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YOU CAN SAVE MONEY BY TRADING WITH THE MERCHANTS WHO ADVERTISE IN THIS PAPER Does It Pay To Educate the Negro? Successor to B.F. McLean 318 West Douglas Ave ELEVENTH YEAR "Does it pay to educate the Negro? Yes! first, because it is right and whatever is right pays Some are inclined to hold back education from the Negro because he will be less willing to do menial work on the plantation or in the house. That is the old principle of slavery which all thought ful men are glad has passed. There is no more right to compel the negro to do mental work by retusing them an education than be threatening him with the lash It is really a denial of the private contract. Though for time white tobacco grower may have to pick worms himself and his wife do her own housework, it will be in the end more profitable in every way than to deny a fundamental principle. Second it is profitable to educate the Negro because it makes him a better producer. It is more profitable in every way to make fiftp men producers than to make one producer and the other forty nine his unskilled servents. Third whatever denounces the crime is vastly profitable to reducing taxes in seeking produces instead of birds of prey, and in the feeling of security which at a increase the value of property and the comfort of life. Lately secured figurers from nine of the foremost Southern Negro schools as to the number of criminals is among their gratuates. This is a point that thep always watch closely. The total number of the gratuates is 6,452. Seven of the nine schools can show a clean bill of health. One has had three gratuates convicted of criminal offences, and one has less than a half dozen indicted. Assuming that this last school has had five gratuates convicted, it makes eight out of 6452 or 000,124 per cent. How many white colleges can show as good a record? The standard price for cleaning teeth is $1.00, but for the next 20 days, beginning with Monday, May 24th. I will clean all teeth that are brought to me AT HALF PRICE. Dr. H. T. Bolden, 601 N Main MANY NEGROES Washington Women outnumbered the men by 25,426 in the national capital 1 its suberbs according to the is. The census show a population of 344,003 in the District of Columbia, an increase of 3600 over last year. NEGRO MAY USE EMBLEMS Jefferson City Mo. Gov. Hadly today voted the bill by Senator Casey which prohibited under a penalties the appropriation of the emblems of fraternal organizations that have sought to prevent the forming of societies under similar names by negroes. WHITE COLLECTORS FIGHT NEGRO BANKS It is not that class banks or the Industrial Life Insurance Company but that cheap john crowd who sell cheap furniture second hand cloths cheap insurance and all kind of trash on installment. The very best of feeling exists in the city between the repatable white banks and the Atlanta State Saving Bank. The Negro bank's paper passes at par at every bank in the city, and president Ross of the Atlanta State Saving Bank is recieving every encouragement he could hope for from the Atlanta Banks. The banks do not regard this Negro institution as antagonizing their interests but as a helper to educate the race into the habit of saving. There are 50,000 Negros MAY 29 1909. in Atlanta and one colored bank could not accommodate The Negro bank has not lessened the business of any white bank and for that reason the clearing hous banks have no prejudice against the Atlanta State Savings. Interestate Commerce Commission Says Negro Must Have Equal Accommhdations Washington, May 28—Unjust discrimination between white an and colored passengers paying the same fare is no legally permissible by a railway according to a decision of the Interstate of Commerce Commission today, announced in the case of Whitfield F. Cozart against the Southern railway: It was not shown by the testomony that the complainant had been adebuate accommodations than white passengers The complaint therefore was dismissed. The Brownsville Board of Inquiry is getting down to business Before beginning the actual examination of the soldiers, it has six thousand pages of previous testimony to read and digest besides tormulating rules of procedure, etc, Attorney GilcTrist the Steward and N. B. Marshall are on the ground prepared to represent the claiments and are taking pains to locate all of the soldiers who are likely to be benefited by the actentitling them to re-enlist ment. In the nomination of T. K. Dunham, a white man to be postmaster at Darien, Ga., the President has again made good in a striking manner his promise to appoint to Federal office those who are acceptable to the best of element of the population of the towns concerned. In Darieu the population has a larger percentage of negroes than of whites, and it has been the custom for many years to give the postmastership to a negro. In refusing to appoint Ferdinand Man the President has broken a long line of precedents. CLOSING EXERCISES Western University. All are cordially invited to attend the exercises commencement week at the Western University, Quindaro, Kansas. Wednesday, May 26th, 8 p.m. Department of Elocution Wednesday, June 2nd, 8 p.m. NOT LEGAL Annual Band and Orchestra Concert. Thursday June 3rd 8 p.m. Piano and Vocal musical, Friday June 4th 8 p.m. Address to the Literary Societies, Rev. Matt. S. Jones, Ft. Scott Kansas. Sunday June 6th, 3 p.m. Baccalaureate Sermon, President William T. Vernon, A. M. L. L. D. Monday June 7th, 2:30 p.m. Meeting of Alumni Societies. Monday June 7th, 8 p.m. Address to the Religious Societies, Dr. W. H. Peck Kansas City Mo. Tuesday, June 8th 8 p.m. Class Night Exercise Wednesday June 9th 8 p.m. Prize Oratorical Contest Thursday, June 10th 2 p.m. Commencment Exercises. Address to Gratuates by Hon. W. R. Stubbs, Governor of Kansas. Awarding of Prizes. N. B. Conveyance will be run to and from the end of the Quindaro Bouvevard car line for the accommodation of visitors. The closing exercises of Western University of Quindaro for the scholastic year 1909 will be one of much note this year. The exercises began May 26 and will close Thursday June 10th. For the first time in in the history of the Western University the Governor of Kansas will deliver the gratuating address and present the diplomas to the gratuates on June 10th. Rev. Matt S. Jones of Ft. Scott will adress the Literary Societies on June 4, and President William T. Vernon A, M. L. L. D will deliver the Baccalaureate sermon on Sunday June 6th Rev. W. H. Peck. of Kan. City, will deliver the address to the Religious Societies June 7th. Western University has enjoyed a very prosperous year and closes with much encouragement for the future. Much credit is due Prof. Shelton French who has so ably filled the presidency during the absence of president Vernon in Washington. The commencement exercises of the Topeka Industrial and Educational Institute were begun May 28th and continue until June 2nd. Their program bills Rev J. H. Van Leu, of Wichita, to address the Religious Societies, Rev J E Ford, of Jacksonville, Fla. to preach the Baccalaureate sermon and Prof. Kelley Miller, of Washington, D. C. to deliver the graduating address June 2nd. This Institute is doing a great work for the elevation of our race. Shelton French, Acting Pres. 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. Wat Morris tendered a swell banquet to about forty of the young folks at Young's hall last Thursday night. Wichita Kans, May 24th 1909 Editor Searchlight:- Allow me a space to say a few words of commendation and express my thanks to the good people of your city Coffeyville and Parsons, for their hospitality and generousity. I spent a delightful ten days in Coffeyville. On account of church rallies and various other attractions we did not have a date in that city but met the Literary Society of the M. E. church who pastor Rev. Johnson and President Noel made my visit both a pleasant and profitable. The Society contributed $1.25 to Excelsion Club Library. Rev. Brook of A. M. E. church had a small meeting on Friday evening May 14th at which 60c was collected and donated to Excelsion Club library. On the 17th, we were royally entertained in Parsons, by Rev. A. A. Fairfax and his splendid congregation. Nothing was left undone to make the lecture a success and the church contributed $4.55 and gave one free entertainment while in their city. I jotted in my note book on leaving there—"the people of Parsons are cordial, generous and hospitable." On the 18th I moved on to Wich ita to meet some engagements of which had previously been made but by some misunderstandings the people of these churches had not been notified so for a time it seemed that my visit there would result in lost time. But it occured to us that we might return our partial lost time by making house to house canvas, which we did with excellent success all things considered. Then too we found Rev. M. L. Copeland whose congregation was small on account of the rain and while there was no collection taken we felt a keen appreciation for the most cordial reception and expression of good will. And last, but not least the climax was reached when that stalwart, broad gauge Christian gentlemen Rev. E. T. Fishback came to our rescue at the last moment and threw open to us his magnificent New Hope Baptist church and brought togather the largest number of young people it has been our pleasure to meet in the Sunflower State. We felt at once we were among friends who had extended themselves against the most inclement weather to make our last night the best in your city. Rev. Fishback is doing splendid work with his young people and he has the hearty support of many of the older substantial men and women of your city. The Literary Society of New Hope Baptist church donated the entire collection of $2.75 to Excelsion Club library and Miss Lena Porter contributed 25c making a total of $3.00 From our canvasing which was limited and incomplete we mention those who gave as much as 25c and buik the smaller amounts together. Dr. E. Harrison..... $1.00 Dr. J. E. Farmer..... $1.00 Searchlight Co..... $1.00 Mrs. Hattie Jones..... 25c ,, L Anderson..... 25c ,, S. W. Williams..... 25c ,, E. E. Bradford..... 25c ,, S. H. Harrison..... 25c Thos. Donnelly..... 25c Robt. Barton..... 25c Bud Anderson..... 25c Del Huuchinson..... 25c Smaller amounts..... $1.50 By Canvassing..... $7.75 New Hope Literary..... $3.00 Total..... $10.75 Mrs. Steve Whitted and husband 429 N. Water gave us free board and lodging while in your city which was a liberal donation and most graciously appreciated. Thanking everyone who contributed in the slighted degree to either our comfort on friends. I am for Progress Judith Carter Horton. 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. EWART MARKET PROPRIETOR Pork, Lamb, Veal, Chick-also Fresh Home Grown our Lunch, Heinz Pickles, or Dill, Baked Beans, and TEN MINUTES As Philip Hone, a struggling young artist, followed a footman up Sir Ar- thur Bredham’s staircase, he rapidly and somewhat nervously reviewed the short chain of circumstances which brought him here. He had been down in the country one day recently, and on his return was met by the amazing intelligence that Sir Arthur Bredham—the well-known art critic nd patron—had called, and find- 4ng him absent had gone into his studio and spent some considerable time there. The day following brought ‘@ note of apology in terms somewhat vague from Sir Arthur, and what was @ hundredfold more surprising, an in- vitation to dinner. And here, as a dozen times before that evening, the young man’s thonghts leaped into fairyland. Was it possible that his work showed signs of merit unmistakable enough to call forth rec- ognition such as this? Was it possible that he was on the eve of becoming famous? But, no, no! With that vig- _ ©rous control of the imagination only known to those who have trod early in the valley of disappointment, he thrust such hopes from him. ‘Still, when the door opened he trembled. Sir Arthur advanced and greeted the young man courteously. “I fear I have come a little too early,” he remarked, perhaps indis- ereetly, noting that they were the sole occupants of the great room. Sir Arthur langhed lightly. “Say, rather, a little too late. There will be those here, as I mentioned in my note, whom you may find it advantageous to meet. But what I did not mention is that I took the liberty of asking you to be here at rather an earlier hour than anyone else. You are a little late, but we have still ten minutes, and, Mr. Hone, | have something I wish particularly to say to you.” The young man bowed in silence. There was something so chilling in his host's tone, now, that every pleasant fairy castle fell shivering to the ground. “We have just, I believe, ten min- utes,” he pursued, calmly, “and, there- fore, I had better get to work without delay. Against the wall of your studio ‘there rests a large canvas on which the outlines of a picture have been traced. It represents the interior of a diligence, so far as one can judge, on the way through a wooded and _per- haps snowy country. The general characteristics of the various passen- gers are roughly placed, but the face of one only clearly delineated. It 4s the face of the young lad in the cor- ner; his eyes, you may remember, shine forth like stars from amidst the unfinished chaos of their surroundings. You have been heard to say, I under- stand, that this picture is born of a personal reminiscence. Well, may I ask you to tell me, as briefly as possi- ble, what this personal experience is?” Philip Hone started slightly. at the mention of the picture, a rapid smile curving the lips which had begun to fell into what was perhaps a habitual expression of despondency. He lis. tened, astonished, to Sir Arthur's re- quest, which yet, in these novel cir- cumsiances, did not strike him with the force it would elsewhere, 4 “I can do so in a few words,” he an- swered quietly. “As you may have presumed, | myself was a passenger in that diligence running betwixt two ‘small towns in a densely wooded part ‘of Normandy, the snow, as yon cor- rectly jndged, weighing down the trees and lying deep on the ground, It was @ tempestuous moonlight winter's evening. My seai was exactly opposite that of the figure which has attracted your attention in the picture, and whose original had occupied my in- tent—I am afraid not too polite—scru- tiny all along the route. The lad was miserably attired, and held a worn- out violin to his shivering breast, but @ more beautiful countenance I have never seen, and I have done but feeble justice to the great, solemn, lustrous dark eyes. The lips puzzled me, showing, as they did, glimpses of love. ly youthful lines under a raven mus- tache in a most premature state of de- velopment. The moon, I remember, disappeared just before we reached the solitary little forest hotel of Saint Jacques, and we" began to round the Jast hilly corner in total darkness, Suddenly