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THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT A. L. H. Covington's Hall Wednesday night February 12th This celebration is absolutely Non sectarian Non-political, Nonpartisian, Highly Moral and Strictly Religious. Every seat in the hall will be absolutely Free. Come Early. Fine Program Consisting of Songs, Music, Speeches, Recitations, etc., etc. NINETH YEAR. Free= Absorbed To Ever Big Celebration Commemorating Abraham BORN 180 Abraham The Statesman. The Martyr Covington Wednesday Feb This celebration is absolutely partisian, Highly Moral and Stri Every seat in the lutely Free. Com Fine P Consisting of Songs, Music, S NEGRO TAUGHT WHITES. Henry Kirkland Once an Instructor In Missouri University. He is an Expert Horticulturist and Instructed Classes in Grafting Trees —Now is a Thrifty Gardener and Well to Do. Henry Kirklin is the only Negro who ever gave instruction in the University of Missouri and this was several years ago. Missouri, the Southern state that it is, has never admitted Negroes to its class room and the instruction given by Kirklin was in the open air. Prof. Tracy was then the head of the department of horticulture in the college of agriculture. He delivered all of the lectures himself, but, owing to the amount of work on his hands, he turned the practical grafting classes over to Kirklin, who had charge of the greenhouses. He taught the junior and senior classes on the horticultural grounds for three years. Henry Kirkland was specially fitted for thsi work. He lives today in Columbia and makes an excellent liv- ing from his truck garden. At the Jamestown exposition a gold medal was awarded Kirklin on the finest display of canned vegetables. Among the vegetables he displayed in liquid were cauliflower, celery, lettuce and beans. GEO. DIXON DEAD. Went The Usual Alcohol Route. Ney York.—The greatest fighter of his time and the winner of several hundred fistic encounters, George Dixon, the Negro pugilist, familiarly called Little Chocolate, died in the alcoholic ward of Bellevue Hospital, a victim of a long fight with drink. Idolized in his prime by thousands as a pugilistic hero, George Dixon passed away practically penniless and without friends. Dixon was thirty-seven years, and for many years held the title of feather weight champion. Grandma Maria Miller was taken suddenly ill Wednesday, but at this writing is much improving. LYNCHINGS ARE DECREASING. It may require either a constitutional negro hater or a "natural born" Mark Tapley to derive any satisfaction from lynching statistics. But the showing made by these grewsome figures for the past year, just compiled, is encouraging from one point of view at least. They prove that lynchings are steadily decreasing and that the bloody record for 1907 was much less than half that for 1897, while the aggregate has hown practically an annual decrease for the past eleven years. For four of those years the total was somewhat in excess of the immediately preceding year, but there was only one year since 1897 when the total was greater than that for two years before. In 1896 there were 166 illegal executions; in 1898 there were 127, a decrease of 39; in 1899 the number had fallen to 107, a decrease from the preceding year of 20 and from two years before of 59. In 1900 the total was 115, or 8 more than the previous year, while in 1901 the total was 135, an increase of 20 over the previous year and of 28 over two years before, but the five year period ending in 1901 showed 31 less than 1 first year of the period. This alarming increase was followed by as radical a decrease, the total for 1902 being only 96, a decrease of 39; the next year showed an increase of 8, the total being 104; but 1904 showed only 87, the next year 66, the next year 69 and for 1907 the total was 63. For statistical purposes alone may the word "only" be used with justification, for the total may be divided by 63 and the result cannot be contemplated without a sense of reproach. The excuses for these 63 unlawful executions furnish material for interesting analysis. Contrary to what might be expected, there is no overwhelming preponderance of crimes against women. Of the 63 victims, 18 were put to death after being accused of murder, while there were 12 assaults, 1 assault and murder and 11 attempted assaults, a total of 24 crimes of this character. When to the actual murders, which were not connected with assaults are added two lynchings for complicity in murder, the total is only 2 less than the total of all crimes and attempted crimes against women. Seven lynchings took place in riots; 3 victims were charged with burglary; 1 was charged with an insult to a woman and 1 was charged only with theft. But two of the lynchings took place north of the Mason and Dixon line, Iowa and Nebraska being the discreditable exceptions to the clean record of the north in this respect. Alabama furnished 11, Georgia 9, Louisiana 11 and Mississippi 13; South Carolina, Tennessee and Oklahoma proper had 2 each, Indian Territory had 1 and Texas had 4. Of the 63 there were 60 Negroes and 3 whites, 60 males and 3 females. The conditions revealed by these statistics are deplorable, yet there is reason for gratification in the fact that the total for 1907 is 103 less than for 1897, ten years previously. "JIM CROW" JAILS. One of Oklahoma's "judicial" freaks has at last gone the limit and ordered that in all jails in his jurisdiction there be a "Negro department" and a "White man's department." The "white man's" part of the jail has to be made so very large to hold the white inmates that the jails in this district could very appropriately be called a white man's jail. LIVES WITH FORMER SLAVE. Down in Pike county, Missouri, an aged and infirm white citizen is living with his former slave, to whom, in more prosperous days, he presented the land which is now the home of this faithful old Negro and his wife. There are places down in the new state of Oklahoma where these colored people would be promptly ordered to move In Thy Dear Eyes I know, my dear, the way is long and lonely, With scarce a star in all the shadowed skies; But Love is with us, and I see heaven only In thy dear eyes. That Love, my dear, that every burden lightens When oer my way the storm revengeful lies. But all the gloom with grace and glory brightens In thy dear eyes. —Frank L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution. THE "F By RALPP .. THE "FAKER".. By RALPH PERKINS (Copyright.) Sober, he is one of the most interesting men I know. Unfortunately, he is only sober three days a week. When I ask him the reason he merely says he doesn't know. Yesterday, when I walked into the laboratory at the back of his little village shop, he was a hand of hope epitomized. "There's something you'll like," he said, indicating a small bureau, old Spanish mahogany within, new satinwood veneer—so far unpolished—without. The veneer