Wichita Searchlight
Saturday, February 8, 1908
Wichita, Kansas
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THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT
Big Celebration Commemorating the 99th. Birthday Anniversary of
A. B. A.
The Statesman, The Martyred President, The Emancipator
Covington's Hall Wednesday night February 12th
This celebration is absolutely Non sectarian Non-political, Nonpartisan, Highly Moral and Strictly Religious.
Consisting of Songs, Music, Speeches, Recitations, etc., etc.
PROGRAM
Rev. J. H. Van Leu, Master of Ceremonies
NINETH YEAR.
Free= Absorbed
To Ever
Big Celebration Commemorating
Abraham
BORN 1809
Abraham
The Statesman. The Martyre
Covington
Wednesday
Feb
This celebration is absolutely New
partisan, Highly Moral and Stric
Every seat in the
lutely Free. Com
Fine P
Consisting of Songs, Music, Sp
—PROC
Rev. J. H. Van Leu,
Music .....
Invocation—Rev. P. D. Yochem
Introductory Remarks
"Life of Abraham Lincoln "
Rev. W. H. Tillman
Paper ..... Mrs. J. L. Harper
"Freedmen Grateful "
Hon. Thos. Glover
Vocal Solo Miss Myrtle Fleming
"The Negro and his rela-
tion to our country "
Hon. Thos. Blodgett
"Our Race Enterprises "
Rev. Wm. Turner
"Lincoln the martyr,
the emancipator "
Gov. W. E. Stanley
"The Negro Progressing "
Rev. H. I. Jones
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" Lincoln, the Statesman "
Hon. Chas. L. Davidson
Song
"Race Unity, the Negro's Hope"
Hon. H. W. Marshall
" Forty-five Years of Freedom "
Mrs. H F. Frazier
This program is subject to
changes without notice.
Bring your whole family out to Covington hall and spend the evening.
It will cost you nothing. Free
CHILD'S OWN ROOM
PRETTY FITTINGS ADAPTED FOR THE NURSERY.
Worth Imitation Is the Way One Mother Fixed Up Place Her Two Little Girls Could Take Pride In.
"I don't need a nursery to lock my children into, because the whole house is theirs," proudly says the American mother when the English twit on our lack of nurseries. Children's furniture is so cunning nowadays, though, that some mothers simply can't resist fixing up some sort of a room that the youngsters can call their own. The plain mission furniture is being made in miniature now, and when one buys it unstained, it may be made to match the things already on hand at little expense. A mother who has recently furnished a room for her two little girls, covered the walls with plain green cartridge paper, which the doctor recommended on account of the children's eyes. The windows in the room were rather high, so she had the carpenter put a board along the wall under each one, about six inches from the floor so that the children can stand on it to look out.
The furniture in the room is the wonderful feature, considering how little expense of money and time were put into it. The two cot beds stand at opposite sides of the room, and are covered with pretty flowered cretonne spreads in the daytime. The
FOR AFTERNOON CALLS.
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Saxe blue cloth was used for above gown, which is ideal for calling or afternoon purposes. There is a panel effect in front of skirt formed by stitched bands of cloth running from waistband to foot, and the deep double hem is trimmed at set intervals with oblong pieces of black velvet. Black velvet is also used on the bodice in connection with designed pieces of cloth and a little tie arrangement; where the flat collar meets is self-tone taffeta, with silk fringe ends. The round chemisette and tucked stock are dotted cream silk mousseline.
DRESSING THE SMALL PERSON.
Flowered Delazines Most Suitable for Little Frocks.
The flowered delaines are well suited for the little folks' frocks, and some very neat patterns are shown in rich colors. The material is not very expensive and combines very nicely with one of the season's best trimmings, velvet.
A lovely little dress seen was of white serge. It was fashioned in a Peter Thompson style with all of the outlines trimmed with an insertion of soft white material, dotted with coin dots of pale blue. A small blue silk tie was placed at the neck as a finishing touch to the small collar.
Another very handsome little dress
children use them as couches to play on, and there is no nagging to "keep off the bed," for these plain little covers are quite washable and do not show the dirt like the ordinary white spread. Each child has its own little chair, made of old chamber chairs, with the legs sawed off and pretty cretonne cushions on the bottom.
An old pine bureau from the attie was painted white like the chairs, to hold the clothing. The commode of the same set is used as a toy box, and it is so ingenious that even the mother who has no regular nursery will find it a fine suggestion. The top, like all the old-fashioned washstands, has the lid, and this compartment belongs to the taller of the children.
The closet below is the property of the younger girl, and she is expected to keep all her toys in it. The mother painted the whole white and then bought a stencil such as storekeepers have for lettering signs to mark the owners' names on their part of the toy box. Each child feels a certain responsibility about keeping her things where they belong in such an attractive case, so that their mother is helped very much in keeping order.
A small mission Morris chair, so cunning that it makes every one who sees it wish to be back in toyland again, was bought this Christmas, and a common kitchen table with the legs sawed off has been stained to match it.
All this staining, by the way, was amateur work, but the inexpensive stains and paints for furniture are made especially for home workers, and have a wonderful way of looking smooth even when put on by a very "green" hand.
was made of rose-colored cloth. The jumper style was trimmed with many narrow bands of velvet ribbon, placed diagonally on the waist straps and diagonally on the folds around the bottom of the skirt. The ribbon was placed close together, showing alternate rows of rose cloth and black velvet of equal width.
Threads Breaking.
Dip a spool of silk in clear water, dry so it will not drip, then thread machine and it will never unwind too fast, twisting around spool spindle and breaking, as so often happens with a new spool.
If new cotton or linen has a good deal of finish the machine needle sometimes finds it difficult to push through several thicknesses, or the thread breaks frequently. A little soap of any kind, rubbed on along the line of stitching, remedies the trouble.
The Use of Face Cloths.
Face cloths and sponges are often responsible for bad complexions. They are not in themselves harmful, but they are seldom kept perfectly clean. A face cloth should be used only once or twice and should then be carefully washed and thoroughly boiled before it is used again. A soiled wash cloth causes many cases of blackheads and pimples.
CHILD'S CLOTH OF BLUE CLOTH,
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Poor Multi-Millionaire Is in Trouble
Boy Has an Underground Speedway
Boy Has an Underground Speedway
NEW YORK.—The glory of the 400 of New York is fast becoming dimmed. No longer are its varied and original entertainments the talk of this country and Europe. Harry Lehr, or some other creator of original entertainments, must bestlr himself or the fame of the ultra-fashionable in this city will not extend beyond the confines of Manhattan.
Now Chicago is forging to the front as a city where society folk have developed a penchant to expend great sums of money and arrange affairs not in the calendar. Its series of musical pantomimes in which the most fashionable women of the Windy City appeared in classical and costly costumes is the talk of the smart set here. Why doesn't New York have something like this, is asked, and in the same breath the lack of some man or woman with a mind to create such is deplored.
PITY the sorrows of a poor muci-millionaire. W. A. Clark, ex-United States senator from Montana, owner of the richest copper mine in the world, part owner of the Los Angeles & San Pedro railroad, and several million dollars' worth of other things, has suffered the ignominy of having his palatial office furniture here seized to satisfy part of a judgment of $44,894 which a mining expert, George Treadwell, has obtained against him.
If Mr. Treadwell's representatives could have done so they would have seized the $5,000,000 palace owned by Mr. Clark at Fifth avenue and Sev-
CONTRARY to the generally accepted opinion at home and abroad, Manhattan island is far from being level, and the records of the city highway department show that few cities have more variations in the altitudes of their streets. There are real hills of considerable size to be encountered in all parts of the island. While it is necessarily at sea level all around its borders, the moment tidewater is left considerable elevations are encountered.
A man with a level, standing at the Battery, will find himself at the sea wall only five feet above the sea line, but as he goes northward he is gradu-
GEORGE A. FULLER, JR., ten years old, a grandson of the late George A. Fuller, who was the head of the Fuller Construction Company, builders of skyscrapers, received a unique Christmas present. It is an automobile 'speedway, 60 feet below the level of the street, for his exclusive use in a specially constructed motor car. The automobile, which is many sizes smaller than most of those seen in the streets, was built for the boy at the order of his uncle, Harry S. Black, president of the United States Reality Company. The lad keeps the car in the engine room of the Plaza, which is 48 feet below street level, and he drives it
Not only Chicago has stirred New York. Staid old Philadelphia has occasioned no end of surprise. "Millionaires there are spending money like they hailed from Pittsburg," is the way Gothamites refer to the coming out in the City of Brotherly Love, which have caused no end of comment. Live song birds flitting through forests and gold fish darting about in clear lakes to be caught by the fair women present! Such was the scene presented at the ball given when Miss Dorothy Randolph made her debut.
Such extravagance, cry some. Why the reason? The Randolphs had to "see" the Pauls, and society here, as well as in Philadelphia, it is reported, generally agrees that the Randolphs are entitled to the palm. The party of the Pauls, however, was as grand as it was original. At that gay function, 1,500 live butterflies were given their freedom to fly about the room and alight upon the stunning dresses of the misses and matrons present, as well as upon their beautiful shoulders and persons.
These for Philadelphia, living pictures for Chicago, nothing for New York. It is no wonder members of the 400 feel they must bestir themselves.
enty-ninth street. But when they would have laid hands on it they found it had been incorporated, with all its contents, into the W. A. Clark Realty Company, and had thus been protected.
The $44,000 judgment which brought on all the turmoll dates back eight years to the date that, Treadwell asserts, he discovered the $800,000,000 United Verde mine in Arizona. Treadwell says he was paid for his prospecting by the owners and presented with 100 shares of the company's stock. At that time the stock was quoted at $10. A little later, being cramped for cash in London, Treadwell hypotecated the hundred shares. Then Clark stepped into the situation. Treadwell says the ex-senator reorganized the company and froze him out completely. For eight years he fought for it. Finally Judge Davis handed down an opinion in which he declared that the copper king must turn over the stock with interest to pay the penalty.
ally ascending until he is 36 feet above it when the city hall is reached. Then he continues to go up very slowly, excepting for a depression at Canal street, where once a deep ditch ran, emptying into the Hudson river, until he reaches Twenty-third street, where he is 33 feet above his starting point. At Central Park plaza, at Fifty-ninth street and Fifth avenue, he is $47\frac{1}{2}$ feet above the sea, and adds 29 feet to his altitude if he goes to Central Park circle.
The water level in the reservoir of Central park is 112 feet above the sea, and the top of the hill in Mount Morris park is only 12 feet lower. The summit of Morningside park rises 132 feet above the waters of the bay, and Broadway and One Hundred and Eighteenth street is three feet higher. At Kingsbridge road, One Hundred and Seventy-fifth street is 200 feet high, and from there to Washington Bridge road is up hill to the highest point on the island, 250 feet above the sea.
there and in the sub-basement, 60 feet below the level of the street. The machine is propelled by a one-horse-power motor, driven by a 200-ammpere storage battery. Its owner has traveled in it at the rate of 12 miles an hour.