a great glare of red light illuminated the snowy road, and start- ing up we sat biinking at the flames of a huge bonfire roaring and hissing in the courtyard of the inn, Just thea, Sir Arthur, my glance fell on the—the Jad. But why should I relate this rem- §niscence of mine in so enigmatic a manner?” he ended with a laugh. “The fierce mustache had fallen off.” “Had fallen off?” echoed the other in the same undemonstrative tones, but with a slight touch of inquiry. “Yes, into a small and particularly Boactal Master ©. V. McKeever ried went no farther. She was going across country on the morrow to play at a fair.” Mr. Hone’s accents had grown ‘more and more halting, but rather in ‘uncertainty as to the purport of such a ‘cross-examination than from any other feeling. Suddenly he resumed in a tone which bad in it a good deal of ‘spirit and a slight suspicion of ridi- cule: “As to our proceedings during ‘that ten minutes’ stoppage at the inn, I shall be happy to enlighten you; if, §ndeed (and heaven knows why), a trivial incident in the lives of two poor bohemians, down in thefr luck, arouses your interest. We related our mutual experiences of hard times. The girl was an American, and had fallen into her present state of destitution through a series of pitiful mishaps. I think the male attire had been donned for that occasion only—certainly 1 trust the mustache had; but as the matter was not so much as touched upon in our brief conversation, I hope you will excuse me if I am unable to offer a definite opinion on the point. Of course, we fell to boasting—Iike the two foolish children we were—of all the grand things we would do in our respective arts. She was bent on earning enough to study at a conserva- torium, If there was a little talk more frivolous and foolish, 1 alone was to blame; I too (but pray pardon my men- tioning such a thing) was solely re- sponsible for the laughing, fraternal kiss with which our interview termin- ated.” A long picture-ganery opened into the drawing room. As Mr, Hone ceased speaking the distant rustle of a wom an’s dress became audible. Sir Ar- thur took a hurried step forward, and then, as the noise drifted leisurely away, paused and returned to his place by the fire, “Mr. Hone,” he said somewhat abruptly, “forgive my curiosity as to what you rightly call a trivial incident in the lives, as you say, of two poor bohemians. It was so—trivial, natural —even quite innocent. You will for- give me when I tell you that chance had made me acquainted with the tale of your pleture, but vilely distorted and exaggerated, Well your _pie- ture, even in its present condition, is astonishingly clever and extremely capable in its management of techni- calities. Under certain circumstances it would doubtless command a high price. However, some one told me you would be glad to get twenty pounds sterling for it. I offer you one hundred pounds, but on condition that you put it in the fire on your return home to- night.” “Sir Arthur!” gasped the young man. He gazed hewildered into the anxious face watching him. One hundred pounds—one hundred pounds. It rang in his ears, it quivered before his eyes. ‘There was nothing very startling in the sum perhaps to Sir Arthur, but to poor Philip Hone it meant a mine of wealth, “Agreed,” he managed to say, won- dering not at all yet about the condi- tion of purchase, seeing only yet the yellow gold. ‘The other breathed a sigh of relief. “Good! Well, but that is not all, I have said something as to your talent. In the long run you might achieve sue- cess alone. But I know your cireum- stances, I am aware of the fallen for- tunes of your house, and how you, poor lad, have striven to help. It might come, Philip, but prematurely gray hairs would pave its passage, and a seared and wearied heart perhaps be all that was left you when it did. And now think how differently you enter the lists with me for a friend and patron, You know very well that it is not too much to say I can give you fame—I can give you fortune—now. And this I am ready to do—but you mnst pass me your word that I hold the future monopoly of that reminis- cence.” As the words left his lips the draw: ing room door opened and a tall, grace- inl young weman in a dress of soft white silk came into the room. Sir Arthur was already stooping in a care- less attitude over the fire. Philip Hone’s brain was still whirl- ing, but he swiftly realized that this must be the lovely Lady Bredham. Sir ‘Arthur liad recently returned from a prolonged stay abroad, and had brought with him a young wife whose beauty was already. very famous. She advanced smiling, the light playing with the pearls at her throat, on whe little crimson dagger near her heart, but for the moment leaving the face in shadow. And then she stepped into the broad path of bright firelight--and abruptly paused. Philip Hone, too, must have made an awkward step backward, for a little table laden with curios jangled and rocked at his hur- ried touch. Sir Arthur still continued pS EA APR RR RE PNG Rotates cup th coer oo AP ag ae a enn ht an erie it ith the pearls at her throat, on we ‘little crimson dagger near her heart, but for the moment leaving the face in shadow. And then she stepped into the broad path of bright firelight--and abruptly paused. Philip Hone, too, must have made an awkward step ‘backward, for a little table laden with curios jangled and rocked at his hur- ‘ried touch. Sir Arthur still continued idly toying with the little poker amidst the crackling, leaping flames. it was only a long moment, yet the girl's face had grown very white, the eyes—flashing between the two men— extraordinarily piteous in expression. Crossing rapidly to her husband's side, she put her hand on his arm. “Arthur, you have not introduced us,” she said breathlessly, adding the next instant in tones ;so passionately agitated that one could -well believe she spoke without realizing the words that came, “Is it—that I have come ten minutes too late?” Sir Arthur put down the poker, the furrows on his brow onee more seem- ing to deepen—to give him that air of premature age which had at first as- tonished Philip Hone. He slipped his hand quietly over hers and made the formal introduction. “Yes, you have come late,” he said, sadly, “but I am quite—quite pleased, dear, that you have come when you have.” But there was deep meaning in his voice, and emotion in his dark eye as it rested on her. EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS FELT IN FIVE STATES FELT IN ILLINOIS, WISCONSIN, MISSOURI, MICHIGAN, IOWA AND INDANA. In Many Instances People Mistook Earth's Trembling for Ordinary Causes and Did Not Real- ize Danger. Aurora, Il.—At 8:40 yesterday morning violent earthquake tremors lasting ten seconds were felt here. Buildings were shaken and fires fol- lowed. Kewannee, Ill—An earthquake last- ing thirty seconds shook buildings here at 8:40 yesterday morning. The tremor was distinct and was no- ticed in all parts of the city. Peoria, I!l—Peoria experienced its first earthquake in years at 8:38 yes: terday morning. The shock lasted eight Seconds and was recorded on the new weather bureau seismograph. Many of the larger business buildings were shaken on the bluffs. In the residence section it was felt more perceptibly than down town. Joliet, Il_—An earthquake was felt here yesterday morning at 8:40. Steady tremors continued for three minutes. Some felt two distinct shocks. The quake seemed to follow the line of the Des Plaines river val- ley. No serious damage 1s reported. Beloit, Wis.—The entire Rock river valley experienced an earthquake shock yesterday morning at 8:40 o'clock. Reports of a like happening come to Beloit from Rockford, Ml No serious damage is reported. All the college buildings rocked vio- lently and houses throughout the city were shaken. Dishes rattled and peo- ple on the street experienced diffi- culty in remaining on their feet. Muskegon, Mich—A slight earth: quake shock was experienced here this morning a few minutes before 9 o'clock. The disturbance lasted only a few seconds. Kalamazoo, Mich—The earthquake that shook Wisconsin and Illinois points was felt in South Haven, Mich., and Bentor Harbor, Mich., shaking windows and breaking china. No loss of life or damage is reported. Milwaukee, Wis—An earthquake lasting about 15 seconds was felt here at 8:40 this morning, No damage 1s reported. Dubuque, Ja-—Two earthquake shocks were felt here yesterday morn- ing. Burlington, Ia.--A distinct earth- quake shock, lasting 15 seconds, was felt here at 8:45 o'clock yesterday morning. No damage was done. Cedar Rapids, Ia—A slight earth- quake shock, lasting 15 seconds, was felt here yesterday morning. It was most severe at Coe college, causing students to rush from the fourth floor of the building, Washington, D. C.—A slight disturb ance, lasting about a minute, was re- corded on the seismograph at the United States weather bureau here yesterday, beginning at 9 o'clock, 41 minutes and 30 seconds, eastern time. There was not enough detail in the record to indicate the exact location of the disturbance. Hannibal, Mo—Two earthquake shocks were felt here yesterday, one at 8:29 a, m, and the other at noon. The shocks lasted eight and thirty seconds, respectively. No serious damage has been reported. The shocks were felt throughout north- east Missouri and adjacent Illinois points, LORIMER CHOSEN U. S. SENATOR. Springfield, 11—Congressman Wm. Lorimer of Chicago is the juntor United States senator from Tlinois. He was elected on the ninety-fifth ballot in the joint assembly yester- day, by a coalition of Democratic and Republican votes to fill the vacancy from Illinois which has existed in the United States senate at Washington since Albert J. Hopkins’ term ex- pired on March 4 last. The deadlock has existed since last January. Mr. Lorimer’s total vote was 108, Speaker Shurtleff cast the vote in the joint assembly which insured Lor- imer’s election. When the speaker's name was reacher on the house roll call 88 votes had been cast in the house and 12 votes had been cast in the senate for Wm. Lorimer, making a total of an even one hundred votes. Shurtleff's was the 89th vote in tne house and the 101st vote in the joint session for Lorimer, which gave the senator-elect a majority of the 200 senators and representatives who were present and voting. BOILER EXPLOSION KILLS SIX. Michigan Disaster Results in Death and Injury to Eight Men. Dowagiac, Mich.—Of the eight men who were in the Geesey Hoop mill yesterday afternoon when the mill boiler exploded, five were instantly Killed, one died last night of his in- juries, one was severely hurt and one escaped uninjured. The dead include De Forest Geesey, owner of the mill, Frank Geesey, brother of the owner, and four employes. TH (ae E RICAN aay yan, HOME Sg AR ii mS eo Sita eee. 1. ._ Pe au@ . a ies S =. ee es — i a - of OER a eo aaa ae KS ee oe ee eC : so 4.8 hm UL |. - « & Mr, William A. Radford will answer questions and give advice FREE OF GOST on all aubjects pertaining to the subject of building for the readers of this paper. On account of his wide expe- Hence as Editor, Author and Manutac- turer, he is, without doubt, the highest authority on all these subjects. Address ail inquiries to William A. Radford, No. 1% Fifth Ave. Chicago, Til, and only enclose two-cent stamp for reply. The expression, a two-story bunga- low, which we often hear, is a mis- nomer. Properly speaking a bungalow fs but one story high and {s covered with a roof having very little pitch to it, But we are always tmproving things. It would be utterly impossi- ble for the bungalow design to travel across the continent from California ar far easi as Chicago without receiv- ing the inventive attentions of the western sons of our down-east Yankee ancestors. In this plan we have a dwelling of modest dimensions, being 25 feet from front to rear and 32 feet in width, with a four-foot extension to make room fer a pantry. In thie way we get three splendid rooms on the first floor qd they are well arranged for both convenience and iooks. Pantries were never properly built until this outside attachment was hit upon. It was born of necessity, like other valuable inventions, and im- proved upon as occasion demanded. Pantries are intended for the storage of food both cooked and otherwise. Naturally pantries should be kept as cool as possible and they should be well ventilated at all times. Light Is a necessity and convenience is very important, for the pantry is visited many times during the preparation of each meal, and meals come along reg- ularly three times a day in most healthy families. You can’t have a cool pantry and have it built in the body of the house along with the other rcoms, especially in a furnace-heated uouse. * In one little house where a pantry attachment like this was built on, the space below was made into a cold fruit room. The main cellar wall was carried across solid and straight ex- cept for a doorway, and a geod heavy door was hung in the opening. The outside wall under the pantry was carried up in the same solid way and a good outside window put in, which poses] Te " YT if ere Kitchen Gi ee wOoxVe (o_\ | r BE Livina Re. * 3 Boxee Dininc Ro. ; moxwe Ff PorcH ‘| ROOXIS —_—i—_| First Floor Plan was covered with a fine wire screen. Shelves were built in this fruit room against the outside wall from near the ceinent floor clear up to the ceiling. As the room is eight feet six inches long this gave considerable shelf room and it proved a splendid place to store canned fruit, butter, eggs and such groceries as a person likes to buy in quantties and keep on hana. The fruit room and pantry above were conngcted by means of a dumb walter, which was just a box about a toot square and three feet long. ver- tically open on the front side and fitted with two shelves in the middle. There was a pulley near the ceiling in the pantry and a rope with a counter- weight on the other end which bal- anced the box so it would slide easily up and down. With this convenience it was never necessary to tote things up or down cellar. One trip below was necessary at any meal time. Very often the box itself contained every. thing needed and ft was only a min. ute's work to pull it up into the pan- try. Another feature Ir this little house that is quite new is the stairway built around the big chimney. It not only looks well from the large living room but {t occupies the least important corner of the house and it lands you upstairs in the middle of the hall in close proximity to the doors leading into the different rooms. Under this stair are the steps leading to the cel- lar, so that space is economized to the best advantage. The material for the walls is cement preferably run in molds with provis- ion made for dead air spaces, on the hollow wall principle, as this makes the warmest house because it pre- ag | boohengs « - \ ] Beo RM. Bep Ro. | sexe | MAL ooxse | ee j NOOK © gi IS0Xe6 eL- wa | 7 iz Ne Second Floor Plan vents dampness, And it