was inlaid with ebony lines and kingwood bands. The accuracy of the jointing was wonderful; the finish perfect. "I must come in again when I've stained and polished it," he went on; "and then you'll think it one of the best Queen Anne pieces extent." "Don't your customers ever find you out?" I ask. "I didn't know you—treated metal as well as timber," I admitted. "Sometimes. See that fireback?" I went to the corner indicated and scrutinized the fireback. As far as I could tell it was a beautiful specimen of hammer-work, bitten and worn by over two centuries of use, as its date, 1687, seemed to show. "I bought a dozen of those of different dates from a man who makes them. They're only cast; but after they had a bonfire over them in my yard for a week or two they get soft and look right enough, don't they?" I admitted that they did, flinching a bit, though, at the adjective he used. There's a regular trade between the manufacturers of faked antiques and the country dealers—more than with the London ones. Why? Well the manufacturers have discovered "Lord, no, sir! When you've pulled seventeenth-century furniture to pieces all your life, and learned the things, the tenons and mortices and the finish tell you, it's easy enough to get the right effect. The public haven't any judgment, and, for that matter, many of the London dealers aren't much better. "But this veneer—so very new," I hazarded. "Ah, waft until you see it toned down, and the drawers fitted with a set of old Boule handles and 'scutcheon I've got by me, and a few little denis hammered here and there—especially about the feet, where they get kicked. You'll not know it then. See that little black knot I've left on the face of the third drawer? That knot will take in all Wardour street!" He is always frank with me about his fakes. He seems to take a pride in being able to deceive a trained eye, and a satisfaction in explaining his dexterity. I left the bureau, and began examining a hoary-looking oak settle, gray with age. "Looks ancient, doesn't it?' he observed. "Looks!' I wondered. "Surely it's genuine?" He shook his head with a wise old smile. "It's as genuine as dilute nitric acid can make it. Oh, you needn't go by the panels. They're purposely warped with hot ammonia. The sun and rain do the rest—bleach it, you know." "But the carving?" I argued. "It's almost effaced in places." "It would be after half an hour with a sand-blast—a little thing of my own contrivance. The worm-holes I make with a very fine punch. Beginners use shot; but that's a clumsy way. Of course, the timber it's made of is old. Bits of a Charles the First table mostly. The hinges are ordinary trade copies that have lain in the wet all summer and got nicely rusted; and if you were to draw the screws that hold them you'd find they were rusty, too, and had no points. Those I filed off, and then hammered the heads a bit." THE CHEEKY PLAINFIELD COOK. Story Used by Dr. Hill to Rebuke Ultra-Socialist. A Bucknell university professor was talking about David Jayne Hill, the successor in the Berlin embassy to Charlemagne Tower. "Dr. Hill," he said, "impressed us here—you know he was our president for a number of years—no less with his wit than with his learning. He had thought and written on many sub- "I didn't know you—treated metal as well as timber," I admitted. "Sometimes. See that fireback?" I went to the corner indicated and scrutinized the fireback. As far as I could tell it was a beautiful specimen of hammer-work, bitten and worn by over two centuries of use, as its date, 1687, seemed to show. "I bought a dozen of those of different dates from a man who makes them. They're only cast; but after they're had a bonfire over them in my yard for a week or two they get soft and look right enough, don't they?" I admitted that they did, flinching a bit, though, at the adjective he used. "There's a regular trade between the manufacturers of faked antiques and the country dealers—more than with the London ones. Why? Well, the manufacturers have discovered that people go into the country districts now hunting for antiques. They think the things they pick up there must be genuine. The simple country-man inspires confidence! There's nothing hardly that can't be imitated," he went on. "It's merely a question of time—and skill, of course, and it's only by accident—or talking, as I'm doing—that the fact's discovered. But when a man knows he can take in an expert its difficult for him to keep it to himself. That is, if he's got a sense of humor. Do you think that Syrian gold-work they had at the Louvre would have been known as a forgery if somebody hadn't talked? No, indeed! There's china now. People always think its above suspicion; but you just look at those two china cows on the shelf there. One's genuine old Stafford—the other isn't. Can you tell the difference?" I used a pocket magnifying glass this time; but at the end of several minutes I came to the conclusion that they were identical, and said so. "I gave 50 cents for the imitation one, but I can't tell which of them now," he admitted. "And the selling price?" I inquired. "Twenty-five dollars each. One of them's worth that. After all, it doesn't really matter, for there's no difference between them intrinsically." His ethics are summed up in that observation. Given perfect workmanship and material, he argues that if the imitation is as good as the original, there is no dishonesty in selling it as such. He has a supreme contempt for the indifferent craftsman. A flaw in his own work will condemn it. It must be above suspicion before it leaves his workshop. He knows everything there is to know about furniture, faience, tapestry, pewter, Jacobebone glass, Adams' brass-work, colored prints, old Sheffield plate, and a hundred other things. His shop is full of them. He buys most of them from the surrounding farmers, who are ignorant of their value; and his profits go in old brandy. Some of it is as antique as his goods. "If I am the same of them," he "If I were like some of them," he jects—psychology, rhetoric, socialism, finance—and to hear him discuss these subjects was a delight. I heard him take down one day an ultra-socialistic student. "Young man,' he said, 'you and your extravagant friends remind me in your attitude toward capital, of a Plainfield cook's attitude toward her mistress. One Christmas time, when I lived at Plainfield, a lady sent her cook out to buy the Christmas turkey. But when the cook returned, she had two chickens. (Copyright.) resumes, "I might have made a mint of money. I've seen the trend of public taste for 50 years—and always been able to anticipate it. When people lived with heavy Victorian mahogany I laid in a little stock of Sheraton and Chippendale. When they changed from that, I was ready for them with Hepplewhite and Adam. I foresaw the craze for Empire things, and now—well, I'll tell you something, and you can go away and make money out of it. The curio-hunters