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THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT A NEW CONSISTORY Of Scottish Rite Masons, Temple Of Mystic Shrines Organized In wichita A Masonic Love-Feast A Spectacular and Grand Event Conducted by Allen P. Smith.33 CLASS OF MASTER MASONS WHO TOOK TH THIRTY-SECOND DEGREE OF MASONRY SATURDAY NIGHT, DEC. 12th, 1908. MASS OF MASTER MASONS WHO TOOK TH THIRTY-SECOND DEGREE OF MASONRY SATURDAY NIGHT. DEC. 12th, 1908. TENTH YEAR A NEW CO Of Scottish Rite Of Mystic Organized A Masonic A Spectacular a Conducted by A Saturday Dec. 12, was a day which long be remembered by the colored asms of this vicinity. The event ALLEN P. SMITH, 33rd U.S. Letter Carrier, Branch No. 10. Topeka, Kansas. E.M. Kaw Valley No. 18. H. P. Lincoln Chapter No. 2. E.E. C. Cyrene Com. No. 3 K. T. G. H. P., P. H. G. Chapter. G. Master. Inspector General Orient of Kansas. St. Ills P. of Oasis Temple. CLASS OF MASTER MASONS WHO GREE OF MASONRY SATURDAY which makes an indelible impression was the establishment of a Consistory of Masons in this section. A large class of Masons had been enrolled by J. W. Thompson who was the leader in the movement to establish the higher Masonic degree. Eeverything being in business the work was begun at high on Saturday. Inspector General of Kansas Allen P. Smith 33rd of Topeka, Kan., assisted by Wm. G. Curtis 33rd, of Abeline, commander-in-Chief of Kaw Valley Inspection No 16, Scottish Rite Masons, John E. Lewis 33rd, Henry Johnson 33rd, Emmett Smith 33rd, J. W. Thompson 33rd, and Thomas J. Washington 33rd, all members of Kaw Val- WICHITA, KANSAS, SATURDAY, DEC. 19, 1908. TOOK TH THIRTY-SECOND DE- NIGHT, DEC. 12th, 1908. J. W. Jackson, 33, 1st Lieutenant. J. S. Faurer, 32, 2d Lieutenant. A. K. Lawrence, 33, secretary A. M. Morris, 33, Treasurer. J. W. Woods, 32, Chancellor. Chas. Akins, 32. Hospitaller and tion of ley Consistory and Oasis Temple of Topeka, Kansas. From the hour of beginning to the close of the solemn ceremonyial rites was one long and pleasing series of instruction. The manner in which Inspector-General Allen P Smith conducted the ceremonies and conferred the degree was one which made a lasting and beneficial impression upon his class. At 4 P. M. Saturday the class repaired to the cast steps o the court house where a groupe of the entire class was photographed—which photographic groupe we produce here. At 5:30 P. M. the whole clas went to Whitted's restaurant 513 N. Main St., where a most toothsome supper was served them and at 3 A. M. Sunday morning a banquet was prepared for all lat Fauver's Cafe, 517 N. Main, and all ate to the success of the newly organized Consistory and branches. The following are the members initiated: Sam Brazill, William Curtis, of Wichita; Thomas Campbell, Andy Charles Winfield; John Davis, Jethio Fauver B. F. Hill, Phillip Hyde, of Wichita; J. W. Jackson, Henry Johnson, of Winfield; Wm. Lewis, Dr. A. K. Lawrence; A. M. Mauris, I. J. Porter, J. F. Phillips, of Wichita; Thos. Rhoads, of Winfield; Geo. W. Robinson, C. D. Ralston; f Wichita; J. W. Woods, Jas, L. Washington, of Winfield; Wm. Whitted, Geo Hicks, W. N. Miller, Sandy Patton, Chas. Akins, Emmett Smith, J. W. Wichita. The following officers were chosen: Officers of Western Star Consistory: J. W. Thompson, 33, Commander in Chief. Sam'l Brazil, 32, Capt. of the Guard. Thos Rhodes, 33, Master of Ceremonies. Jas. L. Washington, 32, Minister of State. Surgeon. Officers of Grand Lodge of Perfection Thos Campbell, 32, Thrice Potent Grand Master. Wm. Whitted, 32, Senior Warden. C. D. Ralston, 32, Junior Warden. J. W. Wods, 32, Orator. Thos, Rhodes, 32, Master of Ceremonies. Officers of Jonathan Chapter Knights of the Rose Croix: Geo. Hicks, 32, Most Wise and Perfect Master. Thos. Washington, 32, Senior Warden Andy Charles, 32, Junior Warden. Officers of Emith Temple, Ancient Arabic Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. J. S. Fauver, 32, Illustrate Potentate, Henry Johnson, 32, Chief Rabban. B. F. Hill, 32, Asst. Chief Rabban. J. W. Jackson, 323, High Priest. W. N. Miller, 32, Marshall. Philip Hsie, 32, Oriental Guide. Andy Charles, 32, 1st Ceremonial Master. Jno. Davis, 32, 1st Asst. Ceremonial Master. Wm. Lewis, 32, Tyler. Emmet Smith, 32, Standard Bearer. WM. G. CURTIS, 33°, Abeline, Kansas. Commander in Chief of Kaw Valley Consistory No. 16, Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Free Masonry, and Deputy Inspector General for Kansas. The New Hope Literary Society is progressing rapidly. An excellent programme was rendered at the meeting Monday night. A paper was read by Dr. Grant G. Brown and was ably discussed by several. The discussion was opened by G. L. Scott, followed by Rev. J. C. Rodgers, Rec. Jas. T. Smith, Rev. W. H. Tillman, Rev. E. T. Fishback and Jas. L. Harper. All are asked to attend each Monday evening and participate. The following is the program for Monday night, Dec. 21st. Vocal solo, Mrs. J. E. Lewis; resitation, Mrs. Dudley Johnson; instrumental solo, Mrs. E. T. Fishback; address, Geo. Hicks; vocal solo, Miss Etta Baker; instrumental solo, Miss Alberta Lewis; select reading, Miss Linnie Baker; select reading, Miss Ida Wilson; inst. umental solo, Harold Fleming; vocal duett, A. Underwood, Isaac Baker; vocal solo, Miss Edna Hammonds; vocal solo, Miss Rena Causel; oration, B. M. Crawford. Subject for discussion: "Resolved, That the Negro should be colonized." Opened by Jas. J. Olden Come out. Mrs. George A. Wallais, Wichita's fincateress went to Alma, Kans., Wednesday where she served a wedding super. The people of Alma were astonished with the many good catables so tastefully prepared by Mrs. Wallis. We present the likeness of Illustrious Alken P. Smith of Topeka, Kans., Inspector-General for, Kansas of Scottish Eite Masons who conducted the initiation of the clas who took the Scottish Rite degrees Saturday night and Sunday. No man in Kansas has taken a more active part in the ranks of the Colored Masons of the west than has Illustrious Allen P. Smith. He is a Master f Masonic degrees from the first to the thirty-third degrees and his manner and forms of mitration in all degrees are convincing and understanding. J. W. THOMPSON $ 3 3^{\circ}. $ The above accompanying is a likeness of J. W. Thompson one of Wich- ILL. J. W. THOMPSON, 33rd, Western Star Consistry, Wichita, Kan. ILL. J. W. THOMPSON, 33rd. Western Star Consistry, Wichita, Kan. ita's prominent colored Masons. He is a native of Alabama and came to Kansas ith whis parenes in 1892, settling in this city. He was a veteran of the Spanish-American war having been a member of the famous 23rd Kansas and saw service in Cuba. For eight years he worked for the Wichita Street Railway Co. He joined Masonry in 1900 as a member of Arkansas Valley lodge No. 21. He is also a member of Toas lodge No. 10 Knights of Pythias, and is Commander of Pallastine Commandry No. 12, Knights Templar. He has worked assidiously to organize a Consistory and how well he succeeded is told by the splendid Consistory organized Saturday. For his labor he becomes first Illustrious Commander of Emmith Temple and Chief of Western Star Consistry of this city. PRETTY PRAIRIE NEWS. There was quite a rabbit hunt near Pretty Prairie last week. All report a good time. Mrs. H. M. Underwood and children spent Sunday with Mrs. Joe Banks and family. Florence and Mabel Banks took part at the Riverton Literary last Friday night. Sam Dumort has purchased himself a bran new automobile. We understand tht the wedding bells are ringing in Pratt county, so lok out. Joe Banks and sons are nearly through shucking corn. Mrs. Eva Khun called on the Misses Banks' Sunday. Florence Banks and Myrtle Underwood visited with Mrs. Lida Mc Cellan one day last week. Robt. Davis can be seen quite often in Kingman since he has been laying off. We are all preparing for Xmas here and all are looking forward for a grand time and we wish all the readers of the Searchlight a merry Xmas and a happy New Year. NEWTON GLEANINGS Born to Mr. and Mrs. I. Coleman a fine baby boy. All parties are doing nicely. The Rev. R. P. Tyler of the C. M. E. Church has been in Hutchinson for several days conducting a series of meetings. Mr. P. Coleman who has ben complaining for a number of days is slowly gaining strength again. There were many visitors in the city the past week. The ministers and deacons union and board meetings of the Southwestern District Missionary Baptist association of Kansas held with the Second Baptist church last Thursday and Friday the 10 and 11, were largely attended and were the most successyul Board meeting in the history of the District both from financial and spiritual standpoint. The spiritual tide was so high that ministers of the gospel embraced each other and tears flowed like a beautiful spring. It was indeed a pleasant sight to see. The sermons were pointed, masterly and inspiring. The impressions made are still increasing. "Returning home another way," "The City of God," "Love," "The Salvation of God," and the "Results of Offenders," are standing monuments of the meeting. Brother Johnson from Watonga, Okla., was in the city last week soliciting means to aid in rebuilding a Baptist church house that was destroyed by storm. Rev. J. H. Van Lue who was in attendance at the Board meeting left the city Saturday morning for Olathe, Kan. Rev. Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Henderson of Garden City, who were recently united in Holy wedlock, attended the union last week. Mrs. Isom Slaughter was able to attend the services of the Board meeting last week. Mr. Dan Carson the efficient janitor at the court house, very pleasantly entertained Comrade Johnson from Watonga. Rev. Fishback and wife, Rev. G. W. Smith, H. I. Jones, Mrs. H. F. Frazier and J. E. Lewis of Wichita, were conspicuous figures at the Board and Union meeting last week. Also Rev. J. H. Ranig, Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Kittie Scott of Great Bend. Mrs. W. N. Miller, wife of Editor Miller, was in the city last week on business with the Baptist Executive Board. Rev. S. S. Bandy of Eldorado, made a mark the past week in presiding over the Union. Dea. M. Stephenson and Mesdames Shackelford and Johnson of Hutchinson, attended the Union; also Revs. Lee of Jetmore, Dunn and Thomas Carter from Medicine Lodge, Rev. C. O. Smith from Larned, Rev. Copeland of Arkansas City, and Revs. Harris and Hughes from Caldwell. Quite an inspiring service at the Second Baptist church all day last Sunday. A paper read in the B. Y. P. U. meeting on "God's Care," by Mrs. John Lawson, was filled with information and wholesome advice. Mrs. S. Dickerson and Mrs. C. R. Ramy were pleasant callers at the home of pastor Garnett and wife. Mrs. Broils entertained the ladies of the N. U. G. Club Monday afternoon, Dec. 14th. An elaborate lunch was served. The ladies were as usual, full of glee. After lunch the ladies listened to some favorable music. They afterwards returned to their home each saying Mrs. Broils was an ideal hostess. Their next meeting will be Monday, Dec. 21st with Mrs. J. Roach. Mr. John Jackson, P. Coleman, C. W. Dickerson, Mrs. L. B. Dickerson and Mrs. Geo. Dickerson were pleasant parsonage callers the past week. QUARTERLY MEETING. Quarterly meeting will be held at the A. M. E. church Sunday, Dec. 20th. Presiding Elder M. Wooten will be present at each service. Services at 11 A. M. and 3 P. M. and 8 P. M. The quarterly conference will be held at the church Monday night, Dec. 21. Secretaries of each department of the church and reporting officers are ness. asked to have their reports in readi- Mrs. J. W. Newlin has assumed management of the Centropolis Hotel, 605 N. Main Street. NO 39. J. W. JACKSON, 33rd. Acompanying is the picture of J. W. Jackson one of Winfield's most progressive colored men. 1st Lieutenant Western Star Consistory, Wichita, Kansas. Mr. Jackson was born in St. Loudy county, Louisiana in 1878, where he resided until about 14 years of age. He moved with his parents to Oklahoma in the early days, but owing to poor school facilities his parents moved with him to Kansas where he could attend school, locating in Winfield. He attended the public schools at Winfield and also took a business course and learned to be a rained nurse. Owing to his eyes becoming affected he was forced to give up nursing and entered into business. He is a live member of Walnut Valley lodge No. 55, A. F. and A. M. is is a Christian and an energetic church worker. He owns a beautiful and comfortable home in Winfield. He is 1st Lieutenant of Wichita Star Consistory organized Saturday night. Boston Pumpkin Pie Select a medium-sized pumpkin, solid substance, and dark orange color. Cook in water enough to prevent burning, which should be evaporated