is the cheap- est construction if you take lasting qualities into consideration. A massive effect is given by the heavy loggia piers. And this loggia, by the way, is considered one of the most attractive parts of the whole house. The square openings are easily fitted with fly screens so it is well intended for an outdoor summer par- — oh bee Ck eee yh fe fF — = &. ee lor and the size is sufficient to be of some use, as it is ten feet wide and 20 feet long. The rooms upstairs are stolen from the roof space. And they are right nice little rooms, too. When I think back a few years to the time when all such roof -oom was counteu as attic space good only for storage of old truck it is easy to realize to what extent small houses have been im- proved. Instead of a dark, dingy loft with- out floor, partition or daylight, we now have three bedrooms and a splendid bathroom with hot and cold water the same as in large expensive houses. Then in the matter of light, what a change. We have here 14 windows for four roo: s and one stairway, which certainly looks like a lberal allow- ance even for these times of extrava- gant {deas. It has taken us a long time to learn that we can build an elegant small house as well as an elegant large house and we are just commencing to put our knowledge to some practical use. Such cottages as this are becom- ing common in the more enterprising suburbs of the larger cities and the in- dications are that they will continue to grow in popularity, for they meet the requirements of flat dwellers who have become heartily sick of living in dungeons. Mother-Love Defined. What {s maternal instinct? Is it a tangible something, or {s it love, the desire to protect? This wonderful mother-love—what would it not do? Suns rise and set just for baby. Con- versation on other subjects is taboo in the house where a new monarch reigns. The four walla of the home are suddenly glorified with the pres. ence of the little newcomer; the ambi- tion of both father and mother reaches its zenith. Pleasurable pastimes we were wont to indulge in are forgotten; pursuits that filled our life—music, art, literature, things that were part of us, associated with our very name— where have they gone? All laid aside as of no moment now; in the future, perhaps, when “baby” is not so de pendent on our every thought, we will again feel their charm. Just now they might as well never have been—so completely do we give ourselves to this new life—Mrs. Arnoldi, in Uncle Sam's Magazine. Correspondingly Costly. “You get twice as much pay as | do,” grumbled the elevator boy, “and it ain't fair!” “There's a difference between us, kid,” majestically answered the ele vator starter. “You're merely a ne. cessity. I'm a luxury.” Cured by Lydia E. Pink- ham’sVegetableCompound Milwaukee, Wis. — “Lydia F. Pink. ham’s Vegetable Compound has made me @ well woman, g PM and T would like tc L ri penpbewbole world 2 pamof it. I suffered I OW fromfemaletrouble A ee 82d fearful painsin, 5 WE my back. Ihadthe LA ye. st doctors and fe - Be eacotors | Wee Me they all device fe Pe that I hada tumor | a WF in addition to my -<—= «= female trouble, and | Hf advised an opera. Meow ee tion Fwvdia F. ees Sly, , ‘ and I would like to L face tell shewholeworid : Ag of it. 1 suffered : PW tromfemaletroudic [ La and fearful painsin 4 | Ae My back. Thadthe | We Mm best doctors and ty a ay all decided oo Bie that T hada tumor | > 3 in addition to my a 2 femaletrouble, and | “== advised an opera. bo tion. Lydia F. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound made me a well woman and I have no more backache. I hope Lcan help others by telling them what Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound has done for me.” —Mnrs, Eas Ise, 883 FirstSt,, Milwaukee, Wis. ‘The above is only one of the thou- sands of grateful letters which are constantly being” received by the Pinkham Medicine Company of ‘Lynn, Mass.,which prove beyond a doubtthat Lydia E, Pinkham’s Vegetable Com- pound, made from roots and herbs, actually does cure these cbstinate dis- eases of women after all other means have failed, and that every such sut- ering woman owes it to herself to at least give Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegeta- ble Compound a trial before submit- ting to an operation, or giving up hope of recovery. Mrs. Pinkham, of Lynn, Mass., invites all sick women to write her for advice. She peer aaa thousands to health her advice is free. THE HEIR’S HAIR-MOVING. Maes i io el ey § i en Lee aan NSN (eee ee be Bi eel ee Bere r Sea A . ‘ oS Mr. White—It’s no use, my dear, I shall have to have my whiskers off; baby is pulling ‘em out by the roots. Mrs. White—How unfeeling of you. It's the only thing that keeps baby quiet. Now you threaten to take the dear’s enjoyment away! Laundry work at home would be much more satisfactory if the right Starch were used. In order to get the desired stiffness, it is usually neces- sary to use so much starch that the beauty and fineness of the fabric is hidden behind a paste of varying thickness, which not only destroys the appearance, but also affects the wear- ing quality uf the goods. This trou- ble can be eutirely overcome by using Defiance Starch, as it can be applied much more thinly because of its great- er strength than other makes. dae sis, cap kaa. The fair young debutante was sur rounded by an admiring crowd of of- ficers at the colonel’s ball. Mamma was standing near by, smiling compla- cently at her daughter's social suc cess. The discussion was over the quarrel of the day before between two brother officers. “What was the casus belli?” asked the fair debutante. “Maud!” exclaimed mamma in @ shocked voice. “How often have I told you to say stomach?”—Success ‘Magazine. The extraordinary popularicy of fine white goods this summer makes the choice of Starch a matter of great im- portance. Defiance Starch, being free from all injurious chemicals, is the only one which is safe to use on fine fabrics. It great strength as a stiffen- er makes half the usual quantity of Starch necessary, with the result of perfect finish, equal to that when the goods were new. A Pertinent Inquiry. Little Willie stumbled over a scrub- ting brush and fell into a pail of soapy water. “Father,” he said, as he rose, “where do the angels go when the spring cleaning in heaven begins?” I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue; he approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent even when he is in the right— Cato. hacks an Gg Germs sauna Use Red Cross Ball Blue and make them white again. Large 2 oz. package, 5 cents If you have friends in adversity stand by them.—Dickens. Kon oT Bee ~ KIDNEY p 7 Fi ky PILLS 4 A sw MEDS ed 13 og 7 pa eee Sata \ ya i v APPEALED THE RATE GASE The State Charges That Federal Court Had No Jurisdiction in the Case. St. Louis, Missouri—The railroad ve situation in Missouri has been jucther compleated by an appeal tak en to the United States circuit court of appeals from Judge McPherson's jnjunetion restraining Seebert Jones, circuit attorney of St. Louis, from prosecuting an injunction against the yallroads in the state court. Jeptha Howe of St. Louis, representing Mr. jones, filed the papers in the federal court. He received a telegram from Judge MePherson in Des Moines, Ia., siving him permission to take the ap- peal. The appeal is based on an alleged error by Judge MePherson. The peti- von charges that the federal court did uot have jurisdiction because the suit in St, Louis was not a violation of any of the orders made by Judge Mc Pherson in his decision in the two- cent passenger and maximum freight rate cases. “Judge MePherson’s decision dealt only with the subject of the regula- tion of rates,” Mr, Howe said. “The suit instituted by Governor Hadley and Seebert Jones in St. Lovis does not seek to regulate rates. The suit im the state court charges that the railroads formed a conspiracy tc regulate rates, that they are making discriminations in rates and that they are charging rates that are exorbitant, all of which are in violation of the laws.” NO LICENSE IN MISSOURI, insurance Companies That Pay Ex orbitant Salaries Barred, Jefferson City, Missouri—The Mis souri supreme court, sitting in bane, upheld today the state law which de nies licenses to insurance companies which pay any of their officers salaries in excess of $50,000. The act was passed two years ago and has been the subject of extended Htigation. As a test case the Equitable, Metropolitan and Prudential Life Insurance com- panies brought suit to compel the is- suance of a license to them authoriz ing them to do business in Missouri. Judge Woodson wrote the opinion In it he takes the position that the act referred to does not provide that sal aries shall not be paid in excess of $50,000, but that companies paying it cannot do business in Missouri, TO WARN THE WORLD. Storm Signals May 3e Flashed Around the Earth. Washington, D. C.—Flashing arornd the world by wireless tlegraphy warnings of approaching storms and other disturbances of the ele- ments. is one of the latest interna tional projects. Still another of per haps little less importance is the prop: osition to equip the vessels cf ai) nations with uniform storm signals. These are the leading problems to be thrashed out at a conference of «is- tinguished meteorologists of the prin- cipal nations to be held in London, on June 21 next. To Cut Express Rates There. Lincom, Nebraska, — The _ state has won the first round in the litiga- tion to enforce the Sibley act reduc- ing express rates 25 per cent in Ne- braska. J. J. Sullivan, referee, ap- pointed by the supreme court to take testimony, has reported that the act was not confiseatory and that judg: ment should be entered in favor of the state. Joplin Miners Killed. Joplin, Missouri—Four men were instantly killed and their bodies mang: led beyond recognition, vy a falling slab In the Coahuilla mine, at Porto Rico, a mining camp near here. The men were trapped beneath a slab of solid rock, 20 feet long, 15 feet wide and ranging from 2% to five feet thick, which fell without warning from the roof of the drift, 25 feet above them. Cost of the Tariff. Washington, D. C.—That the to- tal wages affected by the tariff amounts to $2,277,848,537, and that the values of the products involved in the consideration of tariff revision reach the sum of $13,270,192,088 is the statement made by Senator Money in howing the vast importance of the \uestion now being considered by the senate. Back to the Ocean. Natchez, Mississippi. — The big vile ship Mississippi swung slowly ‘round in mid-stream, pointed its nose vo the channel and started upon its eturn journey to salt water. Al though it was early, the hills were covered with erowds and the whistles sounded a farewell. Aa Gini Lickeelio maha, Nebraska.—Masked bandits “ld up and robbed Union Pacific pas- senger train No. 2, known as the Over- ‘nd mited just at the city limits of © city just before mid-night and sccured a number of registered mail aches, : Eighty Acres for $120,000. Kansas City, Missouri—Charles W. Armour has sold to the Meadow Brook Fora company the 80-acre tract on “ixty-third street, between Oak street 42d Wornall road. It sold for $120,000. THE GAME ISN’T OVER YET! i) vee : . 2 Oe | Pn g7 =. Ese ; LZ, Noimarrer. How |~ | bor Gi Zeer | ye alm ee SS. V7 ‘Se } eee pea i Ca zie RES re io \ ) Qype. fee a Wy 5p Ce ep SP Ns — re oe Oe eee wes < fi . Se OKLAHOMA IS FLOODED STREAMS IN LARGE PORTION OF THE STATE OVERFLOWING. Railroad Tracks Washed Out, Crops Destroyed, Cattle Drowned, Wind Wrecks Buildings. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. — Five people are dead, several thousand acres of crops are inundated, many cattle have been drowned, and every stream in the Northern, Northeastern and Eastern part of the state is rag- ing as a result of almost unprecedent- ed rains during the past 24 hours in those sections of Oklahoma. Railroad tracks in the vicinities of Shawnee, Holdenville, Tulsa, Pawnee, Muskogee, Vinita and Oklahoma City are in bad condition and in some places, particularly along the Canadian river, sections of track are washed out. Bridges are unsafe along the Arkansas, Cimarron and Canadian rivers and traffic is generally delayed. Osage county has sumered most from floods and hail. Old residents de- clare the flood is the worst since 1872 and that the loss to crops will reach Into the hundreds of thousands. Sev- eral houses were washed away at Pawhuska and hundreds of cattle have been drowned along tributaries to the Arkansas river. WHEAT HIGHER THAN EVER. Small Kansas Crop Estimates Stim- | ulate Speculative Buying. Chicago, Illinois—Sensational _re- ports of crop damage in Kansas, sent in by a traveling representative of a big speculative house here, created excitement in the wheat market this morning. The heaviest trade was in September wheat, which advanced near three cents to $1.12, a new high record for that delivery.’ July wheat advanced 1% cents to $1.19%, higher than it had sold previously. The May price was bid up, with few sales, two cents to $1.34%, a new high record. A Pardon By Telephone. Topeka, Kansas—Governor stubbs sent a pardon by long distance tele- phone to John Hays, a miner at Pitts- burg, Kan. Hays was believed to be in a dying condition as a result of a mine accident, He had,been paroled by former Gov. Hoch ut worried greatly about dying without being par- doned, His friends called Gov. Stubbs over long distance telephone and the pardon was granted. Hays was con- vieted of robbery. ‘pie Abaddon Tune: Grand Junction, Colorado.—It 1s reported here that the cave-in in the Denver & Rio Grande railroad tunnel at Tennessee Pass now extends to the surface, 300 feet above the tunnel level and t hat the constantly caving ground may necessitate the abandonment of the tunnel. His Protrait to Morgan. New York, N. Y.—Emperor Wil- lam in recognition of his good offices in connection with the exhibition of German contemporary art, recently held at the Metropolitan Museum, has presented to J. Pierpont Morgan, presi- dent of the museum, his protrait bear- ing his signature. Messina Shocked Again. Messina. — One of the. severest shocks since the great earthquake has occurred here. The movement was both vertical and horizontal and last- ed ten seconds. ‘All Go Down Before Gotch. Omaha, Nebraska. — Frank Goteh world’s champion wrestler defeated Charles Olsen of St. Louis, at the Auditorium in straight falls. The first fall went 21:40 and the second 15 minutes flat. Sbckaint Seactias Dyeibeen: 408 ictnun: Dunkirk, New York—It is re ported that the Union Pacific railroad has placed an order for 100 engines with the American locomotive com- pany and that they will be built at tho Schenectady. and Brooks plants. Ho CONEY ISLAND STILL GAY. Mayor McClellan's Threatened “Lid” Was Not in Evidence. New York, N. ¥.