will be running after Italian furniture next. Not quinque-cento stuff—it's not sufficiently comfortable; but Venetian chairs of carved walnut—the semi-circular shape—upholstered in old rose and gold brocade. And they'll want Italian walnut paneling with the fine, simple pattern in relief, and Della Robbla ware to go with it. Lord! If they would only walk down the long carved-wood gallery at the South Kensington museum! It's there for those who have eyes to see!" He paused for a moment. "And I can make it all just as well—and you couldn't tell the difference!" He does not leave off working while he talks. That would be an extravagance, with only three working days in his week. Just then he was fret-sawing the yellow ivory keys of some ancient piano into suitable shapes wherewith to inlay a little brand-new ebony table that presently will appeal to some connoisseur as a perfect specimen of the cabinet-making of the period of Louis XVI. I ask concerning its future. "I shall probably keep it some months," he says, "until some London dealers have made me offers for it. They often come down to pick up bargains," he chuckles. "After they've nibbled, I shall put it into a farm-house sale of sufficient importance for the catalogues to be sent up to town. Then they'll come down and bid against one another for it, and somebody will ultimately buy it for double or treble the amount he first offered me. Do you know," he pursues, "that antiques—or my equivalents—fetch more at a sale of a yeoman's property in the country than would be given for them at Christie's? Strange, isn't it?" And in a London paper recently And in a London paper recently I read a discussion on the question— "Are country people dull?" Pest of Lumber Trade. The forest service has undertaken experiments at Bogalusa, La., with the object of rendering lumber immune from the attacks of bluing, thereby stopping what at present is a serious loss. Bluing is due to the growth of low forms of fungi, all of which probably belong to the genus Ceratostomella. This plant is too low in the scale of life to produce true seeds, but as a substitute it produces microscopic organisms called spores, which when ripe are carried away by the wind in countless numbers. The air of forests, and especially around many lumber yards, is so infested with such spores that when timber is placed in the yard to dry it is infected with them. If the timber happens to be moist and possesses necessary food to support the life of the plant the spores immediately germinate and send little threads, or hyphae, into the tissues. Their action decomposes the sap and causes the wood to become discolored. The deterioration in value of lumber on account of this pest amounts to thousands of dollars each year.—American Industries. For Enlightenment of Thibetans. The construction of a telegraph line into Lhassa, the capital of Thibet, has been sanctioned. This innovation was recommended by the Chinese president at Lhassa, who, since the advent of the British expedition of 1904, has been working for the enlightenment of Thibetans. The throne, furthermore, will give hospitals, schools and a mail service to Lhassa, and it is reported that a request has been made for permission to publish a newspaper there. "'Martha," the lady said, "I told you to get a turkey, not chicken." "'I know, mum,' Martha answered, "but I don't like turkey.'" Intelligence of Flowers Maurice Maeterlinck has discoursed at length on the intelligence of the flowers and argues for but one all-pervading mind, one intelligence and reservoir of consciousness in nature whereunto the individual plant and man have access according to his capacity. NO BLESSING FOR HER. Disappointed Youngster Discriminated in His Prayer. For several weeks, Little Ralph had enjoyed the use of a Shetland pony, the property of a horse dealer who was a friend of the family. But much to Ralph's sorrow, there came a day recently when the pony was sold, and the delightful horseback rides came to a sudden end. The purchaser, as Ralph found out by inquiry, was a little girl of about his own mature age of five. Ever since his acquaintance with the pony began, Ralph had included him in his bedtime prayer, and "God bless the pony," was an earnest mighty petition. The first evening after the sale of the pony, Ralph hesitated when he reached his pet's place in the prayer. Then, after moment's thought, he continued: "Please, God, bless the pony just the same; but, God, don't you bless the little girl what's got the pony." ITCHING HUMOR ON BOY His Hands Were a Solid Mass, and Disease Spread All Over Body —Cured in 4 Days By Cuticura. "One day we noticed that our little boy was all broken out with itching sores. We first noticed it on his little hands. His hands were not as bad then, and we didn't think anything serious would result. But the next day we heard of the Cuticura Remedies being so good for itching sores. By this time the disease had spread all over his body, and his hands were nothing but a solid mass of this itching disease. I purchased a box of Cuticura Soap and one box of Cuticura Ointment, and that night I took the Cuticura Soap and lukewarm water and washed him well. Then I dried him and took the Cuticura Ointment and anointed him with it. I did this every evening and in four nights he was entirely cured. Mrs. Frank Donahue, 208 Fremont St., Kokomo, Ind., Sept. 16, 1907." A RESOLUTION TO BE REPT. Mr. Woodson resolves that he will never again wear a high hat when snowballs are ripe. Mr. Woodson resolves that he will never again wear a high hat when snowballs are ripe. Homer Folks, New York's noted authority on charity, said the other day of an applicant for help: "His recommendation was not very satisfactory. It reminded me of a woman I heard about recently. "Somebody said to this woman's husband: "So you've insured in the Blank company, eh? Who on earth induced you to choose that of all concerns? "My wife,' was the reply. 