Wichita Searchlight

THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT Mr. Taft reveals himself in a disap- pointing light when he makes a pal- gable appeal to the labor vote. It matters little whether he is innocent or guilty of the charge of changing his labor views since the days when he rendered decisions that brought down upon him the severest arraignments of organized labor. His friends present a strong case in his defense, so far as the matter of changing views is concerned. But it is not a question of whether he has altered his attitude in the past ten or twelve years. The main point is as to what his attitude istoday and what it may be expected to be in the event of his election to the presidency. Mr. Taft's reply to the searching, often impertinent and largely irrelevant questions propounded by the labor organizations is a manifest effort either to "square himself" for past decisions or to "get right" for future suffrages. The greatest stress was laid upon the matter declared unequivocally in favor of giving notice and hearing to strikers before any injunction issued against them. He made his views as strong as words could make them, insisting that he had always held this view and that he vigorously disapproved of the repeal of the former federal statute requiring such notice and hearing. Mr. Taft's argument is flagrantly "ad captandum." Apparently it has but one "capture" in view, and that is the capture of votes. These are the secretary's own words: Men leave employment on a strike; counsel for the employer applies to a judge and presents an affidavit avering fear of threatened violence and making such a case on the ex parte statement that the judge feels called upon to issue a temporary restraining order. The temporary restraining order is served on the strikers; they are not lawyers; their fears are aroused by the process with which they are not acquainted, and, although their purpose may have been entirely lawful, their common determination to carry through the strike is weakened by an order which they never have had an opportunity to question and which is calculated to discourage their proceeding in their original purpose. To avoid this injustice, as I have already said, the federal statute might well be made what it was originally, requiring notice and a hearing before an injunction issues. The fallacy of this argument, its inaccuracy as a statement of fact, is apparent to any business man. In the vast majority of cases, an injunction is asked to restrain strikers from unwarrantably interfering with the conduct of their former 'employer's' business; to restrain them from molesting their successors in employment; to restrain them from destroying property or from doing various other things which are, per se, either unquestionably criminal or at the mildest distinctly detrimental to the business of the employer. Not one injunction in a thousand is ever asked for to restrain strikers from doing what they have a right to do, and to delay the application for protection is so contrary to common sense that the federal statute was modified to the extent complained of by labor unions and their latest recruit. Democratic newspapers are loud in their praise of the "courage" of Mr. Taft in defining his position. The attitude of the American business man remains to be voiced. The "reply" and the Cooper Union speech look deplorably like straining a point in an effort to win personal and political support. FEARS THEY WOULDN'T MIX. General Stephen D. D. Lee Thinks Blue and Gray Reunion Bicky and Gray Reunion Risky. Savannah, Ga., Jan. 13.—General Stephen D. Lee, commander-in-chief of the United Confederate Veterans, in an interview declared that he was opposed to the proposed reunion of the "Blue and Gray" at Washington in 1969. "Such a reunion," he said, "would bring veterans together on both sides who might be imprudent enough in bearing and language to give offense and bring bitterness where there is now good feeling. We should let well enough alone." General Lee is also opposed to the national government pensioning Confederate veterans. MORE WOMEN DRUNKARDS. Kenosha, Wis., Jan. 16—Club women of this city say they are convinced, after an investigation, that more women than men drink to intoxication. The investigators declare that while women are not the victims of a natural desire for intoxicants, they acquire the love of liquor through prescriptions given them by physicians. They believe that the increase of drunkenness among women has brought about a decrease in the use of intoxicants by men. FOR THE LINCOLN CENTENNIAL. Governor Wilson of Kentucky Urges Adequate Appropriation. Louisville, Ky., Jan. 12.—Governor Wilson will shortly send a special message to the legislature recommending the passage of a bill providing for an adequate appropriation and the appointment of a state commission to direct the Lincoln centennial. The 100th anniversary of Lincoln's birth falls on February 12, 1909, and preliminary plans made by the Lincoln Farm Association for the celebration of the event at Lincoln's birthplace in Larue county, Ky., are now well under way. President Roosevelt has consented to deliver an oration. ANTI-LIQUOR LAW IS UPHELD. United States Supreme Court Declares Kansas Statue Constitutional. Washington, Jan. 13.—The supreme court of the United States today upheld the anti-liquor law of Kansas by affirming the decisions of the supreme court of that state in a number of cases. The decision was announced by the chief justice. There was no written opinion. A WORD WRITTEN. Chief Priestess, Officers and Members of Saint Marie Tabernacle, No. 10. Another year has gone again with all its luxuries of life and still we are spared to see the New Year, 1908, roll in and the old year, 107, out. I must say that we have been blessed in the last year as our link of harmony has not broken thus far and I hope in the year 1908 we will do better than we have in 1907. First, Daughters, there are three things that we must take under consideration with the beginning of the new year and it is this, constitution conversion and confession Those three words means a great deal, constitution means that we must defend the good name of the order and help to shield it, not to tear down and secondly we must learn to be more law-abiding and stick closer to one another. Then comes confession. It means that we must not confess to know Christ and we do not, as it is the greatest sin on earth; then lastly comes conversation. It means that we must converse with each other more and not let our order's business go astray. Now Daughters, I do sincerely hope that we will take these things under due consideration and try to be more in peace and harmony th year 1908 than we were in the past year 1907. Still I am proud to say that in the past year we have done a noble work and hope that we will continue to prosper and now I will say in conclusion, although the Old Year is gone never more to return, and the New Year 1908 has come I will say I wish you all a bright and happy New Year. PRETTY PRAIRIE, KAN., NEWS. C. H. Thomas of Reno County, has been quite sick the past week. Will and John Roberson came down last week and visited at the home of Mr. Joe Banks. We learn that Mrs. Rosie Porter is improving nicely. Mrs. Joe Banks and daughters Nellie and Florence were shopping in Kingman Wednesday. There was a coyote hunt in Reno county last week. Several rabbits were captured and one coyote. We learn that Goldie Fox of Pratt, Kan., has been married recently. The last report of Fred and Pearl Banks and their western trip, they are now out in Cullison, Kan., hunting and having a good time, accompanied by their friend, Bertie James, of Pratt, Kan. We have no idea when they will be home, as they write in such excellent spirits. Theo original Blind Boone and his company of artists gave a concert in Kingman on Jan. 14th and is said to be one of the best concerts ever given in Kingman. The laftest report of the young son of Mr. and Mrs. Marion Flemming of Pratt, Kan., is getting along nicely. No doubt but what the father will be getting an extra riding plow before long. Mr. Joe Banks sold some hogs to Walter Larry. KANSAS CITY, KAN. (Too late for last week.) Orange Rose Tent No. 45 and John Wilson Tent No. 20 mett together December 21, 1907, at Knights of Tabor Hall. The Queen Mothers of both Tents served refreshments to the Pages and Maids. Rebecca Drill Core and the Eureka Temple had an entertainment New Year's night at Knights of Tabor Hall. They had a success. Miss Mabel Madison returned to Bellton, Mo., where she is teaching, after spending the holidays with her mother, Mrs. Madison of Kansas City, Kansas. John Wilson Tent No. 20, is doing nicely. The Adepla Art Club kept open doors for their families and a few friends on New Year's night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Napper of 1414 North 8th street. The rooms were beautifully decorated with mistletoe, Xmas bells and evergreens. A three-course lunch was served. Games and music were the amusements. We were very sorry to hear that Mrs. Napper is on the sick list with la gripe this week. C. D. DALTON, Q. M. N. WILSON, C. R. K. The Charming Woman. Kindness of heart and consideration for others give charm to the manners of woman. The unselfish woman with agreeable manners who strives to be in sympathy with the lives of her associates is charming. World's Botanical Gardens. In France there are 22 botanical gardens; in Germany, 35; in Great Britain and Ireland, 11; in Russia, 14; while there are but five public botanical gardens in the whole of the United States. The Present the Only Time. Considering that the past can't turn around and come back and that the future has never yet arrived, it would seem as if to-day is the only time really worth while. What a sensation it would create it occurs to one after rereading "Vanity Fair," if Becky Sharp would register at a prominent hotel in Pittsburg to-day. Uncle Eben's Wisdom. "Some men," said Uncle EbEN "finds fault around home because it's de only place whah dey's important enough to git a chance to spead deli minds." The home is bare if love abide not there; I care not if the house be gayly dressed. And with the w Ormus blessed; If love abide not the Where love abides naught besides; I care not if the plain, And if the roof at The home lacks n love abides. —Sias K. Floyd, THE EPIGR By ARMIGE (Copy) THE EPIGRAMMATIST "While you wait," says the epigrammatist in answer to my question as to the time he will require to fulfill my order. "Fulfill my order," is his own expression—not mine. It rather jars. For my sensibilities are quite as delicate as those of others who regard la morgue litteraire as something higher than mere sale and barter. But the epigrammatist, in spite of his high-sounding designation, is a tradesman, and, I suspect, a purveyor of stolen goods. Here is his card: DIONYSIUS LARKSPUR, Epigrammatist and Bel-esprit. Consultation Hours 10 to 4. *..... His address is of no consequence. Those who, like myself, occasionally need a little attic salt wherewith to flavor a column, know where to find Dionysius. He only "works for the trade." "And the subjects?" he asks. I enumerate a few, and he makes notes on the back of an envelope. "Your work, I believe, is of a somewhat—er—frivolous—?" "Oh, inept!" I admit frankly. "Just so. I am obliged to ask," he says with a whisky and apologetic cough. "Styles vary, of course." He adjusts his pince-nez and ponders the list before him. "Ah, money," he observes. "It comes first—as usual." His eyes search the ceiling as though he expects to find some of it there. "A neat aphorism on money, eh? Well, how do you like this? 'Though the want of interest in money is what few people lack, the lack of interest on money is not what they want.'" He looks immensely satisfied with himself for having evolved this catherin wheel of a sentence, and yet I am open to bet it is as carefully-prepared an impromptu as he has in stock. "A little reflection—while you wait!" he adds with an airy wave of his hand. But he sees by my face that he can't get into the first three with an overweighted selection like that, and he promptly takes up the running with a second string. "Or this? The possession of an overdraft at a man's bank is of infinitely more commercial value to him than ready money in his pocket." This time he does the waiting—rather anxiously. "I think I'll have a bit on that one," I say presently. "You'll find it invaluable in criticizing the income tax," he ventures. "Shall we say three shillings?" I wait a bit too long. He takes advantage of my indecision, jots down the amount, and proceeds: "Charity!" He sniffs supercilliously. "Charity always goes visiting in its best clothes.' How will that do? "Well, I'm always out when it calls," I return dryly. New York Business Man Had Poor Idea of Economy. "Some people have queer ideas of economy, don't they?" said a Wall street man. "The other day I was waiting with a man on an 'L' station to go down town. He saw a friend on the opposite platform and called over to him to come across and go down with him to his office on a matter of business. The man said he would, health of far-famed are, the home is bare. the home lacks house be small and times admit the rain; aught besides where in Lippincott's. AMMATIST R BARCLAY (right.) "It struck me as rather a brain- wave," he retorts. "I don't think—" I begin. "Well," he interrupts, "‘Charity never goes visiting in its best clothes.’ If I may offer my experienced advice, you would be securing a bargain by taking both. There would be a reduction, of course. Say one and nine for the two? It’s giving them away!" I nod, and his pencil falls like an auctioneer’s hammer. "We’ll take ‘credit’ next,” he goes on. "Credit—yes." His tone grows complacent. "‘Credit is the raw material out of which luxuries are made!’ A gem, I call that!" "Capital!” I admit. "Yes, credit is capital—when you’ve got it! Two and six—cash,” he says, eyeing me narrowly. "What follows credit?” he continues, scanning his notes. "Ah, yes, ‘bankruptcy.’ How do you intend to treat this subject?” "Oh, lightly,” I assure him. “In the spirit of one applying for his discharge. I see! I can give you the very thing! ‘A broken heart is to sentiment what the official receiver is to a bankrupt: A means for a fresh start.’ You like that, I hope?’ “It seems to conceal a truth somewhere,” I admit grudgingly. “An epigram, like an asset, should not be too obvious. Two shillings—net,” he rejoins in the tone of a ranking creditor. "That seems to finish the financial side of your requirements," he goes on. "The next item I see is 'love.' Which aspect of the question do you desire me to take? The platonic or the emotional?" "Suppose you compromise. Take a middle course that wouldn't disconcert a railway bookstall." "Something that won't provoke the editorial blue-pencil. Just so. Let me think!" He drops into a reverie. "This ought to do: 'Love is the carburettor of the human heart, where the spirit of affection unites with the breath of—" "Too explosive," I interject. "You'd exceed the speed limit!" "The epigrammatist shakes his head sadly. 'You shouldn't throttle the flow of thought,' he rebukes. 'Besides, the illustration would have been so up-to-date.' I apologize, adding, "I thought it was going to be a nonstop run." "Of course, if you only want the commonplace, you can have it," he protests. "When a man enshrines a woman in the temple of his love, he wants to celebrate the service there." An amorous Quaker wouldn't find fault with that. "It's certainly undenominational," I allow. "Or this," he continues. "'A man in love writes in a fever, and expresses himself in temperatures.' Not strictly platonic, I admit, but it has a literary flavor. If you'll take both I'll let 'em go at a shilling a time." I think I know a man who will take one of them off my hands—at a slight advance, so I agree to the terms. and after asking the ticket chopper to pass the word over that his fare was paid handed out a cigar to the chopper and came over to our side. He was greeted with a laugh by the man who had called to him, and naturally asked what it was for. 'Didn't you give that ticket chopper a 15-cent cigar?' asked the friend. The man admitted that he gave the kind he usually smoked. 'Well,' said the other, 'why didn't you just come across without saying anything about it, pay your fare and save a dime?' The man Home "Let's get on to matrimony," says the epigrammatist while he makes a rapid calculation of his fees. "I can give you a large assortment of maxims on this subject—" He listens attentively before proceeding. In the silence I can distinguish the sound of labored breathing behind the door of the adjoining room. Judging by the prompt reduction in the pitch of the epigrammatist's voice so does he. "No. 1," he goes on warily: "Marriage is a state under dual control, often at war with a neighboring power, but always racked by internicule struggles." No. 2: "Marriage is an unsecured investment based on problematical profits, without a depreciation fund." No. 3: "Marriage is—" "Too many for me," I protest. "What will you take for No. 1?" He gives a sidelong glance at the door and then scribbles something on the envelope and pushes it towards me. "Say 18 pence, and give me another bob on the quiet!" is what I read. I accede to the wily artifice, and he goes on merrily to "divorce"—the last item on the list. "Here we can be concise," he declares. "Divorce, like marriage, being regulated by judicial observance, I summarize it. in the words: 'The law giveth and the law taketh away, blessed be the—' The door creaks, and he stops abruptly. "I'll charge you only half the usual fee—three and four," he says with carefully simulated serenity. I hand him 14 and seven pence in bullion, a shilling of which, representing his secret commission, he slips with a wink into his waistcoat pocket, and I take my leave. In the street it suddenly occurs to me that I might with advantage have laid out another half-crown with Dionysius for a maxim on "utilization." Now I shall have to think one out for myself. Sickness Caused Repentance Sickness Caused Repentance. A somewhat amusing tale of an interrupted double elopement is reported from Turin, Italy. Two daughters of a Turin merchant who eloped with two young men and some of their father's money, have been moved to repentance by sea-sickness. They took ship at Marseilles, but were so terribly ill that they implored the captain to put them ashore at the first port of call. They then took the nearest route home. New Industry for Boys. Boys who have been apprenticed to no trade and who want to make a career for themselves invent their occupations. The knocker cleaner has been knocking at the door. But two boys of Charlton appear to be startling a new industry. They called up the housemaid. "Do your missus want any kittens or cats drowned to-day? Penny each or four for thrippence."—London Chronicle. The Fashionable Color. The recent recrudescence of a light blue which is neither azure nor sky, but just light blue, is very hard to bear. Its popularity is due to a fallacy that it suits the English type of beauty. Apparently it is quite forgotten that this type is no longer blond, and it is only the blond or the baby in the perambulator who can wear pale blue with impunity.—London Lady. The Perfect Bride A man, however feeble and insignificant, demands from his bride the form of the Venus of Medici, the charm of Mme. Recamier and the prudence of Hannah More. Naturally he does not get these divergent qualities united in one flesh-and-blood girl and his disappointment sometimes makes him querulous and unreasonable. The Sketch. Or Better Than Some. Tom—This paper tells of a spinster in Vermont who is quarrying stone like a man. Jack—Well, I suppose she thinks a stone man is better than one. Chicago Daily News. rubbed his chin and looked serious. He had become so accustomed to tipping everybody for any sort of favor that he never thought of the other plan.—N. Y. Press. In contesting a damage suit by a woman against Willimantic, Conn. Mayor Dunn said she couldn't have put her foot in the hole because he couldn't. His foot is to be measured in court. 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. 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. all matters for publication must reach this office not later than Wed- day 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- nies the name. Write plala. 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. "To Live and Let Live" Is Our Motto. FOR GOVERNOR OF KANSAS, 1908. CHAS. L. DAVIDSON of Sedgwick County. LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY TO BE CLEBRATED IN GRAND STYLE BY THE COLORED PEOPLE OF WICHITA AND VICINITY. Plans are now being perfected for a gigantic and appropriate celebration of the 99th anniversary of the birthday of Abraham Lincoln Wednesday evening, Feb. 12th by the colored people of Wichita and this vicinity. The scale on which this celebration is being planned will reflect great credit on the colored people of this vicinity. The program being arranged will be replete in classic and literary lore with speeches, papers, music and songs, and all who attend this celebration will go home when it is over and be proud to say that they attended. At present the committee is not prepared to make public their program until a few minor details have been arranged. Everyone will have ample notice of the program, etc. Watch these columns and do not miss this celebration. HOCH RIGHT FOR ONCE. In refusing to encouch the "Woman Suffrage plank" in his message to the special session of the Kansas legislature, Gov. Hoch is "right for once." Women have all they should want to do keeping buttons on "hubby's pants" without mixing in politics. Woman has no real place in politics any way. "TWO WAYS OF DOING GOOD." A Five Act Drama to Be Presented by the Presiding Elder's Committee at Covington's Hall, Monday Night, January 20th. One of the forthcoming special events will be the five-act drama to be given by the Presiding Elder's Committee of the A. M. E. Church at Covington's Hall, Monday night, next, January 20th. This play has many inviting and pleasing features and will be a treat to all those who attend. The following is the cast of characters: Arabella Rosevilo.....Myrtle Fleming Cornelia Ashton.....Irma Clark Marguerite Brown.....Lizzie Whitted Josephine Gray.....Pearl Hackley Granny Merrill.....Mrs Nellie Dozier Amanda Wright.....Alma Fauver Jim Wright.....Maurice Jones Jason Wright.....John D. Jones Mrs. Sanford.....Mrs. P. W. Harris Harry Sanford.....Harold Fleming Nellie Sanford.....Bessie Whitted Go out Monday night and assist the ladies in their effort to help push the church work forward. Admission is only 15 cents. The committee will introduce a novelty in serving refreshments. The refreshments will be served between the acts and when the play is over everyone will be at liberty to go home. --- VOICES FROM AFAR. Mr. W. N. Miller, Editor of Wichita Searchlight. Dear Sir—Reading your editorial, "Is Kansas for Taft," I endorse in the highest sense your views that it is not. A few men in high places, probably, have accepted him as their choice and then in turn called themselves the people, but when the people are consulted, it will be found that they have given no such expresslorn. The people are tired of bigstickism in the hand of any one man. So the people have come to think that they all had better use some stunts as that is more American. I see in the Searchlight that Mr. Robert Hodge, of Wichita, has called a meeting for the evening of the twelfth inst. to organize a Foraker Club. That is a move in the right direction. Mr. Hodge is energetic and untiring in his efforts to advance the interests of the Negro as a citizen. The meeting should be largely attended. Senator J. B. Foraker is not an autocrat, but a statesman with qualities that fit him for the exalted position of president. Afro-Americans everywhere should land him. They know his worth as a tried friend. Mr. Hodge and the movement have my best wishes. MRS. FANNIE YOUNG DEAD. Was a Pioneer Citizen of Leavenworth. Leavenworth, Kan., Jan. 12, 1908. It pains me very much to announce the death of our dear mother to our many readers of the Searchlight. Mr. Francis Young died January 3, 1908, at St. Joe, Mo., and was buried from her home in Leavenworth, Kan., January 5, 1908, by the Benevolent Order— "I am lonely since my mother died. Though friends and kindred gather "You may not think it brave or strong To let tears so often flow; But those who have lost a mother's But those who have lost a mother's love Can tell the pain of my sad woe." DORA YOUNG. LOCALS Send your news notes and local happenings to 601 North Main Street. IF IT EVER HAPPENED YOU'LL FIND IT IN THE SEARCHLIGHT. WHY NOT SUBSCRIBE? A SECOND CALL FOR A FORAKER MEETING. Monday Night, January 20, at Young's Hall. Quite a number of representative colored men met at Young's Hall last Monday night and perfected a temporary organization of a "Foraker for President Club." The organization was not fully completed and a second call is hereby issued to all those who are friends of Senator J. B. Foraker of Ohio, for the presidency. Come out early and let us show our colors and stand up for ourselves. Every colored man who is interested in the welfare of his race and who is abreast of the times as they affect our race should favor Senator Joseph B. Foraker for President. This meeting will be held in Young's Hall on Monday night, January 20th. REVIVAL AT NEW HOPE BAP- TIST CHURCH. A series of revivals have been begun at New Hope Baptist church with Rev. Geo. McNeal of Kansas City in the rostrum. Rev. McNeal is a revivalist of much ability and all may look forward to a grand spiritual time at New Hope during his stay in our city. B. Y. P. U. New Hope Baptist Church, Sunday, Jan. 19th. The following is the program for the meeting of the B. Y. P. U. of New Hope Baptist church which meets every Sunday evening at 6:30. This is one of the most interesting meetings held among our people of this city every Sunday. Go down and meet with them. Instrumental Solo—Mrs. L. Johnson. Duett—Misses Alberta Lewis and Mary McBride. Pauer—Miss Mamie Richardson. Selection by the Choir. Remarks by J. L. Lewis. Banner Sunday School. In connection with the work being done by the above branch of New Hope. We wish to call special attention to the creditable Sunday School THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT of New Hope. This Sunday school is under the direction of Mr. Henry James and is beyond question the largest and more regularly attended Sunday school in Wichita among the colored people. They have an enrolled membership of over 160 scholars, excluding teachers, and an average attendance of 100. This speaks well. When Mr. James took charge of the school or its superintendent the present epilendid condition is a credit Sunday school superintendent. During the quarter just closed their average collections were more than $6.00 per month for the three months or in other words nearly $20.00 for the quarter. Nearly every Sunday there are new additions to the roll of members. We believe that credit should be given where credit is due and Mr. James and his splendid Sunday school is due this credit of having beyond question the "Banner Sunday School of Wichita." CALL MEETING There will be a call meeting of Wichita Tabernacle No. 34, Thursday, Jan. 23rd. John D. Jones with his clarionet and Sam W. Jones with his cornet were very pleasing additions to the splendid A. M. E. church orchestra Sunday night. Ollie Madison is in the city from Topeka. Mrs. G. A. Wallace sprained her ankle Thursday by a fall. She is doing nicely. A HOG RAISER. E. R. Johnson, 1602 Jeanett ave., is becoming one of the prominent and successful hog raisers of Sedwick county. He has a large stock of fine hogs on hand at this time and will soon have quite a number of fat hogs for the market. He is coming to the front KANSAS CITY, KAN. (Too late for last week.) Sir Frank Wilson, C. G. M., and wife, left Parsons, Xmas Eve and spent a night with his brother, Sir J. W. Wilson, I. D. G. M., Kansas City, Kan., arrived in Leavenworth Xmas morning and spent the day with Sir A. W. Hopkins, C. G. S., where the Board of Grand Curators held their annual meeting. Mrs. Hopkins entertained royally for the occasion. The remaining four days were spent in Topeka, Kan., the guest of Mrs. Emma Galnes, C. G. P. A grand reception was given in honor of the Grand Chief and wife at the home of Mrs. L. F. O'Brien by Pearly Rose Tabernacle No. 77 and Sunnyside Temple No. 59, who presented them a pair of handsome porters. On New Year's night a new Temple by name of Barak No. 21 was organized by Sir Lee Holiday, D. G. M., C. G. M. and many others in company with the drill corps from Parsons were present to witness the exhibition of the drill conducted by Sir A. H. Morton, C. G. M. Sir Frank Wilson received as a New Year's gift a handsome carving set from St. Marie Tabernacle No. 10 and Viola Tent No. 11, of Lawrence, Kansas, which he appreciates the tokens from his members all over the Jurisdiction more than expressed. 