Wichita Searchlight

THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT Negro AND Politics --- Brown's Herb Tablets AN EXCELLENT LAXATIVE ORDWAYS PLASTERS CREAM OF FRESH LEMONS I have the Exclusive Agency for the above remedies. All are excellent preparations. Oscar R. Bissantz PRESCRIPTION DRUGGIST 811 N. Main St Wichita, Kansas Lumber Dealer Successor to B.F. McLean 318 West Douglas Ave ELEVENTH YEAR We reproduce the following on "Negro and politics" by our esteemed friend Paul Jones of Topeka Ks. It is indeed gratifying to note that friend Jones after spending nearly fifty years as a Kans. politician has concluded that its not the place for the Negro. Long years before the editor of Search light ever thought of publishing a newspaper, our friend Paul Jones was in politics up to his neck and ever since we have been a paper writer Mr Jones has been in politics and on that score we consider him good authority -as no one man has had occasion to view politics from every side from a matter of experience moee completely than has Mr Jones. Politics has puzzles sages, deplomates, states men and men of affairs for generations and it puzzles the Negro. Without any comment we reproduce Mr Jones article it speaks for itself. NEGRO SHOULD DROP POLITICS; PAUL JONES "The negro politically, is poor deluded creature," says Mr Jones editorially in this month's issue of his magazine. He says futher: When he is treated unjustly or wrongfully by this or that party he talks a great deal about being the balance of power and what he will do. The truth is in some the states and cities the negro is normal and party lines are strickly drawn but whenever the negro injects the racial issue into politics and undertakes to bring the defeat of the one party or the other because of an actual or the imaginary fellow will drop party lines and vote with feat. When the racial issue comes up there is practically a unanimity of sentiment with the other fellow. He is not consulted or advised upon questions of policy or principles. It is true he has constitutional right to vote, but he can only vote for those policits and measures which the other fellow has formulated. The negro is generally regarded and so treated as constituting the venal and mercenary element which go to make up the rabble in politics. Politics are no more played in the open. In the club rooms; in the lodge rooms, in the different secret organizations and around the festal board, the other fellow meets and determines whom he will to vote for and what course he will pursue politically. The negro has no defined policy. If he has been wronged, seeks redress by passing resolutions and getting into the press which gives notice to the other fellow only to circumvent the promise of a pretty office will be an important and influential factor in determining a negro vote, the negro never will be at any time and place the balance of power politically. The disposition on the part of the avreage negro to be a political grafter and the lack of the power. The negro must learn that a venal and ignorant horde of votes can never become the balance of power so as to imperil the interests, prosperity and commerce of this country. The quaker the negro learns that he is being used as a tool by politicians, an that he is unimportant. The negro MARCH 10 1909 must become an independent citizen instead of being a dependent one as he now is, and to become such he must devote less timeto politics and more time to establishing himself firmly in business the getting of property, and becoming a producer of the soil Whether the negro will go up or down in the scale of civilization it will depend very much upon the negro himself. He must be the architect of his own success and tortune in business as well as in politics. The famous old song "John Brown's Body Lies a Moldering in the Grave," which most Kans men think started in Kans, was composed and first sung at Fort Warren, Boston, by the glee club of tae second battalion of light infantry, in the year 1862. It was adapted to an old Methodist camp meeting tune, somewhat altered in fom, and the brigade band at the fort was the first that played it. It soon spread from regiment to regiment like wildfire. There were more panpere in England than ever at the end of January, despite old age pensions the proportion in London being the highest since 1881 according to the government return just published. The total number of paupers in England and Wales was 859,460, of whom 288,831 were indoor. The proportion a thousand of population was 54.1 an increase of .5 from last year and of .3 indoor paupers. The total in London was 133,326, a proportion of 27.8. St. Paul A. M. E. Church Services at 11 a. m. the commandery in full regally. Will celebrate Easter with the congregation with Special music by the Junior Choir the Sunday School have a good aranged program which will be rendered at 3 p. m. Allen C. E. L. at 7 p. m. At 8 p. m. a Sacred Cantata by the Senior Choir, and others the public is cordinly invited to these services. Allen C. E. L. elected Myrtle Fleming delegate to represent the society at the Literary Congress which will convene in St, Joseph Tenth fifth and sixth Miss Betty Mae Hall, Alternate. The first electric street railway to be operated in Warsaw Russia "JOHN BROWN'S BODY." was put in service a tew months ago. The company operates 304 cars and changes 3,6 cents for first-class passangers. The total rainfall of this country, including snow and that on water areas was given as 515, 000,000,000,000 cubic feet a year Half or more is evaporated. And about one-third flows into the sea. The remaining one-sixth is either consumed or absorbed. Of the 70,000,000,000,000 cubic ft. flowing annually into the sea less than 5 per cent is used for power It is estimated that 85 per cent to 95 per cent of the volume is wasted in freshets or destructive floods. There are in the United States proper 232 streams navigated for an aggregate of 26,115 miles, and as much more is navigable by improvement. Wants Knowledge On Negro Franchise. Washington April 7- Senator Money, of Mississippi, would have the Fourteenth amandment to the Constitution tested. This amandment regulates the franchise and has been constructed to authorize the reduction by Congress of the congressional representation of States which deny the voting privilege to some of the excitizens. It has been frequently invoked by the authors of bills reducing the representation of Southern states because negroes in those states are not allowed to vote. Mr. Money introduced a resolution directing the Attorney General to submit to the Supreme Court all the information available relative to the method of adopting the amendment, so that the court may determine whether the amendment is valid and binding. The Negro of the province of Santiago, Cuba, are much incens ed over what they regard as a direct slap in their faces by President Gomez, whom they charge with having disregarded his prom ise made to them before the last election that they should be given 30 per cent of the public offices. Joe Gans Has Tuberculosis. Joe Gans Has Tuberculosis. Denver, Colo: March 31st. Joe Gans, former world's champion pugilist, has developed tuberculosis of the lungs, and may not never be seen again in the ring Reteree Charlie White is quoted as being responsible for the statement. NEGRO ANGRY JOE STEWART MEAT MARKET For the best Meats, Beef, Pork, Lamb, Veal, Chickens and Sealship, Oysters, also Fresh Home Grown Cattish, and Halibut for your Lunch. Heinz Pickles, Sweet, Sour, Sweet Mixed or Dill, Baked Beans, and Cooked Meats. The Campaign is now over and the results announced. We join with all other good citizens give our full support to the gentlemen elected. While we differed from some of our fellow-town - men as to who should be our Mayor we come out of his heated contest with no sore spots on us for any man or woman, white or black. We realize that each voter male or female was entitled to their choice and if they saw fit to not make our choice their choice they had this right. We are friends and neighbors all working for the uplift of "Greater Wichita." As was predicted by the Searchlight the colored voters of Wichita could not be bought up and sold like so many hogs or cattle Me have never believed that the colored people would not resent any bargain or trade which they should be made to herd the race up and turn them over to some man running for office like they were sheep. There vote at the election Tuesday proves that the colored people are capable making their own choice of all officies. HENRY OSSAWA TANNER. Henry Ossawa Tanner is native of America, the son of Bishop Benj. T. Tanner or the African Methodist Episcopal Church. He was born in 1859. He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of a fine art under Thomas Easkins. For three years he taught art at Clarke University, Atlanta Georgia. He showed such geeat talent that few of his friends encouraged him to go abroad. With their financial resistance he went to Paris and soon distinguished as himself a pupil of Jean Paul Laurens and Benjamin Constant. He has won medals at the Paris Exposition of 1900, and the Pan American Exposition of 1901 also the Harris Prize, Chicago. His paintings enrich the Wilstach Collection, Philidelphia the JOE ST MEAT M F. T. CULP, I For the best Meats, Beef, ens and Sealship, Oysters, Cattish, and Halibut for y Sweet, Sour, Sweet Mixed Cooked Meats. 241 N. Main Street. We Are The Men Get your Electrical Wiring Done now. Door Dells, Burglar Alarms A Specialty Bynum & Stradford Bell Phone 2467 Darnegie Institute Pittsburg the Pennsylvania Acadamy offine art Institute. He has settled in Paris for professional purposees and is there held in the highest honor by his fellow craftmen, and the art loving public. His two paintings which have been purchased by the French Government for the Luxemburg Collection are entitled "The Resurrection of Lazarus" and "The Two Disciples" Here he is found in the company of distinguished American artists, among them Whistfer and Sargent. Dr. Booker T. Washington educated and race leader, has declined the commissionersoip to Liberia tendered him by Theodor Roosevelt when he was president As far as can be learned, no especial reason has been set fourth by Mr. Washington, other than the importance of his work in this country will not permit him to leave it for so long a time. Emmet J. Scott, who has been private secretary to Mr. Washington, was appointed to the commissionership instead. North Topeka Items Mecedonia Tabernacle No. 93 had their annual election of officers on thier Iast meeting. Officers elected as follows: Dtrs. Ida M. Jordon re-elected H. P. Sylvia Brown U. P. Beulah Cambell C. R Matilda Esters Treas. Kiza Bell H. R. Martha Mc Donald I. S. Louisa Relefert O. S. Macedonia Tabernacle is progressing fine under the leadership of Dtr Ida M. Jordon H. P. who is a successful leader and a kind woman. Dtr Emma Gaines C. G. P. presided during election officers and after the election she returned the galvin to Dtr Ida M. EWART MARKET PROPRIETOR Pork, Lamb, Veal, Chick- also Fresh Home Grown our Lunch, Heinz Pickles, or Dill, Baked Beans, and Wichita, Kansas. Prof. Sam T. Hood SURGEON CHROPODIST Removes Corns, Bunions, In-grown Nails and all pedic troubles. Graduate American School Chropody of New York City. 343 North Main Street A Child’s|| jevente Crusade || Reform th. Bp JUDGE BENJAMIN B. LINDSEY, I have often been asked how it is if I can trust a youthful burglar to go alone to a reformatory why cannot I trust him to go alone to work? ‘The answer is that the individual is weak rather than vicious. He is strong enough to last over night, but not strong enough to last a month. He goes to the institution. He learns the trade of a carpenter or a stoneeutter—then he has some incentive in life. He gets out of the habit of being bad. When he comes out he is proud of his job, and as soon as we get him work he wants to show how well he can do it —the past is behind him forever. This new children’s crusade started in 1900. We are now going on the theory that the law is not one- tenth of the problem. Psychology, for want of a better word, is the other nine-tenths. The solution of the problem of child delinquents lies chiefly in knowing how to get at teuth, in getting loyalty to the state and to the law. Once you get a boy to go regularly to school the problem is solved. On the other hand we do not want him to think that the court is a brute or dead easy. Under the Colorado system parents are held strictly accountable for their children. ‘The parents who send a boy to a saloon, or the parents who allow a young girl to go to a dance hall, are taken before the court and put on probation. ‘There are just three rules to follow: 1. Never charge a child with crime. 2. Hold the parents or others legally responsible. 3, Every case that pertains to a child must be triéd in the juvenile court. ‘The last rule is the only one that needs explaining. It means that if a man strikes a boy or sells cigarettes to him he is tried in the juvenile court. Why Japs Have Pro- gressed the development of Japan we must emphasize the fact that the geographi- cal situation and the history of the country helped it to an enormous ex- tent. Our freedom from foreign yoke or oppression during the 2,500 years of our history has’ permitted us to develop our national characteris- tics to the utmost of our capacity, while the climate and natural beauty of the country have exercised favorable influences upon our people. ‘The numerous kinds of beautiful flowers enabled the happy inhabi- tants of these lands to sce blossoms at all times and in all seasons, thus contributing to creat a sober and equable temper; innumerable volcanic mountains have invigorated our climate, while the rapidly flowing rivers and streams contributed in no small degree to the active and agile charac- ter of the race. ‘Two powerful historical facts must also be noted. Ever since the Emperor Jimmu ascended the throne we have been governed by the same dynasty, unbroken for over 2,500 years. Even in feudal times the maxim that the people were the chief treasure of the country was not lost sight of. We never find any trace of slavery in our long history. Not only were the people exempt from despotic rule, but some of the emperors made it their chief aim and ambition to increase the welfare and happiness of their subjects. Loyalty and patriotism ‘always go together in this country. ‘They are inseparable.- ‘The last words of a dying hero are, almost, without ex- ‘cention: “Emperor, Banzai!” In the late war the battleships Kinshin Maru and Hitachi Maru sank amidst the shouts of “Banzai!” with nearly all hands on board. Just as the cherry tree, which even in the winter has the essential qualities within itself to bloom, but which, owing to the cold and frost, does not give out flowers, as soon as the spring comes, blossoms and displays its energy, vigor, and power, so the Japenese, whose energy and patriotism were suppressed, owing to the limited sphere of their activity, as soon as the season came, realized their capabilities to the fullest and are now looming large on the horizon of world polities. Mutual love between the ruler and the people has been, is still, and will be in the future one of the most important causes in bringing about the development and prosperity of the nation. is | Genius ne Isa find kno Form of Madness | ™ ae lect It is the emotional flooding o: It is the common emotional ¢ It is a drunkenness of the set It is in the sphere of the inf It makes of poetry the proph It is the intellectual child of Emotion, moreover, is the sei ta et It is the emotional flooding of the soul. It is the common emotional experience of men in a higher intensity It is a drunkenness of the senses. ; It is in the sphere of the infinite. It makes of poetry the prophet’s garment, It is the intellectual child of emotion, Emotion, moreover, is the servant of the highest reason. N m 2 a! Mi a By COUNT OKUMA. Juvenile Court Methods That Reform the Vicious “Better 50 years of Europe than a cycle of Cathay” no longer applies to the east in general, for half a century of Japan has accomplished a great deal more than cycles of some western countries. But the fol- lowing question naturally suggests itself to anxious western critics: “Will Japan per- manently keep up the wonderful develop- ment which she has accomplished during the last 50 years?” ‘This only can be answered by harking back to our history and by realizing our na- tional characteristics. Tacconbilenineahevanein antl cassie The poetic temperament denotes emo- tions with which the blood of ordinary men is less charged. ' ‘The genius experiments with life; he finds his natural habitat in new and un- known fields. Genius shapes upon his silent lips the master words of many thousands of men. In ancient Greece the state of genius was one of madness. Genius is the fleeting emotional over- flow. It is emotion giving speed to the intel- lect. ng of the soul. nal experience of men in a higher intensity. e senses. z > infinite. : rophet’s garment. 