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THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT YOU CAN SAVE MONEY BY TRADING WITH THE MERCHANTS WHO ADVERTISE IN THIS PAPER. Should The Negro Be In Politics? ELEVENTH YEAR We do not agree with those who claim that "The Negro should take no part in politics." It is the recorded history of the world of Nations that no race or people have been able to rise to the standard of civilization or make any important racial progress—who have been denied or refused to judiciously exercise the greatest right which God has given to man—his political rights. Man's politicle rights are only that right of man to have a voice in selecting those who shall manage or control a government, exe- tute its laws and the right to say what those laws shall be. The Declaration of Independence very wisely and truthfully proclaims "We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created evual; they are endowned by their creator with certain nnaliedable rights, that among these are life llberty and the pursuits of happiness. That to secure these rights, govern- ment are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the Consent of the governed." In these words are set forth the true basis on which every government is formed. Therefore the highest right which man can possess as a member of the citizenry of any government is his "political rights" in his government. No government has a just right to deny any of its citizens their "political rights" therein; and it is lidewise the duty of every citizen to exercise this right in a leg isamate, jirisdictious manner to the best interest of—not only himself, but of his posterity and to the best interest of his fellow citizen as well. To say that the American Negro is intitled, as a citizen of this government to every "political right" which any other citizen enjoys is simply to state a trueism more plainly. If it is beneficial to other citizens that they should take part in the politics of this nation, state and country — it surely can do the Negro no harm. It is right that the Negro should be called upon to bear his portion of taxation and other duties incident to a government like this and then be denied his just representation in that government? In their effort to hide the real issue the enemies of the Negro have endeavored to confound "political rights" with social rights two every separate and distinct rights. Political rights are the unalienable rights which every citizen is entitled from his birth — while "social rights" are an individual right over that which every man is the sale chos en and dictator. The Negro does now—and never have desire social co-mingling with any other race—for with in the confines of the Negro race are found a social circle which for purity, harmoniousness culture and refinement is a meritorious rival to the social circle to be found with in the conines of any other race. The demands of the Negro for "hiopolitical rights" are not bas- ed on the fact that he is a Negro but is on that broad and just plane of his American citizenship From the standpoint of a citizen no part of the American nation if justice is decreed is entitled to more consideration than is the Negro of this nation. In every conflict great and small the Negro has done his part. Negro blood his been shed on every battle field in defense of this nation—and no integral of part of this government has been more loyal to its laws, rules and customs than has the Negro of this nation. Then why should the Negro not be interested and take part in the politics of this republic? Why should the Neßro not be permitted to say who at least should govern and what the laws should be. None have taken a more patriotic or valorious part in making this nation what it is than has the Negro—and none are doing more today to maintain this integnity—the progress and national standard of this republic than is the Negro The Negro should not only take his place and play his part in politics—but in the exercise of his political rights he should so exercise his political franchise SEPTEMBER 4 1909. that the race would reap the greatest political representation and benefit therefore. Political parties being the basis of all political governmental accomplishment—the Negro should in chasing the political party which to affiliate should strive to chose that party which will grant to the race the greatest good to the greatest and most representative number of the race. It is as necessary that the Negro should demand a fair and adequate consideration for his political affiliation as it is that other men should and as necessary as it is for the Negro to demand his rights other wise. A Beautiful Home Wedding At the residence of Mrs. Ellen Scott 701 S. 6th. St. Ponca City Okla. Miss. Olevia Anderson of Salina Kansas and Mr. Robert Jackson of Pona City, Oklahoma were until in Holy Matrimony, on Monday evening, August 23. at 9 oclock. Rev. W. F. Warder, Pastor of the 2nd. Baptist church of Winfield, officiating. Miss. Olivia Anderson is one of Salina's most industrious and talented young ladies, and has been a school teacher at Ponca City for a number of years. Robert Jackson also is very industrious farmer of Ponca City, an employer at the 100 Ranch. The Bride was attired in a most beautitul and striking white Persian Laun, made Semi Princess, trimed with lace and embroidried. She wore a veil adorned with a reath of "Lillies of the Valley" making a beautiful effect, and carried a boquet Brides Roses. The Brides maid was Miss Juria Parker of Pink Mull. The best man wa. John W. Jackson of Winfield, a brother of Groom. After the cerimony a delicions four course luncheon was served Many beautiful and valuable gifts were recieved from friends. There was seventy-sight guests outside the many white friends who attended the cermony to show eheir respects to the happy couple. We all wish them a long happy and prosperous life. Grand opening ball of the season on. At the Youngs hall Friday night Sept. 10th Given by the Glee Club. Every lady and gentle man invited to attend on that evening. J. B. H. Fray Dancing Master, A. H. Henderson Manager WINFIELD KANSAS HIS WIFE GREW TOO THIN Berlin. The unholy fashions denounced by the Vatican organ, the Osservatore Romano, are responsible for a remarkable divorce just granted by the courts in Silesia on the representation that the wife had become intolerably thin in order to accommodate her figure to modish of dress. A Silesian judge and the respondent has been declared guilty in the eyes of the law. The petitioner said than wheu he married, his wife was naturally of good figure. This year she suddenly decided that she must be thinner to keep pace with the fashions, and she began strenuous cure which reduced her weigh thirty-one pounds in a short time. Each morning she played tennis for two hours, she took severl daily walks lasting an hour each, and ate like a bird. Her rosy complexion gradually changed to chronic paleness, and she dwinded away uutll her weight though she was five feet ten inches in heith, was only nine and a half stones (133) pounds. She attained her ambition how ever and could wear a realy fashionable gown. When the judge forbide his wife to continue fading away she defied him. In the divorce proceedings the judge contended that his wife had deceived him because he had bar gained to marry a lady of natural ample proportions. Had she been ill, it would have been his duty to watch her grow thin un complainingly, but as she sacrificed herself merely in response to the dictatates of a mad fashion, he claimed the right to be rid of her. After a fiery attack on "the barbaric styles" by the judge's council, the divorce was granted Liberty of Press Curtailed Youngstown, Aug. 27. For the first time in the history of Mahonig county, newspaper publishers were ordered by a court to refrain from publishing stories regarding the actions of a grand jury. Judge Robinson issued a special decree shortly after the grand jury, which has the graft investigation in hand convened saying that no news should be printed about the investigations unless indictments were retuned. A Glorious Meeting The Penecostal Basket meeting at the St. Paul A. M. E. church on last Sunday. Aug. 29th. was the grandest meeting of its kind ever held in Wichita. Rev. W. B. Nichols and his good people from Winfield and Wellington, Rev. S. S. Washington and his congregation from Newton togather with the pastors and congregations of other churches of the city helped make the day an ideal one. Services were begun at 5 a. m. Sunday by prayer meeting at 11 a. m. Rev. S. S. Washington filled the pulpit and spoke eloquently from the subject "What Think Ye of Christ?" Rev. Washington spoke well. At 12 o'clock the benches were moved to one side and a long table was spread the full length of church and the sumptuous baskets were emdted the reon and every one was invited to help themselves. All ate heartily. At 2 p. m. Praise Meeting at 3 p. m. Rev. Dr. Geo. W. Smith pastor of the 2nd Baptist church filled the pulpit and spoke from the subject "Charity." Everyone highly enjoyed the sermon of Dr Smith. At 6:30 p. m. Allens Christian Endeavor league met with its President. Thos. Glover presiding. The church was crowded At 8 p. m. Rev. Dr. W. B. Nichols of Winfield filled the pulpit and spoke from the subject 'What the present duy expects of Christians.' His sermon was well delivered and was attentively listened to by all. The collection tor the day was $100.00. FT. SCOTT KANSAS Marian Tabernacle No. 20 is progressing nicely. And was very much in courage. By our C. P. Pricilla Johnson after her return from Grand Session that we expect to put our hearts together trusting the Lord that we may have great success. Dtr. Bessie Hall G. Q Mother left Aug. 14th for Iola Kansas to visit the Golden Tent No. 2 Saturday afternoon. At night at the beautiful home of Mr. and Mrs. Silas Banks on South Waluut St A Reception was given by the children of the tent, in honor of Dt. Bessie Hall being a grand affair Also entertained by Mr. & Mrs. Silas Banks Mrs. Ana Field and Mrs Sarah Crisp at their home on S. Chestnut. They left Sunday afternoon for Humbolt NO.23 Kansas, accompanied by little Miss, Thelma Hill. P. R. Pricillia Johnson C. R. Lulu Culverhouse NEGRO IS SHOT AND BURNED Escapep Convict Killed One and Wounded Two Putsuers Sopertpn, Ga. Aug. 27. - After killing one man and seriously wounding two others in the posse which was chasing him, B. Clark, a negro convict serving a life sentence in the Bibb county chain gang for murder, was killed at sunrise today. His body was burned on a rubbish heap by enraged citizens, and further trouble with the blacks of the surrounding community is feared as a result of the intense excitement arroused by the killing. Meeting Postponed On account of circumstonces the joint sessiod of the various number of the Knights and Daughters of Tabor has been postponed until Thursday night September 9th, at Youngs hall. All members are requested to be present at 8:30 prompt. Pipe Organ Here The fine pipe organ to be installed in the new 2nd. Baptist church has arrived in the city and will soon be put in its proper place. Doing Building E. B. Bluet and son Allen V. Bluet are doing some great things in the north end of the city. They have purchased ten lots at 14th and Washington and have five houses in course of erection which they will rent. These two energetic colored men, father and son are settling an example worth the emulation of other. OTTAWA KANSAS NEWS OTTAWA KANSAS NEWS Dt. Pauline Lewis is attending the Baptist Convention of Paola Kansas. Dtrs. Kathrine and Addie Glaspie are expecting company from the convention the mittle of the week. Dt. Nellie White's son, Harold has been very sick but is a little improved. Dt. Eva Clayborne has moved to Cypress St, and likes her new home. Dtrs. Extend their full sympathy to Dtr. Bell Johnson who lost her husband. Judith in Mackford's Entry Judith was walking home through the Gartra meadows, a market-basket of yellow daffodils upon her arm. She paused in the middle of the meadow and setting down her basket at her feet, stood to look about her. The check shawi had fallen back from her head and there was still light enough abroad to illuminate her pale, smoothly cut face and the coiled bronze of her hair. Her unconscious attitude was a strange one for so young a girl—her head thrown up, with her nostrils wide arched and both hands clutching the bosom of her old drab gown. Then she started over the field once more, crossed a stile, then through a wood and over a stone wall and a bit down a rutty road to her grandfather's cabin. At the top of the first flight she halted and stood waiting at the nearest door, not daring to knock. A hag with a face like a mask suddenly opened, looked her up and down, then spat at her feet and shut the door again. A man passed her on the stairs and she found breath to ask him for Mrs. Dowdall. "The lidy in the hattick?" he said with a grin. "Up at the top. Ye can't miss them. They're making noise enough." Judith climbed on and on. Her head was giddy, her free hand clutched the broken rail, her feet caught in the broken steps. She stood at last at a door at the top. Loud noises were inside. She knocked softly again and at He was sitting in his usual place by the fire, a little, weazened, old man, with a broken-spotted teapot held firmly between his knees. "Ye're a long while comin'," he said to her. "Put them trash outside for the night and get the tay." Judith threw off her shawl and went obediently about her tasks. When her back was turned the old man hid the teapot in a hole in the wall. "Judith," said he as he mumbled his bread, "what does Miss McCraw want for the body? "Five shillings," answered Judith. "Holy Powers!" said the old man, rocking himself, "where'll I get all that to lend ye? But ye'll not disremember to pay me back, honey, and the 10 shillin's a week as well? "No, grandada," said Judith absently. Presently he set about dragging a greatly tattered letter from his breeches pocket. "Thirty shillin's a week at the flower sellin'," said he. "Saints above, it's a fortune. It was wonderful kind of yer old aunt's niece to think of ye, Judith," he went on, peering down at the scrawled paper by the light of the fire. MACKFORD'S ENTRY, Soho, London. That'll be a grand place. Parks and palaces, no less; and the lord mayor and queen ridin' in gold coach all to their selves. Them's the kind of things ye'll be seen' in a mornin'! It's a lady ye'll be in no time, Judith. But you won't forget the 10 shillin's a week for yer grandada, or maybe 15, will ye now. agra?" "Fifteen, if ye like, grandada," said the girl, lifting her brooding head. "But what at all will ye do by yourself when I'm gone? I'd rather go to me grave than be goin' among strangers