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YOU CAN SAVE MONEY BY TRADING WITH THE MERCHANTS WHO ADVERTISE IN THIS PAPER. TENTH YEAR Negro Asks No Favors Only Asks For One Law Applied To All Men Alike Not Special Enactment For Or Against Him — But The Enforcement Of The Constitution As It Is The Reformer, of Richmond, Va., says: Let the white man be just to the Negro. The white man will not be just to himself unless he is just to the Negro. in the midst of the loose talk about "Negro supremacy," "Negro domination," "social equality," and all that sort of thing, it is well perhaps, to camp and consider whether the Negro is asking at the hands of the white man that which is unreasonable. Looking at the matter calmly, reasonably and without prejudice, if those of us who have been long prejudiced can infer the matter in so fair a light—it is difficult to perceive that anything unreasonable has been asked on behalf of the Negro. For himself, the Negro is asking no special privileges not accorded to others; no special consideration of any kind. In fact, special consideration and special privileges are the very things which he does not desire. All that is asked by the Negro, or by those who speak in this behalf, is the same treatment that is accorded to other citizens. Only fields and nothing more. Under the constitution and the statutes all men are equal before the law. This is the book upon which our great and free government was founded. The utmost that the Negro desires is that the conceded and obvious meaning of the constitution and the statutes shall be held in practice. While the Negro does not desire her expect to be made the object of special privileges, he naturally objects—and he has both a moral and legal right to object—to the withholding from him of guaranteed rights on the sole ground that his skin happens to be some shades darker than that of his brothers of the Caucasian race. Is it unreasonable for the Negro to ask that he shall be allowed to stand or fall solely on his merits? If he proves incompetent or unworthy as an individual, let him be judged by those shortcomings as other individuals are judged. But do not put the door of opportunity in his hands merely because the cuticle which possesses his flesh carries a pigment --- somewhat different from that found in the skins of other men. Under the constitution the Negro is guaranteed the same civil rights as other citizens. He should be estimated by the same standards. If he is incompetent to exercise the privileges of the franchise let him be debarred therefrom, so far as he is unworthy, by educational and other restrictive qualifications; but let the laws be general, not of special application. Let them apply to white men as well as to black men. The vote of an ignorant Negro is no worse than the vote of an ignorant white man. The vote of an intelligent Negro is as valuable and should be held as sacred as the vote of an intelligent white man. The Negro is in this country to stay. He did not come here of his own accord. It is the concensus of intelligent opinion, even in the South, that he can't be spared from this section if he were entirely willing to leave it, which he is not. The Negro is as much a citizen of the United States as is any other man born under the flag we love. He is entitled to the same rights as other citizens. To deprive him of any of these rights is a gross injustice that cannot be successfully defended nor permanently maintained. It is unworthy of the race that claims for itself superiority. This injustice cannot forever endure in a nation where the people govern, because the people are just in their ultimate conclusions, though they may seemingly consent to injustice and wrong for a time. As for the question of social equality, it could safely be left to adjust itself if the question of the Negro's citizenship rights were justly decided. No person is obliged to meet any other person in a social way against his will. This intelligent, refined Negro is apt to be about as particular in his choice of associates as the white man of similar attainments. To summarize the case in brief: The Negro asks no more than simple justice. This he is clearly entitled to and this he will eventually receive if he has patience to wait for it and courage to win it. In the meantime, it rests with the Negro himself to prove that he is worthy of the equal rights and privileges that are demanded on his behalf. Let every Negro resolve to do his part in getting rid of the habit of carrying concealed weapons. The old time habit of carrying pistols is disgraceful and useless and it should be gotten rid of. Sell the pistol and put the money into pigs and chickens.—The Tuskegee (Ala.) Messenger. WICHITA, KANSAS, SATURDAY, MAY, 16 1908. Nashville, Tenn.-The Hon. William T. Vernon, register of the United States treasury, has been to Nashville, Tenn., and gone. His purpose here was to deliver the principal address to the graduating classes of Meharry Medical College. This school is the leading school of its kind in the world, exclusively for Negroes, and its exercises, which took place in the spacious Ryman Auditorium on Summer street, were probably the best ever seen here. Early in the evening people, white and black, could be seen making their way to this building. The edifice, which has a seating capacity of 10,000, was comfortably filled. The program began by a grand processional march and 108 intelligent-loking colored men and women marched gracefully from the reception room to the platform. Bishop Isaac Lane, D. D., of the Colored Methodist church, then led in a fervent prayer. Following the prayer an excellent piece of music was rendered, then the address of the salutatorian. When the latter had finished and had taken his seat, all at once a deafening, prolonged and general applause went up, and the people, who by this time had filled nearly every seat in the largest building of its kind in the South, saw for the first time in hospitable Nashville the stately Vernon. Amid an applause unprecedented here this dignified gentleman stepped upon the platform, where were seated the dean and president of the institution, the Hon. J. C. Napier, Bishop C. H. Phillips, D. D., LL.D., Dr. R. F. Boyd, the South's most eminent physician, Bishop Isaac Law, of Jackson, Tenn.; Hon. T. W. Binford, of Alabama; Dr. J. M. Harris, Missouri's leading physician, and other prominent men of Nashville and vicinity. Several minutes passed with this incident and finally the pharmaceutical valedictorian proceeded with his speech. The dental and medical valedictorians then had their say—the latter pinning a Meharry rose upon the left lapel of Register Vernon's coat, which again brought forth applause. Dean G. W. Hubbard then, in tense language, introduced the man of the hour, the speaker of the evening. It was some time before the applause subsided. It finally ended, however, and the Hon. Mr. Vernon delivered an address of 48 minutes directly to the class. All who heard it have reached the common verdict that it was a masterpiece. His diction was at all times choice and in his tribute to our common country he indulged in a flight of florid rhetoric, the most beautiful expression possibly ever pronounced from a Nashville platform. Dr. Vernon was frequently and loudly applauded and the press of Nashville was profuse in its praise of the effort. Among the social courtesies shown the Washingtonian was a most excellent 4 o'clock dinner at the beautiful and costly residence of Bishop C. H. Phillips, D. D., junior bishop of the Colored Methodist Episcopal church. Dr. Booker T. Washington, the noted Negro educator; Booker T. Washington, Jr.; Hon. J. C. Napler, Dr. R. F. Boyd, Dr. F. A. Stewart, Dr. J. M. Harris, of Missouri; Hon. T. W. Binford, of Alabama, and Dr. C. H. Phillips, Jr., were also present. After dinner Dr. R. F. Boyd took the two noted visitors, accompanied by Bishop Phillips, Booker T. Washington, Jr., and Dr. C. H. Phillips, Jr., for an extensive automobile ride in his new $5,000 White steamer, one of the handsomest automobiles in the South. A farewell banquet was given Dr. Washington and Dr. Vernon by the citizens of Nashville. Mr. Washington, who was here to visit his eldest son, Booker T., Jr., who is a student in Fisk, left for Chicago, where he will deliver a series of speeches before its citizens, and Dr. Vernon left for Washington to take up his official duties. (Copyright, by Daily Story Pub. Co.) Barrymore's memory was haunted by the vision of a woman's face. He had seen it but once, and this had been in the dining-car of a Northwestern Limited train. After lunch he had gone in search of the owner of that face. But, although he sought diligently from one end of the train to the other, he could not find her again; and since that time it had been a matter of much mystery to him how he could have missed her. It was near sundown, and Barrymore was returning horseback from a trip over the mountain. On coming round a certain bend in the road, he war brought to an unexpected stand-still by the silent command of a six-shooter, whose muzzle had been brought to a level with his head. "Your money, or your life!" The words had a familiar sound in Barrymore's ear. He had read them often in his dime-novel days. But the voice which now had uttered them in reality, and in no uncertain manner, at a distance of less than six feet, was that of a woman. This woman was neatly attired and sat her horse gracefully. But over the lower part of her face was a mask. "Come, quick!" commanded the would-be robber. "I am a desperate woman, and I do not care to take any chances by allowing delays. Hand over your valuables." He handed over the purse with an ill grace and started to ride away. "Hold!" The muzzle of the weapon was thrust a few inches nearer. "Your watch, please!" "Well, I must say, you are grasping, for a woman." Slipping his watch from his pocket he placed that, also, in the pretty hand outstretched to receive it. "You have a fine signet ring," suggested the female road agent. "Please allow me to keep this..." Barrymore's tone had become one of earnest pleading. "The ring was given me years ago by my mother." "Sentiment has no part in the business upon which I am engaged. Give me the ring, please." "And if I should refuse?" "A bullet in your shoulder first." "And if that should fail to bring me to terms?" "Perhaps a bullet in the other shoulder would serve to help your education." "You are a regular pirate." The woman laughed, and the tone of her laughter was very far from being in line with the business she professed. Barrymore slipped the ring from his finger and gave that, too, to the woman who had the drop on him. "Now dismount." "Ha! do you know that you are taking a pretty good risk of being caught when you burden yourself with my horse?" "I shall not burden myself very far. In fact, I merely want to delay you as much as possible. Dismount, will you?" "To oblige you." Barrymore dismounted. "Now get on your knees and thank me for sparing your life." "Never!" Barrymore thrust his hands into his pockets and threw back his head. "And," he continued, "if there is to be any pistol play, you may as well begin the shooting." The woman laughed again. "You may remount your horse," she said. When Barrymore was again in the saddle, she handed back to him his purse and watch. "The ring shall be returned to you later," she declared. "This farce has WHY HE HAS QUIT DRINKING WHY HE HAS QUIT DRINKING All Because of Battle of Glassware and Ice, Kentuckian Says. "I have decided to quit drinking," said J. W. Shelton of Kentucky. "I have not reformed or anything like that, but have just got tired of this thing of walking into places full of noise and having hard-faced men