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Special value this week ..... $1.98 Home-Made Hotel Comforts — Of cotton challie, white cotton fill- ed. 81x90. dozen $18.00. ea $1.69 Hotel Special Comfort—Light and dark fancy silkoline cover each ..... 89c Boston 103.105.107.109 WALLENSTE Boston Store 103.105.102 109 E. DOUGLAS AVE WALLENSTEIN & BONK WICHITA, AL AT 103.105.102 LANDSIDE, AL AT 103.105.102 GTTT, AL AT 103.105.102 FARRIS, AL AT 103.105.102 DR. A. K. LAWRENCE CHOSEN. At the installation of the officerselect of the Toas Lodge No. 10, K. of P., which was held in their hall Monday, night, Dr. A. K. Lawrence was educated Musical Director for the ensuing year. The officers were installed by Deputy Grand Chancellor A. T. Glover. Dr. Lawrence, the Medical Director, elected and installed, is a young man who recently came to our city and by strictly professional business methods is making a very creditable record for himself. Besides being a Medical Doctor he is also a Pharamcist of the first rank and is to be found behind the prescription case at the Olden Drug Store. It is reported to us that McKinley Lodge No. 19, the new K. of P. Lodge, will also choose him as their Medical Director Miss Connie Hill of Dover, Okla. after spending the holidays with Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Johnson of 1650 South Topeka avenue. Returned to her home Saturday, the 11th. Mr. E, D. Roach informs us that his daughter, Miss Ella Roach, has given up her studies in the City Normal for the reason that the faculty informed her that she could not get a diploma from that department because there are no colored schools in Wichita for her to practice her profession. FROM LAWRENCE, KAN. St. Marie Tabernacle No. 10 is getting along nicely. We are sorry to say we have two Daughters sick—Dtr. Malindia Willoughby and Dtr. Dora Walker. They both are real sick. Mrs. Carrie Davis has gone to live in Salt Lake City, Utah, where her husband is. She was C. R. of St. Marie Tabernacle No. 10, and also V. Q. Mother of Viola Tent No. 11. And little Frances Marie Davis was Queen Mother's Messenger and Lloyd Davis C. B. B. of Viola Tent No. 11. The first meeting in the new year St. Marie Tabernacle No. 10 had a splendid meeting; nearly every Daughter the house had something to say for the Lord, and to tell their aim and also make a new resolution. Viola Tent No. 4 had a fine meeting Saturday and also had a grand paper read by our C. P. and P. Q. Mother, Dtr. Ida Wallace, which was fine. And each and every one enjoyed the reading of it; after which a number of the Maids responded with recitations, and only one little Page gave a recitation. We have one new member and two more names offered to become members at our next meeting. Yours respectfully, MRS. EDITH MARIE BROWN, Queen Mother of Viola Tent No. 11. CLEARWATER (KAN.) NEWS. CLEARWATER (KAN). NEWS. Little Clarence F. Wifley has been very sick with pneumonia fever, but is slowly improving. Miss Ethel and Miss Ida White were in Clearwater visiting their sister, Mrs. Chas. Black, also calling on Mrs. C. R. Wifley. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Black left for Bayneville to visit Mrs. Black's relatives a few days. Miss Ethel Barton was in Clearwater shopping last week. C. R. Wifley was in Wichita last week on business. Mrs. Sarah Wifley of Oxford, Kan., left for a two weeks' visit with her daughter, Mrs. Sarah Martin, of Topeka, Kan. Bed ing Store a Bed Covering for a Sudden Snap Ten-Dozen Fancy Silkoline Covered Comforts; dark colors; $1.50, and $1.69 values at. $1.29 white and plaid. $5.50 and $6.00 value, Pair.....$4.48 Lamb's Wool Comforts, of fine wool satine covered. Home made $4.69 and.....$5.98 15 Per Cent Discount on all our genuine Goose Down Filled Comforts, Ask to see them. Laminated Cotton Down Comforts- Silkoline covered, 6-ibs. weight. Full sizes; soft and warm. Our $3.25 and $3.50 Comforts in this sale at $2.69 and.....$2.79 store E. DOUGLAS AVE. IN & COKK. WICHITA. ATOHIS ON KAN. WASHINGTON MAN. OTTWA, KY. EXPORIA, KAN. MIDDLEBURG, KY. ... Drugs of all kinds, Cigars and Tobacco ... Your patronage solicited. + Once a customer, always a customer. Our store is Headquaters for Colored people. 615 North Main st. " Second to None PLEASES ALL Good Bread Makers It Is White As Snow—TRY IT The Otto Weiss Alfalfa Stock and Poultry Food are all guaranteed under the United States Law, Serial No. 13415 and under the Kansas State Law Register No. 1. It Is The Cheapest and BEST FOOD on the Market. HOUCK Hardware store First Class Goods at Lowest Prices 116 East Douglas Avenue Dr.J.E. Farmer, Physician and Surgeon —Diseases of— Women and Children A Specialty New Phone 936 Office 517 N. Main St YOUR GOODS SAFE if you store them with us.—Miller Storage Co., 634 N. Water. Use Murray's Reliable Nerve Balm Murray's Reliable Antiseptic Salv Murray's Reliable Extracts Murray's Reliable Perfumes Murray's Reliable Pure Spices They are pleasing hundreds of people and will please you. J. H. MURRAY, Sole Prop. 808 South Hydraulic Avenue New Phone 985 Wichita — — Kansas W. S. MENRION DRUGGIST 801 M. Main St. Wichita, Kans. Red Front RACKET The People's Economy Store Sample Shoes We have just received a large invoice of Men's, Work Shoes, Men's Dress Shoes, Ladies' and Miss' Fine Shoes, Oxford and Slippers all styles and kinds. AT WHOLESALE PRICES Tapp & Hanshaw Phone 257 255-257 N. Mats TRY US For a Good Job of Lead and Oil. SUTTON PAINT CO. HALL FOR RENT YOUNG'S HALL, 601 N. Main st is open for engagements for Parties Dances, Socials, Suppers etc, etc, etc. Enquire of G. H. Young, 601 N. Main St. Peerless Steam Laundry Peerless Steam Laundry Wichita's Oldest, Most Re liable and Best Laundry BEST LAUNDRY WORK IN THE CITY All Work Guaranteed SELOVER & JONS, Prep. Phone 232 245 N. Market A.B.WEBBER Druggist Free Delivery. We will call for and Deliver Your Prescriptions 811 N. Main St. New Phone 620- STORAGE We have a nice, dry, san itary Storage Room..... Goods stored with us is safe. Rates the lowest MILLER STORAGE COMPANY 634 North Water St. Wm. Coulter — Dan Furgerson Coulter & Furgerson's Barber Shop 349 N. Main Everything First-Class Shave 10c. Hair Cut25c. Your Patronage Solicited Dr. E. Harrison Physician & Surgeon -SURGERY A SPECIALTY- Office Hours 9 to 11 a.m. Residence 2 to 5 p. m. 703 N. Main St 7 to 8 p. m. OFFICE 601 N. MAIN ST BUY LUMBER AT METZ'S BUY Corner Of 3rd & Main Job Printing We have installed a new line of JOB TYPE FACES and we would be pleased to use them on a job for you. Good Work--Low Prices to all 634 North Water St. WICHITA, KANSAS Longfellow, Poet of Places. To us of to-day Longfellow is preeminently a poet of places; the houses associated with his boyhood and young manhood in Maine, and the splendan mansion on Brattle street, Cambridge, in which the latter years of his life were spent, are visited annually by thousands of literary pilgrims, who journey to them as to a Mecca, writes Mary C. Crawford in Putnam's Monthly. And it is because Longfellow described Andu Revere's ride that the house of that patriot is now to be purchased by devout Bostonians; because he associated the ride with the Old North church, that that edifice is a favorite "shrine"; because he wrote the "Tales of the Wayside Inn," that one of the most inaccessible New England hostelries is every summer sought out by strangers from far and near; and because he conjured up a "Skeleton in Armor," that the old tower at Newport is a source of perennial interest. It is, indeed, difficult to imagine what might have become of our scant store of American traditions had not Longfellow helped to signify preserve them. Coal Fields of West Virginia. Coal Fields of West Virginia. In its area of 24,750 square miles, says the independent, there is more natural wealth than is perhaps crowded into the same space in any other portion of the world. In coal her supply is almost inexhaustible, and the value is almost incalculable. She, in this one product of nature alone, is one and one-half times larger than the entire area of the coal fields of Great Britain. The value of her coal, it is estimated, is greater than the value of all the gold and silver of the Pacific coast. Over 17,000 square miles of her territory is underlaid with this mineral. But this gives a very faint idea to the general mind of the immensity of this deposit. To say that there are over 10,000,000 acres of West Virginia in coal land gives but a little better idea. When it is stated, however, that the coal of this state could furnish the entire world with its fuel for centuries some idea can be gained. Mr. Hammerstein is scolding the New York public because it does not support his opera as well as he thinks it ought. Mr. Hammerstein will learn when he is older, says the Indianapolis Star, that a taste for grand opera is one which many persons who can afford to pay for it never acquire. They may support the undertaking because it is fashionable or because their social position seems to demand it, but if they can pay these obligations by buying seats and not attending the performances in person they feel that much has been gained. Also Mr. Hammerstein must learn that opera is not a necessity of life, even for genuine music-lovers, and that when times are hard such indulgences will be the first to be cut out. Incidentally it may be remarked that a good deal of humbug hovers about so-called love for music. Ornithologists are coming to the defense of St. Gaudens, whose eagle on the new $10 gold piece has been criticised because of its feathered legs. They say that if the sculptor had wanted to depict the bald eagle, commonly accepted as the national bird, but which has no good reason for being so more than the other varieties, he is wrong, but, as he was evidently trying to portray the golden eagle, he was accurate, as this bird is feathered down to its talons. And what could be more appropriate than a golden eagle for a gold coin? Count Witte is letting out more secrets about that Russo-Japanese war. His latest statement puts it up to Gen. Kuropatkin, who seems to be held responsible for about all that went wrong in Manchuria, and whose official and military acts do not appear to corroborate the testimony he gave in the Stoessel court-martial. When big generals fall out the public gets some striking views of what has been going on behind the scenes. A New York woman has been discovered who is hoarding checks to the amount of $25,000, received from an insurance company after her husband's death, because she is afraid of banks! She is a near relative of the man who, for the same reason, draws all his deposit out and hides it in the cellar. Greek is more commonly spoken in this country than in the days when our fathers insisted upon it as essential to a liberal education. You can hear it at peanut stands and from fruit vendors and some of the merchants who offer oriental rugs. A story comes from Kentucky of juryman who, in a murder trial, los. his mind through brooding over the case and grew to believe he was to be hung. He probably thought himself a member of a hung jury. LITTLE VISITS WITH UNCLE BY Old Stony Point Just a picture of "home" and of "Old Stony Point"— I got it today in my mail from the West. How it calls up the days that are dead to me now, The days of my youth-Aye, the days that are best! And the spot is the same as when "lunk- ers" were caught And yanked from the stream by "Old Stony Point's" side. For the ax and the plow and the imprint of man From a flinty old hill are held back by its strength— Like a sign-board of time it stands stalwart and firm. In defiance of him who would shatter its length. At its feet winds a path to the realms of the blest, Far off to the vale where Contentment is sweet; On its crown grows the evergreen, faithful and strong, And zephyrs sing over it, joyous and fleet. How we sild down its sides to the flow of the stream, And stumped other lads to "gist foller us up." How we gathered the moss from the rock at its base And drank from its spring with a hand- fashioned cup! Ah, it does my heart good to see "Old Stony Point" And know it is safe 'gainst iconoclast hand; That as strong as the pyramids, ever it rears Its head o'er the spot where I ranged with my band. And I know that no matter the years that are gone. No matter the age that I carry that way. Still defying the ravage of Time it will stand To greet me once more in some dim- future day. In my heart I am