—Two hundred thousand persons, according to esti- mate went down to Coney Island io watch the police clap on the lid as threatened by Mayor McClellan's e- cent declaration that the Sunday law would be inforced. Those who ¢x- pect a clash between the law and the showmen were disappointed for no friction whateyer occurred All amuse- ment resorts ran as usual and only six arrests were made during the day. Two of these were peddlers and two were for) violation of the excise laws. ‘The general gayety of the Island. was not disturbed, which leads to the be let that gambling and questionable places alone are to be molested, Coney Islanders are happy and pre dict a passing of the much-talked-of blue cloud. SPENT MORE THAN A BILLION. ‘The Last Session Appropriated a Total of $1,044,401,857. Washington, D. C.—The publica- tion required by law, giving the total of appropriations made by congress each session has been issued, show- ing that the last regular session ap- propriated a grand total of $1,044,401, 857. In addition to the specific appro- priations, contracts were authorized requiring future appropriations of $26, 080,875. ‘These include fortifications in the Philippines, battleships, colliers, tor- pedo boat destroyers, submarine tor- pedo boats and improvement of rivers and harbors. There were 10,120 new officers and employments specifically authorized and 6,243 abolished, making a net m- crease of 3,877, calling for annual sal- aries aggregating $5,672,009. lowa Claims Omaha. Des Moines, Iowa—attorney Gen- eral W. H. Byers will argue before the United States circuit court of ap peals at St. Paul, the famous case in which the state of lowa lays claim to the very heart of the business section of Omaha. It is contended this land formerly belonged to Iowa and was lost to the state when the Missouri river changed its course in 1878 and created a new boundary. The Harriman Lines Appeol. St. Paul, Minnesota—An appeal was filed in the United States district court here by the Nortnern Pacific railway from the decision of the Inter- state Commerce commission ordering the Northern Pacific, and the South ern Pacific and other Harriman lines to maintain through routes and joint rates to Northern Pacific coast points via Portland. The commission an- nounced its decision May 4. The Columbia Masia Mononely, Washington, D. C.—By a decision of the supreme court of the United States, involving the validity of the patent covering the disc sound records as now universally made, the Colum. bia Phonograph company is left in con- trol of the manufacture of disc sound records for many years to come. The litigation has been before the courts for many years, Morgan Takes Rogers Place. New York, N. Y.—J, P. Morgan, Jr., was elected a director of the Uni- ted States Steel corporation and a member of the finance committee, to succeed the late Henry H. Rogers, Canteloupes $5 Each. Los Angeles, California—Two cante- loupes, the vanguard of the 1909 crop from the Imperial valley shipped as part of a consignment from Heber, Cal, sold in. the local market at $5 each. The melons were large and well ripened. Stubbs Names New K. 8. A. C. Regent. ‘Topeka, Kansas—A. L. Sponsler of Hutchinson has been named by Gov. Stubbs as a regent of the agricultural college to succeed W. J. Todd of Maple Hill. ELDERLY PEOPLE HELPED FREE ‘The last years of life are the sweet- est, and yet the most difficult to pro- long. It is then that the greatest care is exercised in maintaining bodily health. But the chfef care should al- ways be with regard to the food you eat and whether you are digesting it properly. You should not allow your- self to become constipated. No doubt you have tried salts and cathartic pills, purgative tablets, ete., and have come to the conclusion that they are violent in action and do but temporary good. Listen, then, to the voice of experience with regard to a wonderful and mild laxative, Dr. Cald- well's Syrup Pepsin. It is not new, only we are trying to find new friends for it. . A. A. Felts, of Johnston City, IL, suf- feréd from stomach trouble for’ six ‘years and. found “his cure in Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. "His wife uses {t too. with success, "We could” name hundreds” of others.” Some, heard of it fist. through Relghoors or friends: others through the doctor's offer to send any sufferer from a stomach, liver or bowel complaint @ free Sample bottle for trial, without charge. If you will send your, name and address he ‘will ‘send you ‘a trial bottle direct to your home. ‘If it proves itself as. he Glaims ‘then continue the treatment by buying a. g0-cent of $1. bottle of your druggist, as all of them sell it, Old ‘peo- ple, like children, should look for purity, and it is well to mention that the’ purity Of this remedy Is vouched for with the U. & government. “Also. though a. free bot- te is'sent to prove its merits, resuits are always. guaranteed from the regular bottles bought of druggists, who will re- fund your money if it does not satisfy you. Send at least for the free test bottle & ag ON i ae (4 me € DY a SA » | eur « ook Aa “a ae) ail Mrs. Fat—So your husband has stopped smoking? It must have taken considerable will power? Mrs, Thinne—All I had. Fighting Tuberculosis. Three large fraternal orders are at present conducting sanatoria for their tuberculous members. The Royal League, the first order to take up this fo of work in the United States, has a sanatorium at Black Mountain, North Carolina. The Modern Wood- men have recently opened a sanator- jum at Colorado Springs, and the Knights of Pythias, one at the East Las Vegas, New Mexico. The Royal Arcanum and the Brotherhood of American Yeomen will consider prop- ositions at their coming grand coun- ceils for the erection of similar insti- tutions. Every mother of sons ought to keep ‘an “aceldent box” containing a spool of adhesive plaster, a package of car- bolated cotton, a bottle of boracie acid ‘and some soft old Imen. A fresh cut should be carefully bathed immediate ly and bandaged to keep out the dirt, which so often contains germs of lock jaw. If there is much bleeding, first close the wound with the plaster, then cover {t with the cotton, An applica tion of alcohol will easily removo the plaster. Memorial to Brave Explorer. A memorial has just been erected in Kensington cemetery, London, to the memory of Admiral Sir Francis Leopold McClintock, the Arctic ex. plorer and discoverer of the lost Franklin expedition. It takes the form of an old style wheel cross standing on a massive molded base, reaching to a height of ten feet and erected in rough silver-gray Cornish eae ‘The unthinking life some people lead often causes trouble and sickness, {1 lustrated in the experience of a lady in Fond Du Lac, Wis. “about four years ago I suffered dreadfully from indigestion, always having eaten whatever I liked, not thinking of the digestible qualities. ‘This’ indigestion caused palpitation of the heart so badly I could not watk up a flight of stairs without sitting down once or twice to regain breath and strength. “I became alarmed and tried dieting, wore my clothes very loose, and many other remedies, but found no relief. “Hearing of the virtues of Grape- Nuts and Postum, I commenced using them in place of my usual breakfast of coffee, cakes, or hot biscuit, and in one week's time I Was relieved of sour stomach and other ills attending indi. gestion. In a month’s time my heart was performing {ts functions naturally and I could climb stairs and hills and walk long distances. “I gained ten pounds in this short time, and my skin became clear and I completely regained my health and strength. I continue to use Grape Nuts and Postum for I feel that I owe my good health entirely to their use. “There's a Reason.” “I like the delicious flavour of Grape- Nuts and by making Postum accord- ing to directions, {t tastes similar to mild high grade coffee.” Read“The Road to Wellville,” in pkgs. Ever rend the above letter? A new Shs geacine, tree, and fall of humas faterest. GEORGIA RAILROAD TIED UP. Striking Firemen Have Stopped all Train Service. Atlanta, Georgia—How less than 100 striking Georgia railroad firemen were able to stop practically all train service in a territory 170 miles long ind from 25 to 100 miles wide was the snotty problem into which United States Commissioner of Labor Neill nlunged immediately after his arrival aere, Within two hours after bis arival Mr. Nv... was in conference with Gen- eral Manager Scott of the Georgia rail- road, A consideratie section of this state is compelled to re" en automobiles for vassenger, mail and express service. The officials of we road were in al- nost continual conference and it Was reported that some of the directors strongly favored Gov. Smith's proposi- tion for®each to select three Geor- sians as arbitrators. General Man- ager Scott would not say whether this offer would be accepted Hand ears, automobiles and interur- van cars made little impression upon the 3,000 pounds of delayed mails in the Atlanta post office. Here and there in the strike district, a rural postmas- ter shouldered a sack of outgoing mail and after hours of hard work riding and walking managed to reach an un- affected railroad station, COMET CLOSE TO EARTH. Prof. Brooks of Hobart College De- scribes Unusual Phenomenon. Geneva, New York.—Astronomical phenomenon which had the appear- ance of a comet close to the earth was observed early In the moyning at the Smith Observatory here by Dr. Wil- liam R. Brooks professor of a strom- ony at Hobart college. He said: “The object was visible in the east- ern sky from two to three o'clock. ft has the appearance of a gi- gantic ‘naked eye’ comet, with a large head and a tail of enormous propor- sions. When first seen the head was in the great square of Pegasus and the tail seructure upward toward the North Star, at one time reaching the hair of Cassiopeda. The motion was rapidly eastward. At 2:30 a. m. the head enveloped the star Algenib and by three o'clock it had reached the horizon. Soon after the tail was lost in the rapidly advancing dawn.” Prof. Brooks thinks the phenomenon may have been merely an unusual manifestation of the aurora borealis, but if it was a comet it must he said have been very close to the earth, AN AERONAUTICAL CARNIVAL. Opened at Newark, N. J., Under Aus- pices of West Hudson Aero Club. Newark, New Jersey.—Capt. 1 hom- as F. Baldwin did not fly to New York and back jin his new airigible balloon at the opening of the Aeronautical sarnival at North Arlington, a suburb. He did not attempt the long trip be- cause he was not able to adjust his sand bags, but did make a success- ful trial fight of 300 yards against the wind, rising at times to a height of 150 feet. His craft rose and de- 3cended at will and at the end of the flight turned sharply and descended into the field. Capt. Baldwin hopes to make the flight to New York at a later date. The carnival was opened by Gov. Fort and is being held under the aus- vices of the West Hudson Aero club. Several heavier than air flying machines and aeroplanes will be tried out during the week. Keeping Wages Up. Fall River, Massachusetts. — The present rate of wages in the Fall river Print Cloth mills will be continued during the next six mosths, the manu- facturers having waived their rights under the sliding scale agreement to make a cut down of about five per cent, The decision affects 25,000 work- ers. Last November similar action was taken by the mill owners. St. Joseph Wants Girls. St. Joseph, Missouri, — Arrange ments are under way between state employment bureaus of Missourl and {linois to bring a 1,000 young women to St. Joseph from Chicago to work in the garment factories. It is impos- sible to secure women enough in this vicinity, though about 5,000 are al- ready employed. The local Y. M. C. A. is assisting in the movement. Manhattan Students Drowned. Manhattan, Kansas. — Miss Glavys ‘irish of Hanhattan and Walter Goddard of Minneapolis, Kan., were drowned in the Blue river here when the boat in which they were riding struck a snag and capsized. Both were students at the Kansas agricul- tural college, Railway Trainmen Elect. Columbus, Ohio. — The Brother hood of Railway Trainmen unanimous- ly re-elected Grand Master or presi- dentt as he will be known, W. G. Lee, of Cleveland, A New World’s Record. New York, N. Y.—Martin J. Sheri- jan, the Irish-American athletic club world's champion discus thrower, sent she newly adopted discus from a seven foot circle at the Pastime Athletic slubs oval for a new world’s record ef 188 feet 11% inches. John Hayes Hammond Declines. Washington, D. C.— After an hour’s interview with President Taft, John Hays Hammond definitely de- glined the tender of the ministership to China. to-day. if there ts anything about | your ailment that you don’t cee eee yee matical advise wats to the doctor, and he will Sader you tal There is no charge for this service, 0 cae on as J cies chadan bine, StontiSatioe SHE DID IT. Fighting Tuberculosis. Family Medicine Chest. Memorial to Brave Explorer. THINK HARD It Pays to Think About Food, Had Her Doubts. “Mamma, does God watch over and take care of me when I am asleep?” suddenly asked little Marjory one evening after she had said her prayers and was ready to be tucked into her crib. \ “Why, yes, dear; of course He does,* replied her mother. “Well,” said Marjory doubtfully, “He didn't keep very good watch last night. I woke up twice and found the blankets all off.” ‘With a smooth fron and Defiance Starch, you can launder your shirt waist just as well at home as the steam laundry can; it will have the proper stiffness and finish, there will be less wear and tear of the goods, and it will be a positive pleasure té use a Starch that does not stick to thé iron. aha se Monkey Had Good Memory. During a performance in a variety theater at Copenhagen a monkey named Morits suddenly sprang off the stage and threw himself into the arms of a man in the audience. It was dix covered that the man had been Mor its’ master four years before. ‘e ; Food Products Liked By The Whole Family You will never be disap- pointed if you use Libby’s Pickles and Gondi- ments on your table, Libby’s have the right taste, which is always uniform, and you can depend upon Libby’s as being absolutely pure. 