as I am." "Whisht with yer talkin'," said he. "Don't I tell ye it's a lady ye'll be? Get up out of that at wanst and go feed the little pig." At nine o'clock the old man climbed up to his sleeping-loft, heaped with his queer old man's treasures, and Judith was free to go to her little room, where she had slept every night for 20 innocent years. It was carefully neat; the patchwork-quilted bed was poor and clean; the earthen floor was fresh swept; at the foot of the wooden bed stood a table spread with crochet work on which was placed Judith's mass-book and three small white plaster images of Christ, the Virgin and St. Joseph. Beside the image of the virgin was a little cup of late snowdrops. Judith stood before the table with clasped, quivering hands. Her whole nature, wild, reserved and shy, was protesting against this sudden uprooting forced upon her by an old man's covetousness. No blossoming 'plant torn up violently by the roots could have felt a more surprising pang than she, as she stood there, her bosom heaving, her long, supple fingers wreathing in and out. She did not want to be a lady, or to stand behind a counter in a shop in a grand street, like Miss Pandy, who sold calico and groceries in Trasna town. Wood and field, morning and night, the changing winds and her liberty and her long prayers in the quiet, that was all she wanted. The faces of strangers had always been a terror to her. It was late when at last, worn out by the passion of the day, she lay down on her bed, to sleep for the last time in the deep stillness of her native place. It was a gusty April evening when Judith stood uncertainly at the corner of Moor street, Soho. Straws and dust and paper turned in the wind at her feet. The dingy crowd hurried ceaselessly past her. Not a soul stopped or gave her good-night. With wandering eyes she began to move slowly down the street, her shawl pulled over her head according to her country habit. At last Judith stood in Mackford's Entry. Panting with weariness and fear, she gazed about her. Refuse lay about the narrow, paved court. On either side the sombre houses towered about her hiding the sky. But there was still some courage of hope left in her heart. She turned and entered the dark doorway and slowly began to mount the stairs. It was almost dark in the house and her unacustomed feet stumbled and slipped on the dirty steps. From above she heard cries and voices whose tones were new to her: never had she heard the like. Special Master E. V. McKeever tiled At the top of the first flight she halted and stood waiting at the nearest door, not daring to knock. A hag with a face like a mask suddenly opened, looked her up and down, then spat at her feet and shut the door again. A man passed her on the stairs and she found breath to ask him for Mrs. Dowdall. "The lidy in the hattick?" he said with a grin. "Up at the top. Ye can't miss them. They're making noise enough." Judith climbed on and on. Her head was giddy, her free hand clutched the broken rail, her feet caught in the broken steps. She stood at last at a door at the top. Loud noises were inside. She knocked softly again and again and at last it was suddenly opened. The air within, like a solid wall of impurity, stayed her at the threshold. But a strong arm pulled her in and a loud laugh greeted her, and a voice that had some echo of her home in it spoke in her ear: "So here ye are at last with the shawl and the bundle. Arrah, how did ye lave the pig at home? Laws, it's 20 years or more since I laid eyes on such a walkin' country innocent. Come in till we look at ye. I declare ye'd do anybody's heart good." Inside, the room was long and low and seemed full of people. A fire burned in a little grate and two oil lamps were hooked on the wall. Beds and heaps of dark-colored bedding lay in the corners. The walls were black, the ceiling was black, the floor was black. Judith gazed round upon the faces, despair settling down upon her. Villainous eyes answered to hers. She was come into one of London's myriad foul dens. She was turning faint and giddy when an oldish man came near to her and pulled the shawl from her head. "It's a bloomin' buttercup," he said drunkenly and threw an arm about her. Judith turned and struck him savagely, so that he reeled. The loud laughter suddenly ceased. "Not much of a buffercup about that one!" said a monstrous carter who sat by the fire. "It's a bloody wild hawk. Turn her out, I say." Judith backed against the wall, and from that moment her agony began. Against the wall she stood, her head bare, her wide-open eyes turned upon thd black ceiling, her white face staring, lost. She knew herself in mortal plight. Rough kindness did not move her. Laughter, abuse and buffetings had no effect. Invisible chains seemed to pin her upright in her place. Night drew down and still she stood there. Noxious insects ran upon walls and ceiling and dropped upon her hair. Noxious human creatures made the night a loud, evil dream. Morning came and the day and night again, and do what they could she would neither eat nor drink, nor could they pull her from her place. What of evil the girl heard or saw during those long hours cannot be known. The angel of innocence surely laid his hand upon her eyeballs that she might not see and upon the doors of her ears that she might not hear. On the afternoon of the third day she saw the Virgin in a white robe standing in the door and beckoning to her with a smile. With a sudden movement she snatched her shawl and fled with great swiftness from the room, down the long stairs and out into the street. In a moment every trace of her was gone from Mackford's Entry. She was swallowed up in the hosts of the city, as a ripple is overridden by the following tide. The dawn wind was rocking the flowers of the Gartra meadows as a gaunt figure crept and stumbled along the path. Sweet odors mounted and were spread upon the air. Judith paused upon the spot where she had stood still five weeks before. Here nothing had passed but the soft change of leaf and blossom. Only upon herself had change been sore. She was haggard, ragged, with bleeding feet. Like a dog she had been hunted, like a dog she was creeping home. When the old man opened the door that morning Judith was sitting there against the house-wall. Her head had fallen back in her sleep and her lips were so blue in the sunlight and her features so pinched and white that the old man made sure that she was not dead. He was softened by the sight and when he had fetched the nearest neighbors Judith was by them tended and with kindness put into her own bed. She lay for long enough and her pillow was often wet with tears, for she was come to the last of her strength and her wild heart was wounded almost to death. In time she recovered through the peace and quiet of the place and was at last able to take up her old life with thankfulness again. She never would tell what she had seen nor how without money she had crossed the sea and traveled the country's breadth. "Sure, I was harished; but there was u miracle in it," was all she would say, or, "I went out of me senses, but there was a Protection over me." IN VOGUE TWO NEAT DESIGNS TWO NEAT DESIGNS PRETTY DRESSES APPROPRIATE FOR THE SEASON. Illustration Shows One Made Up in White Cambric—Sap Green Volle Best Material for the Second Gown. The first design is made up in white, cambric, and has a panel front edged with cambric embroidery. The sides of skirt are slightly fulled into an insertion waistband, so also are THE WORLD'S FASHION the sides of bodice; the back of dress is arranged to match front, which has a little yoke of piece embroidery. Tucks and insertion arranged alternately form the sleeve, which has a lace frilling as a finish at the wrist. Hat of old rose chip, trimmed with feather and a chou of silk. Materials required: 6 yards cambric Effective Additions to Costumes Designed by the Dressmakers of Paris. Of the gowns seen at the French races, all who have observed in person agree that more biscuit-colored pongees with touches of black are seen than anything else. One of the whims is to accompany such costumes with black hats, shoes, parasols and other accessories of dress. The heavily ribbed shantung is the weave most used, although this is its first season out. Among the descriptions of these gowns was one of sand-colored shantung made in princess style, which outlined the waist and defined the figure at the hips. Long lines of trimming running from the yoke to hem consisted of soft folds of golden-brown silk drawn through odd rings made of the shantung. The same trimming bordered the sleeves and outlined the yoke, which was of deep cream-colored Alencon lace. Enormous buttons made of braid in the two shades of silk finished one of the cleverest frocks seen at the French races. Fringing Linen Gowns. Some long linen fringe, looking very like the knotted fringes of a damask towel end, is shown edging the tunic of a brown French linen gown. The drapery is longer in front than at the sides, while separate and shorter tunic ends fall at the back of this interesting model, but all of them are frayed and fringed to a depth of six inches, with a knotted heading extending an inch and a half below the tunic. This is nice work for the needlewoman, and the drawing out of the linen threads is delightful play for the small daughter who loves to help mother. The gown, in soft brown, with its long lines and graceful fringe, is well suited to the tall, slender woman. Itemized Packing. Much future time and labor is saved by taking a little pains when a barrel is packed for storage or clothing of any kind is laid away in bundles to await the return of its proper season. As the articles are packed into the bundle make a complete list of what goes in, and baste or tack this on the lid. In packing away blankets or woolen goods in sheets have a full inventory of each bundle. The sheet can be neatly basted into place and the list sewed upon it. Dainty Blouses. Embroidered net blouses in white or the color of tailored suits are dainty. In order to embroider successfully on it it should be backed with soft silk. 44 inches wide, 1 dozen yards insert, $ \frac{1}{2} $ yard piece embroidery, 1 dozen buttons. A simple but effective style is shown in the second illustration, carried out in sap green volle, the skirt is slightly high-waisted at the back, and is trimmed near the foot by a strip of embroidered galloon. It also trims the bodice across front and back and on the sleeves; four narrow lace frills are taken over each shoulder to waist back and front. Tucked chiffon forms the yoke and under-sleeves. Hat of green stretched silk, trimmed with masses of roses. GREAT VARIETY IN GLOVES Designed for Young Girls, They Are Made in All Shapes and Ma- Gloves especially adapted for tennis-playing girls are of one button length in white or yellow chamois, a material which will not only withstand boiling but become softer and more flexible with every laundering. The most practical gloves for golfing are the mousquetaires of colored mocha, which come with quite long wrists. For driving and riding there is nothing quite so smart as the white leather gloves with black buttons, stitching and gauntlets. Tan mode, white and black gloves for the street are of fine French glace kid in three to six button lengths and of finely spun silk, with double finger tips and composition clasp fastenings. Young girls' summer party gloves are of white or delicately tinted twisted silk in elbow lengths. They are seamless, the thumbs hemstitched and some of them are exquisitely embroidered. Flower Rosettes. Instead of ribbon or chiffon rosettes on the satin mulls now so popular for bedroom use, tiny nosegays of imitation rosebuds make a most attractive finish to the dainty slipper. These flower rosettes are easily made and cost far less than any rosette to be purchased in the shops. The flowers should first be carefully tied together and then sewed to a foundation of duckram or stiff linen. A ruching of lace as a border is most attractive or a band or gathered satin ribbon will give the same effect. Would Look Well Made Up in Iris Mauve Chamois Satin—High Waist Feature. Iris mauve chamois satin would look well made up in this way. The high-walsted skirt is finely tucked at the waist to fit the figure, the tucks are partly hidden by pieces of em- broidered lace which are laid over them. The panel and tucks are head- S. M. ed by insertion embroidered to match lace, the upper part of bodice is also trimmed with it, so are the tucked sleeves. Chiffon forms the yoke, which has an embroidered collar turning back from it. Hat of iris mauve chip, trimmed with feathers and ribbon. Materials required: 7 yards satin, $ \frac{1}{4} $ yard chiffon, 3 yards insertion, $ \frac{1}{2} $ yard lace. One Color Effects. Never was the vogue so great for harmony of the whole costume and the most stylish women appear with gown, hat, shoes and accessories of the same hue. DRAINS AND CARRIES DISHES Invention of California Man Useful for Homes, Hotels and Restaurants. An article of twofold use in homes, notels and restaurants is the dish carrier designed by a Californian. In addition to being a carrier device, this also makes a good draining rack. The device consists of a frame with rows of inclined slots, somewhat resembling a window blind, and resting at an angle upon supports. It is set on a table near where the dishes are washed, and as they are dried the plates and saucers are placed in the Also Useful as a Drain. openings. Or they can be placed there to drain before they are dried. When the rack is full scores of dishes can be carried with ease and safety to the cupboard at one trip, where otherwise a dozen journeys would be necessary. The effect of a stumble with this "lazy man's load" of china is horrible to contemplate, but the inventor is not expected to take clumsiness into consideration. Ordinarily careful people will find the device a time-saver. TO SAVE LABOR IN KITCHEN Little Things That Will Lighten Work During the Hot Days of Jelly Making. Now that the jelly making season is at hand a few hints that will make less work for the housekeeper will not be amiss. Your jelly bag, of course, is perfectly clean to start with. After picking over and washing the fruit put it right into the bag, put the bag into a large kettle and add whatever amount of water you desire. Boll it this way a little longer than you would without the bag. This way of doing saves one the awkward task of dipping up the hot fruit into the bag and often scalding one's self in so doing. When boiled sufficiently the bag can be lifted out and set in a porcelain collender on top of, the kettle to drain and left there till the next day, if necessary. This is all quickly done and one is saved the trouble of nanging the bag up to drain, for there never seems to