rattle glasses and bottles and ice "And if I should refuse?" been enacted merely to win a wager; and I shall have to keep this ring for a short time to prove my victory." In returning Barrymore's property, the young woman had unwittingly relaxed her guard over the pistol hand; and, Barrymore, quick to see his opportunity, suddenly grasped the wrist of his captor and wrenched the weapon from the hand that had held it. A little scream of surprise and consternation escaped the lips of the masked woman; and, lashing her horse, she made a hasty attempt to gallop away. But Barrymore had caught the bridle rein of her horse, and at the same time had covered the masquerader with her own weapon. "First, you will please hand over my signet ring!" he commanded. The young lady quickly complied. "Now, please let me go?" she pleaded. "I have been quite foolish." "So you have; and I am now a desperate man. That is a handsome diamond brooch you are wearing." "Ah, my mother's—" "Sentiment has no part in the business upon which I am engaged." The brooch was unclasped, and the parting neckband displayed just a little more of the girl's beautiful white throat. "Now, will you oblige me by removing the mask?" "Oh, I cannot—I cannot! Please spare me?" The voice trembled. "You will please remove your mask!" Barrymore made the trigger of the pistol click audibly. "Oh, spare me! It was all—" "The mask. I am growing more desperate with each moment of delay." asperse with each moment of unity. Protestingly, the young lady's hand went to her mask, and she lifted it from her face. Then Barrymore gasped. The revealed face was the same that had been haunting his memory—the face of the dining-car. Amazement, rapturous delight and satisfaction mingled in his breast; but his pistol hand remained steady. Barrymore realized that his opportunity had come, and he exclaimed: "There is something miraculous in this! And, believing that this meeting has been brought about in answer to the earnest prayer which has been in my heart since first I saw you three months ago, I am determined I shall not lose you again. Back here is a country parson. Ride a little in advance of me and move in that that direction." Barrymore indicated by a motion of his head. "Why, what do you mean?" Why, what do you mean? "I mean that you are going to marry me. I am now going to put away this weapon; but remember that I have it handy; and fall in one single instant to obey my commands during the next hour, and you will have only yourself to blame for the awful tragedy which will follow." "Surely you cannot mean what you say?" The young lady's bosom rose and fell tumultously. "Did I not tell you that I am a desperate man?" Only the deepest earnestness appeared in Barrymore's face, as the eyes of his captive searched his countenance. The two riders now moved forward, and in a little while they came in sight of a small cottage painted red. On a front veranda sat a little plous-looking man, reading. Barrymore leaned forward and whispered into his companion's ear: "Remember, even to hesitate will be to invite a tragedy." The girl nodded and sighed. Dismounting at the parson's gate, Barry- around in front of you and then ring bells and grind out slips of paper to you until it's long after the time you should be home or somewhere else. "Of course, if I am in a man's house or club it's a different thing. But what I am tired of is this latter-day commercialism that one has to be subjected to to get a drink. When I recall some of the good old days of 23 more assisted the young lady to alight; and, side by side they entered the house. For years this small cottage had been noted as a sort of Gretna Green; and the clergyman who resided there had learned to ask few questions and to proceed to business when a young couple entered the house. Once more on the road and out of sight of the cottage, Barrymore rode close beside the horse of his bride, who, beyond her subdued responses to the minister, had remained silent. "Your lips to mine just one moment, sweetheart." Barrymore's tone now was very tender; and his companion yielded to the passion of his caress with apparently more willingness than the situation might warrant. But, sighing a moment later, she mused half aloud: "My husband will understand, of course, that I did it all to save my life." "What is that?" Barrymore's heart suddenly sank within him. "I said that my husband—" "Then you are the wife of another?" The girl's lips parted in a sudden and merry peal of laughter. "Are you not my husband, goosey?" Barrymore looked into her eyes, then his heart thumped for joy. "Then you are not an unwilling bride?" His arm had started about her wrist. "Why should I be, when this termination of our meeting had been planned by your sister, with my acquiescence?" "What? You do not mean Louise?" "She and I were classmates, you know. But, of course, you didn't know; and you didn't know that I was to be her guest out here." "They you are Ethel Morrow?" "Well, really, that was not a part of the plan. I was doing that, as I told you, to win a wager. Louise contended that a woman could never have the nerve to do a thing like that; and we decided that I should try it on you." "And you tried it, with results altogether unexpected." "Unexpected, but not—" Boy Shot Through Tube. A novel experiment to demonstrate the practicability of a pneumatic parcel carrier was recently tried in Chicago. The "parcel" shot through a short length of sample tube was a 13-year-old boy. He traveled at the rate of 16 miles an hour, and was in no way the worse for the journey. J. M. Masten, superintendent of the railway mail service, and Postmaster Campbell of Chicago witnessed the experiment, as representatives of the post office department, which is looking into the device. The inventor declares that with a tube between New York and Chicago mail can be shot from one city to the other in seven hours. Buds Age with Parent Tree. According to a government botanist at Washington there is reason to be lieve that buds share in the growing old of the parent plant. He illustrates his meaning in this way: Suppose the average life of an individual plant—say a tree—to be 100 years, then a bud removed when the parent plant is 50 years old will also be virtually 50 years of age, and if transplanted by grafting will be able to live on the graft only 50 years more. Sea Snakes Hard to Get. Collecting sea snakes for the scientific institutions is a difficult process. If the collector is to obtain anything like a fair proportion of the 50 odd species he must cruise through Malayan seas in a small boat and be ever on the watch. The only way to obtain a series of the species is to shoot them. Sea snakes come regularly to the surface for air, but the collector is lucky if he gets one out of every ten snakes he sees. years ago, when I used to travel through the mountains of Kentucky it really makes me thirsty. Think of riding through the rain all day, halting at some wayside house at nigh and after properly assuring your host that you are not a revenue officer have him roll a barrei of whisky out into the middle of the floor, hand you a pint tin cup and say: 'Help your self!' That's hospitality for you. Then you do enjoy a drink—or two, or three. But this clichery-click, tittle-little check business gets on my nerves.' Entered at the Post Office at Wichita, Kansas, as Second Class Mail Matter. Published Every Saturday at 601 North Main Street. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION Strictly in Advance. One Year (By Mail).....$1.00 Six Months (By Mail)......95 Three Months (By Mail).....50 All matters addressed to The Searchlight for publication must be signed by the party or parties writing. All matters for publication must reach this office not later than Wed- nesday to reach publication in the cur- rent issue. RULES OF THIS OFFICE. 1st. All subscriptions must be paid in advance. Agents take notice. 2nd. 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If you do not know how much you owe, come to our office or write us and we will gladly tell you. W. N. MILLER, Editor. POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. REPUBLICAN. JUDGE OF CITY COURT. I am candidate for nomination by a Republican primary for the second term for the office of Judge of the City Court. James L. Dyer. For Sheriff. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the office of sheriff of Sedgwick county, subject to the decision of the Republican voters of the county. This I have consented to upon the request of many friends in city and county. W. L. Appling. For County Surveyor I am a candidate for nomination by a Republican primary for the second term for the office of County Surveyor. JOHN K. BROWN. FOR CLERK CITY COURT. I am a candidate for the nomination for Clerk of the City Court, subject to the decision of the Republican primaries, Aug. 4, 1908. J. B. FISHBACK. The Economy keeps a full supply of staple groceries. Our people must bear in mind that they must be registered before they can vote at the primary to be held August 4th. LOCAI.S Send your news notes and local happenings to 601 North Main Street. IF IT EVER HAPPENED YOU'LL FIND IT IN THE SEARCHLIGHT. WHY NOT SUBSCRIBE? ALL THINGS ARE WELL. That ends well—so pay your subscription to the Searchlight and get good night's sleep. Dr. Brown, 517 N. Main Street. Mrs. Lou. Robinson is reported very sick at her home. Mrs. Clark is reported sick at her home, 626 N. Water. We are NOW PREPARED to give your JOB WORK prompt attention. Mrs. L. Austin is on the mend at her home, 1621 Sherwood Ave. Mrs. J. W. Thompson arrived in the city Thursday from Salt Lake City, Utah. BOOST FOR WICHITA. Kliner's European Hotel and Restaurant, 352 N. Main, serves everything in first class style. Watch for the date of our tenth anniversary celebration. It will be given soon. For Rent:—1530 Rochester Ave. three large room house; closet, shade. Only $7.00 per month. W. N. Miller. 634 N. Water Those who tried Economy last week were well pleased. Miss Florence Banks, of Pretty Prairie, Ks., after spending three weeks visiting with Miss Nannie Walker, has returned to her home much pleased with her visit in our city. The ladies of the G. L. A. Club met on Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Thomas Cox. They were served to a nice luncheon by the hostess. They will meet next week with Mrs. Thomas Fines. The Economy Grocery bought more goods cheap, and is selling cheap for cash. Mrs. Katie Brigth and daughter. Mrs. Martin, of Pratt Center, were visitors in the city last week. Mrs. Mary Calk is ill in bed, suffering from a nervous attack. Mrs. S. V. Friend, the evangelist, will preach at the A. M. E. church on next Sabbath, the 17th. All arq extended a most cordial welcome to come out and hear her. Use Union Pacific Tea Company's sold by Rev. H. I. Jones. Mrs. S. W. Jones and Miss L. Covington, who attended the annual sermon of the Odd Fellows at Newton Sunday, remained over Monday visiting friends in that city, and report a pleasant time. Mrs. F. Childs, who has been visiting in Newton for the past week, has returned home. Dr. J. E. Farmer left Monday for Joplin, Mo., on business, returning Thursday. THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT For home cooking go to Whitted's Restaurant, 513 N. Main street. WOMEN'S CLUB A concise statement The B. L. W. Club was entertained by Mrs. W. Dixson last Thursday afternoon in a very pleasant manner After the usual rountine of business a nice three course luncheon was served by the hostess the Club adjourned to meet with Mrs. T. Glover, 704 N. Market next Thursday. Quotations will be humorous. All members should be present. For Rent:—335 West 15th St., six-room house with two closets, cellar, water in house, sink, shade trees; four blocks from car line. Only $10.00 per month. W. N. Miller. Good things to eat at the Economy Grocery, corner Pine and Water. Rev. William Turner spent this week in the city. The Odd Fellows and Ruths who went to Newton Sunday report a splendid time. They say it rained hard up in Newton. A child can do your trading at the Economy, for they believe honesty is the best policy. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson Guggs returned home Friday from Anthony, Ks. where Mr. Guggs has been cooking in the principal hotel of that city. Wichita Tabernacle No. 34 held a call meeting Thursday. A loud and yet tender call is made for all the members and friends of the Second Baptist church to worship at the old stand. Sunday, May 17th, 1908. Pastor Hall is putting new life in every sermon trying by God's help to touch things up some. Come! Come!! Come!!! The pastor is planning every week to feed freely all who will come with us. SECOND CHURCH, Corner Elm and Wichita Streets. Strangers and newcomers to our city are very cordially invited to worship with us every Lord's day. TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH. Ye scribe failed to report last week but wishes to inform you that Sunday before last we had two additions to the church. Last Sunday Pastor Jones preached at 11:15 a. m. from Ps. 142-4. This was one of his masterpieces and at the conclusion of the sermon one united with the membership and six came forward for prayer. Our pastor believes in putting fire into his sermons. At 1:00 p. m. Supt. Lea was at his post and a large number of pupils greeted him with their presence. The Sunday school is in a thriving condition. At night the pastor preached to anohter good congregation. The sermon was listened to very attentively. The Woman's Missionary efforts are bringing great results. The movement is reaching the unsaved and arousing a deeper interest in the work among the Christians for the salvation of uor city. While the B. Y. P. U. work is not so good as usual the president, Mrs.B. E. Givens, is putting forth an effort to instill new life into the work. The president of the Mission Circle Mrs. H. I. Jones, informs us that programs for their May meeting will be presented soon. Our pastor extends a cordial invitation to all to attend our services. He says our church is the strangers home. He preaches the gospel in the old time simple way. Our prayer meetings each Tuesday night are being well attended and spiritual faith are being enjoyed by all who attend. MUST HAVE HOME-TOWN PRIDE The time is now at hand when the colored people of Wichita must have home-town pride, and help build up, maintain, support and encourage enterprises for and in this city. The white people have commercial organizations, etc., that each day are boosting for Wichita and Wichita enterprises, and the colored people must do the same if they would see the race make that progress in this city which they should. Every legitimate, bona fide Negro enterprise in Wichita raises the racial standard that much enchances the value of your town and makes each Negro more valuable as a citizen. Stop being so eager to boost wildcat adventurers who only seek to prey on NOTICE. WOMEN'S CLUB DIRE7CTORY. A concise statement of the Clubs among the colored women of Wichita. THE BOOKER WASHINGTON CLUB WICHITA, KS. Hour of meeting 2:30 to 4:30 p. m. Engaged in needle, charity and literary work. Special 1908 course in typewriting. Meets every Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Thos. Glover, president; Miss Sallie Rawles, Sec. Engaged in the culinary art. Progressive ideas in fancy and home cooking. Meets 2nd and 4th Friday afternoons of each month. Mrs. Will H. Jones, President; Miss Jennie Wheeler, Secretary. THE W. T. VERNON CLUB, WICHITA, KAN. Hour of meeting 2:30 p. m. Engaged in needle, charity and literary work. Meets every Thursday afternoon. Mrs. B. Hockett, president, Mrs. S. Griggs, secretary. POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. DEMOCRATIC. Clerk District Court. I hereby announce myself a candidate for renomination for Clerk of the District Court, subject to decision of Democratic primaries August 4th, 1908. RAY LAYLOR. For County Attorney. County Attorney W. A. Ayers is a candidate for renomination for the office of County Attorney, subject to the decision of the Democratic primaries August 4th, 1908. FOR PROBATE JUDGE. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the nomination for Probate Judge, subject to the decision of the Democratic primaries, Aug. 4, 1908. O. D. KIRK. the race. Give your aid to those entprises that have proven substantial and praiseworthy. Let us all unite in a big, gigantic and earnest pull for Wichita and Wichita enterprises. GREAT BEND, Kans. Alex Jones was a visitor from Larned last Wednesday. Mrs. Will Jones received some burns of a serious nature, caused by the explosion of a gasoline stove, last Tuesday evening. The fire spread rapidly over the room and Mrs. Johnson ran in and picked up her baby to save it from the flames. In doing this her dress caught fire and she received a number of severe burns. The fire in the house was extinguished by the neighbors. At this writing Mrs. Johnson is resting nicely. The B. Y. P. U. program that was rendered Sunday afternoon was a grand success. A very neat little sum was realized. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Cushinberry was voor from Hoisington Sunday and attended services at the First Baptist church. Mrs. Green Stevens is reported on the sick list. Robert Smith is figuring on buying a four-room house soon. Henry Sullers, Jr., is improving very fast. He was seen on the streets last week. Rev. Raimey postponed his visit to the Smoky Hill district association last week. A surprise party was given on a cousin of Mrs. John Riley's last Friday evening. Mrs. Riley's cousin is from Baltimore, Maryland. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Jones and daughter came down from Larned for a visit Monday evening. Mrs. William Sellers and daughter, Juanita, were visiting in the country Saturday. The Queen Esther Circle will meet Friday, May 15, at the home of Mrs. Laura Smith. PRETTY PRAIRIE, KANS. Wheat in this vicinity is looking fine. Miss Florence Banks has returned home after visiting friends in Wichita. She was accompanied home by little Howard Underwood, who has come to spend a few weeks with the Banks family. Mrs. Douglas and daughter Hattie visited with Mrs. Joe Banks and family. Mrs. Banks and daughter were shopping in Kingman last week. Florence Banks and little Howard Underwood called on Mrs. Rob Davis at Kingman one day last week. Pearl and Fred Banks have joined the Reno ball team. They are billed for a game Saturday at Pretty Prairie, Kansas. Mabel Banks and Howard Underwood visited at Parallel last Sunday. Mr. Cleveland Pervis came down last week and visited Fred and Pearl Banks. 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Murray's Reliable Nerve Balm Murray's Reliable Antiseptic Salv Murray's Reliable Extracts Murray's Reliable Perfumes Murray's Reliable Pure Spices These Goods Have No Epual They are pleasing hundreds of people and will please you. J. H. MURRAY, Sole Prop. 803 South Hydraulic Avenue New Phone 985 Wichita - - Kansas W. S. HENRION 801 M. Main St. Wichita, Kans. For a Good Job of Lead and Oil. SUTTON PAINT CO. Job Printing We have installed a new line of JOB TYPE FACES and we would be pleased to use them on a job for you. Good Work--Low Prices to all 634 North Water St. Red Front RACKET The People's Economy Store Sample Shoes We have just received a large invoice of Men's, Work Shoes, Men's Dress Shoes, Ladies' and Miss' Fine Shoes, Oxford and Slippers all styles and kinds. AT WHOLESALE PRICES Tapp & Hanshaw Phone 257 255-257 N. Main Use TRY US Peerless Steam Laundry Peerless Steam Laundry Wichita's Oldest, Most Reliable and Best Laundry BEST LAUNDRY WORK IN THE CITY All Work Guaranteed SELOVER & DONS, Prep. Phone 232 245 N. Marke ABWEBBER Druggist Free Delivery. We will call for an Deliver Your Prescriptions 811 N. Main St. New Phone STORAGE We have a nice, dry, sanitary Storage Room..... Goods stored with us is safe. Rates the lowest MILLER STORAGE COMPAN 634 North Water St. Dr. E. Harrison Physician & Surgeon -SURGERY A SPECIALTY- Office Hours 9 to 11 a.m Residence 2 to 5 p.m. 703 N. Main St 7 to 8 p.m. OFFICE 601 N. MAIN ST Phone 860 green BUY LUMBER A Good Chance For All Those That Would Like To Be Helped Miss Mamie Richardson, of Kansas City, Kan, has located in our city as a MUSIC TEACHER. She comes well recommended from some of the best instructors in the west. Had several years experience in teaching. She solicits your patronage and will be glad to meet you at 630 NORTH WATER ST. Phone 1041 BOOST FOR WICHITA PRISES. supplement to The sEARCHLIGHT woutTA, ? ? 3 3 _KANS. ~ iaska Impossible to Autolsts, + he New York to Parls automobil- ue hare found speedy realization of for pregietion that when they reached quska they would Jean what bad fing eciually meant, At-least, the fuy car which has yet gone. thus far tus mais the discovery, The Ameri- geo nociine, which it was expected gould push on through the Alaskan tives to Nome, on the western side ftehe tervitory, there taking ship pas- faze to Siberia, ts halted at Valdez, A gareieh (rom that point to the news- ayer whici is behind the scheme says {vil Le impossible to go. through ijyska. Experiments made under con- gions there, one feature being a tery snowstorm, shows there is gesting but narrow trails, which can- yor ve “uezotiated” by the autos. So tte hole outfit has been loaded on a geaer which Will return to Seattle, wl f at point a vessel will take te car and the party accompanying it Viativostok, The dispatch from {ulder suys with refreshing frankness: ‘zis ‘uy oeible for any man who has tc: seen ‘he trall over which the mail fecarri-d vom Valdez to Fairbanks to liz (9 conditions that exist to-day, tp consider making the trip across giuska {n ‘he face of such conditions would be a dream of ‘a egeechaco sess) in the Chinook Jargon, which neans tho Alaskan tenderfoot.” In the minjon of the Troy (N. ¥.) Times, this qoicome is not surprising, for at the gutset it was predicted in various quar- ters that no automobile could sueceed fu getting through the Alaskan wilde>- ess, Even the much-berated highways it New York state must appear like irstclass roads by comparison with te Alaskan trails. And parts of Si- ytla are lkely to be not much better. American Educational Methods. Here is another tribute to the value {American educational methods. In tpiyer reed by Sir Willam Henry reece, formerly president of the In fitution of Civil Engineers, before the Rural Soclety of Arts in London, the sreker wentioned the difficulty if-not fopossibility of making @ comparison Miveen English and American meth- is owing to the fact that the Ameri- tu boy possesses “the energy and turtuess of a new race; the Euro yea boy mentally fs two years behind lin” This explained the difference in mitvls and examinatlon papers. itt {s American adaptation to these fifcrent conditions which accounts for ite success of educational methods we. Suili further testimony to the cacy of American ideas fs found in te proposition from Germany that the farersational style of teaching lan- races bo put into practice by an ox- ftacge ot American and German pro- sors, the American professors {n- ctige German students by this ttod, and vice versa. German edu tors wre alive to the practical de uals of the times, and appear to de- ene inspiration from the United The interest whieh Germany has tora fn the matter of canal construe Sia au’t the enterprise which is pro "ing a great system of interlor wa: sess love been mentioned repeat: ty. Now comes the announcement st Bavaria is preparing to provide Hell with deep canals that will enable Motave such communication with ts larger bodies as will constitute 2 “necting link in traffie between the Berth sea 1 the Black sea, In s. We, Bavaria is ambitious to become fe aritin ate, There is strong be- tat such a canal system wil Hes enormous beneft to the agricul- Hee! and nusnufacturing industries uf ite kinedony and the plans in contem- Piton invvive the expenditure of $90,- ito. Frosh proof that this is a ai) and decp waterways age: as... SH eases in real life ap- Bro tur out differently, ‘The poet Pa pathevic finish to the story by Ming the her perform an act of re- eiton by giving his wife up to the "ten, A husband who had been ptel as dead returned to his Ten- Se bone to find the Idy who had 4 herself to be his wdow mar. {0 another and with a new parcel platen in the house, He gallantly Ms losal rights and. allowed hn ber choice between the old pS ‘No new, and she prompt- iy. “2° “est, and No. 2 says he hin, 2" (> decision and move to fy, (f° Sod marriage set aside, hx, ot ® bit romantic, but tt ° nsible way out of the ict tesco Renae of a xa “Sime ‘mes a minute, and seg) Me eater 75 times. ‘Thus area ung man with a so art can see how dif. ae ot Shies for “two hearts ta ch svniversary of the Of the 1 1 surgeon Pirogoft een ¢ ed by conferring his act 2Ct and hospital at Be Urs and ¢ ‘lowing an annua Hot Works on surgery, NEBRASKA STORM THE FUNNEL-SHAPED cLOUD STARTED IN OMAHA AND MOVED SOUTH, TWELVE KNOWN TO BE Dek Struck Bellevue, Louisville, Richfield, Springfield and Fort Cook—Coi- lege Buildings Damaged— Soldiers to Basements. Omaha, Neb., May i3.