yearning to see it again Am blinding my memory's fount to anoint With a nectar of never-forgetting and love This granite crowned monument—Old Stony Point! Brain Leaks. It makes a fellow feel sheepish when he shaves, combs his hair, puts on his collar," his necktie and his hat and then discovers that he has omitted his trousers. Another Indiana poet is in the limelight for rhyming "poems" with "homes." This is excusable, however, on the ground that the poet knows very little about home. It is really wonderful what a lot of energy a man will work off, tramping through the snow for miles, getting his feet wet and going hungry, and all to shoot (at) one poor, lonely, homesick cotton-tall that has dared to venture out of his balliwick for a dinner of twigs. And after all, there is really no exctiment in telling a secret to a girl who can keep it. About the time that a man grows so hypochondriacal as to quit trying, he either gets a new tidy for his easy chair or, if he is single, he meets another girl—and is saved from the dregs of despair and ennul. This old life isn't so bad, after all. "What this world needs," says a Wisconsin editor, "is peace and mutual confidence." Yes, and more hired girls. The man who hasn't had to buy his wife a new winter bonnet up to this time, may rest reasonably secure in the faith that he will escape unscathed until the spring styles come in with a whoop. When a man drops off to sleep and silken rest has tied up all his cares, it is alarming to have a bull-pup sneak stealthily up stairs, find the door to his boudou open and land catapult-like in the middle of his chest. I certainly must give that dog of mine something for this, ere I grow pale, he ggard and apprehensive. Who knows what is good for somnambulism in dogs? Too many men make the mistake of thinking that idleness is rest. Rest is doing about what you ought to do and stopping when you get good and ready. The Great Evener of joys and sorrows certainly will have to be good to a city scrub-woman in after life. It is easier to seek than to find—until you find it. Oh. My Fellows. Don't you hear the water wagon, O I wonder, As it rumbles on its way? It is grumbling in the distance like the thunder And is due on New Year's Day! Turn the goblet down, O all ye tipsy fellows; Get your overcoats and hike— Can't you hear the fast-approaching wagon's bellows As it speeds along the plike? Don't you hear the water wagon, O my hearties, As it bow's toward your braw!? Come, it's time to end your nightly drinking parties, Ere you lose your grip and fall. H!! I hear the wagon dashing up the valley; Scramble out; it's due tonight! O, my brother, now's the time to make your sally. Clamber up and hang on tight. Hard Pressed. An Indianapolis poet makes "eye on" rhyme with dandelion. It beats all how hard a corner a poet can baca out of, sometimes. Ryron Williams Washington Gossip Interesting Bits of News Picked Up Here and There at the National Capital The De Armond-Williams Clash Opportunity for Airship Inventors Says Soldiers Want Canteen Says Soldiers Want Canteen Why Candler Was Turned Down WASHINGTON.—If there ever lived a man whose appearance would suggest that the blood had become tame and ready to wait on the judgment that man is David A. De Armond, representative in congress from Missouri, yet it was the self-contained, apparently absolutely impassive David De Ar- WASHINGTON.—If there ever lived a man whose appearance would suggest that the blood had become tame and ready to wait on the judgment that man is David A. De Armond, representative in congress from Missouri, yet it was the self-contained, apparently absolutely impassive David De Armond who walked over to the desk of John Sharp Williams not long ago, called him a liar, received the retort courteous in the way of a blow and then returned in kind. At a distance the Missouri representative looks like a man of 25; at close range he looks like a man of 75. Most people see him at a distance—the gallery distance—and SPECIFICATIONS for the construction of a dirigible balloon for the use of the army and for which the signal service of the war department asked proposals, were issued the other day by Gen. Allen, the chief signal officer. The specifications are quite elaborate, and are framed € with the view of securing the best possible balloon which the latest developments in aerial navigation can produce. The balloon is to be of silk, inflated with hydrogen capable of carrying two people weighing 350 pounds, with 100 pounds of ballast, must be capable of making a speed of 20 miles per hour in still air, though a lower speed may be proposed at reduced cost, down to 16 miles, or a higher speed up, to 24 miles at an enhanced cost. It must make an endur- THE abolition of the canteen has made it impossible for the United States army recruiting station to keep the army and navy supplied with able-bodied men. RECRUITING STATION LOOK GOOD TOME This is the drift of the report made by Capt. Johnson Hagood of the coast artillery service, who was detailed a year ago to look into the reason why it is so difficult to induce men to enter the army and navy. The publication makes a volume of 100 printed pages, profusely illustrated. The illustrations convey in the most graphic manner an idea of the slender proportions to which Uncle Sam's regular army is now reduced in point of numbers. A full page frontispiece depicts a company of infantry starting from Fort Niagara on a 21-day practice march, with nine men in the ranks, although the authorized strength was 65 men, and some of the other pictures show an even worse THE one Democrat in the house of representatives who has a thorough right to growl at Speaker Joseph G. Cannon is Representative Ezekiel Samuel Candler, Jr., of Mississippi, representing Itawamba, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Tishomingo and some other counties of the good old south- $1,000,000 TOM BIGBEE RIVER ern state. In the last congress Ezekiel Samuel made a speech in favor of a bill appropriating a large sum of money for the improvement of the Tombigbee river. Mr. Candler came within an ace of making the Tombigbee as famous, temporarily at least, as Private John Allen, a fellow Mississippian, made the town Tupelo. There were prose and song in equal measure in the Mississippian's plea for the Tombigbee. He wanted a huge sum of money, but prose and song failed of their purpose, notwithstanding the fact that the house had a light and an agreeable time of it for several hours while the loyal Mississippian held forth in his pleadings. these long-range observers read with absolute amazement the statement that the Missourian is 63 years old. To account for the act of the seemingly self-contained one in calling his colleague a liar there are people to declare that it was not De Armond who used "the shorter and uglier word," it was Missouri. There is something in this, doubtless. David A. De Armond is a lawyer, one of the best, so it is said, in the congress. He was appointed one of the managers on the part of the house in the impeachment proceedings against Judge Swayne, of Florida. Everything that De Armond says apparently is measured, but nevertheless there is no halting in his speech, and what he says is well worth listening to, and, what's more, it is listened to. De Armond is the last man in the house of representatives who would be named as one likely to be engaged in a brawl, let alone to bring on the brawl by a heated word out of his own mouth. ance flight of two hours at an average speed of 70 per cent. of the trial requirements, and must maintain its equilibrium without change of position by the aeronaut. One of the features of the specifications that will appeal particularly to inventors of limited financial means is that relative to the silk to be used in the construction of the balloon. This is one of the most expensive items in the machine, and it is stated that the material for the gas bag will be furnished by the government. The signal office has procured some samples of silk of great strength, pliability and closeness of texture. It weighs 5,842 ounces per square yard and has a minimum breaking strength of $62\frac{1}{2}$ pounds per inch width. This material requires no varnish, but is to be covered with an aluminum preparation, which will not only make it gas tight, but will, by reflecting the rays of the sun, prevent a considerable loss of hydrogen, such as occurs when an ordinary balloon is suddenly exposed to the increased temperature of the sunlight upon emerging from a cloud. state of affairs. Capt. Hagood's report is based upon a large number of reports secured by him from the different army posts. The report also undertakes to show why soldiers will not stay in the army, some of the answers being based on demands for restoration of the canteen, less frequent change of station, fewer court-martials, building gymnasiums and increased pay. It is shown that the only other great nation maintaining an army of any size by voluntary enlistment—Great Britain—pays her soldiers more than the United States, although the cost of living is much less in the case of the British soldier. The report shows the changes that have occurred in recent years in the expense of living at the army posts; how the value of the allowances has shrunken, how travelling expenses of officers with families have increased through abolition of passes and reduced rates of fare; how more frequent changes of post involve heavy household expenses, and Capt. Hagood points out that unprecedentedly it is now very difficult to obtain suitable material to fill the numerous vacancies at West Point. Now as for Mr. Candler's right to growl at Speaker Cannon. The Republican chieftain wants to keep down the appropriations this winter. For some reason or other he has an idea that the agricultural department is likely to have some special pleaders for money before the committee on agriculture. Representative Candler was a member of this committee in the last congress, and he wanted to be a member of it in this congress. Mr. Cannon, however, remembered the plea for the millions for the improvement of the Tombigbee river that the Mississippi had made last year with a perfect face and a perfect faith, and came to the conclusion that a man who could ask for millions as another man might ask for hundreds would be too easy a mark for the begging ones of the agricultural department. Mr. Cannon therefore refused to give Mr. Candler the place on the agricultural committee and gave him territories instead. In refusing the agricultural committee berth to the Missisippian the speaker made the only refusal exception to the rule of granting requests for committee places made on behalf of the Democrats by John Sharp Williams. Candler alone was singled out for denial, and to-day he refuses to be comforted. S.T. JACOBS OIL CONQUERS PAIN FOR STIFFNESS, SORENESS, SPRAIN OR BRUISE, NOTHING IS BETTER THAT YOU CAN USE; LUMBAGO'S PAIN, RHEUMATIC TWINGE, YOU'R BACK FEELS LIKE A RUSTY HINGE; SCIATIC ACHES ALL PLEASURES SPOIL, FOR HAPPINESS USE ST. JACOBS OIL. 25c.—ALL DRUGGISTS—50c. PILES: NO MONEY TILL CURED - SKEED FOR FREE LEEES. TREATMENT 60 BOWLING DRS. THORNERTON & MINOR 10:00 OAK ST. KAISAN CITY, MG. BLAMED ON THE RAILROAD. First Thought in Irishman's Mind After the Accident. Railroad claim-agents have little faith in their fellow creatures. One said recently: "Every time I settle a claim with one of these hard-headed rural residents who wants the railroad to pay twice what he would charge the butcher if he gets a sheep killed, I think of this story, illustrative of the way some people want to hold the railroad responsible for every accident, of whatever kind, that happens. Two Irishmen were driving home from town one night when their buggy ran into a ditch, overturned, and they were both stunned. When a rescuer came along and revived them, the first thing one of them said was: 'Where's the train?' Why, there's no train around,' he was told. 'Then where's the railroad?' 'The nearest railroad is three miles away,' he learned. 'Well, well,' he commented. 'I knew it hit us pretty hard, but I didn't suppose it knocked us three miles from the track.'" SYMPATHY. He—Yaas! Several years ago I fell in love with a girl, but she rejected me—made a regular fool of me, in fact. She—How sad! And you've never got over it. His Opinion of the Dinner. The guests at a large dinner party did ample justice to the tempting viands as course after course was served. They were loud in their praises of the Chinese cook, of whom the hostess was justly proud. They declared they never ate more delicious or appetizing delicacies. Finally the Chinaman brought in the last course, a huge cake heavy with frosting. He was a converted Chinaman, and desiring to honor his religion he had put a motto on the cake that satisfied his conscience. It read, "Prepare to Meet Thy God." THE TIFF. She—But before you married me you said you were well off. He. So I was, but I didn't know it. He Was Willing. In the morning mail the busy editor found the following written on a postal card: "Dear Sir—I have just graduated from a correspondence school of journalism. Would you like to have me write for your paper? J. Alexander McNutt." Seizing his trusty pencil, the busy editor dashed off the following reply: "Dear J. Alex—Certainly we would be pleased to have you write for our paper. Kindly address your letter to the circulation manager and inclose the regular subscription price." STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, ss. LUCAS COUTY. FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that he is editor partner of the City of Toledo. G. GINKER & Co., doing business at the City of Toledo, County and State officeaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of CATKIN that cannot be cured by the use of FRANK J. CHENY. Sworn to before me and submitted in my presence, this eighth day of December, A. D. W. GLEASON, A. W. GLEASON, *REAL* *NOTARY PUBLIC, Hall's Catrarch Cure is taken in court and sent to the Court, and a mucous fragrance of this stream. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by all Druckkits, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. We ought not to look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors and for the purpose of profiting by dear-bought experience. —George Washington. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, curbs wind colic. 20ca bottle. Calamity is man's true touchstone. —Beaumont. A. B. LYDIA E. 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For Burns, Solder, Pilez, Chaps, Asthma, Sore Throat and Insect Bites. These goods are guaranteed to function or money refunded. Ask your dealer for details. You do not handle it. Send twenty-five cents to the MEXICAN MFG. CO., Wichita, Kans., for a jar. Guaranteed under the free Food and Drug Administration. OF SUCH STUFF ARE DREAMS. Little Virginia Imagined She Had "Eated Herself." Little Virginia, three years old, brought her mother to her nursery a few nights ago with heartbroken walls. "What is the matter, dearie? Why are you screaming so?" "Mamma, am I all here?" "Certainly you are all here, right in your bed." "But, mamma, feel of me, see if I'm all here. Are my feet here and the top of my head, both?" "Certainly, Virginia, every bit of you is here, tucked in your little trundle bed. Why do you think you are not?" "I dreamed"—this with another great sob—"I dreamed I was a chocolate stick and I had eaten myself." THE LIMITATIONS OF THE CLOTH A man is giving a golf stick to a boy and a man. His Reverence (whose caddle has sneezed at the moment of putting)—You—you—you naughty caddle! His Reverence (whose caddle has sneezed at the moment of putting)—You—you—you naughty caddle! May Change Conditions. A process has been discovered by a Shanghai scientist of softening and degumming the ramie fiber, by which it becomes superior to cotton yarn and much like silk. A secret process does the work in ten minutes. This is likely to revolutionize the textile trade of China and to affect the United States cotton exports. The great art of life consists in fortitude and perseverance. The mischance of those who fall behind, though flung upon fortune, more frequently arises from want of skill and perseverance—Sir Walter Scott. RAILROAD MAN Didn't Like Being Starved. A man running on a railroad has to be in good condition all the time or he is liable to do harm to himself and others. A clear head is necessary to run a locomotive or conduct a train. Even a railroad man's appetite and digestion are matters of importance, as the clear brain and steady hand result from the healthy appetite followed by the proper digestion of food. "For the past five years," writes a railroader, "I have been constantly troubled with indigestion. Every doctor I consulted seemed to want to stave me to death. First I was dleded on warm water and toast until I was almost starved; then, when they would let me eat, the indigestion would be right back again. "Only temporary relief came from remedies, and I tried about all of them I saw advertised. About three months ago a friend advised me to try Grape-Nuts food. The very first day I noticed that my appetite was satisfied, which had not been the case before, that I can remember. "In a week, I believe, I had more energy than ever before in my life. I have gained seven pounds and have not had a touch of indigestion since I have been eating Grape-Nuts. When my wife saw how much good this food was doing me she thought she would try it awhile. We believe the discoverer of Grape-Nuts found the 'Perfect Food.'" Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. "There's a Reason." LITTLE VISITS WITH UNCLE BY (Copyright, 1907, by Byron Williams.) The Flight. Behold a door that opens wide, Wherein is warmth and fancies fair— A new born fledgling tries his wings And enters at the casement there. Ah, happy bird, within the house His throat is pulsed with gladsome pride. But ere the song is half complete, Another doorway opens wide! And Fate attracts him through its frame To death and deep oblivion! This is the life of mortal man, a span of song—and life is done. The open door of youth is sweet, The space within Life's house is light, And then the yawning door to Death— Eternity, the Endless Night! The Greenhorn in Chicago. "Long stood the noble youth oppress'd with awe, And stupid at the wondrous things he saw, Surpassing common faith, transgressing nature's law." Death! The greenhorn was timid when he left the great station. He had a place to go, but he didn't know how to get there. He realized in a vague sort of way that a policeman might tell him, but surely a cab would take him there. The street car would have cost him 5 cents; the cab cost him $2. The greenhorn in Chicago always spends his money this way. Ignorance of conditions and locations costs money. He was left at the elevated loop and inquired his way at the window, while the crowd fussed at his heels to get past him. When he laid down his nickel he said to the woman, "Ticket, please." She took his coin with a swoop and rung it up, and while he was waiting for the ticket the mad crowd caught him and hurled him onto the platform. "Do I take the train going this way or that way to get to Sheridan Park?" he asked of a man who was too busy to answer. "They only go one way," laughed a second individual who was kind enough to notice his predicament. Once more the crowd pushed him, this time inside the car. It was crowded and he fell over seventeen pairs of feet and landed in a fat lady's lap as the elevated train swung around a snake curve. He apologized, his face very red and his body in a very awkward poise. Then he noted the straps and caught one, where he hung with a stalwart grip as the curves lashed him like a string in the wind. He expected every minute to hear the conductor coming to put him off because he had no ticket, and he wondered if he hadn't already passed his station. He let go of the strap to walk to the end of the car and ask the guard, and stepped on an average citizen's corn. The average citizen swore softly and continued to read his paper. The greenhorn took to the platform after that, and set his grips down on the opposite side from where the gates opened last. At the next step the gates opened on his side' and he blocked traffic while he moved again. He was woefully uncomfortable as it was, but when the gate swung open unexpectedly at the next stop and hit him on the nose, he was ready to quit the maddening mart forever—if he ever got off that train. He heard the guards calling out, "Local train! Local train!" "Express train!" "Split express!" and other things he did not understand and he gave up all hope of ever reaching his destination. It was a maelstrom of pandemonium, and then some. He wished himself back in Niles Corners for the hundredth time. There was a visible relief when he reached the station which the guard assured him was where he wanted to go. He didn't know; he had forgotten. By the dim light of a street lamp he brought out the paper on which was the address he sought. Then he began to wonder which way to start. He asked a boy who didn't know, a man who was a stranger in the neighborhood, and a suburbanite who told him in a general way to go south and then east. He knew which way straight up was, and he was almost prepared to go that way, but as for north and south, he was in a quandary. It was growing dark and he must find that number. He set out by instinct, like a carrier pigeon returning to its nest, and walked until he was tired. Then a policeman set him right and he found the number. He rapped and nobody came to the door. It was a big stone place and he wondered if his friends owned it all. He rapped again. Then he noticed a card with their name in the hallway and he rang the bell. Still nobody came. He heard a faint voice ask who there and it sounded sepulchral, as though it came from the uttermost recesses of the earth. Could his friends live in the basement? He rang again and at last a maid came down the stairway and asked him through the closed glass door what he wanted. He told her and she went back up stairs. He was just getting ready to leave in disgust when his friend hove in sight and grasped him by the hand and cried: "Why didn't you answer the tube, Hank? The women folks are afraid of burglers, you know." Hank was so glad to find his friend he forgot his trouble and began to enjoy city life at once. It is always thus when the greenhorn first visits Chicago. Payron Williams You Look Prematurely Old Because of those ugly, grizzly, gray haire. Use "LA CREOLE" HAIR RESTORER. PRICE. $1.00. retail. REASON FOR WOMEN'S "NERVES" In Very Many Cases It Is Weakened Kidneys. Mrs. Frank Roseboom, 512 S. Washington St., Moscow, Idaho, says: "Inherited kidney trouble grew steadily worse with me until so nervous I could not sleep at night. I was dizzy and spots floated before my eyes. My back and hips ached and every cold settled on my herited kidney trouble grew steadily worse with me until so nervous I could not sleep at night. I was dizzy and spots floated before my eyes. My back and hips ached and every cold settled on my kidneys and made me worse. I have used many different medicines and was discouraged when I began with Doan's Kidney Pills, but now the symptoms that alarmed me are gone." Sold by all dealers, 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. THE SOFT ANSWER. THE COFFEE KING Stern Parent—I hadn't any of the advantages you have had. How do you suppose I have got on as I have? Young Hopeless (intending to make a soothing reply)—Er-I expect the grass wouldn't grow under your feet, sir! TWO CURES OF ECZEMA Baby Had Severe Attack—Grandfather Suffered Torments with it—Owe Recovery to Cuticura. "In 1884 my grandson, a babe, had an attack of eczema, and after trying the doctors to the extent of heavy bills and an increase of the disease and suffering, I recommended Cuticura and in a few weeks the child was well. He is to-day a strong man and absolutely free from the disease. A few years ago I contracted eczema, and became an intense sufferer. A whole winter passed without once having on shoes, nearly from the knees to the toes being covered with virulent sores. I tried many doctors to no purpose. Then I procured the Cuticura Remedies and found immediate improvement and final cure. M.W.LaRue, 845 Seventh St., Louisville, Ky., Apr. 23 and May 14, 07." Where She Should Live. "What under the sun," asked a father of his daughter who wanted her to make a match with a young man whose only qualification was the possession of a goodly fortune—what earthly objection can you possibly find to Mr. Spriggins?" "He has habits," replied the daughter, "which I detest! When I marry I want a husband who does not smoke, chew, drink, swear, belong to clubs, play cards, stay out late or go motoring by himself." The father looked at his daughter for a moment or two in silence and then said: "My child, you are but a stranger here; heaven is your home." With a smooth iron and Defiance Starch, you can launder your shirt-waist just as well at home as the steam laundry can; it will have the proper stiffness and finish, there will be less wear and tear of the goods, and it will be a positive pleasure to use a Starch that does not stick to the iron. A Sore Puzzle. "How did that secret ever get out?" "I can't imagine. She only told about a dozen of her acquaintances in strict confidence." Every Woman in this vicinity will be glad to know what she grew up in. In stock "OUR PIE", a preparation in three varieties for making Lemon, Chocolate and Custard pies. Each 10-cent package makes two pies. Be sure and order to-day. Occasionally a woman is glad when her husband makes her cry, because she can work him for a peace offering. many professional men, clergymen, teachers and singers use Brown's Bronchial Troches for curing hoarseness and coughs. From first to last a man should maintain his chaaracter and in all things be consistent.-Horace. Garfield Tea purifies the blood, eradicating rheumatism, gout and other chronic diseases. It is made of Herbs-not drugs! Love of our neighbor is the only door out of the dungeon of self.-George Macdonald. ONLY ONE "BROMO QUININE" That is LAXATVYR BROMO QUININE. Look for the signature of E. W. GROVE. Used the World ever to Cure a Cold in One Day. Zc. An ounce of help is better than a ton of hot air on the subject. LEWIS' SINGLE BINDER STRAIGHT 5CIGAR ALWAYS RELIABLE AND SHE BELIEVED HIM. After This Who Can Doubt the Power of Love? George had been away on business for a whole long week, and during that time he had sent Clara ten letters, six letter-cards and 42 picture postcards. Why, then, was there a touch of coldness in her greeting when he flew to her arms on his return? "Dearest," he whispered, "what is the metter?" "Oh, George," she said, "you didn't send a kiss in your ninth letter." "My precious," he replied, "that night I had steak and onions for dinner, and you wouldn't have liked a kiss after onions, would you?" And, such is the unfathomable power of love, she was satisfied, and nestled to him. 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. Taking His Measure. "Do you ever drink to excess?" asked the girl's father. "I never touch liquor of any kind, sir." "How about tobacco?" "I do not smoke. I have never had a cigar or a cigarette in my mouth." "Ever gamble?" "Never. I do not know one card from another." "I suppose you swear sometimes?" "No, sir. An oath has never passed my lips." "Um. All right. Come out and have a stick of candy with me." Starch, like everything else, is being constantly improved, the patent Starches put on the market 25 years ago are very different and inferior to those of the present day. In the latest discovery—Defiance Starch—all injurious chemicals are omitted, while the addition of another ingredient, invented by us, gives to the Starch a strength and smoothness never approached by other brands. The Chauffeur's Thought. A well-known Englishman tells a good motor-car story. He says that on one occasion, when instructing his chauffeur to drive carefully, he remarked: "I don't mind about grown-up people and dogs, but do be careful about children and babies." Whereupon the chauffeur replied: "Yes, them feeding-bottles do cut up the tires dreadful." 