be any place to hang it out of the way. Before this plan suggested itself to me jelly making was a much harder task, while now I do not dread it all. I would say, however, that I have not tried it for currants or berries, because those fruits do not need much water or boiling, but for green gooseberries, grapes, rhubarb, or any of the larger fruits it is an excellent plan. Chocolate Ice Cream. Serving chocolate cream with whipped cream is especially desirable for summer, as the whipped cream lightens the chocolate flavor. Melt an ounce in a quarter of a cup of hot water in which the same amount of sugar has been dissolved. Stir this over the fire until it is smooth, and add it, with a cupful of sugar and a good pinch of salt, to a quart of thin cream which has been scalded with a two-inch piece of cinnamon bark. Strain this mixture, let it cool, add a tablespoonful of vanilla extract and freeze. Pack the cream in a lemon mold and let it stand for several hours. Turn it on a large plate and surround it with fluffy whipped cream, decorated with thin slices of candied fruit. Tomatoes Stuffed with Sardines. Select large, ripe tomatoes of uniform size and pare them carefully with a sharp knife. Set on the ice to harden and cut out the hearts neatly, leaving the walls whole. Prepare the filling by skinning boneless sardines and laying them upon tissue paper to absorb the oil. Then scrape as you would pick codfish for "balls" and work in a little lemon juice and a dash of white pepper. Toss and work with a silver fork until smooth and fill the cavities left in the tomatoes with the mixture. The combination of flavors is very pleasant. Canning Corn. Get good corn, not too ripe, cut it from the cob and scrape out the milk. Fill the jars with corn and fasten the lids on lightly. Place a wooden rack or straw in the bottom of the wash boiler to almost the tops of the jars and boll for two hours. Remove the lids and quickly fasten them again, then boll two hours more. If tin cans are used the lids must be punctured. The boiler must be well covered while the corn boils, for steam cooks more quickly than hot water. It is advisable to can a little at a time. To Make Skirt Hang Evenly An accurate and easy way to even off a skirt which is to be hemmed instead of faced. Before putting on the belt lay the skirt on the floor doubled at the front fold and measure the required length from waist down all around and pin together every little ways, then turn back the extra length to the pins and bastе. AT THE MOMENT. Percy—Aw, are you interested in the "Coming Young Man?" Kitty (with a yawn)—No; I am more interested in the going young man. HAD AWFUL WEEPING ECZEMA Face and Neck Were Raw—Terrible Itching, Inflammation and Soreness—All Treatments Failed. Cuticura Proved a Great Success. "Eczema began over the top of my ear. It cracked and then began to spread. I had three different doctors and tried several things, but they did me no good. At last one side of my face and my neck were raw. The water ran out of it so that I had to wear medicated cotton, and it was so inflamed and sore that I had to put a piece of cloth over my pillow to keep the water from it, and it would stain the cloth a sort of yellow. The eczemaitched so that it seemed as though I could tear my face all to pieces. Then I began to use the Cuticu. a Soap and Ointment, and it was not more than three months before it was all healed up. Miss Ann Pearsonals, North-field, Vt., Dec. 19, 1907." All in Fight Against Tuberculosis. All in Fight Against Tuberculosis. Prevention of tuberculosis versus dividends is the proposition which some of our largest insurance companies are now trying to establish. The Metropolitan Life recently applied for permission to erect a sanatorium for its policy holders and employees afflicted with tuberculosis, but the application was refused on grounds of illegality by New York State Superintendent of Insurance Hotchkiss. The company is, however, conducting an active educational campaign by distributing 3,500,000 pamphlets among its policy holders. The Provident Savings Life Assurance society has also established a health bureau, where its policy holders may receive free medical advice. Several fraternal orders, notably the Modern Woodmen, Knights of Pythias, Royal League, Royal Arcanum and Workmen's Circle, have already established or are contemplating the erection of sanatoria for their tuberculous members. A Noble Love. "Is the contract of dower properly drawn up, signed and witnessed?" asked the count of Castle-on-the-Bum. "Yes," sighed Gladys Golden. "There are no loopholes through which your wise lawyers of Philadelphia might creep?" "Not a loophole," said the fair Gladys. "And your father's holdings in Amalgamated Whalebone, American Cheese and Macaroni and Tin Soup-Plate 65 have not been affected by the recent depression?" "No, dearest," answered Miss Golden, firmly. "Then I love you," said the noble count; and two fond hearts beat as one—Puck. No Infallible Method. A leading mathematician of France gives another warning that there is no infallible method of doubling one's stakes after a loss. "All one can do," says he, "is to combine one's play so as to have a great chance of winning a little and a little chance of losing much, and many chances of losing little. Willing to Try. The Laborer Eats Food That Would Wreck an Office Man. Men who are actively engaged at hard work can sometimes eat food that would wreck a man who is more closely confined. This is illustrated in the following story: "I was for 12 years clerk in a store working actively and drank coffee all the time without much trouble until after I entered the telegraph service. "There I got very little exercise and drinking strong coffee, my nerves were unsteady and my stomach got weak and I was soon a very sick man. I quit meat and tobacco and in fact I stopped eating everything which I thought might affect me except coffee, but still my condition grew worse, and I was all but a wreck. "I finally quit coffee and commenced to use Postum a few years ago, and I am speaking the truth when I say, my condition commenced to improve immediately and today I am well and can eat anything; I want without any bad effects, all due to shifting from coffee to Postum. "I told my wife today I believed I could digest a brick if I had a cup of postum to go with it. "We make it according to directions boiling it full 20 minutes and use good rich cream and it is certainly delicious." Look in pkgs. for a copy of the famous little book, "The Road to Wellville." "There's a Reason." Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and full of human interest. THE AMERICAN HOME W·M·A.RADFORD EDITOR THE HOME OF THE HERITAGE CLUB Mr. William A. Radford will answer questions and give advice FREE OF COST on all subjects pertaining to the subject of building for the readers of this paper. On account of his wide experience as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he is the highest authority on all these subjects. All inquiries to William A. Radford, No. 51 Fifth Ave., Chicago, Ill., and only noose two-cent stamp for reply. The use of the concrete block in residence construction is now firmly established, and some of the most beautiful structures to be found in the country are made of these blocks. It is true that in many cases the blocks have been improperly made and present an objectionable appearance, in addition to being damp. But blocks when properly made by men who know their business are not surpassed by any other building material either for economy, health or artistic qualities. These blocks are made with many different faces, the most popular being the rock face. Cement is used to imitate rock. The friends of cement construction as a rule are opposed to imitations. They say concrete should not imitate anything but should stand by itself. When blocks are made with crushed stone or gravel of graduated sizes, clean shash sand and an honest amount of good cement with plenty of water, they are all that could be desired. Objection is sometimes made to the sameness of the block. It is often noticed that "one is just like all the rest." This objection may be overcome by casting the block without any face whatever, leaving the exterior surface rough, and finishing with cement mortar in any desired form. It will be noted that the house here shown is made of concrete blocks. It goes without saying that if the blocks used in the construction of this house are honestly made the structure will WAS NOT GOVERNOR THEN. Dignified Chief Executive of Missouri as a Lawbreaker in His Col- Chase Brown of Chanute has a picture taken in 1892, when he was a student at the University of Kansas, of which he is very proud. The picture shows students of the university working out their poll tax down on the streets of Lawrence. Among the students whose likeness appear in the picture is Herb Hadley, now known by the more dignified term of Gov. Hadley of Missouri. Through a political row about 50 students were compelled to work out poll tax. The students who had to pay this tax were allowed to employ a couple of helpers, and because of this the work was soon completed. "Herb Hadley," says Mr. Brown, "was the most obsocious lawbreaker of the whole bunch that day. And most of the bunch were engaged in breaking the law. Hadley got up on a goods, box and it is said that in language not designed for parlor use told the assembled students just what he thought of the town authorities that would compel students to work out poll tax. Mr. Brown was not of age at the time and he was working as a helper. The streets of Lawrence were improved very little by the work the students did that day. Crooked sticks, canes, brooms and other formidable implements were used at the direction of the street commissioner, who rather sided with the students. The mayor of the town passed along the street in a carriage and several students who actually had shovels really filled them with dirt, and threw the dirt into the mayors conveyance."—Chanute Tribune. Gives Bees Ennul. The mysterious "Isle of Wight bee disease," discovered two years ago—which makes the proverbially busy bee disinclined to do any work and causes him to die of exhaustion—has broken out in Buckinghamshire, according to a London Letter to the Cleveland Leader. It is a microbe similar in many ways to the plague bacillus which attacks human beings. The germ caused such havoc in the Isle of Wight that bee keeping was practically killed there as an industry. stand for an indefinite period. It will require no repairs, no paint, and will be indestructible. This house has an ample porch. The arrangement of the house is as follows: The parlor, which is well shaded by the porch, is ten feet, six inches by ten feet, six inches. Back of this room, seen through wide folding doors, is the dining room, which is ten feet, six inches by ten feet. One feature which will appeal to the women folks is the size of the kitchen which is 14 feet by nine feet. There are two bedrooms, each one of which is ten feet six inches by ten feet. The bathroom back of the rear bedroom is seven feet by four feet six inches. The pantry is of ample size for a small family. KITCHEN 14'0"x9'0" PANTRY BATH DINING ROOM 10'-6"x10'-0" DED ROOM 10'-6"x10'-0" CLOS CLOS PARLOR 10'-6"x10'-6" DED ROOM 10'-6"x10'-0" PORCH Floor Plan. RARITY OF GREAT ACTRESSES Women Singers the World Has in Comparative Plenty, But Few Fine Tragediennes. Interest in Ristori is revived three years after her death by the project to erect a memorial to the Italian actress in Friuli, her birthplace. The memorial is to contain a decorative tribute from every country in which she performed, and the recent "Ristori matinee" in London was to raise funds for an English contribution. A great singer dies or retires and another is found ready to take up her roles, often disputing her supremacy while she is still in the full tide of her fame. The great actress leaves a void not so soon filled. Ristori, it is true, succeeded directly to Rachel's honors, her first appearance in Paris in 1855 preceding but by three years the death of the French actress. But who is there to inherit from Ristori? The stage has a great Phedre in Bernhardt and a great Camille and Magda in Duse. But who is there to play Lady Macbeth as Ristori played it in an impersonation which was the finest since Mrs. Siddons? What young actress is there whose Juliet or Portia, or whose Francesca, done like Ristori's at 14, gives promise of a first rank in tragic roles? Nature is generous of her favors to woman singers. Each generation has its Malibrans and Pattis. Why is she so chary of endowing women with the highest stage gifts? A host of women make the stage their vocation, a number exceeding that of the men engaged. There are many capable actresses whose talents fall just short of the highest achievement. But the scarcity of Ristoris and Rachel, or even of Janauscheks and Modjeskas is in striking contrast with the comparative frequency of prima donnae equal rank on the lyric stage. To Keep Flies from Horses. Take two or three small handfuls of green walnut leaves upon which pour two or three quarts of solft, cold water; let it stand one night and pour the whole next morning into a kettle and let it boil for 15 minutes. When cold it will be fit for use. No more is required than to wet a sponge, and before a horse goes out of the stable let those parts which are most irritated be smeared over with the liqui This Time He Robbed a Pennsylvania Express Train in True Western Style. Lewiston, Pennsylvania.—One of the most audacious and startling hold ups of a railroad train in the east for years occurred on the eastern slope of the Allegheny mountains. A lone highwayman stopped a Pennsylvania railroad express train with a dynamite cartridge and at the point of a revolver compelled the crew to carry thousands of dollars in coin and bullion from an express car to a spot in the wilderness. When the conductor of the train attempted to interfere with the robber's plans he was shot in the hand and the bandit succeeded in making good his escape. In the darkness, however, he mistook a bag containing 10,000 new Lincoln pennies for gold coin and staggered away with it, leaving the real gold bullion to be recovered by the railroads. MEXICO CITY WANTS AVIATORS Aeroplanist of the World are to be Invited to the Centenary Celebration. Mexico, City, Mexico.—The committee in charge of the Centenary celebration here in September 1910, have decided to invite the aeroplanists of the world to hold the international meet at Mexico City: Prizes aggregating between $50,000 and $100,000 will be offered. The Wright brothers, Bleriot, Curtiss, Latham and other leaders in the science of aviation will be asked to take part. It is the intention of the committee, if arrangements can be completed, to make the meeting the biggest ever held on this continent. The movement is headed by Federal Governor Landay Escandon. FORESTS ARE BEING DEPLETED A Forestry Service Bulletin Says We are Using Timber Three Times as Fast as it Grows. Washington, D. C.