Wichita Searchlight

YOU CAN SAVE MONEY BY TRADING WITH THE MERCHANTS WHO ADVERTISE IN THIS PAPER Has Done Little For The Nrgro ELEVENTH YEAR That the Searchlight is meeting with the approval of the Negro voters of Kansas in showing the gross iugratutude of the present Republican state administration for the loyalty which the Negroes of this state demonstrated in supporting the Republican party in the last state campaign is most vividly brought out in the numerous letters of approval being recieved by the editor of the Searchlight each week from members of the race in all parts of the state. These letters show that the race is awake to the most deplorable attitude of the present Republican regime in this state towards the loyal Negro votere, and they show further that the race, as a mass, is ready to cast their ballot in that party direction that will be a most beneficial to the race as a whole. We here publish a letter sent us by a life-long Negro republican which is plain, to the point and self explanatory. A REPLY TO BRO. WATKINS. To the Editor Searchlight:- Dear Sir: Replying so Bro. Soloman G. Watkins, of Topeka, who shows the "white feather" and an utter failure to spmpathize with his race in his weak effort to "defend?" the Hon. W. R. Stubbs administration heirtenants in their ungrateful attitude toward the loyal Negro voters of this state we believe it beneficiaj to the race to let the real facts be known. First I wish to say that I am a Negro and have always taken a firm stand in defense of the Republican party for the past 35 years, I wish to highly congratulate you upon your manly stand in defense of our race through the columns of your splendid papsr—the Search light—the race is daily learning of your good work and will yet risen masse and call you 'blessed' Going back to our reply, we say The Negroes who have been prominent in the affairs of the Republican party for the past 20 years in this state, and whom Prof. Watkins alleges are "graftere" will compare very favorable with the mon of any other class or race. They have not been grafters, boodlcers or black-legs, nor have they ever had to appeal to any secret society to use its influence in maintaining them in any public position; these men have always advocated cause of the race and have never found it necessary to deny their race on any pretev whatever. These Negro men who have stood on the firing line in defense of our race and the republican party haoe so recieved the confidence of the members of our race that wherever they go over the state large crowds, both white and black, greet them and have respect and confidence in them. Every member of our race thanks Gov. Stubbs and his administration for the appointment of Mr. Bell and congratulates Mr. Bell in being so fortunate as to secure a place. But, what else has Gov. Stubb's administration done for the Negroes of this state? At each State Institntion every colored man whom the Stubbs administration found on the pay roll has been let out and white men appointed to fill their places At the Ossawattomie Asylum three places held by Negroes have been given to white men; at Lansing, David Welch, who have served for eleven years at the Southwest tower and against whom there has never been any complaint, asked for a promotion; and instead of being promoted his place was taken from him and given to a white man and Welch given a place at the dump at $50. per month instead of $60 per month as guard. I wish to ask Bro. Salomon G. Watkins if he thinks this fair? William Boone who was one of the Weighmen at $60 per month was let out by the Stubbs administration and the place give-to a white man while to even matters up a Negro was made janitor. At the state House William Ransom, whose father went inth the campaign for Stubbs and the whole Republican ticket and with market success worked night and day for a Republictu victory and who all conced- SEPTEMBER 11 1909 ed to be one of the campaign's best speakers and who never charged one penny for his service oftimes paying his own railroad fare, the son of such a loyal worker was Messenger to the Governor when Stubbs become Governor and was let oue and a white man said to be well to-do was given this place. It might be well to say here that the place of Messenger to the Governor has always been conceded to the Negro voters and all administrations Republican Populists and Democrats alike have always given a Negro this position and it was left to Gov. Stubbs to make this charge. Brother Saloman G. Watkins says that more for the Negroes of Kansas than any other, let us see: Gov. Leweiling a Populist, gave us a Duputy Oil Inspector at $1200 per year and retained Negroes in every placl they then held. Gov. John W. Leedy, another Populist gave us Col. James Beck at Lansing at $1209 together with all we held. Then Gov. W. E. Stanly of Wichita, a Republican gave us Paul Jones at $1200 per year be sides five guards at the penitentiary and 18 janitors at she state House, Governors Mssenger and many other places of distinction tor the race. What has the Gov. W. R. Stubbs and his administration toward the Negroes of this state seems to be to secure the Negro vote and give the reward to other. I do not envy or blame any white man for accepting a position tendered him of whether such position was formerly held by a Negro or not—I only blame the appointing power for the ingratitude shown toward our race. I note that the Governor very early remembered the work done by the Hon. Joel N. Dolly, but the Negroes who were equally as loyal have been forgotten In conclusion, Mr Editor I wish to assure you that you are persuing the manly and propee course and the race is with you and will from now on support you more firmly in your effort to secure fair play and a square deal for the Negro voters of Kansas—continue fn your work and we will make ourselves felt in the future. Yours for our race A Negro Voter. Some old bachelors are too ugly to get married and others are too sensible. Maryland Republicans TAkE AGRESRIVE STAND Call upon Voters to Resist the Unscrupulous Democrotic Machine and Negro Disfranchisement. Baltimore, Md., Aug. 25 Frank E. Williams, editor of the Cecil Whig, was nominated for state comptroller by the republicans in state convention here. The paramount i sue in the state is declared in the platform to be the proposed sufrage amendment to the constitution which in effect disfranchises the negro vote, and an appeal is addressed to all voters to compass its defeat. It is declared that if passed Maryland will become one-party state and be at the mercy of an unscrupulous machine. The platform also favors the ratification by the legislature of an amendment to the constitution of the United States authorizing congress to levy a tax on incomes. A Queen In Trouble The Shakespeare Club of New Orleans used to give amateur theatrical performances that were distinguished for the local prominence of the actors. Once a social celebrity, with a gorgeous costume, as one of the lords in waiting, had only four words to say: "The Queen has swooned." As he stepped forward his friends applauded vociferously. Bowing his thanks he faced the King and said, in a high-pitched voice. The swoon has queued. There was a roar of laughter, but he waited patiently & made another attempt. "The sween has cooned." Again the walls tremble and the stage manager said in a voice which could be heard all over the house: "Come og, you doggoned fool!" But the ambitious amateur retused a sur render, and in a rasping falsetto is he was assisted off the stage, he screamed: "The coon has swened success. bretty Home Wedding. A Pretty home wedding was that of Judge Vick to Miss. Della Gaines at the home of the brides parents Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Gaines 917 N. Water on Sunday Sept. 5th. Rev. G. T. Wooten, pastor of the M. E. church officiated. After the wedding ice cream and cake were serued. ONCE A CHARM DIDN'T WORK. "Rattler" Buried Its Fang in an Emporia Boy's Fingers Emporia, Kas. Sept. 9—Harry Lowry, who prides himself on being an amateur snake charmer ran across a rattle while at his work in a field uear here and proceeded to work his charms on it. The rattle behaved beautifully for a few minutes till Lowry took off his gloves when it buried its fangs in the second tinger of his right hand. He was brought to town and the doctors worked fifteen hours to counteract the poison. It is thought he will recover. Lowry has a large collection of snakes at his home, and often carries them with him. NOMORE WOMEN INSPECTORS Female Customs Deputies at New York assigned to other work No more inspectors in short skirts will climb up the rolling sides of incoming liners at this port. The three matrons appointed to do boarding duty six years ago for the better inspection of women passengers have been transferred to other duties at the same salaries Mrs. Jennie J. Mooney to the census bureau at Washington D. C. Mrs. A. Salisbury and Mrs Sarah A. Watters to Ellis Island Commissioner Williams said today that he believes the duties of women inspectors can better be performed by men, assisted by the stewarsesses of the ships. SUMMER MADNESS "Midsummer madness" is the characterization given by the secretary of the navy, George Von L: Meyer, of the published stories that Captain Caggio of the Italian schoolship Aetna attempted to spy on the maneuvers of the American fleet off Chesapeak bay. When asked concerning the incident Secretary Meyer said: "The statement of Captain Cagio of the Aetna, published this morning makes it clear to any fair-minded person that he unexpected came across the fleet on his trip from Bermuda for Baltimore. The stories that appeared in the press about attempting to spy on the maneuvers are merely mid-summer madness. NO.24 Got Marriage License At 80. Detroit, Mich. Sept 9- "Do you think I am to old to get married? queried a stouty built old genele man at the marriage license counter Saturday morning. "Not much" replied License Clerk Alx Stewart, "you're never too old to do better." How old are you? "Just 80," was the reply. 'Ill fix you up,' said Stewart, and he proceeded to make out the license The applicant gave his name as John Noramor. and his residence as Utica N. Y. where he is a market gardener. His bride elect is Margaret A. Purser, a Detroit woman. She gave her age as 67 years The license was issued and the couple were married by Justice Ott before they had time change their minds. They seemed think they had no time to spare. New Church Opened With strvices and ceremonies surate with the inspiring event the pastor and members tormaly opened the new Second Baptist church to the public Tuesday at night, Sept. 7th. with a series of service scheduled at close Sunday night Sept.12th Each night there was a program and refreshments and everyone had a splendid time. With their new $2000. Pipe Organ, new building etc. it was indeed inspiring. The pastor and members are entitled to encouraged for their zealous work in rearing such a commendable structure. Has Grown Wonderfully. As by a magic spell the editor of the Searchlight and the people of Wichita has watched the phenomenal growth of the Peerlees Steam Laundry now located at 237 N. Market St. When the Searchlight began publication here years ago this laundry was located between Main & Market on First in the old Turner Bldg Since then Mr. Selover & Sons have built at their new place and have recently built an addition added new machinery and equipments which makes the Peerless Steam Laundry today one of the largest and best in the west. So much then for tnrift, energy and push-the kind that spurred Selover & Sons success. CHRISTIAN teaching in its full and easy becomes more evident, is that the conscious, ever-growing manifestation of the indication of which in us is the essential thing in human life, the man guide it is love. What love is the necessary and most in life was acknowledged by all the city. In all the teachings of the saint, Buddhist, Taoist and others, love in general were considered to these teachings this acknowledgment of everything that lives was lauded and for evil; and this was particularly the pre-Christian teachings love was of not what the Christian teaching and the foundation of everything; practice that is, the law which admits of no man teaching in its relation to all the real teaching; it is only a more clear foundation of human life which was various religions. The Christian teaching latest, it more exactly and defies of love, and the guidance for co- Christian teaching of love is by the inculcation of a given virtue the definition of the supreme law of the guidance for conduct inevitable form. The teaching of Christ explains the supreme law of human life, and the line of action a man must follow in virtue of his avowal of the truth of Christian teaching, in its real meaning the law of love to be supreme, and it is to be exempt from any exception. Judgment rejected all violence and did not help rejecting the world, founded as it is on violence. HE CHRISTIAN teaching in its full and true meaning, as in our day becomes more evident, is that the essence of human life is the conscious, ever-growing manifestation of that source of all, the indication of which in us is love; and that, therefore, the essential thing in human life and the highest law that can guide it is love. That love is the necessary and most blissful condition of human life was acknowledged by all the religious teachings of antiquity. In all the teachings of the sages, Egyptian, Stoic, Brahmin, Buddhist, Taoist and others, concord pity mercy. Brahmin, Buddh philanthropy and love in gee the highest of these teaching which love for everything the returning good for evil; and and Buddhists. In all the pre-Christian of the virtues, but not what metaphysically the foundation of human life—that is, the l. The Christian teaching no new and special teaching of that foundation of preached by previous religion in that, being the latest, it essence of the law of love, lowing therefrom. So that the Christian religions, merely the inculture, but it is the definition human life, and of the guidal resulting therefrom. The te why this law is the supreme also points out the line of avoid in consequence of his this teaching. But the Christian teach acknowledging the law of love application in life to be exe by that acknowledgment consequently could not he whole organization, founded philanthropy and love in general were considered the chief virtues. In the highest of these teachings this acknowledgment reached the point at which love for everything that lives was lauded and even the principle of returning good for evil; and this was particularly taught by the Taoists and Buddhists. In all the pre-Christian teachings love was considered to be one of the virtues, but not what the Christian teaching acknowledges it to be: metaphysically the foundation of everything; practically the supreme law of human life—that is, the law which admits of no exception. The Christian teaching in its relation to all the ancient teachings is no new and special teaching; it is