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. Hath any wronged thee? Be bravely revenged. Slight it, and the work is begun; pardon it, and it is finished. He is below himself that is not above an injury.—Boileau. DONT SPOIL YOUR CLOTHES. Use Red Cross Ball Blue and keep them white as snow. All grocers. 5c. a package. A man who says a mean thing about another man isn't half as mean as the man who repeats it. DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS FOR ALL KIDNEY DISEASES FOR RHEUMATISM BRIGHT'S DISEASE DIABETES.BACKACH T 375 "Guarantee" W. N. U., WICHITA, NO. 3, 1908. When we set to work to make others as happy as we can, happiness begins flowing in on us in an increasing current.—Coiton. PILES CURED IN 6 TO 14 DAYS. PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed to cure any case of itching. Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles in 6 to 14 days or money refunded. 500. We are not in this world to do what we wish, but to be willing to do that which it is our duty to do.—Gounod. GOOD HOUSEKEEPERS. Use the best. That's why they buy Red Cross Ball Blue. At leading grocers, 5 cents. To bear is to conquer our fate.—Campbell. Universal Language. He spoke his love in German—she answered not a word. In French he tried to woo her—the maiden never heard. He tried his luck in English, in Irish—all in vain; in Greek, Turkish and Latin, and in the tongue of Spain. And then an inspiration came to the anguished youth. "The universal language," he cried, "I'll try, forsooth!" He kissed the demure maiden and pressed her to his breast; she understood that language, and—well, you know the rest. 900 DROPS CASTORIA ALCOHOL 3 PER CENT. Vegetable Preparation for Assimilating the Food and Regulating the Stomachs and Bowels of INFANTS & CHILDREN Promotes Digestion Cheerfulness and Rest Contains neither Opium, Morphine nor Mineral. NOT NARCOTIC. Recipe of Old Dr. SIMULPITHER Pumpkin Seed - Alc. Scent + Roadside Salts - Active Seed + Powderpaint - Alk. Carbamide Soda + Worm Seed + Carbamide Sugar + Waterpierce Pearce. Aperfect Remedy for Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Worms, Constellations, Feverishness and Loss of SEEP. Fac Simile Signature of Charles H. Hutcher NEW YORK. At 6 months old 35 Doses - 35 CENTS Guaranteed under the Food at Exact Copy of Wrapper. Farmers — Atten Go to Southwest Texas and Loc Simmons Ranch 10 to 640 Acres and Two Town Lots for $210. Without Interest. DROPS TORIA PER CENT. Preparation for As- food and Regula- tions and Bowels of CHILDREN estion. Cheerful Contains neither ne nor Mineral. OTIC. MUELPITLER } } dry for Constipa- mach, Dlarrhoca issions, Feverish S OF SEEEP. signature of Mitter. YORK. the old 35 CENTS under the food an Wrapper. CAS For Infant The King Alway Bears the Signature of Chat. This CAS THE CENTAUR O ers — After best Texas and Look Simmons Ranch. two Town Lots for $210. Without Interest. CASTORIA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Chat. H. Flutchers. In Use For Over Thirty Years CASTORIA THE CENTAUR COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY. Attention! and Look at the Famous s Ranch. for $210. Payable $10 per Month Interest. 900 DROPS CASTORIA ALCOHOL 3 PER CENT. AVegetable Preparation for Asimilating the Food and Regulating the Stomachs and Bowels of INFANTS & CHILDREN Promotes Digestion. Cheerfulness and Rest. Contains neither Opium. Morphine nor Mineral. NOT NARCOTIC. Recipe of Old De-SHAWL PITCHER Pumpkin Seed - Alc. Sodium + Hibiscella Solids - Anise Seed + Peppermint - Hibiscus Soda + Worm Seed - Cinnamon Sugar + Wintergreen Flavor. Aperfect Remedy for Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhea, Worms, Convulsions, Feverishness and Loss of SEEP. Fac Simile Signature of Chas. H. Hitchens NEW YORK. At 6 months old 35 DOSES = 35 CENTS Guaranteed under the Food and Exact Copy of Wrapper. CASTORIA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Chas. H. Hitchens In Use For Over Thirty Years CASTORIA THE CENTAUR COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY. Farmers-Attention! Go to Southwest Texas and Look at the Famous Simmons Ranch. 10 to 640 Acres and Two Town Lots for $210. Payable $10 per Month Without Interest. Read the Following: Dr. C. F. Simmons, San Antonio, Texas: Dear Sir—I have just returned from a visit to County. I left El Reno on the 2nd of this month, ing over Southwest Texas, and especially your land in Texas, a best suited I am to spare. I spent two nights and a day on your ranch, the Musgrove, Brown, Turkey Creek, Mulley cottures, and made as complete an examination of it within the limited time that I had to spare. I core body of land that I have seen in Southwest Texas, considerable lands in Texas. I was agreeably surprised at the quality of the was an amuch better that I succeeded to see, and I can able opportunity for a poor man to get a good home. The soil is what I would call dark and red chisally a little sand, which I consider a benefit than a hindrance. I have been engaged in farming and raunching have had much experience in raising alfalfa in KY my mind there is no question but that the black especially adapted to the successful growing of the most valuable farm crop that any farmer can Antonio, I saw fresh alfalfa hay on the wagon, and per ton, loose hay. With the long seasons you have irrigation, you should get at least seven or eight off this land, and there ought to be a yield of at least it saw the large artesian well at the Headquarter it is the finest artesian well I ever saw, and is full tions in every respect. If the land is underlaid with artesian water, and do not see why alfalfa and all other crops grown use made a success. I consider that you are giving the people a great cheap homes. As far as I have seen, I am perfectly free to a sented your property fairly, and that the descriptive literature is not overdrawn. If you desire it, you have my permission to re-read about this land to me, and I will be very glad to an of me with reference to it. I appreciate the kindness extended to me while With best wishes, I remain, Yours very t Write for literature and views of the Rauch, and DR. C. F. SIMMON 25 Alamo Plaza. SINGLE BIRD 5¢ CIGAR ALWAYS W.L. DOVGLAS SHOES $300 SHOES AT ALL PRICES, FOR EVERY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY. Dr. C. F. Simmons, San Antonio, Texas: Dear Sin-1 have just returned from a visit to your lands in Atascosa County. let El Reno on the 2nd of this month, for the purpose of looking in Texas, Texas, and especially your land, with a view of locating in Texas, if suited. from a visit to your lands in Atascosa for this month, for the purpose of look- ally your land, with a view of locat- ity your ranch, and while there I was in Muley cow and Frenchman pas- amination of the property as I could spare. I consider your land the best northwest Texas, and I have looked over equality of the soil on this ranch. It use, and I consider it a most favor- it a good home. Bark and red chocolate loam, withoca- er a benefit in some respects, rather and ranching about all my life, and alfalfa in Kansas and Oklahoma, in that the land on your ranch is growing of alfalfa, which I consider my farmer can raise. While in San wagon, and it was selling for $17.00 seasons you have in Texas, and proper en or eight cuttings of alfalfa a year yield of at least a ton to the cutting. The Headquarters ranch, and I must say aw, and is fully up to your representa- tionian water, as I am satisfied it is, I rops grown upon that land cannot be people a great opportunity to secure petty free to say that you have repre- the description you give of it in your mission to refer any persons inquiring very glad to answer any inquiries made to me while on the ranch. Yours very truly, C. E. HULIT. Rauch, and name of nearest agent. GIMMONS, I spent two nights and a day on your ranch, and while there I was in the Musgrove, Brown, Turkey Creek, Muley cow and Frenchman pastures, and made as complete an examination of the property as I could within the limited time that I had to spare. I consider your land the best body of land that I have seen in Southwest Texas, and I have looked over considerable lands in Texas. It was much better than I expected to see, and I consider it a most favorable opportunity for a poor man to get a good home. The soil is what I would call dark and red chocolate loam, with occasionally a little sand, which I consider a benefit in some respects, rather than a hindrance. I have been engaged in farming and ranching about all my life, and have had much experience in raising alfalfa in Kansas and Oklahoma, in my yard and in my garden, but that is a hard spadefooted task especially adapted to the successful growing of alfalfa, which I consider the most valuable farm crop that any farmer can raise. While in San Antonio, I saw fresh alfalfa hay on the wagon, and it was selling for $17.00 per ton, loose hay. With the long seasons you have in Texas, and proper irrigation, you should get at least seven or eight cuttings of alfalfa a year off this land, and there ought to be a yield of at least a ton to the cutting. I saw a large artesian well at the Headquarters ranch, and I must say it is finest in a well I ever saw, and is fully up to your representations in every respect. If the land is underlaid with artesian water, as I am satisfied it is, I do not see why alfalfa and all other crops grown upon that land cannot be made a success. I consider that you are giving the people a great opportunity to secure cheap homes. I have seen you, I am perfectly free to say that you have represented your property fairly, and that the description you give of it in your literature is not overdrawn. If you desire it, you have my permission to refer any persons inquiring about this land to me, and I will be very glad to answer any inquiries made of me with reference to it. I appreciate the kindness extended to me while on the ranch. With best wishes, I remain, Yours very truly, C. E. HULIT. Write for literature and views of the Rauch, and name of nearest agent. DR. C. F. SIMMONS, 2'5 Alamo Plaza. 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United Ne ot Scott Beira get SOB RaT FSR pis itor Rincon epeteee ean ete Tercticae BEG Se, Uitatmmwtae ae Ercan chit’ Baca, pat aetechpar Hear chaeid: Raed Hen ile etapa ane te Hepat sce Scioto aaa ok PERE ence tbaney. sont be ecitaet fottag toe a obberorantleals fener PisiBiae rcebalere wba he Sekar tesa ie Beae Wer caer Rest ise cena ae es Sammine nee | The Ozonized Ox Marrow Co. ; Wone genuine without my signature) i : Chiba Ford Bak 153 E. KINZIE ST., CHICAGO, ILL. 4 Agents wanted everywhere. | OOOO: OMAHA NEWS. Daughter Jennie Sellers is able to be out again after being confined at home and in the hospital since July 15th. The Daughters enjoy having their H. P, with them once more. St. Maria Tab. No. 18, under the leadership of Drt. Sellers is getting along fine, just fine. They are all in love and union. Thursday, Jan. 9th, was their first meeting in the new year. After business the H. P. sang We will overcome, someday, and all mem- bers had something to say. Thanking the Lord for His blessings, the Spirit was felt by all. After a hearty hand- shake the H. P. prayed and the Tab. was called from labor until Jan. 23, 1908. New members taken in Mrs, Lillie Foney, Mrs. Perkins, Mrs. Couden, ‘These members was made welcome by the Daughters. This is four can- didates brought in the Tabernacle by Drt. Lee Hall of Council Bluffs, Drt. Hall is very highly esteemed by the Daughters of her Tab. and they know she will bring in honest and up- right ladies. Drt. Alice Perkins came from Pierre, 8. D., to meet her Tab. in the first meeting Jan. 9th. St. Maria Tab. has two on the sick Mist: Drt. Marry Dill, Drt. L. W. Win- ston. ‘H. P. Sellers wishes to thank all the Sir Knights and’ Daughters tor their kindness towards her while» she GVIGANI IU Clean-Up Sale Whirivind of Bargains! Carnival Of Buying and money-saving ; ‘The most sensational sale ever held in Wichita or | baie aus W ednesday an.22d 5 . pe . at9O A.M, ‘Owing tothe als. ainingency’tnlthelnioney.shapiet and alsin miafaverable, weatuer® consitions wilek actibte atector ie Clothing’and Furnishing Goods business, we have on hand thousands of dollars’ worth of merchandise which we must get rid of to make room for spring goods. Save This and Wait SURE Scary es Ee RN Entire $50,000.00 Stock OF CLOTHING AND FURNISHING GOODS FOR MEN, BOYS AND CHILDREN TO BE SOLD IN TEN DAYS, RE- GARDLESS OF VALUE. To make a complete clean-up of all our odds and ends as well ‘as Our regular lines of Pail and Winter Merchamame The bullding ie now closed and thia grant fate will begin ‘Wednesday, January 22, at the Hub Clothing Store stand, Wichita, Heaton wien tua wondh geatsee clotioe sie teste) tee thing will be sold exactly as advertised, and every quotation herein mentioned is absolutely correct, and we merely ask you to Going ea tea ous staat A fine suit of Men’s Clothes, all to match. This suit is positively im worth $6.50 or your money refunded at any time during Meng! sud Guile Gh aor cacauc ania pain wile ais ar jolts muhey tefunda Gt atte tee Gotne ile ole Mf not satisfied....6.66seeseeeereenerssneceeence sw ecne ss GAGE, Men's Splendid Suits, in velour-finished cassimeres, all sizes. This suit is positively worth $12 or your money back. ...