—Carelessness in the production of timber and recklessness in its use because it has been cheap and abundant has brought upon the nation a menace which will take many years of vigorous effort by individual forest owners by the states and by the national government to overcome and to reach the necessary condition of equilibrium between timber production and consumption says R. S. Kellogg, assistant forester, in a forest service publication. "We are cutting our forests three times as fast as they are growing" is Mr. Kelloggs comment. MISSOURI RATE CASE APPEALED The Supreme Court of the United States is Asked to Sustain the Commission. Chicago, Illinois.—The decree in the Missouri river rate case was entered and immediately following this action the appeal to the supreme court of the United States was perfected. The appeal is based almost entirely on the dissenting opinion handed down by Judge Baker, who could not agree with his majority colleagues in their decision denying to the commission the rate-making power which it had sought to enforce in the Missouri river rate case. A COLORADO LAW HELD GOOD Foreign Corporations Must Pay State Two Dollars Per Year for Each $1,000 Capital. Denver, Colorado.—Judge Lewis, in the federal court, held the flat tax of $2 per year for every $1,000 of capital stock of foreign corporations, imposed by the state of Colorado, valid. In this connection he sustained the demurrer of former Secretary of State O'Connor to the complaint of the Santa Fe railroad that the tax was in interference with interstate commerce. Kansas Woman Accused of Murder. Wellington, Kansas. — A coroner's jury which investigated suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of John S. Hathaway, a Sumner county farmer, who died Thursday and was believed to have been poisoned by his wife, returned a verdict holding Mrs. Hathaway responsible for the death of her husband by administering poisonous drugs. She was arrested and brought to jail here by Sheriff Holliday. No More Train Cups in Kansas. Sedalia, Missouri.—The new Kansas law, effective, prohibiting public drinkingcups on railway trains in the state, resulted in the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway company issuing a bulletin calling attention to the law and stating that individual drinking cups will be on sale to passengers by train news agents. Robbed Iowa Bank Mineola, Iowa.—Two masked men held up the cashier of the Mills County German bank here and escaped with $1,500, in cash. The cashier and two customers were kept in the back room of the bank by one of the robbers while the second man took the money from the safe and counter. A Scranton, Pa., Mine Cave. Scranton, Pa.—Fully $200,000 damage was done in West Scranton to the property by a mine cave, the worst the city has ever experienced. THE FERRARIUM HOME PRODUCTS AND MANUFACTURERS' HALL. This hall is a building 150 feet square with a high arched roof, perfectly lighted and well adapted for this department. This, as well as all other buildings, will be beautifully decorated. The premium list is ready for distribution and Secretary A. V. Wilson will gladly send a copy to any one addressing him at Electric Park, Kansas City. Boating on the lake and other permanent attractions of the park will be continued during the fair. THOUSANDS DIE IN FLOODS FIFTEEN THOUSAND HOMELESS IN MONTEREY, MEXICO. Twelve Hundred Perished and Preperly Loss May Reach $20,000,000 —Rainfall Was 17½ Inches. Monterey, Mexico.—When it ceased raining some idea of the horrors of the flood could be obtained. It was at first reported that 800 lives were lost in the disaster but it is known that the number of dead will reach 12,000 and perhaps more. The river has fallen considerably and while still high, the danger is over. Seventeen and a half inches of rainfall is the official record during three days. This rain was a steady downpour and at no time approached the status of a cloudburst. The river was higher than it ever has been in the history of Monterey and one time the plazas Zaragossa, the highest part of the city, was flooded to a depth of about on foot. Fully 15,000 people are homeless in the flood and are being cared for by the city government. Conservative estimates of the property loss place the figures at $20,000,000 throughout the city. All through the day and up to late at night the bodies have been taken from the debris and ruins in the path of the flood and over 500 have been recovered. EARTHOUAKE ON CANAL ZONE The People Were Greatly Alarmed But No Serious Damage Has Been Reported. Panama. — A strong earthquake was experienced here shortly after eight o'clock in the morning. The people were greatly alarmed, but no serious damage has been reported and no one was injured. The administration buildings of both the government and the canal commission here and at Ancon were so severely shaken that the clerks left their desks hurriedly for the street. They soon returned, however, when it was seen that no damage had been done and that the first shock was not followed by a second. The quake was felt also at Aguadulce, in Cocle province, and at Pacora, in the province of Panama, points more than 100 miles apart. There is nothing as yet to indicate that the Panama Canal was damaged by the quake. Special inquiries are being made in this direction, and a report from the canal commission is expected. Employes Do Not Get Tariff Protect Washington, D. C. — That the laborers employed by the Pressed Steel Car company at McKees Rocks, Pa., the scene of the present strike, are not paid the share to which they are entitled under the protective tariff system is asserted by Secretary Morrison of the American Federation of Labor. The charge is embodied in a request forwarded by Mr. Morrison to Secretary Nagel for an investigation into conditions at McKees Rocks. Kansas Gets a $48.075 Fee. Topeka, Kansas. — The Chicago Great Western Railway company has paid to Kansas $48,075.50 for the privilege of operating over 32 miles of railroad in the state. The company has recently been reorganized and a new charter has been obtained It owns no railroad property in the state, but leases trackage rights from Leavenworth to Kansas City. In Kansas City Next Time. Seattle, Washington.—At a meeting of the executive committee of the National Conservation Congress it was decided to hold the next congress in the middle west, probably in Kansas City. Curtiss and Bleroit Will Race. Indinapolis, Indiana.—Glenn H. Curtiss and Louis Bleroit, with biplane and monoplane, will appear in a aeronautic exposition in this city in October according to a cablegram received by the management. THE LAND SUITS KNOCKED OUT Demurrers in Eastern Oklahoma Title Cases Started by United States Are Sustained. Muskogee, Oklahoma.—Judge Ralph Campbell has sustained the demurrers in the suits brought by the United States to set aside various deeds and leases made by citizen allottees in the five civilized tribes in eastern Oklahoma, and thus settled a legal controversy that had been the cause of considerable concern in that part of the state. The court reviewed the relation of the United States to the five tribes since they became a nation, and found that no vestige of title to the lands allotted them now remains in the United States. The demurrers involved the question of the citizenship of these Indians and the court declared them to be citizens of the United States with all the rights, privileges and immunities of citizenship. It is held that the United States cannot maintain these suits on the principle that it sustains to the individual Indian a trust relation, such guardianship being incompatible with citizenship, national and state. Finally the bills were held bad because numerous defendants are joined in each bill who were connected with many distinct transactions regarding as many distinct tracts of land. GOT LION'S SHARE OF HONORS Glenn H. Curtiss an American Was the Hero of Aviation Week at Rheims, France. Betheny Aviation Field, Rheims, France.—A twilight vision of Paulhan's graceful monoplane like a great white bird soared above the plain, so high that it seemed to rise above the yellow harvest moon, just rising above the distant hills, and the fleeting "Golden filer" as the Curtis machine has been dubbed, smashing another world's record in the Prix de la Vitesse, were the closing glories of aviation week. The victory of Glenn H. Curtiss, the sole American representative in the contests coming on the heels of his great victory in the International cup, gives the United States the lion's share of the honors of the meeting. The Prix de la Vitesse, of 20,000 francs ($4,000) divided into four prizes, was distributed to the four machines making three rounds of the course, 30 kilometers, at the greatest speed, the first prize being won by Curtis quite handily, notwithstanding his penalization. The Land of Fruit and Honey. Delta, Colorado—Delta county expects in the next two weeks to begin the shipment of its record crop. The products of 27,000 acres will be shipped, their estimated value being $4,000,000. More than four thousand cars will be required for the fruit alone. Since July 25 a ton of honey has been shipped each day. More than 300 outside laborers will be needed to gather the fruit crop. Tier of Seats Fell at Grant Reception. Des Moines, Iowa.—While Governor Carroll was speaking in a large tent for the Grand Army reception to Gen. F. D. Grant at the state fair grounds a tier of seats fell to the ground and a dozen persons were injured some of them quite seriously. Rawhide, Nev., Flooded. Reno, Nevada.-The mining camp of Rawhide, 100 miles from here was visited by a cloudburst a wall of water said to have been 12 feet in height rushed through the streets sweeping everything before it. A Warning to Baseball Fans. A Warning to Baseball Fans. Chicago, Illinois.—Cheering for a player who had just knocked a home run in a prairie game on the west side here caused the death of Robert Myers 65 years old. He cheered so much and so long that heart disease caused death. An American Consul III. Washington, D. C.—Oscar Malmros, American consul at Rouen, France, is dangerously ill., according to a dispatch received at the state department. HE TELLS NEWSPAPER MEN THAT HE IS ALL RIGHT. If There Should be Anything Serious He will Let the Press Know He Says. Arden, New York.—Edward H. Harriman, urged by weary newspaper men who have camped about his mountain home since Wednesday last issued a statement that he was all right. Though brief, the statement is straightforward and explicit, with perhaps a touch of patient resentment at the surveillance to which he has been subjected and a request that reporters withdraw not so much for his sake but for his friends, who have been intercepted daily coming to and from his residence by zealous interviewers for the latest bit of information, It concludes thus frankly: "If there should be anything serious I will let the press know, and as I have never deceived them, I ask that the press now withdraw its representatives and rely on me." The general opinion is that Mr. Harriman would have broken his silence long ere now had he realized how this continued silence and that of his family and associates bred wild and sensational rumors. A SERMON BEFORE THE GAME At Minneapolis the Sunday Baseball Game Was Preceded by Religious Services at the Park. Minneapolis, Minnesota.—"Sermons in stones and good in everything," is a text applicable to a sermon delivered by the Rev. G. L. Morrill to the fans at the ball park before the game here Sunday. It was the first time in professional baseball history that religios services had been conducted in connection with a game. The holiday crowd listened attentively to the practical religious discourse of the minister before the umbrella called "play ball." Then the game proceeded and the Minneapolis team, first to introduce religious services as a prelude to Sunday ball, won from Kansas City by a score of 8 to 0. MRS. BARCLAY IS OUT ON BOND The Kidnapers Held in the Sum of $6,000—Gentry the Detective Still in Jail. Topeka, Kansas. — After arraignment in the city court here and furnishing bond in the sum of $6,000, Mrs. Stella Barclay foster mother of the "incubator baby," left for Kansas City. She declined to say where she would spend the time which will elapse before her preliminary hearing which is now set for September 8. J. N. Gentry, the detective who assisted her in securing possession of the child is still in jail here and has little hope of securing bail. Mrs. Barclay declined to make any statement until after she had seen John Atwood, her attorney, in Kansas City. KANSAS CITY BANK CLEARINGS The Figures Were $195,948,597 Which Was 25 Per Cent More Than Same Month in 1908. Kansas City, Missouri.—Kansas City bank clearings for the month ending August 31 were $195,948,597 the largest on record for any month except one and 25 per cent larger than the clearing in August 1908. In the eight months of 1909 that have passed the bank clearings were 31 per cent larger than in the corresponding period last year, and if the present rate of increase keeps up, Kansas City's bank clearings for 1909 will be nearly $2,400,000,000, or $500,000,000 greater than in 1908. Jobs for Farm Students. Washington, D. C.—Students with an agricultural training who are familiar with laboratory and field work and with classes and varieties of cereals are in demand by the government at salaries ranging from $1,200 to $2,000 a year. The civil service commission has announced an examination September 22, next, for positions as assistant in grain standardization in the bureau of plant industry of the department of agriculture. Japanese Visitors Arrive Seattle, Wash.-The Great Northern liner Minnesota bringing Baron Shibusawa, the foremost financier of Japan, merchants, members of parliament and bankers representing six great cities of Japan, arrived at Port Townsend one day ahead of her schedule. Besides her 52 distinguished passengers, the Minnesota brought the most valuable cargo that ever crossed the Pacific ocean. When Train Hit Motor Car St. Louis, Missouri.—Two women, a baby and a man were killed and another man was injured and died a few hours later, when a fast Rock Island train struck a motor car near Creve Coeur Lake, St. Louis county. In a head-on collision one mile south of Glenwood, Mo., on the Wabash between the passenger train and an extra freight R. T. Thompson of Moberly a fireman was killed and three other persons dangerously injured. THE SEARCHLIGHT WICHITA, I I I I KANS. Posted at the Post Office at Wichita, Kansas, as Second Class Mail Matter. Published Every Saturday at 601 North Main Street. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION Strictly in Advance. One Year (By Mail).....$1.00 Six Months (By Mail).....7.85 Three Months (By Mail).....8.00 Advertising Rates Made Known on Application. All matters addressed to The Searchlight for publication ust be signed by one party or parties writing. 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Graduate American School Chropody of New York City. 343 North Main Street Wichita's Oldest, Most Re liable and Best Laundry BEST LAUNDRY WORK IN THE CITY All Work Guaranteed SELOVER & DONS, Prop. Phone 282 245 N. Market Send your news in earlier Dr. Emanue! Harrison died at his home 513 N. Main Thursday morning from a compulsion of diseases. Dr. Harrison had been a resident of Wichita for a number of years and enjoyed a splendid practice. Funeral was held on Saturday from A. M. E. church under the auspices of the Knights of Tabor. Rev. J. T. Smith officiated. Where She'd Wear it. Somebody sent this to the society editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, and made affidavit that it really happened. Here it is: They were out at an afternoon card party. A stout woman dropped a card to the floor. "Would you be so kind as to pick up that card for me?" she inquired of the litte woman at her right. "Certainly," said the accommodating woman at the right, picking up the card. "You see," explained the stout woman, "I've got on a brand new $50 corset, and I'm afraid I'll strain it if I lean over." "Hum!" commented the other woman, enviously. "If I had a $50 corset I'd wear it on the outside. I really would." Special Master E. V. McKeever filed Peerless Steam Laundry LOCALS THE RESUME OF THIS WEEK Send your news notes and local happenings to 091 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 Rev. J. H. VanLue was in the city this week. Johnie Bragg left Tuesday for Topeka. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Payne of Newton was in the city Sunday Henry Graves of Pratt was a visitor in the city Sunday. Miss. Bettie May Hall who has been quite ill is slowly improving Rev. J. H. Van Lue received a shipment of a car load of horses and other goods this week. Mrs. Thomas Banks and grand daughter Miss. Bessie Starnes left Sunday on a trip to California. Mr. and S. W. Jones and their son's John D. and Maurice is visiting in Ks. City, and St. Joe Mo Mrs Lou Matthews of Guthrie Okla. was a visitor in the city Sunday. Miss. Della Bell of Topeka is in the city to spend some time visiting among friends. Miss. Irma Clark left Monday for Topeka Kans. where she will spend a few weeks visit with friends and relitives. Miss. Ethel A. Patton returned home Saturday from Hutchinson where she spenta few day visiting with friends. S. T. Bellesene one of Wichitas old residence is in the city visiting with friends and relitives. Mrs. Mary Coleman wife of A. C. Coleman Daughter of the Knights of Eabor has gone for a trip to see her people of Fort Smith Ark. This S Makin Eye 517 N. M Watch This Space Makin Eye Drug Co. 517 N. Main Street Go to Garffeld hall on Monday night September 6th. and attend the big Labor Day exercise given by the Lone-Tree Clnb. Mrs. M. Cox aud her daughter Miss. Pansy returned home from Kansas City Tuesday. Both reports having a nice time. All members of Mt. Olive court No. H. of I. are requested to meet on the first Tuesday in September. Business of importance. Ella R. Ewing Sec. Miss. Mattie Freeman of Memphis, Tenn. who has been visiting her aunt Mrs. N. J. Neely returned to her home Friday. W. H. A. Clark returhed Wednesday from Kansas City where he attended the Masonic Grand Lodge. He had a fine trip. Dr. G. W. Allison M. D. of Ft. Scott Ks. came through the city Wednesday, enroute to Coffeyville Kansas. Jas. Crawford who has been the guest of Mrs. Ida McDonald at 720 N. Washington returned to his home in Oklahoma City Monday. Word was received by Rev. J. H. Van Lue that Rev. H. Gordon of the 3rd Baptist church, Kansas City Kansas was burned to keath in that city a few days ago. Rev. Geo. W. Smith of the 2nd Baptist church is jubilait over a news from Houston Tex. that a little girl was added to his family on Aug. 31st. 1909. Mother and daughter are both doing well. J. W. Thompson has returned from Kansas City and Topeka. He attended the big doings of the Masons and the Supreme lodge of the K. of P. On his return he stopped over in Topeda to visit friends. Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Bellisene of St. Paul Minn. has been visiting in the city for several days. Mr. Belliseine formerly resided here some years ago aad is well known by some of tue older citizens. atch Space Motorcycle Races Labor Day Monday, Sept. 6th.—2 p. m. New Fair Gronnds 1 to 25 miles Ketzler Hardware Co., 354 North Main Street —DEALERS IN— Hardware, Hot Air Furnaces, Tin Work, Roofing, Guttering, Copper and Galvanized Iron Work. Repairing and Painting Tin Roofs A Specialty. North Main Street Bargain Store Dry Goods, Shoes, Men and Ladies Furnishings, Groceries. GOOD GOODS AT LOWEST PRICES Best Print at 5per yard BARGAIN STORE 741 N. Main Send your news in earlier W. N. Miller Attorney-at-Law NOTARY PUBLIC. Office 634 North Water Street Practices in all the Courts Of Kansas and Missouri Residence Phone - Bell 1641 BUY LUMBER AT METZ'S Corner 3rd & Main Hardware store First Class Goods at Lowest Prices 116 East Douglas Avenue Dr.J.E. Farmer, Physician and Surgeon Diseases of Women and Children A Specialty Office 703 N. Main St. Groceries, Meats GENERAL MERCHANDISE We carry a full, fresh line of Staple and Fancy Groceries and Choicest Fresh and Salt Meats Our Stock of Dry Goods Men, Women and Children's Shoes cannot be excelled in quality or in price. Free Delivery. Tapo & Hanshaw J. Ed Allen HARNESS MAKER 426 North Main St. New and 2nd Hand Harness Harness bought, sold, repaired and exchanged Miss. Lizzie Underwood entertained Misses Gertrude Pryor, Rueh Johnson of Newton, Limnie Baker, Messers Chas Price Tom Anderson, H. Woodard & brother in honor of Harry Motin of Topeka who is in the city on a visit. R Of letting your clothes look ragged or soiled, when you can have them dry cleaned, preressed and repaired to look like new at reasanable prices at ing and Dye Works Lawrence Avenue Bell Phone Best in the Southwest Special Attention Given to Canine Practice Answered—Day or Night Wildes, Musician & Surgeon Red Hospital In the City Office and Hospital N. Market St., Wichita, Ks. to None ' Bread Makers Snow—TRY IT Stock and Poultry Food for the United States Law, Under the Kansas State Law cheapest and BEST FOOD on the Market EWART MARKET The Peoples Cleaning and 131 North Lawrence A nd. Phone 178 The Biggest and Best in the High Class Surgery a Specialty All Calls Promptly Answered— Dr. C. R. W. Veterinary Physician & The Finest Equipped Hospital Both Phones 1730 Office at 236 N. Market "Second to PLEASES ALL Good Bread It is White As Snow— The Otto Weiss Alfalfa Stock a are all guaranteed under the Uni Serial No. 13415 and under the K Register No. 1. It is The Cheapest and JOE STEW MEAT MARK Peoples Cleaning and Dye Ware 131 North Lawrence Avenue 188 Be The Biggest and Best in the Southwest Surgery Specialty Calls Promptly Answered—Day or Night C. R. Wilde Veterinary Physician & Surgeon The Finest Equipped Hospital In the Oty Jones Office and Hospita 236 N. Market St., Wichi second to North SES ALL Good Bread Make It Is White As Snow—TRY IT Weiss Alfalfa Stock and Poultry guaranteed under the United States No. 13415 and under the Kansas State er No. 1. It Is The Cheapest and BEST FOOD on THE STEWAR MEAT MARKET The Peoples Cleaning and Dye Works 131 North Lawrence Avenue Ind. Phone 178 Bell Phone 175 The Biggest and Best in the Southwest High Class Surgery Special Attention Given to a Specialty Canine Practice All Calls Promptly Answered-Day or Night Veterinary Physician & Surgeon The Finest Equipped Hospital In the City Both Phones Office and Hospital 1730 236 N. Market St., Wichita, Ks. Second to None PLEASES ALL Good Bread Makers It Is White As Snow—TRY IT The Otto Weiss Alfalfa Stock and Poultry Food are all guaranteed under the United States Law, Serial No. 13415 and under the Kansas State Law Register No. 1. It Is The Cheapest and BEST FOOD on the Market. JOE STEWART MEAT MARKET F. T. CULP, PROPRIETOR For the best Meats, Beef, Pork, Lamb, Veens and Sealship, Oysters, also Fresh Hon Cattish, and Halibut for your Lunch. Hein Sweet, Sour, Sweet Mixed or Dill; Baked Cooked Meats. Best Meats, Beef, Pork, Lamb, Veal, Sealship, Oysters, also Fresh Home Cand Halibut for your Lunch. Heinz Hour, Sweet Mixed or Dill, Baked Bean Meats. On Street. Wichita, ALL - ENGSTORE Member Dealer Successors to B. F. McLean 18 west Douglas Ave. GEN'S IMPERIAL FL MIAM — CORN MEAL — BREAKFAST thirty-five years milling experience in Wichita acts are the best that can be produced. Made selected grain only and put up in Special Pack Ask Your Groce See that you get IMPERIAL IMBODEN MILLING WICHITA, KANSAS Pork, Lamb, Veal, Chick also Fresh Home Grown your Lunch. Heinz Pickles, or Dill; Baked Beans, and 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. 241 N. Main Street. Wichita, Kansa HILL - ENGS Lumber De Successors to B. F. Mc 318 west Dougl IMBODEN'S IMPERIA GRAHAM — CORN MEAL — BR With thirty-five years milling experience products are the best that can be pro- best selected grain only and put up in Ask Your Groce See that you get IMP THE IMBODEN MIL WICHITA, KAN COULTER'S NGSTORM Dealers B. F. McLean Douglas Ave ERIAL FLOUR DEAL — BREAKFAST FOOD Ming experience in Wichita our can be produced. Made froffl and put up in Special Packages, our Groce ST IMPERIAL N MILLING Co. A, KANSAS R'S CAFE HILL - ENGSTORM Lumber Dealers Successors to B.F. McLean 318 west Douglas Ave GRAHAM — CORN MEAL — BREAKFAST FOOD With thirty-five years milling experience in Wichita our products are the best that can be produced. Made from best selected grain only and put up in Special Packages, Ask Your Groce See that you get IMPERIAL THE IMBODEN MILLING Co. WICHITA, KANSAS COULTER'S CAFE 354 North Main St. THE FINEST AND BEST IN THE ST Short Orders — Meals — Fish and Gam A much needed business in Wichita. Now that you have a place that is a credit to us let all join in and help push to success Soft Drinks— Ice Cream— Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Coulter, Proprietor MINEST AND BEST IN THE S Meals Fish and Gam much needed business in Wichita. Now that you have a place that is a credit to let all join in and help push to succes Ice Cream Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Coulter, Proprietor BEST IN THE STATE Fish and Game in Sea business in Wichita, Now face that is a credit to and help push to success Cream— Melons of Coulter, Proprietors THE FINEST AND BEST IN THE STATE Short Orders — Meals — Fish and Game in Season A much needed business in Wichita. Now that you have a place that is a credit to us let all join in and help push to success Soft Drinks— Ice Cream— Melons on Ice Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Coulter, Proprietors JOB PRINTING Is Our Special 634 NORTH WA Is Our Specialty - 634 NORTH WATER Specialty - Try U TH WATER Is Our Specialty - Try Us 634 NORTH WATER There Is NO Need Wichita, Kansas The leading educational institute for Negroes in the west MCCOY A faculty of eighteen thoroughly equipped teachers from the leading Institutes in America. MAGNIFICENT BUILDINGS Steam Heated and Electric Lighted DEPARTMENTS Theological, Classical, Normal, Snb-Normal, cal, State Industrial, embracing courses in tecture, Carpentry, Mechanical Drawing, Pr Book-binding, Tailorlng, Business Courses, making, Millinery, Cooking, Laundering and Thorough discipline, Christian influence careful supervision Fine Military Band and Orchestr Theological, Classical, Normal, Snb-Normal, Musical, State Industrial, embracing courses in Architecture, Carpentry, Mechanical Drawing, Printing, Book-binding, Tailorlng, Business Courses, Dress making, Millinery, Cooking, Laundering and Farming. Thorough discipline, Christian influence careful supervision Fine Military Band and Orchestra Prof. Shelton French ACTING PRESIDENT Of Western University QUINDARO, KS Residence Phone No. 15 Office Pho Excellence Counts..... THEN USE "U·KNEAD·IT FLOUR It excels in every respect,—color, flavor, and bread per barrel. MADE BY Watson Mill Co. WICHITA, KANSAS MESSERVE'S FAMOUS AND CELEBRATED ICE CREAM WHOLESALE AND RETAIL For Parties, Picnics, Socials and Church Orders delivered to any part of the city BON-TON & KANDY BAKERY & KITCHEN E. B. MESSERVE, Prop. 146 N. Main St. DEAM ABSTRACT Prof. Shelton French, ACTING PRESIDENT Of Western University QUINDARO, KS Residence Phone No. 15 Office Phone 1423 Excellence Counts..... THEN USE "U·KNEAD·IT" FLOUR it excels in every respect,—color, flavor, and pounds of bread per barrel. MADE BY Watson Mill Co. WICHITA, KANSAS MESSERVE'S FAMOUS AND CELEBRATED ICE CREAM WHOLESALE AND RETAIL For Parties, Picnics, Socials and Churches Orders delivered to any part of the city BON-TON & KANDY BAKERY ITCHEN E. B. MESSERVE, Prop. NORTH-WEST CORNER OF THE COURT HOUSE Bonded Abstractors Johnston's House CHITA 507 N. Main St. K Everything first-class. Electric Lighti, Electr Transient Trade — Restaurant in Connect R. Johnston, Proprietor. n's Hotel Main St. KANSAS Electric Lighti, Electric Fans restaurant in Connection Proprietor. Johnston's Hotel CHITA 507 N. Main St. KANSAS Everything first-class. Electric Lighti, Electric Fans Transient Trade — Restaurant in Connection R. Johnston, Proprietor, Its the man who "sticks-to-it" who wins. W. S. MENRION DRUGGIST SOR M. Main St. Wichita, Kans. Sometime 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 die." For full particiars write to L. S. Naftsger, President, W. R. Tucker, Vice-President, J. M. Moore, Vice President, C. W. Brown. Vice President, V. H. Branch, Cashier. Fourth National Bank WICHITA, KANSAS Directors: W. R. Tucker, W. E. Jett, R. L. Holimes, S. B. Amidon, J. M. Moore, L. S. Naftsger, H. W. Darling, A. G. Houston, E. C. Sheldon, C. W. Brown, J. W. Metz, E. T. Battin, Heny Lassen, V. H. Branch. Straighten Your Hair DEAR SIRI: I have used only one bottle of your pomade and now I would not be without it for it makes my hair soft and straight and easy to comb and Mrs. W. F. Walker, Sis. I. Harriman, Teen. Formerly known as Ozonized Ox Marrow. Fifty years of success has proved its merit. It is a luxurious blend of silk and plible, so you can comb it and arrange it in any style you wish consistent with its length. Removes and prevents dandruff, invigorates the skin and helps it heal or breaking off and gives it new life and vigor. Absolutely harmless—used with splendid results. Delicately perfumed, its use is a pleasure, as ladies of refinement everywhere declare. Ford® Hair Pomade has imitators. Don't buy it until you have been tested, the good one. If you want the best results, buy the Pomade-it will pay you. Look for this name Charles Ford Press on every package. every package. If your druggist will not supply you with the genuine send us, express or post mail order cents for regular ship or gc cents to smalll bottle and give us your druggist's name and address We will forward bottle prepaid to any point in U. S.A. by return mail on receipt of price. Address The Ozonized Ox Marrow Co., 153 East Kenzie St. Chicago, IL. FORD'S HAIR POMADE is made only in Chicago by the above firm. Agents Wanted Everywhere. For Everything in Building Material SEE SEE J.H. TURNER JJJ to S47 WEST DOUGLAS Sir D. L. Taylor Designer and Builder of Tent houses, Tabernacle houses and Temple houses. Prices in reach of all. Send your order to-day 829 East Center SALINA, KANSAS Use Herman's Cement Stone Made from the best material. Lasts longer, wears better and more durable than any other Cement Stone on the market. Prices Reasonable. PRICES 11c each laid in wall 8c each delivered 7c each in the yard Rock Face 8c each Plain Face 7c each Manufactured By W. L. 