'She says they issue the prettiest calendars." A very stout person named Gray Was asked why he stood in this way. "It is," he replied. "A matter of pride; For it makes me look taller, they say!" A very snout person named Gray Was asked why he stood in this way. "It is," he replied, "A matter of pride; For it makes me look taller, they say!" Coffee Finally Had to Go. The way some persons cling to coffee even after they know it is doing them harm, is a puzzler. But it is an easy matter to give it up for good, when Postum Food Coffee is properly made and used instead. A girl writes: "Mother had been suffering with nervous headaches for seven weary years, but kept drinking coffee. "One day I asked her why she did not give up coffee as a cousin of mine had done who had taken to Postum. But Mother was such a slave to coffee she thought it would be terrible to give it up. "Finally, one day, she made the change to Postum, and quickly her headaches disappeared. One morning while she was drinking Postum so freely and with such relish I asked for a taste. "That started me on Postum and I now drink it more freely than I did coffee, which never comes into our house now. "A girl friend of mine, one day, saw me drinking Postum and asked if it was coffee. I told her it was Postum and gave her some to take home, but forgot to tell her how to make it. "The next day she said she did not see how I could drink Postum. I found she had made it like ordinary coffee. So I told her how to make it right and gave her a cupful I made, after boiling it fifteen minutes. She said she never drank any coffee that tasted as good, and coffee is banished from both our homes." Name given by Postum Co. Battle Creek, Mich. Read the little book "The Road to Welville" in pikes. "Reason" THIS LAW IS VOID THIS LAW IS VOID Missouri Cannot Prevent Foreign Corporation Transferring Suits to Federal Courts. JUDGE M'PHERSON DECIDES The Right is Granted by Federal Constitution and Act of Congress Kansas City, Jan. 21.—Judge Smith McPherson, in the United States district court here Monday, declared void and unconstitutional the statute passed by the Missouri legislature in 1907 forbidding foreign corporations from transferring suits brought against them from the state to the federal court upon pain of forfeiture of their charters. The application of the Rock Island, the Santa Fe, the St. Louis, Kansas City & Colorado, the Milwaukee & St. Paul and the Chicago & Alton Railway companies for an injunction to prevent John E. Swanger, secretary of state, from enforcing the law, was granted by the court. Judge McPherson, in his decision, goes into the law of the case at great length and quotes freely from previous decisions to sustain his position. In concluding Judge McPherson held as follows: "The Missouri statute of 1907 is void because it allows a resident company to sue in the federal court, if there is a federal question, and denies that right to a non-resident company. "Regardless of the last preceding statement, the statute is void because it seeks to take from the complainant its right to bring or remove a case to the United States court, which right is given by the constitution and the act of congress, which by article 6 of the constitution is declared to be 'the supreme law of the land, anything in the constitution or laws of any state to the contrary notwithstanding.' "The statute is void because it is an effort to not only impair, but to repudiate the contract of the state made with the company, by which it was induced to come into the state, making investments in large sums, and was authorized to do a state business, but now declaring that it shall not do such business thereby rendering it insolvent, and taking from the people along its line the use of a railway for state business, unless the company will surrender under coercion rights given it by the national constitution and valid enactments of congress. "This court recognizes the rule that presumptively all legislation is valid. But it is only a presumption, and in no sense conclusive. This court recognizes that all doubts should be solved in favor of upholding legislation. But there are no doubts in this case. "This court recognizes that the secretary of state will be enjoined from doing that which he is commanded to do by state legislation. But it is also well known that if this court is in error there can be a reversal by the supreme court within less than a year of time. "There is but a single question presented. The complainant asserts rights under the national constitution and laws enacted by congress. The defendant asserts rights under an act of the Missouri legislature, and insists that there is no conflict. "This court holds that there is a conflict. And there being a conflict, the one or the other must give way. And the constitution and laws of congress being the supreme law of the land, of course the enactments of the state must yield. "The application for an injunction is sustained." Cortelyou Heard From Washington, Jan. 21.—Just before the senate adjourned Monday Senator Aldrich received a letter from Secretary Cortelyou explaining the delay in replying to the resolution calling on him for information concerning the recent Panama canal bond issue and the letter was laid before the senate. Earlier in the day Senator Tillman indulged in caustic comment upon what he characterized as the secretary's apparent "disobedience" to a senate resolution. The secretary stated that possibly he might have the information ready by the first of next week. A Kansas Banker Arrested. Great Bend, Kan., Jan. 22.—President W. Leo Bochemohle, of the Bank of Ellinwood, at Ellinwood, Kan., was arrested Tuesday by order of Deputy Bank Examiner Watson on the charge of having sworn falsely on December 5, 1907, concerning the condition of the bank. There appeared two notes among the assets, one of $3,500 and the other of $8,000, as being still in force when both had been paid. Bochemohle was brought to this city and his hearing set for next Saturday. His bond was fixed at $5,000 and was furnished. Shaw Quits Trust Company. New York, Jan. 22.-Leslie M. Shaw has resigned the presidency of the Carnegie Trust company which he assumed early last March on his retirement from the treasury portfolio at Washington. Another Missouri City Dry. Marshall. Mo., Jan. 22—Marsall went dry Tuesday by a vote of 616 to 440. The total vote was 4,886, being 300 more than was ever cast in the history of the city on any proposition. You Look Prematurely Old WORK WEAKENS KIDNEYS. The Experience of Mr. Woods Is the Experience of Thousands of Others. Bernard P. Woods of Jackson street, Lonaconing, Md., says: "Hard work and heavy lifting weakened my kidneys. I was tired every morning and my limbs stiff and sore. Dizzy spells and headaches were frequent, and the kidney secretions much disordered. and heavy lifting weakened my kidneys. I was tired every morning and my limbs stiff and sore. Dizzy spells and headaches were frequent, and the kidney secretions much disordered. This continued for fifteen years and until I began using Doan's Kidney Pills. 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Come to the Nursery Wichita Nursery Glen White is reported to have enlisted in the United States army at Kansas City, and is going to be a soldier boy now. F. M. Marvin of 228 N. Main is mounting two large bald American eagles killed in Oklahoma. They are monsters, and measure 6 feet 10 inches from tip to tip of wings. They are curious looking birds. Theh B. T. W. Club met on Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Fred Martin. Quite an enjoyable meeting was had—the main feature being extemporaneous speeches being made by each member. Western U. 