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Send your news in earlier The Lirerary Society was well atended Tuesday evening. Next Tuesday evening a special programme will be rendered. Entitled An Old Fashion School. Admission 10cts. Miss Lulu Covington has been appointed to represent the Sunday School in the District Convention which will convene in Hutchingson next Tuesday. Prof. Sam T. Hood SURGEON CHIROPODIST Removes Corns, Bunions, In- grown Nails and all pedic troubles. Graduate American School Chropody of New York City. 343 North Main Street Cincinnati, O., The excavation for the structure of St. Francis church, in Dayton, Ky. a suburb is being watched by many who believe a pot of gold has been a buried under that site since the raid of General John Hunt Morgan and his band of Confederate soldiers near the close of the Civil war. The property belonged to the late Matthew McArthur noted Southern sympathizer. The story goes there was a subterranean passage leading from the house, and it is here the passage having long since been filled up that the treasure is supposed to be. The money was left, it is said by a Confederate named Caldwell, who had General Morgan, then in this vicinity. He stopped at the Mc-Arthur residence and his presence being disclosed, he secreted the gold, said to amount to several thousand dollars and escaped in tended to join General Morgan, the latter being killed in Tennessee about the same time. Send your news in earlier special Master E. V. McKeever tried LOCAI.S Send your news notes and local happenings to 681 North Main Street. IF IT EVER HAPPENED YOU'LL FIND IT IN THE SEARCHLIGHT. WHY NOT SUBSCRIBE? Send your news in earlier. The Searchlight $1. per year Mr and Mrs Elmer Johnson, 1650 S Topeka, entertained Messers Thos Anderson, A Reed and M Brown and Missess Gertrude Pryor and Lizzie Underwood. Rev S S Washington will have a rally at the A M E church in Newton next Sunday, May 30th. and invites Wichitans to come up and help him in his effort Rev Washington is doing a great work in Newton and deserve the unstinted support of all. As we go to press the spring re-union of the colored Scottish Rite Masons is in full blast in our city. Everybody having nice time Mt Nebo Temple No 7, installed their officers for the ensuing year Tuesday night. The officers were installed by Past C. M., J Coffee assisted by P C M, G G Brown. Those installed were Rev S Washington, C M., B Anderson, V M, Robt Perry, C S, J C Coffee, C T, Rev Robt Frazier, C O, H Washington, C B, E Roach C S, Dr H T Bolden, Asst S, W Helm, D M, J M Perry, and M W Madison, C G, A Bluett, Wm Horton and H Washington, Board Attendants; J J Olden, Rev. R. Frazier, and Dr G G Brown, Bd Judges. The Temple is progressing nicely Mrs G. H. Young Mrs Pete Colman, Mrs Will Jones, Attended the beautiful silver anniversary of Mrs Roberts Tuesday evening May 25, at their home in Welling ton Kansas. Many visitprs from Kansas City Mo. amony them was Mrs Homer Roberts. They all reports a nice time. The W.T. Vernon club met with Mrs L.H. White 1426 N. Washington Thursday. The club will close a successful season Thursday May 27th. Rev. Frank Wilson C. G. M. was very much pleased with the progressive work being done in Wichita by the Knights and the Daughters of the Temple and the city Temples and Tabernacles of this city. His visit here the past week was pleasant and he has great hopes of much work which will be accomplished. The Knights and Daughters were as one in exteuding to him a royal welcome. Rev, Frank Wilson left Monday for Salia after a visit of five days in Wichita. For Sale—Some bargans in acre ground from 10 acres up. see me W. N. Miller 634 N. Water. 10 - HYMN POST CARDS- 10c Something new, A beautiful reminder for your friends. Set of ten different subjects: beautifully illustrated "Rock of Ages" "Lead Kindly Light," "Just as I am," "Nearer my God to Thee," etc. etc. 3 sets for 25c Lawrence Co. Dept. 205, Chicago. Ill. P. S. If you order 3 sets for 25c at once we will send you absolutely FEFE a beautiful Post Card entitled "Auld Lang Syne." Rev. G. T. Wooten will preach at St. Paul A. M. E. church Sunday at 11 a.m. and Rev. Dr. W. H. Tilman at 8 p.m. Captain of the clubs will please be present to make their final report an the first Sunday in June. The Trustee Board met Mon-evening and reported $21,00 to be added to the Rally and paid the sum total of all the money collected at the Rally $1021,63 on the lots. The officers of Mt Hope Tabernacle No. 3 were duly installed by Rev. Frank Wilson C. G. M. Friday afternoon May 21st. Rev. Frank Wilson C. G. M. Past H. P. Dtr. Mattie Miller of Wichita Tabernacle No. 34 and Sir Knight Brown C. M. of Mt Nebo Temple No. 7; and Dtr. Goss retiring H. P. made interesting talks which were enjoyed by all. After which all went to the dining room of Mrs. Dr. Brown where a lunch-eon was served, in honor of Rev. Frank Wilson C. G. M. Allhad a royal time. Mrs P. R. Perry was hostess to the D. W. Club on last Friday afternoon. The club will meet this week with Mrs O. T. Taylor Dr. S. G. Walker, Mr. J. R. Whited and Mr. Chas Price were the guest of Mrs. O. T. Taylor at dinner Sunday. Rev. J. T. Smith Dr. and Mrs. H. T. Bolden, Mr. & Mrs. Washington and Ella Thompson were the guest of Miss Alice and Mr. Walter Thompson at dinner on Sunday. A jolly crowd of young people spent Monday evening at the home of O. T. Taylor, in honor of Dr. S. G. Walker of Hot Springs Light refreshments were served. Those present were Dr. & Mrs. H. T. Bolden Mr. and Mrs. O. T Taylor Misses Salie Rowles Lois Wilson, Chas. Price, J. Whitted Dr. S. G. Walker and Mr Martin Brown. Mr. and Mrs. P. R. Perry enter tained Tuesday evening in honor of Dr. S. G. Walker of Hot Springs The evening was spent in games and music. At a late hour refreshments were served to Mr. & Mrs Elmer Johnson, Thos. Fines O. T. Taylor, Dr. and Mrs. Bolden Miss Sallie Rowles, Lois Wilson, Lulu Parks, Ida Hill, Chas. Price, Dr. S. G. Walker Hayner & J. Whited Chas. B. Patton the merchant tailor is doing good business at his tailoring shop. Mr. M. E Price is much improved at his home 1420 Mosley. Send your news in earlier Stingley & Ayers Underakers Embalmers SEDGWICK BLOCK Either Phone 1619 Wichita Kansas Send your news in earlier W. N. Miller Attorney-at-Law Office 634 North Water Street Practices in all the Courts Of Kansas and Missouri Residence Phone · Bell 1641 Dr. E. Harrison Physician & Surgeon -SURGERY A SPECIALTY- Office Hours 9 to 11 a. m. Residence 2 to 5 p. m. 513 N. Main St 7 to 8 p. m. OFFICE 513 N. 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HERMAN, 527 Ohio Ave., New Phone 1127 W. L. Herman CONTRACTING : PLASTERER 856 Eagle St., Wichita, Kan. Job Printing We have installed a new line of JOB TYPE FACES and we would be pleased to use them on a job for you. Good Work--Low Prices to all 634 North Water St. Don't Board Them. Other foes of little chicks are external parasites, lice and mites. We frequently find lice even among winter brooder chicks. Lice on the head are most troublesome. They fasten themselves to the back of the chick's head, near the base of the brain and gradually kill the chick. It is a pitiful sight to see the little chick scratching the back of its head trying to dislodge the pest. Good results are usually obtained by greasing the head of each chick with five per cent, carbonated vaseline. Kerosene and lard, equal parts, prove equally effective. The chicks can be rapidly treated and should be attended to as soon as there is any suspicion of head lice. The louse may be seen readily by means of a small magnifying glass. It can also be detected with the naked eye if one is very careful to examine the right place, although one must look carefully to see it. To kill mites, clean all coops and brooders perfectly, then apply thoroughly, either whitewash, kerosene oil, or some of the prepared insecticides. Be sure to fill all the cracks and crevices as these are the places where mites will be found hiding during the day. Burn all the litter and add new. A spray pump may be used for applying the insecticide, as it drives the liquid into the cracks and crevices better than can be done with a brush. Whitewash can be applied with a pump and then smoothed over with a brush, doing rapid and effective work. Mites differ from body lice in that they suck the blood from the fowl's bodies, while lice have biking mouthparts and live on the skin and feathers, causing intense tinging and annoyance. Mites live on When the traveler visit Spain some of the very first of its inhabitants his eye will be attracted to at the frontier station will be a couple of members of the Civil guard. And throughout his wanderings in that infinitely delightful land he will ever be haunted by representatives of that force, which he will come to look upon as the chief guardians of life and property and liberty in this strange, half-Oriental country. From the very start the Spanish corps has had enormous difficulties to grapple with. The country was absolutely lawless when first the Civil guard came into being. They were handicapped by extremes of climate, by huge stretches of roadless and almost trackless country, by the ferocity, ignorance, almost savagery of many of the inhabitants. For a member of the Civil guard to fall in the supremely high standard of duty set before him is considered by his comrades and his rulers as almost impossible. Everything is expected from him. Everything with the rarest exceptions may be expected from him. And his government carries this to its logical conclusion by giving him an absolutely free hand, without which he could not possibly wield the influence essential to the carrying out of his duties. A couple of Civil guards—they are always in couples—often find themselves few amongst many, and then it is that there must be no wavering or hesitation if their enemies show fight. Some of their duties in the mining districts of Spain, and in those parts of the country infested by gypsies, are amongst the most onerous. Especially are they in danger when conducting prisoners across country. A friend of mine who, many years ago, held a post in connection with a mine on a desolate and mountainous part of Spain, told me how a couple of Civil guards rapped in the bud a very unpleasant state of affairs in the village close by. It seemed that a miner, exasperated by some reproof, had drawn his knife on his employer, who had luckily managed to evade him, but had retorted with all the energy a powerful Briton is able to put into a sudden act of self-defense when it merges into retribution. The other miners resented the thrashing their comrade had received. The man himself was handed over the authorities, and a couple of Civil guards were in conduct him to the nearest town. The way led over the mountains by a wild and lonely track, and the night had to be spent at a rough inn. The funkeeper, by an unlucky chance, was the brother of the prisoner, and when the little company arrived he at once realized the state of affairs and began to plot a rescue. Together with his son, he determined to try and contrive that the prisoner should slip out into the forest by a back door late in the evening, while the captivators distracted the attention of whichever of the guards was taking the night watch. They professed the greatest hospitality to their uniformed guests, and of course pretended that the prisoner was a total stranger to them. Their plans were well laid, and with the quickness of their race were carried out with considerable smartness. Nor were the opponents only two to two. A hanger-on, none too well disjoined to the guardians of law and or- Dogs as Dowries. Everywhere is the dog the rrend of man, but in Manchuria he is more strictly the friend of woman. There the dowry of a young woman does not consist of hard cash, but in a certain number of sleek dogs with thick fur or silken hair. The girl's status may almost be guessed by her wedding portion of dogs. If she receive six she is poor; if a dozen, her parents are in easy circumstances, and if twelve dozen it may be taken that she comes from a rich family. They are carefully fattened for their savory flesh, their the fowis' body at night only, hiding in cracks and crevices during the day. They appear red when gorged with blood, or white when there is little blood in their bodies. To kill the lice we must treat the hen's or chick's body, as the lice live there practically all the time. There are several kinds of these lice, but they all yield to the some treatment, namely, a good dusting. The dust fills up the breathing pores in their bodies, and thus suffocates them. A good insect powder may be made from equal parts of fine ground tobacco and powdered sulphur. Snuff is also used. There are a number of insect powders on the market and most of them prove very satisfactory. The essential thing is a finely pulverized substance that will go through the feathers. Having curefully dusted the chicks (and hens, if the chicks are running with them) clean the houses and remove to clean ground. A good dust bath should be arranged so that the hens and chicks may help keep themselves clean. An excellent dust bath is made by drawing a load of "chip dirt" and dumping it in the yard where the little fellows may have ready access to it. For winter use a box partly filled with fine sand, road dust, land plaster or coal or wood ashes answers very well. A mixture of sand and land plaster seems to please them more than either one alone. Some use wood ashes alone, but a mixture of wood ashes and road dust, or fine sand, makes heavier bath and therefore more effective in cleaning the lice out of the feathers. Good Alfalfa Field.