—Twelve per sons are known to have been killed anda score injured by a tornado which swept over the northern part of Sarpy county at five o'clock Tues- day afternoon. The storm, which gained in velocity on its way south, started in Omaha about 4:39, At Belle- vue the college buildings were dam- aged to the extent of probabiy $50, 900 and several persons were injured, none fatally. The storm then moved on to Louisville, Richfield and Spring- field, where the principal damage and loss of life occurred. The storm lifted and dipped at in- tervals, continuing to move southward doing much damage to farm property. The first town struck was Papillion, eight miles south of South Omaha, At that point the damage was not great, the funnel-shaped cloud appar- ently lifting sufficiently to pass the town without serious damage. It again descended, however, as the storm moved toward Richfield, four miles south of Papillion. In its path was the farm of Gus Leader, whose farm buildings were entirely destroyed and his’ son, Charles Leader, aged 14, was killed outright. All his livestock was killed. Edward Martin’s farm was the next to be swept. Mr. Martin's home and all his barns and smait buildings were totally destroyed and Mr. Martin was fatally hurt by being rushed under his home. The little town of Rich- field was almost blown to pieces, but the casualty list was small. At Louls- ville half the town was wrecked and at least eight persons lost thelr lives. Mrs. Mankester was killed in her home. Several men who took refuge in a sandpit north of town were killed outright, their names were not avail able. Two miles north of Papillion, Martin Teith and his son, James, were drivitg along the little Papo river when their horses became frightened by the hail and plunged into the swollen stream. oth father and son were drowned. An officer from Fort Crook arrived in the city Tuesday night and stated that the damage to the army buildings: wauld amount to $100,000 at the army post alone, and that the village is al- most a total wreck. A remarkable seene occurred when. the officers real- ized that a tornado had struck the post. Six hundred troops of the Sixth regiment were brought to battalion formation and, in the midst of flying slate roofs and other debris, they were marched across the parade ground to the substantial buildings, where they were put at “rest” and took to the cellars. The roofs of several of the large buildings were blown off and other damage done. Lindon, May 13.—It is difficult to get any definite news from Louisville. Reports are to the effect that the town s blown away and the people are in a ganic. The Burlington depot was torn 19 pieces, most of the business houses wrecked and 20 residences destroyed. The Missouri Pacifie depot is stand- ng, but both telegraph-and telephone wires are down. There were four distinct tornado slouds as seen at Springfield, and they nade their appearance shortly hefore ‘ive o'clock. Heavy damage was done n the country and it is feared there was some loss of life, Dispatches received at Lincoln say Shere were severe storms along the Missouri river further south, at Ne- maha City and Falls City. St. Joseph, Mo., May 13.—The train srew of the Burlington passenger from Imaha Tuesday evening reported a race with a tornado near Island Park, Towa, barely escaping from the tor- nado which they report wrecked a bunk train containing a number of foreigners who had been working on the track. Six men were reported killed and a score injured. The bunk train had been moved from Bartlett, Towa, earlier in the day. Money. Elowina into New York, New York, May 10.—The steady in- flow of money into the New York banks Saturday increased the depos its of those which are members of the New York clearing house to the rec: ord figure of $1,270,324,900. This wat un increase of $12,560,700 over the de posits reported by the banks last Sat urday. The amount of specie held ir these banks also reached a new higt record of $313,304,500, and the surplus was more than 5 per cent in excess 0: the 25 per cent reserve rule. The ag gregate deposits of all banks and trus? companies was $2,157,183,000. Enrolled in Army at Age of One Year Madrid, May 12—Prinee Alfonso ol the Asturlas, the infant son of King Alfonso, who was born May 10, 1907 was enrolled in the Spanish army. ai the royal chapel Sunday. The little prince was attired in the uniform of a private of “the king’s own regiment” and was carried by the queen to the altar where the military oath was ad: ministered: SE Sk Fay: 3 : WHEAT’'S UPI c EO. ey, 4 LOVE, SW). Ms ip Boe Cf! 4 he, Rey (, Vp we hs ioe iS) Fis oe s ‘e vont Y SSrh oe | OF YJ py) ey Vy Te Vow ae SUN bails MS hi iy Cv ae AWS fob ‘W7) a) i ang” ps Loe Pais SS D ee Wifes ESS ty nd i ~~ [ail Hill Hype [alll yy eS The Little Raindross Call Wheat Early. | i OKLAHOMA WINDS SuaReNcy Blu aie STRIP ONE MILE WIDE AND 60 apa MILES LONG SWEPT BY M TORNADOES. fea SSeS The Vote Was 138 t Campbell of K REPORTS ARE HGOMPLETE obs ; ees Washington, May | 188 to 16 the Repu Wires Are Down and the Towns Vi8 | the house of repres ited Are Not On the Rai | night agreed to ai roads—Some Thrilling | ence Dill drawn by inciiuuke | RRA rem DR hs Woodward, Ok., May 12.—At least aight persons were killed and scores of others injured in the several tor nadoes in northwestern Oklahoma, Sunday evening. The known dead are: J. B, Hale, Little Robe, Ellis coun- ty; Mrs. J. E. Hale, Little Robe, Bl- lis county; two unknown persons, Ar- nett, Bilis county; Dr. J. Howser, Viel, Woodward county; Arthur Hand, Estelle, Major county; Mrs. Young, Selling, Dewey county. No list of the injured is obtainable at this time as telephone communtea- tion is entirely cut off from the storm- swept area and the only other means of securing information is by stage. The disaster scems to have consisted of a succession of tornadoes occurring between five o'clock and ten o'clock p.m, They appeared first in the western part of the ‘devastated district and moving toward the east. The most serious results were in the vicinity of Arnett where fully thirty persons are believed to have received broken limbs. Nearly all of these vie- tims are residents of the farming dis- tricts and there was little damage done in any of the towns referred to as the home of the victims. The only town known to have been wiped off the map is Vici, a postof- fice in the southern part of Woodward county, where it is said there is not a house left standing. Thrilling incidents are being related by all who have received any informa- tion from the storm center. Mr, Hale of Little Rober-was one of the most prominent catilemen in that locality. Dr. Howser at Viel was taking refuge in a dugout when he was killed. A horse was lifted by the wind and dashed through the top of the dugout, burying the victim beneath the entire earth roof of the dug out and the weight of the animal’s body. A horse belonging to Mr. Sibel of Mutuai was Killed when a piece of 2x4 lumber was driven through his body. At Mutual 15 young persons had gathered for a Sunday evening social, The storm lifted the house completely off the floor on which they were seated, Ieaying the floor and the young peo- ple unharmed. ©. E. Null and daugh- ter, of the vicinity of Arnett, were overtaken by the storm while driving. They took refuge in a hollow. tree, but thelr horses were killed when a nearby tree fell, As there is a family on every quar. ter section of land in the storm area, which is a mile wide and fully fifty miles long, definite figures on the number of victims are not obtainable ‘as yet. Fire At the Glenn Pool, Tulsa, Ok,, May 12—The Texas Oil company’s pumping station and a string of tanks of off on the company’s property and tHe Franchot lease ad- foining, in the Glenn pool, were de- stroyed by fire Sunday causing a loss of $35,000. ‘The tanks caught fire from burning trash and the flames soon spread to the pumping station. This is the third big fire that has occurred in the Glenn pool within the past six weeks. Traveling Salesman Suicides. Chillicothe, Mo, May 12—C. M. Rucker of Springfield, Mo., a traveling salesman for the Humes Crockery com- pany of Kansas City, committed sui- cide early Sunday morning by throw- ing himself from the window of his room in the third story of the Leeper ‘hotel. CURRENCY BILL AGREEMENT REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE AC. CEPTS COMMITTEE REPORT. The Vote Was 138 to 16—Murdock and Campbell of Kansas Among Obiectors. Washington, May 13.—By a vote of 188 to 16 the Republican members of the house of representatives Monday night agreed to an emergency cur. reney bill drawn by the special com- mittee appointed by the same confer ence last week and consisting of Rep: resentatives Vreeland of New York. Burton of Ohio, Weeks of Massachu setts; McKinney of Ilinois and Know. land of California. By an equally de cisive vote the ‘conference placed in the hands of the Republican members of the committee on rules the deter- mination of the procedure by which the will of the majority, thus ex. pressed, shall be carried into effect in the house. A resolution to request the banking and currency committee to bring in a report on the Aldrich bill in order to give the house a parlia- mentary basis for the substitution of the conference committee bill, was de- feated. ‘The bill ratified provides for an is- sue of emergency currency not to ex- ceed $500,000,000 obtainable for cir- culation through the national clear inghouse associations scheme. The bill was adopted in exactly the form as presented by the conference com- mittee with the exception of two minor amendments. Among those who voted against the bill were Represen- tatives Cooper of Wisconsin, Brumnr of Pennsylvania, MeMoran of Michi gan, Murdock of Kansas, Darragh of Michigap, Campbell of Kansas, Cush- ‘man of Washington, Waldo. cf New York, Kennedy and Keifer of Ohio, and Fowler of New Jersey. Representa: tives Prince of Illinois, and Hayes of California, quit the conference shortly before the vote was cast. A POSTOFFICE RULING. Postmasters Must Inspect Packages to Be Carried by Rural Carriers. Washington, May 13.