In inclement weather his favorite speedway is the basement of the Plaza. Here where the big engines which are needed in the operation of the hotel do their work the boy has a running track seven laps to the mile. It circles the walls of the structure. In keeping with the lad's taste the body of the automobile is painted black. The running gear is red.
In all its parts the automobile is as perfect as the larger machines. The tires were made by a maker who supplies many for man-sized cars. It is finished in every detail exactly as high-priced automobiles. The battery is charged in the power plant of the Plaza, and one of the blue-coated electricians attached to the hotel is detailed to inspect it regularly and keep it in order.
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1908.
; CHAS. L. DAVIDSON
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WILL HAVE MORE
Street Commissioner Sam T. Stew-
art is to be highly complimented for
his efforts to give to Wichita the
cleanest streets of any city in the west.
Mr. Sewart has just returned from
Kansas City and St. Louis, where he
Purchased a sanitary street flushing
machine with a capacity of 600 gal-
Jons. Some have had the idea that
the purchase of the flushing machine
would do away with the colored men
now employed on the “white wings,”
but we have the statement of Street
Commissioner Stewart that such will
not be the case—and that he will
have plenty of work for all the men
now employed. Mr. Stewart has been
very considerate in his employment of
colored men and has given them an
equal show on city work. Besides he
has given us a colored foreman of the
white wings—a thing we have not had
before. The following lst of colored
‘men in the city street department
‘speaks for itself:
Colored Men Employed.
Jessie Crouch, with teamsters, Ike
“Miskel with paving crew; “White
Wings,” L. R. Goodseal, foreman;
Chas. A. Reed, Jas. Williams, Louis
‘Wright, Chas. Hill, E. Farmer, P. Dur-
den, Jno. McBride, F. L. Neely, Jno.
Brown, 8. P. Logan, H. W. Marshall.
‘Hon. Thomas Blodgett is able to be
out again after quite a spell of ill-
‘ness.
FREE! FREE!! FREE?!
| Through the efforts of a few enter-
prising colored men of Wichita for one
time in the history of our city the peo-
ple will hafe an opportunity to attend
B most magnificent celebration of the
Jbirthday anniversary of their great
‘benefactor, the lamented Abraham
Lincoln, without cost or price.
| For many years efforts have been
‘made to commemorate this event, but
on account of the’ usual and necessary
“door fee” the rank and file did not
attend. On the dawn of the new year
1908 it occurred to these gentlemen to
undertake to arrange matters so the
People—all the people—might have an
opportunity to show their appreciation
to the memory of so illustrious a man
and not be hampered or burdened with
a “door fee.”
Arrangements having been complet-
ed so that on Wednesday night, Feb-
Tuary 12th, 1908, the “doors of the
spacious and well fitted Covington hall,
517 N. Main street, will be thrown open
to all FREE OF CHARGE to come
out and join in giving honor to whom
honor is due—the memory of Lincoln.
‘This celebration is open to all—and is
non-sectarian, non-political, highly
moral and strictly religious—the only
thing asked for is GOOD ORDER.
Free—Refreshments—Free
Plans are now under way by which
light refreshments will be given to
each and every one—and as this will
be free, those in charge wil) do as
best they can, 2
Everybody to Celebrate.
‘Those in charge wish everyone to
come out with their minds made up to
have a splendid time—it will be your
night—so come out and enjoy this free
affair. ‘The doors will open at 7:30 p.
m. and the program 1s scheduled to
begin at 8:30 p.m. The program will
be announced later,
NO POLICE CHIEF.
Again Mayor Graham has let his lit-
tle hatchet fall and this time leaves
Wichita without a chief of police. No
one bu the mayor seems to know why,
and he is “mum.” What strange
things DO HAPPEN.
DO IT THEMSELVES.
‘Word comes to us of the very ridic-
ulous conduct of a few colored men
and boys at the Crawford theatre a
few nights ago. ‘They are said to have
acted in a most rude, boistrous and
unmanly manner. It pains us—as well
as other members of our race, to hear
of such conduct on the part of any
member of our race. It is just such
conduct which is fast producing the
“Jim Crow” theatre, the “Jim Crow”
car discriminations in every line.
Every member of the race should
frown on all such acts and give their
unmistakable disapproval. As a race
we cannot afford to encourage such,
and the sooner we show our dis-
approval the better. Be gentlemanly
and ladylike everywhere. ‘That
counts.
PROGRAM.
For Lincoln Birthday celebration at
Covington’s Hall, Wednesday night,
February 12th.
Rev. J. H. Van Leu, Master of Cer-
emonies.
‘Music.
| Invocation—Rev. P. D. Yochun.
Music.
| Introductory’ Remarks.
| “Phe Life of Abraham Lincoln’—
Rev. W. H. Tillman.
Recitation, “The Freedmen Grate-
ful”’—Hon. Thos, Glover,
Paper—Mrs. J. L, Harper.
Vocal Solo, ‘
Paper—Mrs. J. L. Harper.
“The Negro and His Relation to
Our Country”—Hon. Thos. Blodgett.
Music.
“Lincoln, the Martyr; the Emanci-
pator”—Ex-Governor W, E. Stanley.
“The Negro Is Progressing”—Rev.
‘H. LI. Jones.
“Lincoln, the Statesman”—Hon.
Chas. L. Davidson.
“Race Unity—the Negro's Hope”—
Hon. H. W. Marshall.
Paper—“Forty Years of Freedom”—
Mrs. H. F. Frazier,
Address—Hon. Jas. L. Harper.
Remember there are no charges at
Covington’s Hall, Wednesday night.
Everything absolutely free.
ST. PAUL'S A. M. E, CHURCH NEWS
"fhe delegates to the ¥. M. C. A.
convention will worship with us in the
morning. ‘he evening services will be
conducted by the delegates. You are
invited to come out and learn what
our people are doing in ¥. M. ¢. A.
work. Special music for each service,
Sunday, February sth.
CHIEF MENTOR INSTALLED.
At the meeting of Taborian Temple
No, 11 Thursday night, Rev. Frank
Wilson, C. G. M., installed Sir L. R.
Goodseal as their regular Chief Men-
tor.
Mr. Willis Gilbert died at his home
Monday at the age of about 107 years.
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LOCALS A concise statement
among the colored wom
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Secretary.
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‘There will be a big Heypatne a er The W. T. V. club 1
Eagan Stel HGEAY GASSES real atl cue estan
at 2:30. There will be about ter Griggs. A very enjoys
didates. Come out. Sead The ee
, present: Mrs, Reed and
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. REMODELED. ioraieigupadiebnias a theiantandestae a
Johnston's Restaurant, 339 N, Main,
has been repainted, repapered and re-
modeled and now presents a whole-
some appearance.
J. H. Wheeler was the lucky man
and No. 25 the lucky number that
drew the prize Wednesday night at.
Garfield Hall.
Rey, Frank Wilson was the guest of
Mr. and Mrs. L. R, Goodseal for sup-
per Thursday evening.
Grand Chancellor John E. Lewis is
reported on the sick list with the
erippe.
Looks Goop.
Jas. J. Olden returned Saturday from
Baley, Oklahoma, where he was sev-
eral days completing arrangements to
install his ice plant. To a reporter for
the Searchlight he said:
“The prospects look very bright that
in the near future an ice paint will
be built in Baley, which will be the
first of its kind among colored people
in the United States. The ice plant
will be in connection with the electric
light plant to be built by Dr. W. H.
Simms. Baley is a thrifty and thriv-
Ing city and is destined ot be one of
the greatest cities in Oklahoma.”
Rev. Frank Wilson was the guest
of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Coffee Friday
evening.
FREE! FREE! FREE!
It will cost you nothing to attend
the Lincoln Birthday celebration at
Covington Hall, 517 N. Main, on Wed-
nesday night, February 1th. Come out
and bring your family.
‘M. W. Madison has been confined at
home this week with a sprained back.
G. H, Young is suffering with the
grip.
Dr, EB. Harrison is able to be out
after a short illness.
‘Mrs. Walt Robinson is improving ef-
ter a sickness caused from a severe
fall.
Miss Ethel Barton has been visiting
from Millerton the past week, the
guest of Miss Fern Phelps.
Master Maurice Jones has been
quite i during the week with la
srippe.
‘The ladies of the Stewardess Board
‘are preparing an excellent prograin
to be rendered with other exerciss at
their rally to be given on the fourth
Sunday afternoon in this month at the
A. M. E. church. ;
Invitations are out for a swell re-
ception to be given by the Young
Men's Bachelor Club at Young's Hall
Friday evening, February 14th.
Mrs. G, W. White entertained the G.!
L, A. Club on Tuesday afternoon. An
elegant luncheon was served, and a
most pleasant afternoon was spent by
those present. Mrs. J. F. Taylor was
guest of honor.
Mrs, Harriette Lewis, who has been
ill for several months, is improving
and hopes soon to be able to be out
again, which her many friends will be
pleased to hear.
WOMEN’S CLUB DIRE7CTORY.
A concise statement of the Clubs
among the colored women of Wichita.
THE BOOKER WASHINGTON CLUB
WICHITA, KS.
Engaged in needle, charity and ut-
erary work. Special 1908 course in
typewriting. Meets every ‘Thursday
afternoon. Mrs. ‘Thos. Glover, presi-
dent; Miss Sallie Rawles, Sec.
THE HOME COOKING cLuB,
WICHITA, KAN.
Engaged in the culinary art, Pro-
gressive ideas in fancy and home cook-
te Meets 2nd and 4th Friday after-
noons of each month, Mrs, Will H,
Jones, President; Miss Jennie Wheeler,
‘Secretary.
The W. T. V. club met Thursday
afternoon at the residence of Mrs, A,
Griggs. A very enjoyable afternoon
was spent. There were two visitors
present: Mrs, Reed and Mrs. V. Cov-
ington. Mrs. Reed read a paper and
Mrs. Covington made a few remarks
to the club which were highly ap-
preciated by all present. After the
general routine of business an elegant
four-course luncheon was served by
the hostess. The club adjourned to
meet Thursday afternoon, February 6,
with Mrs. Bluett, 14th and Wabash,
TO THE W. T. V. CLUB.
My Dear Friends—Aovept my
thanks for your handsome presents.
You could not have selected a more
useful collection of things; and per-
mit to regard you in that lght. And
again thanking you for your presents.
Sincerely yours,
MRS, B. HOCKETT.
E. D. Drain has just returned from
@ three weeks’ visit In the South at
the home of his mother and brothers.
He had a nice time and reports that he
finds many of the things which are
published about the colored people are
untrue. Many of them have homes.
and are doing well, and all of them
have plenty of employment.
The many friends of Mr, John
Frazier regret to learn of his serious
ilness at his home, 1103 N. Mosley
avenue. Mr, Frazier is one of Wich-
ita’s best citizens and all hope for his
early recovery,
.Miss Gertrude Pryor and Miss Eva
Beckon were the guests of Miss Liz-
zie Underwood Sunday afternoon for
lunch and was royally entertained.
Mrs, E. D, Drain and son have re-
turned from an extended visit in Ok-
lahoma. They. had a splendid time.
‘The next meeting of the Home
Cooking Club will be held with Mrs.
J. T. Chinneth, Friday afternoon, Feb-
Tuary 28th. All members are asked to
be present.