in the end to leave all the sweet flavors with the pulp. Then for a deep pie use one cupful pumpkin, a pinch of nutmeg, clove, and salt, one-quarter teaspoonful of cinnamon, one-half teaspoonful of ginger, with one-half cupful of sugar; add this to the pumpkin with one beaten egg, and three cupfuls of rich milk, which should be heated. Bake in a moderate oven about one hour. Orange Flavored Fowls. The Virginia housewife is famous for her savory roast duck. This is due to the orange flavor combined with it, for she, instead of using onion in her dressing, as is elsewhere done, roasts one large or several small oranges in the body of the duck. The oranges are washed and put in whole without being peeled, then the dressing is added. This plan may be adopted with turkey and chicken with excellent results. To Save Time. The easiest and quickest way to keep cutlery always bright and clean, without the use of knife board or machine, is to take a piece of wet rag, rub it well on a piece of soap and dip it in kitchen sand; rub each piece with this before putting it in the washing water. All the stains will disappear as if by magic, and the cutlery will be bright and shiny with only a few minutes' work. To Clean Bathtubs. To clean bathtubs, washbowls, and white sinks, use benzine or gasoline, saturate a rag and rub all over, and then rub dry with another cloth; if they are dirty, repeat. This will save labor and also the porcelain on the tubs and sinks; keep benzine in a glass jar and keep away from fire. Baltimore Whip. Grate the rind of two lemons and squeeze out the juice; add two teaspoonfuls of vanilla, one cup of pulverized sugar, two whites of eggs, and the yolks of four. Beat for ten minutes. Dissolve two boxes of gelatin in a cup of warm water; when cool add to other ingredients drop by drop, then fold in the well-beaten whites of four eggs, beating constantly. Turn the mixture into a glass dish, beating constantly. Serve with orange juice sweetened and maraschino syrup. THE SEARCHLIGHT. W. N. MILLER.....Editor Residence Phone Bell 1641. Entered at the Post Office at Wichita, Kansas, as Second Class Mail Matter. Published Every Saturday at 601 North Main Street. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION Strictly in Advance. One Year (By Mall).....$1.00 Six Months (By Mall).....75 Three Months (By Mall).....50 Advertising Rates Made Known on Application. All matters addressed to The Searchlight for publication ust be signed by the party or parties writing. All mattersf or publication must reach this office not later than Thursday noon to reach publication in the current issue. RULES OF THIS OFFICE. 1st. All subscriptions must be paid in advance. Agents take notice. 2nd. Communications received after Wednesday noon will not be published in the current issue. 3rd. In asking to change your paper from one address or postoffice to an- other give both the ned and the old. 4th. No new name will be placed on pur books unless the money accompa- ses the name. Write plain. 5th. Address all matter for publica- tion to The Wichita Searchlight. 601 M. Main Street, Wichita, Kansas. 6th. Any erroneous reflection on the character, standing or reputation of any person which may appear in this paper will be gladly corrected if brought to the attention of the editor. "To Live and Let Live" is Our Motto MINISTERS' LEAGUE. Ministerial League convened at New Hope Baptist church Monday at 10:30 a.m. After a short conference the League adjourned. The following is the reports: New Hope Baptist Church, E. T. Fishback, Pastor—Preaching morning and evening by the pastor; Sunday school at 1 p. m.; B. Y. P. U. 6:30. All services were well attended. Collection $34.08. M. E. Church, W. S. Malone, pastor. —Made the following report from the rally: Preaching at 1:30 by Rev. J. T. Smith and at 2:30 by the pastor. Collection by the Presidents of Willing Workers club, Miss Julia Mickelbury, $5.15, Ladies Aid Society, Miss L. Mickelbury, $5.70, Missionary Circle, Mrs. W. S. Malone, $5.70, Public collection, $6.65. Total collection $23.20. Service well attended. St. Paul M. E. Church, J. T. Smith, pastor.-Preaching morning and evening by the pastor. A very extensive program was rendered by the Sunday school at which time Rev. J. C. Rodgers delivered a very able and instructive address. Subject, "Misunderstanding between Church and Sunday school." Allen's C. E. L. at 6:30. All services were well attended. Total collection $36.50. NOTICE. All persons holding credentials soliciting for the Home at Lawrence will report at next Board meeting. Only solicitors holding commissions for 1908 stamped by the officials of State Baptist Convention are authorized to hold public meetings and take collections, etc., for Sunflower Home at Lawrence Churches, District Boards and individuals will please see that solicitors come with proper authority, credentials stamped and dated for 1908, by order of Board. Also, Mrs. Ida Becks is authorized to solicit funds for the Old Folks Home. G. McNEAL, Chairman. N. J. STOKES, Acting Secy. TO ALL QUEEN MOTHERS. Ft. Scott, Kans., Dec. 10, 1908. Greeting:—To all Queen Mothers, Maids and Pages: As we have started on our second quarter work I would like to say to all Queen Mothers please send your reports in on time. I am sorry to say that some of the Queen Mother's did not send any report at all during the last quarter. Now, dear Queen Mothers, please be more punctual this quarter. I want to hear from everyone. I am glad to say everything looks bright, promising and prosperous for our jurisdiction. Since the last Grand Session I have set up a new Tent in Cherryvale, Ks., which is doing fine. I wish for you all a Merry Xmas and Happy New Year. Yours for Tabor success, BESSIE HALL, Queen Mother. --- LOCALS Send your news notes and local happenings to 601 North Main Street. IF IT EVER HAPPENED YOU'LL FIND IT IN THE SEARCHLIGHT. WHY NOT SUBSCRIBE? When you want cement stone or plastering done, call up new phone 127 and give W. L. Herman a chance. His work and prices are both right. WANTED—Man to work on railroad; wife to take in washing. House rent $4.00 per month. Call or write, C. R. WILFLEY, Box 138 Clearwater, Kan. WANTED—A colored lady school teacher at Harper, Okla. Write to R. W. Banning, R. F. D. No. 2, Harper, Okla. Or apply to J. J. Olden, 615 N. Main, Wichita, Kan. The B. T. W. Club met with Miss Louis Wilson with good attendance. After the transaction of business an elaborate lunch was served. Club adjourned to meet with Mrs. Sam Anderson at the residence of Mrs. Collins next week. Mrs. M. L. Carr will spend the week visiting in Marion. Mr. B. R. Guy of Pratt was a visitor in the city Tuesday the guest of Mrs. V. Covington. Mrs. Luvernia Givens who has been in the city for several weeks returned to her home in Meade Wednesday. The entertainment given by the ladies of the Stewarders Board at the A. M. E. church on last Tuesday eve, was quite a success. A good crowd was in attendance and a neat sum was realized. During the evening a Literary society was organized under most favorable conditions which will meet each Tuesday evening. The officers elected were: President, Miss Lula Parks; vice-president, Mr. Chas. Price; secretary, Mr. John D. Jones; asst. secretary, Miss-Myrtle Fleming; treas., Miss L. Wilson; organists Miss Sallie Rawles and Miss Annie Butler. Chairman of program committee, Miss Lulu Covington. Further arrangements to be completed on next Tuesday evening at which time they will render their initial program. Every one is invited to come out. Miss Florence Wilson will leave Saturday (today) for Oklahoma, where she will spend Christmas among her friends. Wichita Tabernacle No. 34 had a fine meeting Thursday afternoon. Past High Priestess Dtr. Mattle Miller assisted High Priestess Dtr. Joana Jones . Every member is requested to be present at the first meeting in January, 1909. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Dent contemplate spending the winter in Collarado. Mrs. B. R. Guy of Pratt, passed through the city Wednesday enroute to Coffeyville to visit her daughter who Lee Roy Young of Peabody is in the A GOOD THING. Every one should give a helping hand to Mrs. Adle Adams and those associated with her in her effort to establish a Young Men's Christian Association (Y. M. C. A.) in Wichita. Such an organization will do much good among our race and should be heartily encouraged by all. If you have not given in your name as a member do so at once. Help swell the number and make it a grand success. Mrs. Lou Wilson and daughter, Ida, entertained at luncheon Sunday Rev. E. T. Fishback and wife, Miss Rosa Mae Tillman and Mr. Ulna Johnson. A delightful time was had. The B. Y. P. U. of New Hope Baptist church is doing nicely. The meeting was led last Sunday by Miss Beattie Jackson. The young people of Wichita met at St. Paul A. M. E. church Tuesday evening for the purpose of organizing a literary society. Short adresses were made by Rev. J. T. Smith and Rev. Fishback, after which Miss Lula Parks was elected president; Charles Price, vice-president; John Jones, secretary; Myrtle Fleming, assistant secretary; Miss Lois Wilson, treasurer; Miss Sara Ratts, organist; assistant organist, Miss Anna Butler, Chairman of the Programme Committee, Miss Lula Covington. Miss Ida Hill was elected critic. The stewardess served refreshments. The society adjourned to meet Tuesday evening at 8 p. m. Office Hours 9 a.m to 6 Sundays by Appointment Dr. H. T. DENT ALL WORK GUA Bell Phone 507 N. Main St Satisfaction IN EVERY POINT "Wichita's Be There will be an afternoon service under the auspices of the Episcopal church in Young's hall corner N. Main and Elm streets at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon. A very cordial invitation is extended to all. For Rent—As I am going to Colorado for the winter, I will rent my residence 1053 N. Main street to the right parties. Inquire of W. M. Dent, 1053 N. Main st. Mrs. R. E. Smith has returned from a very pleasant visit in Kansas City, Leavenworth and Harlem, where she was the guest of relatives and friends. Miss Emma Johnson is home from the Industrial school to spend her Christmas holiday with her parents. Robt. Davis is having his house on 23rd street remodeled and repaired in fine shape. RESOLUTIONS. Whereas, Our beloved brother, G. H. Young has been taken from our midst, we will not weep, knowing that our loss is heaven's gain. He was a faithful member of Mt. Olive Court No. 9, H. of J.; a devoted brother and a M. W. Joshua, Resolved, That a copy be sent to the bereaved family, and one be spread on the face of our minutes and another be sent to the Searchlight for publication. Gone to rest, and while thy absence we deplore. One thought our sorrow shall be gule. For son we meet to part no more. Committee: ADDIE ADAMS, ELLA EWING, WINIFRED RAY. The ladies of the G. L. A. Club met at the home of Mrs. S. W. Flemings after the general routine of business the hostess served a dainty lunch. The Club adjourned to meet in a call meeting Saturday night at the home of the president, Mrs. J. L. Harper. All members are requested to be present. Business of importance. IOLA KANS., NEWS. Golden Tabernacle No. 2 is in fine shape. New members are coming. On Nov. 30 a successful entertainment was given for the benefit of the Taborian Home fund. ARKANSAS CITY, KANS., ITEMS. Wm. Graves for many years a resident of this city, has sold his home on North 5th street and will move his family to Kansas City, Kans., where he will make his future home. They leave many friends who wish them well. W. W. Keller, North A street, is one of the jurymen of Winfield this week. Rev. Copeland has been called to Wichita to take charge of one of the Baptist churches. Arkansas City will loose an able minister. Rev. C. A. Woods and wife made 30 pastoral calls in one day last week. He is awakening great spiritual interest. We expect great results. Friday afternoon Mrs. Logan, Mrs. Drumgould, and Mrs. Alston, entertained the elderly ladies at the residence of Mrs. P. F. Alston. The hour of entertaining was from 3 o'clock to 5 o'clock. In the evening from 8 o'clock to 11 o'clock. The young people highly entertained. The house was beautifully decorated with red and white ribbons. Mr. Drumgould was master of ceremonies. The young ladies and gentlemen proved to the hostess they not only came for but they highly appreciated the honor and their words of commendation proved to the hostess they were sncec. Two course lunch was served. At the hour of 11 o'clock all parted and copious showers of laughter could be quietly heard from rom to room. CLEARWATER NEWS. C. R. Wilfley is working for the Coffeyville paper mill straw press. Office Hours 9 a m to 6 p m Sundays by Appointment DENTIST ALL WORK GUARANTEED