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. Use Murray's Reliable Nerve Balm Murray's Reliable Antiseptic Salv Murray's Reliable Extracts Murray's Reliable Perfumes Murray's Reliable Pure Spices These Goods Have No Equal They are pleasing hundreds of people and will please you. J. H. MURRAY, Sole Prop. 988 South Hydraulic Avenue New Phone 985 Wichita - - Kansas Real Estate 5 room house and 50 x 500 ft on Sher- wood $600.00 2 vacant lots on Sherwood $300.00 6 vacant lots on Ohio Ave $1500.00 8 lots on Burns Ave $680.00 8 room two story house 2 lots $1500.00 5 vacant lots ($100.00) each $500.00 9 lots ou Wabash ($125.00) each $112500 The Wichita Land and Investment Co. James J. Olden Pres. 312½ N. Main St. Wichita Kans. Send your news in earlier GOOD PASTURE Dan Peterson has a splendid good pasture, seven [7] miles due West on Thirteenth [13] St. for horses and c. t. tle. Prices reasonable. 10 - HYMN-POST CARDS- 10c Something new, A beautiful reminder or your friends. Set of ten different objects: beautifully illustrated "Rock Of Ages" "Lead Kindly Light," "Just Us 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 FRFE a beautiful Post Card entitled "Auld Lang Syne." Satisfaction POENISCH BROS., Agents 622 N. Main Street We also carry a complete stock of Hay, Grain, Feed and Coal. 530 - Both Phones - 530 TRY U8 For a Good Job of Lead and Oil SUTTON PAINT CO. H. O. Harrison 437 N. M in St. Watches, Clocks and Jewelry Repairing Work Guaranteed Pecullar African Race. There is a peculiar sort of people living in northwest Rhodesia. These natives are small of stature, with large horns on their heads. The hora springs from the scalp, consists of the native's hair mixed with fat and fifth, and is sometimes as much as 18 inches long. For the most part these Kaffirs live on the great open flats to be found on both sides of the Kafue river. They build their huts on the great an heaps which appear like hills scattered over the flats. When the Kafue is in flood and the flats are changed into great lakes these people are safe in their huts on the ant heaps. Their cattle also take refuge on the ant heaps on which corn and mealles are likewise grown. Bank commissioner J. N. Dolly is proving himself a man of through business ability by the excellent manner in which he is conducting the affairs of Bank Commissioner's office. Gov. Stubs made no mistake when he appointed J. N. Dolly as Bank Commissioner. Homage to Brawn. The triumphs of the scholar the public regards as individual; the prowess of the athlete is popularly held to establish the name and fame of his college. Of course, this is unreasonable, for the reputation of a university as an institution of learning should depend upon the liberal education she gives to those within her gates. But it is quite true that, despite the excellent reasons why it should not do so, the public continues to pay homage to brawn rather than brain, in so far as the undergraduate it concerned Junn Merc. Co. 19 lbs Granulated Sugar $1.00 Corn Meal, sack, 20c 2 lbs Whole Rice 15c 14 lbs for 25c Flour, small sack, 75c; Large sack $1.50 2 lbs good soda crack 14 lbs Good Rio Coffee, per pound 15c Dry Goods and Shoe Department: Calico, Mill Remnants 3c yd. White Table Linen, worth 50c yd — we have them in 24 yd lengths at 35c yd. Men's fancy colored hose, worth 15c — all you want at 10c per pair Hardware Department: See us for a complete line of shelf hardware. Fish goods Builder's hardware, and everything which could be found in a First Class Hardware store. CHAS. B. PATTON Merchant Tailor 456 North Main Street Guaranteed Deposits All deposits in this bank are fu- be opened in any amount from a 4% Interest paid upon Saving January 1st and July 1st Certificates of Deposits issued H ing 4 per cent interest per annu issue. Commercial check (Open Saturday nights from Gold tate S FIRST AND I. W. Lewis, President Paid Up Cap All deposits in this bank are fully guaranteed. An account may be opened in any amount from one dollar up. 4% Interest paid upon Savings Accounts, compounded every January 1st and July 1st. Certificates of Deposits issued PAYABLE ON DEMAND, bearing 4 per cent interest per annum for each full month from date 01 issue. Commercial checking accounts do not draw interest Open Saturday nights from 7 10 9 to receive deposits Gold tate Savings Bank FIRST AND MARKET I. W. Lewis, President P. K. Lewis, Cashier Paid Up Capital $25,000.00 First Mariage In New Church Wednesday evening Sept. 1 09 the new 2nd Baptist church witnessed its first marriage when Gibbs and Mrs Ella Kale were united in marriage by Rev. Geo. Smith, pastor. The wedding was a quiet one and was only wltnesed by a few close friends of the contracting parties. After the wedding the party went to the home of the bride where a sumptuous wedding lunch was served A join in wishing the happy couple long prosperity. Thos, W. Fine and wite and O. T. Taylor and wife were guests of Elmer Johnson and wife for lunch Wednesday evening. Antiquity of the Sausage. The sausage dates back to the year 897. It has been asserted that the Greeks in the days of Homer manufactured sausages, but this prehistoric mixture had nothing in common with our modern product. The ancient so-called sausage was composed of the same materials which enter into the make-up of the boudin of the French market and the blood pudding of the French-Canadian. The ancient sausage was enveloped in the stomachs of goats. Not until the tenth century did the sausage made of hashed pck become known. It was in or near the year 1500 that, thanks to the introduction into Germany of cinnamon and saffron, the sausages of Frankfort and Strassburg acquired a universal reputation. TOOK UMBRAGE AT ASPERSION. Citizens Resented Being Voted for as Town's "Meanest Man." Old Scrooge might be a philanthropic Carnegie alongside certain tightwads in Mount Vernon, but William Friedberg has no license to determine publicly who are the men who would squeeze a dollar until the eagle yelled: "Help! I'm melting!" For conducting a voting contest to determine the meanest man in Mount Vernon Friedberg, who keeps a cigar store there, was fined five dollars by Judge Platt here. A warning went with the fine. Friedberg lives in Astoria, but does business in Mount Vernon. He placed in his window a placard: "Come in and vote for the meanest man in Mount Vernon!" This was followed by a list of names. Consplucous in the lot were the mayor and chief of police. Then came many solid and stald citizens. After every name was a number signifying the votes the owner of the name had received so far. Great was the wrath of the so-called "meanest men." Friedberg was ordered to take the sign out of the window, but he refused to do so. His indictment for libel followed. In court he pleaded guilty, but asserted he did not know he was violating any law.—White Plains Cor. New York Sun. only guaranteed. An account may me dollar up. Accounts, compounded every AYABLE ON DEMAND. bear- for each full month from date 0f ing accounts do not draw interest in 7.10.9 to receive deposits Savings Bank D MARKLE. P. K. Lewis, Cashier Total $25,000.00 Labor Day Exercise The Lone-Tree Club, of which N. J. Starnes is manager, will give a grand Labor Day Program on Monday night, Sept. 6th. at the Garfield hall which every thing will be in eeadiness that all may have a splendid and good time. Remember the day date and place. (First Publication in Searchlight September 4, 1909.) Administrator's Notice. State of Kansas, Sedgwick County, ss. In the Probate Court, in and for Said County: In the matter of the estate Emanuel Harrison, Deceased. NOTICE is hereby given that Letters of Administration have been granted to the undersigned on the Estate of Emanuel Harrison, late of said County, deceased, by the Probate Court of the County and State aforesaid, dated the 26th day of August, A.D., 1909. Now, all persons having claims against the said Estate, are hereby notified that they must present the same to the undersigned for allowance within one year from the date of said letters, or they may be precluded from any benefit of such estate; and that if such claims be not exhibited within three years after date of such letters, they shall be forever barred. Administrator of the Estate of Emanuel Harrison, Deceased. August 27th, 1909. The Quaint Belluga. Caviare can be made of the roe of any fish; but the principal supply comes from the sturgeon and the belluga. The latter is about the most curious fish in the world. It weighs up to 1,000 pounds and innabits the waters of the swift-flowing Volga. It is so abundant that the natives of Astracan throw away the flesh—which is whiter than veal and very quality—and preserve only the spawn, of which they sometimes take as much as 200 pounds out of one fish. This belluga lies on the bottom of the river at certain seasons and swallows many large pebbles of great weight to ballast itself against the force of the stream; that is, the pebbles act as an anchor. When the flood subsides and the waters are less violent the belluga disgorges itself; that is, it unballasts, hauls in its anchor and swims about for provender. Hard Life of Arctic Sealer. The Arctic sealer endures a hard life. Sealing does not consist only of hurried scrambling over ice, and fierce breathless battling afterwards. There are many hardships to endure. The most common type of Arctic weather is a dense, lung clogging fog, with a rasp of cold that is enough to freeze a glowing furnace. This fog may be diversified with cruel blizzards of petting snow, borne on the wings of the constant gales. Once the snow passes come sleet and rain—rain that is as cold as ice. Misery prevails greatly among the crews of Arctic sealers, for the dampness and the cold soon sap the stoutest constitutions. Wien AMBDICA IS BIFTY YEARS ODED Fe ee Oe RESRE EY. Fae ere ee een ee arene ne ee eee eae Se ee ae ysis all material i boc of the Ui, einer $ building of railroads and present importing more wood than they export, possess wealth, ail the Ss oS ek ‘orest Service the general development considerable areas of forest, now inaccessible, and, with comforts and ne- one of commerce and non- the development of means of exploitation and the in P Suemc f cossities of ‘lite, 4 os Wy - agricultural industry. The creased demand for lumber they will in time become ex e “| are the product rey oN 2 Possibilities for increas- porting countries. Pe of two elements \ LEGEND S ing the productiveness of From this we may infer that a country in order to be nature and la- s Y “ ; ~ the 300,000,000 acres of — self-sustaining as regards its timber supply must have Cary bor. It may be caw. 197, wm Absolute Forest Land : & our public grazing land an area of about 100 acres of forest land for every 10° weregee truly said that 74 » 2% BA Intermediate between Agri-', a are very great. inhabitants. The area necessary to supply all the wood ee ce aN , cultural and Forest Land Fox pep, AHO two per cont. of needed for home consumption will vars of cours wn earth, is the q 579 ‘ SS ‘otal land area will the per capita consumption; and the eres per 190 mother of labor and the father of all pera } SEEN AO Ae forever ‘romaine delet, —tubitltahts tase be Gondidered the, minimum aren, bo products necessary to sustain human life. % ez hal ee 926% 3 Grazing Lard There are but few areas cause it is based upon a moderate per capita consump The richness and prosperity of a country, \ eae 2% Borren Land within the United States tion such as is found in densely populated countries of therefore, depend on the presence of nat- 4 bes say which, on account of the Europe, like Germany or France. ural resources within its borders, such as v AEE eT Sa aah Whi ~ intense heat, very low The same minimum area for every 100 inhabitants water, minerals, forests and cultivable soils 5 aap eee Ju 5 >. temperatures, alkali or necessary to make a country self-sustaining can also be on the one hand, and intelligent human en- {4 nf Eee " lack of rainfall, are unfit deduced in another way. At present Germany imports ergy on the other to shape them into the eee) for the use of man and 353,000,000 cubic feet of wood from abroad. To produce forms necessary for the needs of man. Of © f pay aaa z / may be truly considered this amount of timber Germany would have to possess the two elements the natural resources are q He me Gy aber 4 desert land. Such land is forest area of 17,000,000 acres in addition to the 35,009, indispensable, for in a country like the des- Gees ee : found in 000 now available. In other words, she would need ert of Sahara all human effort would be Fis aah Ne ee ge 5 the South- 52,000,000 acres of forest in order to meet her own tim of but little avail. The growth of a nation Ce ay Remit eee ee Se ws west about ber requirements, or 93.2 acres for every 100 inhabi depends, therefore, upon the extent of the Cie gee ee oF ms eS iw the Gulf of tants. Germany is an extremely good example with natural resources and upon the knowledge Wale eg csc ee i & California, which the productivity of the forests of all other coun of how to use them with as little destruc- ci ee i ae . Prey ce ebadsoostdcuecanse her tion as possible. Pe Sn SS ee } ea) A039 UO [3 forests can be taken as a standard of ‘The resources of a country fall natu- Peo . | eee Pom oe i. o= produetiveness. rally into three groups—water, minerals foe la See Oe oon . EPs and land—which represent, respectively, re- ( ee a eee aa je ee >. sources which are inexhaustible, resources FN ae ER le Pa SO ee Lr lich aro eshaustible and cannes. be te Fe ie fo fea OS A REOWOOb Cur ible but can be renewed. It may be ques- SSS er Me LL | tioned, indeed, whether there is such a aH BSN SS aa a h ees fe Et thing as an inexhaustible natural resource. Ss ee a = 2 Ed [ee — —— Beek Co a Even water, through the denudation of the 7 aa (SY i Ae hk ee i Sone es drainage basins, may become irregular in % Se oe —— = ae eg i Be [ge ee 8 its flow, or through the careless disposal S SS Se ee = oe oe oe Se . of refuse may become ‘polluted so that it S = SS a See AL ft Oe ee er se Eee Me s ae ee cannot be used. Mines are illustrations of “es A 2 ey Ae es: [pies ie ete: Ro ee resources which are exhaustible and not SQ ee a fe A ee as) i ; ti eoal a ey Sa SESS pee er Oe If ee ee ee oat renewable. Gas, oil, coal and tron once a = y= pre i pam ieee [pie ee Ne POS courte SOY ON | bs e et eee een eee) [St RR SR a aS eae me Vi V a Sa eee [BB Fe Fh ce a cto a * RSs RAGE . A oe [Ree eo ae se eee seh ee een ie Se FM Be ae fee ee oe Se oO ce Se ees AS fee 2 OS a ae os = => Se 2 Ha fe NG a ee en. tena eS Oe [ss ..