only a more clear and definite expression of that foundation of human life which was felt and vaguely preached by previous religions. The Christian teaching is peculiar only in that, being the latest, it more exactly and definitely expresses the essence of the law of love, and the guidance for conduct inevitably following therefrom. So that the Christian teaching of love is no religions, merely the inculcation of a given virtue, but it is the definition of the supreme law of human life, and of the guidance for conduct inevitably resulting therefrom. The teaching of Christ explains why this law is the supreme law of human life, and it also points out the line of action a man must follow or avoid in consequence of his avowal of the truth of this teaching. But the Christian teaching, in its real meaning, acknowledging the law of love to be supreme, and its application in life to be exempt from any exceptions, by that acknowledgment rejected all violence and consequently could not help rejecting the world's whole organization, founded as it is on violence. Dogs Are Menace to Children By C. S. RIGGS Let us have "children's may be had if our city father to the effect that dogs found hours," between six and 8:30 Give our little children of dogs. Let us help the clerves and fill their lungs w night. Very few people compl not as young as I was, nor a before I become so old as to dren. "children's hours" in the early every city fathers take the matter up a dogs found on the streets of Chicago and 8:30 p. m., shall meet the p child children a chance to enjoy the help the children to play on our six air lungs with fresh air before bein people complain of children's sidewa was, nor as old as I expect to be, no old as to be annoyed by the laug Let us have "children's hours" in the early evening and such hours may be had if our city fathers take the matter up and pass an ordinance to the effect that dogs found on the streets of Chicago during "children's hours," between six and 8:30 p. m., shall meet the penalty of death. Give our little children a chance to enjoy themselves without fear of dogs. Let us help the children to play on our sidewalks, enjoy themselves and fill their lungs with fresh air before being housed up for the night. Very few people complain of children's sidewalk enjoyment. I am not as young as I was, nor as old as I expect to be, but I hope I may die before I become so old as to be annoyed by the laughter of innocent children. One Day's Rest Is Imperative By G. T. AXTELL sumed it, and it was the w employ over 200 men and I out of seven. This is a mat JOY F On the prairies of Min Iowa and Illinois the greatest vest. All through the north iest in years and the acreage yield this year of wheat, oat promise of the greatest crop grain is all well headed and through the prairie states a fields of ripening grain, with The farmers themselves look is the best they have ev ties are bubbling over with the greatest crop in history. The In the far west, where th ers are also rejoicing in a Montana, Idaho and other factor fine crops of oats, wh Throughout the fertile the hay crop is the heaviest was the wisest move of my business men and I see to it that they all g is a matter of hygiene, quite as sumed it, and it was the wisest move of my business career. To-day I employ over 200 men and I see to it that they all get one full day's rest out of seven. This is a matter of hygiene, quite as much as religion. JOY FOR THE FARMERS ties of Minnesota, North and South, is the greatest grain crop of history, with the northwest and central west thereto the acreage is apparently larger than of wheat, oats, corn, barley and other greatest crop which the prairies have headed and there is an abundance of rice states all one can see for miles. In grain, with the farmers busy with their themselves admit in most instance they have ever had and the farming over with the energy and joy due to history. The hay crop also is abundant, where the effects of irrigation have riced in a fine crop prospect. In and other western states where irrigated oats, wheat and alfalfa are in pity the fertile valleys of Washington and the heaviest which has ever been harm On the prairies of Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa and Illinois the greatest grain crop of history is awaiting the harvest. All through the northwest and central west the crops are the heaviest in years and the acreage is apparently larger than ever before. The yield this year of wheat, oats, corn, barley and other small grains gives promise of the greatest crop which the prairies have ever produced. The grain is all well headed and there is an abundance of straw. In passing through the prairie states all one can see for miles and miles is waving fields of ripening grain, with the farmers busy with the harvest. The farmers themselves admit in most instances that the crop outlook is the best they have ever had and the farming towns and communities are bubbling over with the energy and joy due to this prospect of the greatest crop in history. The hay crop also is abundant. In the far west, where the effects of irrigation have been felt, the farmers are also rejoicing in a fine crop prospect. In Oregon, Washington, Montana, Idaho and other western states where irrigation has become a factor fine crops of oats, wheat and alfalfa are in prospect. Throughout the fertile valleys of Washington along natural streams the hay crop is the heaviest which has ever been harvested. Special Master E. V. McKeever tiled that in this effect in the supreme T By COUNT LEO TOLSTOI teaching in its full and true meaning, as in more evident, is that the essence of human us, ever-growing manifestation of that source of which in us is love; and that, there-thing in human life and the highest law is love. The necessary and most blissful condition of acknowledged by all the religious teachings of the teachings of the sages, Egyptian, Stoic,est, Taoist and others, concord, pity, mercy,eral were considered the chief virtues. In this acknowledgment reached the point at it lives was lauded and even the principle of this was particularly taught by the Taoists. teachings love was considered to be one the Christian teaching acknowledges it to be: of everything; practically the supreme law law which admits of no exception. In its relation to all the ancient teachings is it is only a more clear and definite expres-human life which was felt and vaguely. The Christian teaching is peculiar only more exactly and definitely expresses the and the guidance for conduct inevitably fol- teaching of love is not, as in previousation of a given vir- of the supreme law of When I hear little children pleading for permission to go out on the sidewalk these warm evenings to enjoy outdoor fresh air and play, my heart is filled with grief to hear their mothers say, "My little dears, mamma is afraid to let you go out on the sidewalk for fear some little pet Fido may bite you." What a shame that so many of our little children are deprived of the freedom of our sidewalks on account of so many useless dogs that infest the great city of Chicago! Human safety and life should be held far above dogs of all sorts. hours” in the early evening and such hours is take the matter up and pass an ordinance on the streets of Chicago during “children's p. m., shall meet the penalty of death. a chance to enjoy themselves without fear children to play on our sidewalks, enjoy them- th fresh air before being housed up for the in of children's sidewalk enjoyment. I am old as I expect to be, but I hope I may die be annoyed by the laughter of innocent chil- Some years ago, when I first started in business for myself on a small scale, I kept my little store open every day of the week. Sunday was my best day and its sales were worth more to me than any two other days of the week. I kept this up for some time, but finally I began to notice that my physical condition was not what it should be. In thinking it over I soon concluded that it was the strain of working for seven days continuously that was telling on me and sapping my vitality. Immediately I quit the Sunday opening and never rest move of my business career. To-day I see to it that they all get one full day's rester of hygiene, quite as much as religion. Nesota, North and South Dakota, Nebraska, best grain crop of history is awaiting the harvest and central west the crops are the harvest is apparently larger than ever before. The crops, corn, barley and other small grains gives which the prairies have ever produced. The there is an abundance of straw. In passing one can see for miles and miles is waving the farmers busy with the harvest. admit in most instances that the crop out-er had and the farming towns and communi- energy and joy due to this prospect of the hay crop also is abundant. The effects of irrigation have been felt, the far-ne crop prospect, In Oregon, Washington, western states where irrigation has become a fact and alfalfa are in prospect. Valleys of Washington along natural streams which has ever been harvested. T. C. HART. A. B. S. ing and such hours pass an ordinance during "children's city of death. selves without fear walks, enjoy them noused up for the enjoyment. I am I hope I may die of innocent chil- career. To-day I one full day's rest as religion. Dakofa, Nebraska awaiting the kara rops are the heave WHAT HAPPENED AFTER MARY McARTHUR CUT HER FINGER BY S. R. CROKETT (Copyright by J. B. Lippincott Co.) When I am putting together the family stories I may as well tell my father's. Yabel McQuhirr, my grandfather, was a fierce, hard man, and seldom showed his heart, ruling his house with a rod of iron, setting each in his place, wife, child, man-servant and maid-servant, ox and ass—aye, and the stranger within his gates. My father does not talk of these things, but my mother has often told me of that strange household up among the granite hills, to which as a maid of nineteen she went to serve. In those days in all the farm-towns master and servant sat down together to meals. The head of the house was lawgiver and potentate, priest and parent, to all beneath his roof. And if Yabel McQuhirr of Ardmannoch did not exercise the right of pit and gallows, it was about all the authority he did not claim. Yabel had a family of strong sons, silent, dour, the doctrine of unquestioning obedience driven into them by their father's right arm and oaken staff. But their love was for their mother, who drifted through the house with a foot light as a falling leaf, and a voice attuned to the murmur of a hill stream. There was no daughter in the household, and Mary McArthur had come to supply the want. She had brought a sore little heart with her, all because of a certain ship that had gone over the sea and the glint of a lad's merry blue eyes she would see no more. She had no mind for love-making, and Thomas and Abel, the two eldest sons, got very short answers for their pains when they "tried their hand" on their mother's new house-lass. Tom, the eldest, took it well enough and went elsewhere, but Abel was a bully by nature and would not let the girl alone. Once he had kissed her by force as she carried in the peats from the stack. Whereupon Alexander, the silent third brother, found out the reason of Mary's red eyes, and interviewed his brother behind the barn to such purpose that his face bore the marks of fraternal knuckles for a week. Also Alexander had his lip split. After this Alexander always carried in the peats for Mary McArthur, and, in spite of the taunts and gibes of his brothers, did such part of her work for her as lay outside the house. On winter nights and mornings he lighted the stable lantern for her before she went to milk the cows, and then when she was come to the byre he took his mother's stool and a pail and milked beside her cow for cow. All these things he did without speaking a word of love. Sometimes she would raise her eyes and catch him looking at her—that was all. And more often she was conscious of his grave, staid regard when she did not look up. At first it fretted her a little. For, of course, she could never love again—never believe any man's word. Life was ended for her—ended at nineteen! So at least she told herself. But all the same there, a pillar for support, a buckler for defence, was Alexander McQuirr, strong, undemocratic, dependable. One day she had cut her finger, and he was rolling it up for her daintily as a woman. They were in the shearing-field together. Alexander had the lint and the thread in his pocket. So he anticipated her wants silently all his life. It had hurt a good deal, and before he had finished the tears stood brimming in her eyes. "I think you must get tired. I bring all my cut fingers to you, Alec!" she said, looking up at him. He gave a kind of gasp, as if he were going to say something, as a single drop of salt water pearled itself and ran down Mary's cheek, but instead he only folded the lint in at the top and went on rolling the thread round it. "She is learnin' to love me!" he thought with some pleasure, but he was too bashful and diffident to take advantage of her feeling. He contented himself with making her life easier and sweeter in that hard upland cantonment of more than military severity from which Yabel and his sons dragged the bare necessities of life, as it were, at the point of the bayonet. All the time he was thinking behind his broad forehead, this quiet Alexander McQuirr. He was the third son. His father was a poor man. He had nothing to look for from him. In time Tom would succeed to the farm. It was clear that if he was ever to be anything, he must strike out early for himself. And as many a time before and since, it was the tears in the eyes of a girl that brought matters to the breaking point. Yes, the wet eyes of a girl—that is, of Mary McArthur as she looked up suddenly in the harvest field among the serriled lines of stools and said, "I think I bring all my cut fingers to you, Alec!" Something, he knew not exactly what, appealed to him so strongly in that word and look, that resolve came upon him sudden as lightning and binding as an oath—the man's instinct to be all and do all for the woman he loves. He was unusually silent during the rest of the day, so that Mary McArthur, walking beside him down the looting to bring home the cows, said, "You are no vexed w me for anything, Alec?" But it was the soul of Saunders McQuihrr which had come to him as a birthright—born out of a glance. He was a boy no longer. And that night as his father Yabel stood looking over his scanty acres with a kind of grim satisfaction in the golden array of corn stocks, his son Alexander went quietly up to him. "Father," he said, "next week I shall be one-and-twenty!" In times of stress they spoke the language of the schools and of the Bible. His father turned a deep-set, irascle eye upon him. The thick overbring brows lowered upon him. A kind of illuminating flash, like faint sheet-lightning passed over the stern face. A week ago, nay, even twenty-four hours ago, Saunders McQuihrr would have trembled to have his father look at him thus. But—he