ATCHISON, KAN.
Sir McAllieter Dead.
| Once more the ranks of the Temple
1s broken by the hand of the Al-
mighty God. In the person of Sir
Knight Chas. McAlister, who died Jan-
uary 3rd. Sir McAllister’s sickness
was of a short duration, having taken
sick a few days ago with la grip which
resulted in pneumonia. We certainly
mourn the loss of @ faithful and true
Sir Knight and a worthy citizen.
At a regular meeting of R. H. Cane
‘Temple No. 3 held on the third Fri-
@ay, January 17th, in which Sir Wm.
Cook was elected corresponding sec-
retary. The meeting was well at-
tended, and considerable enthusiasm
was felt among the members over the
progress of the entire order for the
ensuing year. One of the brothers be-
came so enthusiastic in the meeting
that he sald “That he hoped before
another year rolled around we would
all be in Heaven, But C. M. rebelled
claiming for cause that he, for one,
preferred to remain here on this earth
as long as possible for he knew he
was very well acquainted here.”
‘The Daughters of Crescent Taber-
nacle No. 5 gave a leap year party on
January 30th in Taborian Hall, It
was very well attended and all had a
very enjoyable, time. Each Daughter,
selected a Sir Knight and accompa-
nied him to and from the hall. It was
/a success both socially and financially.
| The notes in the Searchlight from
Kansas City, Kan, No. 25, was read
to the Temple and was very enthusi-
astically recelved, and hoping in thelr
gigantic stride it may be the means of
bringing the whole Temple to Atchison
to the grand session.
We are glad to know that C. M, Sir
Lee Holiday has organized a new
‘Temple.
Dr. G. G. Brown expect sto visit
“Wichita next week and if he is suf-
‘tictently impressed he may locate
| there. All Tabors here regret to lose
‘him. We ask the people of Wichita
by all means to hold fast to the Doc-
tor, for he 1s good material. Dr. Brown
has served us as examining physician
for the past five years, we heartily
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WICHITA, z + t 2 KANS.
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Take your cold home and try a few
of we old reliable remedies on it.
Now that Oregon has planted 12,000
prune trees, she ought to set out some
strawberry plants, besides.
There'll be no holy war in Indla,
that’s certain, while the flat of Kit-
chener’s sword is in sight,
Castro seems to be losing his grip.
He let that fleet go by without threat-
ening it with a garden hose.
Latin America will be glad to look
Alfonso over, but it wishes to warn
him he'll.waste his time by showing
goods.
We are now sending radium to the
Philippines. Could generosity to our
colonial possessions be more marked
than this? ¥
‘That Pittsburg minister who re-
fused the coin because of the inscrip-
tion it lacked probably will have to
gitay in a class by himself.
A Dayton physician, sentenced to
the penitentiary, was refused admit-
tance by the warden, A proper re
buke to one who tries to butt in.
Now that Mr. Luther Burbank has
succeeded in evolving a cactus fruit
that is nearly seedless, we wish that
he would set to work upon the fig.
A Paris editor declares that the
American is “a flirt, a hypocrite and
a goose, but has a very fine back.”
Turned her back on him, evidently.
Richmond Pearson Hobson {is going
to take a hand at straightening out
the naval tangle. Perhaps he can
persuade everyone to kiss and make
up. *
That Pittsburg pastor who wouldn’t
take gold coins because the motto “In
God We Trust” was not on them
wouldn't make much of a success in
the grocery business, we fear.
Ata cursory glance there is no good
reason apparent on the surface why
the members of the United States life-
wring service should not be entitled
w pensions the same as some others.
It walking from New York to Chi-
cago cures the man of the liquor
habit he can recommend it to his
friends, but he will never be able to
put up his new discovery In bottles
tnd sell it to sufferers at $1 a bottle.
‘The New York Times indulges in
merriment at the expense of the lady
who locked up bank checks for safe-
ty insiead of depositing them. Still,
she might have done worse by de-
positing them in the bank and hoard-
Ing the cash. That is a masculine
foolishness, more particularly. ~
With railroad passes abolished, It ts
not believed that the Republican or
the Democratic national conventions
next year will be largely attended by
outsiders. Hitherto fully 20,000 audit.
ors other than delegates and_alter-
nates have turned up at national con-
ventions, to the grief and anger of the
doorkeepers, but to the substantial joy
ot hotel men and barkeepers,
One night, says a writer in the
Ladies’ Liome Journal, when the
duchess of Roxburghe was entertain-
ing King Edward at dinner, the bishop
of Londen, who was present, omitted
to say grace. The duchess suddenly
Temembered in some alarm, but his
majesty soothed her feelings. Turn-
Ing to her with a genial smile, he
‘aid: “Your Grace is sufficient.”
Two interesting facts have been dis
dosed already by the investigation of
Pullman ear rates at St. Paul. One is
that when upper berths have to be
used, agents are instructed to allot
them to persons of light weight, and to
assign the heavyweight passengers to
lower berths. The other is that the
Pollan company pays its porters $25
‘4 month, leaving them to collect the
Test of their wages in tips.
‘The wine merchant turned a switeb
and a strong electric current shot
thronch the cask of wine. “That is
this cucumn’s wine,” he said, “and it
{8 sweot, harsh, rouzh—in a word, a
tasty new wine. Well, ina few days
ft will be smooth and fragrant; in a
few cays it will be eight years old. We
Age wine by electricity now. Wonder-
ful thing, electricity, isn’t it? It grows
fruit, it rejuvenates people, and now,
by jingo, it aces wine.”
Chicago justice may become as
famous us that dispensed in New Jor-
®y If the courts continue in their
Present course, A Chicago judge not
Jong ) sentenced a man to talk to
his wite for heit an hour every day
for © month, and another man was
Ordered to vive a box of candy and
*boaquet of Lowers to his wife once
& week for four weeks, The object
Was to restore harmony to. unhappy
homes. and according to latest re-
Ports, it was successful,
Wh the arcient Grecks the het
Yas simply an appurtenance of tne
Wavelor. The tree citizen preferred
to 0 bareheaded and only put on his
broad-brimmed petasus for protection
fi, St the sua when on a long journey.
itd the uncoverea head was. part
6! bis dienity, for the siaves and work-
en wore always a kind of pointed
Ssull cap, the pilus, which therefore
Ho {0 a badge of servitude. Much
the ,2t® Scora of habitually covering
ho prevailed among the Romazs.
a the hood was not given up
early in the Mfteenth century.
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February 12 of
every year the
mind of every
American loyal cit-
izen is momen-
tarily turned to
the thought that
upon that day, just
ago, Abraham Lincoln, one of the
World’s greatest men, was born. Some
merely give the celebration a thought,
but those who have made the life of
Abraham Lincoln a study, and those
people who live in Kentucky, Indiana
and Mlinois look upon the birthday an-
niversary as something more than the
mere passing of a milestone. Each
of these states claims a right to being
the home of the man who has made
for himself an immortal name in the
history of the world’s greatest men.
Historians say that Lincoln was
born,in Hardin county, Kentucky. In
fact, he was born in La Rue county,
which, however, is a subdivision of
ardin county. Chroniclers contiiue
with their biographies and say that
he, together with his father, mother
and a sister, went to Indiana and en-
tered a claim to a piece of land in
Spencer county. As a matter of fact,
he entered a claim to a piece of land
in Warrick county, but which has been
set aside and named Spencer county.
The Lincolns went to Indiana in 1816,
the same year that Indiana was ad-
mitted to the union as a state. He
entered a quarter section of land, built
a log cabin and lived there until 1830.
It was known that Thomas Lincoln,
father of Abraham Lincoln, was in
poor circumstances. To say that Abra-
ham Lincoln was the son of a poor
carpenter and farmer gives an insight
into hard conditiogs that little Abe
haé to face when he was a youngster.
When he went to Indiana he was just
seven, and remaining in Indiana until
1830 he spent 14 years of his life in
Indiana, or until he was 21 years of
age.
After 1820 Spencer county had, at
Rockport, its county seat, a public
library of several hundred volumes of
the standard works of the day.
Thomas Lincoln and Abraham Lincoln
wereat Rockport at least twotimes dur-
Ing the year, but the name of Abraham
Lincoln does not appear as a borrower
of books at the library. The field from
which Abraham Lincoln could glean
knowledge in that neighborhood was
very limited, though he borrowed
every book that he could get.
During Abraham Lincoln’s 16 years
of life in Indiana he had read and re-
read this list of literary and histori-
cal books over and over again. His
good nature among Lincoln City peo-
ple was not unnoticed; all agreed to
his honesty and good nature. Ques-
tions of dispute and potty differences
were at first submitted to him in a
joking way, and later on in a sincere
way, until he was complimented for
his honest and just way in settling
disputes and differences. He was told
more times than once that some day
he would turn out te be a lawyer.
Having read all the literary books
and what few there were of law in and
around Boonville, Lincoln heard of the
court at Boonville. He resolved to go
down to that place, 20 miles distant,
‘and learn what he could in the real
court, which was in session there sev-
eral times during the year. The court
house in Boonville, then a small ham-
Jet of less than 300 inhabitants, in
strong contrast to the beautiful
new structure that now adorns the
beautiful little town, stood in the very
spot where the new one now stands,
in the center of a large court square.
‘It was a frame building; the architec-
ture was, to say the least, very novel.
A ditch, two feet wide and two feet
deep, was filled with smoothly hewn
logs, on which was built a stone wall
18 inches high. This furnished the
foundation upon which the building
proper rested. The building itself
was never entirely completed. It was
weather boarded, but neither plastered
nor lathed, It remained in this condi-
tion until 1836, which was after the
Lincoln family had moved to Illinois.
It was capable of holding only a hun-
dred people and could only be used in
the summer. In the night the cattle
which grazed about town would go
there for shelter. Such was the struc.
ture where President Lincoln received
his first impulse to become a lawyer.
Here it was that he received his first
rudimentary practice in pleading eases
that afterward aided in making him
the lawyer of the reputation he had
It was to attend court in this rudely
constructed building that the young
man walked 20 miles from Lincoln
City to Boonville, Ind. He was an
ardent listener and the lessons that he
painted upon his memory at this place
are the ones that inspired the great
man to become the lawyer he after-
ward became. and, from this fact
the little town of Boonville claims the
distinction of furnishing to him the
material that aided in his after suc-
cess.
To claim so great a distinction if it
could not be verified would be false
and unfair; but from the history of
young Lincoln while he was a visitor
here attending court, and from the as-
surance that he received the knowl
peeks Docs ett tas pine dea a bee
‘come the lawyer he did, it is another
laurel for the little city in southern
Indiana,
: Shortly after the assassination of
Abraham Lincoln a picnic party from
‘the little town of Dale went up to
Lineoln City to the Lincoln farm and
/spent the day. ‘The excitement was
so high at that time that old people
as well as young went to the farm and
enjoyed themselves visiting the his.
torical places in and about the Lin-
coln farm.