— * go Se pee ee ee ee So Zs [pS oan Ny eee eS OS Ne Oa ge Ve — ON SE Se ee < # ae ee SSS Ss a ee ea a eet OE I) : ae = PF Se Ox) le ee Ba am B> SS oe OT ON eae ag She ae, fo Be = SS cee, | eo 5 ee hel Q a ee LS: ; . ee < ee CO*F ee oe aCe ee ENE Sa Vere ee . ‘ RR en geo ‘ er 0 7 iiiiiceaiianid : : fe Cee “ MWA he y Dy Z we. os Ege A VASHNGTOP ae ee i a a Ro WHEAT Fittd oe ee ees ee In this country, where the per caf. Bae es LLL oes pres ee a A Se ita consumption is six times as greal ‘ eee | -— - Se ULE ee ‘ ‘¢ PER Rae eae Cae ‘ as that in Germany or France aa “ mone Are gone forever, 8 . ‘ Nae a er te ane a? - rowth per acre may be es' Of all the natural resources the Pheuw te _ _ . 3 De ON ee oat Soir aa onethind of that i only one which contains within itselt BVM ge © 0 e 2 pe Rag eRe a NI ee those countries, the forest area would the possibility of infinite renewal is ee Ger sage a a lee: ‘ eres Ras gO nes eee zg a have to be 1,600 acres for each 100 in land. The nation should therefore be [hehe ama ee Petar noe x A eI A habitants, or more than twice the pres most vitally concerned with the con- [iis 307) (yma — eee ec es Ae ee OR ont area, in order to maintain the pres servation and improvement of this re Buea gh) gegen ee © oo Oe Oe te Me ere ent cut. ‘The present area of 775 acret source. Human control over such nat- oe A pe oo Se ee asd f° Sata Me ipe tes Uee, h apes Sr for every 100 inhabitants at the pres ural resources as minerals is limited. [ae es pil © Satay Te a Oe eee ent per capita consumption and an ‘The only possible means of conserva- fee 7 pean Mie : etal growth per acre would be suff We te cua OF wae at a Ei ag RM cle iene Se ee our 08m nets fee vith ‘ Me a ee = ae Se 8 ios rere not presse Paes able. With agricultural and forest RR Sig /00M Apt mats aR 0 RO oe ee, ee A timber, the accumulated capital of can not only ‘be conserved, but con- GMa eS Me) Vee ee | a the exhaustion of this remaining vir stantly Improved “and its’ yield im Pe) ee | Ge ae pe re ee Se SN cam last only about creased. While in England the iron iMesh = 3 oe 7 — BO Aes ‘ag. SO se 30 years more, there must come a tims ofes and the coal are becoming con- ae Te Se a oo i when not only all our exports of tim stantly harder to get and their ex GMMMMAee ers ee st cease, but there will not be haustion is threatened, the agricultural oe ae Pass eRe og SS a : Ming ea neon for home consumption. land, after a thousand years of cultiva- [ORgReMOMe” yc Dieieine eae 7 oe a Be oe ee Even as it is, the total exports of tion, is now more productive than ever, [ggemeateemeam - a ~ ee aa cS oe Ce eS ren tron this country: ambunt to only DEVELOPMENT OF WATER POWER ne ae at ree ao eeee AORe TRAN 1g,, If a far-sighted national policy in the conservation of naturai resources is to make provision for an ever-in- creasing population, then the greatest possibilities lie in the direction of developing the land in all its forms— field, forest and range—for, notwithstanding all possible economy in the use of the non-renewable resources, they are bound to decrease as time goes on. One hundred years ago the United States east of the Mississippi river was an almost unbroken forest, com- prising something over 1,000,000 square miles, or about 700,000,000 acres. Now, after about a century of settle- ment, there are not more than 300,000 square miles of merchantable forest land in the eastern United States. Abcut 330,000 square miles have been cleared for farm land. The remainder has been culled of its valuable tim- ber and devastated by fire or else turned into useless brush land. With the growth of population and the greater demand for agricultural land, the ratio between farm and forest land will change still further. The for- ests will be more and more crowded into the mountains and upon soils too thin or too poor for agricultural pur- poses. It may be safely assumed that in 50 or 100 years the proportion of land devoted to the different purposes will change almost as much as it has during the past century. These changes will occur especially in the east- ern part of the United States, because there the forest is not confined, as it is in the west, to high altitudes, where agriculture is generally impracticable. In the west the forests, with a few exceptions, as in the low country around Puget sound, are in the mountains, which rise in the midst of semi-arid plains, and their original area of 150,000 square miles, half of which lies in the Sierra Nevada and in the Cascades and half in the Rock- fes, has changed but very little since settlement. In the west the increase of agricultural land must be secured chiefly through the irrigation of the semi-arid land. If we take a long look ahead into the future and try to picture to ourselves what will be the ultimate propor- tion of farm, forest, range and desert in this country 50 years from now, in the light of the increasing demand for agricultural land and of an approximate knowledge of the climatic conditions and the physical properties of the different lands in this country, we shall get some- thing like the condition shown in the diagram. ‘The area devoted to agriculture in a half century, instead of being 21 per cent. of the total area, as it is now, will be nearer 50 per cent. That this is not an overestimate is indicated by the fact that during the last FO vears the imprssed farm land in this country = special Master B, V. McKeever tiled Fe Tee: Wee ae amon sald has advanced from 113,000,000 acres to 415,000,000 acres, an increase of nearly 370 per cent. With more intensive methods of cultivation larger yields will undoubtedly be obtained from the same area, yet the area itself under agricuitural crops will have to be increased, especially if we are to remain an export- ing country. In Belgium the arable land forms 63 per cent. of the total land area, in Denmark 68, in France 48, and in Germany 47. These countries are not exporters of cere- als, although their methods of cultivation are highly de- veloped. France is especially interesting as a criterion, because its methods are most intensive and it is the only country that is self-sustaining; it produces 98 per cent. of all the cereals which it consumes. There is little doubt that our population in the next 50 years will reach 50,000,000, or about 50 persons per square mile. Whether the acreage of improved farm land will in- crease at a much faster rate than the population, as has been the case in the past, or whether it will grow at the same or even a slower rate than the population, the future alone can tell; but increase it must. In mountainous Switzerland only 17 per cent. of the land is cultivated, and in Sweden and Norway, situated in an unfayorable climate and with a scanty population (29 and 18 persons per square mile, respectively), the proportion of arable land is 8.7 per cent. and 1.3 per cent., respectively. Land chiefly valuable for grazing will form about one- fifth of the extent of the United States proper. This land originally lay west of the one hundredth meridian, in the plains and mountain valleys, but with the advance of dry farming its eastern boundary has been shifted farther west to abont the one hundred and third merid- ian. This land receives but a scanty rainfall and can produce neither forest nor field crop, but supports a vegetation of hardy grasses, It was formerly the natu- ral range of millions of buffalo and is now the grazing ground of herds of cattle and sheep. This land will re- main largely a natural range, since the area which can be irrigated and thus reclaimed for agricultural pur- poses, or which can be used for dry farming, is com- paratively: small. 4 According to government estimates, the available wa- ter will be suMficient to irrigate 71,000,000 acres, or one acre in 7% of the whole region. The reclamation ser- vice, however, does rot expect to reclaim more than five per cent. of all the arid land. This area, together with that used for dry farming, will barely suffice to counter- balance the reduction of the productive area in the in. teen wh dene ste ereieetin. aray heire. Une “is “THE NORTHWEST V0@00D8 in Newnda, in Utah and in Oregon in the form of arid basins. Ice-bound deserts are found in Alaska and on the glacler-covered mountains. This land must, so long as the climatic conditions of the country continue as they are, remain unproductive. The land chiefly valuable for growing forests will shrink to about 360,000,000 acres, less than one-fifth of the extent of the United States proper. Together with the wood lots, which will continue to form part of the farm land, the total forest area will amount to approxi- mately 450,000,000 acres, or a fourth of the total land area. Will this area be sufficient to provide a population of 150,000,000 people with all the timber needed for con- struction, ties, poles, pulp and all the various uses for which wood seems to be the only suitable material and to protect the soil from erosion, regulate the stream flow and exert its wholesoms influence upon the lives of the people? With the exception of those countries which have naturally a humid climate, like Great Britain or the Netherlands, the countries with a forest area of only 20 per cent. or less show usually to a marked degree bad climatic conditions, with’ prolonged droughts, frosts and alternating floods and low water, as a result of the re- duced forest area. Portugal, with a forest area of only 3% per cent. of the total; Spain, with 16 per cent.; Greece, with 13 per cent.; Turkey, with 20 per cent., and Italy, with 14 per cent, are good examples. While the area absolutely necessary for the regula- tion of streams and the protection of soils can be deter- mined only approximately and indirectly, the area nec- essary to make a country self-sustaining as regards the production of timber can be found with greater accu- racy. If we compare the exports of the different coun- tries with the forest area for every 100 inhabitants we find that countries with 92 acres or more per 100 inhabi- tants have a surplus of exports over imports, while those with 85 acres or less have a surplus of imports over ex- be: more:.than. double Ue Preee ie land naw undef tirely out of the question. Much of the land now under forest, but capable of producing crops, will have to be cleared and tilled to provide for an increased populs: tion, All the evidence, therefore, is that the land un der forest will during the next 50 years be reduced (0 450,000,000 acres and this reduced area will have 10 provide for a population almost twice as large ss the present. Nor will there be much hope for coveriug the shortage of our home production by importations from abroad. ‘The demand for timber is constantly growing all over the world. It increases at the rate of five per cent. annually. If we compare the total excess of imports over exports of all wood-importing countries of Busope with the total excess of exports over imports of all wood-exporting countries we shall find that there is # deficit for Europe of 141,000,000 cubic feet, which 's met at present by imports from North America. Swe den, Norway and Austria-Hungary have already touched the highest point in their exports. Russia could prob- ably increase to some extent its exports from the not! where there are still large areas of virgin forest, but the growing scarcity of timber in the other parts of the empire make it very unlikely that larger supplies of timber for export will be available. Canada is still able to increase its exports, but the drain upon the Canadian forests is growing every year and they will remain the only source of supply to satisfy the urgent needs of the rest of the world for coniferous timber after Austrie Hungary and Russia cease to be exporting countries The growing demand for wood material must be "e+ then, not by an increase of the forest land nor by ¢ pending on imports from abroad, but by an increase |? the productiveness of the forest and a decrease in the waste, to which chiefly is due the fact that the United ee the greatest per capita consumption In (he world. The Ever Changing Waist Line. Consider the mental agility it takes to keep up with one's waist line. One goes to bed at night in the sweet assurance that it will be under the arms for the next two or three months at any rate, and awakes to learn from the headlines in the morning papers that waist line is positively at the knees. 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The Esquimaux of Cape York confirm Dr. Cook's story of his journey." It is understood that the Danish consul at Lerwick, where the Hans Egede remained for two hours, was officially notified of Dr. Cook's success in his attempt to reach the pole, but that he was bound to scrore concerning the extent and nature of the explorer's discoveries. Director Ryberg, head of the Greenland administration bereau, said that he did not expect to receive any further details of Dr. Cook's achievement before the arrival of the Hans Egede at this port. The vessel will make no stops on the voyage from Lerwick to Copenhagen. Great Enthusiasm. Director Ryberg proceeded to the American legation and informed the minister, Dr. Maurice F. Egan, that Dr. Cook had reached the North pole. The announcement caused the greatest enthusiasm throughout the city and many Americans called at the legation to congratulate the minister. Among these was Alexander Kouta, of New York, a warm personal friend of Dr. Cook, who said that he had believed that the explorer had perished long ago. The legation was overcrowded with visitors. The noted explorer, Commander Noygaard, leader of the various North-Polar expeditions, was convinced that the message that Dr. Cook had reached the pole was true, but remarked that it was strange that no mention was made in the cable as to whether or not there is land at the pole. Times Believes It. London.