has bound up a girl's finger since then and seen her eyes wet. "Well, what of that?" The words came fiercely from Yabel, with a rising anger in them, a kind of trumpet heralding the storm. "I am thinking of taking a herd's place at the term," said Alexander quietly. Yabel lifted his great body off the dike-top on which he had been leaning with his elbows. He towered a good four inches above his son, though my father was always considered a tall man. "You—you are going to take a herd's place—at the term—you?" he said, slowly and incredulously. "Yes," answered his son, "you will not need me. There is no outgate for me here and I have my way to make in the world." "And what need have you of an outgate, sir?" cried his father. "Have I housed you and schooled you and reared you that when at last you are of some use, you should leave your father and mother like a day-laborer on Saturday night?" "A day-laborer on Saturday night gets his wages—I have not asked for any!" At this answer Yabel stood tempestuously wrathful for a moment, his hand and arm uplifted and twitching to strike. Then, all suddenly his mood changed; it became scornfully ironic. "I see," he said, dropping his arm, "there's a lass behind this—that is the meaning of all the peat-carrying and milking and handfasting in corners. Well, sirrah, I give you this one night. In the morning you shall pack. From this instant I forbid you to touch aught belonging to me, corn or fodder, horse or bestial. Ye shall tramp, lad, you and your madam with you. The day is not yet, thank the Lord, when Abel McQuirh is not master in his own house!" But the son that bad been a boy was now a man. He stood before his father, giving him back glance for glance. And an observer would have seen a great similarity between the two, the same attitude to a line, the head thrown back, the foot advanced, the deep-set eye, the compressed mouth. "Very well, father,' said Alexander McQuirh, and he went away, carrying his bonnet in his head. And on the morning that followed the sleepless night of thinking and planning Alexander McQuirrr went forth to face the world, his plaid about his shoulders, his staff in his hand, his mother's blessing upon his head—and what was most of all to a young man, his sweetheart's kiss upon his lips. For in this part of his mandate Yabel had reckoned without his host. His wife, long trained to obedience for the sake of peace, had turned and openly defied him—nay, had won the victory. The "man of violence" knew exactly how far it was wise to push the doctrine of unquestioning wifely obedience. Mary McArthur was to bide still where she was till—well, till another home was ready for her. And though her eyes were red and there was no one to bind up her cut fingers any more, there was a kind of pride in her face, too. And the image of the young man over seas utterly faded away. At ten by the clock Yabel McQuhirr, down in his harvest field, saw his son set out. He gave no farewell. He waved no hand. He said no word. All the same, he smiled grimly to himself behind the obedient backs of Tom and Abel the second. "There's the best stuff o' the lot in that laddle," he growled. "Even so for a lass' sake left I my father's house." And of all his children this dour, hard-mouthed man loved best the boy who for the sake of a lass had outcasted himself. It was to a herd's house shining white on a hill-side, a bonny burnie trilling below, the red heather surging about the garden dike on all sides, that Alexander McQuhirr took his wife Mary a year later. And there in the fulness of time my brother Willie was born—the child of the cothouse and of the peasant. In time followed other, if not better things—first a small holding, then a farm, then I, Alexander the Second. And still, thank God, we, the children of Mary McArthur, run with all our cut fingers to that steadfast, loving, silent man, Saunders McQuhirr, son of Yabel, the Man of Violence. I think we learned the trick from my mother. BUSSIA'S INLAND WATERWAY Barges Ten Abreast on the Volga Waiting Their Turn at the Wharves Not an Infrequent Sight. Russia's great waterway is the Volga; it has a navigable length of 1,500 miles, some 260 miles further than the distance from St. Louis to the sea by the Mississippi. The Russian winters are so cold that the season of navigation is barely six months' long, as against ten to twelve months on the lower Mississippi from St. Louis. From the head of barge navigation the Volga communicates with St. Petersburg by way of the Scheksna river and a series of canals, making a grand water way, connecting the Baltic with the Casian When J. A. Ockerson of the Mississippi river commission was at Rybinsk, at the junction of the Volga with the Scheksana last summer he saw barges lying ten abreast in the stream, waiting their turn at the wharves. A strange thing about the Volga is the fact that the heaviest tonnage is upstream. The trade in petroleum and its products alone runs above 3,000,000 tons annually, there are upward of a thousand boats engaged in it exclusively. Steel tank barges of 1,000 tons are much used in this oil traffic. St. Petersburg, separated from the Volga by hundreds of miles of river and canal, nevertheless receives from it more than seven hundred thousand tons annually. At Nijni-Novgorod, on the upper Volga, the boats arriving have numbered as many as 7,600 in the course of a six-months' season. So rapidly has the traffic been growing that the number of vessels engaged in it increased 100 per cent, between 1884 and 1895, and has a further increase of 66 per cent, since. Most of the boats are built in Russia. The steamers al burn oil. The government project, according to which the river has been improved, provides for a depth of eight feet. Cleopatra and Corsets. If Cleopatra wore corsets she may rank as a royal champion of them with Catherine de Medicis, who is credited with having introduced the busked corset into France from Itaïv. Male monarchs have been less friendly. Joseph II. of Austria tried to discourage the corset by making it part of the costume of a convicted woman of bad character; Napoleon, shaking his head over the tight lacing of his day, told Dr. Corvisart that he saw in it a sign of frivolous tastes and a menace of coming decadence. The Restoration kings, Louis XVIII, and Charles X., were equally hostile. Formerly, said the latter, France had been full of Venuses, Dianas and Niobes, but now there were only wasps. The revolution alone temporarily put down the garment that has triumphantly defied kings. A Lost Art. Unfortunately, the American tendency to "talk shop" on every occasion, added to the necessity for every one being expert in some special line, making some one thing always paramount in his mind, has gradually penetrated into the drawing-rooms and the clubs, until generalities of conversation become impossible. The situation is such that after one individual delivers himself of his monologue the next man, always awaiting impatient for a cue, starts upon his and so it goes the rounds. Small wonder, then, as the Atlantic Monthly puts it, the women, with their versatility of interest, are disgusted with the situation. It is difficult for a woman to listen politely to a dissertation on the stock market fluctuations when she finds herself in masculine society, and while women are generous in giving every man credit for being master of his own particular specialty, they pine for some indication that he will relax and give attention to them. The men themselves, some of them, realize the state of affairs, but they are helpless. Regulating Morals by the Clock. Isn't it perfectly marvelous how a certain act may be legal until the clock strikes and a crime thereafter? There is piano-playing, for instance. In the city of Washington anybody who pleases may bang on a piano until midnight without interference, but as soon as the clock strikes 12 piano-playing becomes a crime, and the player is liable to be marched off to jail and locked up: To our mind, nineteenth of all piano banging is criminality, no matter at what time it takes place; yet we fail to understand why banging at 11:59 p. m. is less reprehensible than similar banging at 12:01 a. m. Do we run our morals by the clock? -Savannah News. New Sort of Valedictory. "Usually the graduates fire a lot of oratory at the committee and the committee hands the graduates a lot of advice. But we had something new at the commencement last night." "How was that?" "The valedictorian said he wanted work, and the gentleman presiding gave him a job."—Washington Herald. A Suspicious Sign. "Old Moneybags is afraid that prince he bought for his daughter is a bogus one." "Why so?" "When it came to settling up he asked for the prince's debts, and the fellow told him he hadn't any."—Baltimore American. FAINT HEART AND FAIR LADY Chances Good That the Ancient Adage Once More Proved Wisdom of Man Who Uttered It. He was afraid to tell her right out and out that he loved her, so he began in a round-about way, hoping she would catch his drift, then betray, by her confusion, her own feelings. He didn't dream but that she loved him, but thought that she, like himself, was afraid to demonstrate it. "Heart trouble?" she repeated. "Are you sure you've heart trouble, Alfred? You know indigestion is very like it at times." "Oh, I know I've got heart trouble all right. I—can't you see it yourself?" "Why, how silly, Alfred; no one can see heart trouble; they have to feel it. Have you taken anything for it?" "No, not yet, but I—I want to, don't you know." "Then why don't you?" "I—I would; that is, if I could get it." "Can't you get it, Alfred?" "I—I don't know." "Have you tried?" "No, not yet." (Silence for two provoking minutes.) "Alfred!" (coldly.) "Y-yes?" "Let's have a game of checkers." BABY HORRIBLY BURNED. By Boiling Grease—Skin All Came Off One Side of Face and Head— Thought Her Disfigured for Life. Used Cuticura: No Scar Left. "My baby was sitting beside the fender and we were preparing the breakfast when the frying-pan full of bolling grease was upset and it went all over one side of her face and head. Some one wiped the scald with a towel, pulling the entire skin off. We took her to a doctor. He tended her a week and gave me some stuff to put on. But it all festered and I thought the baby was disfigured for life. I used about three boxes of Cuticura Ointment and it was wonderful how it healed. In about five weeks it was better and there wasn't a mark to tell where the scald had been. Her skin is just like velvet. Mrs. Hare, 1, Henry St., South Shields, Durham, England, March 22, 1908." Potter Drug & Chem. 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This explosion was in a hotel district; men and women came rushing from their rooms in the Auditorium and Annex, the Elk hotel and the five or six other hostelries of lesser fame in the immediate vicinity. On the southeast corner of State and Congress streets, and on the opposite side of Congress street, the plate glass windows in the store of Siegel, Cooper & Company were shattered. Two days later, while the police were still searching for the thrower of bomb No. 30, bomb No. 31 exploded in the heart of the downtown district, wrecked the rear of the Chicago Title & Trust building, a skyscraper at No. 100 Washington street, and damaged every structure in the block bounded by Washington, Clark, Madison and Dearborn streets, and also the Boston Store, which 1s bounded by Madison, Dearborn and State streets. ‘This explosion took place on Sunday night at 11:20 o'clock. It was louder and sharper than a thunderbolt, and was heard all over the loop district. Pedestrians were show- ered with glass, which came pouring down from the win- dows of the buildings for blocks around, and men, wom- en and children were hurled to the ground. Almost before the building had ceased rocking under the strain 100 girls in the exchange directly over the wrecked part, cut and bleeding from flying glass, ran through the clouds of smoke and soot toward exits. Many of the girls fainted. Some had to be carried from the building. This bomb is said to have contained at least 25 pounds of dynamite. ‘The blast came from a manhole over a conduit in Calhoun place, familiarly known as “Gamblers’ alley.” It is in the rear of the four-story annex of the Chicago Ti- tle & Trust Company. Here the “Central” and “Ran- dolph” exchanges of the Chicago Telephone Company are located. Fifty cables, lying in the telephone company’s wrecked conduit, were 'stripped, broken and twisted into knots, with the result that 25,000 telephones in the downtown district were put out of business. Probably the most remarkable feature of the out- rages is the daring displayed by the bomb-thrower. He sends the newspapers warnings and comments on the explosions; he makes a practice of telephoning the City Press association, a news-gathering agency maintained by the different Chicago newspapers, giving notice that fuses have been lit and telling the place where a bomb is about to explode. His method of calling up the newspa- pers to tip off his explosions and his anonymous letters giving the careful details of his plans, serve as drum and cymbals to advertise the helplessness of the police and to spread consternation throughout the present ad- ministration, from the mayor down. The letters are all written in the same handwriting, and never yet have his tips failed to prove true. In one of the latest of these tips the bomb-thrower promises a “doublesheader” for the next explosion. He says: \ “The next one will be a double-header, and will be close enough for the chief and his boss to hear ft sput- ter. They know where the layouts are, and it will be dead easy for them to guess where the next noises are coming from. Many more to follow unless the solid lid is put on. The gang must close—double dose next. Some poor bartender may get pinched for the job, but wrong one again. Will have him in 24 hours—Nit.” This note was received the day after the police had promised to have the bomb-thrower captured in the next 24 hours. It was written on a postal card. On the ad- dress side of the postal this derisive statement ap- peared: “Why don’t Shippy hire some tin stars from Indian- apolis?” ‘This letter is in direct line with another which ran: “It is bighly amusing and ricidulous to see by the dif- ferent papers that ‘touch’ No. 31 was cansed by labor troubles. Did labor troubles cause the other 30 ‘touches? Were the places touched off scenes of labor strikes, or owned by people antagonistic to labor unions? Look at the jist. Where is the big clearing-house? Do the pa- pers know? Is it near the scene of No. 317 a ais io oer eck pee eae [i re aS ee ie 8 es vs tale Ye 2e 5 eee et a i Daetitie ee of) ie OA cena i Renee <7 Pin het oe A pair tana es eee, DEER COS Rein ans Bea LG) LAAs ey ste { " pe ey df PE ae eS at Jie, ee ge ey Smet) Ff Jae A CA ee a a ae ee ce ay Fie aes pat Rea: ad ye =e jee E bh & Vda a: in ) ite pe man |i Exeoy ges Pr veaiies hd! °) DER ay ee Pe i | ae fp ey Ore iid SM SEA Ba \ Se fF ered Be: MS 6 EES Aer and eal gi epi oP ue a aN, PF Ae CE