—Informatton has reached the post office department that a merchant recently sent out by rural carrier one pair of shoes, and on top of the shoe box placed a package of salt, the latter being added to make the package overweight to avold the ‘yayment of postage so that the carrier ‘might carry the package for hire. ? In this confection Assistant Post- ‘master General De Graw says: “All ‘packages of merchandise to be sent ‘out by rural carriers by merchants of the town should be presented at post offices for inspection, and in case it is found that extraneous matter not ordered by the patrons has been added to any mailable matter, for the pur- pose of making such package of mat- ter unmailable, postmasters should re- fase to permit the carrier to carry-any such matter or package for hire out- wide of the mails, and rural carriers should not receive any mail matter from patrons as unmailable matter for hire which they suspect has been made unmailable by such devices as adopted by the merchant referred to.’ wicks Want Chean Hates. Lincoln, Neb., ‘May 10.—The state railway commission Saturday received a petition from the joint committee of union railway employes, demanding a hearing. The organization is com posed of the employes of all the rail way systems of the state. A protes’ will be filed against a freight rate re duction. Officers of the committee claim that united action will be taker to defeat the champions of rate reduc tion at the polls next fall. A Rock Through Car Roof. Fairmont, W. Va., May 12.—While the Chicago and New York express on the Baltimore & Ohio was passing Hammond, seyen miles east of Fair- mont, early Sunday a large rock rolled down from the hillside, and crashed through the roof of the smoking car, injuring three passengers. KANSAS DECISIONS, ‘The Supreme Court of the State De- cides Several Important -Cases. Topeka, May 10.—A number of im- portant decisions were handed down by the supreme court Saturday, chiet among them were those where the court denied a writ of mandamus against James M. Nation, state audt- tor, which was sought by J, C. Hopper of Ness county to compel Nation to sell him a tract of school land, com- posed of a series of 20-acre tracts, so arranged that they included a large portion of creek bottom lands. The court holds “that in the provision of the statute requiring each legal sub- division of school land to be appraised separately prior to its being exposed for sale, the phrase quoted refers to the smallest subdivision under the congressional system of surveying, namely, 40-acre tracts.” Hopper paid to the county treasurer of Ness county the purchase money, but the court holds that there is no machinery provided for the return of the money. The Kansas old soldiers and sailors preference law, which says that sol- diers ave to have every preference in the appointments to city, county and state positions, was held good by the court and that the appointing power had complete and full authority to de- termine whether the old soldier applt- cant was competent to fill the pos! tion. 1 ‘The husband of Mrs, Emma Sewell of Wyandotte county was an express messenger and was Killed in a Santa Fe wreck. It was shown at the trial that the railroad was negligent, but Sewell had signed a release to the express company not to hold it lable for injuries which he might receive. The express company had signed a release to the railroad not to hold it Hable for damages to its property or employes. The court decided, in spite ‘of these waivers, the employe's heirs might collect damages where the neg- ligence was shown. A Dinner to the Governors. Washington, May 13.—As a prelude to the conference for the conservation of the national resources of the coun- try, President Roosevelt gave a dinner at the White House Tuesday night to the governors who are here to attend the conference. It was the first sogial function at which the president of the United States has met the chief ex- ecutives of the various states and ter- ritories. The president has invited his cabinet officers to meet at the excéutive offices Wednesday shortly before eleven o'clock and attend with him the conference of governors and other officials in the east room. No New Developments at LaPorte. LaPorte, Ind, May 12—The Gun- ness farm failed to reveal new mys- teries Monday but some excellent progress was made in solving the puzzles already involved in the home- stead, which has witnessed the tragic deaths of at least 14 persons. For West Point $900,000. Washington, May 13.—The houso committee on military affairs Tuesday voted to report favorably the militars academy Dill which carries an appro- priation of approximately $900,000 for the expenses of the West Point estab- lishment for the next fiscal year. Gonfiscated the Films. Chicago, May 12—Acting under the advice of the United States authorities the local police Monday confiscated from various moving picture shows 15 rolls of films, showing how counterfeit money is made. Each rol} is worth about $94. Rain Drowned Live Stock. Tulsa, Ok., May 18—A severe rain storm bordering almost upon a clond- burst Tuesday afternoon damaged. erops seriously in this vicinity. Two inches of water fell in 30 minutes Some live stock was drowned. President of Womunta: Missten: Dead: Indianapolis, May 12.—Mrs. Helen E, Moses, national president of the Christian Woman's Board of Missions, died Monday. She-had been actively engaged in the work of the board for 20 years. MARKET REPORTS. (aie Kansas City, May 13.—Cattle—Natives: Steers, $5.2507.00; cows and heifers, $8.00 G0.25; stockers and. feeders, $3.0005.505 western steers, $5.25@6.90. | Hogs—Bulk of sales, $5.10G5.00.. | Sheep—Muttons, $5.0008.60; lambs, "$6.0007.25. Chicago, May 13—Beof—Steers, $4.55 GTA; cows and heifers, $2.5006.75; stockers and feeders, $2.65015.90. Hogs— Mixed and butchers, $5.90@5,63,._ Sheep— Natives, $4.00706.107 lambs, $9,5007.00. St. Louls, May 13.—Bee!—Steers, $1.35 @7.15; stockers and_ feeders. $3.0005.25; cows and heifers, $3.75@6.50; Texas stecrs, $4.00@7.00, Hogs—Pigs and lights, $3.15¢ $.60, Sheep—Nativee, #5.75@5.00. ‘Lambs, $4.50@8.40. Grain. Kansas City, May 13.—Close: | Wheat— te higher. May, 4c: July, S883;c: Sept. S0%e., Gash No. 2 hard. ste@s1.03, No 8, §6C@SLLO1; No. 2 red, $L.01@1.02; No. 2, 91e@S1.00, | Corn—1@i%e lower. May, G5; July, 60%; Sept, o8%e. Cash No. 2 mixed, 68@6sige; No. 3, O8@68%4e: No. 2 white, 68%@e; No. 3, G8@68%¢c._ Oats— Unchanged. No. 2 white, 51@S3¢; No. 2 mixed, 50@51c. ‘Chicago, May 13.—Close:_ Wheat—May, $1.00; July, 9036e; Sopt., 87e; Dec., 88 Corn—May, 7l%c; July, 64@64%c; Sept., 62%. @e2ke; Dec., Sse. Onts—May, old, Site: May, 53%; July, old, 47e; July, 44 @s%er Sept, B74 EITC. St. Louis, May 13.—Close: Wheat— Firm. Track No. 2 red cash, $1.05@1.06; No. 2 hard, $1.0041.06; July, 86%; Sept., Sie. Corn—Firm: cash lower. | Track No. 2 cash, 72@72%c; July, 63@63%e; Sept.. 1% @S1%C; No. 2 white, 72@7Bc Oats—Firm. Track No. 2 cash, 50%e; May, 49%c; July, 43%c; No, 2 white, S4c. Produce. Bette Se eee 15%c per ‘doz, Poultry—i 5. springs, 250 “favieydy VISE, Sign cerstmery! ok tra, 22¢; packing stock, 143g0, Potatoes, W@i5e per du. f° | Nie, F We SS oo > _<4 This woman says that sick women should not fail to try Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Vompound as she did. ‘Mrs, A. Gregory, of 2355 Lawrence ét., Denver, Gol writes to Mrs, Pinkham: “Twas practically an invalid for six pe on account of female troubles. underwent an operation by the doctor's advice, but in a few months I ‘was worse than before. A friend ad- vised Lydia E, Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and it restored me to perfect health, such as I have not enjoyed in many years. Any woman suffering as I did with backache, bearing-down pains, and periodic pains,should not fail to use Ee E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound.” FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN. For thirty years Lydia E, Pink- hawys Vegetable Compound, made from roots and herbs, has been the standard remedy for female ills and has positively cured thousands of women who have been troubled with displacements, inflammation, uleera- tion, fibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic pains, backache, that bear: ing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges- tion, dizziness or nervous prostration, Why don’t you try it? Mrs. Pinkham invites-all sick women to write her for advice. She has guided thousands to health. Address, Lynn, Mass. Bees in Block of Stone. ‘While workmen were sawing through block of Bath stone at Exeter, Eng- land, they cut into a cavity in which was found a cluster of two or three dozen live bees. ‘The incident occurred at the works of Messrs. Collard & Sons, monw mental sculptors. There was not much sign of life in the bees at first, but when alr was admitted they gradually revived and after a few hours several of them were able to fly. BOY KEPT SCRATCHING, Eczoma Lasted 7 Years—Face Was All Paw—Skin Specialists Failed, But Cuticura Effected Cure. “When my little boy was six weeks old an eruption broke out on his face. T took him to a doctor, but his face kept on getting worse until {t got so bad that no one could look at him, His whole face was one crust and must have been very painful, He scratched day and night until his face was raw. Then I took him to all the best specialists in skin diseases but they could not do much for him, The eczema got on his arms and legs and we could not get a night’s sleep in months. I got a set of Cuticura Reme- dies and he felt relieved the first time. I used them. I gave the Cuticura Remedies a good trial and gradually the eczema healed all up. He is now seven years old and I think the trou ble will never return. Mrs. John G. Klumpp, 80 Niagara St, Newark, N, J., Oct. 17 and 22, 1907.” Aristocratic Disease. “From phat Oi hears these soctety women saay,” {mparted Pat, the coachman, to Bridget, the cook, “they do be dyin’ off at th’ receptions!” “An’ phat 1s ut kills ‘em?” inquired the curlous cook. “A disease they calls ‘ennul.’"—Ib lustrated Sunday Magazine. In a Pinch, Use ALLEN’S FOOT-EASE. A powder. It cures painful, smart ing, nervous feet and ingrowing nails, It’s the greatest comfort discovery of the age. Makes new shocs easy. A certain cure for sweating fect. Sold by all Druggists, 25c. Accept no sub- stitute. Trial package, FREE. Ad dress A. S, Olmsted, Le Roy, N. ¥. Anybody can launch a national par- ty, but to keep it afloat requires finesse.—Philadelphia Ledger. wis’ Single Binder straight 5e el =e of ch, mellow aeaee Your aaa ar or Lewis’ Factory, Peoria, IN. Even a poor wall-paper hanger may put up at good hotels. SETS Etiee Ly a N La Agi 2 KIDNEY 2 Z Z Za ee wee pees Seay iF ve i Sos as Naas ea Tan yearn yay RG : oe HAIR BALSAM Re Oe ere Bo me a is Zonta baie ee eS ioe ee DEAM ABSTRACT IN NORTH-WEST CORNER OF THE COURT HOUSE Bonded Abstractors USE IMBODEN'S IMPERIAL FLOUR AND BREAKFAST FOOD and you will Love good eating AT YOUR GROCERS IMBODEN MILLING CO. .. 