—A dispatch from Lerwick to the Times says that the statement is made there that Dr. Cook has reached the magnetic pole. In an editorial the Times says that such a man is, prima facie, not likely to mislead the world about his achievements. Rome.—The Tribuna publishes the details of Dr. Cook's departure from Etah, but asks how the American explorer, if alone when he reached the pole, hopes to prove the authenticity of his discovery. 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Twased then she asked four evens out And thought a dollar more would lo- The next thing was her Sundays off As soon as morning work was through? Until we knew we had a gem- And now, confound it, I must go And buy a wedding gift for thel By the Way. A telephone girl will accept a ring from any old man. Being honest pays a man's mother more than 100 per cent. Thirst drives some men to drink but hunger will drive a poet to ink. It is not a sign of good luck to find the horseshoe on your own dead horse. When two swelled heads get together, each is sure that the other belongs to a fool. It is almost time for the great daily papers to begin calling negligent Christmas shoppers tight wads. When Little Willie gives his pickle to his sister, it is not always a sign of great heartedness. Willie may have the mumps. The average business man who has kept the present business pace for 20 or 30 years, doesn't look upon death with any great amount of fear and tremoling. If a politician could kick up as much noise on a campaign tour as one small boy can raise with a new drum, he would stand some show of being elected. A Texas newspaper is responsible for the statement that a farmer of his county when asked how much corn he raised this year, replied he had raised a powerful lot, sold a heap and had a right smart left yet. The question is, "How much did he raise?" ☆ ☆ ☆ When it comes to real humor, you find it in the country. A resident of a certain town being in the chicken and egg business, the local paper says: "Bill Imel is still doing business the old stand. Bring in your ancient settin' hens and patriarchal roosters." --- "Whas ist? Did the man hit an auto-mobble-bubble-bubble?" "No, the man did not hit an auto-mobble-bubble-bubble; he is a editor and he has his eye out for men he does, ain't it?" "Did a prizefighter find the editor?" "No, a man came in and paid his subscription for ten years in advance and the editor withered!" "Then he is not dead?" "No!" "Nor sleeping?" "Only paralyzed!" "Poor v ρ! Why do people always do things ρ editors?" "Curly Locks, I cannot say, only it must be nice for an editor to be para- vzed!" No Danger Early one morning a terribly seasick passenger, pale and hollow eyed, came out of his stateroom and ran into a lady, who was coming along the passageway, clad in the scantiest raiment. She screamed and started to run. "Don't be alarmed, madam; I shall never live to tell it."—Girard (III.) As she. Wyron Williams ..SUBSCRIBE FOR.. THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT PER $1.00 YEAR One of the Oldest and Best Negro Newspapers In the west ESTABLISHED 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 or the Searchlight the reputation of being distinctly a "Family Newspaper". No slang, trashy or questionable items are found in the columns of the Searchlight. 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Would-Be Suicide Not Completely Nerved for Final Parting. With a groan of despair he made up his mind to die. Ruined financially, and with not a particle of hope for getting on his feet again, he realized that the only chance for his family escaping pauperism and its attendant miseries was to obtain immediate use of his heavy life insurance. Furthermore, if he lingered on he would be unable to pay the premiums on his policies, which unfortunately were not old enough to carry themselves, so that they would forthwith lapse. Death, therefore, was the only solution to the problem. It was a decision the bitterness of which can only be understood by those forced by circumstances to confront it. He put on his hat and overcoat and went out of the house, lest the expression on his telltale countenance should betray to his loved ones his fell intention. While he was traversing the crowded streets he would consider the best and least suspicious modes of consummating his purpose. If he could encompass it so that the thing looked to the world like an accident, so much the better. There would then be no scandal. As he stepped from the curb to cross the street an automobile, driven by a reckless joy-riding chauffeur, came tearing around the corner at terrifying speed. And the energetic leap which the would-be suicide made back to the sidewalk out of harm's way was a caution. HIGH IN CIVILIZATION'S SCALE. Unknown Peoples of America Who Have Perished Utterly. Between the region occupied of old by the Aztecs and the realm far to the south over which the Incas ruled lies an immense stretch of territory, a thousand miles long and 800 wide, where the remains of unknown and wonderful civilizations are being discovered, says a writer in Van Norlens's Magazine. This region extends from the northern boundaries of Peru to the southern limits of Costa Rica. in one section alone along the coast of Ecuador six entirely unknown civilizations were recently brought to light by Prof. Marshall H. Saville, and a vast collection of relics has been brought to New York. This collection is to be the nucleus of a great American museum, which will represent the history of ancient peoples who attained an extraordinarily high degree of civilization, yet whose very existence has been hitherto lost in zatiquity. The famed marble chairs of Rome at its zenith were not more symmetrical or beautifully carved than those of one of these unknown civilizations. No pottery of any other ancient race was more delicately patterned than that found in vast quantities, as numerous almost as pebbles, on the sites where these extinct peoples dwelt. Their cloth was of truly marvelous weave; in beauty of decimals richness of color and fineness of texture no fabric of to-day surpasses it. MUST PLEDGE GOOD BEHAVIOR. Terms on Which Strangers May Enter British House of Commons. One of the most important alterations which members of the British house of commons will notice when they reassemble will be a strangers' bureau. Its construction, which is now in progress, is the sequel to the scenes created by the suffragettes in the house during last session. In the last month of the autumn session as the result of their conduct no stranger was seen within the house of commons. A committee was appointed to draw up new rules for admission of strangers. The members recommended the passing of an act making it a criminal offense for strangers to brawl within the chamber, and they also recommended that strangers should be made responsible for their own good behavior and should sign a paper accepting that responsibility. That being done the committee saw no reason why women, as well as men, should not be admitted to the strangers' gallery. It is in preparation for the change that the new bureau is being made. As heretofore, tickets for the gallery will be balloted for by members in advance. --- Whistling Sign or Contempt. A Moroccan shows his contempt of anything by whistling. A conflict between tribesmen and a battalion of French troops was recently precipitated by the whistling of a locomotive on a railway being constructed near Casablanca. "The giaours are laughing at us," said a chieftain, when the construction engine gave a foot to warn the natives at work on the line to look out. The Arabs went wild, mounted their horses, and rode on the whistling enemy. They had to be calmed with the whistling of rifle balls. Getting Ahead of One's Self. Getting Ahead or One's Self, "If I have anything to do that I particularly dislike, I start to work on if the first thing after breakfast, subordinating all routine work to that task," said a successful housekeeper. "One can expend enough nervous energy thinking about and worrying over an unpleasant duty to accomplish it. When it is finished and off one's mind early in the day, one gets ahead of one's self, so to speak." Knights & Daughters KANSAS—NEBRASKA JURISDICTION 85 Magadalene, Topeka, Kan., Mrs. F. 82 St. Annis, Lincoln, Neb., Mrs. 82 Hardiman, 1801 Kansas. 89 Queen Lizzie, Omaha, Neb., M1s. 88 B. E. Alton, 2125 Pacific. note which parts from which is mental v will near justified. many as 333 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, Kas A. W. HOPKINS, C. G. S. 321 Dakota, Leavenworth, Kans. MRS SARAH FORBES, C. G. R. 717 "C" St., Lincoln, Neb. WM. CORE, C. G. T. 1210 Lane, Topeka, Kans. MRS. BESSIE HALL, G. Q. M., 460 Horton, Ft. Scott, Kans C. M. JONHSON, G. P. P., 1832 N 23rd, Omaha, Neb. MRS. PAULINE WOODFORD, C. G. PR. 823 Freeman, K. C., Kan. REV. M. WOOTEN, C. G. O. 416 E. 3rd, Ft. Scott, Kans. OFFICIAL ORGAN—The Wichita Searchlight, W. N. Miller, Editor, 634 N. Water St., Wichita, Kan. NOTICE TABORS If your Tabernacle, Temple or Tent is not in this Directory, or if there is any error, please notify me at once. W. N. MILLER, Editor. TABERNACLES. Chief Preceptresses 1 Queen of the West, K. C., Kan, Mrs. M. Wilson, 954 Everett. 3 Mt. Hope, Wichita, Kan., Mrs. C. Tillman, 802 E. 18th. 4 Helping Hand, Cherryvale, Kan., Mrs. S. Campbell, 616 W. 1st. 5 Cresent, Atchison, Kan., Mrs. C. Brown, 920 N. 10th. 6 Sunbeam, Salina, Kan., Mrs. R. 7 Rebecca Ann, Ottawa, Kan., Mrs. Eva Clayborne, 716 Cypress. Parker, 502 N. 6th. 8 Rebecca May, Coffeyville, Kan., Mrs. L. Smith, 308 E. 11th. 11 Saba Meroe, K. C., Kan., P. Woodford, 823 Freeman. 2 Golden Rule, K. C., Kan., Mrs. B. Johnson, 211 Stewart. 4 Candace, Pittsburg, Kan., Mrs. M. Beasley, 109 W. Washington. 5 America Davis, Weir, Kan., Mrs. E. Lee, Box 25. 17 Western Queen, Ft. Scott, Kan. Mrs. A. Masir, 1817 Wall. 18 St. Maria, Omaha, Neb., Mrs. C. Wade, 22 N. 16th. 20 Maria, Ft. Scott, Kan., Mrs. P. Johnson, 501 Hyman. 24 Charity Rose, Coffeyville, Kan. Mrs. A. Garner, 704 E. 12th. 29 Crystal, Leavenworth, Kan., Mrs. L. Woods, 935 Cherokee. 30 Victoria, Leavenworth, Kan., Mrs. L. Bright, 714 Fifth. 32 Emma Galnes, Butte, Mont., Mrs. Saline Easter, 334 Dakota St. (rear). 34 Wichita, Wichita, Kan., Mrs. Sally Hall, 1024 Ohio. 35 Golden Rule, S. Omaha, Neb., Mrs. S. Jones, 819 N. 27th. 37 Eutevator, Atchison, Kan., Mrs. M. Gosby, 108 N. 3rd. 38 Covenant, Weir, Kan., Mrs. L. F. Taylor, Box 1174. 39 Deborah, Abeline, Kan., Mrs. A. Gibson, 411 S. 1st. 52 Mt. Maria, Lawrence, Kan., Mrs. J. Ware, 807 N. Y. 63 Fair West, K. C., Kan., Mrs. R. Saunders, 734 N. J. 77 Pearly Rose, Topeka, Kan., Mrs. S O'Brien, 1180 Buchanan. 91 Golden Sheaf, Omaha, Neb., Mrs. L. Rountree, 1125 N. 19th. 93 Macedonia, N. Topeka, Kan., Mrs. Sylvia Brown, 803 E. 11th St. TEMPLES. Chief Mentors Number 1 A. H. Richardson, Weir, Kan., J. M. Burns, Box 31. 2 R. H. Cane, Atchison, Kan., Win. Cook, 215 E. Kearney. 7 Mt. Nebo, Wichita, Kan., Rev. S. 8 Washington, 1524 N. Washington. 8 St. Peters, Ft. Scott, Kan., A. J. Beam, 309 Lowman. 0 Mt. Horeb, Leavenworth, Kan., J. H. McKinnis, 217 Sherman. 11 Fabrion, Wichita, Kan., Wm. Frazier, 708 N. Water. 12 Moses Dickson, Parsons, Kan. Wm. Shakespeare, 1112 Main. 15 Silver Leaf, Salina, Kan., J. C. Brown, 246 S. Phillips. 17 Golden Gate, Coffeyville, Kan. Rev. A. Garner, 704 E. 12th. 19 Mt. Tabor, Lawrence, Kan., J. E. Hughes, 1220 N. J. 22 Barak, Oswego, Kan., L. R. Wilson. 24 Jas. Bedford, Cherryvale, Kan. Rev. J. W. Warren, 218 E. 7th. 25 Washington, K. C. Kan., J. H. Downs, 422 Haskell. 59 Sunny Side, Topeka, Kan., U. A. Graham, 1160 West. 60 Jeffersonian, Topeka, Kan., U. S. Grant, 1813 W. 6th. TENTS. Queen Mothers Number. 1 Golden Leaf, Leavenworth, Kan. Mrs. L. Hardin, 900 Fifth. 2 Frank Wilson, Ft. Scott, Kan., Mrs. F. Goodall, 610 Barbee. 3 Mary E. Dickson, Lincoln, Neb. Mrs. L. Weaver, 1125 Saratoga. 5 Moses Dickson, Wichita, Kan., Mrs. B. Davis, 1135 Washington. 7 Lone Star, Yale, Kan., Mrs. C. Lewis. 9 J. Bruce, Omaha, Neb., Mrs. M. Scott, 1516 Jones. 11 Golden, Atchison, Kan., Mrs. E. Penn, 718 Q. 11 Viola, Lawrence, Kan., Mrs. M. E. Brown, 325 Miss. 14 Busy Bee, Atchison, Kan., Mrs. A. Stone, 823 Main. 16 Pearl, Wichita, Kan., Mrs. A. Jones, 631 N. Wichita. 17 Castle Rock, Weir, Kan., Mrs. H. H. Adkins. 20 John Wilson, K. C., Kan., Mrs. C. D. Dalton, 1228 Barnett. 21 Crystal, Leavenworth, Kan., Mrs. E. McKinnis, 217 Sherman. 22 Clinging Rose, Lawrence, Kan. Mrs. A. King, 722 N. Y. 23 Silver Star, Parsons, Kan., Mrs. I. Porter, 2017 Morton. 28 20th Century, Parsons, Kan., Mrs. E. A. Tiggs, 2314 Morgan. 45 Orange Rose, K. C., Kan., Mrs. C. Henderson, 312 Washington. 46 Mayflower, Omaha, Neb., Mrs. L. Herrold, Sherman Flats. NEXT PLACE OF METTING—The Grand Temple and Tabernacle Kansas Nebraska Jurisdiction, will hold its next Session (the 19th annual in Omaha, Neb., on the 2nd Tuesday in July, 1910. BAD NOTES EASILY DETECTED Almost Impossible to Impose Upon Handlers of Money. Incidentally it is interesting to note that the skill which enables one to detect a counterfeit comes not from a study of counterfeits, but from a thorough and unconscious familiarity with the genuine. If a man were pointed out to you and you were told that some day another who much resembled him would try to impose upon you, you would be pretty apt to fix his features in your mind; you would not spend any time looking at other people who looked something like him, would you? And the moment the impostor appeared you would note that in this, that or the other particular he failed to meet the details of the other man's face and figure. Just so it is in the detection of counterfeits. A skillful teller in a bank, counting money rapidly, will involuntarily throw out a note which in the slightest degree departs from the well-known pattern which is so strongly impressed on his mental vision. That involuntary act will nearly always prove to have been justified, for the bill in 19 cases out of 20 will prove to be a counterfeit. It is because of this fact that when a request is received from some one to loan him a collection of counterfeits for the instruction of his cashiers, he is advised to have the young men study the genuine carefully, and there will be no trouble in detecting the bad notes.-National Magazine. A Monster Loaf. Bakers in Germany are fond of making odd experiments, the following being reported from Duisburg, in Westphalia. At a children's party recently held in that town there was exhibited, and afterwards cut up and distributed among the youngsters present, a bread twist which for size at least has surely rarely been equaled. Weighing no less than 180 pounds, it had a breadth of six feet and a length of ten feet, and was thus found sufficient to supply a satisfactory afternoon collation to as many as 500 boys and girls.