ea Cae Y al ES ahaa ae HSS AG yg ae Le SSS nn Tee ‘ PN ee eS ee ay Bans Rie ee eaae ae ren! PCY Shee sy H Te aun: ey Sy CRE Reig Cyt one “A ED we ORE CC a} ty py Ye Rae eae ( A We ek ite ts : eae cae Rie eS, Biss aes eS Oe Lee | ee ge RE cee Ley ee NaN eee oa Ser eee oa pon then ’ | aoe cs é ae | PF Soe NTE er Ba Se Na Sonate i Bees eee Stn ee fm Sees Shas eres SSE RE : a Pee Sit Re ~— “injured by bomb —explo- sions” are as- suming — for- midable — pro- portions, and one or two deaths may re- sult from the injuries thus far inflicted. More than 100 persons were injured in the explosion in the rear of the Title and ‘Trust building, one perhaps fatally. Eight suffered seri- ous _ injuries from the blow- ing up of the Manning & Bowes saloon and gambling house at 321 ILLO! Is this the City Press association of Chicago? Well, I've just touched off another one at No, 261 Wabash avenue. There’s a gambling place on the fourth floor there. Listen, and you'll hear the building go up, about ten minutes from now.” Boom! went the explosion, on time to the very minute—so close to the time the news- paper men received the telephone message as to prove that the mysterious dynamiter had worked with a time fuse. The building, a five story brick, at the precise address giv- BH We en: was, aimoat entirely Wrecnee, AS Ue ee denied that any gambling had been going on there, but ‘a bridge whist layout in one room, a lot of racing “dope” and all that goes to equip a poolroom and bookmaking establishment in another—all this on the fatal fourth floor—proved that the bomb-planter’s tip was reliable, as it had been scores of times before. ‘The above reads like the opening of a first-class mys- tery story, or Conan Doyle detective novelette, does it not? But it is no such thing. On the contrary, it is the literal and serious transcript of an almost every day in- cident of real life in Chicago since the bomb-throwing reign of terror began, now two years ago. More bombs have been exploded in Chicago during these two years of Mayor Busse’s administration than in ten years of St. Petersburg and Moscow combined. Yet the bomb-thrower still goes free. Nobody has ever been convicted of any of these dynamite outrages, now numbering nearly a hundred. Not a single arrest was made until the state authorities took up the matter. ‘Three men were rounded up on suspicion, and released upon their readily establishing alibis. ‘The blasts are attended with greater property lose than were caused by the anarchist riots in 1886, or ir the times when Lucy Parsons and the other radical agi- tators were said to hold secret sway. Five hundred buildings have been wrecked by 33 large dynamite bombs, the firgt of which was exploded soon after Mayor Busse took oe and the word went out that Chicago was to be an open town. Great gaps have been torn through the brick and stone walls in the loop district— the heart of the clty—by the terrific force of the explo- sions, and streets spattered with brick, stones, glass and timbers hurled from the bombarded buildings are becom- ing common sights in the western metropolis. Scores of people have been seriously, some fatally injured. Many niore are nervous wrecks. ‘The great significant fact is that nearly all of these bombs have been aimed directly at gambling houses or at property owned by or closely associated with notori- ous gamblers or gambling institutions. Many gambling hells have been blown up with dynamite, and many more have gone out of business through fear that the bomb’s lightning might strike them next. ‘There is not a district of the city that has not known the destructiveness of the explosions. There is scarcely an inhabitant of Chicago who is not familiar with the loud, hard, reverberating detonation peculiar to the ex- ploston of a dynamite bomb. On the night following the day on which Chicagoans read of the anniversary celebration in Rome of the Hay- market riots in Chicago, a bomb was exploded and an- other gambling house was blown to perdition, with great destruction of surrounding property. It used to be that the mayor and the chief of police would give out statements to the effect that there was not @ gambling house running within the city lmits of ‘Chicago. Rut these statements have been entirely dis- “Who controls gambling in Chica- go? A combination controlled by one man, who caused No. 31 to be touched off, who has monopolized the hand- book game and put out of business hundreds of men that have been in the business all their lives. Can you blame them for throwing bombs? “One man has leased the service wire and has whipped every one into line, so that if you don't send your bets to him you can get no service, and if you try to rum independent the ‘dicks’ raid your place, while his places run unmolested. In other words —do business with that man or quit. Can you blame the people he put out of business? When that combination is broken up the bombs will cease, and not until then. “PROM ONE WHO KNOWS. “P, S.—The next one that cackles, that man will hear personally.” ‘The Chicago outrages are not con- fined to bomb-throwing, but include incendiary fires, wrecking by impro- vised battering-rams, cutting of tele- phone cables and numerous other acts of vandalism. They began with the blowing up of the residence of John Hill, Jr. at the time he was fighting racetrack gambling around Chicago, and resulted in putting out of business all the racetracks, many of the grandstands having been burned to the ground. The Chicago Telephon 2 ot a Bar >. Qs rn ay ee ss ANN a), a ° C Pie ES NAN pace” ae ye Aare Se eee No NG NIN ibaa" lt SG |p een eS \9 (ee, Kier st - ig, LC “ Lf CLIN Te Bs ordinance for the suppres- sion of vice in Chicago will be openly violated to- morrow night, through the political immunity en- joyed by Alderman John Coughlin (Bath-House John) and Alderman Michael Kenna (Hinky Dink), the two aldermen of the First ward, com- prising Chicago's notori- ous “Red Light District.”, But for the enormous po-j litical pull enjoyed by 4 these two aldermen, this: bomb would have caused | the suppression of the) Coliseum orgy. As it was,’ however, 15,000 _ people, mostly gamblers and dent-! continued. They were as a red flag to the bomb-thrower. Every time one of them was issued the loud voice of a bomb would answer: “Here is one,” and the shattered remains of roulette wheels, poker tables smashed to splinters, cards, chips and other gambling parapher- nalia strewn throughout the wreck- age of the building gave bountiful evidence that the bomb spoke truly. ‘The explosions are always in the nighttime, when few people are on the streets, and in every way the bomb-thrower. seems to use exceed- ing care (o avoid inflicting personal injury. Despite these precautions, however, the hospital lists of the fir No DI ip Poa wons dsr! ll be elo (7 ith ond bi fou Fe | 0 bhysttor Sree where Ke Lag ug ane it will Ke dendeaty futon yur wrhoe he pekees ant Coming frame Mi ee Tg etna eee pe one ot eae As POST CARO SENT 8Y THE OF NAMITER. EC am co. : p/ ‘N : 7 NN FREQ = ee = 3 lane ——— aro Re CATO AaRAND has been a heavy loser from the se- ries of explosions. Telephones and switchboards are part of the equip- ment of the hand- books and pool- rooms. © On the night be- fore the great annu- al orgy known as the First Ward ball, a bomb exploded in front of the Coll- seum, as if to say to every respectable resident in Chicago: “Here is where every law of decen- cy and every city Cw LL le Ry Rl Pale. : | te . Lar Laan —S = ail i dS ee Voces eee" Bae ae | | Fis VA et | ae [= emma 7 —————————————— SS Be) eres | hrs Through the four-story building at No. 111 Madisom street the explosion swept like wind, the force taking everything before it. The headquarters of “Mont” Ten- nes, king of the gambling clique that is now in power, was on the second floor of this building, just above the place where the fuse had been ignited. ‘This was Tennes’ clearing house and the place from which all his syndicate business was conducted, During the administration of Mayor Dunne, Tennes had been forced to move out, but after the election of Mayor Busse he moved back again and established a clearing house close te his old quarters, where he previously had a sys tem of spies and guards who defied the police And In all the series of outrages no arrests were made until the state of Mlinois came to the city’s aid. ‘The United States government also has taken a hand. ‘The few arrests that have been made all came to nothing. Those made by the police seem to have been purely superficial. Who is the mysterious bomb thrower? This is the question of the hour in Chicago. Some say he is a fanatic reformer who has adopted this method of suppressing the gambling in the city. Some believe his identity will be discovered in a mam made reckless by despondency over the loss of his for tune in the gambling houses who has dedicated his life to the work of revenge. Some theorize that he is a vindictive dope fiend suf- fering from a real or fancied wrong—a man whose sense of cunning has attained abnormal development from the use of the drug at the expense of his other senses, inclu- ding regard for moraiity, law or right of property. It is probable that there 1s no other city in America where gambling dens are frequented by women so ex tenstvely as in Chicago. They are regular patrons of the Chicago gambling places in the basements along South Clark street, where the mysterious forms of Chinese gambling are indulged in. Not only do they patronize the regular poolrooms, but there are poolrooms and euchre resorts for the exclusive patronage of women. Several of the feminine gambling houses have been raided by the police. One of the most recent was a woman's pool- room, where handbooks were being made on the races at Hamilton and Sheepshead Bay. The place was con- ducted by “Ted” Nevlin, a young man who is not on the inside of the gambling ring. The dope sheets and lists of patrons presented to the court during the trial of Neylin showed that the women placed their bets under such names as Tillie, Eva, Mollie, Lillian, Nelle and int tals, such as M. B. R., etc. Some of these are known to be prominent women of Chicago, but only the proprietors of the game were taken in the raid. The Chicago newspapers have done everything but print the names of those whom they believe to be back of the bomb throwing. But the parties so pointedly indl- cated walk the streets every day with impunity, and seem to have no fear of the police. ‘The Chicago Dally News in a recent issue says: “The man who heads the conspiracy to commit bomb outrages is a former safe blower. He has enjoyed immu- nity for years in certain quarters and is now a man of wealth. This man lives with his family in Chicago, an@ walks its streets daily, as does the man he has beee employing recently to explode the dynamite—another “peter man,” as the “regular” safe blowers are called, in distinction from the “yeggmen” or tramp safe blowers. Others who have been aids in his operations include a man who was once a constable and two other men in- volved in sensational crimes in Chicago. It was dicwoy- ered that these men began their operations as a result of the bribery to dynamite Hill's house. The amount paid was $200.” Stored at the Post Office at Wichita, Kansas, as Second Class Mail Matter. 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She was enroute to Oklahoma where she has accepted the charge of a school this winter. Go to Garfield hall Wednesday night Sept. 22nd. Fine time. Dr. G. G. Brown and G. L. Scott were pleasant callers at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Johnson, 1650 S. Topeka for dinner Sunday. Sept. 5th. All had a delightful time. Mrs. N. Clark Smith and daugh ter and Miss. Myrtle Hurst left Tuesdao afternoon tor Tuskegee Institute. Mrs Smith goes to join her husband who is dean of the musical department and Miss. Hurst goes to enter thot school. Many a man who spurns tobacco in this world will need a smoking jacket in the next. 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 Super 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 HOUCK Hardware store First Class Goods at Lowest Prices 116 East Douglas Avenue Dr.J.E. Farmer, Physician and Surgeon —Diseases of— Women and Children A Specialty Office 703 N. 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. Tapp & Hanshaw 255-257 N. Main St Phone 257 J. Ed Allen HARNESS MAKER 426 North Main St. New and 2nd Hand Harness Harness bought, sold, repaired and exchanged The Bible Training Class which meets at the A. M. E. parsonage every Wedoesday evening continues to increase in interest. They have at present an enrolled membership of 16 and others are added to the list each meeting. Those who desire to take up studies are cordially invited to come out and join the class. Gend for the S. P. C. C. A "Young Mother" asks our opinion of "the alleged injurious effects of rocking on babies." We must frankly say that we consider it a brutal practice. As the father of a great many babies, of all ages, we never rocked on any of them intentionally, and we would probably be arrested if we expressed our full opinion of any woman who would presume to do so.—Lippincott's Magazine. A. O. 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 Bing and Dye Works Lawrence Avenue Bell Phone Best in the Southwest Special Attention Given to Canine Practice Answered—Day or Night Wildes, Musician & Surgeon Med Hospital In the City Office and Hospital N. Market St., Wichita, Ks. to None' Bread Makers As Snow—TRY IT Stock and Poultry Food for the United States Law, under the Kansas State Law the cheapest and BEST FOOD on the Market EWART MARKET PROPRIETOR Pork, Lamb, Veal, Chick- , also Fresh Home Grown your Lunch. Heinz Pickles, d or Dill, Baked Beans, and Wichita, Kansas NGSTORM for Dealers To B. F. McLean Douglas Ave MERIAL FLOUR DEAL—BREAKFAST FOOD Milling experience in Wichita our t can be produced. Made from and put up in Special Packages, Your Groce IMPERIAL N MILLING Co. A, KANSAS The Peoples Cleaning and 131 North Lawrence Ave 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 Welss Alfalfa Stock are all guaranteed under the Un Serial No. 13415 and under the K Register No. 1. It is The Cheapest and JOE STEWART MEAT MARKET F. T. CULP, PROPRIETY For the best Meats, Beef, Pork, Lau ens and Sealship, Oysters, also Fre Cattfish, and Halibut for your Lun Sweet, Sour, Sweet Mixed or Dill, Cooked Meats. 