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 Howard Mills Co. KINER'S European Hotel Newly Furnished. Nice, Clever Rooms $1.50 and 352 North a RESTA 846 North Good Home Cooking, Prompt Se M. S. NAFTGER, W. R. TUCKER, President Vice President J. M. MOORE, Cashier Fourth National Bank Newly Furnished. Nice, Clean Beds 25c and 50c per night Rooms $1.50 and2.50 per week United States Depository Bosters-- W. E. Tucker, W. E. Jett, R. L Haines, S. B. Amidon, F. M. Mean, J. M. Moore, L. S. Naftager, E. H. Middleauff, O. Z. Smith. Lateral Banking Business Transacted CHITA NASAS A Designer and Builder of Tent houses, Tabernacle houses and Temple houses. Prices in reach of all. Send your order to-day 329 East Center BALINA, KANSAS Mills Co. un Beds 25c and 50c per night 12.50 per week Main Street and URANT Main Street Service — Meals — Short Orders Chas. L. Kiner, Proprietor Johnston's Meals 20c and 25c Cigars, Tobacco, Lunch Fish Game and Oysters in Season Your Trade Wanted FT. SCOTT, KANSAS. The Knights and Daughters of Tabor are all getting along nicely. No one was reported sick at the last meeting. The annual sermon will be preached the third Sunday in June at Shiloh Baptist church. Rev. Matt S. Jones, pastor will make the welcome address which will be responded to by Dtr. Kittie Word, after which Rev. Sir Sage will deliver the annual sermon. The Knights and Daughters are looking forward to a glorious time. Miss Mattie Ewell of Payson, Okla., was the guests of Mrs. Bessie Hall. Miss Ewell was royally entertained. Prof. E. J. Hawkins is on the sick list. The Quarterly meeting at the M. E. church was well attended by all the churches in the city with Rev. Darnell pastor. Pres. Elder Cabbel preached a fine sermon, after which communion was solemnized. Mr. Steven Green's body was laid to rest Sunday at the Evergreen cemetery, the funeral was largely attended. Rev. McCray officiated. The annual sermon of the Odd Fel- THE WICHITA 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 PIONEER 496 J.H. 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States Patient Office, in 1534. Be sure to get a copy of the book and Wade co. SOFT and PLABLE. Beware of imitations. Remember that Fords Hair Pomade is made by the OZONIZED OX MARROW in Chicago and by us. The genuine has the signature, Charles Ford, Pres. on each package and additional. We are sure to get every bottle. Price only 50 cts. Sold by druggists and dealers. If your druggist or dealer is for you from his jobber or wholesale dealer, please send a bottle to $1.40 for three bottles or $2.50 for six bottles, express paid. We pay postage and express send postal or express money order, and mention name of this paper. Write your name on the back. The Ozonized OX Marrow Co. (None genuine without my signature) Charles Ford Press 153 E. KINZIE ST., CHICAGO, IL. Agents wanted everywhere. It Is Right To Economize, Even In Small Matters. If You Trade At The Economy Grocery Store you can always get fresh goods at reasonable prices. To trade with us will convince you. " Once our customer, always our customer " We are at the corner of Pine and Water st Call to see us Whitted's Restaurant Ice Cream Parlor and Rooming House 513 North Main St. Everything New and First-Class Mrs. W. E. Whitted. Prop. lows will be preached Sunday, May 10, at Shiloh Baptist church by Rev. Matt S. Jones. Mr. William Witherspoon is on the sick list. The lightning struck the bell tower on the A. M. E. church Monday morning 6 a. m., with little damage, as the fire department responded so quickly. Dr. Anthony Hawkins and Dr. Guy Olson having finished their course in Nashville are now home with their friends and relatives who wish them much success. NORTH TOPEKA. Macedonia Tabernacle No. 93 is progressing nicely. The entertainment given by No. 93 Macedonia was a great success. We realized $21.65. Mrs. Ida M. Jordan, chairman; Mrs. S. McElroy, Mrs. K. Bell. Macedonia Tabernacle No. 933 will have their installation on the 4th Wednesday night of this month and the 27th day at their Tabernacle Hall, 508 West B street. Other Tabernacles and ```markdown ``` Western U The leading ed stitute for Negro A faculty of eighteen thor from the leading Inst MAGNIFICENT Steam Heated and Western University The leading educational institute for Negroes in the west BROADWAY SCHOOL A faculty of eighteen thoroughly equipped teachers from the leading Institutes in America. MAGNIFICENT BUILDINGS Steam Heated and Electric Lighted Theological, Classical, Nor- cal, State Industrial, embras- ture, Carpentry, Mechan- Book-binding, Tailorlng, I making, Millinery, Cooking, Thorough discipline, careful supervision Fine Military Bank For full particulars write Prof. Shelto Of Western QUINDA Residence Phone No. 15 Theological, Classical, Normal, Snb-Normal, Musical, State Industrial, embracing courses in Architecture, Carpentry, Mechanical Drawing, Printing, Book-binding, Tailorling, Business Courses, Dress making, Millinery, Cooking, Laundering and Farming. Of Western University QUINDARO, KS Residence Phone No. 15 Office Phone 1423 New Art Linen Suitings New Art and Suiting Linens—Excellent for either purpose. These come direct from the linen looms of Bedford, Ireland. Neither heavy nor flimsy, but just the medium weight qualities for which you've been looking. 54 inches wide at 85c a yard; 45 ins. wide at 75c and 95c; 36 ins. at 50c, 60c and.....75c Nine pieces of these Beautiful Embroidered Swisses from St. Gaul in Switzerland. My! how pretty waists and dresses they will make. Arrived only Thursday. And never have we seen their equal at such prices. The Favored All white—sheer grounds—32 inches wide. Embroidered in dots, ring dots, Boston 103.105.107.109 WALLENSTYLE Boston Store 103.105.107.109 E. DOUCLAS AVE WALLESTEIN & CO. N. Temples of the same order are invited on the specified date to take a part with us. Admission 10 cents. Supper and refreshments of all kinds will be served. Dtr. Emma Gaines, G. Presepress of Kansas-Nebraska jurisdiction will install the officers of No. 93 on the night of May 27th. Ida M. Jordan, H. P. Mrs. Sarah McEroy, C. R. St. Luke Temple No. 5, installed the following officers: Robert Jordan, C. M.; Sam Lyons, V. M.; Joe Walker, C. S.; John Austin, S. S.; Calvin Lyman, C. O.; William Penman, C. D.; B. Campbell, C. B.; M. Davis, C. G.; B. Smith, C. Sent. Pride of Topeka Tent No. 36 elected their officers as follows: Hester Cornish, Q. M.; Buelah Campbell, V. Q. M.; Sam Lyons, F. T.; Sadle Warfield, C. M. P.; Mc Warfield, V. M. P.; Julia Reeves, C. R.; Merton Raynor, V. C. R.; Helen Moody, C. C.; Ralph Reynold, C. T. M. The Tent is getting along very nicely. PARSONS NOTES. Grand Master Collins in Parsons. Mr. C. H. M. Collins, Grand Master of Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Kan- DEPARTMENTS diamonds, clover and floral patterns. 39c, 45c, 50c, 60c and 75c a yard. View the display in the east aisle tomorrow. St. Gaul Swisses Every leading shade is here. Copen- hagen blue, raspberry, leather browns, tans, greens and natural color silks. Striped "Rajah" Silks, 27 inches wide, per yard.....$1.50 Plain color "Rajah" Suiting Silks, 27 inches, at .....$1.35 Natural Pongee, 27 and 34 inches wide .....$1.00 Colored Shanting Pongees, 27 in- ches wide .....$1.00 Genuine Oriental Pongee, blue and natural, 26 inches .....$1.00 store E. DOUGLAS AVE IN & COMM. WICHITA, ATOMISON, KAN. LAWRENCE, KAN. OTTAM, KAN. EMPIRE, KAN. PARISON, KAN. visit to King Solomon Lodge No. 65 on May 6th. Mr. Collins had announced his coming and all of the brethren were present to greet him. Mr. Collins does not claim to be an orator, but the brethren have declared he must be one after such a fine lecture he gave us in Parsons on Masonry. After the lodge closed the Grand Master was escorted to the residence of Mr. D. A. Williams, our Worshipful Master, where the sisters of Langston Chapter O. E. S. awaited his coming with a swell reception. And there he placed his feet under the mahogany, his hands forming the right angles of a perfect square over a wholesome plate of food, and he proceeded to satisfy the inner man. After the Star sisters had served a delicious four-course banquet, which we might trem as a feast, Mrs. P. R. Hogans, representing the O. E. S., presented Mr. Collins a beautiful bouquet of assorted flowers. Mr. Collins then responded to this, and spoke on the origin of woman, also in behalf of the chapter of O. E. S., and at this conclusion we all departed for our homes and Mr. oCllins was escorted to the depot, where he departed for Kansas City, Kan. Yours Truly, E. PERCY ROBINSON. PLAYS NO FAVORITES. In dealing with the interests of our race the eSarchlight has no favorites, no pets, no classes, no clans, no denominations, no friends to favor, and no foes to punish. It is the whole race for whom we speak. Every man, woman or child can feel free to come to us on a level and the interests of our race—with us—is higher than the interest of any individual. NEWTON NOTES AND NEWS. Search, Search O beautiful Light of the Southwest, for thy fame is great and distance unlimited. Homes yet closed will soon be opened to they brightness and fair columns. Why is this so? Because of thy great dazzling in the homes you visit. Thou art welcome and we bid you shine on till every crevice has been Searched by thy piercing light throughout this broad land in which we live. The Grand United Order of Odd Fellows annual thanksgiving service last Sunday afternoon at the Second Baptist church was a grand and impressive affair. Rev. W. H. Tillman of Wichita, preached the sermon. Mr. Wm. Coleman was master of ceremonies. Quite a number of the Brotherhood and Household of Ruth were up from Wichita and participated in the exercises. Mr. Geo. Smith from Hutchinson, and other friends were in the city to witness the great sight. Mrs. Mildred Foust who has been out of the city for some time has put in her appearance again. Mrs. Amanda Jackson daughter of Mrs. M. Slaughter, is in the city with her two children from Henderson, Ky., and expects to make this her future home. Many strangers attended the services at the Second Baptist church Sunday morning and were highly pleased. Sermon by the pastor. Theme: "Paul's Testimony." The Missionary and Sewing Circle of the Second Baptist church were very royally entertained last Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. L. B. Dickinson. Next meeting at the home of Mrs. M. F. Garnett, wife of the pastor. Mr. Jack Tandy made quite an interesting talk during the Old Fellows exercises last Sunday. The address of Mrs. White from Wichita was not out of place. The remarks of Mrs. Hays Petree had a telling effect upon the vast assembly. So many good things were said by the above speakers that Mr. James Harper from Wichita, had to swing around in the great lake of thought and gather up the fragments for his noble address. The choir was assisted by Mrs. Jas. Harper of Wichita and rendered some sweet music. Mrs. S. Dickerson entertained the ladies of the N. T. G. Club Monday, May 15. Mrs. L. Burns of Council Grove, Kans., was a pleasant visitor. next meeting will be with Mrs. Martin May 1th. Mrs. John Jackson who has been very sick is still improving and her many friends hope for her untimely recovery. Mrs. Nora ngles of Oklahoma, is expected to arrive in the city to give a lecture this week. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Glaham arrived from Wichita, Kansas, to give a talk at the Second Baptist church. Rev. Garnett left the city this morning for Jetmore, Kans., where he will help in a revival. Mr. Harold and Myrtle Flemings, Miss Pearl Hackley and Roy Lutcher were up from Wichita Sunday attending the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows annual service. While in the city they were the guests of Mrs. J. C. Phelps. ESTHER. OPPOSED TO LOCAL PROGRESS. Journalns That Help to Concentrate Business in Large Cities. There are thousands of so-called agricultural papers published in the United States, all of more or less merit. Yet few are all that they should be. There is an inconsistency about them that invites careful study. While they are supposed to represent the best interests of the great class of workers whom they gain support from in the way of subscriptions, the majority of them apparently work against the progress of farming communities by becoming the mediums, a part of the machinery, which draws from country towns the support which they should have. It is to be regretted that many of these so-called agricultural papers are merely published for the purpose of circulating the advertisements of concerns which seek to secure trade from residents of farming districts to the Quite a number of communities are making efforts to provide night schools for the young men who do not attend the day school. Each young man ought to take advantage of this opportunity and better his condition.