‘The cabin was still standing and but
a short distance up on the hiliside was
/a marble slab that marked the spot
“where the good mother of Abraham
Lincoin lay beneath the sod. While
there the picnickers went through the
cabin where Lincoln saw his mother
pass away and from which place he
returned to Kentucky to get a minister
to come to Indiana and bury his moth-
er, Nancy Hanks Lincoln, A few old
relics were found, among them being
an old knot maul and an old fashioned
mouldboard plow, both of which had
been left there when the Lincoins
moved to Illinois. The old plow was
brought outside and an old man by
the name of Gabriel Medealf stood be-
tween the handles while one of the
party caught a picture of the old Lin-
coin cabin. The old man carrying the
pole was Joseph P. Haines, better
known as Uncle Porter Haines. The
picture of Lincoln's second log cabin
was made from the original takea at
the time this party went to the home
along in the seventies,
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“Pa, did you ever hear “money
talk?”
“Yes.”
“What did it say?”
“Good-bye.”
She Was in No Hurry.
Rey. Dr. Wallace, new pastor of the
Fast End Baptist church, brought a
new one to Cleveland with’ him.
According to the story, a Boston
girl got on the street car one day car
rying one of those muffs the size of an
ordinary hassock. She had only one
hand in the.muff. A young man sit-
ting next to her took advantage of the
opportunity to slip his hand into the
unoccupied end of the muff.
‘The Boston girl turned upon him
severely. “I could have you arrested
for such a familiarity,” said she.
“But,” she added, “I'm from Boston
and I purpose to keep calm. Now, I'll
Just give you ten minutes to let go of
my hand."—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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“For three years I suffered with
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“No; I sell my pictures!”
HAD TO GET STRENGTH FIRST.
Hard Worked Woman Not Ready te
Face Hired Girl Problem.
A Massachusetts man, whose busl-
ness frequently takes him over the
line into Vermont, says that one even-
ing he was a guest at a farm house in
that state when he observed that the
wife of the owner—a poor, wan little
woman—was doing every bit of the
work around the house.
As he himself put it, she did an
amount of work that would have put
an ordinary Massachusetts horse to
shame and he really felt like a vil
lain sitting there watching her.
Feeling considerable compassion for
the woman, who looked as if ready to
drop from overwork, the visitor
asked:
“Why don't you get help here?
Surely you are not going to try to pull
through the long winter without @
hired girl.”
A sickly smile came to the pallid
face of the woman. “Waal, I dunno,”
she said. “I don't feel as if I could
just yit; but p'raps ef I should get to
feelin’ a little better and stronger I
might.”"—Ilustrated Magazine,
PANTRY CLEANED
‘A Way Some People Have.
A doctor said:—
“Before marriage my wife observed
in summer and country homes, coming,
in touch with families of varied means,
culture, tastes and discriminating ten-
dencies, that the families using Pos-
tum seemed to average better than
chose using coffee.
“When we were married two years
ago, Postum was among our first order
of groceries. We also put in some cof-
fee and tea for guests, but after both
had stood around the pantry about a
year untouched, they were thrown
@way, and Postum used only.
“Up to the age of 28 I had been ac-
customed to drink coffee as a routine
habit and suffered constantly from in-
digestion and all its relative disorders.
Since using Postum all the old com-
plaints have completely left me and I
sometimes wonder if lever bad them.”
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read, “The Road to
Wellville,” in pkgs. “There's a Reasca”
TWO MONTANA RANCHMEN MAKE
HUNDRED-MILE RIDE
FOR LICENSE.
EACH IGNORANT OF THE OTHER
Arrive. at Destination at Same: Mo
ment, Learn of Girl's Duplicity,
and Decide Neither
Wante Hor.
Sioux City, la—How would you like
to ride at break-neck speed on horse-
back for 100 miles and arrive at the
license clerk's office just as another
fellow was taking out a license for the
girl you intended to marry? And sup-
pose the other fellow had done the
same long-distance ride, a proviso
made by the young woman who had
been wooed by both and who had
promised to wed both?
This was the situation that con-
fronted J. J. Jackson and S. T.
Bretherton, ranchers near Butte,
Mont. They were coming to Sioux
City to marry Miss May Florence But-
terfield, aged 22, pretty, and the niece
of the late State Senator Butterfield
of South Dakota.
Miss Butterfield, who also lives
near Butte, was loved by both the
young ranchers. ‘Their wéoing was
ardent and continuous. The winsome
young woman could not deeide which
of the Westerners she admired best.
And finally, when she left home for a
‘tour of the east, she had half way
promised to become the bride of both.
On her return some she stepped oft
‘at Sioux City for a visit. Then she
felt that she wanted to see her im-
petuous lovers. And she sent each a
telegram saying she would marry the
one that came to her at once.
Out in Butte two young men board-
ed the same train together. They
climbed into the same coach, took
the same seat. But as such things
go neither discussed the matter
closest his heart. And they both rode
on into the night, blissfully ignorant
of the other's intentions.
At Vermillion, S. D., they bad to
wait for connections, and here both
young men were handed telegrams.
They read: “Come at once. Called
home. Father ill.” Both seemed im-
bued with the same idea, ‘There
would be no train for five hours. The
trusty saddle was the only thing.
Horses were speedily secured and the
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race for a girl began, each still ignor-
ant of the other's intentions.
‘Two roads lead out of Vermillion for
the Missouri river. Both are straight
and hard, but they diverge until they
come to a point again at McCook, 8.
D,, just across the Iowa line from
here. No one knows how fast the
men rode, but both arrived in the
courtyard a few minutes apart. ‘Their
ponies were dripping foam, yet the
ranchmen hardly noticed the animals
as they leaped from their backs and
ran for the courthouse.
“1 want a license to wed,” said
Jackson to Clerk Frank Tripp.
“I want a license to wed,” echoed
Bretherton to Deputy Clerk Harry
Synder.
Both officials started to comply, but
when the name of the young woman
was asked Clerk Tripp glanced sharp-
ly at the other man and asked him
to repeat it. He did so.
“This is strange,” said Tripp. “Are
you gentlemen sure this is not the
same woman you wish to marry?”
In an instant both men began ex-
plaining.
“Besides,” said Clerk Tripp, “you
must bring the girl here with wit-
nesses.”
A fight between the two young men
was narrowly averted, as both start-
ed out to hunt the elusive bride-to-be.
But when they left they were seen
talking earnestly together.
When Jackson and Bretherton were
seen several hours later they had evt-
dently made up their minds to some
great decision, for both seemed the
best of friends.
“We discussed the matter pro and
con,” said young Jackson, “and we
concluded that neither of us would
marry the girl.
“I didn't intend to marry elther of
them, anyway,” declared Miss Butter.
field, with a toss of her head. But hey
eyes were red apd there was a quiver
in her voice. :
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her mother took her to a museum,
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some stuffed animals. Ethel was
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she did not tire of talking about them.
Perhaps a week later, at the supper
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Breathes there a man with soul 80 deag@
Who never to himself has said,
Ag he stubbed, hls too, against the beds
TEte?7eree a
Eating Cocoanut-Custard Pie.
Everybody praises Cocoanut-Custard ple
ie iv's made right, Dut a soggy pie wil
spoll. the entire teal. Grocers are now
Selling MOUR-PIE.” each W-eent package.
containing just the proper Ingredients {oF
{wo ples. Get the Custara for Cocoanut
Custara pies.
By His Own Hand.
Everyone is the son of his owm
works.—Cervantes,
Little wonder that Garfield Tea meet
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Laxative; yu. ‘mild, health-giving! It reg~
ulates the liver and overcomes constipation.
Probably the best salve for healing:
the broken heart of a woman is ®
mixture of time and another man.
ONLY ONE “BROMO OUININE”
That LAXATIVE BHOMO QUININE, Look fom
Grevsseostnre of E,W. GROVE, Used the Word
overs Cures Cold in Une bay. ie.
It is easier for a man to acquire @
bad reputation than it is for his chil
dren to live it down,
Lewis’ Single Binder Cigar basa rich
taste. Your dealer or Lewis’ Factory,
Peoria, Ill.
Some men just can’t foot a bill with
but kicking.
rs. Winslow's Soothing Syra;
For eniren tectuingy sof tin gusn, renseee tor
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Hon. Thos. Cale, who was elected to
Congress from Alaska, is well known on
the Pacific slope, where he has resided.
His Washington address is 1312 9th St.,
N. W., Washington, D. C.
Washington, D. C.
Peruna Drug Co.. Columbus, Ohio.
Gentlemen: I can cheerfully recom-
meod Peruna as a very efficient rem-
edy for coughs and coids.
Thomas Cale.
Hon ©. Slemp, Congressman from
Virginia, writes: “I have used your val-
uable remedy, Peruna, with beneficial
results, and can unhesitatingly recom
mend your remedy as an invigorating
tonic and an effective and permanent
eure for catarrh.”
Man-a-lin the Ideal Laxative.
Alabastine
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‘Suitable for any room, never
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cold water, Brush on wall with.7
inch flat brush.
Alabastine is in packages, cor-
rectly labeled ALABASTINE,
Each package covers from 300 to
450 square feet of wall.
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and thoroughly beautiful. Try it
this fall. Your dealer has it, if
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Entry may now be made by proxy (on certain
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Header, ‘Thonsands of homesteaisof 160 acres
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sha'valiroads convenient to market
Entry fee in each case ix $1000. For pamph
tet "East Best West,” particulars as to rates
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‘The Roll of Honor.
On the Roll of Honor’s page
‘Written by St. Peter's hand,
‘Who will find his name engrossed,
In the Everlasting Land?
‘Who will find it written there
‘Through the deeds he did on earth?
For the name enrolled on high
Owes inscription there to WORTH!
On the Roll of Honor's page
Wealth can make no penciling,
Fame can write no message there
Lest it have intrinsle ring:
Though a name be known and great,
It shall not be there unfurled
It St. Peter finds it false
‘When he balances the world!
On the Roll of Honor's page
‘Names we know shall not be seen:
Masters of the world to-day;
Men of business, hard and keen;
4ames of men who grind the poor;
‘Men who tramic in the flesh;
Men who stifle hope and health;
Men who hold a scourging leash!
On the Roll of Honor's page
‘We shall read but names of men
Who have lived the better life,
Who have helped their fellows when
All the world was cold and dark—
‘Men who stepped aside, resigned,
Letting others win the heights—
‘Men of kind and gentle mind!
‘On the Roll of Honor's page
Only merit shall emboss
Names of men who lived and dled—
‘Deeds, not words, their scripts engross!
‘Those who suffered and were strong.
‘Though the world knew not their hand,
‘These shall make their register
In thie Everlasting Land!
A Warrior Bald:
Re See en eee eae ee ea
“Pa” looked at his sanguinary off-
spring warily, but kept diligently at
work mending the mowing machine.
“Pa, dang it, I tell ye I want to go
to war!”
‘This time “pa” was perturbed and
hurt. He had been good to that boy,
bought him a rife and made him go
to Sunday school regularly, but the
boy wasn't appreciative. He wanted
to leave the farm where he had known
protection and guidance to shoulder a
musket and get shot full of air holes.