—I have a two year-old field of alfalfa from which cut last year on June 30 $3\frac{1}{2}$ tons per acre, on August 1 $1\frac{1}{2}$ ton per acre, and on October 24 over a ton. It also gave five weeks' pasture before the snow fell. I do not irrigate my alfalfa, as it is only 12 to 20 feet water. der, was quite willing to use his knife in the cause of the family, and when the prisoner and his guard found themselves in the passage for a moment before settling down for the night, they were hustled apart, the door close by, within which was the other guard, was locked, and in the sudden darkness as the lamp, seemingly by accident, fell from its bracket, the prisoner slipped out into the open air. But almost at the same moment there was a report, and in an instant a second revolver shot rang out, while the ping of a rifle from the back of the inn proved that the other guard had used his brains as well as his weapon, and dropping through the window to the ground just outside had placed himself near the back door in time to get a good aim at the dark form that could just be seen gliding out of it. The next patrol over that mountain track found the inn tenanted by but two living people, and their comrades instructed them to send the necessary functionaries to remove and inter the bodies, while they remained, a vision of grim destiny, pointing the object lesson that in Spain he who interferes with the duties of the Civil guar must be ever ready to pay the The circumstances of the formation of this splendid corps came about as follows: It seems that in 1833 the poet Martnez de la Rosa was robbed by brigands on a journey between Granada and Madrid. When, in later life, he became a minister under Queen Christina, he bore in mind the perils he had gone through as a wayfarer, and determined to try and make the highways safer in the future. Accordingly he organized a force of 5,000 guards, and equipped them in a uniform not unlike that of the Italian carabinier. They were trained to act both as soldiers and police, and when on foot carried a rifle and revolver; their equipment included also a large and beautifully made sword, and they were when mounted allotted magnificent horse. Their ranks are now recruited from the sons of those who have served with credit, or died by violence, in their country's service. They are educated free in the college of the Civil guards. Any soldier who has served for many years in the regular army, if he can read and write, is of unblemished character, and of the proper height and build, may volunteer into the Civil guard. When superannuated, he is pensioned or otherwise provided for. The members of "that very noble body of men' are under extremely strict regulations, and so great is their esprit de corps that any back sliding is of the utmost rarity. They are grave and serious in demeanor, but always courteous. "Honor must be the chief object, declares the written regulations of the organization, "and it must be preserved spotless and intact. Once lost, it can never be regained." "Bad language, bad manners, bad habits, and rude words, must never be indulged in by the Civil guards, who must, before speaking, ever consider the honored uniform they wear." Keep Busy. Occupation is the necessary tools of all enjoyment—Hunt skins after death become coverlets, pelisses, vests for hunters or bedside carpets which scarcely ever wear out. Expert Finds Large Forest. The British colonial office recently sent out an expert to report on the Keelia forest in the East Africa protectorate. He found the forest to be 287 miles long by eight broad, and to comprise 1,090,000 acres of timber, valued at $115,200,000 for the wood alone. Pretty Prairie News We are having lots of rain in this vicinity therefore crops are looking fine. Harvest hands can be seen going through the country now day as it is getting near harvest. Mrs Lewis Banks has been visiting a few days at the home of Mr & Mrs Joe Banks. Mrs Joe Banks entertained at dinner Sunday in honor of Mrs. Lewis Banks the following guests were Mrs Walker H. M. Underwood and daughter. Bud Walker bought him another work horse. Quite a crowd of people from here went fishing Saturday good luck was reported. Fred Banks and Bud Walker have returned from their western trip they report a fine time. Wilmington, Del.May 20, Believed to be one of a number of heirs to a large fortune James A. Brackin, a milk dealer is an object of more than usual interest to Wilmingtonians. The fortune is said to amount to $1,500,000 is to be devised among 100 heirs, of whom Brackin is one. Brackin's probable good fortune is the result of the discovery of an old Bible in a musenue in the Philadelphia for which the heirs have been searching for thirty of years. It contains the history of the family and its relation to the huge fortune, which is in Wales. The heirs are to meet in Philadelphia this month to determine up plans to gain possession of on the money. Arkansas City Kansas Sunday was grand rally day at the St. James A. M. E. church for the benefit of the trustees for the accomidation of the congregation services were held morning and afternoon at the Pyrimial hall. Notwithstanding the rain the hall was well filled Rev. Nickols of Winfield and congregation full force were dawn also large numbers of the Second Baptist church of Winfield were down He preached a grand sermon in morning and afternoon. Oweing to the severe storm there was no services in the evening. Grand total from all sorces was $68,91 Mr Delbery Sawyers Capt club 4 having raised the most money $29.16 was awarded first prize, a handsome bible. Grace Ward Capt. No. 2 club raised $22.65 recieved second prize a handsom picture. H. C. Carter with well chosen remarks presented the too prizes. Afterwhich the trustees extended a vote of thanks to the excellent work. The Sect. was in structed to extend vote of thanks to Rev. Nickols and congratulation. Women's Sweet Laughter. A woman has no natural grace more bewitching than a sweet laugh. It is like the sound of flutes on the water; it leaps from her heart in a clear sparkling rill, and the heart that hears it feels as if bathed in the cool exhilarating spring. How much we owe to that sweet laugh! It turns the prose of our life into poetry; it flings showers of sunshine over the dark-some wood in which we are travelling; it touches with light our sleep which is no more the image of death, but gemmed with dreams that are the shadow of immortality.—Exchange. OM TOMPKINS was a youth who had An anarchistic trend. Delighted when a rich man came To an untimely end. "The world awry," he said one day. "Why should some never work? While those of better blood and brain. Sweat, slave like any Turk?" His mother said: "Ay, son, we walk. While Mrs. Croesus rides. But often does the Lord give wealth To those who've naught besides." Just then her wealth (neighbor, (The Croesus of the town). Saw Mrs. Tompkins sweeping—passed With a disdainful frown. Then Tom was wrathful. "Why, on earth Should she stalk on ahead, While you, my mother, step aside In modesty?" he said. "No, that is right, dear, let her pass, I'll eat a room. Remember, it is always trash That goes before the broom." King Edward and Curry. It appears that King Edward is extremely fond of curry and that he must be regaled therewith several times a week. This is hardly likely to make the dish fashionable in democratic America, but it may arouse interest in a flavor which is, really, simply and easily obtained, and gives to the most commonplace article of food a rich and "fancy" tang. To make the "Curry a la Edward," place an ounce of butter in a pan, previously rubbed over with a clove or garlic. Fry in this two ounces of minced onion, then stir in the curry powder, using four dessert-spoonfuls for an ordinary "six service." Cook this slowly for eight minutes, adding more butter if needed. Add gradually, a pint of hot water or stock, and stir well. If cooked meat is to be served with it, stir in two tablespoon rice, and after it comes to a boil, pour it over the cold meat, allowing it to steep, but not cook, for half an hour or more. When ready to serve, heat it, but do not let it boll. At the last may be stirred in a gill of rich cocoanut milk, prepared as follows: Scrape the flesh of a cocoanut into a dish and pour over it hot water. Let it infuse half an hour. Strain, and wring the pulp in clean muslin to extract all the juice. Milk of almonds is obtained in the same way, and both are used rather extensively lately in the more elaborate sauces. NE thing I've noticed all my life, With more or less despair, I never am successful with The second of a pair! I sew one neatly fitting sleeve, Alas, to my chagrin, Though it is right, would you believe, The other won't go in? One layer of a fancy cake, I always make the best, And my first cookies always are More shapely than the rest. A woman in a dress is falling down a staircase. Yet hath it help full many a score That same abused "red dog" Its cheerful words have made less sore Life's travel-weary jog; Well-guided, not too loosely hung, A blessing is the woman's tongue. Cuisine Queries. What Is Frumenty?—It was formerly called "furmity," and is a sort of porridge of hulled wheat stewed in milk, generally flavored with spices and enriched with currants. Braget, or bragot, is a warm, spiced ale, commonly drank in Lancashire; cheap and slightly heady. Where do we get the word "pace-egging?" It is applied to the custom of rolling eggs at Easter, and the word "Pace" is a corruption of the Hebrew "Pasche" or spring festival of the Passover. What part of the animal is the sweetbread? There are two kinds of sweetbreads—those in the throat and the heart. The best are the throat sweetbreads of lambs and calves. The latter are the ones most commonly served. It should always be soaked in cold water for two hours before cooking. Baked sweetbreads are most digestible. Pears and Chocolate. Another more elaborate dessert is a dish of pears and chocolate. Arrange the sliced pears (canned), in a glass dish, and serve at the table, adding hot chocolate as you dish them. Or they may be served separately, the guests adding the hot chocolate as desired. A garniture of candied violets is attractive. This fault in cake is due to many causes. The fruit may not be well dried, the mixture may be too liquid, or the oven may not be hot enough. Fruit will inevitably sink to the bottom of a cake if the baking is slowly done. Thoroughly flour the fruit and be certain to make the batter of such a cake stiffer than usual. THE TRUE PROPRIETOR. HEY say to me that all this land belongs To some rich Syndicate —how can it be? I'm very certain that the countryside, Its beauty, breadth and bloom, belong to me. The trees all whisper leafy confidence, The sun, obedient, will throw my shadow, And hollyhocks and sun-flowers bow to me, To do me homage as I cross the meadow. As if in deferring to my prior claim, The birds peep to me from their stolen bowers. And every homing bee upon his way, Reports to me the gossip of the flowers. The beauty of the fields, the glow of sun, The sky above us, and the air like wine, 'Tis all owned by a Syndicate, you say? Ah, no, the better part of it is mine! Styles in Bread. We are not prone to associate style with the staff of life. But it is true that the fashions in bread change as they do in the less plebeian fare. Corn bread was much more popular in the last century than the present style demands, and time was when people said they would just as soon "open the mouth and let the moon shine in," as eat baker's bread. The coarser make of bread, the corn pones, the unleavened bread our pioneer forefathers ate with relish—these are out-of-date, and, except the poorest classes of the foreign countries, the staff of life is white and light, and altogether quite luxurious. Jannocks.—This is a kind of old-fashioned fare, and introduced in the early chronicles of this country, as a bread made by the early Dutch settlers. These and the Throdkins are not quite out-of-date. The Jannocks were loaves of coarse, oaten bread, and Throdkins were a curious combination of oatmeal and bacon. Use for Strawberry Baskets. At this season, when these are a perfect unisance, try making a substantial use of them in this way: Take four quart baskets, and cover with a layer of cotton batting. Then cover with any pretty material, silkline, challie, sateen or silk, leaving a half-inch ruffle at the top for a heading. This makes four separate compartments which should be fastened together in the center with a bow of ribbon. It makes a useful sewing-basket, having the separate places in which to keep buttons, thread, etc. TWO OF A KIND. I cannot tell the reason why I'm such a stupid dunce. It's lucky when I come to die, I'll do it only once! Change in the Home There is na luck about the hoose, There is na luck at at', There is na luck about the hoose, 'When my gude mon's awa'. That was, of old, the sentiment; the gude mon was indispensable; he helped with the home affairs, by counsel, at least, if not with actual brawn and muscle, and was a factor to be reckoned with in the smallest detail of home life. Somehow, and why, nobody knows, things are different lately; the gude mon cuts small figure in the household, except to provide the expenses, and sign the checks. He is not consulted about details, and even the selection of the home, house or flat, is left to the wife. It is, of course, one of the penalties exacted by the swing of the pendulum toward woman's freedom that she is consulted in all matters, and that to her taste and desire is left the arrangement, selection, management of home and children. But it is, nevertheless, a penalty, for much of the sweetness of the old home life lay in the truth of the old song above: "There is na luck about the hoose" without the "gude mon." Gradually the husband's and wife's spheres are growing apart, and while the mother is gaining in importance in the family life, is it not, perhaps, at the expense of the wife? Bridget's Beatitudes. (On the care of silverware.) Blessed is the silver which is quickly tarnished. It is of the best quality—a never-failing, if troublesome, proof. Blessed is the silver which is not jumbed in a pan—a great deal at once. This scratches it; wash a little at a time. Blessed are the paper bags which are already torn when they come from the shop. Then they will be emptied of contents and thrown away. Nothing should be put on the pantry shelf in a paper bag. TRASH AND THE BROOM King Edward and Curry THE LITTLE RED DOG Cuisine Queries. Pears and Chocolate To Prevent Fruit Sinking. You Look Prematurely Old Because of those ugly, grizzly, gray hairs. Use "LA CREOLE" HAIR RESTORER. PRICE, $1.00, retail. She—You have now more than a dozen shirts, and when we were married you had only one solitary one! He—Yes, but that one didn't need mending! LEWIS' "SINGLE BINDER." A hand-made cigar fresh from the table, wrapped in foil, thus keeping fresh until smoked. A fresh cigar made of good tobacco is the ideal smoke. The old, well cured tobaccos used are so rich in quality that many who formerly smoked 10c cigars now smoke Lewis' Single Binder Straight 5c. Lewis' Single Binder costs the dealer some more than other 5c cigars, but the higher price enables this factory to use extra quality tobacco. There are many imitations; don't be fooled. There is no substitute! Tell the dealer you want a Lewis "Single Binder." Three Meals at Once. "Now, Mary," said her mistress, "you must come to the door of the drawing room and say: 'Breakfast is ready, and supper is ready, but dinner is served.'" The newly corralled domestic inwardly digested the concise instructions, and that evening convulsed the guests who were awaiting the announcement of dinner by stepping between the portieres, dropping a courtesy and repeating: "Breakfast is ready, and supper is ready, but dinner is ser-r-ved!" Sheer white goods, in fact, any fine wash goods when new, owe much of their attractiveness to the way they are laundered, this being done in a manner to enhance their textile beauty. Home laundering would be equally satisfactory if proper attention was given to starching, the first essential being good Starch, which has sufficient strength to stiffen, without thickening the goods. Try Defiance Starch and you will be pleasantly surprised at the improved appearance of your work. Children Need Acting. Rev. Perry Grant of New York thinks that acting is a psychological need, and is looking for the rich man who will build a theater for children. The purpose of such a theater, he says, is educational and is in keeping with the discoveries of Froebel, who knew that play is an instinct implanted by nature for educational purposes. Rough on Rats, unbeatable exterminator Rough on Hen Lice, Nest Powder, 25c. Rough on Bedbugs, Powder or Liq'd, 25c. Rough on Fleas, Powder or Liquid, 25. Rough on Roaches, Powder'd, 15c, Liq'd, 25c. Rough on Moth and Ants, Powder, 25c. Rough on Skeeters, agreeable toouse, 25c. E. S. Wells, Chemist, Jersey City, N. J. Brought Down to Date. "Man wants but little here below, nor wants that little long," is what they sang some years ago—but it's now another song. The words we use are different quite, though fully as sublime, "Man wants everything in sight, and wants it all the time."