kansas, 1-3 Mon. (A) 12 Mrs. Betty Johnson, 211 Stewart, Kansas City, Kan., 1-3 Thur. (A) 14 Mrs. Martha James, 313 W. 11th, Pittsburg, Kan., 2-4 Thur. (A) 15 Mrs. S. S. Furlough, Box 405, Weir City, Kan. 16 Miss M. E. Cavanaugh, 1715 Clark, Parsons, Kan., 1-3 Wed. (A) 18 Mrs. Jennie Sellers, 2601 So. 11th, Omaha, Neb., 1-3 Thur. (A) 20 Mrs. Bessie Hall, 406 Horton, Ft. Scott, Kan. 20 Mrs. S. Montague, 403 Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Kan. 24 Miss Angle Garner, 704 E. 12th, Coffeyville, Kan., 1-3 Wed. (A) 28 Mrs. Anna Ray, 1412 Clark, Par- sons, Kan., 1-3 Thur. (A) 28 Mrs. Eliza Scott, 3rd and South, Leavenworth, Kan., 1-3 Thur. (A) 32 Mrs. Ada Birthright, 114 West Broadwav. Butte, Montana. 33 Mrs. Phineau Choreal, Box 384, Alliance, Neb. 34 Mrs. Mattie Miller, 335 W. 15th, Wichita, Kan., 1-3 Thur. (A) 35 Mrs. Adah Lewis, 1603 Archer Av., South Omaha, Nebraska. 37 Mrs. Matilda Waters, 1300 N. 6th Atchison, Kan., 1-3 Fri. (A) 52 Mrs. Ada King, 808 Vermont, Lawrence, Kan., 2-4 Thur. (A) 63 Mrs. Lille Robinett, 1236 Barnett, Kansas City, Kan., 1-3 Fri. (A) 77 Mrs. Sarah Weddington, 634 Spruce Topeka, Kan., 1-3 Wed. (A) 89 Mrs. B. E. Alton, 2215 Pacific, Omaha, Neb., 1-3 Wed. (A) 91 Mrs. Ella Golden, 2302 N. 25th, Omaha, Neb., 1-3 Thur. (A) 92 Mrs. A. Grant, 401 So. 8th, Lincoln, Neb., 2-4 Fri. (A) 93 Mrs. Ida M. Jordan, 903 N. Western, N. Topeka, Kan., 1-3 Thur. (A) TEMPLES. 1 Fred M. Harris, Box 1173, Weir City, Kan., 1-3 Fri. 3 J. G. Burdett, 819 N. 1st, Atchison, Kan., 1-3 Fri. 4 A. M. Herrold, Sherman Flats, Omaha, Neb., 2-4 Mon. 5 Robt. M. Jordan, 903 N. Western, N. Topeka, Kan., 1-3 Thur. 7 J. C. Coffee, 1455 N. Mosley, Wichita, Kan., Fridays. 8 A. J. Beam, 409 Osborne, Ft. Scott, Kan., 1-3 Tue. 10 Jno H. McKinnis, 217 Sherman, Leavenworth, Kan., Mondays. 11 C. Swan, 1053 N. Mosley, Wichita, Kan., 1-3-4 Thur. 12 Lee Holiday, 723 So. 20th, Parsons, Kan., 1-3 Thur. 15 Ed Finch, 514 N. 4th, Salina, Kan., 1-3 Tue. 19 W. M. Hughes, 1023 N. J., Lawrence, Kan., 2-4 Thur. 25 J. H. Downs, 422 Haskell, Kansas City, Kansas, Fridays. 59 U. A. Graham, 1160 West, Topeka, Kansas, 1-3 Thur. 60 W. Osteen, 1214 Lane, Topeka, Kansas, 1-3 Mon. 72 J. W. Bedell, 2127 So. 10th, Lincoln, Nebr. 16 Richard Clark, 420 N. 25th, South Omaha, Nebr. 17 Rev. Allen Garner, 704 E. 12th Coffeyville, Kansas. 18 Jas. Thomas, 218 W. 1st, Salt Lake City, Utah. --- 1 Lillie Harden, 900 Fifth St. enworth, Kan., 4 Sat. (A) 2 Susan Daniels, 216 W. W. Scott, Kan., 2-4 Sat. (A) 3 Lizzie Weaver, 1122 Saratoga coln, Neb., 2 Fri. (A) 4 Laura Washington, 914 W. Kansas City, Kan., 1-3 Sat. 5 Ada Gilbert, 405 N. Santa Pa- feyville, Kan., 2-4 Wed. (A) 6 Lottle Hill, 517 N. Main, Kan., 1-3 Thur. (A) 7 Ida Stovall, 706 So. Walnut. Kan., 2-4 Sat. (A) 8 Flora Patterson, 311 W. 27th. ha, Neb., 1-3 Sat. (A) 9 Maggie Robinson, 911 W. Kansas City, Kan., 1-3 Sat. 11 Mary Brown, 325 Miss. Lara Kan., 2-4 Sat. (A) 1 Sadie Tyler, 125 E. Riley, Att Kan., 2-4 Sat. (A) 14 Arie Stone, 823 Main, Att Kan., 1-3 Sat. (A) 18 A. O. Murrell, 451 So. 4th, Att Kan., 1-3 Sat. (A) 19 Lizzie Herrold, Sherman Omaha. Neb., 2-4 Sat. (A) 20 Susie Wills, 2103 Grand, Pa Kan., 1-3 Sat. (A) 21 Charlott Dalton, 1228 Barnett sas City, Kan., 2-4 Sat. (A) 21 Ella McKinnis, 217 Sha Leavenworth, Kan., 3 Sat. 23 Louise Verder, 813 N. J, Law (A) Kan., 1-3 Sat. (A) 30 Hester Cornish, 911 Western Topeka, Kan., 1-3 Sat. (A) 37 Jannie McAdoo, 1318 N. Ma. Topeka, Kan., 1-3 Sat. (A) 45 Cynthia Henderson, 312 W. ton, Kansas City, Kan., NEXT PLACE OF MEETING The Grand Temple and Tab will next meet in Atchison, Kan. the 2nd Tuesday in July, 1908. NOTICE TABORS. If your Tabernacle, Temple or is not in this Directory, or if any error, please notify me at W. N. MILLER, District Grand Lodge, No. 17, K G. U. O. O. F. GRAND OFFICERS 1907-7 Thos. Glover, District Grand L 704 N. Market St., Wichita Chas. A. Finney, Deputy Grand ter Cherokee, Kan. P. H. Bassett, District Grand tary, Chetopa, Kan. W. W. Shobe, District Grand Tre 336 N. Santa Fe, Salina, H. Kindell, District Grand Direc Scott, Kan. NEXT PLACE OF MEETING District Grand Lodge No. 17 meet in Kansas City, Kansas, h 1908. In The Your wants need caref tention and our store is place to get it. We ha the best of Fancy and S Groceries and our prices right. Orders given pre attention. Kernan & Co 4102 E. Douglas Pons Johnston's Restauran 339 North Main Street Meals 15c to 25cts. Hot or Cold Lunch —At All Hours— ICE CREAM SODA POP always on SUNDAY DINNERS 20c and 25c CUSTOM GRINDING A Specialty LL KINDS OF COAL & FI FROENISCH BROS. PROP. N. Main St. Photos