$5.85 At $9.98 each—You are free to choose a suit worth $20 to $22.50 from 20 lots of as finely made and as elegantly finished suits as the most fastidious dresser could desire. Fine home and foreign suitings of style and tone, and in a great variety of effects, tailored into garments of faultless fashion; cheviots, vic- isle ond acubie-brecsted ttc noc, 988 At $1210 and $1486 Thome repsteens the piSaucr at tiaworee celebrated looms and the world’s most skillful tailors. ‘They are equal and are guaranteed to excel any $40 made-to-order | ferment in the world or we will cheerful retuod gous meter Men's str Vine Dicer dts Uy aula ajeet divian cin kta ji heavy elk and antin-llnoG; equal to the finest $88 talon made-to-order suit. Don't fail to see this suit at.......$12.48 Men's Fine Dress Pants, worth $2, or money refunded. sects Cicusern, i Sesouy post Gal wuerioaa baa roaey stripes; positively worth $5 and $6, or money refunded. .$2.39 , SER OVERCOATS Ma f (Worth from $10 to $20) Rich in style, highest qualities; 500 to pick and choose from; in the very latest styles. From $3.98 to........0..0s00+. $8.98 Men's Fine Summer and Winter Underwear at less than cost of Trade Boye! Bult ana Overcoats, worth #2, 1.000 Pairs Boys! Knee Panta worth Bs, At cc cesececeecseeceeeccerececcseersccerssstetesetes sess 6190 Men's Best Quality Reinforced Unlaundered Shirts, worth $1. om Good Heavy Work Shirts, worth 50c, Fine Dress Shirts, worth $1, Men's Hate, Sicison and’Dunlap sien, Worth $3 and $250, A few hundred Boys’ Hats and Caps, worth $1, RE os pose du Jeena Can Cac egeeua eepinmes an ews vanes se uvs apts asus tee Men's Fine Suspenders, worth 25c, ciooa Heavy acta Men's Handkerchiefs, Over 5,000 Neckties, in all shades, worth 35¢. ME Sedcics Mignwus soko gneaaninn iweeaniengnats Cece apaeee ty Me PRN AER ERAT ea was was sick. Special thanks to Golden Chief Tab No. 89; also to Queen Liz- za Tab. No. 91; also the kind friends of Omaha. Drt. Sellers says she can never get through thanking he own Tab. for watching over her during her illness, She says the Lord seen to it all and she is willing to spend the rest of her life for Him, Drt. Jannie Cook is on the sick list. Sir Knight Jiles is sinking very fast at this writing. Rev. Jiles was elec- ted G. P. P. at the jast Grand Session. He says he can't see what the Lord is keeping him here for as he is only waiting to go. St. Maria Tab. No. 18 received. a loving letter and a free dispensation from Rev. Frank Wilson C. G. M, which the members are always glad to have a letter from him and other Grand Officers. It makes us feel proud. We thank him very much and we are going to get a few in 60 days, Sir Knight John Bruce is on the sick list but is reported better at this writing. Born, to. Mr. and Mrs. Ace Dudly @ fine little boy. Mother and son are doing well. They are trying to find @ name for him so I guess it will be called Baby. Drt. Sellers taken dinner with Drt. Tina Hibbler Thursday. Mt. Moriah Baptist church fs get ting along nicely. Eight were baptis- ed the first Sunday in 1908. Rev. J. H, Bengham of Zion Baptist church preached the sermon at 3:30. Rev. Bengham did not leave a wheel unturned. Rev. G. W. Wright told them here is much water and he went down in the pool singing on Jordan's Stormy Banks I stand, and they put on Christ by baptism. Daughters Lizza Harreld is reported sick. Louisa J. Bruce, Tent No. 9, is be- ing called to gether again by Drt. Seller Past Q. Mother. She is doing the best she can although being sick. PRATT. KAN. The Searchlight, Wichita, Kansas, | The Second Baptist chureh is en- gaged in a very successful meeting. Pastor Turner is being assisted by Rev. H. I, Jones of Wichita. | There has already been eight ad- ditions to the church, Last Friday night will never be forgotten by the people of Pratt. Dr. Jones preached from the text, “My Spirit shall not always strive with man.” ‘The sermon was a masterpiece and at its con- clusion four made a surrender to Christ. One of the number was one of the hard sinners of the community. Up to the present there are four bap- tisms. Large audiences are attending each service and great interest is be- ing manifested. Owing to the hoarse- ness of Rev. Jones, Pastor Turner preached one of his ablest sermons Sunday morning at 1: o'clock. Prof. J. W. Boone and his manager, J. Lange, attended the revival services Sunday and rendered great assistance both piritually and financially. At night the church house was packed from the pulpit to the door and the services were excellent. ‘The meetings will continue over next Sunday. The meetings will continue over next Sun- day. The meeting is taking hold of the whole community. The collec | tions Sunday amounted to $28.80. God is truly with his people. Prof. Boone and his troupe were to have rendered musical selections on last Sunday night at the Second Bap- tist church, but received a telegram announcing the death of Miss Smith's. mother, one of the troupe. The Pro- fessor was compelled to leave before the meeting closed. Revs, Wm. Turner and H. I. Jones dined during the past week at the fol- lowing homes: Mr. Henry Gravee, Mr. and Mrs, Ed James, Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Bandy’s, Mr. and Mrs. Jasper, Mr. and Mrs. H. Reed, Mrs, Mattle Williams and Mr, and Mrs, J. W. Franklin. Mrs. E. J. Simpson of Kansas City, Mo., is visiting her son at the home of Mr. Henry Graves. Mrs, Mattle Willams and Mrs. J. P. Russel are on the sick list but are im- ‘ proving, the latter was able to attend | the revival services Sunday. Mr. Ciar- ence Simpson drove H. I. Jones over ‘to see his friend Mr. Geo. A. Williams, ‘last Friday. He and Rev. Jones were | Classmates in college. Mr, Geo. A. Williams sold a few head of cattle off of his fine farm last week. | Mr. Henry Graves is kept busy kill- jing hogs. S | ‘The division of the Rock Island din- ‘ners has been changed from Hutch- ‘inson to Pratt. Pratt is destined to become the Queen City of the South- { west. || ‘The District Sunday Schoo! Conven- tion will meet at the A. M. E. church, Rev. C. A. Wood's pastor, next Sun- day. WM. TURNER. ‘Mrs. Pearl Alston of St. Paul, Minn, is down visiting» -her ~ mother, Mra. Sarah Wilfley and-atso her sister, Mrs. Lucie Taylor of Oxford, Kan. "Will You Walk Into My Parlor?" By Armiger Barclay "You really ought not to have told me anything about it, Tom," demurred little Mrs. Levage. Little Mrs. Levage looked a trifle disappointed. In spite of her well-simulated indignation she felt all a pretty woman's interest in an affaire du coeur. Besides, she was very fond of her big nephew, Tom Rufford, and liked him none the less because he was in the habit of confiding in her at such times as the tender passion moved him. "Is she very nice?" she smiled. "She's too delightful for words! She has all the charms of the most charming women I've ever known, and none of their defects. Just think, Liane! A woman as beautiful as a goddess, and who isn't 'on the make!' You don't find 'em nowadays. I've known her for a month now, and, would you believe it, I've only been able to make her accept a few flowers—a couple of sprays of orchids. She absolutely refuses to let me spend a penny on her!" "It sounds just a little suburban, Tom." "Don't you make any mistake. You know a bit about dress and all that sort of thing, but you're not in it with her, Liane. Her dresses! Never saw anything so wonderful in my life, or so many. She goes to Katchenka's; and what her bill there must be heaven only knows!" Mrs. Levage looked at him affectionately. "Do be careful, Tom, dear," she implored. "She may be everything you think, but— You haven't been foolish enough to write her any letters, have you?" Tom's hesitation was sufficient answer. "Oh, you silly man!" she cried. "Only one, Liane—and short at that," he protested. "Yes, I know. Full of idiotic admissions. The sort of letter they scream about in the divorce court. Oh, Tom, now could you be so foolish?" "No need to distress yourself, my dear girl," he assured her. "She rounded on me quite enough herself about what she called the indiscretion of it. Told me she tore the letter in little bits directly she'd read it. So there's no harm done." "Well," said his little mentor, as she rose to go, "you're old enough to look after yourself, I suppose. No. I can't stop. My electric's waiting, and the current is running out. Tom shut the outer door of the flat, picked up a letter lying in the hall, and returned to his pleasant sitting-room. The little confidence of the morning served to whet an already ardent passion. It provided vistas of delightful reflection. Tom Rufford, in a comfortable arm-chair, with the spring sunshine brightening all around him, felt supremely happy. One thing was quite certain: Constance Windham returned his affection unselfishly. She was unhappy, and he had consoled her. Precious thought! She asked for nothing, could expect nothing more. How much better—how much purer—this than the every-day courtship that implied material returns. Tom had had one or two experiences that rankled! With a sigh of satisfaction he opened the business-looking letter that he had brought in, and began reading it. "Sir:-During her visit here yesterday, Mrs. Windham dropped a letter bearing your name and address which begins: 'My own Constance! The sweet admission that you return my love films my heart with tenderness. I adore you! For me the world begins and ends with you! When am I to see you-hold your dear dears in mine again" "I make no excuse for taking the only means in my power to obtain a settlement with Mrs. Windham. Unless I receive the letter from the £1744-60 which she owes me, I shall be compelled in self-defense, to place your letter in the hands of the lady's husband. I am, sir, obediently yours. "LUCIE KATCHENKA." What monstrous thing was this? A trade trick, or a practical joke? But the letter! The dreadful fact remained that he had written it—only two days ago! How had it got into Katchenka's hands? Had not Constance herself told him that she had destroyed it? Oh, this must be some infernal trick of the dressmaker's. Besides, how could any woman—even Constance—owe such a sum as seventeen hundred pounds for costumes? He dashed out, jumped into a cab, and in a quarter of an hour was with her. Without preamble he came to the point. "Do you owe Katchenka seventeen hundred and odd pounds? Tell me quickly," he asked, breathlessly. The lady drew herself up. "By what right do you intrude into my private concerns?" she replied, haughtily. "Don't be angry with me, Constance," he implored. "I understand your pride, your disinterestedness. But, for your own sake—and mine—you must be frank." "Even," she hesitated, affected by his earnestness, "even if I admit that unfortunately I am in debt for so large a sum, I don't see—" "Well, you'll see in a moment! Read that." She took the letter, looked at it, and then, with a cry of horror, staggered to a sofa. "Great heavens" she gasped. "I am lost!" "Then it's true! Katchenka means mischief." 4 "She must—the wretch! I musa have been mad to run up such a bill, but—" here she hid her face "I wanted to look my best—to please you. If only I had destroyed the letter!" "But you told me you had!" "Yes, I know. I meant to. But—it was the only one I had from you—and—and I treasured it so! I kept it by me to read at every opportunity. I never tired of reading it. How I dropped it I do not know; but of one thing I am sure: Katchenka will keep her word and carry out her threat if she isn't paid. Oh, it's maddening!" She buried her face in the sofa cushions and wet hysterically. Tom, sorely moved by her tears, hastened to comfort her. "Come, dearest," he murmured, "don't let this distress you so. I know it's entirely my fault that it has happened, so I—" "You shall not," she interrupted angrily. "You shall not pay my debts. Please understand I won't allow you to do that. I have been foolish, and I must take the consequences." "Do you realize what that means?" he asked, anxiously. "Your husband will have the letter and put the worst possible construction upon it. The result will be social ruin to us both. You must let me settle this affair." Mrs. Windham, with the tears streaming down her beautiful face, paced the room twice before answering. She looked at Tendler. "So be it," she said, with streaming eyes. "Do as you wish, dear one. I can give you no greater proof of my love. One day I will repay—" Tom did not wait for more. It seemed to him a matter of life and death to settle with Katchenka out of hand. He drove like a hurricane to the establishment in Albermarie street, and was kept in a state of tense anxiety until he saw the proprietress in person. She came in, a perfect figure in soft black silk, her white teeth showing in a fascinating smile. "Look here, madam," he began. "I haven't got anything like the sum you demand. I can manage five hundred—" She interrupted him with a gesture and a curiously decided shake of the head. "If you've only come to bargain, Mr. Rufford, I'm afraid I can't listen to you," she declared. "I'm sorry, but your letter is worth every penny I ask. Can't you see that Mr. Windham would give me more for it—for several rea reasons? Besides, I can't afford to lose the chance of getting a settlement of Mrs. Windham's account. Business is business, you know. If I don't have the money by three o'clock—" She shrugged her well-shapen shoulders—"I shall have to go to Mr. Windham with the letter myself. That's really all I can do." Tom left in a rage. His income was derived from landed property; and one can't mortgage that between one and three of a spring afternoon. Of ready money he had about four hundred at his bank, and that was all. There he negotiated an overdraft for five hundred more, and went on to his club, where he tried a friend or two, and drew blank. By half past two it had come to be a case of the professional usurer or nothing. The rate of interest Tom had to pay was ruinous, but he hadn't even time to resent it. It wanted but a few minutes of three when he got back to Katchenka's, paid madam the money, and received, in return, an acknowledgment in full on behalf of Mrs. Windham. "Thanks," said Tom, bitterly as he took it. "But I want the letter as well." "What letter?" asked madam. "Why, the one you wrote about—the one, Mrs. Windham dropped here." "But I haven't got it. It was never in my possession," she told him. "Not got it! You said you would take it to—to—" "I had to say that. I am sorry, but—of course—I was obliged—" Tom's temper had been strained by two hours of stress. Now it exploded—broke all bounds. He became violent, and madam, who feared the coming destruction of her valuable stock in trade, at last volunteered the admission that the words she had quoted in her letter had been dictated to her. "But who—great Scott—who dictated them?" crled Tom, bewildered and full of a new anxiety. "The best thing I can do is to let you see this," said madam, meekly. From the recesses of her rustling silk petticoat she drew an envelope. "It will show you that I have only followed instructions, and am not responsible for what has happened. Read it and convince yourself." Tom took the letter from her extended hand and read: "To Mrs. Windham.