Bell Phone 2467 507 N. Main St Wichita, Kan Satisfaction POENISCH BROS., Agents 622 N. Main Street We also carry a complete stock of Hay, Grain, Feed and Coal. 530 - Both Phones - 530 Centropolis Hotel 605 N. Main St Wichita, Ks First-Class Room and Board Meals 20c Mrs J W Newlin, Prop Mrs. John McGrue was calling on Mrs. C. R. Wilfley Sunday, preparing for the Christmas exercises. Roy and Ethel White were visiting Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Barton Saturday and Sunday. Ethel Barton is expected home to spend Xmas with parents. Rev. C. Cole will hold his regular service next Sunday, Dec. 20th. Hoping all will turn out and make these meetings a success as they are truly needed here. C. R. Wilfley is striving with our lit-flock to get up a Xmas tree among the colored people as he did last Xmas, but it is a hard job to get the people started. Hoping all will do the best they can to have a nice time and let our little ones have a fine time. STRONG CITY, KAN. To the Searchlight, Wichita, Kans: Obituary of Sister Celia Leves, the wife of Deacon R. Leves. She was born in Tennessee, Montgomery county, in 1849, moved to Strong City, Ks., in 1882. She was a faithful member of the Second Baptist church here for 26 years. Brought her membership from Tenn. After an illness for quite a while, she past away in the great beyond. Dec. 6th, in full triumph of faith. She leaves to mourn their lost, a loving husband, three daughters, two sons, two brothers, two sisters, a church, a host of relatives and friends to weep over their loss. But it is heaven' eternal gain. Sleep on Sister Levels, we will see you again. Rev. Joe Raimey, who has known her all of her life preached the funeral. A wonderful one it was to a crowded house both of white and colored, who came to pay the last tribute of respect to a worthy woman, he was laid to rest Tuesday, Dec. 8th, in the East Cemetery here. Where she will rise at the resurrection of the just. strong City, Kans., Dec. 13, 1908. Wichita Searchlight: Dear Editor—Kindly allow me space in the columns of your well edited paper to publish the following: We find that the great reaper whose name is Death has not been idlt, and ripened sheaf as well as budding flower has by Him bten garntred from us. On Sunday morning about 9:30 o'clock, the Angel of Death came to the home of R. Levelys, Sr., and took from if one of their choicest treasurers, the dear wife and mother, Mrs. Cella Levelys. For several weeks she had suffered but she bore her illness with bravery and great Christian fortitude. Being perfectly resigned to the will of her Master until she fell under the stroke of the monstrous hand of Death on Dec. 6th, 1908. At the time of her death, Mrs. Levell was 59 years, 3 months, 18 days. She leaves a husband and five children to mourn her untimely demise. She was a faithful member of the Second Baptist church of this city, dutiful in her obligations and untiring in her labor. We shall all miss her motherly counsel, and shall listen in vain for the footstep never again to be heard. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Raimey of Great Bend, Kans., at the church of which she was a member. The remains were laid to rest in the Strong City cemetery east of town. The bereaved family has the sympathy of the entire community. The many friends of C. I. Burns will be pleased to learn that he has professed religion and has joined New Hope Baptist church. Mr. Burns professed religion while at his work Wednesday and he was so joyful and happy that he spread the good news far and wide and went to the church of his choice and joined Wednesday night. Prescriptions Filled with Care . . . Drugs of all kinds, Cigars and Tobacco . . . Your patronage solicited. + Once a customer, always a customer. Our store is Headquaaters for Colored people. 615 North Main st. "Second to None" PLEASES ALL Good Bread Makers It Is White As Snow—TRY IT The Otto Weiss Alfalfa Stock and Poultry Food are all guaranteed under the United States Law, Serial No. 13415 and under the Kansas State Law Register No. 1. It Is The Cheapest and BEST FOOD on the Market HOUCK Hardware store First Class Goods at Lowest Prices 116 East Douglas Avenue Dr.J.E. Farmer, Physician and Surgeon —Diseases of— Women and Children A Specialty Office 703 N. 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MAIN ST Phone £60 green BUY LUMBER AT BUY METZ'S Corner 3rd & Main Groceries, Meats GENERAL MERCHANDISE We carry a full, fresh line of Staple and Fancy Groceries and Choicest Fresh and Salt Meats Our Stock of Dry Goods Men, Women and Chil- dren's Shoes cannot be excelled in quality or in price. Free Delivery. Tapp & Hanshaw 255-257 N. Main St Phone 25 BOOST FOR WICHITA ENTERPRISES. ICHITA, : : : : KANS. Just as certain college professors and magazine writers are well under way in the work of proving that the education of women is all wrong and that the general system of female education is defective in that does not teach women how to be good wives and mothers, along comes Dr. Lyman Abbott with the assertion that it is not the proper object of education to furnish a woman with a lantern wherewith to aid her in a search for a husband. "We have now got nobody away," says Dr. Abbott, "from the idea that the object of a woman's education is to make her a better ornament for the parlor or a more capable hired servant. A woman should no more be educated to be a wife and another than a man should be educated to be a husband and father. She should be educated to be a woman, as a man is educated to be a man." Evidently, remarks the Baltimore American, the doctor does not count the occasional professors and the magazine writers in when he says "We." He means all the rest of the world. Hope for Central America. Hope for Central America. The international bureau of central American republics announces a commendable purpose. It is proposed to make uniform the civil, commercial and criminal legislation of the five significant republics, to establish a uniform customs and monetary system, and to work for the general development of commerce and industry. The success of the effort would be seriously doubted were reliance placed upon the stability of central American purpose alone. But, says the Boston Herald, back of this is the spirit of the international bureau of American republics, and particularly the governments of the United States and Mexico, each of which is determined, for selfish as well as unselfish interest, that constant turnoll in central America shall be checked. The five republics will be given a chance to work out their own salvation, 'and good government will be assured the moral backing of larger powers and more substantial support if necessary. The Good-Will Habit A habit of holding a kindly attitude of mind toward everybody has a powerful influence upon the character. It lifts the mind above jealousies and meannesses; it encircles and enlarges the whole life. When we meet people, no matter if they are strangers, we feel a certain kinship with and friendliness for them, if we have formed the good-will habit. In other words, says the New York Weekly, the kindly habit, the good-will habit, makes us feel more sympathy for everybody. And if we radiate this helpful, friendly feeling, others will reflect it back to us. On the other hand, if we go through life with a cold, selfish mental attitude, caring only for our own, always looking for the main chance, only thinking of what will further our own interest, our own comfort, totally indifferent to others, this attitude will, after a while, harden the feelings and the affections, and we shall become dry, pessimistic and uninteresting. Poly is a fertile plant and bears fruit for a long time. The French are discovering the truth of this in the demoralization of their navy. Mons. Gaston Thomson, the minister of marine, has resigned from the cabinet after the chamber of deputies condemned his department because of the explosion on the warship Iena, in 1907, when more than a hundred officers and men were killed. There have been more than 30 explosions on French warships within the past two years, and the officers ond men are said to be completely demoralized. The demoralization, however, did not begin under the administration of Mons. Thomson, but under that of his predecessor, who issued regulations which destroyed discipline on the ships. For the good of all, the commander of a battleship, even more than the commander of a merchant vessel, must be an autocrat, and any policy which undermines his authority weakens the efficiency of the ship's crew. If the Highland Park housewife who bought two gallons of water for floor polish will just drop in a couple of bars of soap and let it stand over night, says the Detroit News, she will have something that, with elbow grease ad lib, will just make her doors shine. P. S.-Slice the bars of soap. An army officer in Washington was convicted of disorderly conduct on a street car, the evidence showing that it took five policemen to carry the beligerant officer to the hospital. The sentence of dismissal was commuted, and with reason, for a fighter like that would be a great loss in time of active service. A German countess declares that wealth is a sin, and we may assume that being clean broke is also; next to coldness. HE CAN STAND MUTE THE SUPREME COURT DECIDES AGAINST COMMERCE COMMISSION IN HARRIMAN CASE. THREE OF JUDGES HOWEVER DISSENT Judges Harlan, McKenna and Day Declare Their Belief That All the Questions Should Have Been Answered—The Interstate Commission Expected the Decision. Washington, Dec. 15.—in deciding Monday the case of Edward H. Harriman and Otto H. Kahn vs. the Interstate Commerce commission, the supreme court of the United States held that the commission is not entitled under the interstate commerce law to press questions relative to private transactions, even though they involve dealings in the securities of interstate railroads, when the investigation of which such questions are a part has been begun upon the commission's initiative. The opinion was announced by Justice Holmes and dealt with the refusal of Messrs. Harriman and Kahn to make reply to questions put by the commission in the course of an inquiry concerning the dealing of Mr. Harriman as president of the Union Pacific railway in the stocks of other railroad companies, many of which are competing lines. Justice Holmes said the commission's inquiries should be confined to cases in which complaint had been made. He said privacy should be properly regarded in proceedings begun by the commission for its own purposes, and that the powers conferred in the interstate commerce law exceeded any which have ever been delegated by a constitutional body of law makers. In a dissenting opinion, concurred in by Justice Harlan and McKenna. Justice Day declared that the effect of the opinion of the majority of the court would be materially to narrow the scope of the interstate commerce law. These three justices declared the questions of the commission, so far as they were sustained by the United States circuit court for the Northern district of New York, were entirely proper and should have been answered by Harriman and Kahn. Justice Harlan went even further and held that all of the commission's questions should have received responses. Justice Moody did not participate in the case. No surprise was expressed by the Interstate Commerce commission at the decision. It is not felt by the commission that the decision will affect seriously its powers of railroad regulation. The question passed upon by the supreme court is considered by the commission to be largely academic, inasmuch as the questions propounded to Mr. Harriman and to Mr. Kahn did not affect materially the determination of the so-called "Harriman cases." Chairman Knapp of the commission said he did not care to discuss the decision, as he had not examined it, but he believed it would not detract from the powers of the commission in the making of future investigations regarding railway transactions. Senator Hansbrough No Better. Minneapolis, Dec. 15.—Senator Hansbrough's condition late Monday night showed no change for the better, in fact he is much weaker than he was in the afternoon. He is seriously ill, but his physicians do not think there is any cause for immediate alarm. The residents of the senator's home town, Devil's Lake, N. D., are worried over his condition and have sent a committee of three to Minneapolis to do what they can to assist him. Castro in Berlin Berlin, Dec. 15.—President Castro of Venezuela arrived here Monday evening. The train was late, but was awaited by a dense crowd of people who had gathered out of curiosity. No precautions had been taken to prevent the public from crowding the platforms and as the train steamed into the depot the president was greeted with shouts of "Long live Castro." There was a general lifting of hats and much cheering. Can Compete in Oklahoma Salt Lake City, Dec. 15.