—Judge. Shake Into Your Shoes Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder for your feet. It cures painful, swollen, smarting, sweating feet. Makes new shoes easy. Sold by all Druggists and Shoe Stores. Don't accept any substitute. Sample FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. A Knocker "You say that you told my little boy that he looked like me?" "Yes." "And what did he say?" "He said I was a knocker."—Houston Post. A Domestic Eye Remedy Compounded by Experienced Physicians. Conforms to Pure Food and Drugs Laws. Wins Friends Wherever Used. Ask Drug- mine. Ask Drug-mine in Your Eyes. You Will Like Murling. A. Good Rule. "What's your recipe for managing a husband?" "Oh, there isn't any. Just feed him well, and trust to luck." "Some say it's a mistake to marry." "Well," commented Mrs. Sixthhub, "to err is human." If You Have Common Sore Eyes, if lines blur or run together, you need PETITT'S EYE SALVE. 25c. All druggists or Howard Bros., Buffalo, N. Y. Occasionally you encounter a man who is a failure because it requires less effort to fail than it does to win success. If you wish beautiful, clear, white clothes use Red Cross Ball Blue. Large 2 oz. package, 5 cents. Light, heat and oil are the worst enemies of the rubber tire. Don't Poison Baby. FORTY YEARS AGO almost every mother thought her child must have PAREGORIC or laudanum to make it sleep. These drugs will produce sleep, and A FEW DROPS TOO MANY will produce the SLEEP FROM WHICH THERE IS NO WAKING. Many are the children who have been killed or whose health has been ruined for life by paregoric, laudanum and morphine, each of which is a narcotic product of opium. Druggists are prohibited from selling either of the narcotics named to children at all, or to anybody without labelling them "poison." The definition of "narcotic" is: "A medicine which relieves pain and produces sleep, but which in poisonous doses produces stupor, coma, convulsions and death." The taste and smell of medicines containing opium are disguised, and sold under the names of "Drops," "Cordials," "Soothing Syrups," etc. You should not permit any medicine to be given to your children without you or your physician know of what it is composed. CASTORIA DOES NOT CONTAIN NARCOTICS, if it bears the signature of Chas. H. Fletcher. 900 DROPS CASTORIA ALCOHOL 3 PER CENT. AVegetable Preparation for Assimilating the Food and Regulating the Stomachs and Bowels of INFANTS & CHILDREN Promotes Digestion.Cheerfulness and Rest.Contains neither Opium.Morphine nor Mineral. NOT NARCOTIC. Recipe of Old DeSOMULPTIER Papain Seed - Lemon Juice - Raspberry Salic - Aurie Seed + Pepperint - El Camphor Salic - Mint Seed - Cinnamon Sugar - Wintergreen Flavor. Aperfect Remedy for Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Worms, Convulsions, Feverishness and LOSS OF SLEEP. Fac Simile Signature of Charles Hutton NEW YORK. At 6 months old 35 DOSES - 35 CENTS Guaranteed under the Food and Exact Copy of Wrapper. AN AUTHOR ONCE. He—When I was at college, you know, I wrote a little story and got $25 for it. She—Indeed! What was it? He—"Dear Father—I'm hard up! Please send me $25." How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney of Toledo, O. to provide careable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by his firm. WALDING H. Catarrh Cure. Wholesale Drugs Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. It is administered in a cup per bottle. Sold by all Drugs Toledo. Not What He Meant. The Liverpool Post tells of a Birkenhead church secretary who announced in church on Sunday that a Shakespearean recital in character would be given. When he was informed that the recital would not be "in character" he corrected himself by saying, "None of those taking part in the recital will be dressed." Starch, like everything else, is being constantly improved, the patent Starches put on the market 25 years ago are very different and inferior to those of the present day. In the latest discovery-Defiance Starch-all injurious chemicals are omitted, while the addition of another ingredient, invented by us, gives to the Starch a strength and smoothness never approached by other brands. Practical Derivative. Teacher—Now, children, who can tell me what "obedience" is derived from? Pupil—From gettin' licked, Miss. Sometimes a bachelor lives long enough to feel sorry for the man who won the girl he was in love with. Mrs. Winglow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. Zec a bottle. Bathing in the snow is a common custom in Russia. Letters from Prominent Physicians addressed to Chas. H. Fletcher. Dr. J. W. Dinsale, of Chicago, Ill., says: "I use your Castoria and advise its use in all families where there are children." Dr. Alexander E. Mintle, of Cleveland, Ohio, says: "I have frequently prescribed your Castoria and have found it a reliable and pleasant remedy for children." Dr. J. S. Alexander, of Omaha, Neb., says: "A medicine so valuable and beneficial for children as your Castoria is, deserves the highest praise. I find it in use everywhere." Dr. J. A. McClellan, of Buffalo, N. Y., says: "I have frequently prescribed your Castoria for children and always got good results. In fact I use Castoria for my own children." Dr. J. W. Allen, of St. Louis, Mo., says: "I heartily endorse your Castoria. I have frequently prescribed it in my medical practice, and have always found it, to do all that is claimed for it." Dr. C. H. Glidden, of St. Paul, Minn., says: "My experience as a practitioner with your Castoria has been highly satisfactory, and I consider it an excellent remedy for the young." Dr. H. D. Benner, of Philadelphia, Pa., says: "I have used your Castoria as a purgative in the cases of children for years past with the most happy effect, and fully endorse it as a safe remedy." Dr. J. A. Boarman, of Kansas City, Mo., says: "Your Castoria is a splendid remedy for children, known the world over. I use it in my practice and have no hesitancy in recommending it for the complaints of infants and children." Dr. J. J. Mackey, of Brooklyn, N. Y., says: "I consider your Castoria an excellent preparation for children, being composed of reliable medicines and pleasant to the taste. A good remedy for all disturbances of the digestive organs." GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of Chas. H. Hitchens. The Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. THE CENTAUR COMPANY, 77 MURRAY STREET, NEW YORK CITY. HAMLINS WIZARD OIL GREAT FOR PAIN THE OIL THAT PENETRATES CARTERS ITTLE IVER PILLS. FRED MASK They also relieve Dissress from Dyspepsia, Indigestion and Too Heavy Eating. A perfect remedy for Dyspepsia, Drowsiness, Bad Taste in the Mouth, Coated Tongue, Pain in the Side, TORPID LIVER. CARTERS LITTLE LIVER PILLS. Genuine Must Bear Fac-Simile Signature Brent Wood REFUSE SUBSTITUTES. sold and guaranteed by druggists to be a satisfactory treatment for Dandruff and all Scalp Troubles, Tetter, Eczema, Icth, Ringworm, Chapped, Sunburned Face and Hands; Pimples, Itching Piles, Sore, Sweaty, Blistered Feet, Cuts, and All Irritations of the Skin. Does not stain, grease or blister. Two Sizes, 50c and $1 bottles. Trial Size 10c. Either mailed direct on receipt of price. druggists to be a satisfactory treatment for Dandruff and all Scalp Troubles, Tetter, Eczema, Itch, Ringworm, Chapped, Sunburned Face and Hands, Pimples, Itching Piles, Sore, Sweaty, Blistered Feet, Cuts, and all Irritations of the Skin. Does not stain, grease or blister. Two Sizes, 50c and $1 bottles. Trial Size 10c. Either mailed direct on receipt of price. HOOPER MEDICINE CO., Dallas, Texas. and Jersey City, N. J. DAISY FLY KILLER attracts and kills handlers, firefighters, clean, ornamental convenient cheat. Lasts less than a pill or the over, will not so only jure anything efficient. Of all dealer or sent prepaid fee 150 De Kail Avenue Brooklyn, New York A Quick, Clean Shave NO STROPPING NO HONING Gillette KNOWN THE WORLD OVER As further inducement to settlement of the wheat-raising lands of Western Canada, the Canadian Government has increased the area that may be taken by $ \mathbf{u} $ FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE As further inducement to settlement of the wheat-raising lands of Western Canada, the Canadian Government has increased the area that may be taken by a homesteader to 320 acres—160 free and 160 to be purchased at $3.00 per acre. These lands are in the grain-raising area, where mixed farming is also carried on with unqualified success. A railway will shortly be built to Hudson Bay, bringing the world's markets a thousand miles nearer these wheat-fields, where schools and churches are convenient, climate excellent, railways close to all settlements, and local markets good. "It would take time to assimilate the revelations that a visit to the great empire lying to the North of us unfolded at every turn." Correspondence of a National Editor, who visited Western Canada in August, 1908. Lands may also be purchased from railway and land companies at low prices and on easy terms. For pamphlets, maps and information as to low railway rates, apply to Superintendent of Immigration, Ontario, the authorized Canadian Government Agent; Suicide— Slow death and awful suffering follows neglect of bowels. Constipation kills more people than consumption. It needs a cure and there is one medicine in all the world that cures it—CASCARETS. 899 Cascarets—10c. box—week's treatment. All drugists. Biggest seller in the world—million boxes a month. PARKER'S HAIR BANSAM Cleanses and beautifies the hair. Promotes a luxurient growth. Never Falls to Restore Gray. Start to Countless Glow. Cures scalp diseases & hair falling. 80c. and $1.00 at Druggists WOMEN'S CLUB DIRE7CTORY. A concise statement of the Clubs among the colored women of Wichita. THE BOOKER WASHINGTON CLUB WICHITA, KS. Hour of meeting 2:30 to 4:30 p. m. Engaged in needle, charity and literary work. Special 1908 course in typewriting. Meets every Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Thos. Glover, president; Miss Sallie Rawles, Sec. 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. One thing certain is that the Emmanuel movement cannot stop the pervading disposition of man to put up an argument. A new kind of flea has been discovered in California. It has six teeth and is a high jumper. Maybe it is designed to pounce on airships. An exchange tells us that the kaiser's favorite maxim is "Forget it." All right. Von Buelow isn't going to be the one to jog his memory. Senator Elkins has long had an eye to the best investments. Since the country thought that he was figuring on a duke, he has bought a bank. Whiting's chief of police was held up and robbed of his star, revolvers, money and billy. We hope the highwaymen left him with at least a clew. A Colorado man gave his grandson, aged one month, $1,000,000 as a Christmas present. Think of the toys that youngster can buy with all that money. The telephone girls at Rockford, Ill., struck because they were not permitted to talk. As well tell the birds not to sing and the flowers not to throw off their fragrance. A Pittsburg artist succeeded in getting a flashlight photograph of a member of the city council in the act of receiving a bribe. It may properly be referred to as a moving picture. Specializing in farming will be carried too far if scientific farmers produce cobless corn. Several thousand acres then would have to be devoted to raising a variety that grew only cob pipes. Both Paris and London are discussing the commercial future of the flying machine. It is a safe prophecy that the sporting fraternity will get into aeroplaving some time in advance of commerce. Castro of Venezuela, who "revoluted" himself into the presidency and has held on like grim death ever since, must have hearty contempt for one who is so "easy" as the late President Alexis of Hayti. A New York judge has decided that a man whose salary is not more than six dollars a week need not pay almony. This may cause some men to quit exaggerating when they refer to the salaries they draw. Since this country set up in business as an independent nation its gold mines have yielded more than three billion dollars. It takes the American hen about six years to furnish eggs and chickens worth that much. Going barefoot seems to be growing less popular in the West Indies than it used to be. During the last fiscal year the United States exported more than two and a half million pairs of shoes to these islands, one-third as many as the exports to the whole world. Early in the new year another battleship will be added to the navy. It will be called the Delaware in honor of Maryland's little neighbor on the east. No doubt it will be a fine ship, and will add more strength to shoot the strongest naval fighting force in the whole world. The Power of Enthusiasm. Enthusiasm is one magnet of power. You must fire every event with it, touch thoughts and acts with it; it will transmute dress into gold, drudgery into delight. What matters if the soul which lives beside you is cold and selfish. Set him a good example! Joy is sunshine and he will feel it. Every irksome task is a chance for power. For the qualities which they bring out are God's gifts which fit us to enjoy better things. Easy things will come, if you have spent your heart's blood on gaining strength, for the very goal of power is the ease which comes from strength. We laugh at things and people who used to cow or annoy us, we do gracefully and swiftly the tasks, once so hard. One by one, we have univerted our chains, we are free!—Nautilus.' Sometimes More. "I see that a New York professor reforms bad boys with piano music." "I hope he bears in mind that some pianos need reforming quite as much as bad boys do." ..SUBSCRIBE FOR.. THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT PR $1.00 YEAR One of the Oldest and Best Negro Newspapers In the west ESTABLSHED IN 1898 Published Every week 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. IF YOU are in any-wise interested in the Negro race and in aiding in help solving the great questions which to-day confront the American Negro—we solicit your subscription, your patronage, to the Searchlight in our effort for the highest intellectual, christian, moral, financial and physical standard for our race. Your patronage solicited. TO-DAY is the day TO SUBSCRIBE. Our next issue may contain some information or news item of Vital Interest to you. Our subscription rate-one dollar per year-is within the reach of all. You will never have reasons to regret it. AGENTS WANTED We want active, wide-awake hustling men, women, boys and girls as Agents for the Searchlight in every city, town village and community. GOOD MONEY can be realized by the right per Agents and Correspondents of the Searchlight. MONEY can be realized by the right pers and Correspondents of the Searchlight. GOOD MONEY can be realized by the right persons as Agents and Correspondents of the Searchlight. JOB PRINTIN' W. N. MILLEER,Editor 634 N. Water St., Wichita, Kansas Knights & Daughters OF TABOR KANSAS—NEBRASKA JURIS 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 Filmore 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. 