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Of Western University QUINDARO, KS Residence Phone No.15 Office Phone 1423 Immediately after adjournment a delicate luncheon was served by the hostess. The club will meet next Thursday with Mrs. Ambrose Morris. FRATT. KAN. The great revival at the 2nd Baptist church closed Sunday night when Dr. H. I. Jones of Wichita preached the closing sermon of the meeting from the text "The great day of His wrath is come." The meeting was a very successful one; six conversions and 5 joined the church by experience, making a total of eleven. Last Sunday morning Pastor W. M. Turner preached to good congregation at 11 o'clock. The sermon was full of thought. Rev. Jones preached to a good audience at 3:30 p. m. This sermon was to the women and all declared it a great sermon. The meeting was truly the greatest ever held in Pratt. Rev. Turner and Jones left Monday morning for their homes in Wichita. Dr. Jones will never be forgotten by the people of Pratt. He and Pastor Turner were laden with various products of our farming community as well as those in the city. Sunday the pastor will preach morning and evening. We all feel proud of our pastor and he has the best wishes of the people of Pratt irrespective of denominations. The revival at the A. M. E. church begins Sunday evening. Mrs. W. H. Reed went to Wichita last Monday and is the guest of Mrs. W. M. Turner. Rev. Jones and Turner were the guests at dinner during the week with: Mr. Wallace, Mr. and Mrs. Russell, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. Ed. James, Sr., Mrs. Mattle williams, Mr. and Mrs. Candy Martin, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Franklin, and Mr. and Mrs. Alex Stevens. Rev. Jones was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. D. A. James while in the city. Mr. Russel and Mr. Nath. Gordon led prayer meeting at the 2nd Baptist church on Wednesday night. OMAHA NEWS. The Lord is blessing the poor people with lovely weather. The sun is shining hot. Drt. Jannie Cook is still on the sick DEPARTMENTS We have it or anything in the Sporting Goods line. Bicycle Repairing a Specialty. Wichita Bicycle & Sporting Goods Company Phone 545 230 N. Main st. Rev. P. Jiles is no better. Drt. Laura Sandiford is on the sick list. Drt. Liza Harrard is much improved. Sir John Bruce is able to be out agin. Drt. Nellie Harrison was taken home very sick from the funeral last Tuesday, but some better at this priting. Louisa J. Bruce No. 9, had a lovely meeting Saturday. Meeting opened by Drt. Sellers, P. Q. Mother Queen, Mother Bunel served candy to all the little ones. The churches are getting along nicely Drt. Carie Henry is much improved in health. Drt. Sellers taken supper with Drt. L. Sandiford Friday evening. Drt. Sellers addressed the Calvary Baptist Sunday school at 2:30 Sunday. She spoke very encouraging to about thirty who said she did not speak long enough. This S. S. is under the leadership of Bro. C. P. Wright who is much interested in the Lord's work. Rev. Todd spoke in the evening to the church and his text was "Have Faith in God. The Lord met him and the spirit was felt by all. Drt. Sellers was entertained Sunday at dinner by Drt. Jennie Bowman. Covers was laid for seven. The Bsuy Bee Club will give an entertainment Jan. 24 in South Omaha. Committee: Jennie Bowman, Irene Philip, Minnie Patton, Effie Tenell, Laura Sandiford, Alice Perkins. This committee will have everything good to eat. St. Maria Tab. No. 18 is doing nicely. They have one new member and 3 others offered for the next meeting. The Daughters are all in love and unison with only one sick member. Pearly Rose Tabernacle No. 77, is in peace and harmony. We have a good many sick. Drt. Emma Gaines our Grand High Priest has been very sick but is up again. Drt. Maggie Moss is on the sick list, Drt. Ellen Norris is on the sick list, Drt. Roxy Rileford is on the sick list, Drt. Mary Scott is on the sick list, Drt. Sallie Lenear is on the sick list. Drt. Drucila Finley of the Tabernacle of Denver, Colo., is very sick in Topeka. Yes Sir, TOPEKA, KAN Pearly Rose Tabernacle No. 77 received a loving letter and free dispensation from our Grand Chief Mentor, Rev. Frank Wilson. The members are always glad to receive a letter from him and all of the other Grand officers and we thank him very much, and we expect to get all the good members we can in the next 60 days. We expect to have a joint meeting in the near future. May God's blessing be added to the entire jurisdiction of the Grand United Order of Twelve. DRT. SARAH WEDDINGTON, 634 Bruce St. High Priest. NORTH TOPEKA, KAN. St. Luke Temple No. 5, is progress- Mr. Robert Jordan C. M. and are continually adding new members. The Lord has blessed the temple. e have not had any death and haven't had any sick members since the Temple has set up. The Temple was organized 1906, Nov. 20th. So the Lord has blessed us abundantly. Our Temple meets regular 1st and 3rd Thursday nights of each months. The Knights all have explicit confidence in their Chief Mentor. All of his Knights love him dearly as a Christian gentleman. The Temple has worked together in peace, harmony and love with each other. Robert Jordan, C. M. Joe Walker, C. S. Macedonia Tabernacle No. 93 is propressing nicely and art in a healthy condition. All of the members are at peace under the supervision and leadership of Mrs. Ida M. Jordan, H. P. Sarah McElsoy, C. R. SALINA, KAN., NEWS. Salina Sunbeam Tabernacle is doing fine under the leadership of Drt. Lillie Shobe. All members are well. Star of the West is on a high plane of progress under the supervision of Drt. A, O. Murrell. Several new members have been recently added. Every Knight and every Daughter should read the Wichita Searchlight. TOPEKA, KANSAS. There was a grand reception given O'Brien in honor of Rev. Frank Wilson and wife, given by Pearly Rose Tabernacle No. 77, and Sunny Side Temple No. 59. There was about fifty guests present and a handsome present given by Pearly Rose Tabernacle; a pair of portlers. Persons present: Rev. C. G. Fishback, C. G. O.; Mr. and Mrs. Sims, Mr. and Mrs. Davis, Mr. and Mrs. McNight, Mr. and Mrs. Ramsey, Mr. and Buffington, Mr. and Mrs. McAdoo, Mr. and Mrs. Pool, Mrs. Morton, Mrs. Clinksale, Mr. and Mrs. Jordan, Mrs. Clark, Mrs. Susie Weddington, Mrs. T. Stearns, Mrs. B. Morton, Mrs. Moss, Mrs. Hoe, Wm. Core, Mrs. M. Nickles, Mrs. Wadson, Mr. and Mrs. Williams, Miss Ramsey, Miss Davis, Miss M. Williams, Mrs. M. Jones, Rev. and Mrs. Harte, Rev. and Mrs. Nicks, Mrs. Telles, Mrs. A. Buckner, Miss N. Ellis, Out of town guests: Mrs. L. Smith, Miss M. Spiers, Mrs. E. Hall, T. Gains, N. Chiles. Two maids of honor at the punch bowl: Miss Sonora Weddington, Miss Lela Graham. Mrs. Core, Mrs. A. Williams, Mrs. Lenear, Mrs. M. Jones assisted the hostess. Following the waiters: Mr. Albert Konly, Mr. Ellijah Scott, Mr. Joe McNight, Mr. Clead Aglobie. Mrs. Sarah Weddington received and they all reported a pleasant time. NEWTON, KANSAS. The Sixth anniversary and reception given by the ladies of the N. U. G. club at the cosy home of Mrs. S. Dickerson 323 E. 8 street. A short program was