—The Tuskegee (Ala.) Messenger. Johnston's restaurant, 339 N. Main, gives good wholesome meals, lunch at all hours. ROUND THE CAPITAL Information and Gossip Picked Up Here And There in Washington. Present Congress Thus Far Shy on Talk THIS IS NOT A JOKE BOOK CONGRESSIONAL RECORD OF NOS SAYINGS 5,000 PAGES WASHINGTON.—Investigation dis closes that congress has not talked so much during this session as many of its critics allege. Other congresses have talked more and have consumed more space in the Congressional Record. All this in face of the fact that the present has been widely attacked as a co-nothing congress, bent only on ending the session without passing any measure that could be assailed in the presidential campaign—with each member intent on filling as many pages as possible of the Record with burning thoughts for the edification of his constituents, and for impressing them with the idea that the incumbent is the best possible man to return to Washington. Up to date about 5,000 pages have been taken up in the Congressional Record with the proceedings of congress—that is, with its doings and sayings. This looks like a lot of space, and would appear to the casual observer to afford room for a lot of legislation, as well as a great deal of Queer Actions of Count Gizycki Recalled WASHINGTON society is keenly interested in the contemplated divorce proceedings between the Count and Countess Gizycki and is recalling the unusual conditions under which the engagement of the count and the former Eleanor Patterson of Chicago was made known. When the parents of Miss Patterson became convinced that their daughter was serious in her attachment for the Polish nobleman every effort was made to put an end to the affair. This was in 1903, soon after Miss Patterson had returned from St. Petersburg, where she had been visiting her aunt, Mrs. McCormick, wife of the then American ambassador to Russia. One day, without the slightest warning, the count appeared in Washington. Society was startled at the unexpected visit, but much more so when Miss Patterson made a round of visits to her particular friends and announced her engagement to the count. Roller Skating Popular at the Capital Roller Skating Popular at the Capital WASHINGTON has more skates to the square mile than any other city in the union. There is no call for opponents of the liquor traffic to view this statement with alarm. It merely means that the capital's long stretches of almost perfect asphalt pavements afford an ideal surface for roller skating and that people take advantage of the condition. In Washington roller skating is as much a business as it is a pleasure. A stranger is surprised by the number of persons he sees flitting about on rollers. People skate to and from business in Washington. So general is the habit that traction companies complain of dwindling revenue. In Pennsylvania avenue between the treasury and capitol the skaters outnumber automobiles and horse-drawn vehicles two to one. One might expect to see children, in a majority, but more grownups skate in Washington. Chinese Minister Is Now "Doctor" Wu WHEN the former minister from China was restored to his prestige and returned to Washington as minister, everybody fell into the old habit of calling him Mr. Wu as of yore. But it seems that since he left these shores various academic honors have fallen to his lot. The degree of doctorate has been conferred by the Royal university of Peking. The Germans, too, have taken note of certain economic efforts of the diplomat and have enrolled him among the savants of their imperial institute. The minister is very particular about his title. He takes as much delight in being addressed as doctor as a conversation. But as the average congress does things and talks about them, it is not so much. For example, the second session of the Fifty-ninth congress, which ended on March 4, of last year, filled nearly as much space in the Record as has this session up to the middle of April, 1908. The first session of the Fifty-ninth congress had filled more space by several hundred pages. Similarly, the present congress will stand comparison with several other talkative congresses. The longest speech in either house was made by La Follette. The senator from Wisconsin consumed the large part of three days in attacking the Aldrich bill. The Brownsville case has not occupied a great deal of senate time thus far, but there are several speeches yet to be made upon it. Aside from the fact that the senate has not indulged in much protracted talk, it has not been working as a body as regularly as usual this session. Most of the time it has been adjourning over from Thursday to Monday—which is not true of the house. But if congress cannot fairly be accused of talking more than usual, it must be admitted that it is going a rapid pace in the matter of introduction of bills. In the house alone about 21,000 have been introduced up to date—an average of nearly 50 for each member. Her parents are said to have been keenly annoyed by their daughter's action, and some means of making the engagement formally known then was decided upon. Mr. Patterson was genuinely provoked, and insisted that the engagement should be announced merely without the formula stating that the parents of the prospective bride authorized it. Mrs. Patterson, it is said, seeing that her daughter was fully determined to become the Countess Gizcycki, persuaded her husband to make the announcement in the regular way. The wedding followed soon. In his visit to Washington, Count Gizcycki was not invited to be a guest at the Patterson home, but remained at the New Willard, where he occupied a room on one of the upper floors, and in the least desirable section of the house. He was attended by a man servant, who came to the hotel when needed. After the wedding the count left the Patterson home and returned to the hotel to get his luggage, and it was currently rumored that he did not go back to the Patterson mansion for his bride, but telephoned that he would meet her at the station, and that the new countess left her home in company with her parents and her brother. It is a daily sight in F street's shopping district to see young women, and matrons, as well, swing to the curb in front of a department store, slip off their skates and enter, bearing them in their hand, ready to be donned again when the shopping is done. In some of the shops skates may be checked. Gray bearded men plug along sedately, twisting and turning to avoid wagons and trolley cars with the nimbest of the youngsters. Some of the elders are so skilled in the art that they manage to maintain a respectable rate of speed while reading a newspaper or a magazine, but few take these chances unless the street is reasonably free from traffic. But her boys deliver steaks and chops on skates; the clash and ring of the tiny wheels betokens the approach of the matutinal rolls and cream; the newsboys skate; letter carriers in the outlying routes use skates to get about speedily and easily. Lovers no longer stroll about in the parks, but glide hand in hand where the skating is good and in streets where the electric lights are not too thickly sprinkled. A roofed-over skating rink would starve to death in Washington, where almost every one has rink room gratis in front of his door. youth who has just taken his sheepskin from a medical school. He corrects all lapses into "Mr." and all his official documents and letter paper bear his new title. Mr. Wu, so rumor has it, would like to receive degrees from American universities, and he is delving into historic research which will lead to such honors. Though he has always professed the utmost admiration of American methods, he has chosen the University of Oxford as the place to educate his only son. This young man began his career in letters at the Washington high school, and after graduating there went to a military school at Atlantic City. He is now in the university at Peking. He intends to study law with an excursion into the domain of music. Young Wu is a delightful performer on viol and piano, and it is as much his ambition to awaken China musically as it is of his illustrious father to compass the Chinese economic and industrial awakening. THE DAIRY One Which Will Control the Most Fractious Animal. After using all the yokes of which I chanced to hear, I have found the Yoke Up Unruly Cow. one shown in the accompanying illustration by far the most effective, writes a correspondent of Prairie Farmer. A pole, $3 \frac{1}{2}$ feet in length is hung as indicated, with two feet below and 18 inches above. I made a halter of wire for my cow. PROFITS OF DAIRYING. Are of Several Kinds and Are Cumulative. The profits in dairying are of several kinds, and are cumulative. The money received for the dairy products represents but a part of the receipts. The fertility that goes onto the land is a very important receipt and begins to make compound interest as soon as it gets into the soil. The cash profits from dairying are small, but they come in every month of the year. The farmer that is engaged in dairying can pay his bills about as he goes and got better bargains by so doing. This is another kind of profit. The man who has a well-equipped dairy can utilize his help and save loss of time and this is yet another kind of profit that is overlooked. The dairyman always has a large amount of manure to use on the early crops in the spring, for most dairy farmers do some work of this kind. The plants get a good early start, and the products are marketed early, getting the benefit of the earliest prices. This is another profit that should be credited to dairying. TUBERCULOUS MILK. Certain That Its Production Is on the Increase. Nothing is more certain than that the total amount of tubeculous milk is increasing. The only way to prevent its continued increase is for every milk producer to know more about the disease. The tuberculous milk will produce the dreaded disease in pigs and other animals has been demonstrated many times. It is equally certain that the diseased milk gives the disease to human beings, of whom some are more susceptible to the disease than others. The surest way to prevent the spread of tuberculosis in herds is to keep the animals out of doors as much as possible and to heat to the boiling point all milk fed from animals, unless the milk is known to be free from the germs. It has become a fad in some quarters to ridicule the presence of tuberculosis in milk. One man boasts that he is feeding it to his family and is drinking it himself. Foolish man! If he does not take the disease, nothing will be proved, as many people are resistant to all diseases. He has nothing to gain and everything to lose by his rashness. DAIRY NOTES. The central plant is all right in its place, but you can't depend upon it to stay there. If you have never used a pure bred bull in your herd, make the necessary investment and patronize the pure bred bull which your neighbor may own. Try this investment once and you will own a pure-bred bull of your own next year. A pretty good suggestion comes from one of the experiment stations on cows. It says if one has a man-boarder who don't pay his bills, he is kicked