—Beet sugar factories of Utah and Idaho will hereafter be enabled to compete in Oklahoma with the output of the big factories of the east and south. This is made possible by a rate reduction announced by the Rock Island system Monday, that railroad making a rate of 55 cents a hundred on sugar in carriots of 60,000 pounds from the Idaho and Utah refineries to Oklahoma common points. A German Airship Line. Berlin, Dec. 15.—The newspapers of Berlin Monday published details of the plans of a German company of aerostation with headquarters at Frankfort on the Main which proposes to build seven airships and maintain regular sailings between 24 German cities. A number of capitalists and sporting men are said to be interested. The papers, however, treat the idea with skepticism. Injured in Boiler Explosion Minneapolis, Dec. 15.—Fifteen persons were injured, one fatally, in a boiler explosion at the cement factory of A. E. Nelson Monday. SON JOHN LOOKING AT NEXT YEARS MODEL: SEE THE 1909 RUNABOUT! ONLY $2333.35 1909 57.85 Milinery Hats Latest Designs. DAUGHTER AT THE HAT SHOW. Minneapolis Journal. AND MOTHER, CHRISTMAS SHOPPING. THE TRIAL OF HAINS SIX JURYMEN ALREADY SECURED TO TRY AUTHOR FOR THE ANNIS KILLING. OEFENDANT TO TESTIFY IN OWN BEHALF Will Tell of Fort Hamilton Doings Which Led to Separation of Capt. Hains and His Wife—Will Claim That His Conduct Was in Defense of Himself. Flushing, N. Y., Dec. 15.—When court adjourned Monday night after two long sessions consumed in examinations of talesmen, six jurors sat in the jury box competent to try Thornton J. Hains, author, on charges of being an accessory in the killing of William E. Annis, shot down at the Bayside Yacht club last summer by Capt. Peter C. Hains, Jr. The difficulty of securing a jury because of opinions formed early became apparent and Justice Crane decided that a night session be held. The court hopes that the trial may be concluded by the end of the week. The questioning of talesmen by Hains' counsel indicates that the defense will be based principally on the proposition that Thornton, fearing that his brother's life was in jeopardy, from the crowd at the clubhouse, drew his revolver and held the crowd back. His act was one of defense and not of offense, according to his counsel. John F. McIntyre, of counsel for Hains, announced that Hains would take the stand in his own defense. He likely will tell of those events at Fort Hamilton which led to the separation of Capt. Hains and his wife and to the tragedy. Mr. McIntyre will also offer in evidence the alleged confession made by Mrs. Claudia Hains to her husband. Counsel for the defense were subpoenaed by District Attorney Darrin Dinnion night to appear as witnesses in the case. Mr. Shay of Hains' counsel, said Mr. Darrin desired to secure certain letters written by Thornton J. Hains to Capt. Hains last spring, asking him to return from the Philippines. Thornton J. Hains took a lively interest in the examination of talesmen. Whenever the district attorney asked a talesman if he knew the defendant, Hains would smile and point to himself to indicate that the was the defendant. Hains said he had every confidence that he would eat Christmas dinner at home. After adjournment he was manacled to a deputy sheriff and taken in an automobile and taken to the Long Island jail. The six jurors were William Hill, foreman; Thomas Walsh, builder; Henry Hecker, shipping clerk; Samuel Johnson, builders supplies; John Denham, former stable man; Frederick Richmond, brokers cashier. Two New Military Bills. Washington, Dec. 15.—With recommendations for their passage President Roosevelt Monday sent to congress drafts of two bills providing aid for the military departments of civil educational institutions. One authorizes the secretary of war to issue equipment stores and supplies, such as may be required for field instruction in such schools and the other appropriates $100,000 annually for the promotion of rifle practice in public schools, colleges, universities and civilian rifle clubs. Both bills have the approval of Secretary Wright. Commander Nevius in Salt Lake. Commander Nevius in Salt Lake Salt Lake City, Dec. 15.—Henry M. Nevius, commander-in-chief of the G. A. R., with his staff, arrived in Salt Lake City Monday afternoon to make arrangements for the annual encampment of the Grand Army, which takes place in this city next August. A warm welcome was given the leader of the Civil war veterans by a reception committee headed by Gov. Cutter. EVANS DEFENDS THE NAVY. The Rear Admiral Replies to Criticisms. New York, Dec. 15.—That the latest battleships built by this country are vastly superior to England's Dreadnought is emphatically stated by Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans in an article in a New York magazine, wherein he strongly defends the American navy and replies to criticisms of it made some time ago by Henry Rusterdahl and others. "I do not for a moment claim that the Indiana and her sisterships are equal to the Dreadnought of the English navy," says Admiral Evans, "only that she is the equal of the English ship designed at the same time. But I do claim that our latest ships are vastly superior to the Dreadnought and I believe that every fighting man who has given the subject intelligent consideration will agree with me." Admiral Evans urges the superiority of the 13 inch gun over the 12-inch gun and asserts that the change to the lesser callibre to conform to England's type was a most serious blunder. This is chargeable, he says, to the sea-goering officers of the navy and not to any staff corps. Regarding the waterline armor belt, he says: "I am sure, after many weeks of close observation, that the lower edge of the armor belt is too high rather than too low." It had been strenuously contended by critics that the low location of the belt was a vital point of weakness. "Of all the inaccurate and misleading statements in this wonderful Reuterdahl criticism," he continues, "the most incorrect is that the battleships of the United States are in exactly condition as were the Russian ships after the Russo-Japanese fight in the sea of Japan—not temporarily but permanently. "I assert," says the admiral, "that the battle fleet of the United States never was and never will be, never can be, in the condition of that Russian fleet when it went into action for the last time." The leading features in battleships designs, which Admiral Evans concludes, deserves most careful consideration and co-ordination, are the battery, the armor protection and the motive power. Anyone of these unduly sacrificed in favor of the other means weakening of the fighting machine. WILL USE RAILROAD CAR. California Health Board to Illustrate Methods of Preventing Diseases. San Francisco, Dec. 15.—Acting on the suggestion of Passed Assistant Surgeon Colby Rucker, of the United States public health and marine hospital service, the California state board of health has in preparation a car for the purpose of illustrating methods of preventing disease. Dr. Rucker's idea is to secure a car from the Southern Pacific railroad and install therein an exhibit showing how fever, tuberculosis and the other common diseases could be prevented. The Southern Pacific railroad has agreed to furnish this car and both the Southern Pacific and the Santa Fe railroad companies have entered into an agreement to transport this car free of cost over their lines in the state of California. This is the first project of the kind ever attempted in the United States. Human Remains 170,000 Years Old. Paris, Dec. 15.—Abbe Bousysson and Bardon, who are conducting excavations at Chapelle-Aux-Saints, in the Correze department, have discovered what are believed to be the oldest human remains dating back 170,000 years to the middle of the Pleistocene age, the latest period of geological history. The skull presents a strong resemblance to that of a monkey, having a long jaw and being devoid of canine teeth. The other bones are arched, showing that man usually walked on all fours. The skeleton has been acquired by the natural history museum of Paris. NATION WILL SUE A STRONG MESSAGE IN REGARD TO THE PANAMA CANAL CHARGES. ROOSEVELT SAYS THEY ARE SCURRILOUS He Also Says They Are Libelous—Has Directed Attorney to Move Against the New York World—Stories Were Known to Be Untrue—Facts Easy to Secure. Washington, Dec. 15.—President Roosevelt sent to the senate Tuesday a statement concerning the purchase of the Panama canal property by the United States, denouncing in strong language charges that there was anything wrong in the acquisition by the United States of the canal property. "These stories," he continues, "were first brought to my attention as published in a paper in Indianapolis, called the News, edited by Mr. Delevan Smith. The stories were scurrilous and libelous in character and false in every essential particular. Mr. Smith shelters himself behind the excuse that he merely accepted the statements which had appeared in a paper published in New York, the World, owned by Mr. Joseph Pulitzer. "It is idle to say that the known character of Mr. Pulitzer and his newspaper are such that the statements in that paper will be believed by nobody. Unfortunately, thousands of persons are ill-informed in this respect and believe the statements they see printed even though they appear in a newspaper published by Mr. Pulitzer." Summarizing charges made in this connection, the president says: "These statements sometimes appeared in the editorials, sometimes in the news columns, sometimes in the shape of contributions from individuals either unknown or known to be of bad character. They are false in every particular from beginning to end. "The wickedness of the slanders is only surpassed by their fatuity. So utterly baseless are the stories that apparently they represent in part merely material collected for camaign purposes and in part stories originally connected with a view of positive blackmail. "I do not believe we should concern ourselves with the particular individuals who wrote the lyiing and libelous editorials, articles from correspondents, or articles in the news columns. The real offender is Mr. Joseph Pulitzer, editor and proprietor of the World. While the criminal offense of which Mr. Pulitzer has been guilty is in form a libel upon individuals, the great injury done is in blackening the good name of the American people. "The attorney general has under consideration the form in which the proceedings against Mr. Pulitzer shall be brought." TO STAMP OUT CATTLE FEVER. Quarantine Regulations issued by the Secretary of Agriculture. Washington, Dec. 15.—Amending the rules to prevent the spread of splenetic fever in cattle, Secretary Wilson issued an order Tuesday, effective immediately, covering changes in feeding stations for non-infected cattle in transit. Cattle from outside transported into another state by rail through the quarantined limits for rest, feed and water, into certain properly equipped non-infectious pens set apart for them at Fort Worth, Tex.; Hodge, Tex.; Denison, Tex.; Los Angeles and Colton, Cal.; Salpula, Ok., and other points authorized from time to time. Arkansas Injured by Train. Syracuse, Kas., Dec. 15—Harry W. Showers, a homesteader who was working in the roundhouse here, suffered a crushed ankle under a Santa Fe engine Tuesday. He was sent to the hospital at La Junta, Col. The wife and 12 children, who live out on a claim about 10 miles from town, will have to be helped in the disability of their bread winner. His Majesty is Well Again. London, Dec. 15.—King Edward left here for Brighton Tuesday, his appearance indicating that he apparently had recovered from his recent attack of influenza. He will remain at the seaside resort until about December 21 when he goes to Sandringham for the holidays. By that time he expects to have fully regained his health. Finds a $200 Pearl. Salina, Kan., Dec. 15—"Happy" Wescott, a baseball player on the Salina team last summer, found a pearl last evening in a bucket of oysters which he took home for supper. The pearl is valued at $200 according to the estimate of a local jeweler. Brazil and Argentine May Fight. Rio Janeiro, Dec. 15—The relations existing between Brazil and the Argentine Republic are distinctly strained as a result of the jealousy following the alleged activities of each country in the matter of increasing its naval force. Another Candidate for House Clerk Topeka, Dec. 15—William T. Beck, secretary of the Republican state committee, announced Tuesday his candidacy for chief clerk of the next house of representatives. Or Break a Cold in 24 Hours Mix two ounces of Glycerine and a half ounce of Virgin Oil of Pine compound pure with a half pint of Straight Whisky. Shake well and take a teaspoonful every four hours. 