“I tell ye, pa—"
“Look-ahere, Ezra,” interrupted
Farmer Scott, pausing with a bolt half
driven, “I am sick and tired o’ hearin’
ye wantin’ to go to war! War! You
dunno what war is. Why, blast my
buttons, Ezra, war is hell! Ye ain't
old enough to go out and git shot yet
—walt awhile, son, wait awhile!”
But Ezra heard not. The fire of
patriotism was burning in him like
a pine lumber yard on fire and he
wanted to be a hero.
“Tell ye what I'll do, son,” said the
father as a twinkle in his eye pro-
claimed a happy thought, “See that
big elm tree up there on th’ hill in
‘th’ far elghty?”
| Ezra's eye followed the direction
indicated to a lonely bluff near the
country burying ground, A strange
tremor passed through him, but he
answered boldly:
“Yes, pa!”
“You take a hoss blanket and a
snack o’ johnnycake and git over
there, It’s most dusk now and time
ye git there it'll be twilight. No boy
is fit to be a soldier who's afraid to
sleep out o' nights. You wrap right
up in yer blanket and stay there till
mornin’ and if ye low by sun-up that ye
ain't skeared none, ye can go to war.
Ye'll have my permission, tho’ ‘twill
break yer mother's heart.”
A half hour later Farmer Scott saw
a familiar figure trudging off across
the fields toward the old.elm tree.
‘As it disappeared in a gully the low
muttering of thunder in the distance
presaged rain, at which the farmer
chuckled, By dark the sky was thick-
WwW overshadowed and “chain” light
ning dashed across the canopy In lurid
streaks. The rain fell in torrents and
as Farmer Scott put out the cat
wound the clock and prepared for bed,
a tempest was raging.
But he didn't go to bed. He took
a seat near the window and waited.
“Th’ kid might stick it out,” he mut:
tered, and the lightning’s flash re
vealed a troubled look on his face!
‘The elements continued to clash,
and the entire bowling alley of the
firmament was brought into play.
Crash after crash shook the earth
and the wind tossed in a deluge of
anger.
And Farmer Septt sat with his face
against the pane, peering far into the
night.
Of a sudden there was a brighter
flash, an exclamation from “"pa” and
an excited snicker! Forty rods away
he saw a half-flying, half-running form
dashing through the storm, while be
hind it fluttered a horse blanket.
Presently there was a careful trial
of the lateh, which refused to yield,
then a gentle rap, followed by a vig-
orous kick and a frightened boy's
voice, calling for “pa.”
Farmer Scott threw the “door wide
open.
“it an honorable discharge, Ezra?”
he asked solemnly.
The boy looked at him a moment
in the candle light, dashed away a
tear bravely and blurted:
“Pa, did—did ye—did ye drive that
—that brindle calf in out of the wet
afore—afore I went t' war?”
From which commonplace remark
Farmer Scott knew that Ezra had de
cided on an agricultural career.
According to a city newspaper,
France has 2,200,000 dogs, Germany
Veyron Vlas
THIRTY YEARS OF IT.
A Fearfully Long Siege of Daily Pain
and Misery.
Charles Von Soehnen of 210 A St.,
Colfax, Wasb., says: “For at least
thirty years 1 suf-
fered with kidney
troubles, and the at
tacks Jaid me up for
days at a time with
pain in the back and
rheumatism. When
I was up and around
De Sg ee
> pay reer foe
fered with kidney
14 troubles, and the at.
eyes) tacks laid me up for
‘4 y days at a time with
/ pain in the back and
BOY rheumatism. When
bes 4 7a) 1 was up and around
APC” sharp twinges caught
me, and for fifteen years the frequent
passages of kidney secretions _an-
noyed me. But Doan’s Kidney Pills
have given me almost entire freedom
from this trouble and { cannot speak
too highly in their praise.”
Sold by all dealers. 60 cents a
box, Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. ¥.
POOR'JOHNI!
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fool when I got married!
Mrs. Scrappeigh—Well, John, mar-
tied life hasn't changed you any!
OPENS GRAVE FOR A PICTURE,
Sorrowing Widow Had to Have Pic-
‘ture by Which to Remember Hubby.
To be exhumed after he had been
buried for 20 days and told to sit up
and “look pleasant” was the tough
luck that befell a corpse out at Wood-
lawn cemetery, New York, the other
day. Henry Brown, a train dispatcher
on the One Hundred and Twenty-
ninth street elevated road, died De
cember 6 of rheumatic gout and was
buried decently and in order. Some
two weeks after the funeral it oc-
curred to Mrs. Brown that she would
like a photograph of her husband,
having none that did him justice. Im-
mediately she petitioned the Bronx
health department for permission to
exhume Henry and snapshot him.
The health department was some
what dazed, but granted the request,
and so, with a photographer and an
undertaker, Mrs. Brown went to
Woodlawn and had the three weeks
‘corpse dug up. Brown was taken
both profile and full face.
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He—You don’t have to cry for him,
dear, you've got him.
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"Beware of Debt.
Raleigh: Borrowing is the canker
and death of every man’s estate.
Brown's Bronchial Troches
have a world-wide reputation for cur-
ing coughs, sore throats and relieving
bronehitis and asthma.
A milkman doesn't ery over spilt
milk if there {s a pump handy.
It’s the judgment, of many smokers that
Lewis’ Single Binder 5c cigar equals in
quality the best 10c cigar.
The trouble with a jealous woman
fs that she can’t keep the lid on.
sisgcracal out tata Wate ortebodse Mh low Ste tae MONROE BREE OO: “Guinoys Milnate”
Cardui, the woman’s remedy, has been knowns for ay years as ‘‘Woman’s
Relief,” because of its great value in the treatment of female diseases,
’Twill help you, if you area sufferer from any of the ills peculiar to women,
which can be reached by medicine. Why? Because it has helped other sick women.
Wine of Cardui
for headache, backache, pressing-down pains, nervousness, irritablity, and other
symptoms of general female weakness. Mrs. R. L. Denney, of Huntsville, Ala.,
writes: ‘‘Cardui does me more good than any medicine I have ever taken.”” Try.
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AGREEING WITH THE ASSESSOR.
Hie Reason for Bullding Unneeded
Addition to House.
Representative Birdsall of Iowa ob-
jects to the high rentals charged in
Washington during the congressional
season, He says che feels like an
Irish farmer he knew out in his dis-
trict. The farmer had bought a place
out of savings as a farm-hand and
renter. The tax assessor came around
one day and put a valuation on Pat's
new property which Pat thought ex-
cessive. His protest, however, was
unavailing.
One day a neighbor visited Pat and
found him building an addition to his
house, and obviously the house was
plenty big enough without it.
“Isn't that a plece of extrava-
gance?” he asked Pat.
“Think agin it motght be,” sald
Pat, “but I'm after havin’ the ould
‘place warth phat the assisser says It
is.”
IT SEEMED INCURABLE
Body Raw with Eczema—Discharged
from Hospitals as Hopeless—Cutl-
cura Remedies Cured Him.
“From the age of three months untib
fifteen years old, my son Owen's life
was made intolerable by eczema in its
worst form. In spite of treatments the
disease gradually spread until nearly
every part of his body was quite; raw,
He used to tear himself dreadfully in
his sleep and the agony he went.
through is quite beyond words. The
regimental doctor pronounced the case
hopeless. We had him in hospitals
four times and he was pronounced one
of the worst cases ever admitted.
From each he was discharged as in-
curable. We kept trying remedy
after remedy, but had gotten almost
past hoping for a cure. Six months
ago we purchased a set of Cuticura
Remedies, The result was truly mar-
velous and to-day he is perfectly cured.
Mrs. Lily Hedge, Camblewell Green,
England, Jan. 12, 1907.”
Generally Done.
“Did you know that the Downtown
Merchants’ bank had closed its doors?”
“Good heavens! Is that so?”
“Certainly. It always does when
cool weather comes.”—Baltimore
American.
ALL UP-TO-DATE HOUSEKEEPERS
Use Red Cross Ball Blue. It makes clothes
slain and sweet as when new, All grocers.
No, Alonzo, a nervous woman isn’t
necessarily nervy.
Vabitual
Constipation
May bepermanenlly overcome by proper
Picea eff jets with ihe opsittapce
ong te i ive
eS rap freee,
Which enables onetoform vegular
Ieabite daily satel aptclans Ge
ture may be gradually dispensed ith
when no longer needed asthe best of
remedies,when required, areto assist
natare’and not to supplant the mati.
al fanclions, which must depend ulti>
nately upon proper nourishment,
propecefforts and vight living Senerally.
Toget its beneficial effects, always
buy the Senuine,
or i
Fic Syrup Co. omy __
SPAR dae pee oem
The Turkish government absolutely
prohibits the exportation of the seed
of Turkish tobacco,
MED CROSS BALL BLUE
Should be in every home. Ask your grocer
for it, Large 2 02. package only 5 cents.
| Most people who talk too much get
it where Tessie got the beads, sooner
or later.
PILES CURED IN 6 TO 14 DAYS.
PAZ0 OINTMENT Is gtranieed to care any case
tiitebing, find, Bleeding or Procruding Pes 1B
UoW Gays or money refunded. ‘se
Some finished orators don’t seem to
know when to quit.
Sone e ae,
se ugly, grizzly, gray hairs. Use “LA
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Exact Copy of Wrapper. “THE CENTAUR COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY.
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‘THE SCIENTIFIC AND MODERN EXTERNAL COUNTER-IRRITANT.
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DON’T WAIT TILL THE PAIN :
COMES_HEEP A TUBE HANDY
‘A QUICK, SURE, SAFE AND ALWAYS READY CURE FOR PAIN—PRICE 1Se,
AR COLLAPSIBLE TUBES MADE OF PURE TIN-AT ALL DRUGGISTS AND
DEALERS, OR BY MAIL ON RECEIPT OF Sc. IN POSTAGE STAMPS.
‘A substitute for and superior to mustard or any other plaster, and will not
blister the most delicate skin. The pain-allaying and curative qualities of the
article are wonderful. It will stop the toothache at once, and relieve Head-
ache and Sciatica. We recommend it as the best and safest external counter-
irritant known, also as an external remedy for pains in the chest and stomach
and all Rheumatic, Neuralgic and Gouty complaints. A trial will prove what
we claim for it, and it will be found to be invaluable in the household and for
children. Once used no family will be without it. Many people say “itis |
the best of all your preparations." Accept no preparation of vaseline unless |
the same carries our label, as otherwise it is not genuine.
Send your address and we will mall our Vaseline Booklet describing |
‘our preparations which will Interest you.
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SHOES AT ALL 3 bale %
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MEMBER OF THE FAMILY, §
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ites or imitations.
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DEAM ABSTRACT IN NORTH-WEST CORNER OF THE COURT HOUSE Bonded Abstractors
BREAKFAST FOOD
and you will Love good eating
AT YOUR GROCERS IMBODEN MILLI
We Are Now Prepar
To Clean Ladies and Gents Clothing with the
FRENCH PROCESS of Dry Cleaning, Steam
Cleaning and Steam Dyeing with new, and
most Modern Appliances and skilled workm
ship. First-class work at reasonable prices.
give away discount coupons with all work
mounting to 50c and over. Your trade solic
Goods Called For and Delivered
love good eating
IMBODEN MILLING CO.