-Dear Madam: According to promise I hasten to inform you that everything is settled, and a receipt in full handed to the gentleman who brought the money. I cannot express sufficient admiration for your clever plan to secure payment of my account, and, as money is very difficult to get in at this season of the year, am more than grateful. Trusting soon to be favored with your further accounts, and to open a fresh account with you, I am, dear madam, obediently yours." "LUCIE KATCHENKA." "One thousand—seven hundred—and sixty-four pounds—live shillings for two sprays of orchids!" groaned Tom as he went out. "Whow!" (Copyright.) WICHITA SEAR HLIGHT GOOD MORNING MR SINGLEBOY OUTAGE JOURNAL A THEATER PANIC LEAP YEAR. GOOD MORNING MR SINGLEBOY BROWN CURATED JOURNAL A THEATER PANIC A FLYING MACHINE FLIES Nearly 100 Killed and as Many Others Injured at Boyertown, Pa. PICTURE MACHINE EXPLODED The Audience Made a Wild Rush for the Exits, Trampling Children to Death in its Flight. Boyertown, Pa., Jan. 14.—A catastrophe horrifying in its details and sickening in its results Monday swept nearly 100 souls of this borough into eternity in almost the twinkling of an eye and injured nearly three score, many of them fatally. A majority of the killed were members of the leading families of the town. While the Scottish Retormation was being produced in Rhodes' opera house by Mrs. Monroe, of Washington, a tank used in a moving picture scene exploded. Immediately there was a wild rush for the exits of the building. Men of mature years endeavored to still the panic but their voices could not be heard above the shrieks and screams of the terrified women and children, who composed the greater part of the audience. The actors endeavored to quiet the audience but in their anxiety to make themselves heard and to avoid the awful stampede of the women and children the coal oil lamps which were used at the footlights were overturned, setting the place on fire. The flames fed by the oil shot almost to the ceiling and there was a wild rush of the 700 persons to escape from the burning building. Scores of women and children were trampled upon and several who escaped being burned to death died after being dragged from the opera house. In many cases, it is said entire families have been wiped out. The scene which followed the explosion is indescribable. Had the women and children heeded the warning of the cooler heads in the audience the horrible loss of life might have been avoided, but there was the usual panic and stampede which invariably follows at such a catastrophe. The flames spread rapidly and communicated to the other parts of the theater. Men, women and children rushed for the many exits and the weaker sex and the children were trampled and malmed in the mad rush to gain the street. Assistance was at once asked of both Reading and Pottstown and special trains carrying nurses and doctors were rushed to the scene of the disaster. Every home within a radius of half a dozen blocks of the opera house was made a temporary hospital, where the wounded were rushed by carriages and other means of conveyances. The night was one of wailing and anguish. The shrieks of mothers who had rushed to the scene as soon as they learned of the fire was pitiful. As the night wore on the crowds surrounding the building grew to such proportions that it was almost impossible for the police force which had been augmented by a score of men from Pottstown and Reading, to keep the people back. Kansas City Depot Damaged. Kansas City, Jan. 14.—That part of the Union depot structure in the west bottoms known as the Annex, was destroyed by fire at 4:20 o'clock Monday morning. It was a two-story building, built in 1882 at a cost of $90,000. Its contents, too, were destroyed, and E. J. Sanford, president of the Union Depot company, gives $200,000 as his estimate of the total loss. Defective wiring was the cause of the blaze. Andrews Not to Resign. Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 10.—Chancellor E. Benjamin Andrews, of the University of Nebraska, Friday morning denied the rumor that he intended to resign. "There is absolutely no truth in the report," he said. YEAR. A FLYING MACHINE FLIES Henry Farnam, a French Aeronaut, Wins $10,000 Prize. The Aeroplane Carried a 50-Horse Power Motor and Described a Circular Kilometer With Ease. Paris, Jan. 14.—Henry Farnam, a French aeronaut, won the Deutsch Archdeacon prize of $10,000 by making a circular kilometer in an airship heavier than air. The successful flight was made in the presence of an official committee of the Aero club. The time was 1 minute and 28 seconds. Farman's feat was accomplished in a brilliant and impressive manner. The flight took place over a field at Issy, five miles southwest of Paris, in the presence of M. Archdeacon, M. Santos-Dumont, Count de La Vaux, Captain Farber, M. Bleriot and a score of other enthusiastic aeronauts and about 500 spectators. With the preliminary run of 100 yards over the ground the aeroplane had risen to a height of 12 or 15 feet before it reached the starting pole. Then with outstretched wings it sailed away across the field with a height of from 25 to 30 feet, going at the rate of 24 miles an hour. As it approached the outer mark it described a graceful curve, descending slightly the while. The turn was completed successfully. The wind righted the machine and the aeroplane came sailing home on an even keel. As it passed the finish mark Farnam cut off the power and the machine descended lightly to the earth, winner of the Deutsch Archdeacon prize, and the cheers of the spectators. Kansas Prohibitory Law Uphold. Washington, Jan. 14.—The supreme court of the United States Monday upheld the anti-liquor law of Kansas by affirming the decisions of the supreme court of that state in a number of cases, including that of Fritz Durien, of Shawnee county, convicted of violating the law. Durien appealed to the federal supreme court on a writ of error on the ground that the statute contravenes the federal constitution because it gives discretion to probate judges in granting permits. The decision was announced by the chief justice: There was no written opinion. Would Let Well Enough Alone. Would Let Well Enough Alone. Savannah, Ga., Jan. 14.—General Stephen D. Lee, commander-in-chief of the United Confederated Veterans in an interview Monday declared that he was opposed to the proposed reunion of the "Blue and Gray" at Washington in 1909. "Such a reunion," he said, "would bring veterans together on both sides who might be imprudent enough in bearing and language to give offense and bring bitterness where there is now good feeling. We should let we! enough alone." Still Pursuing Burton. St. Louis, Jan. 11.—The government is still trying to collect the fine of $2,500, imposed on former United States Senator Joseph Ralph Burton of Kansas, who was convicted in the United States district court here of representing get-rich-quick concerns before the postoffice department while he was senator. An application was made Thursday by United States District Attorney Blodgett to Clerk Gray of the United States circuit court for an execution against Burton. Killed by Robbers Kansas City, Jan. 14.—Sidney Herndon, owner of the Navarro flats, and a cripple, was found dead in his room in the building at noon Monday. A large hammer was found beside the body and his skull had been crushed. It is believed that Herndon was robbed and then murdered. The Week's Business Failures. New York, Jan. 12.—Business failures in the United States for the week ended January 9, number 434, against 345 last week and 283 in the like week of 1907. Official Knights & OF TABOR KANSAS—NEBRASKA JURISDICTION KNIGHTS AND DAUGHTERS OF 16 Richard Clark, 420 N TABOR. 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) 4 Mrs. Anna Fallings, 325 E. 6th, Cherryvale, Kan., 1-3 Thur. (A) 5 Mrs. Carrie Brown, 922 N. 10th, Ackhon, Kan., 4 Fri. (A) 6 Mrs. Eva Clayborne, 118 So. Mul- berry, Ottawa, Kan., 1-3 Thur. (A) 7 Mrs. Lillie Shobe, 386 N. Santa Fe, Sallina, Kan., 1-3 Fri. (A) 8 Mrs. Laura Smith, 308 E. 11th, Coffeyville, Kan., 1-3 Tues. (A) 9 Mrs. Julia Martin, 815 E. 11th, Topeka, Kansas. 10 Mrs. Ida Wallace, 446 Ark., Law- rence, Kan., 2-4 Wed. (A) 11 Mrs. Pauline Woodfork, 823 Fre- man, Kansas City, Kansas, 1-3 Mon. (A) 12 Mrs. Betty Johnson, 211 Stewart, Kansas City, Kan., 1-3 Thur. (A) 15 Mrs. S. S. Furlough, Box 405, Wein City, Kan. 16 Mrs. Mae Wilson, 1715 Clark Parsons, Kan., 1-3 Wed. (A) 17 Mrs. A. Masler, 615 So. Barber, Ft. Scott, Kan., 1-3 Sat. (A) 18 Mrs. Jennie Sellers, 2208 N. 30th, Omaha, Neb., 1-3 Thur. (A) 20 Mrs. Bessie Hall, 406 Horton, Ft. Scott, Kan. 20 Mrs. S. Montague, 406 Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Kan. 24 Mrs. Angle Garner, 704 E. 12th, Coffeyville, Kan., 1-3 Wed. (A) 28 Mrs. Anna Ray, 1412 Clark, Parsons, Kan., 1-3 Thur. (A) 29 Mrs. Lula Wood, 613 N. 4th Leavenworth, Kan. 30 Mrs. Eliza Scott, 3rd and South, Leavenworth, Kan., 1-3 Thur. (A) 32 Mrs. Salma Ester, 334 Rear Dakota St., Butte, Mont. 33 Mrs. J. L. Cobb, Bx. 384, Alliance, Neb. 34 Mrs. Mattle Miller, 335 W. 15th, Wichita, Kan., 1-3 Thur. (A) 37 Mrs. Matilda Waters. 1300 N. 6th. Atchison, Kan., 1-3 Fri. (A) 89 Mrs. Hulda Patterson, 8th and Elm, Ablene, Kan. 82 Mrs. Ada King, 808 Vermont, Lawrence, Kan, 2-4 Thur. (A) 85 Mrs. Francis Hardaman, 1801 Kansas Ave., Topeka, Kan. 92 Mrs. A. Grant, 401 So. 8th, Lincoln, Neb., 2-4 Fri. (A) 98 Mrs. Ida M. Jordan, 903 N. Western, N. Topeka, Kan., 1-3 Thur. (A) Chief Mentors. 1 Fred M. Harris, Box 1178, Weir City, Kan., 1-3 Fri. 2 J. G. Burdett, 819 N. 1st, Atchison, Kan., 1-3 Fri. 3 A. M. Herrold, Sherman Flats, Omaha, Neb., 2-4 Mon. 4 Robt. M. Jordan, 903 N. Western, N. Topeka, Kan., 1-3 Thur. 7 J. C. Coffee, 1455 N. Mosley, Wichita, Kan., Fridays. A. J. Beam, 409 Osborne, Ft. Scott, Kan., 1-3 Tue. 10 Jno M. McKinnis, 217 Sherman, Leavenworth, Kan., Mondays. 11 C. Swan, 1058 N. Mosley, Wichita, Kan., 1-3-4 Thur. 1 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. Oatsen, 1214 Lane, Topeka, Kansas, 1-3 Mon. 72 J. W. Bedell, 2127 So. 10th, Lincoln, Nebs. --- 333 TEMPLES 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. TENTS. Queen Mothers. 1 Lillie Harden, 300 Fifth St., Leavenworth, Kan., 4 Sat. (A) 2 Susan Daniels, 216 W. Wall, Ft. Scott, Kan., 2-4 Sat. (A) 3 Lizzie Weaver, 1122 Saratoga, Lincoln, Neb., 2 Fri. (A) 4 Laura Washington, 914 Walken, Kansas City, Kan., 1-8 Sat. Morn. 5 Ada Gilbert, 405 N. Santa Fe, Coffeyville, Kan., 2-4 Wed. (A) 6 Lottie Hill, 517 N. Main, Wichita, Kan., 1-3 Thur. (A) 7 Ida Stovall, 706 So. Walnut, Sola, Kan., 2-4 Sat. (A) 8 Flora Patterson, 311 W. 37th, Omaha, Neb., 1-3 Sat. (A) 10 Maggie Robinson, 911 Everett, Kansas City, Kan., 1-8 Sat. (A) 11 Mary Brown, 325 Miss, Lawrence Kan., 2-4 Sat. (A) 1 Sadie Tyler, 125 E. Riley, Atchison, Kan., 2-4 Sat. (A) 14 Arie Stone, 823 Main, Atchison, Kan., 1-3 Sat. (A) 18 A. O. Murrell, 451 So. 4th, Sarina, Kan., 1-3 Sat. (A) 19 Lizzle Herrold, Sherman Flate, Omaha, Neb., 2-4 Sat. (A) 20 Susie Willis, 2103 Grand, Parsons, Kan., 1-3 Sat. (A) Leavenworth, Kan., 8 Sat. 28 Louise Verder, 813 N. J., Lawrence, (A) Kan., 1-3 Sat. (A) 36 Hester Cornish, 811 Western, N. Topeka, Kan., 1-3 Sat. (A) 37 Jannie McAdoo, 818 N. Madison, Topeka, Kan., 1-3 Sat. (A) 45 Cynthia Henderson, 812 Washing- ton, Kansas City, Kan., 1-3 Sat. NEXT PLACE OF MEETING. The Grand Temple and Tabernacle will next meet in Atchison, Kansas, on the 21st Tuesday in July, 1908. NOTICE TABORS. If your Tabernacle, Temple or Text is not in this Directory, or if there is any error, please notify me at once. W. N. MILLER, Editor. OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. District Grand Lodge, No. 17, Kerena, G. U. O. O. F. GRAND OFFICERS 1907-8. Thos. Glover, District Grand Master, 704 N. Market St, Wichita, Kan. Chas. A. Finney, Deputy Grand Master Cherokee, Kan. P. H. Bassett, District Grand Secretary, Chetopa, Kan. H. Kindell, District Grand Director, Ft. Scott, Kan. NEXT PLACE OF MEETING. District Grand Lodge No. 17 will meet in Kansas City, Kansas, in July, 1908. In The Grocery Line Your wants need careful attention and our store is the place to get it. We handle the best of Fancy and Staple Groceries and our prices are right. Orders given prompt attention. Johnston's Restaurant 839 North Main Street Meals 15c to 25cts. Hot or Cold Lunch —At All Hours— ICE CREAM SODA POP always on ice SUNDAY DINNERS 20c and 25a. CUSTOM GKINDING A Specialty ALL KINDS OF COAL & FRED FROCHERSON BROR, PROPS. C88 M. Main St. Photo