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CURE A Madonna of the Tenements By MAUD TUCKER HE dark face of Mrs. Carrucio looked pale and wan and bitter as she brought her children to the day nursery; and although she had turned to go, she seemed to expect the questioning voice of the teacher. M "O Miss Florence," she said, in very broken English, "there is no God! There cannot be a God! If there is one, he has long since forgotten us! No one cares for us! And life is very hard!" Then she rolled back the shawl from her left arm, and showed an ugly wound in the arm where her husband had stabbed her with a stilleto. The young teacher lost no time in taking the poor woman to a surgeon, who dressed the already infected wound, and dealt with a case so difficult that he barely saved the arm from amputation. The poor woman accepted the help stolied, for suffering had wrought its work in her embittered spirit. A drunken, brutal husband, hard, incessant toll, and the care of three puny children weighed down her forlorn life. She lived in one basement room, and her washing supplied the children's food, when her husband did not succeed in getting the money first and spending it for drink. "There is not a dog upon the street whose lot is not happier than mine," she said. "No, there is no God." To the three children, Leonardo, Michael and Angelo, a fourth was soon added, and to her was given the name Rosie; for the mother did not recall the names of any Italian artists that would have fitted a little girl. And when the little girl was born, the worthless father deserted the home, which was perhaps the only thing he had done to help it for a long time. It was no argument that changed the creed of the poor immigrant woman. The simplest necessities of life were imperatively needed in that home, and they were supplied. Day by day a visiting nurse came in and cared for her. Day by day the children were tended in the day nursery. Frequent visits of the teachers brought simple comforts to the poor tenement, and life became a little brighter. But the sad look was there of a woman whose hopes were gone, and who had drunk to the dregs the cup of bitter experience. They had a Christmas tree at the nursery, with simple gifts for the children. When the exercises were over, and the teachers were taking down the tree, one of them proposed that they should carry it over to a home where one of the children was slick. The tree was too large, and had to be cut off, but it was still a respectable tree. And its reception in the first home was so enthusiastic that they carried it to another, and yet another. Nor were gifts lacking; for a quantity of second-hand toys had been received, and there was second-hand clothing for distribution as well. A few of the children accompanied the tree to the first house, and the procession grew. First went the tree, upheld by two or twenty children; then came the basket of decorations, then a basket of presents, and then the teachers and the strong. It was long after dinner time when they came to Mrs. Carrucio's one room. It was a dark room, with one court window, and that window was filled with children who could not get in. The table was still loaded with the remains of the Christmas feast, and Mrs. Caruccio was holding Rosie, while the three boys gathered about her. Into the midst of the family group came the wonderful tree, for the eleventh time decorated with tinsel and glass balls, and lighted with candles. It bore wonderful fruit—a shawl for the mother, shoes for the boys, white clothing for baby Rosie, and an odd collection of second-hand toys. The light of the candles found a reflection in the face of the poor woman. She had seen the Lord in the love of his children. She looked at the tree, now bare of presents, but still radiant with candles and ornaments, and looked again at the faces of the teachers, and then at the face of her babe. Upon her knees she fell in front of the wonderful tree, and over her face, that had been too sad for weeping, the tears flowed freely as she knelt and uttered a prayer. And her face became almost like the face of a Madonna, as she held her babe and sobbed her sad Magnificat in her native tongue.—Youth's Companion. Pycherby is a hard-hearted man. The spirit of Christmas never touches him, and he always chooses Christmas eve to give his superfluous employees notice. His wife, however, is different; and she entered the dining-room with a troubled look. "Oh, Gerald," she said, "Maud has just swallowed a quarter! What ever shall we do?" Maud, be it said, occupies the position of maid-of-all-work to the Pycherby household. "Do?" repeated the master of the house. "Well, I suppose we'd better let her keep it. She'd have expected a Christmas-box, anyhow!" CHRISTMAS IN AGREAT CITY BY BYRON WILLIAMS NI the metropolis Christmas treads upon the heels of Thanks-giving eager to exploit its wares. The windows of the great stores, that have been hinged with Autumn leaves, now present the entire gamut of holiday goods. Images of Santa Claus appear in bas reliefs, backed with reindeer and aledges, capacious chimneys and snug fireplaces. Toys and sweetmeats run riot upon the counters, and the Christmas shopper appears mincingly in the long aisles of the great department stores. There are yet many days for making Christmas choices and the shopper has about her none of that mad, scrambling air so noticeable during the last few days of the runaway season. In the streets Santa works at every corner, asking alms for the needy and the sick, that their Christmas too, may be brightened and of good cheer. With the giving, the faces of the crowd take on a happier smile; the heart is answering to the message of "good will on earth." Inch by inch we are drawn into the merry-making, the bustle and the spirit of the time. In our minds we are turning over and over the problem of what for this dear one and what for that—and in our list we include those who are less apt to be joyous on this day than we are—and now comes the real joy of Christmas: the doing of good that makes our hearts sing with happiness! There is the little girl we met away up in the pine woods last summer who will be delighted with a pretty book, the lame boy who sells papers at the corner of Hit and Miss streets, the widow who takes in washing out in the suburb where we live, the jolly boy friend of a business associate who has so many things one cannot just decide on his present, the elevator man who has met us morning and night with a cheery good morning and a respectful good night—and then there are the closer ones: the mother, father, wife and babies! What a galaxy of needy folk—for all are needy on Christmas day! Those who do not need food, or clothing, or money, need something that will prove our love, prove that we have not forgotten them and that on this, the day commemorating the coming of the King of Bethlehem, our heart is attuned to theirs in gladness and rejoicing. And now the holly and the mistletoe appear upon the street corners and rushing business men stop on their hurried way homeward to buy wreaths of the green and the red to hang in the windows of their homes and from the chandeliers of their living rooms. On and on surges the spirit of Christmas! Like a mighty enveloping shaft of sunshine, it breaks through the clouds of every-day mediocrity and racing across the world sends its glowing glory into every home! Garlands hang everywhere, bells chime and merry laughter echoes through the halls of time. And with the ringing of the crystal spheres, peace spreads her mantle like a cloak and plenty sits enthroned among the merrymaking and the praise! Like a mighty enveloping shaft of sunshine, clouds of every-day mediocrity and racing across a glory into every home! Garlands hang every merry laughter echoes through the halls of time of the crystal spheres, peace spreads her mantle, its enthroned among the merrymaking and the "Peace on earth, good-will to men." CHRISTMAS THE COUNTRY BY BYR We hear of Christmas early in the countryside faded into twilight at six o'clock, needle-work. When the supper dishes are placed in the sitting-room where father draws her work-basket toward her and begins to mother can make beautiful and useful! "Christmas will be here before we know it," goes with his eyes. "My, how time flies!" he comments, as he turns. Night after night she sews and knits and creates children out of the house and her housewife quietly to some deep corner and brings out uncoffees for Willie, laces for Nell, slippers for Danny, her sensitive to the least intrusion, the slightest. And when the children come home after scouring a friendly drawn and turned her deft hands to At the church, the child hear of the presents for everyone! The Sunday School takes men meet the young ladies to string popcorn, Delightful occupation! How in the days now their hearts upon the threads and passed them a hails with hair braided down their backs, with sparkled with the first love glances! And the Christmas parties, the sleighrides, to those who have been away at school and have gayety and good cheer! And the stockings that are hung on Christmas every home they reap their harvest year by year, keep their harvest as the "Merry Christmas!" she house. And it is mother, usually, that steals in up-presents a glad and happy Christmas! And always on Christmas morning she will do the land of bliss beyond, or in the flesh of the proof of the Christmas morning, speak to us from her happiness. Nor time, nor death, nor changes, ever can take from a man this Christmas wish of "A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! From the endless aeons of the turquoise she Christmas morning—and she speaks to you, too, for Christmas in the country is indissolubly asses that reason, Christmas in the country is doubly sacred. by enveloping shaft of sunshine, it be by mediocrity and racing across the wov very home! Garlands hang everywhere shoes through the halls of time. Ar- teres, peace spreads her mantle like a long the merrymaking and the praise h, good-will to men." CHRISTMAS THE COUNTY BY BYRON W of Christmas early in the country! I led into twilight, at six o'clock, than mute. When the supper dishes are put the sitting room where father is read asket toward her and begins to fashion beautiful and useful! I be here before we know it," she sm flies!" he comments, as he turns his p ight she sews and knits and crochets— of the house and her housework finish ep corner and brings out uncompleted laces for Nell, shippers for Dad. Gu le the least intrusion the slightest danger children come home after school, she meet and turn her deft hands to the repre- tation the children hear of the Christmas morning! The Sunday School takes on add- ing the young ladies to string popcorn and upation! How, in the days now gone, the threads and passed them awkward braided down their backs, with ruby first love glances! Christmas parties, the sleighrides, the renee been away at school and have return cheer! ings that are hung on Christmas eve in reap their harvest year by year on as the "Merry Christmas!" salutation other, usually, that steals in upon the and happy Christmas! On Christmas morning she will do this! beyond, or in the flesh of the present, she morning, speak to us from her loving time, nor death, nor changes, nor war a man this Christmas wish of mother Christmas and a Happy New Year!" less acons of the turquoise sky she g—and she speaks to you, too—but, the country is indissolubly associated Christmas in the country is doubly dear to L CHRISTMAS IN THE COUNTRY BY BYRON WILLIAMS We hear of Christmas early in the country! No sooner have the days faded into twilight at six o'clock, than mother begins her needle work. When the supper dishes are put away, she takes her place in the sitting-room where father is reading his newspaper, draws her work basket toward her and begins to fashion things which only mother can make beautiful and useful. "Christmas will be here before we know it," she smiles as father questions with his eyes. "My, how time flies!" he comments, as he turns his paper. Night after night she sews and knits and crochets—and no sooner are the children out of the house and her housework finished, than she goes quietly to some deep corner and brings out uncompleted presents for them. Mittens for Willie, laces for Nell, slippers for Dad. Guardedly she works, her hat sensitive to the least intrusion the slightest danger of a surprise. And when the children come home after school, she hurries the work into a