New Prepared.
ents Clothing with the
Dry Cleaning, Steam
ing with new, and the
s and skilled workman-
reasonable prices. We
boons with all work a-
r. Your trade solicited
er and Delivered
We Are Now Prepared.
To Clean Ladies and Gents Clothing with the FRENCH PROCESS of Dry Cleaning, Steam Cleaning and Steam Dyeing with new, and the most Modern Appliances and skilled workmanship. First-class work at reasonable prices. We give away discount coupons with all work amounting to 50c and over. Your trade solicited Goods Called For and Delivered
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C. G. HANSON, Prop.
110 St. Francis Ave Phone 128
.. EMERSON SAID
“If a man write a book, preach a better sermon
make a better mouse-trap than his neighbors
though he builds his house in the woods, the w
will make a beaten path to his door”
The “path” to our door proves that
Peerless Princess Flou
DYE WORKS
SON, Prop.
Phone 1286 red
ON SAID...
reach a better sermon or
to than his neighbor,
in the woods, the world
his door"
door proves that
ncess Flour
AND DYE WORKS C. G. HANSON, Prop.
.. EMERSON SAID ..
"If a man write a book, preach a better sermon or make a better mouse-trap than his neighbor, though he builds his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door"
The "path" to our door proves that Peerless Princess Flour
Is the Best. At all Grocers. We also keep in stock Bran, Shorts and Corn Chop. Market your grain and buy or exchange for Flour or Feed at our Mill
Howard Mills Co. R. NAFTGER, W. R. TUCKER,
Mills Co.
GOAMS
Benton—W. R. Tucker, W. E. Jett, R.
L Matmes, S B. Amidon, B. F. Me
Lean, J. M. Moore, L. S Nafuger, E
H. Middle auff. O. Z. Smith.
Lateral Banking Business Transacted
CHITA TANSA
Johnston's
Restaurant
339 N. Main St.
Meals 20c and 25c
Cigars, Tobacco, Lunch
Fish Game and Oysters in Season
Your Trade Wanted
Sir D. L. Taylor
Designer and Builder of Tent houses, Tabernacle houses and Temple houses. Prices in reach of all. Send your order to-day 329 East Center SALINA. KANSAS
Mrs. Alex Ridley is reported very ill.
Mr. Isom Slaughter is reported quite ill.
Mrs. Wayman Anderson returned last week from Chicago, where she went to witness the marriage of her daughter, Miss Zola.
in Valley Center for the past week returned Monday reporting a lovely
miss Callie Anderson, who has been
time.
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THE WIGH TA SEARCHLIGHT
A Smoke Talk At Home
With green wood in the stove or fire place isn't what its cracked up to be
We have lots of nice dry Wood cut in 16 inch and 2-foot lengths.
Also plenty of GOOD COAL always on hand...
BOTH PHONE 496--
J.H. TURNER
WICHITA, KANS.
333 to 347 WEST DOUGLAS
Please Your Wife
If you want to please
your wife you must buy
"Wichita's Best" Flour
A skYour Grocer For It
Have No Other
PEONISCH BROS ,
Agents
622 N. Main St., Phone 530
We also handle Feed and Coal
FORD'S
HAIR POMADE
Formerly known as
"OZONIZED OX MARROW"
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HAIR STRAIGHTENS KINKY or CURLY
HAIR that it can be put up in any style
designed to fit. The length of
Ford's Hair Pomade was formerly
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Walter Patterson of Florence, was in the city this week.
Mr. Pat Rickman has returned home after a few weeks' visit. He reports having had a fine time.
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glorious one. Every Daughter had something to say concerning our work; how we might make our Tabernacle work more and more interesting, and in what way we might make our coming together more and more pleasant. Last meeting Dtr. Snowden spoke on the subject "On Time," in which she showed that punctuality is one great feature we need to practice to make our work more interesting. At our next meeting we are to have a talk on "Building of th Tabernacle," by one of the Cyreses' Board members. The Clinging Rose Tent is getting along nicely under the jurisdiction of Dtr. L. Verder, Q. M. Yours truly, DUP B. A. F. C.
NEWS OF PRATT.
A revival meeting is going on at the A. M. E. church, Rev. C. A. Woods, pastor. Mr. A. Duke, one of the old hard time sinners, was happily converted last Sunday at the three o'clock services. We pray God's blessing to be with us in this meeting.
Mr. George James is still on the sick list.
Mrs. Florence Brown is very sick.
Mrs. Mattie Williams is on the sick list.
Services at 2nd Baptist church last Sunday were good. At morning services covenant meeting; at 8 p. m. Pastor Turner preached a soul-stirring sermon. Text, text, "He loved our nation," Luke 7:5. Under the leadership of this able gospel preacher the 2nd Baptist church is steadily improving, and we feel same in saying that in twelve more month this church will be an honor to the Southwestern district. God be praised for His goodness.
The ministers and deacons' union will convene in its second quarterly meeting with 2nd Baptist church, Pratt, March 5-6, Rev. Wm. Turner, president. New subscribers to the Searchlight: W. A. James and Mr. A. Stevenson. We are glad to say the Searchlight is welcome in our homes and we hope every colored family in this vicinity that has not subscribed will subscribe at once. See Rev. Turner and he will have the paper sent to you. Those that are taking the paper are: George A. Williams, B. J. Martin, E. K. Martin, J. J. Lowe, J. P.
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H. E. Long died at his home in Reno county, Thursday, January 30, 1908. Last week this paper made mention of the serious illness of Mr. Long on his returning home from his visit in Wichita. He had been in ill health for some time past. It was at first thought that his condition was not serious, but on Thursday evening, January 30, he closed his eyes, and passed away, just as the sun was sinking the west. His wife and skilled physicians, neighbors and friends were at his bed when the end came, and nothing that human aid could offer was neglected for the relief of the afflicted one, but in spite of these kind hands he passed away. Few deaths in Reno county have caused more universal sorrow than that of Mr. Long. In each family in Reno county, where the deceased bore acquaintance, none but words of praise as an honest man has been heard. Among the old settlers who had known him in the earlier history of his life, and those who have known him only a short time found him to be the same, and offered their favors to him when he was ill. All can give testimony of his favor shown all when they were needed. H. E. Long was born in Tennessee, June 2, 1855, later he came to Reno county where he and his family has since resided, living on a farm, being one of the leading farmers in this county. Mr. Long leaves a wife and an adopted daughter to mourn his death.
Dtr. Jannie Cook is able to sit up in bed. We are glad to see her improving. Dtr. Alice Perkins left for S. D., Friday morning. The Daughters were sorry to see her go. She reported having a nice time.
Yes Sir,
PRETTY PRAIRIE, KAN Summoned by Death.
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Daughters Perping entertained her H. P., Jennie Sellers at Daughter Minnie Patton's on Thursday evening, after the meeting there was twenty-five present. All reported having a good time. Many pretty solos were sung.
Mr. and Mrs. John Bailey are both sick at this writing. Sir Knight Thomas Holiday is reported sick. Don't worry. She is giving him the very best of care. We expect to hear something any time now.
The Busy Bee Club gave an entertainment at the South Omaha Social Club Friday evening, January 21, which proved to be quite a success. St. Maria Tabernacle No. 18, is getting along nicely with but one sick member.
Dtr. Jennie Sellers called on Dtr. Ellen Golden Sunday afternoon, and says Dtr. Golden has a very nice home which is like a palace inside. The colored people ought to be proud of our property owners, such as Dtr. Golden.
Dtr. Lulu Burrell, Queen Mother of Louisa J. Bruce Tent No. 9 is going to give a concert for her tent at Peterson's Hall, February 25.
Rev. Frank Wilson, C. G. M., ought to come to Omaha next as he is visiting all over Kansas. We would be glad to see Rev. Mrs. Wilson. The Chief will have to tell us something when he does come, so he might as well get ready to kill a cow instead of calf, and give us gravity with it.
Dtr. Maggie Brown had a very painful accident last Wednesday afternoon by falling off her back porch. At this printing she is getting along nicely.
TABOR PROGRESS.
Rev. Frank Wilson, Chief Grand Mentor, delivered a splendid address at the Tabor entertainment at Garfield Hall, Wednesday night. In part he spoke as follows:
"Mr. Master of Ceremonies, Chief Mentors, Chief Preceptresses, Ladies and Gentlemen:
"I am, indeed, glad to be with you tonight, and the program which you have rendered in my hearing tonight tells me of the progress and advancement being made by my race everywhere.
The other race judge us by the class with which they came in contact with most—the criminal class—but they do not know anything of the better class of colored people, as they seldom, if ever, visit the homes of the better class of colored people, or places like this—where the refinement and culture of the race is exhibited. But I am not here to discuss that question, but I am here to say something to you of the "Progress of Tabor."
"Father Moses Dickson founded our order in its present form in 1872 by organizing two Temples and two Tabernacles. With these four as a working basis he called a meeting and organized the first Grand Temple and Tabernacle in Independence, Mo., on August 12, 1872. Some said it would not do to have women to meet in the Grand Session, but Father Dickson belived that woman was man's equal and that God did not take her from the top of man's head that she might walk over man, neither did he take her from the bottom of man's feet that he might crush her—but he took woman from man's side that it might be verified that she was nothing less than man's equal. This has been proven by the work in helpmaking the laws and self governing in the Grand Knights and Tabernacle. The Order of Twelve has grown from a bare membership of 85 to a present membership of 125,000, showing that the Negro is capable of being organized for good—and successfully being led by members of the race. I believe that if the race is ever to be brought to the front it is to be by race organizations—led by men and women of the race. God could just as easily have had the children of Israel led from bondage by a member of some other race, but He chose Moses—one of their own race—and told him to organize them and lead them out of bondage. The Order of Twelve is doing a great work which no other society can do. We are meeting the wants and needs of our race. We are doing what we promise. When our order began its labors in 1891 there were no Negro societies who were paying an endowment. We began with $40.00, and at this time we are paying $100.00. We are not paying "on paper only", but we are paying the cash—and on time, too. We are the first Negro organization to successfully launch an endowment for children. We now pay an endowment of $25.00 to children of our order. The Order of Twelve of this Jurisdiction is to the Negro societies what the sun is to the solar system—the light for all. And as we lead, we bid others follow in the grand work for humanity and the race.
"We believe in home-getting and economy, and our record of property owned proves that we practice what we preach. We own halls in Topeka, Lawrence, South Topeka, Ft. Scott, Kansas City, Kan., Atchison, Leavenworth—and a park covering a whole block in Leavenworth—we own real estate in Leavenworth, Parsons, and Coffeyville. Thus all see that the Order of Twelve is progressing.
The Buckskin Shirt
4
(Copyright.)
"Dear pardner.
"This is my furst letter. I kno all about how you saved mother on the desert from the injins, so she named me after you in gratitude. each time Crismus comes she says you send me something and call me little pardner, so I guess we are. I want to play injun but aint got no buckskin shirt like bufo bulo wore. if you see Santy Klaus loafin around out there tell him, mother says he lives somewhere near you. goodbye Willie Parks.