1 of emotion. e servant of the highest reason. 4 iia Ss , ene eee (a) HURRICANE SWEEPS THE EASTERN STATES EIGHT PERSONS IN MICHIGAN LOST LIVES. Wind Reached Velocity of Seventy Miles an Hour at Toledo—Much Property is Destroyed. Toledo, O—Northwestern Ohio yesterday experienced one of the most severe wind storms in its his- tory. In Toledo losses are estimated at $25,000. The wind attained a velocity of seventy miles an hour, two miles per hour Jess than the record here. A boy was blown out of a skiff into the Maumee river, and was rescued with difficulty. Another boy was knocked down by the wind and rolled in front of a speeding automobile. He was painfuly cut and_ braised. Fifteen Toledoans were injured and two of them, Miss Minnie Scroder, 20, and James Gandern, 8, are in a ser ious condition. ‘The main building at the Toledo- Massillon Bridge company was par- tially wrecked. Many small towns near Toledo re- port damage. | Six Persons Injured. | London, Ont.—Six persons were in- | jured, one fatally, and a financial loss of fully $50,000 was entailed by a northwest -hurricane which passed over here yesterday. A tall chiinney crashed through the roof of a school, imprisoning 3,000 pupils and creating a panic. One pupil was fatally in jured and three others were severely hurt. The children were removed by means of ladders, Detroit, Mich—At least eight per- sons lost their lives in the storm that visited Detroit and Michigan Tues- day night and yesterday. Three men attempted to cross the Detroit river in a row boat and were drowned. At Jennings, three young men were killed by being caught under a wall that was blown down. Air Ship Destroyed. Pittsburg, Pa.—Weather oureau of- ficials reported the highest wind ve- locity in the United States at Pitty burg yesterday, when the maximum recorded was sixty-eight miles an hour. No serious damage was done. For a time there was not a wire out of the city. An airship owned by the Eagle Aeroplane company was about ready for flight when the wind struck the tent it was kept in, and demgl- ished both tent and airships. Wires Torn Down. New York—The high gale which | prevailed to the west and north of New York city yesteray, caused hovic with telegraph and telephone lines, attained its full force here at 7:45 o'clock last night, when the wind reached a velocity of sixty miles an hour. Two persons, an elderly wo: man and a child, were badly hurt by being thrown off their feet. The Cunard liner Caronia, from Liverpool, which arrived last night, could not berth, but was obliged to anchor at quarantine, owing to the gale. Storm Struck Chicago. Chicago.—Wires east of Chicago as as far as Pittsburg went down rapidly in yesterday’s gale, according to the telegraph companies. Wheeling, W. Va., reported every wire down cast of that point. Of the numerous leased wires running east of Chicago but one was working yesterday afternoon and conditions were said to be growing worse. In this city seevral persons received minor injuries from topptiug fences and loosened sign boards, PROUD OF AMERICAN PEOPLE. Roosevelt Tells of the Work Done at Stanuine< ae ee Rome, Italy.—Just before his de- parture last evening on the steamer Admiral for Mombasa. ex-President Roosevelt wrote the following mes- sage to the American people: “Before leaving Messina I desire to say that I am sure the American peo- ple do not realize the splendid work that is being done at Messina and Reggio with the lumber sent from the United States. I have visited the ‘American camp and seen 250 houses already completed and arrangements have been perfected for the rapid construction of 1,250 more. “I wish to say I consider that the American people are deeply indebted to each and every one of these men. I cannot exaggerate the pleasure it gave men to see the officers and en- listed men of our navy adapting them- selves to strange and unexpected cir- cumstances and performing with abil- {ty and thorough good will this most difficult task. Our nation can well be proud of them.” Qiaed' Sitka Oe anne, Guthrie, Okla.—Crazy Siske, the fugitive Indian chief, still remains in hiding. Up to yesterday afternoon nothing had been heard from his son, who three days ago had started in company with a deputy marshal in an effort to locate his father. Cap- tain Harritage, of Colonel Hoffman's staff, of the state militia, returned to Guthrie yesterday and reported every- thing quiet in the neighborhood of Hickory Grounds, Crazy Snake's old home. © THE 4 pe CAN ee 2 a ORD ess Se R eis Ite, - (ie ae ae | ee ee ee al” St ai, ae ee as Le a BE ype dy ee ee ‘Mr. William A, Radford will answer quesiions and give advice FREE OF COST on all subjects pertaining to the subject of building for the readers of this paper. On account of his wide expe rience as Editor, Author and Manufac- turer, he is, without doubt, the highest authority on all these subjects. Address all inquiries to William A. Radford, No. 19 Fifth Ave. Chicago, TIL, and ‘only enclose two-cent stamp for reply. A rather large, square and perhaps severely plain-house is shown in the illustrations. It is 28 feet in width by 87 in length, exclusive of porches, and there is a good veranda in front and an entry porch at the rear. It needs a full two-story house about the size of this to hold eight rooms. You can get eight little boxes that are by courtesy called rooms in a smaller house, but for comfort and for appear- ance and for proper ventilation this is about the proper size to give the best results. Twenty-eight by 37 feet is not an unusually large house even in these days of high prices for skilled labor as well as for building materials, but it is about the average in size, and that is what makes it appear well, although devoid of special embellishments of any kind. There is something in the size and shape of a large, plain house that attracts the eye and arrests at- tention in an interesting way, while the same style of house on a smaller scale would pass unnoticed. These are days of large sitting: rooms and small kitchens. Less at- ‘tention is paid to the dining-room in ‘this plan than ordinarily, but it is con- -veniently arranged and nicely con- ‘nected with the small kitchen, Be- ‘tween the front hall and the kitchen is a combination stairway, a very con- venient arrangement as it is here ‘planned. The landing is four steps up from the level of the first floor. This gives head room as you walk up- stairs from the kitchen and it also leaves room for a door hung so it swings out over the kitchen steps. The front approach to the stair is just as artistic, and to all intents and purposes this combination stair is just as good as a regular front and back stair and it takes up less room and it costs less money. This arrangement gives an opportunity to go down cel- lar under this stairway, or not, just as oS a acne mee NE eae “ ne ETT | Ge Sega creme Wasser | =| a First Floor Plan. a person wishes, because the entry at the back incloses what would other- wise be an outside cellar stair. This outside stair is so convenient to the kitchen that many persons prefer using it instead of building an inside cellar stair. That is a matter of choice. It is easy fn this plan to have doth. ‘The upstairs in this house ts espe- cially well arranged. The stair land- ing {s squarely in the middle of the house, so the travel is short from the etait to either of the upper rooms. ‘The hall, though very small, is conven- fent, and it has no objectionable fea- tures. With the linen closet there are five doorways opening from this little hall, a combination very seldom seen. In fact the upper floor of this house will bear the most careful scrutiny. There is very little objection to any feature of this house, but the upstairs plan from a utilitarian standpoint is almost perfect. It has often been said that the perfect house has never been built. It probably never will be built as long as architects are human, but when you think back thirty or forty years and trace the improvements that have come into moderate-priced houses during that length of time, you feel in- clined to take off your hat to the first American mechanic or architect you meet. There are great big barns to be found scattered over the country which were built for human dwelling = N al Poser WR | Fee eden) HITE S cnamiacn ee oueee sor ere) Ls SccordiFigop Plan: houses, many of which have been oc- cupied as such for a great many years without any of the so-called modern improvements. But those old barracks were designed and constructed before we learned how to make houses com- fortable in the winter time. This house is piped for hot and cold water and for gas. It is also wired rr ee Be ee a & Ge ie te | Ga Tee - bow oe ‘ 3 t. pa b a for electricity. It is arranged for a hot water heating plant with the pipes so placed that they are easy of access in case of accident and at the same time they are tucked away out of sight and out of reach of ordinary household activities, There is a good roof on this house, a roof that is strong and a roof that looks well, It is easily built, too, of light material because it is braced and supported from every direction. A roof like this strengthens a house. There is a great difference in roofs in this respect. Some houses are shaky during a wind storm and the reason often is that the roof is improperly constructed. A house is a great big box. When tffe frame is put up it is hardly strong enough to stand alone. In fact a good many accidents are due to strong winds before the frame work is suf- ficiently tied together to stand the strain. From the time the first tim- bers are put up, each piece of wood and each nail stiffens the structure until the job is complete. But I have often noticed that no other part of the frame adds so much real strength as the roof, which is contrary to popular belief. We hear a good deal about the foundation and very little about the roof. The fact is the roof is the more important of the two. To Live on Six Cents a Day, How to live on six cents a day has been solved in Chicago, if charges made by the Citizens’ * association. against the sheriff prove to be true. The association is seeking to force the sheriff to expend a little more of the 20% cents a day he receives for each prisoner on food. “We found,” says the association, that the grade of beef plates or briskets used in feeding the prisoners could be bought for four cents a pound or less. This indicates clearly that the cost of the meat fed to the prisoners does not exceed two cents a day aman. Themid-tay meal, in addition to the meat, consists of a ‘piece of bread and a vegetable. ‘The total cost of this meal, according to the estimates given the association, does not much exceed three cents. For breakfast and supper the prisoners are given only piece of bread and a tin cup of coffee. The cost of these meals certainly does not exceed 1% cents each.” Beauty is only skin deep—and there are a mighty big lot of thin-skinned persons.—Los Angeles Express, For Cramps in the Stomach of Six Years’ Standing. “1 was troubled with cramps In the stomach for six years. 1 tried many kinds of medicine, also was treated by three doctors, “They said that | had nervous dys~ pepsia. | took the medicine for two years, then | got sick again and gave up all hopes of getting cured. “+1 sawa testimonial of a man whose case was similar to mine, being cured by Peruna, so thought !'would give it atrial. | procured a bottle at once, and commenced taking it. “| have taken nineteen bottles, and am entirely cured. 1 believe Peruna is all that is claimed for it.”"—Mrs. J. C. Jamison, 61 Marchant St., Watson- ville, Cal. DUTIFUL SON. * ? | “You young scamp! I've caught you smoking my cigars!” “Yes, pa—er—er—you see I heard ma say that you were smokin’ your self to death and er—t'm tryin’ to save your life!” His Day of Reckoning. ‘As the stout man whose appetite had excited the envy of the other boarders turned to leave the parlor, he looked down at his waistcoat. “I declare, I've lost two buttons of my vest,” he said, ruefully. He was a new boarder, but his land lady saw no reason for further delay in showing her banner “Watchfulness and Economy for all.” She gave him the benefit of the chill gaze so famil far to her older boarders. “1 think without doubt you will find them both in the dining room,” she announced, clearly.—Youth's Compan- fon. Sidtlen we Sine, The Georgians of Augusta are chuck- ling over a new story about Mr. Taft. who drove out one afternoon to see a Georgia planter. The planter’s cook, a very old woman, takes no interest in public affairs, and she did not recog- nize the portly guest. “What did you think of that gentle- man, Martha?” thé planter asked, after Mr. Taft had driven off. “Well, sir,” old Martha replied, “2 can't say as I saw nothin’ perticklor about him. He looked to me like the kind of man as would be pretty reg'ter to his meals."—Loulsville Times, A Slight Boost. “Excuse me, sir,” began the faithful clerk as he paused in front of the rail- ing behind which the boss was seated. “put I would—er—like an increase in salary.” ‘Oh, you would, eh?” rejoined the boss. “Well, I'm willing to do the right thing, so I'll pay you the same amount for 365 days’ work this year as I paid you for 366 days in 1908. Good morning.” Deafness Cannot Be Cured By local _appiteations, ss they cannot reach the die- Pleed‘portion of the tar. There iz only ne ay Co Sled geen ee, see sara cent a eee See rc eet ae ane a eee = Soe ip Sorateecatee snare See ee cri rei ee Soro tan ive tau OF Coarshs Sich ROA Sut, on tonamed eondltich of the imucous surtacee. ~ 5 ea eed Sate a ee Deainess (Caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured be as Gone oy eh ye aa ‘Sold by Drugetsts, Tie. f Se Re te cavinacin, Punishment and Crime. “She seems to be having a pretty good time now that she and her hus- band are separated,” whispered the three girls in the corner as she en- tered the roum. “I don’t blame her,” said one. “He beat her, didn’t he?” They looked her over again. “Well, I don’t blame him fer beat- ing her,” the third declared, “if she dressed like that. That red is awfui.” Their Ins and Outs. Mrs. Plumpton (with fashion paper> —Oh, Paul, this is indeed good news! Thank, thank heaven, hips are coming in again! ‘Mr. Plumpton—In? You mean burst- ing out, don’t you?—Puck. Wabttual, Constipation May be N\ Hoy — sistance f he one trully beneficrol laxative remedy Syrup offigsaLlvir tach encodes may be Line Aispensed with when mecded..as The best of venedics whanrequired are Yoassst ature,and nck to support Yhe natural, functions wich must degead wti— ete Fie Semve, oe SHUT OFF TARIFF DEBATE DISCUSSION HEREAFTER WILL BE UNDER FIVE MINUTE RULE. The Final Vote Will Be Taken in the House on the Payne Bill Friday, April 9. Washington, D. C.—Three o'clock p.m. April 9, was the time set by the house for a vote on the Payne tariff bill. The long expected resolution from the committee on rules closing general debate providing for certain committee amendments and a full and free opportunity to alter the lumber and hides schedules, was reported late on the day and adopted with 16 votes to spare, notwithstanding the desertion of 20 Republicans. Four of the 16 votes came from the Louisiana delegation who likewise broke away from their party. Previously to the adoption of the resolution there was some severe criticism of it from the democratic side. Twenty Republicans voted against the rule and four Democrats for it, as follows: Republicans — Austin, (Tenn.); Carey, Cooper, Lenroot, Morse and Nelson, (Wis.); Dawson, Good, Haughon, Pickett, Woods, Huhhard and Kendall, (la.); Henshaw and Norris, (Neb.); Lindberg, (Minn.); Murdock, (Kan.); Parsons, (N. Y.); Poindexter, (Wash.), and Young, (Mich.) Democrats — Broussard, Estopinal, Pujo and Wickliffe, (La.) Mr. Roosevelt in Naples Naples, Italy.