rendered. Address by the pres. Mrs. A. L. Ford; vocal solo Mrs. Geo. Payne; Club Work Among Women, Mrs. Will Coleman. A dainty 3 course luncheon was served. Those present Rev. and Mrs. McClain, Mr. and Mrs. S. Dickerson, Mr. and Mrs. John Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Hays Petree, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Reerley, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Payne, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Gross, Mr. and Mrs. U. S. Rickman, Mr. and Mrs. John Lawson, Mrs. A. L. Ford, Mrs. Charley Miller, Mrs. A. J. Tandy, Miss Callie Anderson, Mr. W. H. Lapalge, Miss Christina Kinney. The N. U. G. Club meet Monday afternoon, Jan. 20th, 1908, at the residence of Mrs. W. H. Reereley, 312 E. Seventh street. Their next meeting will be with Mrs. Childs on West 5th. Miss Carrie Carter of Hutchinson, has been in the city visiting with Mrs. Howard Warsham. Mr. Thomas McWorter of Valley Center, was in the city this week. Walter Patterson of Florence, was in the city this week. Miss Nora Hyder of Oklahoma is in the city visiting with her sister Mrs. Geo. Johnson. Remember the social given at A. M. E. church next Wednesday night by the young men of the choir. All are cordially invited to attend. CHERRYVALE. KANSAS. Helping Hand Tabernacle No. 4, all of the Daughters are well at present. Daughter Frances Whaton has had a very sick daughter, but she is improving very nicely now. We are having some very fine weath- A little grief, a little mirth, To smooth the stony paths of earth; A little May, a little June— And lo! the clock is telling noon. A little doubt, a little hope, To sweeten life and give it scope; A little dark, a little light— And lo! the clock's run down at night. —William Wallace Whitelock, in N. Y. Sun. THE OLD JOCKEY By Armiger Barclay. The old jockey is not so very old, but chronic rheumatism and the accident that put an end to his racing career make him look it. It is many a day since he sat in a two-pound saddle and felt the mighty sinews of a trained thoroughbred under him, or knew the fierce rush and strain of a hard-fought race. But I remember him the beau ideal of a medium-weight horseman, active and fearless; and whenever I find myself in the village where he is ending life's race I stop for a chat, and to listen to his memories of the brave days of long ago. The little man receives me with the easy, respectful manner that comes of association with the great ones of the turf. As he rises from the chair by the fire his hand goes to the spot where his forelock used to grow. "Ay, sir, eight-thirteen as I am," he says in answer to my usual question—for he still clings to the old, daily habit of going to scale, and it would disappoint him were I to forget it. "But I'm gettin' a bit suspicious of the scales over at the mill. It's worryin' to think that, perhaps, they're a few ounces out. And to be weighed like a sack of flour, too! Times have changed!" I watch his eyes go sadly to the corner where his six-ounce riding boots—very old, but newly polished—stand with the trees in them; then to the worn racing saddle on its bracket, and the double-reined snailbride that hangs below it. The leather is glossy with soft soap, the stirrups and bit as bright as new silver. The gear wouldn't be safe to ride in after 20 years of disuse, but that never occurs to the old jockey. They get their weekly attention in readiness for the mount that will never come. "The weather, too!" he goes on. "Here's the first July meeting comin' on and I'm covered up in flannels as if I was going for a sweat up the Limekilns! Seems strange to be sittin' over the fire at midsummer and readin' of a cold Ascot, don't it, sir." "A strange Ascot altogether, Tom," I agree. He purses his thin lips severely. "Ah, sir, you may well say that when the gold cup's took from under the very eyes of the police and the stewards. Such a thing couldn't have happened in my time. The gold cup!" he gasps. "I should have liked to see the race for it, though. The horses seem to have made a good finish of it." "Oh, the boys," he corrects. He always speaks of present-day jockeys as boys. "I don't know about them. I don't hold, and never shall, with a stirrup-leather six inches too short. Yes, sir, I know what you're goin' to say about Sloan and the rest; but they had the pick of the mounts and would have got winnin' brackets whether they rode short or long. Go anywhere and watch a start, as I did two years ago, and see how helpless every blessed boy is directly his mount gives him any trouble. And then when the flag falls—or this new gate thing starts them. Hardly a one with his horse's hind legs properly under him! As for getin' the last ounce out of an animal at the finish, how's it possible to hold him together, to feel his heart beatin' through the saddle flaps, to nurse him and push him when you can't get your legs down to grip and squeeze until you and the horse are part of one another?" The American seat is the old jockey's pet aversion. "Bumpin' and borin', this White Knight and the French horse? Of course they were—both of 'em" he proceeds. "What else can you expect when their jockeys are crouchin' over their horses' ears without any purchase on the reins? What's to prevent one of 'em savaging the other when there's nothin' controlin' his mouth?" In his day he has been at grips with old John Osborne, and Custance, and the Challoners. He has fought a ding-dong finish against the redoubtable Tom Cannon, laid neck-to-neck with the "Tinman," and if anyone should know the whole art of riding it is he. "That's what stops 'em. I get that riled, sir, when I read about horses bein' pulled, I can't tell you! Who wants to pull a horse when the easiest way to make him lose is to ride him with a slack rein? Just think for a moment. The breed's always improvin', and yet, times are no faster than they were in my day. And why? Because it's the horses who do the racin' by themselves. With this American seat they get no help from the chaps on their backs!" Only those who have worn silk have a right to argue the debatable question. I avoided it by asking the old jockey whether such a charge as that against Stern grasping his opponent's leg has ever come under his own notice. "No," he says; "though I shouldn't be surprised if he did. He probably (Copyright.) old. saved himself from falling off that accel- way! But I've seen a jockey get his racing knee in front of another's and keep it many there!" "And then?" "Then all he had to do was to sit still and let the other chap shove him along! You see, the other chap couldn't help himself. He was on the near-side rails and daren't edge closer to get clear. All he could do was to shorten his whip and flog the leg that lay tight alongside his own in the hope of shiftin' it. And I must say he tried, too! When they passed the post, with a short head between them, the winner's breeches was cut to ribbons and covered