"ps. ain't this a long letter."
The big, gaunt man read it with chucklings and interpolations of "God bless his little heart," or "Ain't he a brick, durn him; ain't he a brick!" He relighted his pipe, carefully folded and religiously replaced the letter in his safety vault, a baking-powder can on a shelf. In this can, too, was his store of gold dust, his only reward for months of isolation and toil.
He was lank and huge. His skin was wrinkled by desert suns and winter winds. His habitation was a mere shack of a cabin, perched on the edge of a bluff away off up in the tops of the Sierras.
For seven years now the gaunt one had never failed in a Christmas remembrance, the only one he gave, and to a stranger's child. For seven years, luck with him or against him, he had sent this Christmas offering. But this was the hardest year of all.
On the night of its completion as he held it to the light it proved a wonderful creation. True, the sewing was a trifle irregular in stitch, and there were places that looked rather crude, but it was "a mighty strong shirt, and them stitches was all put in that to stay. You bet it was a strong shirt."
There came the night of the starting. Fresh thongs to the shoes, the homely lunch, and the packing of the precious bundle that was to bring gladness to those two easterners. The buckskin shirt and the meager supply of gold dust were rolled into a tight little wad and carefully bound around with strips of flour sack.
But neither through the hours of night nor in the early dawn, when he mounted by preference the vacant seat by the stage-driver, did "Whistling Sandy" vouchsafe an explanation of the whys and wherefores of his burden.
Away off down the divide, through ever-decreasing snow and over wind-swept, rock-strewn spots, the stage clumsily rattled. Its inside passengers, consisting of a traveling man for an eastern mining-machine house and a large, fat woman, who had been a cook at an upland mining camp, bumped hither and yon as the vehicle found deactivities.
Every now and then the driver, as he threw his lash out over the leaders, complained, in the whispering voice of the west, about the responsibilities that had been thrust upon him in this trip.
Great heavens! He had never thought of this before. Suppose they should be held up on this trip? He wouldn't mind the loss of his poke or any other valuable possession of his own, but the shirt! Why, if the highwaymen got that, his "little pardner" way back east would wait disappointed on that fast-approaching Christmas day. "But, shucks! they won't gain" to be no hold-up," and he lighted his pipe.
Even in the land of certainty the unusual happens. So it was that as they rounded the turn of dread Dead-Man's Curve, there came crisply out in the morning air the command "Halt and hands up! The brakes for yours!"
Sandy, for the instant bewildered, caught a kaleidoscopic glance of two masked men on the hillside above the mountain road, a menacing figure near the head of the leaders, a pointed rifle, and the driver's frantic efforts to pull up. Like a flash came the thought of his mission and the necessity for escape.
The whip lay before him. Without a thought of consequences and regardless of the recklessness of his action, he seized the whip, sprang to his feet in the box, and sent the long lash curling, quivering, and viciously snapping across the palpitant flanks of the maddened leaders. At the top of his voice he urged the horses into continued speed, swearing with only such oaths as come to the man of the frontier when meeting a crisis.
The driver, astonished, released his foot from the brake and thoughtlessly rose to a half-standing posture. A rifle on the hillside cracked with a spiteful suddenness, and in a huddled heap the driver dropped forward, liberating the reins from his hands. The terrified horses threw themselves into the traces, the coach gave a leap ahead, and, driverless and aimless on the mountain-shelf, the race was on. Again a rifle sang from the hillside, and one of the wheel-horses dropped, stricken so suddenly by death that its body blocked the way, threw the other wheel-horse out of the road, and brought the stage to an abrupt stand-still. Even as the wheels ceased turning, the rifle spoke again, carrying death to the other wheel-horse. The leaders, surging upon the tugs, brisken from the blocking burden, and went clattering down the road to the who of pursuing shots.
gaunt mar, rifle in hand, jumped
cometlike from the seat beside the dead driver and sought protection and barricade behind the body of a fallen horse. A black barrel was thrust forth from his place of hiding, and instantly carried a messenger of death to the nearest outlaw.
The other two, surprised, balked, and angered, jumped to cover behind convenient boulders, and sent a volley toward the battered old white hat which showed itself above the quivering loins of the dying wheeler. There came no shot in reply. Sandy was biding his time.
From within the coach came asthmatic screams from the erstwhile cook, and shouts of "Ve surrenders!' Ve surrenders!" from her traveling companion. These cries finally subsided into snivelings and moans as the unfortunate travelers sought the security of the stage-coach floor.
Out on the snow of the roadside the body of the dying outlaw twitched convulsively. Sandy knew, as did the others, that there would be no compromise here. It was to the death.
A sudden movement on the hillside caught his attention.
There was a swift rush of a black form silhouetted against the whiteness as one of the robbers, adopting new tactics, sought a vantage-point higher on the mountain, from which he might shoot down to the road. Quick as a flash and with deadly certainty, Sandy's rifle recognized the danger, gave answer, and another huddled heap was added to the morning's tragedy.
Sandy chuckled grimly. "There's just one more," he said to himself, "and mebbe I can get him."
Then he began to try, after carefully withdrawing his rifle, to gain a position of 'vantage from farther up the side of the fallen beast. As he crawled forward upon his side, he inadvertently exposed himself, and the last outlaw lost no time in seizing the opportunity.
A spurt of flame shot like lightning from the hillside battle-ground. Sandy felt a paralyzing shock, and released his hold on his rifle, which fell and clattered out of reach.
"He got me! He got me!" Sandy murmured over and over to himself. His hand sought his breast and came away redly stained. He was helpless, but through his mind flashed a recollection of an old Indian strategy, and at once he simulated death.
A long interval of silence followed. Then a head appeared above the outlaw's refuge. From around the corner of the rock protruded a part of a face. Still no shot from the traveler crouched behind the dead wheeler. Emboldened by this, the outlaw cautiously got on his feet and peered toward his enemy. Satisfied that he had nothing to fear, he advanced into the open.
Over the field of tragedy he strode, the lust of gold still upon him. He reached the box of the stage, shifted his rifle to the hollow of his arm, and stretched out a grasping hand toward the coveted loot.
The prescience which is every man's inheritance caused him to turn toward his fallen adversary.
From behind that barricade of flesh, upon his knees, resting dizzily on one arm and weakly seeking steadiness of alm, was the supposed dead man. The outlaw's rifle and a heavy Colt's rang in unison. The robber spun upon his heel, dropping his weapon. Slowly he settled to his knees, and then, as though tired, fell forward upon his face. He was not alone in relinquishment.
To the ears of the frightened passengers in the coach there came the welcome sound of clattering hoofs and excited voices from down the road.
"Lucky that only one horse went over the cliff and that we met the other leader," said the foremost man, as his spurred heels rang on the ground, and his mount, with steaming flanks, came to a dejected halt. While two of the men listened to the frightened explanations of the passengers, the others grouped themselves around the prone figure of Sandy. They lifted him to an easier position and set to work to revive him.
His eyes opened as though from sleep, and his uninjured arm sought the blood-stained breast.
"Must get this to express," he murmured. "Won't get there in time, unless I do. Christmas most here. Had to fight for it, and can't fall down now."
"Well, I'm damned," said one of the men. "This is all that saved that hole from letting his life out. He'll get well, all right."
To the amazement of the curious group, he held in the air a tiny buckskin shirt, stained with blood and perforated through its wadded thickness with a bullet meant to kill.
Peculiar Old English Names.
Here are some of the names taken from a jury list in 1658, the year in which Richard Cromwell succeeded his father as protector of England: Faint-Not Hewitt, Redeemed Compton, Stand-Fast-on-the-High Stinger, Be-Courteous Cole, Search-the-Scriptures Moreton, Kill-Sin Pimple, Be-Faithful Johr, Fight-the-Good-Fight-of-Faith White, More-Fruit Flower, Weep-Not Billing, Repentance Avis and so on.
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KANSAS ITEMS
SUMMARY OF WEEK'S HAPPENINGS
Business Blocks Burn. — Fire that started in the J. B. Thompson livery stable at Newton caused a property loss estimated at $100,000 and came near wiping out the business section.
Glanders in Douglas County. — The second horse owned by J. R. Blevins, at Lawrence, whose place was recently quarantined on account of a case of glanders, was found to be suffering with the same disease and was promptly shot. The quarantine was continued and will remain on for about thirty days.
Cost of Kansas Primary. — A peka Dispatch says: "The most servative estimate on the cost of primary to be held next August can possibly be made is $175.48. Even friends of the measure say it will be a quarter of a million lars, while others are not satis with accepting a figure under $ 000. To get the figure of $175.48 Harper county is used as a basis being most representative. At last election 2,300 votes were there. The average number for state by counties was 2,900, so
Kansas to Get High Honor, — Secretary of State Root has informed the Kansas delegation in congress that William Helmke, formerly of Leavenworth, but now consul to Bogota, probably would soon be appointed as minister to some Latin American country. Helmke is now credited to New York because his family lives there. His appointment as minister will be credited to Kansas.
Find Dead Body of Recluse. — The badly decomposed remains of J. B. Joslin, an aged resident of East Topeka, was discovered on the floor of his home by a gas collector. A rope was around Joslin's neck and the officials think he may have been murdered. The dead man was a mysterious character of a miserly nature, and may have been strangled by someone who thought he had money.
Another Kansas Boy With Fleet. A Washington county boy is in charge of the wireless telegraph and wireless telephone connections between the ships of the big battleship fleet commanded by Admirai Evans, now in South American waters. C. O. Anderson of the town of Parallel is the lad who is thus honored. He is only 23 years of age, but, nevertheless, holds this important position with the fleet. He assisted in installing the wireless system on the ships and is now aboard the battleship Kearsarge.
Killing at a Dance.—John McGowan was shot and almost instantly killed at a dance in Shaw, 8 miles southeast of Chanute. The shooting was done by W. F. Walker, at whose house the dance was given. Walker, while intoxicated, got a shotgun and said: "I'm going to shoot somebody." "All right," McGown remarked in jest; "shoot me." Walker took him at his word, the charge entering McGown's mouth. Walker was arrested and was taken to Erle, where he was piaced in the county jail. McGown had lived in the county all his life. Walker has lived in Shaw about two months, where he was a junk dealer.
Kansans Celebrate in New York. — More than a hundred persons gathered in one of the private dining rooms of the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York City on January 29 to observe by a banquet the forty-seventh anniversary of the admission of Kansas into the Union. The hosts were the members of the Kansas Society of New York, and the general guests included many prominent in all ranks of life. The honor guests of the evening were Hon. Daniel R. Anthony, Jr., of Leavenworth; Hon. P. P. Campbell, Pittsburg; Hon. James M. Miller, Council Grove; Hon. Victor Murdock, Wichita; Dr. Lyman Abbott, New York; Thomas Ewing, Jr., New York, and Captain J. W. Miller, Messrs. Campbell, Miller and Murdock and the Rev. Mr. Eddy were unable to be present and sent regrets.
Fire at Spearville. — A disastrous fire broke out at Spearville. The total loss was $13,000, with insurance of $6,000. All that saved the entire business portion of the town was the fact that there was no wind blowing. The fire was evidently the work of an incendiary.