—Mr. Roosevelt spent several hours in Naples Monday and during that time was given many evidences of his personal popularity with the Italian people and of the admiration which they have for his distinguished services to his country. The steamer Hamburg, on which Mr. Roosevelt was a passenger coming in soon after noon, was greeted on her way to the anchorage with the blowing of whistles, the fluttering of many flags and the playing of bands. Italian warships in the harbor, steamers, private yachts and craft of all kinds, added to the picturesqueness of the scene which Mr. Roosevelt himself characterized as magnificent. National Banks Barred Topeka, Kansas.—That National banks in Kansas will not be allowed to participate in the state guaranty fund is settled definitely in a decision by the United States attorney general given in Washington, D. C., Monday, Gov. W. R. Stubbs Monday night wired his private secretary, John Dawson, as follows: "Attorney general has decided national banks cannot participate without an act of congress." This is believed to do away with all possibility of a special session, as it is held state legislative action would be useless where an act of congress is necessary. For Shawnee County, $30,000 Topeka, Kan.—A decision of Judge John C. Pollock of the United States circuit court was reversed by the circuit court of appeals in St. Louis in one of the suits growing out of the Devlin bank failure. The higher court ordered the estate to pay Shawnee county the full amount it had on deposit in the First National bank of Topeka when it failed. One balance then on deposit was about $20,000. Dynamite for a Kansas Paper. Girard, Kansas. — An attempt was made to blow up the building occupied by the Girard Independent, a weekly paper. Three sticks of dynamite were found by the editor, Ben. R. Beezley, at eleven o'clock. An alarm clock connected with the bomb was set to go off at twelve o'clock. Mr. Beezley says he has no idea who is responsible for the bomb. In Kentucky 96 Dry 23 Wet. Asbland, Kentucky. — Boyd county Monday voted dry by a majority of 107. In this city, the center of the iron industry, church bells were ringing hourly during the election. The victory of the "drys" here means now that 96 of the 119 counties in the state are wholly dry under the county unite law. May Increase Milk Rates. Topeka, Kansas.—The Pacific Express company has made application to the board of railroad commissioners for permission to establish a new schedule of rates on milk and cream in Kansas. The rates are to be the same as those ordered by the interstate commerce commission for interstate shipments. Kansas Ex-Congressman Dead. Fredonia, Kansas. — S. S. Kirkpatrick, a widely known lawyer, died here. He was 61 years old. In 1894 he was nominated for congress by acclamation by the Republicans of the Third district and served in the Fifty-fourth congress. The Oklahoma Rate Filed Guthrie, Oklahoma.-The proposed Katy rate to Oklahoma points from Galveston, which brought about the Kansas City boycott and Oklahoma's retaliation, was filed with the corporation commission Friday. A Marathon Runner Dies Hull, England.—A marathon runner, Frederick Rumsey, collapsed while competing in a 20 mile run here. He was carried on the track unconscious and died Sunday. Rumsey won a marathon race here last year. ENGLAND FROM YOUR LITTLE RICH REALIVE COMFORT MONTREAL SQUARE MANY ADVICE WANTED: MORE SNIPS, MORE MEN, SOME AIRSHIPS. APPLY TO JOHN BULL CHICAGO (UNILY NEWS) A TORNADO IN ILLINOIS A TORNADO IN ILLINOIS TWO PERSONS KILLED AND OTHERS INJURED IN MARION. Many Buildings Including Churches and Banks Were Destroyed in The Path of Storm. Marion, Illinois.—Two persons were killed, many others were injured and considerable property was damaged by a tornado which struck this city and its vicinity. The deaths happened in Pittsburg, a village six miles northeast of here, the victims being crushed in the collapse of their home. So far as can be learned they were the only fatalities. The storm came from the southwest and was preceded and followed by heavy rains. It was 5:30 o'clock when the "twister" struck here, and few persons were on the streets. In the business section several store buildings were partly demolished, and in the residence section many of the small houses occupied by miners and their families were unroofed. As the storm passed across the country it ripped open barns and other farm buildings and then apparently spent its force on Pittsburg. Flying debris wrecked store fronts there and uprooted trees crashed upon dwellings, one of which collapsed and caused the two deaths. May Reduce the Damage. New York, New York—The recent wholesale maiming and killing of pedestrians by reckless chauffeurs running their cars at excess speed through the city streets culminated Sunday in the organization of a special squad of "auto chasers," by police commissioner Bigham. As the result of their first days efforts, the "auto chasers," all mounted on fast motor cycles, rounded up and arrested 65 chauffeurs who were caught exceeding the speed limit. "Yellow House" Burns. Winchester, Virginia. — Miss Virginia Carter, young daughter of Reese B. Carter, was burned to death Sunday in a fire which destroyed her home, "Yellow House" at Rest this county. Mr. and Mrs. Carter were badly burned in an effort to save their daughter. "Yellow House" was more than 200 years old and was the scene of many notable events during the Revolutionary and Civil war times. A Fort Worth Fire. Fort Worth, Texas—To a party of small boys and a carelessly thrown cigarette is credited the fire of which produced the following results; Destroyed property in South Fort worth valued at $2,000,000; caused the death of J. J. Newton, a bank employee; caused the serious injury of six others; rendered 300 families homeless; caused temporary idleness to several hundred workmen. Will Act as Arbitrator. Buenos Ayres.—Dr. Roque Saenz Pena, the Argentine minister of Italy who recently was requested by Venezuela through the Argentine minister of foreign affairs to accept the post of arbitrator in the pending questions between Venezuela and the United States has consented to act in this capacity. Wyoming Stock Growers Protest. Yoyehenne, Wyoming. — The Wyoming Stock Growers' association representing practically all the cattle growers of the state, Tuesday afternoon adopted a resolution protesting against the removal of the tariff on hides. Died Aged 112 Years. New York. N. Y.,—The death of Mrs. Fanny Friedman at the age of 112 years was reported Sunday. She was born in Hungary January 3, 1797, and had been ill only a few days. Five children, 54 grandchildren and 18 great grand children survive her. Arrested Three Italians. McAlester, Oklahoma—Three Italians, arrested Sunday at Alderson Jk., and alleged members of a Black land organization, were brought here last night and placed in jail. Arguments Begin in United States Court at St. Louis. Washington, D. C.-The hearing in the case of the United States against the Standard Oil company before the United States Circuit court in St. Louis Monday is one of the most important and far reaching civil actions that has ever been tried in this country. The bill of complaint on behalf of the United States, charging a violation of the Sherman anti-trust law, was filed in the circuit court of the United States for the eastern division of the eastern judicial district of Missouri in November, 1906. The Standard Oil company of New Jersey, the parent organization, together with its various subsidiary corporations, and seven individuals, (John D. Rockefeller, Wm. Rockefeller, Henry M. Flagler, Henry H. Rogers, John D. Archbold, Oliver H. Payne and Charles M. Pratt), are charged with having entered into an agreement, combination and conspiracy with one another to restrain trade and commerce among the several states, to monopolize trade and commerce in the purchase of petroleum, in the shipment and transportation of petroleum by pipe lines, by steamship and by rail, in the manufacture, and refining, of petroleum, and in the distribution, sale and shipment of the products of petroleum. The United States seeks perpetually to enjoin the defendants from doing any act looking to the carrying out of the alleged combination of conspiracy and to dissolve the Standard Oil combination. ROOSEVELT MET THE KING. Aboard Italian Battleship at Messina To Greet the Monarch. Messina.—Theodore Roosevelt and King Victor Emmanuel met Tuesday on the Italian battleship Re Umberto, in Messina harbor. The meeting was characterized by the utmost cordiality and the king took the occasion to express the gratitude of himself and the Italian people for the generous assistance of the American people to the earthquake sufferers. At the close of the interview Mr. Roosevelt went ashore and inspected the ruins of the city, the desolation of which moved him strongly. He then boarded the steamer Admiral, which, just at sunset, hoisted her anchors and proceeded on her way to Mombasa. Railroad Improvements Kansas City Mo.-The Missouri Pacific Railroad company has finished plans for rebuilding its main line between Kansas City and Pueblo. Ballast has been ordered for 750 miles of track, which will cover the distance between Kansas City and Pueblo, and some of the branch lines in the state. The track grades are to be widened and the roadway tiled and drained. It is estimated that the work will cost $3,500,000. Republicans Win in St. Louis. St. Louis, Apr. 7.-The election of the Republican city ticket by 9,000 votes was conceded last night by the Democratrs after 227 precincts out of 403 in the city showed Frederick H. Kreismann, Republican nominee for mayor had received 31,466 votes and his Democratic opponent William G. Woerner 25,709. The city has had a Democratic mayor for eight years. Took Acid Following a Quarrel. Springfield, Missouri—Spencer Morlan, a bridge carpenter, whose home was at Medicine Lodge, Kan., ended his life here at midnight by drinking carbolic acid. Dinner For the Japanese Washington, D. C. — Representatives of the various branches of the public service gathered at the home of Secretary of State Knox Monday night to attend a dinner given in honor of Messrs Wada and Sakai, the Japanese exposition officials who are now on a visit to this country. Former Secretary Hitchcock III. Washington, D. C. — Ethan Allen Hitchcock, former secretary of the interior, is critically ill at the home of his son-in-law, Commander W. S. Sims Sixty-Three Counties Have Banished Saloons—More to Follow. Indianapolis, Indiana.—One of the most hotly contested campaigns thus far in the widely successful effort to drive saloons out of Indiana will come to a close on next Tuesday when Cass and Blackford counties will hold their option election. Pettitions for option elections are being circulated in 21 other counties. The elections will take place in May or June. There are 92 counties in Indiana. Forty-two of these have already gone "dry" in option elections and 21 by local remonstrances—a total of 63. The anti-saloon sentiment has spread like wildfire in this state and the brewery element have hope of saving little territory. The best chance for the "wet" is in the countries that have the largest cities. Richmond already has swung its county Wayne, into the "wet" conviction. Indianapolis, Terre Taute, Lafayette, Evansville, Fort Wayne, South Bend and Muncie are to be the most important battle grounds. Those who follow the movement do not expect that more than eight counties will have saloons by the end of the summer. EX-GOV. POYNTER DEAD: Former Nebraska Executive Expires While Making a Speech. Lincoln, Nebraska—W. A. Poynter, ex-governor of Nebraska, while making a speech in the office of Gov. Shallenberger at the hearing of the daylight saloon bill, was stricken by apoplexy and died within a few minutes. He was urging Gov. Shallenberger to approve the bill recently adopted by the legislature compelling eight o'clock closing of all saloons in the state. Strong pressure is being brought to bear on Gov. Shallenberger both for and against the bill, and ex-Gov. Poynter had gone to the capitol with a church delegation to urge approval. Mr. Poynter was elected governor in 1898 by a fusion of Democrats and Populists. He was defeated for re-election in 1900. He was 61 years old. May Replace New York's Horse Cars May Replace New York's Horse Cars. New York, N. Y.—A street car run by means of a gasoline engine similar to that used in high powered automobiles, is one of the traction novelties promised to New Yorkers shortly. One of the cars, has been ordered by the management of the Thirds Avenue Road and will be used experimentally for a short time. It it proves successful it will replace horse cars on all the lines where they are still in use here. Nicaragua Will Try to Settle. Washington, D. C.—The information was conveyed to Secretary Knox Monday that the Nicaraguan government would make an early effort to settle either by compromise or by arbitration the claim for damages of the G. D. Emery company, whose concession for cutting mahogany was cancelled about two years and a half ago tor an alleged violation of the terms of the concession. He Will Not Do It Again. Tarrytown, New York. The crashing into a tree of an automobile said by eye witnesses to have been racing at a rate of 40 miles an hour Sunday caused the death of Charles Lindow, a chauffeur, and seriously injury to John D. Marquis, the other occupant of the automobile, both of New York. Lindow's neck was broken. A Relative of Buffalo Bill Dead Chicago, Illinois—Hugh A. Wetmore, formerly a widely known newspaper man, but of late years engaged in the theatrical business, is dead here of congestion of the brain. He was a brother-in-law of Col. William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill). Gored to Death by Steer Chandler, Oklahoma.—Mrs. John Reeves, an old woman living in the country near this city, was knocked down and gored to death by a wild steer. The animal was one of a number being fed at the stock yards. A Duty On Balloons Paris, France.—As a result of a frequent landing of German balloons in France, the government has decided to collect in the future a duty of $120 on every balloon of the average size coming down in French territory. Texans Gather in New York New York, N. Y.—Two hundred sons and daughters of the Lone Star State, now residents of New York, met at the Waldorf-Astoria here Tuesday and organized the Texas Club of New York. Engraver Charged With Raising Bills. Los Angeles, Cal.-Mel Schultz, an engraver, indicted at Topeka, Kan., on a charge of raising $1 bills to $10 was taken east Tuesday. He waived his right to fight extradition proceeding. Stilwell Coming West. New York, N. Y.—President Arthur E. Stilwell, of the Kansas City, Mexico & Orient railroad, who has been confined to apartments at the Waldorf-Astoria by throat trouble since March 26, when he returned from a trip to Europe, left for Chicago Monday. First State Convention Call. Washington, D. C.