with blood!" "Of course he was disqualified?" I suggest. "With a leg like that? Not much, sir! The other chap didn't dare say a word—till afterwards. And what's said in the jockeys' dressin' room isn't generally meant for publication!" "But what about the stewards? Didn't they want an explantion?" "Oh, yes. The stewards always do! And they got one. The winner asked them not to be too hard on the poor chap who was second, because he hadn't time to change his whip-hand, and the other chap said that was so, and how sorry he was!" "What is said in the jockeys' dressing room won't, of course, always bear repeating?" I observe with a smile. The old jockey looks thoughtfully into the fire. "It's a long while ago, and, besides, I wasn't in it, so I don't see why I shouldn't tell you," he says presently. "You know the jockeys' room in the corner of the paddock at Newmarket? Well, it was at one of the second October meetings, and a trainer—his name don't signify—must have overheard somethin' he wasn't Z. He Rises from the Chair by the Fire. intended to, and at the bottom of the steps he met an owner who asked him if he knew anythin' for the next race. 'Yes, sir,' he says, 'I've just heard the jockys up there arrangin' what's to win, if that's known' anythin'!' The owner looks a bit surprised. 'Of course you're goin' to tell the stew- ards?' he says. 'No, sir, I'm goin' to back it,' says the trainer. And he did!" "And the owner? It would be interesting to know what the owner did," I venture. "Oh, I daresay he had a horse of his own in the race and thought it couldn't lose. They've wonderful confidence, some of them. I remember once I was ridin' for one of that sort. There were only two runners; all the others had scratched. Goin' up to the post, my gentleman—he hadn't been at the game long—did nothin' but explain what a cert was on, how to ride him, and how far to win. Well, I was beaten in the first quarter of a mile—left standin' still; and do what I could, I was 50 yards behind when the other horse passed the box. When I got to the welgin' room, my owner waitin' for me with a face like thunder. 'What the prayers and blessin' do you mean by losin' all that way?' he asks. 'Mean?' I says. 'Why, your horse couldn't gallop for thinkin' of the instructions he heard you givin' me. I had to ride him like blazes to get last!!" He looks up with a pathetic' little smile. "I'm last now—left standin' still, myself!" he murmurs shakily. I reassure him. Yet, soon, I know, the weighingout bell will ring in his ears for the last time, and then may the old jockey get off well as the flag falls and "finish" in style! Trees in Cape Verde Islands. The big trees in California are not the only ones of their age. In the Cape Verde islands there is a baobab tree at least 5,000 years old. There are two authentic cases of parrots who lived over 100 years. HOG BREEDER'S LARGE CIRCULAR FARROWING Type of Building in Use by W. A. Harding, Sue Breeder of Minnesota. HOG BREEDER'S LARGE CIRCULAR FARROWING HOUSE Type of Building in Use by W. A. Harding, Successful Swine Breeder of Minnesota. Our illustration was made from a photograph of the farrowing pen on the farm of W. A. Harding of Minnesota. The diagram shows the ground floor plan of the house. On farms where large herds of pure-bred hogs are maintained the question of proper farrowing pens is one which always brings forth considerable discussion. Among breeders in general the opinion seems to be about equally divided between large farrowing houses and individual pens. Of the former type the house described herewith is one of the most practical and best arranged that has ever come to our notice. Its particularly commendable features are the ample provision for outside yards, the room upstairs for grain and dry straw and the close proximity of the swill barrel to the feeding troughs. In the ground plan of the house as given herewith the spaces marked aa are the outside walls of the house itself, these measuring nine feet on each of the ten sides. Walls marked bb are the partitions between the pens, each being ```markdown ``` ```markdown ``` Exterior View of Farrowing Pen. eight feet in length; cc represent the sliding doors located one in each pen and leading into the outer yard, h, which measures 32 feet on three of its sides, the outside wall of the house making the fourth side. In the center marked x, is a ring 12 feet in diameter, in the center of which is a hydrant g, running from an elevated tank outside to the swill barrel f. The feed is stored in four bins on the second floor and is placed in the barrel by simply pulling a slide in the spouts from the Floor Plan of Farrowing Pen. bins above. The sliding doors ee open from each pen into the ring so that sows and pigs can be easily moved from one part of the house to another. For handiness and time of feeding the arrangement of this house is unexcelled as it is scarcely two stems from the swill barrel to the Make Yourse Make Yourself a Log Boat A convenient boat for dragging logs is shown in the illustration. The runners, d. d., are two by six inches, and three and a half feet long. A mortise is made at h for the chain to pass through. The cross piece c is four by seven inches and three and a half feet long and worked down to four and a half inches in the middle. Notches The Satisfactory Flock.—The only satisfactory flock to most men is the one that is of high quality, whether it be a large flock or a small flock. We know of men that have large flocks in which they are greatly interested and in which they find a continual interest. We also know of men that have small flocks of which they are proud, but in all cases the flocks have a uniformity in appearance and have uniform blood lines. A mixed flock is almost never satisfactory to the man that owns it. There is a desire to see things in uniform, even farm fowls. Nothing is more pleasing to the poultry raiser than to have a good flock of fowls all of the same general type. --- LARGE BROWING HOUSE A. Harding, Successful Swine Minnesota. trough in each one of the nine pens. It might be well to mention here that the tent pen, being the one that faces directly north and thus receiving the least light is used for an entrance into the building. Another great advantage of this style of house over the square or rectangular house is the great roomy outside yards which are provided for each sow and her litter. The diameter of this house is about 30 feet and the posts are 14 feet in length, which gives room to store plenty of grain and several loads of dry straw for bedding on the upper floor. The cement floor in this house was put down by a cement contractor and cost about $60. The carpenter work, which was all hired, cost $52. The lumber bill for this house can only be estimated as other buildings were erected at the same time. The house is double boarded and papered up to the second floor. The cost of the necessary material of good quality would probably be in the neighborhood of $160. Where a large number of sows are kept in the herd the sow ```markdown ``` and litter can be transferred to outside individual pens after the pigs are a week or ten days old and other sows can be placed in the warm farrowing houses.