friendly drawer and turns her deft hands to the regular routine! At the chinpin, the children hear of the Christmas tree and of the presents for everyone. The Sunday School takes on added numbers and the young men meet the young ladies to string popcorn and fashion decorations. Delightful occupation! How, in the days now gone, all men have strung their hearts upon the threads and passed them awkwardly to rosy-checked maids with hair braided down their backs, with ruby lips and eyes that sparkled with the first love glances! And the Christmas parties, the sleighrides, the renewing of friendship with those who have been away at school and have returned for the season of gayety and good cheer! And the stockings that are hung on Christmas eve in the country! In every home they reap their harvest year by year on Christmas morning. Reap their harvest as the "Merry Christmas!" salutation rings throughout the house. And it is mother, usually, that steals in upon the sleeping ones, and wishes them a glad and happy Christmas! And always on Christmas morning she will do this! Though she be in the land of bliss beyond, or in the flesh of the present, she will speak to us of the Christmas morning, speak to us from her loving heart and wish us happiness. Nor time, nor death, nor changes, nor wars, nor misfortunes ever can take from a man this Christmas wish of mother's: "A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!" From the endless acons of the turquoise sky she speaks to me on Christmas morning—and she speaks to you, too—but, mayhap, nearer by, for Christmas in the country is indissolubly associated with her. And for that reason, Christmas in the country is doubly dear to me—and doubly sacred. "With trembling fingers did we weave The holly round the Christmas hearth; A rainy cloud possess'd the earth, And sadly fell our Christmas-eve." (Copyright, 1908, b (Copyright, 1908, by Wright (Copyright, 1908, by Wright A. Patterson.) CALLER LEFT IN A HUFF. Innocent Thought of Business Man That Gave Serious Offense. Two business men had been talking good naturedly the other day. Their conversation had reviewed a number of things, and a remark made by the proprietor as his caller was leaving brought up the subject of prosperity in a rather awkward way. "Business with me has been a little dull of late. I've had only a few callers," he remarked. The friend smilingly rejoined: "You'll have enough of them in a short time—prosperity's coming right along. Why?" he added, emphatically, "the next time I drop around, instead of being able to chat with you for half an hour, there'll be so many people ahead of me that it'll take me two hours to get to you—maybe I can't see you at all." "I hope so," rejoined the proprietor, cheering up over the prospects of renewed business activity. His caller literally "stormed" out of the office, leaving his erstwhile host in a state of bewilderment as to what had happened. INVALID'S SAD PLIGHT. After Inflammatory Rheumatism, Hair Came Out, Skin Peeled, and Bed Sores Developed—Only Cuti- agra Proved Successful. "About four years ago I had a very severe attack of inflammatory rheumatism. My skin peeled, and the high fever played havoc with my hair, which came out in bunches. I also had three large bed sores on my back. I did not gain very rapidly, and my appetite was very poor. 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Smith and I—alighted at Union Depot, Kansas City, Missouri, where we were met by a good little fairy who conducted us to the corner of Fifth and Main streets. Here we were taken up by Mr. George Johnson, one of the sturdy and prosperous farmers of Clay county, Mo., who, after a forty-five minute drive, brought us to his home in the country. His good wife came out, met and welcomed us—not a cold, but a gracious, free, and glad-heated welcome—such as the old stock Missourians know how to give—making a visitor feel at home and at ease at once. Mr. George Johnson, with whom we stayed a week, owns a small tract of land—not large enough, however, for him to farm on a scale commesurate with his ability as a farmer—therefore he rents 140 acres of land upon which he was born in ante bellum days, with its grand old house—worthy to be called a mansion—together with its orchards, great barn and other necessary outbuildings. So interested was I in my good uncle George's thrift that I could not re- frain from making a partial inventory: There are nine head of horses, as many cows, 37 fine, fat and sleek Poland China hogs; with feed enough to carry all this stock through the winter and far into the spring. A more sumptuous table than our lady, Aunt Martha, set, it has never been our good fortune to sit at three times a day for an unbroken week. Oh, that is living—not merely existing. It is contentment, peace, plenty. Under such conditions, can it be wondered at that people live to such good old ages as Mr. Richard Waller, "Old Dick Waller," as he is familiarly called, aged 80 years, his wife, Pathenia, but a few years younger, living upon their 40 acre farm—he cultivating it as if he were a man of forty—she able to get up a better meal in less time than many a housewife of half her age. I was wined and dined at her table on Thanksgiving day, and hence know what I am talking about. Mr. Waller is of vigorous mind and memory, the best posted in the Scripture of any man I have met in a long time. His four score year seem only to have mellowed and ripened his judgment, making less impetuous his naturally strong intellect. Great changes have been wrought in the land of my birth: I could not find the old hickory nut trees, the walnut trees, the hazel nut patches; the great and grand old forest trees that used to jar the earth and make a noise that could be chard for miles when felled for fence rails, cord wood, house logs, etc.,—trees that seemed to my youthful mind, to have always been there and always would be there, notwithstanding the great log-heaps they used to make and burn for no other purposes than to get them off the ground. Nothing is quite the same but the river, the ferry boat, the ground, the blue grass, the creek, the springs and the dairy houses, or "spring houses," as we called them at that time, built hard Did you ever feel the swellings of the heart that are induced by a visit to the haunts of your youth, after an absence of nearly half a century, and not only finding that many of your playmates and the friends of your parents had survived the forest trees, but that they were prosperous and happy and remembered you% If not, then you cannot appreciate such pleasures A few of the other citizens in my immediate neighborhood—say in a radius of five miles—who own their own londs and are to be envied their substantial standing, are Sirs John Walker, William, Nat, Grundy, and Waller Murry, Marshal Walker, and Ned Hickman. I attended a concert and exhibition in this rural district, where there was a large crowd of people, young and old, whose good behavior was truly refreshing. Let the foregoing serve, if you will, as a preface to what further I wish to say. Now, my toiling, drudging, pinching, stinting, saving, city-abiding brother, who tries so hard to lay by a few dollars for a rainy day, or a competency for his journey down the western slope of the last hill, only to find that the first day of each succeeding January finds him no more forehanded than the preceding one, why is this so% Why is it that you work so hard, live so economically, and yet cannot get so far ahead but that a few days of a few weeks lost from your daily vocation is so keenly felt by you% Did it never occur to you that cities and towns are built in answer to the demands of those whose business or occupations are so interwoven as to require concentration of the business interests of all in one compact community? Of course a number of general workers are needed to keep up the odds and ends of the merchant, the mechanic, the professional man, and a few others; but beyond this number, no one need expect to make a success of his life in a city. Brothers, forty years of fruitless labor ought to have convinced all of us, who are neither skilled laborers of some special line nor of some particular profession, of the futility of our efforts in close communities. Instead of buying square feet of land in cities, buy acres outside as many as you can pay for—from three acres up. The money you pay for a three-room house and fifty feet of ground in the city, will buy four or five acres in the country. This, if near a good market, and skillfully managed, will give you a home upon which you can make a living, be you own master; and right here let me say that no wage earner, no hireling, can ever develop the best qualities in him to their fullest extent, while he thus remains. He must be placed in a position where the amount of his income, is measured by the energy and skill he puts into his work; he must feel the responsibility of contriving and executing for himself His little farm, or "truck patch," if yu please, furnishes good and wholesome labor for his children, who will grow up with a spirit of pride and independence unknown to the hireling. They will then develop a healthy men- 既得 tal and moral condition. City bustle and glare, noise and confusion, not only hinder the proper development of the morall and mental faculties of the young, but positively influence them, in time, beyond repair. The optic nerves are constantly shocked by the glare of the sun and the other lights, from glass and brass; the auditory nerves are jarred and stunned by the sharp and piercing sounds of bells, steam whistles, and factory hammers; the olfactory nerves are vitiated and diseased by effluvium of sewers, garbage and what not, commom to cities. A further argument—if further argument be needed—in favor of my contention for country life for the common laborer, is that there is one source of wealth and only one—the earth. They have organized a Business League in the city—but where shall it get business to attend to, unless we common people organize and push to success, what, for man of a better name, let us call a Rural Home—acquiring League, whose object shall be to aid every industrious and deserving person, who wants a modest home in the country, to get it. Buy a house and it in the city, on "easy payments," as is the rule, and it yields not a peny towards paying for itself, but adds to your expense account. Buy a few acres in the country, and it at once begins to pay for itself. There are entirely too many of the non-skilled, non-professional people in our cities for he good of the individual or the community. You tell me, pridefully, that you have a home in the city—a house of six rooms and fifty feet of ground: I may answer you by saying the fox has a den in the cliff, with room enough for six foxes; but unless he gets out and away there, the whole brood of them will starve to death. Get small tracts of land in the country, did Mr. Henry Underwood, and cultivate it to the best advantage: then will our merchants and other business men, dwelling in the cities, prosper: then you will not need to go into stores with that meek and lowly countenance—that appologetic look on your face—stand away back from the counter as if you feared to approach that high and mighty, personage in a little aisle behind a piece of pattned pine board, who says to you, in language plainer than words: "I will attend to you "Boss" when I have served all the white folk." But, better this than that other extreme—that loud-voiced, domineering manner, as if to say "Who but me!" I lay aside my usual modesty; in times of great need, such as are now, and say frankly that I know that the main thoughts set forth in this paper are eminently worthy of the approval of every preacher in every pulpit in this country; for what effect have their sermons on Jonah and the whale, or Daniel lin the lions' den (except for the similarity between his condition and theirs) upon the man whose stomach is empty and whose wife and children are threatened with ejectment for non-payment of rent, he having but three days in which "to do something." A GREAT AWAKENING. Rev. Brown, of Rosedale, Kans., who has been here assisting Rev. Shepard pastor of A. M. E. church, in a revival, closed a very successful series of meetings Sunday night. During his fourteen days stay here he labored earnestly in behalf of the unsaved. He preached some very strong sermons and offered many fervent prayers, trying to convince dying humanity that heaven alone is given aay and that God might be had for the asking. The Christian soldiers, of the various churches of the city, were aroused, united their forces and did all they could to push the battle on to victory. During the meeting many were happily converted, also