—State Chairman Andrews, of Pennsylvania, who is now in this city, has issued a call for the Republican state convention to be held in Harrisburg June 16. THE CRACKING OF PAINT. Property Owners Can Save Money by Learning the Cause. Do you know what is wrong when paint peels, or cracks, or otherwise necessitates premature re-painting? Well, sometimes it hasn't been properly applied—the surface being damp or there being too much turpentine or too much drier. But, nine times out of ten, the trouble is caused by adulterated white lead. To avoid all such trouble, every houseowner should know in a general way, when a surface is in proper condition to receive paint, what kind of primer and finishing coats different surfaces require, and how to avoid adulteration in materials. A complete painting guide, including a book of color schemes, specifications for all kinds of painting work, and an instrument for detecting adulterations in painting materials, with directions for using it, can be had free by writing National Lead Company, 1902 Trinity Bldg., New York, and asking for Houseowner's Painting Outfit No. 49. This company, the largest makers of pure white lead, invite tests, by means of the blowpipe (included in outfit), or in any other way, of the purity of the white lead sold under their famous "Dutch Boy Painter" trademark. That trademark on a keg of white lead is in itself an absolute guarantee of purity and quality. VALUE OF THE HUMBLE HEN. Figures Make One Think Biddy Has Not Been Properly Appreciated. The hen's admirers grow. Constant is their increase. The first official act of Nebraska's new labor commissioner was a formal appreciation of this pillar of society. According to Mr. Maupin, this fowl brought $18,000,000 worth of eggs to market in Nebraska last year. The commissioner is unprepared to estimate the value of her offspring in the way of fried chicken. She laid 1,200,000,000 eggs in 1908. Placed end to end these eggs would reach around the earth and overlap 12,000 miles. They would make an egg walk three feet wide reaching from Omaha to Ogden. With ham they would furnish breakfast for 600,000 people and make an omelet containing 652,000 cubic feet. The hen was worth more to Nebraska than the boasted wheat crop of $26,000,000; almost twice as much as the oat crop of $16,000,000; 20 times as much as the barley crop; 20 times as much as the rye crop, and one-third as much as the much-talked-of crop of corn. The commissioner believes Nebraska needs another seal. Is he not right in thinking that upon that seal no figure so well demands recognition as the everpatient, busy and unpretentious hen. A Dubious Tribute. The young theological student who had been supplied the Rushby pulpit for two Sundays looked wistfully at Mrs. Kingman, his hostess for the time being. "Did you like the sermon this morning, if I may ask?" he inquired. "You done real well with the material you selected," said Mrs. Kingman, with much cordiality. "As I said to Zenas on the way home, I've heard a dozen or more sermons preached on that text, and this young man's the first one that ever made me realize how difficult 'twas to explain.'"—Youth's Companion. Hope Springs Eternal. He was addressing a crowd one Sunday morning on the guay at Newcastle. He was dashing up to one day morning on the quay at Newcastle. "I can safely say that no man ever attempted to bribe me, gentlemen," said the speaker. "Don't be down-hearted, old chap, your luck may change," shouted a man in the crowd.—Tit-Bits. Value of Aspirations An aspiration is a joy forever, a possession as solid as a landed estate, a fortune which we can never exhaust and which gives us, year by year, a revenue of pleasurable activity. To have many of these is to be spiritually rich—R. L. Stevenson. SISTER'S TRICK But It All Came Out Right. How a sister played a trick that brought rosy health to a coffee fiend is an interesting tale: "I was a coffee fiend—a trembling, nervous, physical wreck, yet clinging to the poison that stole away my strength. I mocked at Postum and would have none of it. "One day my sister substituted a cup of Postum piping hot for my morning cup of coffee but did not tell me what it was. I noticed the richness of it and remarked that the coffee tasted fine but my sister did not tell me I was drinking Postum for fear I might not take any more. "She kept the secret and kept giving me Postum instead of coffee until I grew stronger, more tireless, got a better color in my sallow cheeks and a clearness to my eyes, then she told me of the health-giving, nerve-strengthening life-saver she had given me in place of my morning coffee. From that time I became a disciple of Postum and no words can do justice in selling the good this cereal drink did me. I will not try to tell it, for only after having used it can one be convinced of its merits." Ten days' trial shows Postum's power to rebuild what coffee has destroyed. "There's a Reason." Look in pkgs. for the famous little book, "The Road to Wellville." Ever read the above letter! A new one appears from time to time. They examine, true, and full of human interest. WORTH MOUNTAINS OF GOLD Graniteville, Vt. — "I was passing through the Change of Life and suffered — "I was passing of Life and suffered from nervousness and other annoying symptoms, and I can truly say that Lydia E.Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has proved worth mountains of gold to me, as restored my health and strength. I never forget to tell my friends what Lydia E.Pinkham's from nervousness and other annoying symptoms, and I can truly say that LydiaE.Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has proved worth mountains of gold to me, as it restored my health and strength. I never forget to tell my friends what LydiaE.Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has done for me during this trying period. Complete restoration to health means so much to that for the sake of other suffering women I am willing to make my trouble public so you may publish this letter."—MRS. CHAS. BARCLAY, B.F.D. Graniteville, Vt. No other medicine for woman's ill has received such wide-spread and unqualified endorsement. No other medicine we know of has such a record of cures of female ills as has Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. For more than 30 years it has been curing female complaints such as inflammation, ulceration, local weaknesses, fibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic pains, backache, indigestion and nervous prostration, and it is unequalled for carrying women safely through the period of change of life. It costs, but little to try Lyda E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and as Mrs. Barclaysays, it is "worth mountains of gold" to suffering women. He—Before Jones got married he used to command a large salary. She—And now? He—Now he only earns it. His wife commands it! CHILD ATE CUTICURA OINTMENT. Spread Whole Box of It on Crackers—Not the Least Injury Resulted. Cuticura Thus Proven Pure and Sweet. A New York friend of Cuticura writes: "My three year old son and heir, after being put to bed on a trip across the Atlantic, investigated the stateroom and located a box of graham crackers and a box of Cuticura Ointment. When a search was made for the box, it was found empty and the kid admitted that he had eaten the contents of the entire box spread on the crackers. It cured him of a bad cold and I don't know what else." No more conclusive evidence could be offered that every ingredient of Cuticura Ointment is absolutely pure, sweet and harmless. If it may be safely eaten by a young child, none but the most beneficial results can be expected to attend its application topected to attend its application to even the tenderest skin or youngest infant. Potter Drug & Chem, Corp., Sole Props, Boston. Utilizing the Child. "It's a great comfort to have a child about the house," said the man of domestic tastes. "Yes," answered the unfeeling wretch, "when company comes that you don't care for, you can make the child recite."—Family Doctor. Blobbs—So he broke off the engagement, eh? Did she take it to heart? Slobbs—No, to court. Lewis' Single Binder cigar—richest, most satisfying smoke on the market. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Pooria, Ill. Giving money will have no value except we first give ourselves.—Murray. PILES CURED IN 6 TO 14 DAYS. PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed to cure any case of inching, blooding or Bleeding Piles is 6 to 14 days of money refunded, do. One way to remove paint is to sit down on it before it is dry. Allen's Foot-Ease, a Powder For swollen, sweating feet. Gives instant relief. The original powder for the feet. Sc at all Druggists. The best thing to do when you catch a cold is to let go of it. DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS FOR ALL KIDNEY DISEASES FOR RHEUMATISM BRIGHT'S DISEASE DIABETES. BACKACHE FR 375 "Guaranteed" W. N. MILLER.....Editor Residence Phone Bell 1641. 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Address all matter for publication to The Wichita Searchlight, 601 N Main Street, Wichita, Kansas. 6th. Any erroneous reflection on the character, standing or reputation of my person which may appear in this imper will be gladly corrected if weight to the attention of the editor. To Live and Let Live" is Our Motto. The slang article printed in the Wichita Beacon last Monday afternoon poking sarcasm at Mrs Neber Morris one of our most cultured and refined colored lrdies it shows what little respect the bulk of newspapers published by white men have for cur women. This art cle was past the point of bein rediculous and did not in any of sense represent the refinery and lady qualities of Mrs Morris Aside from the fact that Chas L. Davidson, the rest of that slang article was false of the first fabrication. We hate this to call the attention of our people to the shameful of treatment accorded one our best and foremost ladies. The colored insist upon supporting such dirty written papers in preference to the own papers that will at least respect our women. By an overwhelming majority of 1422 votes Hon. Chas L. Davidson was elected Mayor of Wichita at Tuesday's election defeated Mryor John H. Graham who was a candidate seeking re-election. While it was seen some days ago that Mayor Graham's defeat was inevitable yet few of Mr Davidson's friends placed his majority as high as it is today. The vote Tuesday is evidence that the people of Wichita wanted a change of affairs from the petty farcical proceedings which have dominated in our city during the past two years to a more sane and business basls. During no two yrs. period in the history of our city has the people witnessed such of childlike city government -- and happy is the day that it is at an end. Thev Did Well We wish th congratulate the colored voters upon the splendid vote which they gave. Mr. Chas L. Davidson last Tuesday for the Mayoralty. The handsome vote of the colored people did much to give Mr Davidson the splendid majority which he received over Mayor Graham and we believe Mr Davidson recognizes this fact and appreciate it. The Search- --- light feels also that the large colored vote for Mr Davidson both at the primary and at the election Tuesday is an approval by the colored people of our city on the stand taken by the Searchlight in only sponsoring the cause of such men as we deem most friendly to our people. The Search light was for Chas. L. Davidson from the time Mr Davidson announced himself until now and the vote of the people which Mr Davidson received at the primary and at Tuesday's election proves that the colored people are with the Searchlight. We are glad that we have evidence of the interest which the colored people take in the issue political or other wise presented by us. In our long career in politics in this city we have always placed principle and racial interest above all things else and it is gratifying to us to note that our people so willingly take our position. We feel that no man or woman who voted for Chas L. Davidson will ever have reasons to regreat their action. We congratulate and thank you all. Now that Chas L. Davidson is elected Mayor let every one get down to business. Low Prices We are making very low prices on Trunks before we move to our new location at 119-21 S*. Lawrence Wichita Trunk Factory 319 East Douglas Ave. Bo New "Dutch Collars" for Every Nationality You need not be of German wear the collars that are all son. For every woman will new " Dutch Collars " when come. A score of styles await you stiff linen ones; the softer bu sed styles, and the charmin some with lace jabots. Price You need not be of German nationality to wear the collars that are all the rage this sea son. For every woman will be wearing these new " Dutch Collars " when the warm days come. A score of styles await your choosing. The stiff linen ones; the softer but severely tailored styles, and the charming lace conceits, some with lace jabots. Prices from 25c to $4 Dutch Collars==Special Choose to-day from a half-day Dutch Collars at half their ored and button trimmed; trimmed: hemstitched and e Today.... Choose to-day from a half-dozen styles New Dutch Collars at half their real worth. Tailored and button trimmed; tucked and lace trimmed: hemstitched and embroidere styles Half Prices on These Odd Wall Papers Come this week and selec that room you intend to pay cleaning our ware room of o in most of them to paper or These odd lots are selling fa 35c Wall Papers, per roll.... 25c Wall Papers, per roll.... 20c Wall Papers, per roll.... 10c Wall Papers, per roll... We are also showing the m Papers in panel and frieze e colorings, etc. Come this week and select the paper for that room you intend to paper, while we are cleaning our ware room of odd lots—enough in most of them to paper ordinary size rooms These odd lots are selling fast 35c Wall Papers, per roll.....17½c 25c Wall Papers, per roll.....12½c 20c Wall Papers, per roll.....10c 10c Wall Papers, per roll.....5c We are also showing the new Spring Wall Papers in panel and frieze effects; two-toned colorings, etc. [ Third Floor ] Handsome Linen Damasks. Three new beautiful designs in snow-white Linen Table Damask, which always sell at $1 25. Priced this week as a special Easter offering in the Linen Section, yard.....97c IF IT EVER HAPPENED YOU'LL FIND IT IN THE SEARCHLIGHT. WHY NOT SUBSCRIBE? Send your news in earlier. The Searchlight $1. per year Mrs Joana Jones was the guest of Mrs W. N. Miller Thursday. The ladies had a splendid time. White Helm is able to sit up at his home. Mrs Bluet is able to be out after a seige of sickness. Day Changed Prince Chapter No. 12, have changed their day of meeting of the second and fourth Tuesdays to the second and fourth Wed- nesday of each month at 2:30 p. m. Rev J. H. Van Lue is unfortunate in having every member of his family on the sick list this week except himself. He certainly has our sympathies. The slate of city employers will be wiped clean when the new Mayor and the new Commissioners go into office Tuesday. The new administration will have a golden opportunity to do the right thing by the colored people. nationality to the rage this sea be wearing these in the warm days our choosing. The it severely tailor- ing lace conceits, less from 25c to $4 the hosts of pri- nests to the hea- these to-day: Fuars Cloth and draperies; g Burlaps in m wide, at 30c. Al colors, at, yar ozen styles New real worth. Tail- tucked and lace embroidere styles ... ... ... ... 25c grounds; 40 inch Gorset Go and Wide at the paper for paper, while we are odd lots—enough ordinary size rooms ist 17½c 12½c 10c 5c New Spring Wall effects; two-toned Third Floor] Misses Spring J Special Basement five spring we of 14, 16 and Materials are bone, two toned and olive and g IN EVERY POUND OF "Wichita's Bes "Four POENISCH BROS., Agents 622 N. Main Street We also carry a complete stock of Hay, Grain; Feed and Coal. 530 - Both Phones - 530 Stingley & Ayers WICHITA. ATOHISON,KAN. LAWRENCE,KAN. OTTAM,KAN. EMPORIA,KAN. PARSENB,KAN. In the Drapery Store hosts of pretty draperies, from the finest sts to the heaviest tapestries. We mention use to-day: Fuars Cloth; 50 inches wide; for portiers draperies; green, brown, red and natural Per yard ..... 60c Burlaps in natural and green; 50 inches e, at 30c. Also the 36 inch Burlaps in all Are hosts of pretty draperies, from the finest nests to the heaviest tapestries. We mention these to-day: Fuars Cloth; 50 inches wide; for portiers and draperies; green, brown, red and natural Per yard ..... 60c Burlaps in natural and green; 50 inches wide, at 30c. Also the 36 inch Burlaps in all colors, at, yard ..... 