34 Mrs. J ingt Thu 36 Mrs. Ad South 37 Mrs. M Atchis 38 Mrs. Ela City, I 39 Mrs. H Elm, 52 Mrs. Ad Kan., 68 Mrs. Ll Kanss. 77 Mrs. Saa Topke —NEBRASKA JURIS CENTER OF 34 Mrs. J. Ingt. Thu No. 8, 35 Mrs. A. South C. G. P. 37 Mrs. M. Topeka, Kan. Atchis SKA JURISDICTION 34 Mrs. Joana Jones, 1135 N. Wash- ington, Wichita, Kan., 1-3 Thurs. (A.) 36 Mrs. Adah Lewis, 1603 Archer Av. South Omaha, Nebraska. 37 Mrs. Mary Robinson, 108 N 3rd Atchison, Kan., 1-3 Fri. (A) KANSAS—NEBRASKA JURISDICTION G. T. Kans. G. Q. M., Scott. Kans. 52 Mrs. Ad Kan., 68 Mrs. Li Kans 52 Mrs. Ada King, 722, N. Y Lawrence Kan., 2-4 Thur. (A) 68 Mrs. Lilie Robinett, 1236 Barnett, Kansas City, Kan., 1-8 Fri. (A) MRS. PAULINE WOODFORD, C. G. PR. 823 Freeman, K. C., Kan. REV. M. WOOTEN, C. G. O. 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. C. G. O. T. Kans. The Wichita r. Editor, 634 an. 89 Mrs. B Omah 91 Mrs. Lu Omah 92 Mrs. A. coln. **ATTING** — The Kansas 89 Mrs. B. E. Alton, 2215 Pacific, Omaha, Neb., 1-8 Wed. (A) 91 Mrs. Lulu Rountree, 1125 N. 19th, Omaha, Neb., 1-8 Thur. (A) 92 Mrs. A. Grant, 401 So. 8th, Lincoln, Neb., 2-4 Frl. (A) TABERNACLES. Chief Preceptresses. Number. 1 Mrs. Lottie Williams, 1309 N. 10th, Kansas City, Kan., 1-3 Wed. (A) 2 Mrs. Addie Williams, 906 S. Walnut Iola, Kan., 2-4 Sat. (A) 1 Fred M. 2 Rev. Jo feyvill City, 3 J. G. B. Kan., 4 F. D. E. 4 F. D. Early, Sherman Flats, Omaha Neb., 2-4 Mon. 5 Robt. M. Jordan, 903 N. Western, N. Topeka, Kan., 1-3 Thur. 7 Dr. G. G. Brown, 517 N. Main, Wichita, Kans., 1-3 Tues. 8 A. J. Beam, 409 Osborne, Ft. Scott, Kan., 1-3 Tue. 10 Geo. L. Craig, 906 Cherokee, Leavenworth, Kan., Mondays. 11 C. W. Giles, 617 N. Water St., Wichita, Kans., 1-3-4 Thurs. 12 Lee Holiday, 723 S. 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 M. 18th Coffeyville, Kansas. 18 Jas. Thomas, 218 W. 1st\ Salt Lake City, Utah. 19 W. M. Hughes, 1023 N. J., Law- rence, Kan., 2-4 Thur. 22 B. C. Easter, Box 156, Oswego Kans., 2-4 Tues. 8 hrs. Mary Goss, Station 1, Wichita, Kan., 1-3 Fri. (A) 1344 N. 5th, Rri. (A) 008 E. 11th, 13 Tues. (A) 17 E Laurett, 8 Ark., Law- ped. (A) 8k, 823 Free- Kansas, 1-8 211 Stewart, 1-3 Thur. (A) 124 N. Wash- Kan., 2-4 11 C. W. Wic 12 Lee Holt Kan. 15 Ed Finc 1-3 T 16 Richard Omah 17 Rev. Al Coffey 18 Jas. The City, 19 W. M. rence, 22 B. C. Kans. 15 Mrs. Ellen Lee, Box 25 Weir City, Kan. 16 Mrs. Lizie Morton, 1308 Washing- ton, Parsons, Kan., 1-3 Wed. (A) 18 Mrs. Jennie Sellers, 2202 So. 9th Omaha, Neb., 1-8 Thur. (A) 20 Mrs. Bessie Hall, 406 Horton, Ft. Scott, Kan. TENTS. Queen Mothers. 24 Mrs. Angie Garner, 704 E. 12th, Coffeyville, Kan., 1-3 Wed. (A) 28 Mrs. Della Dorsey, 714 So. 14th Par- sons, Kan., 1-3 Thur. (A) 29 Mrs. Lulu Woods, 1027 Pottawat- omie, Leavenworth, Kans., 1-3 Thurs. 30 Mrs. Laura Bright, 203 Ohio Leavenworth, Kan., 3 Sat. RIDER AGENT IN EAGN TOWN and district to ride and exhibit a bicycle furnished by us. Our agents everywhere are or full particulars and special offer at once. ED until you receive and approve of your bicycle. We ship a bicycle to you and you will not be out one cent. furnish a bicycle to you and a pair of tires from anyone make one small profit above actual factory cost. You save by buying direct of us and we have the manufacturer's guarantee. We ship a pair of tires from anyone receive our catalogues and learn our unhasked of factory special offers to rider agents. NISHED when you receive our beautiful catalogue and buy our bicycle in our own name plate at this year. We sell the highest grade bicycles for less money. We are satisfied with $1.00 profit above factory cost, our bicycles under your own name plate at day received. We do not regularly handle second hand bicycles, but our Chicago retail stores. These we clear out or $10. Descriptive hardware models, at the lowest price. Fitted roller chains and pedals, parts, repairs and half the usual retail prices. PUNCTURE-PROOF $ 80 PIRES A SAMPLE PAIR TO INTRODUCE, ONLY WANTED - ARIDEN sample Latest Model "Ranger" bicycle making money fast. Write for full partic until you are to anyone, anywhere in the U.S. and allow TEN DAYS' FREE TRIAL d put it to any test you wish. If you are to keep the bicycle ship inside to you at prices and remarkable special offers to WILL BE ASTONISHED when low prices we can make you this year. We are卖 bicycle factory. We are卖 BICYCLE DEALERS, you can see double our prices. Orders filled the day receive SECOND HAND BICYCLES. We do not usually have a number to hand in cash. You promptly at prices ranging from $3 to $8 or $10. single wheels, equipment of all kinds at half the use COASTER-BRAKES, equipment of all kinds at half the use $ 8 50 HEDGETHORN PUNCH SELF-HEALING TIRES YOU WILL BE ASTONISHED when you receive our beautiful catalogue and low prices we can make you this year. We sell the highest grade bicycles for less money DECORATION factory. We are satisfied with $1.00 profit above factory cost BICYCLE DECORATION factory. We bicycles under your own name plate at ur. Orders filled the day received. The regular retail price of these tires is $1,995. The regular price of a sell you a sample pair for $8.80(cash order or $5.55). NO MORE TROUBLE FROM PUNCTURES NAILS, Toes 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 MEDGELTHORN RECORD BUSTERSTREET TIME SQUARE PROPERTY TELEPHONE 1234567890 a special quality of rubber, which never becomes porous and which closes up small punctures without allowance. The rubber is often used in satisfied customers stating that their tails have only been pumped up once or twice in a whole season. They weigh no more than an ordinary tire, the puncture resisting qualities being given by several layers of thin, specially prepared fabric on the surface of the tire. The advertising purposes we are making a special factory price to the rider of only $8.90 per pair. All orders shipped same da examined same day letter is received. We ship C.O. D. on examined and found them strictly as represented, thereby making the price $4.65 per pair if you choose this form. If you choose one, you are returned at OUR expense if for any reason you are exactly reliable and money sent to us is as safe as in a will find that they will ride easier, run faster, this form is the most expensive price. When you want a bicycle you will give us your order, hence this remarkable tire offer. We will send you until you send for a pair of born Puncture-Proof tires and trial at write for our big Tire and Sundry Catalogue which lies at about half the usual prices. I may DO NOT THINK OF BUYING a bicycle from anyone until you know the new and wonderful learn everything. Write it NOW. EMPANY, CHICAGO, ILL. Do you not pay a cent until you have examined and met the letter is received. We ship C. O. D. on approval. You do not pay a cash discount of 5 per cent (thereby making the price $4.85). We will allow a cash discount of 5 per cent (thereby making the price $4.85). We send FULL CASH WITH ORDER and enclose this advertisement. We will also send one 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 you order. You order tires you will find that they will ride easier, run faster, wear better and look fine than new tires at any price. We know that you will be so well pleased that when you want a bicycle you will give your order. We want you to send us a trial order at once, hence this remarkable tire offer. approval. You do not pay a cent until you have examined it. We will allow a cash discount of 5 per cent (thereby mend any damage) on all purchases of nickel plated brass hand pump. Tires to be returned at O not satisfactory on examination. We are perfectly reliable bank. If you order a pair of these tires, you will find a wear better, last longer and look finer than any tire you have known that you will be able well pleased that you want. We want you to send us a trial order at once, hence this remit IF YOU NEED TIRES don't buy any kind of the special introductory price quoted above Hedgethorn Punctum describes and quotes all makes and kinds of tires at about DO NOT WAIT but write us a postal today. DO offers we are making. It only costs a postal to learn every J. L: MEAD CYCLE COMPANY until you have examined and fitted at of 5 per cent (thereby making Wires and enclose advertisers. Tires to be used. We are perfectly reliable and these tires, you will find that t the finer than any tire you have ever pleased that you can buy in order at once, this remarkal ESES don't buy any kind at any Hedgethorn Puncture-Pro Postbox; or write for our big, and kinds of tires at about half write a postal today. DO NOT pair of tires from anyone until hosts a postal to learn everything. CLEC COMPANY, IF YOU NEED TIRES don't buy any kind at any price until you send for a pair of Hedgehorn Puncture-Proof tires on approval and trial at 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 buy a bicycle offers we are making. It only costs a postal to learn everything. Write it Now. 333 TABERNACLES. Chief Precentresses 88 Mrs. Eile Young, Box 1173, Weir City, Kan. 89 Mrs. Hulda Patterson, 8th and Elm, Abellene, Kan. 77 Mrs. Sarah Weddington, 634 Spruce Topeka, Kan., 1-3 Wed. (A) Ita, Kan., Friday. 85 Mrs. Francis Hardaman, 1801 Kansas Ave., Topeka, Kan. 98 Mrs. Ida M. Jordan, 903 N. West- ern, N. Topeka, Kan., 1-3 Thur. (A) 1 Fred M. Harris, Box 1178, Weir 2 Rev. Jos. Smith, 308 E. 11th, Coffeyville, Kans., 1-3 Tues. City, Kan., 1-3 Frl. 3 J. G. Burdett, 819 N. 1st, Atchison, Kan., 1-3 Frl. 24 J. W. Warren, 218 E. 7th, Cherry- vale, Kans., 1-3 Tues. 25 J. H. Downs, 423 Haskell, Kansas City, Kansas, Fridays. 60 E. C. Sqires, 1813 Jefferson, Topeka, Kans., 1-3, Mon. 72 J. M. Wright, 1125 Saratoga, Lincoln, Neb. 1 Lillie Harden, 900 Fifth St., Leav enworth, Kan., 4 Sat. (A) 2 Susan Daniels, 216 W. Wail, F. Scott, Kan., 2-4 Sat. (A) 777 Directory TEMPLES Chief Mentors. TENTS. Notice the thick rubber tread "A" and puncture strips "B" and "D," also rim strip "H" to prevent rim cutting. This makes any other make—SOFT, ELASTIC and EASY RIDING. 2 Lixzie Weaver. 1123 Saratoga, Lincoln, Neb., 2 Fri. (A) 3 Laura Washington. 914 Walken Kansas City, Kan., 1-8 Sat. Moor. 5 Ada Gilbert. 405 N. Santa Fe, Cedarvale, Kan., 2-1 Wed. (A) 8 Ida Stovall. 708 So. Walnut, Isla Kan., 2-4 Sat. (A) 9 Flora Patterson. 911 W. 27th Omaha, Neb., 1-8 Sat. (A) 10 Maggie Robinson, 911 Everett, Kansas City, Kan., 1-3 Sat. (A) 11 Mary Brown, 325 Miss, Lawrence Kan., 2-4 Sat. (A) 11 Ethel Penn, 718 "Q" St. Atchison, Ks., 2-4 Sat. (A) 14 Arle Stone, 323 Main, Atchison Kan., 1-3 Sat. (A) 17 H. H. Adkins, Weir City, Ks., 2-4 Wed. (A) 18 A. O. Murrell, 451 So. 4th Sarina Kan., 1-8 Sat. (A) 19 Lizzie Herold, Sherman Flata Omaha, Neb., 2-4 Sat. (A) 20 Susie Wills, 2109 Grand, Parsons Kan., 1-3 Sat. (A) 25 Gertrude Taylor, 1310 E. Clark, Parsons, Kans., 2-4 Sat. 28 E. A. Tiggs, 2314 Morgan, Parsons, Kans., 1-3 Sat. 23 Charlott Dalton, 1228 Barnett, Kansas City, Kan., 2-4 Sat. (A) 21 Ella McKinnis, 217 Sherman, Leavenworth, Kan., 1-3 Thur. (A) 28 Louise Verder, 818 N. J., Lawrence Kan., 1-3 Sat. (A) 36 Hester Cornish, 911 Western, M. Topeka, Kan., 1-3 Sat. (A) 37 Jannie McAdoo, 1318 N. Madison, Topeka, Kan., 1-3 Sat. (A) 45 Cynthia Henderson, 212 Washington, Kansas City, Kan., 1-8 Sat NOTICE TABORS. If your Tabernacle, Temple or Teat is not in this Directory, or if there is any error, please notify me at once. W. N. MILLER, Editors. It is noticeable that the German papers have made no outcry over the fact that King Edward has personally written to Andrew Carnegie. There is a bank crerk in Elyria, O., who never has any difficulty in striking a balance. His father was a slack-rope walker, and his mother was a trick bicycle rider. Were the Mrs. Gilman brand of sociology to come into vogue there would soon be no society for sociology to operate upon and the exuders of guff would be among the unemployed. Miss Ross Becker has been appointed a claim agent and United States pension attorney at Missouri. She has been known for years as one of the most successful women in St. Louis, being a notary public and an insurance agent. Massachusetts has a law to prevent recklessness and speeding in automobiles, which law may be rendered ridiculous by its wrong punctuation, as it forbids driving over roads "iald out under the authority of the law recklessly or while under the influence of liquor." Boston, in consequence, is in rhetorical spasms. The secretary of the Colorado state bureau of child protection believes that a bad child gets its start from an ill-ordered home or from parents who possess evil traits of character, and wants a law passed making parents responsible for the misdoings of their minor children. But as bad traits of character are often inherited, what would the secretary do in case of an adopted child? In a fire panic in a New-York cheap theater, a so-called exit was found to be a veritable trap, barring in the fleeing crowd instead of letting them find a way to safety. One would naturally suppose that the holocaust in Chicago would have prevented this dangerous practice for all time; but the lessons if catastrophes are quickly lost, especially when they are followed by no retributory measures. There will naturally be much feminine sympathy for the New Jersey woman who has appeared in court to complain about her husband's cruel treatment, relates the Washington Star, and who says: "I am a graduate of a cooking school. I make biscuits, pies, cake and all sorts of dainties to please him, and he calls it all 'indigestion folder!'" The judge advised the woman to cook corned beef and cabbage occasionally, and she said she would. A Minneapolis woman is suing the Western Union Telegraph Company for damages because when she telegraphed to her brother that "Pat," her husband, was drinking, and "to come at once," the message was made to read "Pat is dying," and a horde of relatives, notified by her brother, came from far and near to attend the wake, and she had the expenses to pay. If Pat had had anything to say in the matter he would probably have permitted them to pay their own expenses. Said an anxious mother to the family doctor: "What shall I do with my daughter Mary? She is simply candy crazy and, of course, eating nothing substantial makes her pale, if not downright yellow." Said the wise physician to the anxious mother: "Put Mary into a sweet shop, and she'll soon abbor the stuff! It is herole treatment, but it will cure her appetite for candy." Poor Mary! says the Indianapolis Star, how much pleasure she is going to lose for lack of a little self-denial.