241 N. Main Street. HILL - ENGS Lumber De Successors to B. F. Mo 318 west Dougl IMBODEN'S IMPERIAL GRAHAM — CORN MEAL — BE With thirty-five years milling experien products are the best that can be pro best selected grain only and put up in Ask Your Grocer See that you get IMP THE IMBODEN MID WICHITA, KAN Peoples Cleaning and Dye Works 131 North Lawrence Avenue 188 Be The Biggest and Best in the Southwest Mass Surgery Special Attention G Specialty Canine Practice Calls Promptly Answered—Day or Night R. C. R. Wilde Deterinary Physician & Surgeon The Finest Equipped Hospital In the City Ones Office and Hospit D 236 N. Market St., Wichita second to North SES Good Bread Make It is White As Snow—TRY IT Welss Alfalfa Stock and Poultry guaranteed under the United States No. 13415 and under the Kansas State No. 1. It is The Cheapest and BEST FOOD on E STEWAR MEAT MARKET F. T. CULP, PROPRIETOR Best Meats, Beef, Pork, Lamb, Veal, Sealship, Oysters, also Fresh Home and Halibut for your Lunch. Heinz Bour, Sweet Mixed or Dill, Baked Bean Meats. In Street. Wichita ALL - ENGSTOR Number Dealer Successors to B. F. McLean 18 west Douglas Ave DEN'S IMPERIAL FL CHAM — CORN MEAL — BREAKFAST In thirty-five years milling experience in Wichita products 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 ULTER'S CA 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 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 Welss 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 JOE STEWART MEAT MARKET For the best Meats, Beef, Pork, Lamb, Veal, Chickens and Sealship, Oysters, also Fresh Home Grown Cattish, and Halibut for your Lunch. Heinz Pickles, Sweet, Sour, Sweet Mixed or Dill, Baked Beans, and Cooked Meats. 241 N. Main Street. Wichita, Kansas 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 froff 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 S 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 NINEST AND BEST IN THE S Meals Fish and Gam much needed business in Wichita. Now what you have a place that is a credit to let all join in and help push to success 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 o s. 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 RTH WATER Is Our Specialty - Try Us 634 NORTH WATER There Is NO Need nr EE Sak fe eae aan { Westrn University The leading educational in- stitute for Negroes in the west ty te LZ ff is 1 = 7 ZB fone n533hint | A Zw ee ly ES we g (ieee =r hi ee “Sa Sry th bt | a) et SSS a Ub he a at ine aN 7 Fee OP Tor ted Pa | L] Bee ae “MD Eg | | bl PAT aS ot CERO ogee) A faculty of eighteen thoroughly equipped teachers from the leading Institutes in America. MAGNIFICENT BUILDINGS Steam Heated and Electric Lighted “DEPARTMENTS —— Theological, Classical, Normal, Snb- Normal, Musi- : cal, State Industrial, embracing courses in Archi- tecture, 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 Orehestra ‘ : For full partioulars write to . ‘ } Prof. Shelton French, } ; ACTING PRESIDENT ; Of Western University | QUINDARO, KS Residence Phone No. 15 Office Phone 1423 ~ | a Wi ae a ee ee | Excellence Counts... “READ 17" 3 FLOUR §i exeels in every respect,—color, flavor, and pounds ef ‘ "Watson Mill Co. WICHITA, KANSAS 5 SIAILAALAAARAAAAAA BLAAASAGAS ena AS 5 ’ g . MESSERVES } FAMOUS AND CELEBRATED : 4 ‘ ( dob CRE Aw : WHOLESALE AND RETAIL ‘ 3 For Parties, Picnics, Socials and Churches : ; Orders delivered to any part of the city s ON-TON ANDY ‘ : Bikany & Kitten ‘ 5 E. B. MESSERVE, Prop, t S 146 N. Main St. Phone 152g Sree re ee FKLKLK KKK KLE L ELE E SEEK EL EELS a 5 see ea DEAM ABSTRACT Co. A NORTH-WEST OORNER OF THB COURT HOUSE Bonded Abstractorsa ‘ Johnston s Hotel CHITA 507 N. Main St KANSAS Everything first-class. Electric Lighti, Electric Fans Transient Trade — Restaurant in Connection R. Johnston, Proprietor, LS. Nafteger, President, W. R. Tuck &t, Vice-President, J. M. Moore, Vice Vrendent, 0. W. Brown. Vice Presi- ‘ent, V. H. Branch, Gashier. WICHITA, KANSAS United States Depository Yavita $200,000 Surplus $125,000 Dirretors: W.R. Tucker, W. E. Jett, RL. Holmes, S. B. Amidon, J. M. Moore, L. S. Nattager, H. W. Darling, 4. G. Houston, E.G, Sheldon, ©. W. Brown, J. W. Metz, B.'T. Battin, Hen ty Lasten. V, H. Braneh. Ateueral Banking Business Transacted Its the man who “‘sticks-to-it”’ who wins. — @®. S. HENRION 01 H. Main $0. @iehita, Kana. Sometime, More. “1 gee that a New York professor re forms bad boys with piano music.” “I Bope he bea:s in mind that some pianos need geforming quite as much ea bad boys Ge.” Str i ht Y H i Dia soni ues pRBse tore tyre earl ony ne ble of ent a eta alle ate “Vise W. Pe Wateen, Sta. 1~Harriman, Teun, ’s Hair Ford’s Pomade ercled taara pe Cats tcere, cree eon den taancee eteaedese contre Scene eens em Ss are ener cree cred ei ere ada ees gue sel toe eB ta alae at Sera aera coe eae ee Absolutely harmaless< onot with splendid re~ eaten aveeeaines pitta SEE i Indies 4 refinement ever ywhere declare, Ford® Hair Pomade has imitators. Don't ‘buy anything else alleged to be “just as good.” ee eer oon pee ane nee Sees Charla Bord Lea Je gun acyl SCOURS: yon th 0 Beenie pt rogulir’aina of S ents sor tml ‘ntue echesetaie Seto metre apa oe Sateen re eee arn The Ozonized Ox Marrow Co., 153 East Kenzie St. ‘Chicago, Il. Foams WATS HowADE ts mato salts CAL SOPRA Fox Mee wineamse ous For Everything in Building Material SEE TS: es rs, ar ee oe f pea Te Vf pF: — bs [Fae ee ae {ae cea La te 4 t ‘ aeons ; (Zia a eee & Eee ta ae Sir D. L. Taylor Designer and Builder of Tent houses, Tabernacle houses and Temple houses. Prices in 6 afall. Send ycur order to-day 829 East Center GALINA, KANS4S Use Herman’s Cement Stone Made from the best ma- ter‘al. Lastslonger, wears betier and more durable than any other Cement Stone on the market. Prices Reason- able. PRICES lic each laid in wall 8c each delivered 7c each in the yard Rock Face 8¢ each Plain Face Te each Manufactured By W. L. HERMAN, 527 Ohio Ave., New Phone 1127 NE W. L. Herman CONTRACTING : PLASTERER 856 Eagle St., Wichita, Kan. Job Printing We have installed a new line of Jos Type Faces and we would be pleas- ed to use them ona job for you. Good Work--Low Prices to all Nerth Water St. Use Marmay’s Reliable Nerve Balm Murvay's Reliable Antiseptic Salv /Marray's Reliable Extracts Marray’s Reliable Perfumes Marrey’s Reliable Pure Spices These Goods Have No Epual They are pleasing hundreds of people and will please you. 3. H. MURRAY, Sole Prop. 088 South Hydraulic Avenue New Phone 985 Wiehita — — — Kansas Real Estate . 5 room house and 60 x 600 ft on Sher- wood $600.00 2 vacant lots on Sherwood $300.00 6 vacant lots on Ohie Ave $1500.00 8 lots on Burns Ave $680.00 8 room two story house 2 lots $1500 00 5 vacant lots (8100.00) each $500.00 9lotsou Wabash (8125.00) each 6112500 The Wichita Land and Invest- ment Co. James J. Olden Pres. 6124 N. Main St. Wichita Kans. Send your news in earlier GOOD PASTURR Tan Peterson has a splendid good pasture, seven(7] miles due West on Thirteenth [13] St. for horses aud cat- tle. Prices reasonable, 10 - HYMN POST CARDS- 10c Something new, A beautiful reminder ‘for your friends. Set of ten different subjects: beautifully dilustrated “Rook of Ages” “Lead Kindly Light,” ‘Just asLam,” ‘Nearer my God to Thee,” ete. ete. 3 sets for 2c Lawrence Uo. Dept. 205, Chicago. IN. P..S. If you order 3 sets for 25¢ at once we will send you absolutely FRFEa heautiful Post Card entitled ‘Auld Lang Syne.” eee = a {Satisfaction — IN EVERY POUND OF — si i 7, a “Wichita’s Best ”’Four POENISCH BROS., Ageats 622 N. Main Street We also carry a complete stuck of Hay, Grain, Feed and Coal. 530 — Both Phones — 530 TRY US For 2 Good Job of Lead and Oil. SUTTON PAINT Co. Pecullar African Race. ‘There is a peculiar sort of people living in scrthwest Rhodesia. These natives are small of stature, with large horns on thefr heads. The hora springs from the scalp, consists of the native’s hair mixed with fat and filth, and is sometimes as much as 18 inches long. For the most part these Kaffirs live on the great spen flats to be found on both sides of the Kafue river. They bufld their huts on the great ant heaps which appear like hills scattered over the flats. When the Kafue ts in flood and the flats are changed into great lakes these people are safe in thelr huts on the ant heaps. Their cattle also take refuge on the ant heaps on which corn and mealies are likewise grown. Bank commisioner 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 ap- pointed J. N. Dolly as Bank Com misioner, The Power of Enthusiasm. Enthusiasm is one magnet of power. You must fire every event with ft, touch thoughts and acts with it; it will transmute dross into gold, drudgery into delight. What matters if the soul which lives beside you is cold and selfish. Set him a good example! Joy 1s sunshine and he will feel it. Every irksome task is a chance for power. For the qualities which chey bring’ out are God's gifts which fit us to enjoy Detter things. Easy things will come, tf you have spent your heart’s blood on gaining strength, for the very goal of power Is the ease which comers from ‘trength. We laugh at things and peo tle who used to cow or annoy us, we ty! gracefully and swiftly the tasks, ‘onée vo hard. One by one, we have unriveted our chains, we are free!— Nautilus, Dunn Merc. Co., NORTH MAIN TRADE CENTER + 724 — 26 — 28 North Main St. 19 lbs Granulated Sugar $1.00 ‘Corn Meal, sack, 20c 21bs Whole Rice Lic 4 Ibe for 25¢ Flour, small #ack, 75¢; Large sack $1.50. 2 lbs. good soda crack ere 15c Good Rio Coffee, per pound le Dry Goods and Shoe Department: Calico, Mill Remnants 3cyd. White Ta- ble Linen, worth 5tc yd.—we have them in 2+ yd lengths at 35c yd. Men’s Fancy colored hose, worth 15c—all you want at 10c per pair Hardware Department. See ua for a complete line of shelf hardware. Fish ing goods, Builder’s hardware, and everything which could be feund in a First Class Hardware store. pM REMC ee CHAS. B. PaTTON Merchant Tailor ae, bY 456 North Main Street First-Class Making of Men’s Garments Cleaning; Pressing and Repairing A Specialty Prompt Service Courteous Attention Yonr Trade Solicted Guaranteed Deposits 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 Ist and July ist. Certificates uf Deposits issued PAYABLE ON DEMAND, bear- ing 4 percent interest per annum for each full month from date of issue. Commercial checking accounts do not draw interest Open Saturday nights from 7 to 9 to reccive deposits Gold tate Savings Bank FIRST AND MARKEY H. W. Lewis, President. P. K. Lewis, Cashier Paid Up Capital $25,000.00» Bankers Accident _ Insurance Company Of Des Moines, Iowa Are you a mem ber? We insure you against Accident and Sickness for 81.00 per month or 3 1-8 centsaday. Information gladly given. buy Iv. T. P. SEIBERLING, District Manager Office 423 Red. —PHONES— Residence 1484 Blue 227 E. Douglas-Ave., Wichita, Kansas | PLETTY PRAIRIE NEWS We are in need of a good rain in this vicinity, Mr. and Mrs. Willpeople have commence housekeeping at their new farm home at Arlington Ks we all wish them much success in their new married life. | John Seokes of Wichita spent Fereae and Sunday at home of Joe Banks returning home or Monday morning. Ben Walker and his daughter spent a few weeks in Wichita.# The Misses Nellie Florenc Banks & brother Pearl spent Sunday in Arlington the guest of Mrs. Wil Peoples. Joe Banks and Sons have fin- ished thrashing their crop of wheat which make them 2,330 bushels dont that sound good for a colored farmer. fe Necrue King who has been vis iting in Kingman expects to re- turn to her home in Topekasoon Joe Banks and sons soid a nice bunch of fat cattle to Wood, the cattle buyer at Arlington. Quite a number of people from here are attending the Hutchin- fair this week. : Miss. Bessie Whitted entertain ed on Friday evening ather home in honor of Miss Della Bell of To- peka. The evening was spent qnite pleasant y in music, games and other amusements. Dainty refreshments were served and highly enjoyed by those present, i. 0. Harrison JEWELER & OPTICIAN 437 N. Main St. Watches, Clocks and Jewelery Repairiug Work Guaranteed (First Publication im - Seareblight September 4, 1909.) Administrator’s Notice. State of Kansas, Sedgwick County, 8s, In the Probate Court, in and for Said County: In the matter of the estate Eman- uel Harrison, Deceased. NOTICE is hereby given that Let- ters of Administration have been granted to the undersigned on the Es- ‘tate of Emanuel Harrison, late of said ‘County, deceased, by the Probate |Court of the County and State afore- jsaid, dated the 26th day of August, A. D., 1909. Now, all persons having claims against the said Estate, are hereby notified that they must pre- sent 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 es- tate; and that if such claims be not exhibited within three years after date of such letters, they shall be for- ever barred, W. N. MILLER, Administrator of the Estate of Eman- uel Harrison, Deceased. ‘August 27th, 1909. OTTAWA KANSAS NEWS ‘The Dtrs. of Rebecca Ann Tab. No. 6 are progressing nieely. All are well at present, We are glad to have withus a- gain* Dt. Elnora Glaspie, who has been to Colo. for a while. The Dtrs. are planing to have a social Monday night at Dt. Napews residence. Mrs. Hayle, Mr. D, W. Gross and Rev: Armstrong and Misses Gertrude McBriar « Francis Me Clurefare all very sick. The Masons are planing for a Big time the 22nd of Sept, When Tower Loomed. It was while Charlemange Tower was ambassador to Russia that a New York city newspaper “spread itself’ upon a fete held at St. Petersburg. 4 green copy-reader produced this re sult: “As pleasing to the eye as was all this decoration there was additional pleasure in the sight, as one stood at the head of the Prospekt Nevska, ot Charlemagne Tower, bruliantly illu minated, looming grand and imposing against the winter sky.”—Success Magazine. PEARY ALSO FINDS THE POLE BRIEF TELEGRAMS ANNOUNCE THE EXPLORER'S SUCCESS. April 6, 1909 is the Date Given—Returning on the Ship Roosevelt on Which He Sailed. New York, N. Y.—Commander Peary announces April 6 as the date of his reaching the North Pole in a despatch to the New York Times, reading as follows: "Indian Harbor, via Cape Ray, N. F., Sept. 6. "To the New York Times, New York. "I have the pole April sixth. Expect arrive chateau Bay Sept. 7. Secure control wire for me there and arrange expedite transmission big story. (Signed) PEARY." The date Peary refers to in April of the present year although not stated in the despatch, as his expedition to the pole did not leave until July 1908. To Associated Press Also. New York, Sept. 7.—The following dispatch was received here. Indian Harbor via Cape Ray, Newfoundland, Sept. 6.—To Associated Press, New York: Stars and Stripes nailed to North Pole. (Signed) PEARY. The foregoing startling and laconic message, signed Peary, was received in New York, through the Postal Telegraph company. It was handed in at Indian harbor, Labrador, and sent from there by wireless telegraph to Cape Ray, Newfoundland, and from Cape Ray to Port Aux Basques by the Newfoundland government land lines, thence to Canso, Nova Scotia, by cable to New York from there over the lines of the Commercial Cable company. OBSERVATORY ABOVE CLOUDS The Smithsonian Institute Has Built One on Mount Whitney 14,000 Feet High. Washington, D. C.—Scientists soon will have placed at their disposal the highest meterological and astronomical observatory on the American continent. It is situated on the top of Mount Whitney, Cal., 14,000 feet above the sea level. Realizing the value for effective and progressive astronomical and meteorological work of an observatory far above the clouds and free from the dust and smoke the Smithsonian institution decided to build a suitable laboratory on Mount Whitney. It has been a difficult undertaking to construct the small three room stone structure as all the materials have had to be taken to the great height on pack mules over narrow rocky trails. But the work is now nearly completed. The Smithsonian institution will permit the building to be used by any scientists gratuitously. Joyette Won the Taft Cup. Marblehead, Massochusets.