several back-sliders returned to the fold and some of the careless, woh had been living on the outside, thought it well to join the heavenly ranks. Rev. Brown has gone to other fields of labor but the good he has done, with the help of the Christians of Iola, will long be remembered. We have been made to rejoice and our hearts to burn within us. Rev. Brown was kindly remembered by the members and friends who generously presented him with articles of wearing apparel, food and various other things. He had a well filled box to cary home. RS. E. G. GREENE, Iola, Kan. Pear Pulp for ice Creams and iceen. Pare, quarter and core the pear- and cut in slices. Put into a preser- wing kettle, add enough water to keep from sticking and cook until soft. Rub through a sieve and measure; to each pint add one-quarter of a pound of sugar and stir until dissolved. Fill jars full to overflowing with the puls and seal them. Set the jars in a steamer and steam for one hour and a half, then let them remain in the steamer until cold. Wipe and care for them as you would preserves. Light Freights By W. W. JACOBS Sam's Boy (Copyright, Dodd, Mead Company.) It was getting late in the afternoon as Master Jones, in a somewhat amused condition, strolled up Aldgate, with a keen eye on the gutter, in search of anything that would serve him for his tea. Too late, he wished that he had saved some of the stale bread and damaged fruit which had constituted his dinner. Aldgate proving barren, he turned up into the quieter Minories, skilfully dodging the mechanical cuff of the constable at the corner as he passed. He saw a stranger adopt a mongrel. "E's all right," said the orphan, wistfully; "no coppers to chivvy 'im about, and as much grub as he wants. Wish I'd been a dog." A thought struck him just as a stout, kindly-looking seaman passed with a couple of shipmates. It was a good-natured face, and the figure was that of a man who lived well. A moment's hesitation, and Master Jones, with a courage born of despair, ran after him and tugged him by the sleeve. "Halloa!" said Mr. Samuel Brown, looking round. "What do you want?" "Want you, father," said Master Jones. "Look here, my lad," exclaimed Mr. Brown, goaded into action by intercepting a smile with which Mr. Charles Legge had favored Mr. Harry Green, "you run off home." "Where do you live now?" inquired Milly, anxiously. Mr. Green, disdainful concealment, mapped Mr. Legge on the back, and laughing uproariously, regarded Master Jones with much kindness. "You mustn't follow me," said Sam, neverly; "d'ye hear?" "All right, father," said the boy, dutifully. "And don't call me father," vociferated Mr. Brown. "Why not?" inquired the youth, artlessly. "If you don't run away," said Mr. Brown, harshly, as he turned to the boy, "I shall give you a hiding." "Where am I to run to?" whimpered Master Jones, dodging off and on. "Hum'ome," said Sam. "That's where I'm going," said Master Jones, following. "Letter try and give 'im the slip, Sam," said Mr. Legge, in a confidential whisper; "thought it seems an unnatural thing to do." "Wot's your name?" "Billy," was the reply. "Billy wot?" "Billy," was the reply. "Billy wot?" "Billy Jones." Mr. Green's face cleared, and he turned to his friends with a smile of joyous triumph. Sam's face reflected his own, but Charlie Legge's was still overcast. "It ain't likely," he said, impressively; "it ain't likely as Sam would H "Wish I'd Been a Dog." go and get married twice in the same name, is it? Put it to yourself, 'Arry—ould you?" The unfortunate Sam said nothing, but strode a haunted man down Nightingale Lane into Wapping High street, and so to the ketch Nancy Bell, which was lying at Shrimppett's wharf. He stepped on board without a word, and only when he turned to descend the forecastle ladder did his gaze rest for a moment on the small, forlorn piece of humanity standing on the wharf. "Halloa, boy, what do you want?" cried the skipper, catching sight of him. "Want my father, sir—Sam," replied the youth, who had kept his ears open. The skipper got up from his seat and eyed him "Sam, your boy's asking after you," said the skipper, grinning madly. "He's not my boy, sir," replied Mr. Brown, through his clenched teeth. "Well, you'd better come up and see him," said the other. "Are you sure he isn't, Sam?" "You hear what your father says," said the skipper—"Hold your tongue, Sam.) Where's your mother, boy?" "Dead, sir," whined Master Jones. "I've on'y got 'im now." The skipper was a kind-hearted man, and he looked pityingly at the forlorn little figure by his side. And Sam was the good man of the skip and a leading light at Dimport. "How would you like to come to sea with your father?" he inquired. The grin of delight with which Master Jones received this proposal was sufficient reply. At six in the morning they got under way, the boy going nearly frantic with delight as sail after sail was set, and the ketch, with a stiff breeze, rapidly left London behind her. Mr. Brown studiously ignored him. "I can't have somersaults by that on this 'ere ship, Sam," he remarked, shaking his head; "it ain't the place for 'em." "I wonder at you teaching 'im such things," said the mate, in grave disapprobation. "Me?" said the hapless Sam, trembling with passion. "He must 'ave seen you do it," said the mate, letting his eye rove casually A "Don't Talk Nonsense!" Said the Skipper, as He Came Up from Below. "Don't Talk Nonsense!" Said the Skipper, as He Came Up from Below. Over Sam's ample proportions. "You must ha' been leading a double life altogether, Sam." By the following afternoon Sam was in such a state of collapse that, when they put in at the small port of Withersoa to discharge a portion of their cargo, he obtained permission to stay below in his bunk. Work proceeded without him, and at nine o'clock in the evening they sailed again, and it was not until they were a couple of miles on their way to Dlport that Mr. Legge rushed aft with the announcement that he was missing. "Don't talk nonsense," said the skipper, as he came up from below in response to a hail from the mate. "It's a fact, sir," said Legge, shaking his head. "What's to be done with the boy?" demanded the mate, blankly. "Sam's a unsteady, unreliable, tricky old man," exclaimed the skipper, hotly; "the idea of going and leaving a boy on our hands like that. I'm surprised at him. I'm disappointed in Sam—deserting!" "What are you going to do, Billy?" inquired the cook. "I dunno," said the boy, miserably. I dumbo, said the boy, miserably. They came in the sight of Dimport. Mr. Legge, who had a considerable respect for the brain hidden in that small head, pointed it out to him. "Boy's worried," said the skipper, aside, to the mate; "cheer up, sonny." Billy looked up and smiled, and the cloud which had sat on his brow when he thought of the cold-blooded desertion of Mr. Brown gave way to an expression of serene content. At the quay the skipper locked up the cabin, and then calling on one of the shore hands to keep an eye on the forecastle, left it open for the convenience of the small passenger. Harry, Charlie, and the cook stepped ashore. The skipper and mate followed, and the latter, looking back from some distance, called his attention to the desolate little figure sitting on the hatch. "He—he's adopted you now," said the skipper, huskily. "Or you," said the mate. "I never took much notice of him." "It's you he's after, I tell you," said the mate. "Who do you want, Billy?" "Who do you want?" bellowed the latter, in a frightful voice. "Want you, father," chirruped Master Jones. "What's the matter?" inquired Mrs. Hunt, eyeing the crowd in amazement as it grouped itself in anticipation. "Nothing," said her husband, offhandedly. "Who's that boy?" cried the innocent woman. "It's a poor little mad boy," began the skipper; "he came aboard—" "I'm not mad, father," interrupted Master Jones. "A poor little mad boy," continued the skipper, hastily, "who came aboard in London and said poor oid Sam Brown was his father." "No-you, father," cried the boy, shrilly. "He calls everybody his father," said the skipper, with a smile of anguish; "that's the form his madness takes. He called Jem here his father." "No, he didn't," said the mate, bluntly. "And then he thought Charlie was his father." "No, sir," said Mr. Legge, with respectful firmness. "I see," said Mrs. Hunt, with a bitter smile, "and these men have all come up prepared to swear that the boy said Sam was his father. Haven't you? "Yes, mum," chorused the crew, delighted at being understood so easily There was an uncomfortable silence, during which the crew, standing for the most part on one leg in sympathy with their chief's embarrassment, nudged each other to say something to clear the character of a man whom all esteemed. "You ungrateful little devil," burst out Mr. Legge, at length; "after the kind way the skipper treated you, too." "Did he treat him kindly?" Inquired the captain's wife, in conversational tones. "Like a fa—like a uncle, mum," said the thoughtless Mr. Legge. "Gave 'im a passage on the ship and fairly spoilt 'im. We was all surprised at the fuss 'e made of 'im; wasn't we, Harry?" "Look here, Polly—," he began. "Don't talk to me," was the reply. "I wonder you can look me in the face." "I thought there was something secret going on," said Mrs. Hunt. "Tve often looked at you when you've been sitting in that chair, with a worried look on your face, and wondered what it was. But I never thought it was so bad as this. I'll do you the credit to say that I never thought of such a thing as this.—What did you say?—What?" "I said 'damn!'" said the skipper, explosively. Even as he spoke the handle turned, and the door opening a few inches disclosed the anxious face of Master Jones. "Mother!" he said, softly. Mrs. Hunt stiffened in her chair and her arms fell by her side as she gazed in speechless amazement. "Mother, can I come in?" said the boy. "Oh, Polly!" sighed the skipper. Mrs. Hunt strove to regain the utterance of which astonishment had deprived her. "I—what—Joe—don't be a fool!" "Yes, I've no doubt," said the skip per, theatrically. "Oh, Polly! Polly! Polly!" "What do you mean by calling me 'mother?'" she demanded. "Tm not your mother." "Yes, you are," said Master Jones. Mrs. Hunt eyed him in bewilderment, and then, roused to a sense of her position by a renewed gurgling from the skipper's chair, set to work to try and thump that misguided man into a more serious frame of mind. Failing in this, she sat down, and, after a futile struggle, began to laugh herself, and that so heartily that Master Jones, smiling sympathetically, closed the door, and came boldly into the room. The statement, generally believed, that Capt. Hunt and his wife adopted him, is incorrect, the skipper accounting for his continued presence in the house by the simple explanation that he had adopted them. An explanation which Mr. Samuel Brown, for one, finds quite easy of acceptance. JOHNNY'S HOME LESSONS. Tells About His Work of Last Year and Hopes for Improvement. "Vacation is over, and I must return to school again. I think of this with the greatest pleasure. I shall fall in love with my teacher, and the walk between my home and the schoolhouse will be romantic. "Last term I had orthography, writing, history, grammar, mathematics, drawing, current events and about 14 other things. This term I hope I shall have about 50 studies. "Last term I had to study all day and until ten o'clock at night, and then get up at six in the morning and go at it again. This term I hope I shall have to study all night and all day Sundays. "Nothing does a growing boy so much good as to work his head so much that he has no appetite, and goes about wishing he was dead. He ought to be made to take up at least 40 studies that will be of no use to him whatever as a man. "Last term, in order to be perfect in my studies from day to day, I had to have the help of my father, my mother, my brother, my sister and my uncle Jim. My father and Uncle Jim did the swearing for the whole crowd of us. "This term they will all help me again, and I shall have the aid of grandpa and grandma besides. I think we shall get through the work every night by midnight. "There are boys going to private schools who don't have more than six studies, and who have time for recreation and sleep, but I don't envy them. It is such boys that grow up to become pirates in the end. The way to make a good man of a boy is to send him to a public school and cram him so full of knowledge that he will go around with his eyes half shut and his mouth wide open."—Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. A new motor-boat is propelled by an aerial screw. Under favorable conditions high speed is attained. 