15c Colored Casement Cloths, in the newest art noveau patterns and colorings, on cream grounds; 40 inches wide; yard.....18c Gorset Gover Embroideries and Wide Flouncings 39¢ We bought from a manufacturer fifty pieces of embroideries at a third to a half less than the usual figuee. Cambric and Swiss qualities in beautiful patterns for corset covers and underskirts. Worth up to 75c a yard; 18 inches wide. One of our Main Aisle attractions—39c Misses' Light Weight Spring Jackets at $2.50 Special Basement Offering Taday-Of twenty five spring weight Wool Jackets for Misses of 14, 16 and 18 years, or for small women Materials are two-toned striped herringbone, two toned brown and tan panamas, and olive and grey striped herringbones. Coats made in the popular long style. Finished with large buttons. These Coats are a fortunate purchase, direct from the manufacturer to this Bargain Basement, and offered special today at about half their real value ..... $2.50 Day Changed WALLENSTEIN & CO. KN. Dr. H. T. Bolden DENTIST ALL WORK GUARANTEED Bell Phone 2467 601 N. Main St Wichita, Kan Satisfaction Send your news in earlier Underakers Embalmers SEDGWICK BLOCK Either Phone 1619 Wichita Kansas Send your news in earlier W. N. Miller Attorney-at-Law NOTARY PUBLIC. Office 634 North Water Street Practices in all the Courts Of Kansas and Missouri Residence Phone - Bell 1641 Dr. E. Harrison Physician & Surgeon Office Hours 9 to 11 a. m. Residence 2 to 9 p. m. 513 N. Main St 7 to 8 p. m. OFFICE 513 N. MAIN ST Phone 860 green 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. First-Class Making of Men's Garments Cleaning, Pressing and Repairing A Specialty Prompt Service Courteous Attention Your Trade Solicited The Peoples Cleaning and Dye Works 131 North Lawrence Avenue Ind. Phone 178 Bell Phone 175 The Biggest and Best in the Southwest CHOICE MEATS We carry a line of choice meats at prices that are right Fish, Game and Oysters in Season. Free Delivery FAVORITE MEAT MARKET W. H. KELCHNER, Proprietor 406 East Douglas Ave Phone 294 RO The Peoples Cleaner 131 North La Ind. Phone 178 The Biggest and B CHOICE We carry a line of choice m Fish, Game and Oysters FAVORITE M W. H. KELCH 406 East Douglas Ave Peerless Steam Laundry Wlehita's Oldest, Most Reliable and Best Laundry BEST LAUNDRY WORK IN THE CITY All Work Guaranteed SELOVER & BONS, Prep. Phone 232 245 N. Market Dr. J. E. Farmer, Physician and Surgeon —Diseases of— Women and Children A Specialty Office 703 N. Main St. W. S. HENRION DRUGGIST 601 N. Main St. Wichita, Kans. TRY US For a Good Job of Lead and Oli. SUTTON PAINT CO. Use Use Murray's Reliable Nerve Balm Murray's Reliable Antiseptic Salv Murray's Reliable Extracts Murray's Reliable Perfumes Murray's Reliable Pure Spices They are pleasing hundreds of people and will please you. J. H. MURRAY, Sole Prop. 808 South Hydraulic Avenue New Phone 985 Wichita - - - Kansas There Is No Need Of letting your clothes look ragged or soiled, when you can have them dry cleaned, preressed and repaired to look like new at reasanable prices at Baking and Dye Works Lawrence Avenue Bell Phone 175 Best in the Southwest MEATS meats at prices that are right in Season. Free Delivery MEAT MARKET MNER, Proprietor Phone 294 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 Children's Shoes cannot be excelled in quality or in price. Free Delivery. Tapp & Hanshaw L. S. Naftsger, President, W. R. Tucker, Vice-President, J. M. Moore, Vice President, C. W. Brown, Vice President, V. H. Branch, Cashier. Fourth National Bank WICHITA, KANSAS Capital $200,000 Surplus $125,000 Directors: W. R. Tucker, W. E. Ett, R. L. Holmes, S. B. Amidon, J. M. Moore, L. S. Naftsger, H. W. Darling, A. G. Houston, E. C. Sheldon, C. W. Brown, J. W. Metz, E. T. Battin, Henry Lassen. V. H. Branch. A General Banking Business Transacted Its the man who "sticks-to-it" who wins. YOUR GOODS SAFE if you store them with us.—Miller Storage Co., 634 N. Water. BUY LUMBER AT METZ'S Corner 3rd & Main HOUCK Hardware store First Class Goods at Lowest Prices 116 East Douglas Avenue Se eee eS a ae a or Toe eee eee ee x . . { Westrn University i The leading educational in- stitute for Negroes in the west 3 Lew be ZZ yy ws ETSY. Pees et = SS Sn re I ess - a bp re os Saw en IE ES S—SSirastee ay y SS | ase ae i oe Wan O- ave) AP "- Peal EGE = i A gy = I as = et a Le ud ane Ear “BB= Tat wee oe es a | Ie fo ge ta LER eel Di aT Rts phar ea Coy ET en Ba DTM aye : A faculty of eighteen thoroughly equipped teachers ; from the leading Institutes in America. : MAGNIFICENT BUILDINGS ; Steam Heated and Electric Lighted ; —— DEPARTMENTS —— ; Theological, Classical, Normal, Snb- Normal, Musi- 4 eal, State Industrial, embracing courses in Archi- ; tecture, Carpentry, Mechanical Drawing, Printing, 4 Book-binding, Tailoring, Business Courses, Dress ; making, Millinery, Cooking, Laundering and Farming. 3 Thorough discipline, Christian influence ‘ : careful supervision ; Fine Military Band and Orchestra : For full particulars write to : : : 4 ProfShelton brench, 3 ; ACTING PRESIDENT ; ; ‘ , Of Western University ‘ ‘ QUINDARO, KS ; Residence Phone No. 15 Office Phone 1423 : ; - a a Re le rk te ee | | Strai ht Y Hai Shas etfs a sarc bare apd only gn eo Zo Eeeeeres meena ea ise W. F. Wataen. Sta. 1-Harriman, Teun. ord’s Hair Ford’s é Pomade ‘Formerly known as Ozoniaed Ox Marrow. Fifty years of suecess has proved its merit. ‘Its use makes the hair straight, glossy, soft ‘and pliable, so you can comb it and arrange it in spt gine so ron cencom itnnd arrange. pee ae reer eee ee ae tea meee Seenr tan ae eee See Absolutely harmless--used with splendid re~ ‘sults even on the youngest ehildren. Delicately perfumed, its use is epee cd soa ara rsa aed cetera Sareea cceraiees near oan eo eenkare mare cosa ee eee Chucks Bord Lead acon na Heer eee gone agente Sut are early on it esas ooeeat, sages tes rom, Welstraaeee fmmamensmenensaatt B.A" by return mail ou receipt of price, Address: The Ozonized Ox Marrow Co., Deven Le Papeete cata care a LORNA pow an aad For Everything in Building Material SBE ea FRLGAIKLK SHS KHA HAAR SH HH Sh Hh ea ene % ? ‘ 2 MESSERVES ‘ : FAMOUS AND CELEBRATED ms : BG my ‘ i : WHOLESALE AND RUTAIL ‘ : For Parties, Picnics, Socials and Churches : %, Orders delivered to any part of the city ¥ % ON-TON ¢ ANDY \ : BakERY & Kircaen ‘ : E, B. MESSERVE, Prop, ‘ s 146 N. Main St. Phone 152 PORE EERE EE EEE [eae ee | Re oa BOL LO ae. a Bae ‘garcons EY btea et Cadkag ¥ a Le Wp gil o_o fey tae st 4 ie ae i at ior: Eee . 7~ THEN USE_— i SU-KNEAD-IT” | : PO UR ti excels in every respect,—color, flavor, and pounds of ‘ » bread “Te MADE BY A : : Watson Mill Co. acaueaeieakecauesse cece: ae i iceney coccskenausesaaaass = on - Sir D. L. Taylor Designer and Builder of Tent houses, Tabernacle houses and Temple houses. Prices in reach efall. Send ycur order to-day 829 East Center SALINA, KANSAS. Use Herman’s Cement Stone ‘Made from the best ma- ter‘al. Lastslonger, wears’ betier and more durable than any other Cemenc Stone on the market. Prices Reason- able. “PRIVES Me each laid in wall 8c each delivered Te each in the yard Rock Face 8 each Plain Face Te each Manufactured By W. L. HERMAN, 527 Ohio Ave., New Phone 11£' oa x i | > 1 isénigre IMPERIAL ‘ott GRAHAM — CORN MEAL — BREAKFAST FOOD With thiity-five years milling experience in Wichitaour products are the best that can be produced. Made froffi test selected grain only and putupin Special Packages, Ask Your Groce See that you get IMPERIAL TE IMBODEN MILLING Co. WICHITA, KANSAS & (2) conan eISSN IRS REDON A ESE eS € Johnston's Hotel wicntta 9O7 N. Main St. xansas Everything first class. Electric Lighti, Electric Fans Transient Trad2 — Restaurant in Connection R. Johnston, Proprietor’ | W. L. Herman CONTRACTING : PLASTERER 856 Eagle St., | Wichita, Kan. eed Job Printing We have installed anew i line of JoB TPE Faces % and we would be pleas- ed to use them ona job for you. Good Work--Low Prices to all 634 North Water St. Deam ABSTRACT Co. 3 NORTH-WEST CORNER OF THE COURT HOUSE . Bonded Abstractors . : : Wichita Public NORTH SIDERS IN PARTICULAR We have just opened a Cash Grocery and meat market at 452 N. Main (corner Central. Ave.) and we wish to announce to the public thatave shall not only keep a sanutary, modern and up to-date establishedment, but shall make it our earnest en- “‘deavor to carry in stock everything the market affords in its Proper season, and anything you want that we have'nt on hand we'll cheerfully order for you. All we ask is to give us one fair trial and if we dont please you we shall not ask you to ‘call again, E. E. Bates Grocery and Meat Market 452 North Main St. It is now time to plant Peas, Beans, Salsify, Carrots, Parsnips, Radishes, Seeds Lettuce, ‘Turnips and Irish Potatoes. Red River, Valley of Minnesota, Pota- toes produce the most satisfactory crops. é We are selling. ‘‘Acron Brand’’ Seed Corn at $1.75 per bushel shelled—sacks Seed Corn extra—this corn is well worth the price, because it was grown and handled es- pecially for seed. Should be grown on every farm to in- Cow Peas crease the fertility of the soil. Also as, a forege crop. At reasonable prices. It is rightly Square Deal Fenee named and will’ prove satisfactory to you. . Higginsville Hives and a complete line Bee Supplies of supplies always in stock. Come to Our Store and Inspect Our Stock. ROSS BROTHERS SEED HOUSE, 309 E. Douglas Ave. WICHITA, KANSAS. | Easter Footwear : POMPS and TIES 4; Black, Tan, Le j Gum — AUG Wine and fy Ox Blood PRICES FROM $2.00 to $5 00 GUARANTEED SHOES i Gierce | ‘is ~—-BRAITSCH’S THE FAMILY SHOE STORE 120 East Douglas Ave Jordon H, P. The Daughtress of Macedonia Tabernacle No, 93, are in a healthful condition and are in peace and harmony, The sons and Drts. of Jacobs No. 5 are progressing nicely un- der the leadership of Mrs Ida M. Jordon, Meet first and third Wed- nesday at the Tabernacle{Hall, 508 West B. st. Ida M. Jordon G. Rabbi The colored people oave right to ask of the new Mayor and Commissioners that some new untried colored men be given a chance as police-men. For several years it has been the same men with little change. Give some 1 else a chance— there are other good colored men are capable of making spleudid police— officers etc, 3 The St Paul Literary Society was largely attended on the last Tuesday eve at A. M. B. church a good musical & literary pro- gram was rendered. The subject debated was Resolved that W. T. Vernon is a greater race man than Booker T. Washington. A special feature which added inter. est to the occasion was the lad- ies of the W. T. Vernon Club who attended ina body, also the B. T. Washington Club which was uicely, represented. The society tendered a standing vote of the thanks to the ladies expressing their appreciation of their atten- dance: They are preparing to en- tertain with a nice program on next Tuesday eve. The debate: Resolved that Intel.ct is more essential to the progress of the race than Wealth. All areinvited to come out: A Prescription Is the writen order a phy- sician fora remedy or for certain drugs to be used by the patient. To fill this | prescription, one must be accurate and competent, first of all one must vse PURE DRUGS and use no substitute. My drugs are the purest Iean buy and every prescriptionyou leave here will be filled exactly as thh physician prescribes In“ family receipt” work the same rule is followed. Bring ‘Your Prescriptions’ Here O. R. Bissa ‘tz PRESCRIPTION DRUGGIST INDEVENDENT PHONE 620 811 N. Main St- Wichita, Kan Charles L. Davidson's hands »m majority is a tribute from his fet low citizens of which any mam should feel justly proud. | There will be all ¢ay and eve. services at St Paul A M. B. church as follows: At 11 oclock a- jm. the regular morning services will be held. Rev J. 8. Smith, the ‘pastor will deliver anapcropiiate ee to the Knights Templars and friends. In the afternoon at 8 oclock the Sunday School will give an excelent program at 9:45 the Allen Endeavor League will oe a rare program of musicé recitations composed of the best [known colored authors. At 8:00 the beautiful cantata of “Resur— rection’? with appropeiate music scenes and costumes will be given |The fo'lowingare the char-cteres Mary Mrs J T. Chinnetin Magdalene Sallie Halt Salome Bestie Watters, Martha Emma Jones Naomi Luella White Actisah Dr Bolden Tirzah Marie Fines Abigail Ida B. Clark David Cnas- Price | Nicodemus Stewart Waters ‘Roman Soldicrs— esses Jones, Perry, inex, Tillman, Fisher, « Shepherd lads end girls, by S. S. children, music by Orchestra, Tableaux. Illustrated songs. Come Early Seats Free. | All are Welcome Lawrence Kans. Saint Marie Tab. No 10 bowing humble submission to the loss of our dear Dtr Emley Taylor she was one of the oldest members of the Tabernocle yes! we miss her but she has gone never to return but we hope to meet her where parting is no more Utr Taylor was 78 yrs of age at the time of her death, Be it resolved that a copy be sent to the bereved fam- ily she was a loving mother and faithful Dtra loving and kind ompanion Viola Tent No 11 was visited by the monester death has jclaimed Leslie Henderson, he was a kind obetient boy a loving son and a faithful page, we Will miss hjm, yet our loss is heavens. joy Oh! Death where art thy charms that sages has seen in thy face better dwell in the midst of.alarm there to miss thy heavenly place St Marie Tab. No. 10 sent to the Taborian home of Yopeka.five dozen of pillow cases which we felt it was our most humble duty to do so, the tabernacles are do- ing nicely owing to the sickness and Geath we have had yet we are striving to-do the best we all cane . Ida Wallace C. P- Eva Brown C, R- The "Black Hand" at Tony's By GEORGE F. BUTLER and HERBERT ILSLEY Dr. Furnivall in the Solution of a Perplexing Case. N the 12th of July at two o'clock in the morning "Little Italy" was startled by a sound that sent its constituent parts tumbling out of bed and samper- N the 12th of July at two o'clock in the morning "Little Italy" was startled by a sound that sent its constituent parts tumbling out of bed and scampering about as if demented. It was the report of an explosion, like that of a gun discharged suddenly in the silence of the night. While women in nightclothes ran wildly here and there, squalling babies in arms, and men nearly naked vociferated excitedly and rushed for weapons, three things happened in front of No. 110 with the suddenness of a flash of lightning. A first-floor window vomited a policeman to the sidewalk, the door flew open disclosing another policeman in the entry, and the near-by alley emitted a breathless third. Meeting at the foot of the stairway, these three officers regarded each other blankly. "He took the stairs—where is he, Murphy?" gasped the one who had come by way of the window. "Man, I tell you I saw him!" contradicted Finnegan. "He hanged open Tony's door and hit the landing in two jumps and down he went. I was looking right at him. And I heard him on the stairs. He was in his stocking feet, by the sound." "I heard sounds all right, and that's why I opened the door—to let the light in from the street lamp so I could see. But nobody showed up." Detective Birsch said nothing, but if the darkness had been less dense they would have seen that his face was set and grim. In the hall a thin line of light ran beneath a door, from behind which came sounds of sobbing and moaning, and entering without ceremony they beheld, through little wreathes of smoke, a woman sitting on a bed, holding in her arms a young fellow down whose face the blood streamed, and a man on his knees in the middle of the floor praying vehemently with uplifted hands. "Tony," he said then to the praying man sharply, "anybody but him injured?" motioning towards the bed. "None-a bud da boy," he answered, and in the same breath continued his screaming simplifications. "Good boy!" he said encouragingly. "You've got the right stuff in your inside. It takes more than a little thing like this to knock you out, hey! Now, tell us about it." "I don't think I know much," the boy returned in a weak voice, but in good English. "I woke up and saw somebody outside my room on the fire escape, and I asked who was there. Then something struck me on the head, I heard a big roar, and I suppose I fell out of bed, for when I came to myself my mother was dragging me across the floor." "Well, but say!" cried the astonished detective, "the window was closed and locked, wasn't it, as I found it just now? How could anybody throw a bomb through it without breaking the glass? It ain't broken, and it was fastened when I went to put it up." "It is strange," said the youth. "Besides, father and mother heard somebody hurry across this room, open the door and shut it, and then run downstairs." The detective looked inquiringly at the woman, who nodded. "We heard-a da one," she said, in the midst of her moaning. "He make-a da foot on da floor," on da floor, an' make-a da door go bang. We hear for sure." Detective Birsch started suddenly into the next room, the sleeping quarters of the parents, and the living-room of the family as well. On the way he raised the praying little Italian