—As a result of the final race of the German American Sonder Klasse series the President Taft cup was won by Joyette, owned by Commodore W. H. Childs of the Bensonhurst Yacht Club of Brooklyn. The Gov. Draper cup goes to the Ellen, owned by Charles P. Curtis of the Eastern Yacht club. Each yacht had won two of the series in which the Germans were competitors while the Hevella, the survivor of the challenging yachts, was eliminated through her defeat. A Woman Burned to Death. Kansas City, Mo.-A gas explosion in the grocery store of Charles Barker, Nineteenth and Holmes streets, started a fire which resulted in the death of Mrs. Barker. Her husband also received burns which may prove fatal. The stock of goods and the fixtures in the store are a total loss. The building was damaged to the extent of several hundred dollars. Large Navel Contracts Signed. Washington, D. C.—Contracts with the San Francisco Bridge company for the construction of the Pearl Harbor dry dock, Hawaii, at $7,760,000, and with the Maryland Steel company of Sparrows Point, for the construction of a fleet collier at $898,000 were signed by Acting Secretary of the Navy Winthrop. The Speed War is On Chicago, Illinois.—The threatened speed war among the Chicago-Denver California railroad systems is on. In anticipation of the cutting of schedules by the Bulrington and other Hill lines, the Chicago and Northwestern have announced a reduction of two hours in running time between Chicago and Denver. Teach Kansas Children Ethics. Topeka, Kansas.—Kansas school children are to be taught morals and manners hereafter. The state board of education has made some changes in the course of study for the common schools of the state. The chief addition to the course is that of industrial instruction and ethics. First White Settler in Iowa Dead. Des Molines, Iowa.—Mrs. Anna Dickens, the first white settler in Iowa, died at her home in North McGregor. Iowa, at the age of 88 years. Special Master E. V. McKeever filed --- WASHINGTON STAR. Now That King Alfonso Has Raised Burnside, Other Rulers Might Improve Their Facial Appearance. SURRENDERED KIDNAPED CHILD MRS. BARCLAY GIVES UP ALL Claims to INCUBATOR BABY. Kansas City, Missouri.—With her cheeks wet with tears and hardly able to avoid a complete breakdown, Mrs. Stella Barclay, foster mother of Marian Bleakley, the "Incubator Baby," finally and forever surrendered possession of the child in Judge Porterfield's division of the circuit court. Joseph Waters and J. C. Pitherbridge, attorneys for Mrs. Bleakley, were in court ready to contest the writ of habeas corpus filed by Mrs. Barclay, foster mother, to try to gain possession of the girl after she had kidnapped it from the mother in Topeka, August 21. They had had no notice that Mrs. Barclay, through her attorney, would so meekly and completely surrender all claim to the child. Neither malice nor anger was manifested in Mrs. Barclay's manner. It was evident that she was alarmed over the prospect of the prosecution in Topeka, Kansas, where she is to undergo a preliminary hearing on the charge of kidnapping. She not only surrendered the child back to its mother, but offered to pay all the expenses of the suit and the expenses of caring for the child from the time it was taken from Topeka, August 21, to the time it was surrendered to the mother this morning. Not only that, but she let it be known that the little girl has $31 on deposit to her credit in a Buffalo, N. Y., bank which represents the savings account started for the baby when first taken in charge by Mrs. Barclay and her husband. WARSHIPS SAIL FOR JAPAN Fleet of Eight Mighty Armored Cruisers Starts from Frisco on a Peace Mission. San Francisco, California.—Another "peace" fleet is on its way across the Pacific on a trip that will occupy more than five months. Its objective point is Yokohama, and its purposes are wholly friendly. The fleet is made up of the eight armored cruisers Tennessee, California, South Dakota, Washington, West Virginia, Colorado, Maryland and Pennsylvania. They sailed from here and, according to the navy department's schedule of their 28,000 mile journey, after making several side trips to Chinese and Japanese ports the whole squadron will reassemble at Yokohama, and will sail for home January 19, 1910. No Trace of Cook Found. St. Johns, Newfoundland. — Commander Robert E. Peary who announced that he had discovered the North Pole on April 6th, of the present year, found no trace of Dr. Frederick A. Cook, who reported to the world five days ago that he had made the same discovery in April of the preceding year. This news reached here through Capt. Robert Bartlett of the Roosevelt, Peary's ship, en route to Chateau Bay, Labrador. Mexico City, Mexico.—Word was received here that the destruction of Soto Tamaulipas, was so complete that the whole place has completely disappeared with the exception of a few church towers that project from the surface of a veritable sea. Mystery in a Kansas Killing. Hutchinson, Kansas.—W. F. Powell, a Chicago Rock Island & Pacific foreman, who was shot at Pratt, died at a hospital here. His assailant is unknown. When asked who shot him he merely said: "Oh, don't talk about that." Prof. Dyche Believes Both. Lawrence, Kansas. — Prof. Lewis Lindsay Dyche of Kansas university, declared there was no reason to doubt either of the men who claimed to have reached the North Pole. A Mexico Town Disappears. LOST FOR 24 HOURS IN ICE CAVE Two Men Were Rescued by Searchers When Nearly Dead From Cold Flagstaff, Arizona.—After being lost in the ice caves at Lake Mary, ten miles below here, for nearly 24 hours, John Mohlennaup of Newark Ohio, and J. S. Price, a recent arrival here, were rescued by one of the numerous searching parties which had been in the cave all night and day. The men were exhausted and badly frost bitten when found and must soon have perished. They had torn up their clothing in an effort to make a rope with which to cross a creyasse and had given up the attempt when the searchers came upon them in a side chamber 150 feet underground. MORE SPANISH TROOPS TO FRONT Eleven Thousand Men Have Been Ordered to Melilla to Fight the Moors. Madrid, Spain.—The twelfth division of the Spanish army consisting of 11,000 men under the command of General Sotomayo, has been ordered to Melilla, Morocco, to take part in the campaign against the Moors. Premier Maura said that another division might be mobilized immediately. Advices received from Melilla say the Spanish position at El Arba and Restinga have been reinforced and that the Moors have partly abandoned Mount Guruga and are massing at Nador and Zeelaun. Identified the Kidnapers. Topeka, Kansas.—David T. Gregg, the lawyer arrested for complicity in the kidnapping of Marian Bleakley, the incubator baby, has been identified by Clarence Bellnap, who was assaulted by one of the kidnapers, as the man who held the horse while the kidnappers were after the child. He also identified F. H. Tillotson, the Kansas City detective, as the second man who was in the buggy in which the girl was carried off. Gregg is in the county jail in default of bond. Crabtree Gets Life Sentence Omaha, Neb.—It was announced at army headquarters that the finding of the court-martial in the case of Corporal Lisle Crabtree of Troop B. Second Cavalry, for the killing of his troop commander, Capt. John C. Raymond, at Fort Des Moines, was guilty and his punishment fixed at life imprisonment in the military prison at Fort Leavenworth. Kansas City Gains 25,000 Yearly. Kansas City, Missouri.—The population of Kansas City, Mo., is 376,332, according to the estimate of the Gould Directory company, makers of the city's dictionary of names. The figures for the total population of the city show an increase of 51,967 over the estimate of two years ago, a gain of 25,983 yearly. The German Boats Defeated The German Boats Destroyed. Marblehead, Massachusetts. — The Ellen, owned by Charles P. Curtis of Boston, won the fifth of the international sonder boat race off here, and once more America has triumphed over Germany in a contest between yachts of a type fostered by Emperor William. Judge Tunnell Dead at Brookfield. Brookfield, Missouri.—Judge R. M. Tunnell is dead at his home here. He was active in politics and in Modern Woodmen circles. New Charter for St. Joseph. St. Joseph, Missouri.—The charter law for cities of the first class, passed by the last Missouri legislature, was submitted to a vote and received 4,431 votes. There were 2,928 cast against it, making the majority 1,503. Less than half the voting strength was polled. Gov. Post of Porto Rico Resigns. San Juan, Porto Rico.—Regis H. Post, governor of Porto Rico, announced that he had sent his resignation to President Taft. Even the Old Lands of Europe are Producing More Per Acre Than Formerly. Washington, D. C.—Soils of the United States are not wearing out and the crop yields are rather increasing than decreasing. These facts are demonstrated in a bulletin shortly to be issued by the bureau of soils of the agricultural department prepared by Prof. Milton Whitney, chief of the bureau. The bulletin deals exhaustively with the yields of crops from 1867 to 1906 inclusive. "A careful study of the data which has been presented appears to justify two conclusions," says Prof. Whitney. "First, that the productivity of the newer agricultural soils of the United States and of the older agricultural soils of Europe, taken as a whole, and for the nation, are not declining, as is popularly supposed. Individual farming deteriorates and soils wear out, as they have always done, but as a whole it seems probable that we are producing more crops per acre than formerly. The bulletin shows an increase in all cereal crops throughout the United States for the past three or four decades. ROCK ISLAND WRECK IN KANSAS Five Cars Were Derailed at Smith Center—Only One Passenger Slightly Injured. Smith Center, Kansas.—A broken rail almost directly opposite the depot at this place dared the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Colorado Fyer from Denver. The train does not stop at Smith Center and was running at a speed of about 30 miles an hour when the combination baggage and smoking car, day coach, dining car and two sleepers left the track. The engine, mail car and two rear sleepers remained on the track and the engineer stopped after running less than five car lengths. THE HEAVIEST RAIN AT TOPEKA A Fraction More Than Eight Inches Made Raging Torrents of the Streets. Topeka, Kansas.—The heaviest rainfall ever recorded at the Topeka weather bureau has fallen the total precipitation being a fraction more than eight inches. Many of the Topeka streets were impassable for pedestrains. The gutters were raging torrents and the street car traffic was tied up by the deep water at street intersections. Men and women waded to their places of business through water varying in depth from three inches to a foot. Two New Mexico Dams Burst. Albuquerque, New Mexico. — The Bluewater Development company's dam, one of the largest private irrigation projects in the southwest, owned by Kansas City and Chicago capitalists, and the Zuni dam, a government reclamation project, both near Gallup, N. M., broke loose. Ten miles of Santa Fe track is reported to have been washed away and 35 miles is under water. Santa Fe trains have been detoured via Deming and the Southern Pacific. No loss of life is reported. Watching for Castro. San Juan, Porto Rico.—Two representatives sent here by President Gomez of Venezuela are watching for the possible landing of ex-President Castro. They say that a large reward will be given to any one submitting information of an attempt by General Castro to land at Porto Rico or the adjacent islands. Samuel Hatchett, colored, wanted in Hillsboro, Tex., for the murder of Lena Moton and an attack on Miss Tena Page, was arrested at Sapulpa, Ok., after being identified by James Evans of Hillsboro, also colored. A reward of $7,000 was offered for Hatchett's arrest. Reward For a Kansas slayer. Topeka, Kansas—Gov. Stubbs has issued a proclamation offering a reward of $200 for the arrest and conviction of the murderer of Mrs. Fred Lukes at Pittsburg, Mrs. Lukes was found slain within two blocks of the business center of the town. They Do Not Like the Bull Fight. Pasadena, California.—The Pasadena humane society has addressed the state humane society, recommending a resolution opposing the plan to entertain president Taft with a bull fight when he meets President Diaz at Juarez, Mexico. Phelps is a Rear Admiral. Vallejo, Cal.—Thomas S. Phelps, jr., commandant at the Mare Island navy yard has received his commission as a rear admiral. Mr. Harriman Has Suffered Relapse. Arden, New York.