777 Directory 333 Official Knights & Da Knights & Daughters OF TABOR KANSAS—NEBRASKA JURISDICTION 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. A. W. HOPKINS, C. G. S. 34 Mrs. Joana Jones, Ington, Wichita Thurs. (A.) 35 Mrs. Adah Lewis, 15 South Omaha, Ne 37 Mrs. Mary Robinson Atchison, Kan., 1-8 Mrs. Fila Young, R 717 "C" St. Lincoln, Neb. WM. CORE. C. G. T. G. Q. M., Scott, Kans. P. P., Neb. DFORD, C. 460 Horton, Ft. Scott, Kans C. M. JONHSON, G. P. P., 1832 N 23rd, Omaha, Neb. MRS. PAULINE WOODFORD, C. OFFICIAL ORGAN—The Wichita Searchlight, W. N. Miller, Editor, 634 N. Water St., Wichita, Kan. NEXT PLACE MEETING—The Grand Temple and Tabernacle Kansas-Nebraska Jurisdiction, will hold its next Session (the 18th annual) in Topeka, Kans., on the 2nd Tuesday in July, 1909. Kansas City, Kan., 1-3 Wed. (A) Mrs. Addie Williams, 906 S. Walnut Iola, Kan., 2-4 Sat. (A) Mrs. Mary Goss, Station 1, Wichita, Kan., 1-3 Fri. (A) 6 Mrs. Eva Clayborne, 118 So. Mulberry, Ottawa, Kan., 1-3 Thur. (A) 7 Mrs. Alice Perry, 344 N. 5th, Salina, Kan., 1-3 Fri. (A) 10 Mrs. Ida Wallace, 446 Ark, Lawrence, Kan., 2-4 Wed. (A) 11 Mrs. Pauline Woodfork, 822 Freeman, Kansas City, Kansas, 1-8 Mon. (A) 12 Mrs. Betty Johnson, 211 Stewart, Kansas City, Kan., 1-3 Thur. (A) 15 Mrs. Ellen Lee, Box 25 Weir City, Kan. 18 Mrs. Jennie Sellers, 2202 So. 9th Omaha, Neb., 1-3 Thur. (A) 20 Mrs. Bessie Hall, 406 Horton, Ft. Scott, Kan. 24 Mrs. Angie Garner, 704 E. 12th, Coffeyville, Kan., 1-3 Wed. (A) TENTS. Queen Mothers. 1 Lillie Harden, 900 Fifth St., Leavenworth, Kan., 4 Sat. (A) 28 Mrs. Della Dorsey, 714 So. 14th Pars- sons, Kan., 1-3 Thrus. (A) 29 Mrs. Lulu Woods, 1027 Pottawat- omie, Leavenworth, Kans., 1-3 Thurs. 30 Mrs. Laura Bright, 203 Ohio Leavenworth, Kan., 3 Sat. making money fast. Write for full particuliers and special offer at once. Washin to anyone, anywhere in the U.S. without a cent deposit in advance, prepay freshk and put it to any test you wish. WRITAL during which time you may ride the bicycle and put it to the bicycle ship it back to it at our expense and you will not be out one cent. Make to the bicycle ship it back to it at our expense and you will not be out one cent. FACTORY PRICES by small profit above actual factory cost. You will pay to $3 middleness's profits by buying direct of us and have the manufacturer's guarantee at any price until you receive our catalogues and learn our unheard of factory prices and remarkable special offers to rider agents. YOU WILL BE ASTONISHED when you receive our beautiful catalogue and study our superb models at the wonderfully low prices we can make you this year. We can sell you more than any other factory. We are satisfied with $1.00 profit above factory cost. BICYCLE DEALERS, you can sell our bicycles under your own name plate at double SECOND HAND BICYCLES. We do not regularly handle second hand bicycles, but usually have a number on hand taken in trade by our Chicago retail stores. These we clear out promptly at prices ranging from $3 to $8 or $10. Descriptive bargain lists mailed free. single wheels, imported roller chains and pedals, parts, repairs and COASTER-BRAKES, single wheels, imported roller equipment of all kinds at half the usual $ 50 HEDGETHORN PUNCT SELF-HEALING TIRES A TO The regular retail price of these tires is $3.50 per pair, but to introduce we will sell you a sample part for $4.00 (exusholder $4.55). $ 8 50 HEDGETHORN PUNCTURE-PROOF $ SELF-HEALING TIRES A SAMPLE PAIR TO INTRODUCE, ONLY NO MORE TROUBLE FROM PORCURES NAILS, Tacks or Glass will not let the air out. Sixty thousand pairs sold last year. Over two hundred thousand pairs now in use. DESCRIPTION: In all sizes. It is lively and easy riding, very durable and lined inside with a special quality of rubber, which never becomes porous and which closes up small punctures without allowing the air to escape. We have hundreds of letters from satisfied customers who order our rubber up once or twice in a whole season. They weigh no more than an ordinary tire, the puncture resisting qualities being given by several layers of thin, specially prepared fabric on the surface of the tire. Our advertising purposes we are making a special factory price to the rider of only £4.80 per pair. All orders shipped same day. the rider of only $4.80 per pair. All orders shipped same day letter is received. We ship C. O. D. on approval. You do not pay a cent until you have examined and found them strictly as secure as possible. We will send you a FREE certificate of satisfaction and send FULL CASH WITH ORDER and enclose this advertisement. We will also send our nickel plated brass hand pump. Tires to be returned at OUR expense if for any reason they are not satisfactory on examination. We are perfectly reliable and money sent to us is as safe as in a bank. You order a pair of tires and ride easier, run faster, and look finer than any tire you have ever used or know that you will be so well pleased that when you want a bicycle you will give us your order. We want you to send us a trial order at once, hence this remarkable tire offer. approval. You do not pay a cent until you have examined a We will allow cash discount of 40 per cent (money made send FULL CASH WITH ORDER and enclose than a nickel plated brass hand pump. Tires to be returned at O not satisfactory on examination. We are perfectly reliable hand. 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We pleased that when you want a bicycle you will give your order, order at once, hence this remarkable tire offer. Hedgehog Puncture-Proof tires on approval and trial at oted above; or write for our big Tire and Sundry Catalogue which write us a postal today. DO NOT THINK OF BUYING a bicycle pair of tires from anyone until you know the new and wonderful posts a postal to learn everything. Write it NOW. CYCLE COMPANY, CHICAGO, ILL IF YOU NEED TIRES don't buy any kind at any price until you send for a pair of the special introductory price quoted above, or write for our big Tire and Sunny Catalogue which describes and quotes all makes and kinds of tires at about half the usual prices. DO NOT WAIT but write us a postal today. DO NOT THINK OF BUYING a bicycle or a pair of tires from anyone until you know the new and wonderful offers we are making. It only costs a postal to learn everything. Write it NOW. J. L. MEAD CYCLE COMPANY. CHICAGO. IL 711984 823 Freeman, K. C., Kan. REV. M. WOOTEN, C. G. O. TABERNACLES. Chief Preceptresses. double or SECOND usually have promptly at p COASTER-BRAKES $ 8 50 HR SELF The regular ```markdown ``` 34 Mrs. Joana Jones, 1135 N. Washington, Wichita, Kan., 1-3 Thurs. (A.) 35 Mrs. Adah Lewis, 1603 Archer Av., South Omaha, Nebraska. 37 Mrs. Mary Robinson, 108 N 3rd Atchison, Kan., 1-8 Fri. (A) 38 Mrs. Ella Young, Box 1178, Weir City, Kan. 49 Mrs. Hulda Patterson, 8th and Elm, Abilene, Kan. 52 Mrs. Ada King, 722, N. Y Lawrence Kan., 2-4 Thur. (A) 85 Mrs. Francis Hardaman, 1801 Kansas Ave., Topeka, Kan. 89 Mrs. B. E. Alton, 2215 Pacific, Omaha, Neb. 1-8 Wed. (A) 92 Mrs. A. Grant, 401 So. 8th, Lincoln, Neb., 2-4 Fri. (A) 98 Mrs. Ida M. Jordan, 903 N. Western, N. Topeka, Kan., 1-3 Thur. (A) TEMPLES. Chief Mentors 1 Fred M. Harris, Box 1178, Weir 2 Rev. Jos. Smith, 308 E. 11th, Coffeyville, Kans., 1-3 Tues. City, Kan., 1-3 Fri. 3 J. G. Burdett, 819 N. 1st, Atchison, Kan., 1-3 Fri. 4 F. D. Early, Sherman Flats, Omaha Neb., 2-4 Mon. 7 Dr. G. G. Brown, 517 N. Main, Wichita, Kans., 1-3 Tues. 8 A. J. Beam, 409 Osborne, Ft. Scott, Kan., 1-3 Tue. 9 Geo. L. Craig, 906 Cherokee, Leavenworth, Kan., Mondays. 19 Lee Holiday, 723 So. 20th, Parsons, Kan., 1-3 Thur. 15 Ed Finch, 514 N. 4th, Salina, Kan., 1-3 Tue. 16 Richard Clark, 420 N. 25th, South Omaha, Nebr. 17 Rev. Allen Garner, 704 E. 12th, Coffeyville, Kansas. 18 Jas. Thomas, 218 W. 1st, Salt Lake City, Utah. 19 W. M. Hughes, 1023 N. J., Lawrence, Kan., 2-4 Thur. 22 B. C. Easter, Box 156, Oswego Kans., 2-4 Tues. 24 J. W. Warren, 218 E. 7th, Cherryvale, Kans., 1-3 Tues. 25 J. H. Downs, 422 Haskell, Kansas City, Kansas, Fridays. 26 U. A. Graham, 1160 West, Topeka, Kansas, 1-3 Thur. 72 J. M. Wright, 1125 Saratoga, Lin coln, Neh. TENTS. 2 Susan Daniels, 216 W. Wall, Ft Scott, Kan. 2-4 SAT. (A) HELOC TRUCK RECORD GRIDGE SELF PNEELING U.S.A. hout allow- from satis- pen pumped being given abric on the pair, but for Notice the thick rubber tread "A" and puncture strip "B" and "D," also rim strip "H" to prevent rim cutting. This also will suit any other make--SOFT, ELASTIC and EASY RIDING. 3 Lizzle Weaver, 1122 Saratoga, Lincoln, Neb. 2 Fri. (A) 4 Laura Washington, 314 Walker, Kansas City, Kan., 1-8 Sat. Morning 5 Ada Gilbert, 405 N. Santa Fe, Coffeyville, Kan., 2-1 Wed. (A) 6 Ida Stovall, 706 So. Walnut, Iola, Kan., 2-4 Sat. (A) 9 Flora Patterson, 311 W. 27th, Omaha, Neb. 1-3 Sat. (A) 11 Ethel Penn, 718 "Q" St. Atchison, Ks., 2-4 Sat. (A) 14 Arie Stone, 823 Main, Atchison, Kan., 1-3 Sat. (A) 17 H. H. Adkins, Weir City, Ks., 14 Wed., (A) 18 A. O. Murrell, 451 So. 4th, Sallis, Kan., 1-3 Sat. (A) 19 Litzle Herrold, Sherman Fahn, Omaha, Neb., 2-4 Sat. (A) 20 Susie Wills, 2103 Grand, Parsons Kan., 1-3 Sat. (A) 25 Gertrude Taylor, 1310 E. Clark, Parsons, Kans., 2-4 Sat. 28 E. A. Tiggs, 2314 Morgan, Parsons, Kans., 1-3 Sat. 28 Charlott Dalton, 1228 Barnett, K sas City, Kan., 2-4 Sat. (A) Leavenworth, Kan., 1-3 Thur. (A) 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, 1818 N. Madison, Topeka, Kan., 1-3 Sat. (A) 45 Cynthia Henderson, 812 Washington, Kansas City, Kan., 1-3 Sat. NOTICE TABORS. If your Tabernacle, Temple or Feat is not in this Directory, or if there is any error, please notify me at one W. N. MILLER. Editor. The plan of the proposed Henry Hudson memorial bridge at New York calls for a reinforced concrete span of 710 feet, and represents one of the boldest engineering projects of the time. The Highways Protection leagues reports 932 automobile accidents occurred in Great Britain in 1907, killing 215 persons and injuring 675. For these accidents and other motor car offenses 2,270 persons were summoned, of whom 2,046 were convicted. There are at present on duty in the main thoroughfares of Paris 21 policemen who speak English, nine who speak German, and six who speak Spanish, and their usefulness has been so clearly demonstrated that the prefect of police has decided to ask to their number as opportunity may arise. Brazil has spent $15,000,000 in the effort to hold up the world's price of coffee by government purchasing and warehousing of the Brazilian production. The theory that a national government can do anything it chooses in commerce occasionally gets a very rude jolt. It is not surprising that Kaiser Wilhelm should invent an air-brake. He has done many things wisely, if not too well, and as he begins to slide down the years, turning inventor of a motor brake is a becoming climax to his other accomplishments. Whether it is a truly practical stopper remains to be proved. According to the Scientific American the fact that our macadamized roads don't wear as well as those in Europe is because we don't apply the theory of the stitch in time. European highway departments watch the roads and mend them wherever and whenever they need it without allowing the damage to become important. Now a medical expert comes forward to assert that the French heel, considered one of the greatest outrages inflicted by feminine vanity upon suffering nature, is not only proper, but highly desirable. Still, feminine vanity will not make so much of this practical vindication, as in any event, it would have kept on wearing the French heel. Felicitations to the cranks! Ambassador Bryce's tribute to them as not infrequently the first pioneers of great causes, is distinguished appreciation. It is scarcely so enthusiastic, however, as Dr. Holmes' earlier observation that there never was an idea started that woke up men out of their stupid indifference but its originator was spoken of as a crank. Horace E. Bixby, 82 years of age, still at the wheel after 60 years as a Mississippi river pilot, enjoys the distinction of having taught Mark Twain the art of navigation on the "Father of Waters." He says Mark Twain became a good pilot, having but one fault—the excessive use of tobacco. Capt. Bixby is still hale and hearty and enjoys telling of the various episodes of his eventful career upon the river. During the five years preceding 1804-05 the total acreage annually under indigo cultivation in India was 755,900. In 1905-05 this area had decreased to 330,400 acres, or a falling off of a little less than 44 per cent. The Mecca railroad is being constructed rapidly, solidly and methodically. Foreigners are employed in positions of leadership and management. By imperial order it is now proposed to complete the line from Medina to Mecca, a distance of 280 miles, before the next pilgrimage.