by the collar, and, carrying him along, deposited him on a chair. Then carefully closing the connecting door he gazed sternly at the frightened countenance of the man who in the neighborhood was known as Tony the Barber. "Look here," he said, with all the weight he could put into his manner. "didn't I say you mustn't let a living soul know you had received a letter from the Black Hand? Yet here you go and tell it—" "Non, non, I no tal-a!" the Italian interrupted. "You tal-a me no tal-a anybod." I tal a nobod, for sure. Da boy he ask for why I clos' da wind' soosh da hot night, I no tal-a da boy. I tal a nobod, non! "Well, but it's a sure cinch they were on the lookout for us, or the thing wouldn't have been pulled off so slick. They must have been onto the game for fair, however they got there. Why, here was Murphy at the foot of the stairs, Finnegan almost right at your keyhole, and I myself in the alley under your window; yet this slick gazabo scoots in, bangs the bomb and slides to cover without any trouble. The thing is impossible. It's impossible any way you look at it. Now—" The detective's puzzled gaze happened at this moment to light upon Murphy, who was poking around in a closet with his night-stick, and a gleam of surprised intelligence shot into his face. He paused abruptly in his speech and stood considering. Then he looked at his watch. "I'll leave this to you, Murphy for the present," he said, finally. "You know what to do, and I'll see you later. I am due somewhere else now." And he went out. "Dr. Furnilyall," said Detective Birsch, "here is something that will interest you, or I am mightily mistaken." He passed a letter to the celebrated psychologist as he spoke, his thin, clean-shaven face flushed with eagerness. Dr. Furnilyall, sitting back in his chair, glanced at his visitor, and, taking the dirty sheet of paper, read slowly aloud: "Tony, you gotta four thousa a dollar wat we gotta get from you Wednesday, sure. We donna wan no foolin'. We need-a da mon bad, an' gotta get it by this a time Wednesda' da 10 July, or we kil-a you. We kil-a da boy firs' an' da wom'. Thursda' we kil-a da boy if we donna getta da mon Wednesda'. You sen in letter to Jon Kilbraith, General Delivery, San Francisco, Calif. We mean-a da biz now, an' we donna wan no chin about da mat. You sen da mon or we kil-a sure.'" Heading the sheet were a rudely drawn black hand and coffin. Dr. Furnivall regarded it in silence for some seconds after finishing the reading. Then he examined the detective through his colored spectacles. "Well?" he asked. Detective Birsch leaned forward in his chair. "A week ago yesterday," he said, speaking rapidly and in a low voice, as if fearing possible listeners, "Tony Macaluso, the barber, brought this letter to our station. He had just received it by mail. It seems he has saved up $4,000 to put his son, who graduated from the Latin school last month, through a college in Rome and make a priest of him. Now, the strange thing is that nobody but Tony and his wife knows he has this money, not even the boy, for they intended it for a surprise for him on his birthday, which comes next week. They have lived so poorly in order to scrape the stuff together that they are supposed to be about down and out. So it's a puzzle from the start who could write that letter. We told Tony to hold his grip on the cash, and we would see him through. First we sent a dummy letter to the San Francisco general delivery, and then notified the police there to look out for it. At this end of the line we could no more till yesterday, because nothing was threatened against the boy until then. We kept the whole family covered all day, and last night I hid myself under the firescape, within eight feet of Tony's windows; another man, Murphy, sneaked around in the lower hall, where he could see everybody that went over the stairs, and still another man, Finnegan, laid on the landing almost right at Tony's door. Just the same, at two o'clock this morning, nobody being seen going in, we all heard an explosion, which turned out to have been in Tony's room. Finnegan heard a door open and shut right on top of the explosion, saw a man jump out of Tony's rooms, and heard him running down the stairs towards the front door, where Murphy was posted, and out goes Finnegan from the hall window, dropping right in front of the door. There stands Murphy, rubbering it up the stairs, because he heard some noises. But when Finnegan asks him for his man he swears he has seen nobody!" The detective paused and looked suggestively at Dr. Furnivall, who smiled delightedly. "Go on," he said. "We hiked it for all we were worth for Tony's, and found him praying on the floor, and the boy with a gash a foot long, more or less, in his face, his mother holding him up in bed, and scattered all round were marks of a bomb good and plenty. The boy was hurt so that he was only half taking notice, but he was leaking grit, just the same, and managed to tell me all he knew, which wasn't much. He said that he woke up in the night and saw a person on the fire-escape outside his window, and when he asked who was there something struck him in the head, and he fell out of bed unconscious. Tony and the old woman heard the sound of feet running across the boy's floor, heard the door open and shut and the feet go pattering down the stairs—just as Finnegan says. And Murphy swears nobody came down." He paused again, regarding Dr. Furnivall earnestly, and again his listener smiled delightedly, but said nothing. "Now," Birsch continued, "the second strange thing, or a bunch of strange things, is that the boy's window was shut and fastened, the person he saw was outside of it, the bomb that person threw struck the boy without breaking the glass, and without the sash being raised, and the mother and father heard somebody cross the room, open the door, shut it, and skip downstairs. Finnegan saw this somebody, heard the door open and shut, and saw and heard the person going down the stairs, but Murphy at the foot of these stairs sees nothing of any person of the kind." For the third time the detective paused meaningly. Dr. Furnivall laughed and stroked his beard. THEY ENTERED WITHOUT CEREMONY ON THE SCENE OF WILD LAMENTATION "I see," he said. "Murphy let the bomb-man in and out. That's why he didn't see him!" The detective appeared gratified at this evidence of perspicacity on Dr. Furnivall's part. But only for a moment. Then he searched the bearded face with his eyes. He did not like the tone of that laugh. "There's no other way out of it—" he began. "I could give you six different ways out of it," the doctor interrupted. "But the one in which it really happened will do. I suppose you have come to ask me to hypnotize Murphy and extract the truth from him—is that it?" The detective flushed and gnawed his lip. "Yes," he answered, shortly. Dr. Furnivalr rang for a maid, and scribbling a note, passed it to her. "Read that aloud—all but the address," he said. "If you will come with the hearer THEY ENTERED WITH THE SCENE OF W. of this note," the maid read. "to my office, you may save yourself some trouble, and the humiliation of being taken to the police station, instead of here. Dr. Furnivall." The doctor looked at the detective, whose face was blank, and then said to the maid: "Explain that to Mike and let him deliver it. Tell him to hurry. Now," he continued briskly to the detective, "you shall see the culprit and hear his confession. I have no time to waste over this affair, and while we are waiting we will improve the moments by indulging in a word or two of psychology. In the first place, you should know that the proper method of beginning the search for the persecutor of a crime is to learn all the facts that you possibly can, and then understand that you almost certainly have not learned them all, and particularly the most necessary ones. Then, making large allowances for what you don't know, you should round up the person concerned whose character fits snuggest into all the circumstances and question him. The usual method is to get a few facts and then go at the job without the slightest regard for the character of the individuals involved, neglecting to allow for the facts that are unknown. In this way always some innocent person becomes the first suspect. In this particular case you say there is only one way in which this peculiar assault and still more peculiar escape could have happened. That is one of the things you don't know, and for which you have made no allowance in your --- deductions. Suppose, for example, that a criminal, after starting down the stairs, and seeing or hearing Murphy there at the foot, hurried back again and up the higher flight? Finnegan had dropped to the street, and he could easily have done so, making his escape by way of the roof—" Detective Birsch made an involuntary movement of chagrin. "You see," smiled Dr. Furnivalv, "you had your idea, the first that came to you, so firmly fixed in your mind, jumped to the belief in Murphy's guilt so quickly, not seeing any other way, and were so incapable of entertaining any other idea that you really could not recognize this other way out though it so openly confronted you. Then you never dreamed of considering the characters of the several persons concerned. There were three people in that tenement, any one of whom could, as far as physical possibilities go, have done the act, and it seems as if nobody else could. Not another soul was near. The first question you should have put to yourself is, which one of these three has the character in which lurks the possibility of throwing that bomb. Let us in fact begin the inquiry now. You have seen them all, while I never even heard of any of them before. Now tell me if you think the boy could be guilty?" "Him? Hardly?" the detective grunted. "He wouldn't be likely to bust his own face all up. Besides, the money was for him, anyway. It would OUT CEREMONY ON BUILD LAMENTATION be only stealing from himself, for he'd have it in a day or two. And on top of that, he didn't even know that his father had the stuff, and was all broke up because he couldn't go to college and be a priest." "Very good," smiled the doctor. "Facts, facts, facts, and never a word of character! I fear you are incorrigible. However, so much for the boy—he's obliterated. Now, how about Tony? Did he really wish the boy to have all that money? Could he afford to let him take it? Did you inquire into his business, in order to find if he happened to be desperately pressed for money just now, as most men are sometimes?" Birsch appeared uncomfortable. "Why, anyway," the detective exclaimed, "it was Tony himself who brought us the Black Hand letter and told us about it, asking us to send men to protect him. He wouldn't do that, would he, if he had this thing up his sleeve? Besides, he's scared blue. I never saw anybody before frightened clean in to his marrow, the way he was last night. He hasn't the brains, or the spunk, either, to fix up such a plant and get up at two o'clock in the morning and throw a bomb into his own son's room. Bosh! The notion is ridiculous." The detective sniffed in contempt. "Well, you are improving," the doctor grinned. "You do finally glance, if ever so slightly, at character in this instance. And you put Tony out of it. Now we have left only the mother." The doctor proceeded imperturbably in the face of his listener's --- look of incredulity and downright disgust. "Had the mother any reason, could she have any reason for doing such a thing, and if so, has she the qualities necessary to the carrying out of so bold a plan?" "I don't see what you're getting at," growled Birsch, "and it don't seem to me there's any sense in this kind of business, guessing at all these things, and wondering which one of 'em done it. None of 'em done it. Somebody else done it, and if you know who it is, which I doubt, tell me, and I'll go and nab him." "Now," the doctor continued, as if the other had remained dumb, "you have practically eliminated the three who were the only persons in a position, physically speaking, to do this thing, and that settles the matter, with you, as far as they are concerned. You would take your oath, wouldn't you, that neither one of these persons is, or reasonably could be, the culprit?" "Yes," he replied, shortly. "Keep up your jollying if it does you any good, but I'd go my oath on these people, just the same, and I guess you would yourself. It ain't in any sort of reason that one of them done it. It was the man outside on the firescape, and that skipped downstairs, or up, and that Finnegan and Murphy and Tony and the old woman heard, and that Finnegan saw as well as heard." "Then the ramifications of the problem must be, to you, how did this A man lying in bed, resting his head on a pillow. He is wearing a white shirt and dark pants. The bed is covered with a white sheet, and there is a pillow behind him. The man appears to be sleeping or resting. man reach the fire-escape without your knowledge, you being right under it; how did he enter the room without raising the window or breaking it; how did he escape so miraculously; and what did he enter the room at all for? For he could have thrown the bomb through the glass, you know, and it would have been both safer for him and more within reason." Birsch set his lips and for a moment said nothing. Finally he burst forth: "To meams to you you ain't helping anything great! In a minute you'll make it out that nobody could do it, and that consequently it wasn't done!" "I am only showing you, so far, my friend, what your method amounts to," said the doctor. "By it I can prove or disprove anything under the sun, because it has to do with appearances, instead of character, with the superficials as distinguished from the realities. I can even turn completely around and prove to you, by your method, that each one of these persons whom we have, by my method, proved innocent, is the only person who could have committed the crime. What you lack is—psychology." Dr. Furnivall did not wish to say "brains," nor "learning," nor "intelligence," nor even "training," so, after some hesitation, he said "psychology." And he continued: "Now, the moment I saw this letter and heard the story, I knew indubitably the guilty party." "The—the nation you did!" burst forth the detective, involuntarily. "The easiest thing in the world." smiled the doctor. "Just consider this letter—was it written by an educated or an uneducated person?" "Why, uneducated, of course." returned Birsch. "See the spelling, and the language. Or else it was an educated person trying to seem uneducated." "I fancy it was one or the other," he said, "but which?" "How do I know?" responded Birsch, fatuously. The doctor smoothed his features and answered mildly: "That is where, psychology—yes, psychology—gives me the advantage of you. Would an uneducated Italian, such as apparently wrote this letter, spell 'Wednesday' with a 'd' invariably in the first syllable, once with a 'y', as if to let the reader know that he really knew how to spell it, and then write it twice without the 'y', as well as to leave the same letter out of 'Thursday?' Would an uneducated Italian spell 'thousand' with a dash, 'thous-a', would he write 'need-a' for 'need,' or 'kill-a' for kill, and so on? He would speak this way, but he would require some education in order to write this way. Moreover, the punctuation and use of capitals are perfect—two positive proofs of a certain degree of education. And to clinch the evidence, look at the hand-writing. It is disguised, but irregularly, as if done by an immature mind, and the vertical penmanship taught a little while ago in our public schools sticks out all through the letter. The character and attainments of the writer of this letter, taken together with the injured boy's testimony, points with finality to a certain one of the persons known to be concerned. In short, whatever his motive may be, and impossible as the known facts alone seem to render it—" The doctor paused as footsteps sounded without, and then went on—"the person who threw that bomb was—" "Master Frank Macalusco," announced the maid, opening the door. And forward stepped the son of Tony, his face bandaged, but wearing a smile of deprecating good humor. Detective Birsch stared at the boy and then looked at the doctor. "You don't mean—" he