—E. H. Harriman is not as well as he was a week ago, on the day that his personal reassurance led the newspapers of the country to abandon the watch maintained for four anxious days about the home of the Tower Hill. Dr. W. G. Lyle, Mr. Harriman's personal physician gave out a brief bulletin from Arden house on his patient's condition, the bulletin follows: "Mr. Harriman has suffered a relapse. He had a sharp attack of indigestion on Sunday, but rested comfortably yesterday. SPOILED. Waiter—Sorry, sir, but I can't; you've bent it. Laundry work at home would be much more satisfactory if the right Starch were used. In order to get the desired stiffness, it is usually necessary to use so much starch that the beauty and fineness of the fabric is hidden behind a paste of varying thickness, which not only destroys the appearance, but also affects the wearing quality of the goods. This trouble can be entirely overcome by using Defiance Starch, as it can be applied much more thinly because of its greater strength than other makes. Reminiscent Skinnings. "Our old schoolmaster was tough as leather." "No wonder. His principal occupation, if you remember, was tanning hides." ARE YOUR CLOTHES FADED! Use Red Cross Ball Blue and make them white again. Large 2 oz. package, 5 cents Over 100,000 tons of American apes were exported to England. DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS FOR ALL KIDNEY DISEASES FOR RHEUMATISM BRIGHT'S DISEASE DIABETES, BACKHAIR ER 375 "Guaranteed" Lewis Single Binder 5¢ Cigar GUARANTEED WHO WOULD BE OLD TO BE BORN IN THE CITY OF FRANKBURG FRANK BINDER STRAIGHT FIVE SMOKER THE 20 & 25 CIGARS Lewis Single Binder Single Binder Many smokers prefer them to 100 cigars. Tell the dealer you want Lewis' Single Binder. Factory, Peoria, Illinois. In the school If you believe in safeguarding the children's health, make the schoolroom walls clean and pure with soft tints, restful to the eye, done in Alabastine Co., Grand Rapids, Mich No Man is Stronger Than His Stomach A strong man is strong all over. No man can be strong who is suffering from weak stomach with its consequent indigestion, or from some other disease of the stomach and its associated organs, which impairs digestion and nutrition. For when the stomach is weak or diseased there is a loss of the nutrition contained in food, which is the source of all physical strength. When a man "doesn't feel just right," when he doesn't sleep well, has an uncomfortable feeling in the stomach after eating, is languid, nervous, irritable and despondent, he is losing the nutrition needed to make strength. Such a man should use Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It cures diseases of the stomach and other organs of digestion and nutrition. It enriches the blood, invigorates the liver, strengthens the kidneys, nourishes the nerves, and so GIVES HEALTH AND STRENGTH TO THE WHOLE BODY. You can't afford to accept a secret nostrum as a substitute for this non-alcoholic medicine of KNOWN COMPOSITION, not even though the urgent dealer may thereby make a little bigger profit. Ingredients printed on the wrapper. This Trade-mark Eliminates All Uncertainty in the purchase of paint materials. It is an absolute guarantee of purity and quality. For your own protection, see that it is on the side of every keg of white lead you buy. NATIONAL LEAD COMPANY 1002 Trinity Building, New York VALUE PAINTED ON. Well painted is value added whether the house be built for one thousand dollars or ten thousand. Well painted means higher selling value, and higher occupying value—for there's an additional pleasure in living in the house that is well dressed. National Lead Company assist in making the right use of the right paint by sending free upon request to all who ask for it, their "Houseowners' Painting Outfit No. 49." This outfit includes a book of color schemes for either exterior or interior painting, a book of specifications and an instrument for detecting adulteration in paint materials. Address National Lead Company, 1902 Trinity Building, New York City, and the outfit will be promptly sent to you. Grant's Leap. It is related of Gen. Grant that one real record that he made for himself at the academy, the one time that he excelled all his fellows, was at the final mounted exercises of his graduating class, when, riding a famous horse named York, he was called upon to clear the leaping-bar that the gruff old riding master had placed higher than a man's head. He dashed out from his place, a smooth-faced, slender young fellow on a powerful chestnut sorrel, and galloped down the opposite side of the hall, turned, and came directly at the bar, the great horse increasing his pace as he neared it, and then, as if he and his rider were one, rising and clearing it with a magnificent bound. The leap is still recorded at the academy as "Grant's upon York." When Grant started out to do a thing he would do it if it were in man's power. This was the impression that he made upon everybody, as ex-Secretary Welles wrote in his interesting diary. LOW COLONIST FARES TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST. Union Pacific Passenger Department announces that Colonist Fares will be in effect from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, 1909, to all points in the West and Northwest. This year the West looks more promising than ever. Now is the time to secure land at low prices, and, at the same time, to visit the many interesting points in the West and Northwest, at which liberal stopover arrangements may be made. A better estimate of raw lands can be made now than formerly, because these lands are in proximity to new farms that are producing wonderful crops. For descriptive literature, write to E. L. Lomax, G. P. A., U. P. R. R., Omaha, Neb. Hetty's uncle, who was a school teacher, met her on the street one beautiful May day and asked her if she was going out with the Maying party. "No, I ain't going." "Oh, my little dear," said her uncle, "you must not say 'I ain't going.' You must say, 'I am not going,'" and he proceeded to give her a little lesson in grammar. "You are not going. He is not going. We are not going. You are not going. They are not going. Now, can you say all that, Hetty?" "Sure, I can," she replied, making a courtesy. "There ain't nobody going." —Lutheran. Rough on Rats, unbeatable exterminator Rough on Hen Lice, Nes, Powder, 25c. Rough on Bedbugs, Powder or Liq'd, 25c. Rough on Fleas, Powder or Liquid, 25. Rough on Roaches, Powder or Liq'd, 25c. Rough on Moth and Ants, Powder, 25c. Rough on Skeeters, agreeable to use,25c. E. S. Wells, Chemist, Jersey City, N. J. Expectation. His Daughter—Father, I wish you'd stay home to night. Mr. Slowboy will want to ask you for my hand. Her Father—Has he really proposed at last? His Daughter—No; but he will to night. "There is one good thing about husbands, anyway," says Mrs. Pestus, "and that's that most of them belong to somebody else." Sticky Sweating Palms Sticky Sweating Palms after taking salts or cathartic waters—did you ever notice that weary all gone feeling—the palms of your hands sweat—and rotten taste in your mouth—Cathartics only move by sweating your bowels—Do a lot of hurt—Try a CASCARET and see how much easier the job is done—how much better you feel. CASCARET ioc a box for a week's treatment all digging into it in the world. Millions have mouth. Alabastine The Sanitary Wall Coating Please write for school circular and opinion of leading experts as to suitable colors to be used. A woaTH POLE DISPUTE pupuic OPINION 1S WITH PEARY penounced by Peary as Imposter, Explorer's Demeanor Has Not Changed In Slightest From Day He Landed, fiere him. 90s) js ea igs “Tam willing to place facts, figures and worked out observations before a jcint tribanal of the scientific bodies xf the world. In due course I shall be ‘eady to make public a statement that will effectually dispel any doupt, if there can be such, of the fact that ‘have reached theepole. But knowing hat Tam right’ and that right must prevail, 1 will submit at the proper time my full story to the court of last ‘esort—the people of the world.” This is Dr. Frederick A. Cook's re- gly to Commander Peary. Coming so quickly upon other dra- matic incidents of the week, Com- nander Peary’s dispateh denying that ‘Dr. Cook had achieved the triumph for which he has been feted and hon- red in Copenhagen beyond the, lot of any other private person, has been read here with feelings of amazement and concern, But Dr, Cook himselt seems in no wise disturbed. He was perfectly cool and apparently —un- moved when confronted with tele- grams from the United States saying that Commander Peary had denounced him as an imposter. His demeanor has not changed in the slightest from the day he landed in Copenhagen, Urged to Make Statement. Dr. Cook’s friends had urged him to their utmost to make any state- ment possible for the public, but he had said repeatedly that all he had to say for the present was that he possessed proofs that he had visited the north pole on April 21, 1908. These proofs were convincing and in due time would be given to the world. ‘When it was suggested to him that his chance of proving his ease might be ruined unless he made a satisfac: tory statement Immediately, he smiled, his usual quiet smile—and asked how could a man be ruined by popular clamor ealling him an impos- ted when he had proofs of his case which could and would be published, as he had often repeated, when they were in proper form to be given out. Regarding the controversy over his alleged taking of Peary's stores, Dr. Cook asserts that he has written that ,Peary took his stores, probably believ- ‘ine him dead. : + “Harry Whitney {s personally ac- qvainted with all of the facts, and perhaps what he has to say when he returns may be interesting,” added the explorer. Then Cook remarked, quietly: “Make as little as you can about this and don’t say anything disagree- able about Peary.” Dr. Cook continued: “| will not enter into any contro- versy over the subject with Command. er Peary, further than to say that if he says T have taken his Eskimos my reply is that Eskimos are nomads. They are owned by nobody and are not the private property of either Commander Peary or myself. The Eskimos engaged by me were paid ten times what they agreed to aecom- rany me for.” Peary Took Provisions. “As to the story that Commander Yeary says T took provisions stored ty him, my reply is that Peary took my provisions, obtaining them from the custodian on the plea that 1 had teon so long absent that he was going to organize relief stations for me in case | should be alive. For this Ihave documencary proof.” Dr, Cook told Captain Sverdrup and another friend the day after he landed here that he hoped there would be no unpleasantness over suppltes with the Peary party; that he had found some of Peary’s men in possession of one of is depots and had turned ‘hem out uncermoniously. Its settled that Dr. Cook will send 4 ship back to bring to America the 'wo Eskimos who accompanied nim the last stage of his journey to i mle, ag well as some of the party tho were sent back when the start Of the last stage began, Captain Serdrup_may command the expedl- on: it is Dr. Cook's desire that he Stall do so, and they conferred for ‘ome hours regarding the details of he expedition, pat Cook's purpose in. bringing his {kino comrades to America is to {av them relate their stories of the the, te pole. He proposes to have tit Nard by men familiar with the cle and the Eskimo, including the Ma of the Peary party, if they ee , {ook apparent confidence ts fin nest factor working in his fivert ‘0 Copenhagen. ‘Those who MURDER IN A GREAT CITY It Seems Easy for Assassin to Escape After Committing Foul Osea Within a few weeks at least four atrocious murders have been commit- ted in New York, and in no case have [the police been able to intercept the jerlminals, To a degree this reflects upon the intelligence of the detective force, yet in justice to the police the difficulties confronting those who set out to trail assassins in a big city should not be overlooked. It Is easy to clamor against the police when ‘murder mystery remains unsolved, but ‘Mt 1s well to remember that all great centers of population have their mys- terious crimes and their unraveled clues, and that this is a true of Euro- pean cities, where the science of de- tection has been brought to its high- est estate, as it is of cities in the United States. ‘There are innumerable holes and corners { nthis huge metropolis where taking of life can be accomplished without the cries of the victim being heard by any human being. The ease with which a man choked and beat @ woman to death in a dark and ob- scure hallway on East Thirteenth street the other night and then coolly slipped away from the neighborhood of his crime is typical of the facilities the city offers to criminals of the worst sort. There are hundreds of tenements on the east and west sides of Manhattan where the sounds of a fa'al scuffle would attract no more than passing attention from the people accustomed to drunken brawls and family squabbles. And not more difficult than the com- mission of crime is the escape of the criminal after crime has been com- mitted. Give to a murderer a reason- able start and there is no place in the world where he can so readily cover up his tracks and escape notice as in a city of 4,000,000 people. And this is more especially true in those cases where a fugitive can count on the assistance of friends to help in baflling the police, an assistance too common- ly rendered in the foreign quarters of New York—Brooklyn Eagle. Vainly Seek Health in Southwest. According to a statement of the Na- tional Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis fully 7,180 persons hopelessly diseased with tuberculosis annually come to die in the states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and Colorado, most of them by order of their physicians. The statement, which is based upon the testimony of well-known experts, and all vailable statistics, shows that at least 50 per cent. of those who go to the southwest every year for their health are sp far advanced in their disease that they cannot hope for a cure in any climate, under any cir- cumstances, More than this, at least 60 per cent. of these eadvanced cases are so poor that they have not suffi- cient means to provide for the proper necessaries of life, which means that 4,315 consumptives are either starved to death or forced to accept charitable relief every year. ‘Too Conscientious to Rest. “And where do you go for your summer vacation?” “To the assembly grounds.” “What a delightful period of rest and relaxation you must anticipate.” “Oh, not at all. We always make it a point to attend every lecture.”— Cleveland Plain Dealer. SENSE ABOUT FOOD Facts About Food Worth Knowing. | It is a serious question sometimes to know just what to eat when a per- son's stomach is out of order and most foods cause trouble. Grape-Nuts food can be taken at any time with the certainty that it will digest. Actual experience of people is valuable to anyone juterested in foods. A Terre Haute woman writes: “I | had suffered with indigestion for about four years, ever since an attack of ty- 'phoid fever, and at times could eat ‘nothing but the very lightest food, and then suffer such agony with my stomach I would wish I never had to eat anything. “I was urged to try Grape-Nuts and since using it I do not have to starve myself any more, but I can eat it at any {ime and feel nourished and satis- fied, dyspepsia is a thing of the past, and I am now strong and well. “My husband also had an experience with Grape-Nuts. He was very weak and sickly in the mpring. Could not attend to his work. He was under the doctor's care but medicine did not seem to do him any good until he be- gan to leave off ordinary food and use Grape-Nuts, It was positively surpris- ing to see the change in him. He grew better right off, and naturally he had none but words of praise for Grape- Nuts. “Our boy thinks he cannot eat a meal without Grape-Nuts, and he learne so fast at school that his teach- er and other scholars comment on it. I am satisfied that it is because of the great nourishing elements in Grape-Nuts.” “There's a Reason.” It contains the phosphate of potash from wheat and barley which combine with albumen to make the gray mat- ter to daily refill the brain and nerve centers. It is a pity that people do not know what to teed their children. There are many mothers who give their young- sters almost any kind of food and when they become sick begin to pour the medicine down them. The real way is to stick to proper food and be healthy and get along without med- feine and expense. Eyer read the shove letter? 