New Supt. at Reformatory.—J. A. Cady is the new superintendent of the Hutchinson State Reformatory. His appointment has been announced. Cady will have the appointment of an assistant superintendent, but without doubt he will appoint Bert Berry, at the suggestion of the governor. Cady has been acting as superintendent of the Hutchinson institution since Superintendent E. E. Marshall resigned. Up to that time he was the assistant superintendent. He is said to be well qualified for the place and his appointment is said to have been urged by all of the members of the board. Cady's home is in Linn county. Bert Berry, who will be the assistant superintendent, is at present physical director of the Boys' Industria lschool in Topeka.
Fire Destroys Church. — Fire destroyed the Baptist church at El Dorado. A hard wind was blowing and it looked for a time as though a whole block of buildings would be destroyed.
Sugar Company Signing Contracts.
— The United States Sugar and Land Company is signing up contracts with the local farmers for the acreage of sugar beets for this season. The contracts differ but little from those of last year and the flat rate of $5 per ton will be paid as usual.
Cost of Kansas Primary. — A Topeka Dispatch says: "The most conservative estimate on the cost of the primary to be held next August that can possibly be made is $175,486.50. Even friends of the measure say that it will be a quarter of a million dollars, while others are not satisfied with accepting a figure under $400,000. To get the figure of $175,486.50 Harper county is used as a basis, as being most representative. At the last election 2,300 votes were cast there. The average number for the state by counties was 2,900, so while Harper is a shade under the average, it will for that reason aid in a conservative estimate. The primary bill provides that the names of the candidates must be printed for three weeks in the newspapers. Five ballots may be figured. It must be borne in mind that this is for one county alone. There will be fifteen state officers on each ticket and at least one and one-half candidates for each office, which would put 115 state officers on the tickets. There will be fifty candidates for presidential elector, figuring on five tickets and ten for each one. At least two candidates will appear on each ticket for representative, making ten; the same can be said of senator, which would make ten more. There are twelve county offices to be filled, and with four to each office and five tickets a total of 240 will appear. In Harper county there are twenty townships, seven offices to each, and counting three to each office, and only three tickets instead of five to be conservative, a total of 1,260 would be arrived at. Ten precinct committeemen to a township, with two candidates for each place will make 200 candidates more. The grand total number of candidates, figured on this conservative basis, will put 1,893 candidates on the ticket in Harper county in August. These will have to be printed for three weeks in the newspapers at 20 cents a name, which would make $378.60. The printers may object to the 20 cents, too. Last year the ballots in Harper county cost $590 at legal rates. This year there will be five ballots. Some won't be as large as others, because some of the tickets like the Socialists won't have a full line-up. But they will have to be set up anyway and the impressions made. So to keep within the bounds of conservatism, multiply $590, the cost in Harper county last year, by three instead of five, the latter being the real number of tickets, which gives $1,770. Adding to that $78,60, the cost of printing the names, a total of $2,148.60 is arrived at. Say that the printing will be done at one-half of the legal rates (though that may be a dream), it will leave the total printing at $1,074.30. The judges and clerks receive $12.50 for one day. It will take two days to do the work, but again to be conservative, but one will be figured on. With twenty-eight precincts the bill will be $350. The sum of $20 will be needed to distribute the ballots; $75 to prepare the booths, not figuring rentals; $90 to return the ballots to the county clerks; $12 to canvass the returns by the county commissioners, the poll books and stationery about $50. These were the actual figures of cost in Harper county last year. This gives a total in Harper county of $1,671.30, bearing in mind that the printing was cut down to one-half the legal rates. Multiplying the cost in Harper county by 105, the number of counties in the state, a grand total of the primary for the whole state figures $175,486.50. A lower figure could hardly be made up. State Printer McNeal said he could do the printing job for the whole state at the state printing plant for $10,000. This of course will not be done, for no appropriation was made in that direction and each county will have to pay its own bills."
Fell and Crushed Skull. — Mrs. M. F. Hanna, of Hiawatha, fell down a cellar stairway and was so badly injured that she died within half an hour.
Wheat Being Seriously Damaged.—Farmers around Sedgwick report that the wheat is being seriously injured by some insect pest. J. W. Jones, who keeps pretty close tab on the crop, says he has examined a number of wheat fields and that the crop has already been injured to a great extent, and that the result can be attributed to the Hessian fly. He says that he found fly in all stages of development, from eggs up to full grown flyers, and that their presence is no doubt due to the open, mild winter weather. There has been a marked change in the appearance of the wheat fields of late. Where they were bright green two weeks ago they now look brown and dead in spots. It is, of course, too early to figure the amount of damage done, but the presence of fly is of itself a menace to the crop. How serious, time alone will tell.
Salina Street Railway Sold. — The Salina Street and Interurban railway has been sold to Robert A. Handy, a Denver banker, who will at once improve the line and increase the number of cars.
Civil War Veteran a Suicide. — James Short, a veteran of the civil war and one of the early pioneers of Kansas, committed suicide at Emporia by shooting himself through the heart. The act was the result of mental aberration caused by the pain of a fatal sickness.
Official Knights&
Knights & Daughters
OF TABOR
KANSAS—NEBRA
KNIGHTS AND DAUGHTERS OF
TABOR.
REV. FRANK WILSON, C. G. M.
1715 Clark Ave.,
Parsons, Kan.
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)
3-3 Wed. (A)
So. Chestnut,
(A)
On 1, Wichita,
425 E. 6th.
4 Laura Washington, 914 Walkes,
Kansas City, Kan., 1-3 Sat. Mora,
5 Ada Gilbert, 405 N. Santa Fe, Cot-
keyville, Kan., 2-4 Wed. (A)
5 Lottle Hill, 517 N. Main, Wichita,
Ka., 1-3 Thur. (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)
1. 1-3 Thur.
10 Maggie Robinson, 911 Everett,
Kansas City, Kan., 1-3 Sat. (A)
N. Santa Fe,
1. (A)
11 Mary Brown, 325 Miss., Lawrens,
Kan., 2-4 Sat. (A)
18 E. 11th.
18 Tues. (A)
1 Sadie Tyler, 125 E. Riley, Atchison,
Kan., 2-4 Sat. (A)
7 Mrs. Lillie Shobe, 336 N. Santa Fe,
Salina, 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 Wlace, 446 Ark., Lawrence,
Kan., 2-4 Wed. (A)
11 Mrs. Pauline Woodfork, 823 Freeman,
Kansas City, Kansas, 1-3
Mon. (A)
15 Mrs. S. S. Furlough, Box 405, Wein City, Kan.
16 Mrs. Mae Wilson, 1715 Clark Parsons, Kan., 1-3 Wed. (A)
Wed. (A)
So. Barber,
Sat. (A)
208 N. 30th,
ur. (A)
Horton, Ft.
3 Kickapoo,
704 E. 12th,
3 Wed. (A)
Clark, Par
Kan., 1-3 Sat. (A)
Hester Cornish, 911 Western, N
Topeka, Kan., 1-3 Sat. (A)
Jannie McAdoo, 1818 N. Madison,
Topeka, Kan., 1-3 Sat. (A)
Cynthia Henderson, 312 Washington, Kansas City, Kan., 1-3 Sat.
NEXT PLACE OF MEETING.
The Grand Temple and Tabernacle will next meet in Atchison, Kansas, on the 2nd Tuesday in July, 1908.
NOTICE TABORS
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)
32 Mrs. Salma Ester, 334 Rear Dakota St., Butte, Mont.
33 Mrs. J. L. Cobb, Bx. 384, Alliance, Neb.
34 Mrs. Mattie Miller, 335 W. 15th, Wichita, Kan., 1-3 Thur. (A)
35 Mrs. Adah Lewis, 1603 Archer Av., South Omaha, Nebraska.
37 Mrs. Matilda Waters, 1800 N. 6th, Atchison, Kan., 1-3 Fri. (A)
38 Mrs.ella Young, Box 1173, Weir City, Kan.
39 Mrs. Hulda Patterson, 8th and Elm, Abilene, Kan.
52 Mrs. Ada King, 808 Vermont, Lawrence, Kan., 2-4 Thur. (A)
68 Mrs. Lille Robinnett, 1236 Barnett, Kansas City, Kan., 1-3 Fri. (A)
77 Mrs. Sarah Weddington, 634 Spruce Topeka, Kan., 1-3 Wed. (A)
85 Mrs. Francis Hardman, 1801 Kansas Ave., Topeka, Kan.
89 Mrs. B. E. Alton, 2215 Pacific, Omaha, Neb., 1-3 Wed. (A)
93 Mrs. Ida M. Jordan, 903 N. Western, N. Topeka, Kan., 1-3 Thur. (A)
1 Fred M. Harris, Box 1173, Weir City, Kan., 1-3 Fri.
2 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.
839 North Main Street Meals 15c to 25cts. Hot or Cold Lunch At All Hours ICE CREAM
8 A. J. Beam, 409 Osborne, Ft. Scott,
Kan, 1-3 Tue.
10 Jno H. McKinnis, 217 Sherman,
Laxenworth, Kan, Mondays.
12 Lee Holiday, 723 So. 20th, Parsons,
Kan., 1-3 Thur.
15 Ed Finch, 514 N. 4th, Sallina, Kan.
1-3 Tue.
19 W. M. Hughes, 1023 N. J., Law-
rence, Kan., 2-4 Thur.
25 J. H. Downs, 422 Haskell, Kansas
City, Kansas, Fr'days.
59 U. A. Graham, 1160 West, Topeka,
Kansas, 1-3 Thur.
60 W. Osteen, 1214 Lane, Topeka,
Kansas, 1-3 Mon.
PROHIBITION BROAD, PROSA
400 N. Main St. Pho
72 J. W. Bedell, 2127 So. 10th, Lincoln, Nebs.
333
TABERNACLES.
TEMPLES.
Chief Mentors.
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.
1 Lillie Harden, 900 Fifth St., Leaenworth, Kan., 4 Sat. (A)
2 Susan Daniels, 216 W. Wall, P. Scott, Kan., 2-4 Sat. (A)
3 Lizzie Weaver, 1122 Saratoga, Lincoln, Neb., 2 Fri. (A)
8 Ida Stovall, 706 So. Walnut, Iela
Kan., 2-4 Sat. (A)
9 Flora Patterson, 311 W. 27th, Oma-
ha, Neb., 1-3 Sat. (A)
14 Arle Stone, 823 Main, Atchison
Kan., 1-3 Sat. (A)
18 A. O. Murrell, 451 So. 4th, Saffna
Kan., 1-3 Sat. (A)
19 Lizzie Herrod, Sherman Flat
Omaha, Neb., 2-4 Sat. (A)
20 Susie Wills, 214 Grand, Parsons
Kan, 1-3 Sat. (A)
Leavenworth, Kan., s Sat
23 Louise Verder, 813 N. J., Lawrence
(A)
If your Tabernacle, Temple or Teen 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, Kansas.
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.
W. W. Shobe, District Grand Treasurer,
336 N. Santa F, Salina, 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
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102 E Douglas Pone 8
Johnston's
Restaurant
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Specialty
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