began, and paused. Dr. Furnivall smiled somewhat grimly. "Take a seat, Master Frank," he said. And when the grinning youth had taken a tentative position on the edge of the couch, hat in hand, the doctor continued: "Shall I be compelled to hypnotize you, or will you tell your story freely?" "Oh, it's all off now, and I might as well talk," the boy answered. Far from feeling embarrassed, he seemed to enjoy the situation, grinning impartially at each of his hearers as he proceeded with his confession. "You can take it straight," he said, in schoolboy slang, "that it wasn't me for the priesthood. It was my folks that put up that job for me. It is me for the stage—I'm going to be an actor. It wouldn't do to let my father know that, though—he'd go nutty. He thought it was all settled long ago, and I let him think so because it would be no good to start in fighting him before I had to. Of course I knew he had the money saved up. How could I help getting wise to it, when they're always whispering about it to each other, looking mysterious and acting funny, me right there with 'em so much? So I fixed up this deal to lift the money from father. I wouldn't use it—all I wanted was to make sure he wouldn't send me to college. I could not do that this way without making him mad at me for not doing as he wished, and I could give the stuff back to him later. I knew he was easily frightened, and thought he would give up right off as soon as I was threatened, without going to the police, but when I heard him in the other room talking with mother about the letter and the trap the police had set I didn't know what to do. At first I thought I'd call it all off. It was too risky. But the excitement sort of appealed to me, and I thought that as I was bound to be an actor, this was as good a time as any to begin. So finally I hit on the thing I did. Last night I got an old piece of lead pipe and split it, to make it look like an exploded bomb, and put it on the rug, which I scorched with a match, cut my face a little with my razor, and then touched off a cannon firecracker. I had no gun, you know, and these things wouldn't tell any tales. I had my door already unlocked, and ran and opened it, and slammed it back without latching it, jumped a few steps downstairs, and then ran back again, closing the door softly. I had meant to unlock my window, to make believe the Black Hand got in that way, but I guess I was a little nervous, and I forgot it, and so had to say the man I saw on the fire-escape outside, instead of in the room, as I had intended to say. The situation was impossible, wasn't it? It was funny the way everybody swallowed such stiff as that!" He threw the chagrined detective a sly glance. He was the "everybody" referred to. Then the boy, this would-be actor, thrilling with a pride over his exploit that not even its detection and failure could materially lower, added: "I told father in the letter to send the money to the San Francisco post office, then I wrote to them there to forward any letters for John Kilbraith to another post office, and I wrote that office to forward the mail to another, and so on, and the last one was to forward it to our general delivery here, where I could get it." (Copyright, by W. G. Chapman.) (Copyright in Great Britain.) Prof. Rogers—Have. you .Isbon's plays? Fair young librarian—No, sir, but we have Ibsen's works.—Harper's Weekly. A Candidate for Baptism By Silas Xavier Floyd (Copyright, by J. B. Lippincott Co.) At the close of the regular prayer-meeting service the pastor of New Mount Zion Colored Baptist church, according to custom, stepped to the front of the platform and inquired: "Is dere any othah questions?" An old brother near the stove arose and said: "Bruddah Pastur, I ain't hyeahed de chile say whar she was at w'en de "Is dere anybody present to night who would lak' to jine dis church? Ef so, please stan' up." Whereupon a little girl, apparently 14 or 15 years old, stood. The parson said: "Tek yo' seat. Dere's one; de church will set togededah after dismission an' hyaeh fum dis little lamb." The benediction having been pronounced, the sinners were asked to leave the room. Only church-members are allowed to remain for these "after meetings." When the room was cleared of all "the goats" a pompous-looking individual, perhaps a deacon of the church, arose and said: "Buddah Pastur, de house is in or dah an' ready fur business." The pastor then asked the little girl who was seeking admission to come forward. She gave her name to a oneeyed man seated at a table in front who after a laborious effort passed it up on a piece of paper to the preacher. The preacher, readjusting his brass-rimmed spectacles, looked at the piece of paper a long while, and then raised his head and said: "Bruddahs an' sistahs, dis is little Queen Victoria Davis, who comes to tell us how de Lawd has done fur her soul." Then, turning to the girl, he said: "My daughter, we wants you to tell us what fuss started you to pray in', an' how you foun' de Lawd, an' so on an' so f0th. Speak loud, so all kin heah." The little girl commenced as follows: "Well, bruddahs an' sistahs, what fuss started me to prayin' was dat I knew dat I had a soul to save, an' if I didn't git religion hell would sho' be my home." "True! True!" exclaimed a number of men and women in chorus. "An' den," continued Queen Victoria, "I wanted to start servin' de Lawd while I was young; I wanted to give him my bes' days." "Amen," said one old brother. "Well," asked the pastor, "how did you feel 'while you was seekin' de Lawd?" The girl hesitated a moment, evidently in doubt as to the exact purport of the question. Finally she said: "I felt lak I wanted to be saved." This answer not exactly suited the parson, he put the question in a different way. Said he: "Did you feel light er did you feel heavy while you was pravin'?" "I felt both," said the little girl, in unaffected innocence. Funereal groans of pity swept through the congregation. The preacher tried again. This time he asked: "Did you feel light de mos' er did you feel heavy de mos'?" When Queen Victoria responded: "I felt heavy de mos'," a wave of approval greeted the remark: "Wen did dat heavy load leave you?" asked the parson. "Las' Friday night," said Queen Victoria—"las' Friday night, I kep on a prayin' an a-prayin', an' I didn't feel no bettah unteel I made up my min' dat I was gwineter de lawd er die atryin'. An' las' Friday night de Sperritt met me an' spoke peace to my soul. I hyeahed a little voice, but I saw no man, an' de little voice said to me: 'Go in peace an' sin no mo': yo' sins is furgivin an' yo' soul sot free.'" At this everybody shouted assent. "Glory! Hallelujah!" exclaimed an elderly sister. "Now, my daughter," said the preacher, "how did you feel after dat?" "I felt light ez a feathah," said the child. There was another shout of approval. Queen Victoria having hit upon the regulation answer. "If you was to die now, what would you go?" inquired the examiner. "To heaven," was the reply. "If you had 'a died in yo' sins, whar would you 'a went?" "I would 'a' went to hell," said the girl. "Would Gawd 'a' beenjes' in sendin' you to hell?" "No, sah!" exclaimed the applicant. Many of the hearers laughed. The preacher raised his hand and grilled. Then by a series of leading questions, mainly concerning parental government, the old pastor brought the child around to the point where she saw, or where she was willing to say she saw, that it was just for God to send people to hell. "Do you want to line dis church?" continued the questioner. "Yas, sah," said the applicant. "This is a Baptist' church, you know," explained the pastor; "we baptize yeah by puttin' people deep down undah de watah. Ain't you skeered o' col' watah in de wintah time?" "Watah can't git too col' fur me," said the little girl; "I got de grace o' Gawd in my heart." The people fairly whooped at this (as in their superstition they supposed) supreme manifestation of faith. The pastor then turned to the congregation and said: "Yas, sah." said the applicant "Is dere any othah questions?" An old brother near the stove arose and said: "Bruddh Pastur, I ain't hyeahed de chile say what she was at w'en de change tuk place." Queen Victoria responded: "I was at de Bridge Street church las' Friday night." The old brother nodded, as if completely satisfied with the answer. Then he asked: "How long is you willin' to trus' dis hope?" "Till I die," said the applicant. Down sat the questioner. "Any mo' questions?" asked the pastor. A sister stood. "Honey," she said, "is you got any parruns livin'?" "Yas'm,'" was the reply; "my ma an' pa is both livin', an' dey's both out in de o' fiel' o' sn." "Lawd 'a' mussy!" exclaimed several of the hearers. The sister who asked the question sat, bathed in tears. A brother in the rear arose and said: "I has a question dat I wants to ax: I wants to know, daughter, ef you was convertid at de Bridge Street church, hucom you wants to jine dis church?" "De Sperrit sent me to dis church," exultantly exclaimed the girl. "Glory to Gawd!" said the pastor. "Bless de Lamb!" exclaimed some one else. "Honah! Honah! Honah!" ballooed many others, and there was a general shout. The examination ended, two sisters came forward and took Queen Victoria into the anteroom. When the applicant had been carried out a brother arose, the same pompous individual who had originally announced the house "in ordah an" ready fur business." Clearing his throat, he said: "Bruddda Pastur, I sho' blieves dis is de works o' grace." There was a loud chorus of "Amens." "An' I motions," continued the speaker, "ef I kin git a secon', dat she be 'ceptid ez er canerdate b baptism an' on baptism 'come a full membah o' dis church." "Secon' de motion!" "Secon' de motion!" exclaimed several at once. The motion was put and carried. Queen Victoria was brought in once more. The pastor informed her of the unanimous vote of the church, and instructed her to be ready for baptism the following Sunday night. Then the meeting adjourned, the members singing as they dispersed: Ol' sheep, you know de road, Ol' sheep, you know de road, Ol' sheep, you know de road, Young lambs mus' learn de way. 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Position permanent. $80 required. Address Box 66, Roseburg, Oregon. W. N. U. WICHITA NO. 15, 1909. MAPLEINE SPOHN'S DISTEMPER CURE Steamer, except that his car has the United States coat-of-arms painted on either door. In other words, when we make a car for the President of the United States there is no way in which we can make it any better than the car which you, or anybody else, can purchase from us. "Some of those writing to me about Mr. Taft's car say that, although they are very desirous of having a car like Mr. Taft's, they are afraid that such a car is somewhat larger and more expensive than they desire. In reply to such letters, I point out that our Model 'O' 20 horse-power car is exactly like our 40 horse-power model, except as regards the size of the different parts. The principle of construction is exactly the same and the smaller car possesses all the desirable qualities of our larger model. In other words, one can secure an exact duplicate of Mr. Taft's car for $4,000, or a car of the same qualities, but of smaller dimensions, for only $2,000. Judging by the demand for White cars, a good proportion of those desiring to purchase automobiles are quite content to trust President Taft's judgment as to the best and most desirable make." Western Canada the Pennant Winner "TheLast Best West" The government of Canada now gives to every actual settler 160 acres of wheat-growing land free and an additional 160 acres 160 ACRE FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE The government of Canada now gives to every actual setter 160 acres of wheat-growing land free and an additional 160 acres at $3.00 an acre. The 300,000 contented American settlers making their homes in Western Canada is the best evidence of the superiority of that country. They are becoming rich, growing from 25 to 50 bushels wheat to the acre; 60 to 110 bushels oats and 45 to 50 bushels barley, besides having splendid herds of cattle raised on the prairie grass. Dairying is an important industry. The crop of 1908 still keeps Western Canada in the lead. The world will soon look to it as its food-producer. "The thing which most impressed us was the magnitude of the country that is available for agricultural purposes." - National Editorial Correspondence, 1908. Low railway rates, good schools and churches, markets convenient, prices the highest, climate perfect. Lands are for sale by Railway and Land Companies. Descriptive pamphlets and maps sent free to states and other information apply to Superintendent, or the authorized Government Agent. Paxtine TOILET ANTISEPTIC THING LIKE IT FOR THE TEETH Paxtine excels any dentifica in cleansing, whitening and removing tatart from the teeth, besides destroying all germs of decay and disease which ordinary tooth preparations cannot do. THE MOUTH Paxtine used as a mouth- wash disinfects the mouth and throat, purifies the breath, and kills the germs which collect in the mouth, causing sore throat, bad teeth, bad breath, gripe, and much sickness. THE EYES when inflamed, tired, ache and burn, may be instantly relieved and strengthened by Paxtine. CATARRH Paxtine will destroy the germs that cause catarrh, heal the in- fammation and stop the discharge. It is a sure remedy for uterine catarrh. Paxine is a harmless yet powerful germicide, disinfectant and deodorizer. Used in bathing it destroys odors and leaves the body antiseptically clean. FOR SALE AT DRUG STORES, 50c. PAXTINE OR POSTPAID BY MAIL. LARGE SAMPLE FREE! THE PAXTON TOILET CO., BOSTON, MASS. A flavoring that is used the same as lemon or vanilla. By dissolving granulated sugar in the lemon juice, the syrup is made and a syrup-better than maple. Maple is sold by grocers. If not send 30 for 2 oz. bot. and recipe book. Creston Mt. Co., Seattle. A rare musical treat will be the musicall on Easter Mon-night by the church club No. 5, an excellent program will be given by the following artists, assisted by the Clark, Chineth Orchestra: Instrumental selections by the Misses Ethel Patton, Margart Sadford, Pansy Cox, Lois Wilson Vocal selections by Mrs Stella Patton, Mrs Harper, Mrs Fines, a quartette and other musical features For the benefit of the church. Admission only 10c. Refreshments will be served Come out and ne plus. Mrs Luella White Caft. Thomas Glover Lieutenant WOMEN'S CLUB DIRE7CTORY. A concise statement of the Clubs among the colored women of Wichita. THE BOOKER WASHINGTON CLUB THE BOOKER WASHINGTON CLUB WICHITA, KS. Hour of meeting 2:30 to 4:30 p. m. Engaged in needle, charity and literary work. Special 1908 course in typewriting. Meets every Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Thos. Glover, president; Miss Sallie Rawles, Sec. THE HOME COOKING CLUB, WICHITA, KAN. Engaged in the culinary art. Progressive ideas in fancy and home cooking. Meets 2nd and 4th Friday afternoons of each month. Mrs. Will H. Jones, President; Miss Jennie Wheeler, Secretary. THE W. T. VERNON CLUB, WICHITA. KAN. Hour of meeting 2:30 p. m. Engaged in needle, charity and literary work. Meets every Thursday afternoon. Mrs. B. Hockett, president, Mrs. S. Griggs, secretary. ALL THINGS ARE WELL. That ends well—so pay your subscript to the Searchlight and get . good FOOK UMBRAGE AT ASPERSION. Citizens Resented Being Voted for as Town's "Meanest Man." Old Scrooge might be a philanthropic Carnegie alongside certain tight-wads in Mount Vernon, but William Friedberg has no license to determine publicly who are the men who would squeeze a dollar until the eagle yelled: "Help! I'm melting!" For conducting a voting contest to determine the meanest man in Mount Vernon Friedberg, who keeps a cigar store there, was fined five dollars by Judge Platt here. A warning went with the fine. Friedberg lives in Astoria, but does business in Mount Vernon. He placed in his window a placard: "Come in and vote for the meanest man in Mount Vernon!" This was followed by a list of names. Conspluous in the lot were the mayor and chief of police. Then came many solid and staid citizens. After every name was a number signifying the votes the owner of the name had received so far. Great was the wrath of the so-called "meanest men." Friedberg was ordered to take the sign out of the window, but he refused to do so. His indictment for libel followed. In court he pleaded guilty, but asserted he did not know he was violating any law. White Plains Cor, New York Sun. LEAD THE IDEAL SIMPLE LIFE. Finns Devote Summer Months to Enjoyment and Pursuit of Health. In Finland everybody lives the simple life in summer time. They camp out on islands, in the forests and always somewhere near the water, for everybody swims and bathes. Almost all classes sleep and eat al fresco at this time of year, and the town councils of the towns in this progressive and altogether delightful little country provide public fireplaces and public bathing sheds in all places where the working classes go in search of fresh air. But the simple life is by no means dull with the frisky Finns. They combine it with a surprising amount of gayety. They eat, drink and are merry in their picturesque little log cabins outside the cities. When they are tired of bathing and splashing they dance, they sing, they watch fireworks and practice gymnastics, they all become like children and are the happiest, merriest, most good natured, most easily pleased and most healthy holiday makers in the world. We might take many leaves from the Fluns' book—Ladies' Pictorial. Ring in Offertory. After having taken the collection in the Cullompton (Eng.) parish church the church warden noticed a gentleman's gold ring in the offertory box. At the conclusion of the service the vicar announced that a gold ring had been either accidentally dropped into the box or given as a thank offering, and would be restored to its owner if put in by mistake. No one claimed the ring. special Master E. V. McKeever filed report to this effect in the supreme .SUBSCRIBE FOR.. One of the Oldest and Best Negro Newspapers In the west Fresh, Reliable Race News Conservative in policy Firm in defense of our race Our policy of " The Higher Grade of News " has built for the Searchlight the reputation of being distinctly a " Family Newspaper ". No slang, trashy or questionable items are found in the columns of the Searchlight. We make no "grand-stand plays" but maintain one even, sane, reliable and solid course in our work of "race up-lift" in dealing with those vital race issues. 