4 new gue appears from time to, time. They eee) ree L2G PATIENT SUFFERING, Many Women Think They Are Doomed to Backache. It fs not right for women to be al- ways ailing with backache, urinary ills, headache and oth- er symptoms of kid- ney disease. There is a way to end these troubles quickly. Mrs. John H. Wright, 606 East First St, Mitch- ell, S, D. says: “I suffered ten years * with kidney complaint er symptoms of kid- ney disease. There is a way to end these troubles quickly. Mrs. John H. Wright, 606 East First St, Mitch- ell, 8. D. says: “I suffered ten years * with kidney complaint and doctor told me I would never get more than temporary relief. A dragging pain and lameness in my back almost disabled me. Dizzy spells come and went and the kidney secretions were irregular. Doan’s Kidney Pills rid me of these troubles and I feel better than for years past.” Sold by all dealers. 50c. a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. FOR WET FEET. ee 4 is is) cea <<a GR Roney a pApevend ~ AED. yes 2 % 3 Ey eo = he SS a = ‘The Chick—What’s the matter? The Duckling—You'd cry, too, if your ma made you wear overshoes when you went swimming. Cake nipronaring ook: In recent years scientists have proved that the value of food is meas- ured largely by its purity; the re- ‘sult is the most stringent pure food laws that have ever been known, One food that has stood out promi- nently as a perfectly clean and pure food and which was as pure before the enactment of these laws as it could porsibly be is Quaker Oats; conceded by the experts to be the ideal food for making strength of muscle and brain. The best and cheapest of all foods. The Quaker Oats Company is the only manufacturer of oatmeal that has satisfactorily solved the prob- lem of removing the husks and black specks which are so annoying when other brands are eaten. If you are convenient to the store buy the reg: ular size packages; if not near the store, buy the large size family pack- ages; if in a hot climate, the hermet- (cally sealed tins. 1 Peata Worried by Pests. Since the Dutch philosopher Leeu- ‘wenhoek discovered that the pupa of the flea was sometimes preyed on by the larvae of a mite, it has been well- known that various small insects have their external parasites. And a re- cent communication to the Comptes Rendus of the Biological society of Paris by M. Bruyant, shows that many mosquitoes carry about mites in the larval stage. These described belong to four different genera. They prob- | ably feed on the integumentary structures of the mosquitoes. Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Bears the In Use For Over 30 Years. "The Kind You Have Always Bought, ! Wasn't Settled. Caller—Why is your servant going about the house with her hat on? Mistress—She only came this morn- ing and hasn’t yet made up her mind whether she will stay or not—Har- per’s Weekly. Lanauage of Eden. ] He (looking at the catalogue of women’s styles)—They still use the language of the first fashion plate, don't they? His Wife—What do you mean? He—Fig. 1, Fig. 2, and so on— Judge. On Hill's Twofers. Beacon—Is Shadby much of a smoker? Hill—Not at home, but you ought to see him when he comes over to spend the evening with me! What Did She Mean? He was reading to Miss Baggs his poem on “Love,” as printed in the Boomtown Bugler. She said: “Oh, cut it out!"—Judge. Do your feet ever feel tired, achy and fore at night? Rub them with a little Hamlins Wizard Oil. They'll be glad in the morning and so will you. Speaking of literature, many a ‘man’s love letters -have made a de- cided hit—with a jury. If you wish beautiful, clear, white clothes use Red Cross Ball Blue.’ Large 2 oz. package, 5 cents. It's too much to expect cross-bred dogs to be amiable. scat itn St he A guilty conscience is apt to be its own excuser. White Steamers Use K ; Fuel C- ma 2 gO bee . See a ee S dip) fe SOT ee ts eee oe mo eee = ae am "Tr a —hmrmrti—(CiCO GC i ) ee et eri og Ly oi cy = A ie ya if pe ee mee Zh ‘eo ed) S a Ras ees eS a g THE WHITE STEAMER WHICH MADE A SUCCESSFUL PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION OF KEROSENE AS FUEL ON THE RECENT 2650-MILE GLIDDEN TOUR. ee yaaece a |] seed | ; by Mee [| TOASTED jay [Y aa i) | TOASTED |; Hy po CORN | ei aa or a | CORN Gp (FLARES || =e VA | | [| FLARES} 2 ql = Aa == ee ass , OAL Le | A i rm aes ft y VO ZL | fl es | ee _e e 4, ee ya a a a eS oe Keeping Up the Same Old “Gate” ——— It’s the flavor that set the gait for the imitators—It’s the same flavor th * still bars them, and keeps Kellogg's in a field by itself. No one has been able to even approach it in either taste or tender crispness. There’s a good recs-a for this, se De “6 oKelloygs-Mhe Genune is the original—the first flakes made from corn. The process of preparing has been kept secret. So the imitators could not produce in a few months what took us years to perfect. $1,000 GOLD AND SILVER TROPHY FOR THE BEST EAR OF CORN TO BE KNOWN AS THE W. K. KELLOGG NATIONAL CORN TROPHY To be awarded at the National Corn Exposition, Omaha, ¢%7i"iso. For the purpose of encouraging the better breeding in corn for improving the quality, W. K. Kellogg, Brosident of the Toasved Cora Flake Go, offers a 4100000 beautiful solid gold and silver tropliy to the Yb bie Natiousl Gorn Expostion: Omatie Neb. before Nov. Zith. lod). Thisoter is open to cvery SE aula: Veta keane Lookfor This Signature 1h ae “fg @ a KELLOGG TOASTED CORN FLAKE CO., Rattle Creek, Mich. Z The most interesting announce. ment ever made in connection with the automobile industry was un: doubtedly that made a month or two ago to the effect that the new models of the White Steam Cars could be run on kerosene, or coal oil, instead of gasoline. Everyone at once recog. nized that the use of the new fuel would add materially to the advan- tages which the White already pos- sessed over other types. of cars, There were some people, however, who were sceptical as 'to whether or not the new fuel could be used with complete success, ana, therefore, the makers of the White Car, the White Company, of Cleveland, Ohio, deter- mined to make 4 public demonstra. tion of the new fuel in the 1909 Gild- den Tour. From the standpoint of the public, no test more satisfactory could have been selected. First of all, the dis: tance covered on the Glidden Tour, from Detroit to Denver and thence to Kansas City, was 2650 miles, This was certainly more than sufficient to bring out any weaknesses, if such had existed. Still more important was the fact that the car was at all times while on the road under the supervi- sion of observers named by those who entered other contesting cars. ‘Therefore, it would have been impos sible for the driver of the White to haye even tightened a bolt without the fact being noted and a penalty in: flicted. At night the cars were guerded by Pinkerton detectives and could not be approached by any one Many a well-developed woman has her modiste to thank for it. sot TERPS BRAS RiGee arc Her string is soon worn out if a girl has too many beaus. ee eee ee St. Paul's Cathedral, London, fs in sured for $475,000. 700 ugly, grizzly, aray hair. Use “tk ss : The complete success of the new fuel while on the 2650-mile public test and the advantages gaitied through its use were well described in the following dispatch which the correspondent of the New York Sun sent to his paper at the conclusion of the tour: : “A feature of the tour which was watched with special interest was that the White Steamer used kero- sene, or ‘coal oil,’ as fuel instead of gasoline. The new fuel worked splendidly throughout the 2650-mile journey, and all claims made in its behalf were fully proven, First of all, as regards cheapness, the White driver secured kerosene all along the route from 6 cents to 10 cents cheap- er per gallon than was paid for gaso- line. Secondly, the new fuel was handled without any precautions, and it was not unusual to see kerosene being poured into the fuel tank while the crew of the car and an interested crowd stood by with lighted cigars and cigarettes. At the finish of the tour, the White was the only car per- mitted by the authorities to enter Convention Hall, where the technical examination took place, without draining its fuel tank. Thirdly, the new fuel proved to be absolutely without smoke or smell. Fourthly, kerosene could be purchased at what: ever part of the route was most con: venient, and not once during the trip through the ten States of the Middle ‘West was there found a grocery store where kerosene was not readily and cheaply obtainable. Finally, the GRAZING LANDS NEAR CHICAGO-Bix deliarn an are this year Chty] aust cue duvet sat tiene Eorbenee Jana ‘toe geatal tareting ged fait Bplendid clinate: pare wast, Ove Signi Bean Ghicuge'te pelt ce bane Seer Tebabwthistoreiop Sad laste ea boahes J. 7. MERRITT, Manistee, Mich, hisceruancous ELEGTROTYPES WeSTeRaaCnabat te USS, hasoes Ci wae | CREOLE” HAIR RESTORER.O PRI amount of fuel used on the trip showed that kerosene is at least fifteen per cent. more efficient, gallon fot gallon, than gasoline. ‘The car in other respects made a most creditable showing, and there was the usual riv- alry among the observers to be as- signed to the White so that they could ride with the maximum of cém- fort. The only adjustments or re pairs charged against the car during the long trip were tightening a Iubri- cator pipe and wiring a damaged mud guard. ‘These penalties were not in- ‘flicted until more than 2000 miles had been completed with an absolute- ly perfect score.” A particularly interesting feature of the new White Steamer is that either kerosene or gasoline may be used as fuel. The necessary adjust- ments so that the fuel may be changed from kerosene to gasoline, or vico versa, may be made in a couple of minutes; but so completely successful has kerosene proved to be, that it is not believed that any purchasers will care to use gasoline. ‘The White Company report that the demand for theirnew steam cars —both the $2000-model and the $4000-model—exceed their most san- guine expectations. It is evident that the combination of steam—the pow- er which everyone understands and has confidence in—with kerosene— the fuel which everyone has on hand and can handle without any danger —is thoroughly appreciated by uptodate purchasers of automo- ‘tiles. . Broom Corn Shippers or Broom Corn Associations Correspond with us. We | ‘want Broom Corn, | COYNE BROTHERS | 160 South Water Street, cHicaaa. ea eee mente cy DEFIANCE STARCH—.=s.% | other starches only 12 ounces—seme price and | “DEFIANCE” 18 SUPERIOR QUALITY. "W. N. Uy WICHITA, NO. 37-1000, &, $1.00, retall. ! ea Ss i" a VISITS WITH UNCLE BY M. H. She came to work for un one day, To wash and cook and things like the She could not speak our tongue at all, But she could iron linen flat. By spring she knew the way to well and could, and do, a dozen, thirteen And when the summer time was near, A fellow came to call one day. The visit caused us much alarm— She struck at once for higher pay! We granted this and helped her learn U'llill we knew we had a gem— And now, confound it, I must go And buy a wedding gift for then! 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 foot. 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 trembling. 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 of the old stand. Bring in your ancient settin' hens and patriarchs roosters." --- "Whas ist? Iid the man hit an auto-mo-bubble-bubble-bubble?" "No, the man did not hit an auto-mo-bubble-bubble-bubble; he is a editor and he has his eye out for men he owes, 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 p! Why do people always do things o editors?" "Curly Locks, I cannot say, only it must be nice for an editor to be paralyzed!" No Danger Early one morning a terribly seasick passenger, pale and Lollow 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 (Ill.) Asher. Special Master E. V. McKeever tiled report to this effect in the supreme ..SUBSCRIBE FOR.. 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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. Where 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 People 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 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 antiquity. 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 design, 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 of 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 glaours are laughing at us," said a chieftain, when the construction engine gave a toot 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. "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 recently. "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 OF TABOR KANSAS—NEBRASKA JURISDICTION KNIGHTS AND DAUGHTERS OF TABOR. REV. FRANK WILSON, G. 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. 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 Number. 1 Queen of the West, K. C., Kan., Mrs. M. Wilson, 945 Everett. 2 Golden, Iola, Kan., Mrs. S. Crisp, 615 So. Walnut. 3 M. 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. 7 Sunbeam, Salina, Kan., Mrs. R. 8 Rebecca Ann, Ottawa, Kan., Mrs. Eva Clayborne, 716 Cypress. Parker, 502 N. 6th. 8 Rebecca May, Coffeyville, Kan., Mrs. L. Smith, 308 E. 11th. 10 St. Maria, Lawrence, Kan., Mrs. I. Wallace, R. R. No. 5. 11 Saba Meroe, K. C., Kan. P. Wood-ford, 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. 18 St. Maria, Omaha, Neb., Mrs. C. Wade, 22 N. 16th. 19 Maria, Ft. Scott, Kan., Mrs. P. Johnson, 501 Hyman. 20 Charity Rose, Coffeyville, Kan., Mrs. A. Garner, 704 E. 12th. 21 Modern, Parsons, Kan., Mrs. A. Ray, 1412 E. Clark. 22 Crystal, Leavenworth, Kan., Mrs. L. Woods, 935 Cherokee. 23 Victoria, Leavenworth, Kan., Mrs. L. Bright, 714 Fifth. 24 Emma Gaines, Butte, Mont., Mrs. Saline Easter, 334 Dakota St. (rear). 25 Wichita, Wichita, Kan., Mrs. Sally Hall, 1024 Ohio. 26 Golden Rule, S. Omaha, Neb., Mrs. S. Jones, 819 N. 27th. 27 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. 40 Mt. Maria, Lawrence, Kan., Mrs. J. Ware, 807 N. Y. 41 Fair West, K. C., Kan., Mrs. R. Saunders, 734 N. J. 42 Pearly Rose, Topeka, Kan., Mrs. S. O'Brien, 1180 Buchanan. 43 Magadalene, Topeka, Kan., Mrs. F. 44 St. Annis, Lincoln, Neb., Mrs. Hardiman, 1801 Kansas. 45 Queen Lizzie, Omaha, Neb., Mrs. B. E. Alton, 2215 Pacific. 46 Golden Sheaf, Omaha, Mrs. L. Rountree, 1125 N. 19th. 47 Macedonia, N. Topeka, Kan., Mrs. Sylvia Brown, 803 E. 11th St. 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 St. Peters, Ft. Scott, Kan., A. J. Beam, 309 Lowman. 0 Mt. Horeb, Leavenworth, Kan., J. H. McKinnis, 217 Sherman. NOTICE TABORS TABERNACLES. Chief Precentresses TEMPLES. Chief Mentors Number 11 Taborian, Wichita, Kan., Wm. Frazier, 708 N. Water. 12 Moses Dickson, Parsons, Kan. Wm. Shakespear, 1112 Main. 13 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. 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. 11 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. 18 Star of West, Salina, Kan., Mrs. A. O. Murrell, 451 So. 4th. 19 John Wilson, K. C., Kan., Mrs. C. D. Dalton, 1228 Barnett. 21 Crystal, Leavenworth, Kan., Mrs. E. McKinnis, 217 Sherman. 23 Clinging Rose, Lawrence, Kan. Mrs. A. King, 722 N. Y. 25 Silver Star, Parsons, Kan., Mrs. I. Porter, 2017 Morton. 28 20th Century, Parsons, Kan., Mrs. E. A. Tiggs, 2314 Morgan. 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. 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. TENTS. Queen Mothers. A Monster Loaf.