out, but the cow that don't pay her board we just keep feeding right along from the best feed we can grow. Feeding Calves The Journal of the British board of agriculture says that "Probably a month is as long as it is advisable to feed calves on whole milk on a dairy farm or until they have reached about 160 pounds, live weight, or 96 pounds of veal. This weight may be attained in a month, provided the calves are fatted as quickly as possible; but one cannot expect to do it unless the calves are fed three times a day. An effort should also be made to have the calves fat at the time veal commands a high price; otherwise the returns from vealing on whole milk may not be at all satisfactory." ```markdown ``` How It Can Be Used to Dehorn the Calves. Experiments recently concluded at the Nebraska station show some interesting results in regard to the respective gains made by horned and dehorned steers. During a period of several months and under varying weather conditions the horned steers made a slightly larger gain but the greater value of the dehorned steers as feeders still made them the most profitable. Furthermore, from the time they entered the feed lot until they were slaughtered the dehorned would continue to have the advantage. There would be less danger from injury during the feeding period and they would bring a higher price on the open market. Upon our larger markets dehorned steers will bring from 10 to 20 cents more per hundredweight than horned steers of the same quality, due largely to the fact that shippers do not care to bid upon the horned offerings. Being convinced of the advantages of dehorning, urges the Farmer, the cattle raiser should then proceed to use the easiest and most humane method of performing this operation. Where the calves are raised on the farm the best method is by the use of caustic potash. While this treatment has been explained many times it will probably bear repeating. To be sure of success it should be done before the calf has reached the age of ten weeks and preferably at the age of four or six weeks. It is advisable to lay the calf down on its side, so that in its struggles no portion of the potash will get into its eyes. With a pair of shears clip the hair away from the region of the horn. After having wrapped paper around one end of the stick of potash, dip the exposed end in water and rub gently upon the extremity of the horn. The soft exterior of the horn will soon be penetrated exposing a raw, red surface underneath. Still using the caustic pencil, keep pushing the outer coating back until the raw spot is about the size of a dime, which is sufficient in most cases. Care should be taken that no water drips off from the end of the caustic pencil, for if this gets upon the tender skin of the calf it makes an unnecessary sore. The operator should also observe caution and not get any potash on his skin or in his eyes. Caustic potash can be purchased at any drug store in sticks about the size of a lead pencil and a dime's worth will easily dehorn from 20 to 30 calves. When not in use the potash should be kept in a bottle tightly corked, for if left exposed it absorbs moisture from the air and disintegrates rapidly. THE DAIRY COW. Its Value Determined Very Largely by Its Feeding as a Calf. Calves should be fed in such a way as not to impair either growth or digestion, for later on we are going to ask them to take care of a lot of feed so they may develop and be profitable animals, but if fed and cared for in a careless and harmful manner their digestive faculties have been impaired, and they simply say, "We can't do it." I am still a believer, says F. H. Scribner, that hefers should not freshen too young. If allowed to drop their first calf at from 28 to 30 months of age, they will get a little more growth and strength, and we believe their digestive capabilities are also strengthened. We have come to believe that a large part is due to the feed end of the question. The organs of digestion, like the other organs and muscles of the body, are developed best by constant use; the breeder who, through neglect, has not provided in some way for the emergencies that always come is short-sighted. We all know that when a cow once shrinks in her milk how hard it is to get her back, and quite often it is impossible, even with the best of feed. So it stands us in hand to provide in some way for these times and either have some soling crops growing, or enough silage stored up to supplement the short pasture of summer, also to supply succulent feed for the winter use. I believe there is such a thing as compelling success. Every breeder should have a complete understanding of his business and the individual needs of each animal, so that there is no time in the year when she may not have an abundance of good, rich, juicy foods best suited for milk production. Development of the Dalry Cow: Development of the Dairy Cow. The present dairy cow with her wonderful capacity for giving milk has been developed from an ancestor that gave milk during only a few months of the year and then gave it in small quantities. The original cow compelled her calf to begin eating grass at an early age and gradually decreased her flow till, when the winds of autumn blew, the calf was making his own living from the dry grasses. Man has taken this animal and has developed in her a capacity for milk giving several times as great as was found in her in the wild state. People talk about letting nature take her own methods, but what would have happened to the dairy cow if she had been left to nature? We know by what is now the condition of cows in lands where no effort has been made to develop them. They give a pint or a quart of milk per day, except in the flush of milk-giving after the birth of a calf. The development of the dairy cow shows what can be done and points to still greater possibilities. Too much skim milk has been the means of sending many a calf to the graveyard in the back pasture 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 TENTS. Queen Mothers. 1 Lillie Harden, 900 Fifth St, Lea- enworth, Kan., 4 Sat. (A) 2 Susan Daniels, 216 W. Wall, R Scott, Kan., 2-4 Sat. (A) 3 Lizzie Weaver, 1122 Saratoga, Lia- coln, Neb., 2 Fri. (A) 4 Laura Washington, 914 Walken, Kansas City, Kan., 1-3 Sat. Mor- 5 Ada Gilbert, 405 N. Santa Fe, Co- feyville, Kan., 2-4 Wed. (A) 5 Lottie Hill, 517 N. Main, Wichita, Kan., 1-3 Thur. (A) Explanation.—"A" means meets in afternoon—all other meeting at night. Chief Preceptresses. Number. 1 Mrs. Lottie Williams, 1309 N. 10th, Kansas City, Kan., 1-3 Wed. (A) 2 Mrs. Sarah Crisp, 615 So. Chestnut, Iola, Kan., 2-4 Sat. (A) 3 Mrs. Mary Goss, Station 1, Wichita, Kan., 1-3 Fri. (A) 4 Mrs. Anna Fallings, 325 E. 6th, Cherryvale, Kan., 1-3 Thur. (A) 5 Mrs. Carrie Brown, 922 N. 10th, Atchison, Kan., 2-4 Fri. (A) 6 Mrs. Eva Clayborne, 118 So. Mulberry, Ottawa, Kan., 1-3 Thur. (A) 7 Mrs. Lillie Shobe, 336 N. Santa Fo, Salina, Kan., 1-3 Fri. (A) 8 Mrs. Laura Smith, 808 E. 11th, Coffeyville, Kan., 1-3 Tues. (A) 9 Mrs. Julia Martin, 815 E. 11th, Topeka, Kansas 10 Mrs. Ida Wallace, 446 Ark., Lawrence, Kan., 2-4 Wed. (A) 11 Mrs. Pauline Woodfork, 823 Freeman, Kansas City, Kansas, 1-3 Mon. (A) 19 Mrs. Betty Johnson, 211 Stewart, Kansas City, Kan., 1-3 Thur. (A) 813 W. 11th, Thur. (A) box 405, Weir 1715 Clark Wed. (A) So. Barber, Sat. (A) 208 N. 30th, aur. (A) Horton, Ft. 21 Charlott Dalton, 1228 Barnett, Kansas City, Kan., 2-4 Sat. (A) 21 Ella McKinnis, 217 Sherman, Leavenworth, Kan., 3 Sat. 28 Louise Verder, 813 N. J., Lawrence, Kan., 1-3 Sat. (A) 36 Hester Cornish, 911 Western, N. Topeka, Kan., 1-3 Sat. (A) 37 Jannie McAdoo, 1318 N. Madison, Topeka, Kan., 1-3 Sat. (A) 45 Cynthia Henderson, 812 Washington, Kansas City, Kan., 1-3 Sat. 15 Mrs. S. S. Furlough, Box 405, Wein City, Kan. 16 Mrs. Mae Wilson, 1715 Clark Parsons, Kan., 1-8 Wed. (A) 18 Mrs. Jennie Sellers, 2208 N. 30th, Omaha, Neb., 1-8 Thur. (A) 20 Mrs. Bessie Hall, 406 Horton, Ft. Scott, Kan. 20 Mrs. S. Montague, 403 Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Kan. 24 Mrs. Angle Garner, 704 E. 12th, Coffeyville, Kan., 1-8 Wed. (A) 27 Mrs. Anna Ray, 1412 Clark, Parsons, Kan., 1-8 Thur. (A) 29 Mrs. Lula Wood, 613 N. 4th Leavenworth, Kan. 33 Mrs. J. L. Cobb, Bx. 384, Alliance, Neb. GRAND OFFICERS 1907-8. Archer Av., Maska. 1300 N. 6th. Fri. (A) 1178, Weir 8th and Monton, Law- cur. (A) Thos. Glover, District Grand Mastas. 704 N. Market St., Wichita, Kan. Chas. A. Finney, Deputy Grand Mast ter Cherokee, Kan. P. H. Bassett, District Grand Sec tary, Chetopa, Kan. W. W. Shobe, District Grand Treasure 836 N. Santa Fe, Salina, Kan. H. Kindell, District Grand Director, R. Scott, Kan. 35 Mrs. Adah Lewis, 1603 Archer Av., South Omaha, Nebraska. 87 Mrs. Matilda Waters, 1800 N. 6th, Atchison, Kan., 1-8 Fri. (A) 88 Mrs. Ella Young, Box 1173, Weir City, Kan. 89 Mrs. Hula Patterson, 8th and Elm, Abillene, Kan. 52 Mrs. Ada King, 808 Vermont, Law- rence, Kan., 2-4 Thur. (A) 68 Mrs. Lille Robinett, 1236 Barnett, Kansas City, Kan., 1-3 Fri. (A) 77 Mrs. Sarah Weddington, 634 Spruce Topeka, Kan., 1-3 Wed. (A) 85 Mrs. Francis Hardaman, 1801 Kansas Ave, Topeka, Kan. 89 Mrs. B. E. Alton, 2215 Pacific, Omaha, Neb., 1-8 Wed. (A) 91 Mrs. Ella Golden, 2362 N. 25th, Omaha, Neb., 1-8 Thur. (A) 92 Mrs. A. Grant, 401 So. 8th, Lin- coln, Neb., 2-4 Fri. (A) 93 Mrs. Ida M. Jordan, 908 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. 3 A. M. Herrold, Sherman Flats, Omaha, Neb., 2-4 Mon. 4 Robt. M. Jordan, 903 N. Western, N. Topeka, Kan., 1-3 Thur. 5 J. C. Coffee, 1455 N. Mosley, Wichita, Kan., Fridays. 6 A. J. Beam, 409 Osborne, Ft. Scott, Kan., 1-3 Tue. 7 Jno H. McKinnis, 217 Sherman, Leavenworth, Kan., Mondays. 8 C. W. Giles, 617 N. Water St., Wichita, Kans., 1-3-4 Thurs. 9 Lee Holiday, 723 So. 20th, Parsons, Kan., 1-3 Thur. 10 Ed Finch, 514 N. 4th, Salina, Kan., 1-3 Tue. 11 W. M. Hughes, 1023 N. J., Lawrence, Kan., 2-4 Thur. 12 J. H. Downs, 422 Haskell, Kansas City, Kansas, Fridays. 13 U. A. Graham, 1160 West, Topeka, Kansas, 1-3 Thur. 14 W. Osteen, 1214 Lane, Topeka, Kansas, 1-3 Mon. 15 J. W. Bedell, 2127 So. 19th, Lincoln, Neb. SODA POP always on fe SUNDAY DINNERS 20c and 25c. Banner Mills CUSTOM GKINDING A Specialty ..... ALL KINDS OF COAL & FREED FUCKFISH BROAD, PROSA. 628 M. Main St. Phone 323 --- 333 TABERNACLES. TEMPLES. Chief Mentors. 16 Richard Clark, 420 N. 25th, South Omaha, Nebr. 17 Rev. Allen Garner, 704 M. 19th Coffeyville, Kansas. 18 Jas. Thomas, 218 W. 1st, Salt Lake City, Utah. TENTS. 8 Ida Stovall, 706 So. Walnut, Ida Kan., 2-4 Sat. (A) 9 Flora Patterson, 311 W. 27th, Omaha, Neb., 1-3 Sat. (A) 10 Maggie Robinson, 811 Everett, Kansas City, Kan., 1-3 Sat. (A) 11 Mary Brown, 325 Miss., Lawrence Kan., 2-4 Sat. (A) 1 Sadie Tyler, 125 E. Riley, Atchison, Kan., 2-4 Sat. (A) 18 A. O. Murrell, 451 So. 4th, Saffna Kan., 1-3 Sat. (A) 19 Lizzie Herrold, Sherman Fata Omaha, Neb., 2-4 Sat. (A) 20 Susie Wills, 2103 Grand, Parsona Kan., 1-3 Sat. (A) NEXT PLACE OF MEETING. The Grand Temple and Tabernacle will next meet in Atchison, Kansas, on the 2nd Tuesday in July, 1988. NOTICE TABORS If your Tabernacle, Temple or Text is not in this Directory, or if there is any error, please notify me at one W. N. MILLER. Edited OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. Dstrict Grand Lodge, No. 17, Karas G. U. O. O. F. NEXT PLACE OF MEETING. District Grand Lodge No. 17 w meet in Kansas City, Kansas, in July 1908. In The Grocery Line Your wants need careful attention and our store is the place to get it. We handle the best of Fancy and Staple Groceries and our prices are right. Orders given prompt attention. Kernan & Co., 192 E. Douglas P.O. Box 52 Restaurant 839 North Main Street Meals 15c to 25cts. Hot or Cold Lunch —At All Hours— ICE CREAM