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Good Work Guaranteed—First-Class Workmen W. N. MILLEER, Editor 634 N. Water St., Wichita, Kansas - THE WICHITA - SEARCHLIGHT PR $1.00 YEAR ESTABLSHED 1N 1898 Published Every Week We want active, wide-awake hustling men, women, boys and girls as Agents for the Searchlight in every city, town village and community. MONEY can be realized by the right pers and Correspondents of the Searchlight. Knights & Daughters OF TABOR KANSAS—NEBRASKA JU KNIGHTS AND DAUGHTERS OF TABOR. REV. FRANK WILSON, C. G. M. Taborian Home, R. F. D. No. 8, Topeka, Kansas. MRS. EMMA GAINES, C. G. P. 1170 Fillmore avenue, Topeka, Kan. A. W. HOPKINS, C. G. S. 321 Dakota, Leavenworth, Kans. MRS SARAH FORBES, C. G. R. 717 "C" St., Lincoln, Neb. WM. CORE, C. G. T. 1210 Lane, Topeka, Kans. MRS. BESSIE HALL, G. Q. M., 460 Horton; Ft. Scott, Kans. C. M. JONHSON, G. P. P., 1832 N 23rd, Omaha, Neb. MRS. PAULINE WOODFORD, C. G. PR. 823 Freeman, K. C. Kan. REV. M. WOOTEN, C. G. O. 34 M. 35 Mr. S 37 Mr. A 38 Mr. C 89 Mr. 52 Mr. K 68 Mr. K 77 Mr. T 10 85 M 89 Mr. No. 8, C. G. P. Topeka, Kaa C. G. S. Rth, Kans. 36 Mrs. Ad South 37 Mrs. M Atchis 38 Mrs. El City, 35 Mrs. Adah Lewis, 1508 Archer Av. South Omaha, Nebraska. 37 Mrs. Mary Robinson, 108 N 3rd Atchison, Kan., 1-8 Fri. (A) 38 Mrs. Ella Young, Box 1178, Wetr City, Kan. G. T. Kans. G. Q. M. Scott. Kans. H. P. P. Neb. DFORD, C. Kan. C. G. O. 52 Mrs. Ad. Kan. 68 Mrs. Li Kansse 77 Mrs. Sas Topek Ita, K 85 Mrs. Kans 89 Mrs. H 52 Mrs. Ada King, 722, N. Y Lawrence Kan., 2-4 Thur. (A) 68 Mrs. Lille Robbett, 1236 Barnett, Kansas City, Kan., 1-3 Fri. (A) 77 Mrs. Sarah Weddington, 684 Spruce Topeka, Kan., 1-3 Wed. (A) Ita, Kan., Fridays. 85 Mrs. Francis Hardaman, 1801 Kansas Ave., Topeka, Kan. 89 Mrs. B. E. Alton, 2215 Pacific, Omaha, Neb., 1-3 Wed. (A) 91 Mrs. Lulu Rountree, 1125 N. 19th. Omaha, Neb., 1-3 Thur. (A) 416 E. 3rd, Ft. Scott, Kans. 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. TEMPLES. Chief Mentors. 1 Mrs. Lottle Williams, 1309 N. 10th, Kansas City, Kan., 1-3 Wed. (A) 2 Mrs. Addie Williams, 906 S. Walnut Iola, Kan., 2-4 Sat. (A) 3 J. G. Purdett, 819 N. 1st, Atchison, Kan., 1-3 Fri. 4 F. D. Early, Sherman Flats, Omaha Neb., 2-4 Mon. 5 Robt. M. Jordan, 908 N. Western, N. Topeka, Kan., 1-3 Thur. 7 Dr. G. G. Brown, 517 N. Main, Wichita, Kans., 1-3 Tues. 8 Mrs. Mary Goss, Station 1, Wichita, Kan., 1-3 Fri. (A) 4 Mrs. H. Tyler, 520 E 9th Cherryvale, Kan., 1-3 Thur. (A) 5 Mrs Carrie Brown, 922 N. 10th, Atchison, Kan., 2-4 Fri. (A) 6 Mrs. Eva Clayborne, 118 So. Mul- berry, Ottawa, Kan., 1-3 Thur. (A) 7 Mrs. Alice Perry, 344 N. 5th, Salina, Kan., 1-3 Fri. (A) 8 Mrs. Laura Smith, 308 E. 11th, Coffeyville, Kan., 1-3 Tues. (A) 9 Mrs. Katie Thomas, 117 E Laurett, Topeka, Kansas. 10 Mrs. Ida Willece, 446 Ark., Law- rence, Kan., 2-4 Wed. (A) on 1, Wichita, 520 E 9th -8 Thur. (A) 922 N. 10th, Neb., 3 Robt. M N. To 7 Dr. G. Wich 11 Mrs. Pauline Woodford, 823 Freeman, Kansas City, Kansas, 1-8 Mon. (A) 12 Mrs. Betty Johnson, 211 Stewart, Kansas City, Kan., 1-8 Thur. (A) 14 Mrs. Hattie Warden, 124 N. Washington, Pittsburg, Kan., 2-4 Thur. (A) 15 Mrs. Ellen Lee, Box 25 Weir City, Kan. 16 Mrs. Lizie Morton, 1308 Washington, Parsons, Kan., 1-3 Wed. (A) 17 Mrs. A. Masler, 615 So. Barber, Ft. Scott, Kan., 1-3 Sat. (A) 18 Mrs. Jennie Sellers, 2202 So. 9th, Omaha, Neb., 1-3 Thur. (A) 20 Mrs. Bessie Hall, 406 Horton, Ft. Scott, Kan. 17 Rev. C 18 Jas. C 19 W. r 22 B. K 24 J. V 25 J. I. C 59 U. K 60 E. p 72 J. I. C TENTS. Queen Mothers. 29 Mrs. Luhu Woods, 1027 Pottawattomie, Leavenworth, Kans., 1-3 Thurs. 30 Mrs. Laura Bright, 203 Ohio Leavenworth, Kan., 23 Sat. WANTED—A RIDER sample Latest Model "Ranger" bicycle for making money fast. Write for full partici- pation only to anyone, anywhere in the U. S., without a allow TEN DAYS' FREE TRIAL du- put it on your bike. Allow it to the keep the bicycle ship it back to us at our e- factory PRICES. We furnish the hie- t at one small price at one small price at any price until you receive our cari- prises and remarkable special offers to you. YOU WILL BE ASTONISHED stu- low prices we can make you this year. We sell you a sample pair of our bicycle DEALERS, you can sell our prices. Orders filled the day received SECOND HAND BICYCLES. We do not re- usually have a number on hand quantitatively promptly at prices ranging from $3 to $8 or $10. single wheels, imported roller equipment of all kinds at half the usual COASTER-BRAKES, $8 50 HEDGETHORN PUNCT SELF-HEALING TIRES 10 The regular retail price of these tires is $3.50 per pair, but to introduce we will sell you a sample pair of $4.00/cash with order $4.55. NO MORE TROUBLE FROM PUNCTURES NAILS, Tocks or Glass will not let the air out. Sixty thousand pairs sold last year. Over two hundred thousand pairs now in use. DESCRIPTION: Made in all sizes. It is lively and easy riding, very durable and lined inside with MODE—ARIDER TED—ARIDER MODE your bicycle furniture for your fast. Write for full particulars about your bike and receive a certificate where in the U.S. without a card or DAYS' FREE TRIAL during your test you wish. If you are then running your bicycle it should be to us at our exp use of PRICES We work at a small profit above children's profits by buying direct of the bicycle dealer. We sell it until you receive our catalogue remarkable special offers to rider or BE ASTONISHED when you receive our other factory. We are satisfied with DEALERS, you can sell our bicycle to the imported ruler whose of all kinds at half the usual retail price. THORN • PUNCTURING TIRES A SALE TO INTI making money fast. Write for full particulars and special offer at once. We will be able to help you with any of the above needs to anyone, anywhere in the U.S. without a deposit in advance, prepaid freight, and allow TEN DAYS' FREE TRIAL during which time you may ride the bicycle and buy a factory price bicycle to back it to us at our exp use and you will not be out one cent. FACTORY PRICES We furnish the big, best grade bicycles it is possible to make to $5 middlemen's profits by buying direct of us and have the manufacturer's guarantee behind your bicycle. DO NOT BUY a bicycle or a pair of tires from anyone or a middleman. We will not unheard of factory prices and remarkable special offers to rider agents. YOU WILL BE ASTONISHED when you receive our beautiful catalogue and low prices we can make you this year. We 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 regularly handle second hand bicycles, but usually have a number on hand taken in trade by our Chicago retail stores. We clear our promptly at prices ranging from $3 to $8 or $10. Descriptive bargain lists mailed free, COASTER-BRAKES, equipment of all kinds at half the retail price and pedals, repairs and repairs than any other factory. HODGE SETHERN RECORD PORTLAND TIMES CO. BROOKLYN PEEK-PENNING USA porous and which closes up small punctures without allowing the air to escape. We have hundreda of letters from satisfied customers, and we have up to twice in a whole season. They weigh no more than an ordinary tire, the puncture resisting qualities being given by several layers. The price of a tire of these three tires is $5 per pair, but for advertising purposes we are making a special factory price. padded same day letter is received. We ship C.O.D. on examined and found them strictly as represented, t (thereby making the price $4.55 per pair) if you unclose the advertisement. We will also send one returned at OUR expense if you any reason they are really reliable and money sent to us is as safe as in a will find that they will ride easier, run faster, tire you have ever used or seen at any price. We you want a bicycle you will give us your order, hence this remarkable tire offer. Any kind at any price until you send for a pair of oorn puncture-Proof tires on approval and trial at Sundry Catalogue which ves at about half the usual price. DO NOT THINK OF BUYING a bicycle from anyone until you know the new and wonderful learn everything. Write it NOW. MPANY, CHICAGO, ILL the rider of only $4.50 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 required. We will send you a full cash with ORDER and enclose this advertisement. We will also send your 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. If you order a pair of these tires, you will find that they will run easier, run faster, wear better and will be so well pleased that you want a bicycle to give us your order. We want you to send us a trial order at once, hence this remarkable tire offer. the rider of only $4.50 per pair. All orders shipped same day approval. You do not pay, cash until you have examined all We will allow a brass discount of 5 per cent (thereby me send FULL CASH WITH ORDER and enclose this an nickel plated brass hand pump. Tires to be returned at O not satisfactory on examination We are perfectly reliable if you order a pair of these tires you will find to wear better, last longer and look finer than any tire you have know that you will be so well pleased that when you want We want you to send us a trial order at once, hence this rem IF YOU NEED TIRES don't buy any kind of the special introductory price quoted above; or write for our describes and quotes all makes and kinds of tires at about h DO NOT WAIT but write us a postal day. DO offers we are making. It only costs a postal to learn every J. L: MEAD CYCLE COMPANY all orders shipped same day letter until you have commits and for at 5 per cent (thereby making EDER and enclose this adverti Tires to be returned at OUR e We are perfectly reliable and a these tires you will find that finer than any tire you have ever pleased that when you want a bier at order at, hence this remarka ES don't buy any kind at any Hedgehorn Brushes Prot oted above; or write for our big t and kinds of tires at about half the write us a postal day. DO NOT pair of tires from anyone until you post a postal to learn everything. CLEE COMPANY, 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 Sundry Catalogue which describes and quotes all makes and kinds of tires at about half the usual prices. DO NOT WAIT or a pair of tires from anyone until you know the new and wonderful 333 TABERNACLES. Chief Preceptresses 34 Mrs. Joana Jones, 1135 N. Washington, Wichita, Kan., 1-3 Thurs. (A.) Mrs. Hulda Patterson, 8th and Elm. Abllene, Kan. 92 Mrs. A. Grant, 401 So. 8th, Lincoln, Neb., 2-4 Fri. (A) 93 Mrs. Ida M. Jordan, 903 N. Western, N. Topeka, Kan., 1-3 Thur. (A) 1 Fred M. Harris, Box 1178, Wel- 2 Rev. Jos. Smith, 308 E. 11th, Cof- feeyville, Kans., 1-3 Tues. City, Ken. 1-2 Fri. 3 A. J. Beam, 409 Osborne, Ft. Scott, Kan., 1-3 Tue. 10 Geo. L. Craig, 906 Cherokee, Leavenworth, Kan., Mondays. 13 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. 19th Coffeyville, Kansas. 18 Jas. Thomas, 218 W. 1r\ Salt Lake City, Utah. 24 J. W. Warren, 218 E. 7th, Cherry- vale, Kans., 1-3 Tues. 25 J. H. Downs, 422 Haskell, Kansas City, Kansas, Fridaya. 59 U. A. Graham, 1160 Wet, Topeka, Kansas, 1-3 Thur. 60 E. C. Sqires, 1813 Jefferson, Topeka, Kans., 1-3, Mon. 72 J. M. Wright, 1125 Saratoga, Lin- coln, Neb. 1 Lillie Harden, 900 Fifth St., Leavenworth, Kan., 4 Sat. (A) 2 Susan Daniels, 216 W. Wall, FU Scott, Kan., 2-4 Sat. (A) 777 TENTS. Notice the thick rubber treads "A" and puncture strips "B" and "D," also rim strip "H" to prevent rim cutting. This makes it outlast any other make-SOFT LASTIC and EASY RIDING. 8 Lizzie Weaver. 1132 Saratoga, Lincoln, Neb. C. P. (A) Ada Gilbert, 405 N. Santa Fe, Coffeyville, Kan., Wed. (A.) 8 Ida Stovall, 706 So. Walnut, John Kan., 2-4 Sat. (A) 9 Fliptora Farnsworth, 311 W. 27th, Omaha, Neb., 1-3 Sat. (A) 10 Maggie Robinson, 911 Everett, Kansas City, Kan., 1-3 Sat. (A) 11 Mary Brown, 325 Misa, Lawrence Kan., 2-4 Sat. (A) 14 Arle Stone, 823 Main, Atchison, Kan., 1-3 Sat. (A) 17 H. H. Adkins, Weir City, Ks., 2-4 Wed. (A) 18 A. O. Murrrell, 451 So. 4th, Saffna, Kan., 1-3 Sat. (A) 19 Lizzle Herrold, Sherman Flata, Omaha, Neb., 2-4 Sat. (A) 20 Susle Wills, 2103 Grand, Parsona, Kan., 1-3 Sat. (A) 25 Gertrude Taylor, 1310 E. Clark, Parsons, Kans., 2-4 Sat. 28 E. A. Tiggs, 2314 Morgan, Parsona, Kans., 1-3 Sat. 23 Charlott Dalton, 1228 Barnett, Kans- sas City, Kan., 2-4 Sat. (A) 22 Louise VerJer, 813 N. J., Lawrence, Kan., 1-8 Sat. (A) 3b Hester Cornish, 911 Western, N. Topeka, Kan., 1-8 Sat. (A) 37 Jannie McAdoo, 1818 N. Madison, Topeka, Kan., 1-8 Sat. (A) 45 Cynthia Henderson, 812 Washington, Kansas City, Kan., 1-8 Sat. NOTICE TABORS. If your Tabernacle, Temple or Test is not in this Directory, or if there is any error, please notify me at ones W. N. MILLER Editor. WINCHESTER THE RED W BRAND LOADED SHOTGUN SHELLS "LEADER" AND "REPEATER" Loaded with Smokeless Powder "NUBLACK" AND "NEW RIVAL" Loaded with Black Powder Used by the Most successful shots SOLD EVERYWHERE WINCHESTER NO. 12 REPEATER 60 YEARS' EXPERIENCE PATENTS TRADE MARKS DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS & C. Anyone sending a sketch and description may quickly ascertain our opinion free her an invention probably in Gold. Communications strictly confidential. HANDBOOK on Patents sent free. Oldest agency for receiving patents. Patents taken through June & Co. receive special notice, without charge, in the Scientific American. A handsomely illustrated weekly. Largest circulation of any scientific journal. Cerms, years, four months $4. Gold pyramid newspapers. MUNN & Co. 361 Broadway, New York Branch Office, 655 F St., Washington, D.C. Mr and Mrs Sam C. Collins set a sumptuous Davidson banquet at their residence 625 N. Wichita St. Wed afternoon and night to the colored men and women who did help to make the election of Mr. Davidson possible About fifty ladies were present in the afternoon and about 75 men in the eve Every one had an enjoyable time Sam C. Collins has excepted a position as stewart of the Country Club in Hutchinson. Good for Sam. It is impossible for any man in holding a city job to be for the administration under whom he draws his salary and at the same time be for some one else. He is untrue to one—which would you guess it to be?