—The Farmer. Have Sows Farrow at Same Time.—In growing swine for market it is a good thing to plan to have all the litters of somewhere near the same age. To accomplish this it will be necessary to breed the sows so that they will come in at periods reasonably close together. The advantage of this point is that it is much easier to feed hogs of something like the same size. They will feed more evenly and when put on the market will present a more uniform appearance, all of which points are profitable. Cure for Chicken Cholera.—A sure cure for chicken cholera. Get five cents' worth of permanganate of potash and dissolve it in a quart of lukewarm water. For chickens which have cholera give one or two drops in a teaspoonful of water three times a day. As a preventative make the drinking water a light red once a week. Don't Forget the Green Food.—Green food is of great assistance in securing thrifty, vigorous chicks and the most rapid growth. It may be supplied in various forms and ways. In the spring, while the weather is still cool, one of the best supplies is lettuce. lf a Log Boat are cut into the cross piece four inches wide and two inches deep to receive the scantling e, e, two by four inches, and three feet long, which are fastened down by strong bolts as shown at the dotted lines f, f. The two bolts in front b, b, b go through the scantling, plank and runner, while the bolts g, g, pass only through the plank and runner. A Common Mistake.—A common mistake is often made by not providing breeding herds sufficient room for exercise. They are often put into warm winter quarters that have only small yards in connection. This doesn't give them proper room and it tends to make them fat and sluggish. Of all things this should be avoided in breeding stock of any kind as ample range will go a long way toward getting breeding hogs in good condition. Keep at Him.—It's impossible to reach the fellow who doesn't read, but it is possible to get the man interested ed who reads but does not practice. --- Official Knights & Knights & Daughters OF TABOR KANSAS—NEBRASKA JURIS KNIGHTS AND DAUGHTERS OF TABOR. REV. FRANK WILSON, C. G. M. 1715 Clark Ave.. Parsons, Kan. 16 Richard Omahu 17 Rev. Al Coffey 18 Iae Tho KANSAS—NEBRASKA JURISDICTION 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, Atchison, Kan., 2-4 Fri. (A) 6 Mrs. Eva Clayborne, 118 So. Mulberry, Ottawa, Kan., 1-3 Thur. (A) 7 Mrs. Lillie Shobe, 336 N. Santa Fe, Salina, Kan., 1-3 Fri. (A) 8 Mrs. Laura Smith, 308 E. 11th, Coffeville, Kan., 1-3 Tues. (A) 9 Mrs. Julia Martin, 815 E. 11th, Topeka, Kansas. 10 Mrs. Ida Wallace, 446 Ark., Lawrence, Kan., 2-4 Wed. (A) 11 Mrs. Pauline Woodfork, 828 Freeman, Kansas City, Kansas, 1-3 Mon. (A) 12 Mrs. Betty Johnson, 211 Stewart, Kansas City, Kan., 1-3 Thur. (A) 14 Mrs. Martha James, 813 W. 11th, Pittsburg, Kan., 2-4 Thur. (A) 15 Mrs. S. S. Furlough, Box 405, Weir City, Kan. 16 Mrs. Mae Wilson, 1715 Clark Parsons, Kan., 1-3 Wed. (A) 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, 403 Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Kan. 29 Mrs. Lula Wood, 613 N. 4th Leavenworth, Kan. 30 Mrs. Eliza Scott, 3rd and South, Leavenworth, Kan., 1-3 Thur. (A) and South, 1-3 Thur. (A) 34 Rear Da- nt. 384, Alliance, 83 Mrs. J. L. Cobb, Bx. 384, Alliance, Neb. 84 Mrs. Mattie Miller, 385 W. 15th Wichita, Kan. 1-3 Thr. (A) 3 Archer Av., Maska. 1300 N. 6th, Fri. (A) x 1173, Weir n. 8th and ermont, Law- ur. (A) 1236 Barnett, 1-3 Fri. (A) 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. W. W. Shobe, District Grand Treasurer, 336 N. Santa Fe, Salina, Kan. H. Kindell, District Grand Director, Fe Scott, Kan. NEXT PLACE OF MEETING. 35 Mrs. Adah Lewis, 1603 Archer Av., South Omaha, Nebraska. 37 Mrs. Matilda Waters, 1300 N. 6th, Atchlson, Kan., 1-3 Fri. (A) 38 Mrs. Ella Young, Box 1173, Weir City, Kan. 39 Mrs. Hulda Patterson, 8th and Elm, Abilene, Kan. 42 Mrs. Ada King, 808 Vermont, Lawrence, Kan., 2-4 Thur. (A) 85 Mrs. Francis Hardaman, 1801 Kansas Ave., Topeka, Kan. 89 Mrs. B. E. Alton, 2215 Pacific, Omaha, Neb., 1-3 Wed. (A) 91 Mrs. Ella Golden, 2502 N. 25th, Omaha, Neb., 1-3 Thur. (A) 92 Mrs. A. Grant, 401 So. 8th, Linc- nob, Neb., 2-4 Fri. (A) 93 Mrs. Ida M. Jordan, 903 N. West- ern, N. Topeka, Kan., 1-3 Thur. (A) 1 Fred M. Harris, Box 1173, Weir City, Kan. 1-8 Fyl. Kernan & Co., 102 E. Douglas Pone 87 8 J. G. Burdett, 819 N. 1st, Atchison, Kan., 1-3 Fri. 4 A. M. Herrold, Sherman Flats, Omaha, Neb., 2-4 Mon. 5 Robt. M. Jordan, 903 N. Western, N. Topeka, Kan., 1-3 Thur. 7 J. C. Coffee, 1455 N. Mosley, Wichita, Kan., Fridays. 8 A. J. Beam, 409 Osborne, Ft. Scott, Kan., 1-3 Tue. 19 Lee Holiday, 723 So. 20th, Parsons, Kan., 1-2 Thur. 19 W. M. Hughes, 1023 N. J., Lawrence, Kan., 2-4 Thur. 25 J. H. Downs, 422 Haskell, Kansas City, Kansas, Fridays. 59 U. A. Graham, 1160 West, Topeka, Kansas, 1-3 Thur. 60 W. Osteen, 1214 Lane, Topeka, Kansas, 1-3 Mon. 72 J. W. Bedell, 2127 So. 10th, Lincoln, Neha. --- 333 TABERNACLES. TEMPLES. Chief Mentors 16 Richard Clark, 420 N. 25th, South Omaha, Nebr. 17 Rev. Allen Garner, 704 El 13th, Coffeyville, Kansas. 18 Jas. Thomas, 218 W. 1st, Salt Lake City, Utah. 1 Lillie Harden, 900 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 Walker, Kansas City, Kan., 1-3 Sat. Morn. 5 Ada Gilbert, 405 N. Santa Fe, Cofeeyville, Kan., 2-4 Wed. (A) 5 Lottie Hill, 517 N. Main, Wichita, Kan., 1-3 Thur. (A) 8 Ida Stovall, 706 So. Walnut, Ike, Kan., 2-4 Sat. (A) 9 Flora Paterson, 311 W. 27th, Omaha, Neb., 1-3 Sat. (A) 10 Maggie Robinson, 911 Everett, Kansas City, Kan., 1-3 Sat. (A) 11 Mary Brown, 325 Miss, Lawrence Kan., 2-4 Sat. (A) 1 Sadie Tyler, 125 B. 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, Saffna, Kan., 1-3 Sat. (A) 19 Lizzie Herrold, Sherman Flata, Omaha, Neb., 2-4 Sat. (A) 20 Susie Willis, 2103 Grand, Parsona, Kan., 1-3 Sat. (A) 21 Charlotte Dalton, 1228 Barnett, Kansas City, Kan., 2-4. Sat. (A) 23 Loulie Verder, 813 N. J., Lawrence, (A) Kan., 1-3 Sat. (A) 36 Hester Cornish, 911 Western, N. Topeka, Kan., 1-8 Sat. (A) 37 Jannie McAdoo, 1318 N. Madison, Topeka, Kan., 1-3 Sat. (A) 45 Cynthia Henderson, 812 Washington, Kansas City, Kan., 1-3 Sat. NEXT PLACE OF MEETING. The Grand Temple and Tabernacle will next meet in Atchison, Kansas, on the 2rd Tuesday in July, 1908. NOTICE TABORS. If your Tabernacle, Temple or Tent is not in this Directory, or if there is any error, please notify me at once. OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. Dstrict Grand Lodge, No. 17, Karena, G. U. O. O. F. 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 25c. Banner Mills CUSTOM GKINDING A Specialty ALL KINDS OF COAL & FREED FREEDOM BROAD, FROGS. M. MAIN ST. Phone 912